Chapter 895: Chapter 895: Phoenix Dominates the Rivers and Mountains (37)
Yann Ge ultimately didn’t dare provoke Chuzheng.
This is a gazebo, with only a thin layer of silk hanging down, it didn’t block anything at all.
Yann Ge was very sure, she really could do anything.
Yann Ge held Chuzheng: “I remembered some things.”
“Is it important?”
“I think so.” Yann Ge was somewhat confused, he wasn’t sure if it was important, but remembering it made him feel very sad.
Yann Ge curled up in Chuzheng’s arms, speaking to her in a muffled voice about his childhood, about his deceased playmate.
Yann Ge was good looking even as a child.
Yann Jiang, the pampered young master, just disliked him and often schemed to bother him.
He was unloved, while the other was loved, and the outcome was self-evident.
In the beginning, he would complain to his father.
But his father would always coldly say, “It’s your fault your mother doesn’t like you, you deserve it.”
He deserved it.
Then why was he born?
So he gradually stopped telling his father.
No matter what suffering he endured, he bore it silently by himself.
Until that person arrived.
He was a special person… very clever and lively, talkative, always accompanying him.
He had many tricks, every time Yann Jiang troubled him, he would find a way to get back at him for it.
“That night…”
Yann Ge’s fingers tightened around Chuzheng’s clothes.
Chuzheng pried his hand open and held it.
Yann Ge shrank into her embrace, feeling very insecure.
“That night it was because of me… that he went out so late, if it weren’t for me, he wouldn’t have had an accident at all, Your Highness, I killed him.”
He was framed by Yann Jiang, and his mother punished him to kneel for two hours.
But it rained.
That night he started to have a fever.
The people in the mansion had orders from Yann Jiang to ignore his life or death.
His father had a fight with his mother at the time, was in a bad mood, and also ignored him.
“He went out so late to find a doctor for me.”
“If it weren’t for me, he might not have died.”
Yann Ge was filled with self-blame, guilt, and regret.
So he never gave up, avenging him.
Even though it might cost him his life, he never hesitated.
After Chuzheng finished listening, she had no intention to comfort him, she just blandly asked: “Did you go to see Ning Yao?”
“… Yes.” There was no hiding it, Mu Mian would tell her.
“Why did you go to that dirty Heavenly Prison?”
Yann Ge squeezed his fingers, speaking softly: “She admitted it.”
“You were still afraid I’d falsely accuse her?” What does that mean! You had to run there yourself to ask!!
Yann Ge looked up, shook his head: “I didn’t mean that.”
“You don’t believe me?”
“I don’t.” Tension was full in Yann Ge’s eyebrows.
“Then why did you deliberately go ask, what do you mean?”
“I…” Yann Ge parted his lips: “I… just wanted to hear it from her.”
“You a masochist?” Chuzheng grouchily said: “And now you’re here crying after hearing it, is this fun?”
Yann Ge: “…”
He was silent for a long time.
“People, sometimes, are like this.”
Some things, you just want to hear for yourself.
The gazebo suddenly became quiet.
The gentle breeze passed through.
Silently.
“Your Highness, you should be comforting me now.” Yann Ge suddenly looked up, his eyes misty, incredibly pitiful.
“Comfort you…” Damn it, comfort!
Did I ask you to go to the Heavenly Prison!!
You’ve gotten yourself into this, expecting me to clean up your mess, why should I!!
Good Person Card!
Good Person Card!
Even today, trying hard to be a good person!
Chuzheng pressed his head into her chest: “There, there, satisfied?”
Yann Ge just felt himself bump into a soft mass.
Yann Ge’s ears turned red all of a sudden.
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Chuzheng blocked those ministers, the Dali Temple quickly transferred Ning Yao.
But this wasn’t enough.
Chuzheng set up a platform at the gates of the Imperial City, and in front of all the citizens, made Ning Yao confess her crimes herself.
“The Grand Imperial Princess is just too heartless.”
“This is her sister, look at that.”
“Oh my, the brat becomes the Empress, how will we live in the future!”
“Third Highness is really pitiful.”
The citizens pointed at the bound Ning Yao on the high platform.
Until the official on the platform started questioning Ning Yao.
The citizens’ initial anger at Chuzheng turned to shock, then disbelief.
In the eyes of the citizens, the Third Princess was also a reputable and approachable royal daughter.
No one expected she would have committed so many offenses.
The more they listened, the more the citizens felt something was off.
“I feel like these things are something the Grand Imperial Princess did?”
“I think so too…”
The things Ning Yao was confessing to were exactly what the Grand Imperial Princess had done in the past!!
This is wrong!!
“It was me… who framed her for those things.”
Ning Yao’s words caused an uproar below.
“So these things were done by the Third Princess?”
“Haven’t we been misunderstanding the Grand Imperial Princess for years?”
“I never thought the Third Princess was this kind of person.”
“This is too vicious!!”
“She actually did so many bad things!”
Ning Yao heard those loud discussions below.
Chuzheng stood on the city tower watching.
Why wasn’t it like in the dramas where they throw eggs and veggies?
[… Sister, in this era, food is very important. Besides, who would bring eggs and veggies to a spectacle like this?] Glory Number explained softly: [In films, it’s just for effect.]
Chuzheng: “…”
Don’t I fucking know that?
[…]
Glory Number dared not say another word.
The people of Dali Temple didn’t understand why Chuzheng had made the Third Princess undergo another trial outside the Imperial City.
But seeing the crowd’s reaction now, they seemed to understand.
Now the Grand Imperial Princess’s reputation was not only restored.
But also the Third Princess’s reputation was ruined.
Just as the public trial was about to end.
A sudden commotion arose below.
Chuzheng tapped her finger on the city wall, looking down.
A group of people emerged from the crowd, heading straight towards Ning Yao on the high platform.
They were rescuers.
Chuzheng was not worried.
She wasn’t worried at all, instead found it quite entertaining.
The people of Dali Temple couldn’t stop them, and Ning Yao was taken away just like that.
“Your Highness, you let the Third Princess escape like this?” Mu Mian was surprised.
Chuzheng’s delicate, slender fingers tapped on the city wall: “It’s better if she runs.”
“…”
What’s good about her running?
Mu Mian was completely puzzled.
Had no clue what Your Highness was thinking.
But soon Mu Mian understood what Chuzheng meant by ‘it’s better if she runs.’
She saw Ning Yao again the next day in Ziwei Palace.
Commander Qu personally brought Ning Yao back, probably avoiding people, entering through the back entrance of Ziwei Palace, with Ning Yao packed in a barrel, already unconscious.
“Caught a few, some ran, and the rest are dead.” Commander Qu said.
Commander Qu asked Mu Mian to get him a cup of water, saying he was dying of thirst.
After drinking the water, Commander Qu asked: “Your Highness, why did you let the Third Princess go, and then capture her again?” Isn’t this a hassle! The work still falls on me, the Leader of the Imperial Guard Army!
Chuzheng crossed her arms: “That way no one would know she’s in my hands.”
She was snatched away right in front of everyone.
As for those few who got away… as long as she doesn’t admit it.
Mu Mian: “…”
Commander Qu: “…”
Can’t match wits, can’t match wits.