Chapter 208 The Sixth Prince Was Deposed
Gu Siqing came back to her senses, picked up the oil-paper umbrella standing in the corner and followed him downstairs. She did not disguise herself today, but used the identity of Gu Siqing, the granddaughter of the Xiangfu. However, because it was raining, there were no guests in the lobby, so she did not have to worry about being recognized.
Hearing the footsteps coming from the wooden stairs behind him, Bai Ziyu stopped and turned to look back.
Gu Siqing trotted down and almost flew to Bai Ziyu. She opened the oil-paper umbrella in her hand and pulled the corner of her mouth in a casual manner: "I'll take you back."
"Then thank you very much." Bai Ziyu was silent for a moment and did not reject her proposal.
The two walked side by side in the rain, no one spoke, and they just walked quietly towards Bai Ziyu's home.
Later, because it was late at night, Bai Ziyu finally took Gu Siqing back home. The two parted at the corner of the long street. Gu Siqing looked back every few steps. It was a short distance, but she walked for a long time.
"Miss, why do you keep looking back? Is there a lecher harassing you?" The gatekeeper saw his young lady coming back from the rain, looking back frequently, and hurried over to meet her.
Gu Siqing looked back, but there was no trace of Bai Ziyu. The girl pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm just a little afraid of the dark. Thank you for coming to pick me up."
She was already good-looking, and when she smiled in the misty rain, she was so beautiful that people couldn't bear to look directly at her.
The doorman scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Miss, you are too kind. This is what I should do."
Two days later, Gu Siqing went to Bai Ziyu's residence again, and sure enough, the place was empty. She had things to deal with at the shop today, so she just took a look and went back to work.
It's strange to say, she and Bai Ziyu only see each other once in a thousand years, and whether they see each other or not depends entirely on fate, so she doesn't think it's a big deal.
But this time, knowing that Bai Ziyu was going back to Qi State, from then on, the distance between the two was not just a few cities. Realizing that they would never see each other again, Gu Siqing felt very depressed.
"Peanut, a close friend who always joked with you, suddenly went to a faraway place for something and you can never see him again. Would you be sad?"
That day, when the master and his two servants were chatting in the yard, Gu Siqing suddenly asked about Huasheng.
Peanut said without hesitation: "Of course I'm sad. Since she's my best friend, I'll tell her everything. Over time, I've gotten used to her company. How can I get used to her leaving?"
When she said this, she looked at Guihua frequently. Guihua found Huasheng's gaze a little funny and raised her hand to gently poke her forehead. The two of them served the master and had a deep relationship, just like real sisters.
Gu Siqing nodded thoughtfully. After she reborn, wasn't it Bai Ziyu who had been silently accompanying her and supporting her to move forward? She had been feeling weird these days, probably because she was not used to Bai Ziyu's return to Qi.
"Miss, which friend did you remember?" Peanut and the other two looked at Gu Siqing with their cheeks in their hands.
"Nothing, I just thought of this question when I was reading the storybook, so I asked you." Gu Siqing certainly wouldn't say that she was thinking of Bai Ziyu. She smiled and pinched Peanut's cheek.
She was naughty and pinched the soft flesh on Peanut's cheeks into round and flat shapes. She made Peanut grimaced before she laughed and let him go.
Starting with the death of the Minister of War, the conflict between several princes began silently.
Although the princes seemed to be getting along harmoniously on the surface, they had actually begun to compete with each other secretly. However, these tactics of fighting back and forth could only be regarded as minor fights and did not cause any major uproar.
It was just a false peace, and such days naturally did not last for a few days. The Sixth Prince, who had fought the most fiercely with Chi Hongyuan in secret, was found to have hidden weapons when no one was prepared.
Hiding weapons under the emperor's feet is a capital crime. It is purely coincidental that this matter was discovered.
In order to prevent people from deliberately rebelling, the State of Yue allowed only designated departments to build weapons. Apart from the relevant departments, even building a single weapon was a serious crime.
The recent heavy rains have washed away an earthen house outside the capital. It was just a brick kiln that had been abandoned for many years in the suburbs of Beijing. No one cared about it. Unexpectedly, the brick kiln was washed down, revealing those hidden weapons.
"Your Highness is so bold! Those are weapons! After finding out that the Sixth Prince hid the weapons, His Majesty became so angry that he became ill. He ordered his men to deprive the Sixth Prince of his title as a prince, take back his fiefdom and all his property, and confine him in the mansion, so that he cannot leave the mansion for the rest of his life."
Several girls from official families gathered together and talked about the Sixth Prince. They were all a little scared. They were born in the boudoir, and except for those born in military families, other girls rarely came into contact with such things. To them, treason was as serious as burning, killing and looting.
"Demoting him to a commoner and confining him to prison is the greatest mercy that His Majesty can show to the Sixth Prince. Normally, he should be beheaded."
As the daughter of a general, Wang Weizhi had no good feelings towards those who were disloyal and unfilial, even if that person was the current prince.
"Lately, things feel a little uneasy in the capital. My mother told me to be careful when I went out today." Xiao Wan's face was a little chubby. She wore an orange dress with a grass-green shawl. She looked very cute and lively.
"I think so too. Ever since the incident with the Minister of War, the atmosphere in the capital has become strange. It's better to be careful."
When Yue Ya spoke, his voice was soft and he always had a gentle smile on his face, making him look very approachable.
Knowing that things would not end there, Gu Siqing listened to them quietly. The matter of the Sixth Prince was just the beginning.
The brick kiln that collapsed outside the capital was definitely not a "coincidence". Chi Hongyuan's method was really ingenious. If the secret possession of military weapons was exposed, the emperor would naturally punish the Sixth Prince. With the blessing of this rain, he didn't have to do anything.
I don’t know how long Chi Hongyuan waited for this timely rain.
As Gu Siqing expected, after the Sixth Prince got into trouble, the other princes all started their own plans.
"I don't care about others, except for Lao Jiu. He used sweet words to fool my father. I want to ask all the princes, which one can't see that he has bad intentions? He is just retreating to advance and deceive my father's trust."
Inside the Second Prince's residence, a mature-looking man snorted coldly. When he spoke of Chi Hongyuan, his eyes were full of contempt.
"The Sixth Prince has been demoted to a commoner and no longer has the strength to compete with you. The biggest threat to you right now is the Ninth Prince."
Sitting opposite the Second Prince was his aide. The man's face was very similar to the Second Prince's, and there was calculation in his eyes.
"Because of Sixth Brother's matter, Father hopes that the relationship between us brothers can be more harmonious, so he had someone clean up the stables and ordered us brothers to go to the stables together in three days to ride horses and enhance our brotherly feelings. Isn't this a perfect opportunity?"
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