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Princess and the General - Chapter 330

Published at 23rd of June 2022 05:39:22 AM


Chapter 330

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Some Genuine Gratitude Would Be Better (Part Two)
The second prince looked at him in a daze, “I never knew that father Emperor’s heart was destroyed by the mechanism in the arrow. I thought that this information was irrelevant. In addition to this, using a specialized arrow to improve my accuracy is not something to be proud of, thus I did not say anything. That person was called Baibu Yang. He lives in an alley in the city. I will immediately write it down for you!”

Yu Fu hastily handed him the brush, while Gu ShuBai heaved a sigh. The second prince felt nothing but regret, “It seems that this person is very likely the person who killed father Emperor. It would have been better if I had spoken up about this arrow sooner!”

Gu ShuBai said: “Second prince, there’s no need to feel regretful. In truth, if you had said it earlier, it would have been pointless. You are alone in this prison, and even if there were any clues with that person, they would have been taken care of long ago.”

He received the written instructions from the second prince, “If my judgment is correct, this area should now be vacant. We won’t be able to find anything.”

The second prince said: “I still have one other thing to tell you. I haven’t told this to the people coming to record my testimony. I can only tell you two.”

Yu Fu was shocked and thought to herself that Gu ShuBai was correct. The second prince was indeed hiding a secret.

“Second prince, please speak.”

He took a deep breath, “At that time, I did not know that there was a mechanism in the arrow. I was certain that I was aiming at the wild boar, and no matter how much my aim might have deviated, it should not have been possible to hit father Emperor on his horse. That’s why I thought at that time that some martial arts expert had used qinggong to affect the trajectory of the arrow. After thinking back, I noticed that almost everyone around us at that time was someone on Yin Shuo’s or the eldest prince’s side…”

Gu ShuBai and the others had already suspected what the second prince had just said. It was just that they had not openly said it.

He continued: “Yin Shuo is my brother-in-law, and he’s the one who recommended Baibu Yang to me. By framing me, Ning YiZhao stands to benefit the most. When I went to visit DanYang at the prime minister’s manor, I happened to see Ning YiZhao visit Yin Shuo. I thought… that there was a chance that they were working together to frame me!”

The second prince was not that stupid. Having been locked up for so long, he finally started suspecting Yin Shuo.

Yu Fu helplessly put down her brush. They had already suspected these things. It was just that they lacked evidence, but aside from Baibu Yang, the second prince was unable to provide them with any evidence.

Baibu Yang?

This sounded like a unique name, but in the chaotic jianghu, it would be too unlikely to find them.

The two left the imperial family’s manor, and Yu Fu frustratedly said: “ELdest brother, if we find evidence of Yin Shuo and the eldest prince working together to assassinate His Majesty, will the second prince become the new ruler?”

Gu ShuBai froze. He had never thought about this before and only nodded after a long pause, “That should be the case. These two are His Majesty’s only sons who had any chance of becoming the new ruler. The others are either too young or have backgrounds that are too humble. If the eldest prince is the one behind it, the second prince, as the son born of the empress, will naturally become the new ruler.”

Yu Fu frowned, “But don’t you feel that the second prince would really be a ruler who serves the people? Based on my understanding of him, he does not care for the people, nor does he tolerate others. His bearing and wisdom are also average. If not for the plot against His Majesty, we would both like the eldest prince more, isn’t that right?”

Gu ShuBai nodded, “The eldest prince’s bearing is indeed better. Regardless of whether it’s talent or diligence, he’s much better than the second prince. It’s a pity that he was able to commit to something like killing his father and ruler. A person with talent but no virtue is a disaster to the point that a talentless person would be better.”

“Then eldest brother thinks that the second prince is talentless but has virtue?”

For a while, Gu ShuBai did not know how to respond to her. What Yu Fu said was not wrong. As soon as they succeeded in finding evidence, they would be pushing the second prince onto the throne.

The eldest prince was not a good person, but was the second prince a good person?

That was without mentioning the fact that he still coveted Yu Fu. As a prince, he might not have been able to do anything about it, but once he became the ruler…

He quickly regained his composure and complained to himself with a smile for thinking such improper things, “Yu Fu, there’s something that you should understand. We and father currently stand in the neutral camp. Even if we offend the eldest prince and some of the officials, we must get to the bottom of this case. It’s not for the sake of allowing the second prince to ascend the throne but to find the truth. As a subject, who becomes the ruler should not be based on what we think. What we can do is be loyal and honest. As for who will become the new ruler after the investigation has concluded, the court will naturally have a way of determining who is worthy. It cannot be changed because of what we think.”

