Chapter 253 They Deserve Death for Their Disloyalty to You and Your Majesty
Bai Kou soon met Huo Linger and told her about Wang Yuanshu's request for a meeting.
"Officials from the Great Jin?" Huo Ling'er was instantly amused. "Everyone wants to see me, right? What's going on? In the eyes of those Jin people, I'm just a dignified Northern Barbarian princess. They can see me whenever they want."
She was in a really bad mood, "Let him go!"
"Yes, Miss!" Bai Kou was not surprised. She returned to the gate and asked Wang Yuanshu to leave. "Go away. The princess doesn't want to see you."
"Miss, please don't leave yet." Wang Yuanshu took a few steps forward, but still didn't dare to step in. He said in a flattering manner, "Miss, I need to see your princess for something very important."
Bai Kou was very impatient. Those who should come didn't come, and those who shouldn't come couldn't be driven away.
"I think you should know that our princess has a bad temper. If you continue to act recklessly and refuse to leave, and anger our princess..." Bai Kou made a gesture of wiping her neck.
"I dare not anger the princess, it's really..." Wang Yuanshu naturally would not give up easily. He took out a token from his arms and handed it over, "Miss, please give this to the princess. I think she might change her mind."
Bai Kou took the thing suspiciously, then a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She looked at Wang Yuanshu again and turned to go in.
Soon, she returned to the front hall and handed the thing to Huo Linger, "Princess, this is what Wang Yuanshu took out."
"Haven't you left yet?" Huo Ling'er became increasingly impatient. But when she took a look, a hint of surprise instantly appeared in her big eyes. "This is..."
She stood up, took the thing and walked a few steps to the yard, held it against the sunlight, and looked at it carefully again.
"It really is Shadow Jade." It turned out to be a small rectangular jade plate. When sunlight shone into it, you could see the shadows of some small paintings inside, hence the name Shadow Jade.
Huo Ling'er was very puzzled. She looked at Bai Kou behind her and said, "This is the emperor's uncle's thing. How did he get it?"
Bai Kou shook her head and asked again tentatively, "Then... Miss, do you want to see him?"
Apparently, this guy successfully piqued Huo Linger's curiosity, and she immediately nodded, "Let him in."
Bai Kou was not surprised. She took the shadow jade and returned to the gate. "Sir Wang, please come in. The princess is waiting for you inside."
"Thank you, young lady." Wang Yuanshu curled his lips silently. He knew that the little princess would definitely come to see him after seeing this shadow jade.
He followed Bai Kou into the burning house and looked around. It was very beautiful inside, with rockery and strange rocks that looked very expensive.
Although he allowed his soldiers to plunder the city, he warned them not to touch this place. However, he did not expect that this place was so luxurious.
Soon, Wang Yuanshu met Huo Ling'er, "Your subordinate Wang Yuanshu greets Princess Ling'er."
Huo Ling'er sat in the main seat, her face sullen. She spoke in a very unhappy tone, "Why? According to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, you don't have to kneel when you see the princess?"
"I'm sorry for being rude." Wang Yuanshu chuckled and knelt down happily.
"I am Wang Yuanshu, your humble servant, and I am honored to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess." He performed the ceremony respectfully and then prepared to stand up.
"Ahem!" Huo Ling'er coughed lightly a few times in dissatisfaction, "Did the princess ask you to get up?"
Wang Yuanshu paused and had to kneel down again. He was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the little princess could be so unruly at such a young age.
He had heard Zuo Shanzhang talk about some things about the Northern Barbarians' royal family before, so naturally he had also heard of Huo Ling'er's name. However, he only knew that she was the only princess of the Northern Barbarians and the only daughter of the former Barbarian Emperor Huo Xi. She was so favored that even after Huo Xi died, no one dared to touch her, at least not yet.
But he also heard from Zuo Shanzhang that the current Barbarian King Huo Yan, on the surface, likes Huo Linger very much and treats her closer than his own child, but secretly, Huo Yan does not like Huo Linger and even... wants to kill her.
Wang Yuanshu knelt quietly for a while. Seeing that Huo Ling'er didn't speak, he tentatively said, "Princess..."
"Tell me, Yingyu, where did you come from?" Huo Linger interrupted him and asked in an unpleasant voice.
"Princess, the Yingyu naturally came from your uncle, the current Barbarian Emperor, His Majesty Huoyan." Wang Yuanshu said truthfully.
Huo Linger frowned, "What do you mean? Why would the Emperor's uncle give you the Shadow Jade?"
"Your Highness, although I am ostensibly an official of the Great Jin, in reality..." Wang Yuanshu smiled smugly and said in a flattering tone, "I have long been a member of the Northern Barbarians and have always obeyed the orders of the Barbarian Emperor."
This statement was only half true. He was indeed acting according to Huo Yan's orders, but the person who was really in cahoots with Huo Yan was Zuo Shanzhang, not an unimportant local official like him.
Huo Linger was even more surprised. "You said... you are the traitor arranged by the Northern Barbarians?"
"I guess so." Wang Yuanshu looked up at Huo Linger. His legs felt a little uncomfortable and he wanted to stand up, but he didn't dare to until Huo Linger spoke.
Huo Ling'er ignored his look and continued to ask in disbelief, "Why should I believe you?"
"Your Highness, I was responsible for the plague that hit the Bai family's army," Wang Yuanshu said smugly. "I also sent all the military intelligence about the Great Jin. I am indeed a member of the Northern Barbarians."
Huo Linger still didn't believe it. "But after I arrived in Dongyi City, I saw your soldiers from the Great Jin Dynasty rioting in the city, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of bad things."
Wang Yuanshu chuckled, "Your Highness, this is indeed my order."
"What do you mean?" Huo Ling'er was furious when she thought of those evil Jin soldiers and looked at Wang Yuanshu's expression. She pulled out her whip and pointed it at Wang Yuanshu, "You'd better explain yourself clearly. Otherwise, since you've entered the burning house, don't expect to leave unscathed."
Her long, thin eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and her clear, large eyes were filled with rage. "Also, don't think that I won't touch you just because you're the Emperor's uncle's man. In the Northern Barbarians, there's no one I, Huo Ling'er, can't touch."
"Princess, calm down. This isn't just my opinion; it's also the opinion of His Majesty the Barbarian Emperor." Wang Yuanshu sensed the little girl's anger and quickly lowered his head to explain. "Princess, have you forgotten? Dongyi City is no longer your Northern Barbarian territory. So, keeping that money is only benefiting the Great Jin."
"What?" Huo Ling'er didn't expect to hear such words. She almost gritted her teeth and said, "But don't forget, those ordinary people are the people of the Northern Barbarians. How can you treat them like this?"
Wang Yuanshu still felt that his actions were fine. He smiled and said, "Princess, I did this truly for the sake of the Northern Barbarians, especially the Northern Barbarian royal family. Many of the people couldn't stand it anymore and left Dongyi City to seek a living elsewhere in the Northern Barbarians. Of course, there are some who are unwilling to leave. They... are disloyal to the princess and Your Highness, and they deserve death."
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