Princess and the General

Two Months Later (Part Two)

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Two months later, the new year arrived.

This winter was much colder than last year’s winter.
As the later emperor’s coffin was carried to the imperial mausoleum, the capital was left in a state of mourning.

The site of the most tragic sobs came from the eldest prince’s manor.
The eldest prince’s main consort passed away early, and her spot was never filled.
In the manor, only a secondary consort, two concubines, and a young imperial child cried for the eldest prince’s soul.

To say that they were crying for his soul would not be accurate.

The eldest prince would be escorted to the entrance of the food market and executed today.
It was thanks to intervention from Lord Marquis Gu that none of the women or children of the eldest prince’s manor would suffer the same fate.

It was just that they were sentenced by the new ruler to be confined to the eldest prince’s manor.
As people related to the traitor, they would not be allowed to move freely, and they were reduced to being on the same level as servants or slaves.

The eldest prince’s transport carriage passed by the front of the manor, and a group of women supported each other, as they wanted to send him off one last time.

“Go back, go back! You guilty slaves, who allowed you to move around as you please?”

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The soldiers guarding the entrance were particularly domineering.
With a swing of their blade, the consorts immediately moved to protect the young boy.

The eldest prince sat in the carriage with a wooden expression.
He coldly watched his wives and son get beaten without saying a single word.

He knew that these guards had been sent to the eldest prince’s manor by Ning ChengZhi.
As long as he showed the slightest reaction, they would be even happier to beat his family members.
Their goal was to make him suffer.

He could not move.
He could not speak.
If he did speak, it would cause them more trouble.

The women’s desperate cries grated the ears.
One of the guards saw that the eldest prince was expressionless and decided to lift the little boy up high.

“Don’t, I beg you to spare the little imperial grandson!”

The secondary consort and the concubines were loyal and desperately to preserve the eldest prince’s bloodline.
Crying, they pleaded with the soldier to put the child down.

The soldier found their cries to be pleasing, “What imperial grandson? Ning YiZhao killed his father and ruler, completely removing himself from the imperial family.
Can his son be considered an imperial grandson? He might as well be smashed on the ground and killed!”

“Consort mother Lu, save me! Consort mother Lu, save me!”

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The child cried and pleaded, while secondary consort Lu shi tried to pull the child away.
Unfortunately, she was unable to go against the strong soldier, and this caused the surrounding soldiers to laugh.

As a secondary consort, Lu shi was the daughter of a court official.
She had never suffered such humiliation before, and her face instantly turned red.

The eldest prince looked up at the child in the soldier’s hands.
The child was still young, and he was pitiful for losing both his mother and father.
After he died, it was probable that his child would not be able to keep his life.

That Ning ChengZhi, how could he possibly allow his bloodline to continue?

Even when Imperial Consort Xian had drowned herself in the well, he had to strip her of her title before she died.
He ordered that she not be allowed to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
She was not even allowed to have a proper funeral, and her corpse was thrown into a mass grave.

Thinking of how the family that he had formed would be broken up after he passed, tears of remorse flowed from the corners of the eldest prince’s eyes.

The soldier holding the child up high looked at secondary consort Lu shi and said: “If you kneel and wipe this great one’s shoes clean, this great one will let this bastard down.”

Lu shi was shocked.
Looking at the crying child, her heart stirred.

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This child was the eldest prince’s son with Consort Zheng, his official wife.
Over the years, she had been raising him and thought of him as her own flesh and blood.

If she did not kneel, could it be that she would need to watch the eldest prince’s only child die?

She took a step forward, and just as she was about to kneel, a concubine hastily stepped forward to stop her, “Your Highness must not.
Allow this concubine to take your place!”

The loyal concubine had not finished speaking before being kicked away by the soldier, “What sort of lowly slut are you? What opportunity do you have to take her place? If it isn’t her, it’s not worth getting my shoes cleaned!”

The concubine fell to the ground and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
When the soldier was about to kick her a few more times, he suddenly heard a rush of wind, as the wind sent some snow flying through the manor’s gates.

He was stunned.
A yellow carriage with an imperial emblem came along with a procession of well-trained soldiers following behind it.
All of them looked very valiant.

Though the soldiers did not know which noble this carriage belonged to, they knew that they should step forward and salute, kneeling next to the carriage.

The curtain was lifted, and a young maidservant in beautiful clothes stepped out.
It was evident just how noble her master must be.

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Just as he was about to speak, the maidservant stepped on his face, using him as a step to climb out of the carriage.

Before His Majesty had been enthroned, he had worked as the personal guard of the second prince’s manor.
How could he be trampled on like this?!

Just as the soldier was about to act up, he suddenly saw a beautiful young girl stand up inside the carriage.
Wearing a moon-white dress, she made the beautiful red furnishings look plain.

Wearing plain clothes, she was showing her filial piety.
The girl before him was surely a member of the imperial family.

The maidservant reached out a hand and helped her out of the carriage.
This time, the soldier obediently allowed himself to be used as a step, allowing her to steadily climb out of the carriage.

“This subordinate greets Princess ZhenJiang and pays respects to princess!”

There was no need to look at the name on the emblem to know who she was.
In the capital, aside from Princess ZhenJiang, who else could the noblest young girl be?

Not even His Majesty’s younger sister, Princess DanYang, was this beautiful, nor was she as respected.

Yu Fu turned to glance at the soldier and smiled.
The soldier was dazed by her smile and just stupidly smiled in reply but was suddenly given a slap.