Yu Fu understood what that meant and vigorously nodded, “Then what should we do now? Eldest brother said that Baibu Yang has most likely fled, so should we still go along with what the second prince said and check that area out?”

Gu ShuBai smiled and patted her head, “We still need to do a search. Paper can’t cover up a fire. Once someone has done something, it’s impossible for it to be hidden from everyone. Let’s go and take a look. We might be able to find some clues.”

The two sat in the carriage, as it traveled along the long road. On both sides of the road, vendors sold their goods to the bustling crowd. There were people negotiating prices and people looking at fresh fruits and vegetables.

Yu Fu cheerfully said: “Now this is Lin’An, the capital of Eastern Ling. It seems that Mo HuangSha and Ximen Cheng were able to take care of things properly. Security has been restored to the capital so quickly. I’m so happy!”

Gu ShuBai looked out of the carriage window and saw soldiers patrolling the streets and alleys. With their mighty bearing, who would dare to cause trouble under their watch.

“How is it Mo HuangSha and Ximen Chuang’s hard work? It was you who contributed by dispatching the princess’ personal guards and the Gu family’s army’s soldiers. I heard that they captured some of the criminals the day before yesterday and sent them to be tried. That Ximen Chuang can be considered quite decisive. Picking the two who had committed the worst crimes, he sentenced them to be executed to make examples out of them. They were executed the same day in the square, and the other criminals have been so scared that they haven’t dared to do anything.”

Yu Fu furrowed her brow but quickly returned to normal.

Although committing robberies should not result in capital punishment, extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary methods. Only by doing this could they quell the unrest in the city. Yu Fu was benevolent but not blindly so, thus she could quickly understand the reasoning for it.

They were riding in Yu Fu’s carriage today, and there was a bright-yellow nameplate with the name Princess ZhenJiang inscribed on it. The patrolling soldiers that saw this nameplate would all stop and salute.

The civilians that saw it knew who was inside, and they all kneeled at the side of the road and wished Her Highness the Princess a long life.

Yu Fu was given a start, “What are they doing? What is with the grand salute? I really can’t handle it.”

Saying this, she hastily had the guards accompanying them help the citizens get up. She then lifted the curtain and walked out, “Everyone, there’s no need to be so courteous. Quickly, please get up!”

Yu Fu complained internally about those patrolling soldiers who stopped to salute her. It let the citizens know that she was in the carriage.

If she had been able to sneak through, with most of the commoners likely being unable to read, she would have left before they even realized who it was.

She looked over at the patrolling soldiers and immediately saw Yan Zheng. The latter smiled cheekily, “Young miss, don’t blame this subordinate. It was the citizens who told us subordinates to let them know if young miss went out, so they would have a chance to thank young miss!”

As a member of the Gu family’s army, Yan Zheng felt very proud in calling her young miss.

Only the subordinates of the Gu family’s army could refer to Yu Fu as young miss. Others had to call her princess. This made it evident how he was different from others.

As the soldiers helped the citizens along the side of the road get up, an old woman carrying a basket of vegetables said: “Many thanks Your Highness for making an appearance and making the capital safe again. If not for princess sending out so many troops, all of the egg-laying hens at this old one’s house would have been stolen by those criminals!”

A fruit seller nearby said: “That’s right. This lowly one was selling fruit until late that day, and when I left the city, it was already dark. I nearly had all of the money that I earned from selling fruit stolen. It’s fortunate that a soldier that was passing by caught that thief. He said that he was Princess ZhenJiang’s personal guard!”

The citizens were mostly speaking about small daily matters that were worth very small amounts of money. These amounts were insignificant to Yu Fu, but she knew that it was what the citizens relied on to survive.

Yu Fu replied to them all, smiling and saying: “As a princess of the imperial family, I receive the taxes paid by the citizens, thus it’s natural that I should think of the citizens. There’s no need to take it to heart. Even without me, some other lord would have provided you with justice.”

“We lowly ones do not know about the other lords. We just know that these soldiers were dispatched by Your Highness. We don’t know how else to thank princess, so we could only kneel at the side of the road and kowtow!”

Who knew who shouted this from the crowd, but the citizens, who had just been helped up, dropped to their knees once more. Yu Fu did not even have a chance to stop them.

She hastily looked toward Gu ShuBai. Giving him a pleading look, Gu ShuBai smiled and walked out, saying: “Everyone, please quickly get up. If you really wish to thank princess, princess was saying that she was a little thirsty. It would be better to offer something practical.”





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