The eldest princess is a person with a conscience. She would never sacrifice hundreds of people in her maternal family for her own sake.
She was controlled by others and could not refuse the marriage arranged by the queen. Yu Zizhen and the eldest prince were not of suitable status, so neither of them could interfere in her marriage with good reason.
Although the emperor has the right status, Empress Xiao Lu has now added him to the death list alongside Empress Da Lu, so Xiao Lu will definitely not listen to what he says.
Yu Zizhen had no choice but to find another way and think of another way for her.
She asked the eldest princess, "If you could only choose between the status of a noble princess and the power to control your own life without implicating others, what would you choose?"
The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, then said in a very light but very firm voice: "I choose the latter."
Yu Zizhen nodded, "Then I know what to do."
She handed the eldest princess a small pill and said, "Take it. It will help you pretend to be sick."
The eldest princess was confused, "Pretending to be sick...will it work?"
Yu Zizhen was full of confidence. "It depends on what the disease is. If it's a disease that can be transmitted to others, you will definitely be sent out of the palace to recuperate, and your marriage will naturally be put on hold."
The eldest princess was worried, so she asked Yu Zizhen, "What if the imperial physician finds out?"
She needed to make sure that Yu Zizhen would not be implicated in the process of helping her. After all, Yu Zizhen had proposed to come see her, and had whispered something to her after the nanny sent by Xiao Lu had tried to stop him in vain.
"That won't happen." Yu Zizhen actually gave the eldest princess a one-time skill that she exchanged from the system. This skill could make the eldest princess "fall ill" after ten days, and the symptoms she showed after "falling ill" were exactly the same as the smallpox that everyone in this era was afraid of.
The skills in pill form are different from those of real pills. No matter how skilled the imperial physicians are, they cannot find anything suspicious in the eldest princess's pulse.
The eldest princess asked again: "What if the Queen Mother lets me get married in the name of bringing good luck..."
Yu Zizhen signaled her not to be nervous, "Then I'll help you think of other solutions."
At worst, she could just let the eldest princess escape. Putting aside her princess identity, she might be able to live a freer and happier life.
Although Yu Zizhen's words were vague, out of blind trust in her, the princess did not continue to ask what the "other methods" she mentioned were.
Yu Zizhen knew she shouldn't stay any longer, so she told the princess, "If anyone asks you what I told you about you, just say I asked you if you wanted to get married. You said yes, and I asked you if you would still come to school. You can make up the rest yourself."
The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, but she quickly realized that if Yu Zizhen had not said that it was not appropriate for the old nanny to be present to listen, the old nanny would not have been sent away without any explanation by others.
And since they were whispering, Mrs. Lu would definitely not believe that they were just talking about some irrelevant things.
Lies are easier to gain people's trust if they are a mixture of truth and falsehood. The eldest princess, who has lived in the deep palace for many years, naturally understands this.
After Yu Zizhen left, Mrs. Lu quickly sent the old nanny to come and tell her.
The eldest princess endured the pain in her knee and walked to Xiao Lu's bedroom.
As Yu Zizhen expected, Xiao Lu indeed interrogated the eldest princess about the content of her conversation with Yu Zizhen.
The eldest princess responded carefully and, following Yu Zizhen's instructions, replied to Xiao Lu with a mixture of truth and lies.
Little Lu hadn't gotten any serious information out of her questions, and she was confident the princess couldn't get out of her control, so she felt relieved and sarcastically said to the princess, "What? I thought he would say he's willing to marry you. It seems he's not as good to you as you thought."
The princess was already used to this level of sarcasm. She knelt on the ground with a submissive look on her face, "It is you, my son, who is not worthy of the Prince of Zhenbei."
The eldest princess said this calmly and completely from the heart, but when little Lu heard it, she became furious.
She threw a teacup at the princess's legs. "You're nothing! You can't even hook a stinky brat who hasn't even grown all his hair. What's the point of me keeping you?"
The eldest princess knelt on the ground and let her scold her without saying a word, but what she was thinking in her heart was, you have been jumping around for so many years, but you still can't hook my father who is like a mascot, right?
So what if your Lu family is powerful in the government? So what if your young Lu controls the harem? You will still be neglected.
Before she met Yu Zizhen, the eldest princess would not have dared to have such thoughts, but now she is very different from her before. Even for the sake of self-preservation, she still has to maintain her submissive image on the surface, but privately, she also has the courage to complain about Xiao Lu in her heart.
On the seventh day after the eldest princess's marriage was arranged, Yang Shixian's grandfather Yang Zhengde was intercepted by a group of assassins who appeared out of nowhere on his way to court early in the morning.
The other side had a large number of people and all of them were highly skilled in martial arts. Yang Zhengde's guards and attendants were unable to resist at all, and casualties occurred in just one encounter.
Fortunately, Yu Zizhen got the news in advance through the baby voice system. The next moment after the group of assassins took action, the people sent by Yu Zizhen also followed suit.
Although their individual combat capabilities are similar to those of the death soldiers, they have the advantage of being more numerous. Basically, two of them can team up to defeat one of those death soldiers.
The assassins never dreamed that so many troublesome people would suddenly appear in the process of their mission. While they were sending people to resist the continuous attacks of Yu Zizhen's subordinates, they tried their best to break through to the front of the carriage where Yang Zhengde was riding.
However, Yang Zhengde's guards and attendants were no pushovers either. They risked injury or even death to isolate those assassins who tried to kill Yang Zhengde at a safe distance.
With such a pincer attack from both inside and outside, most of the assassins who wanted to kill Yang Zhengde were quickly wiped out.
The few remaining people were tied up and taken away by Yang Zhengde's guard leader. He had to go back and interrogate these people carefully to find out where they came from.
Yu Zizhen's subordinates didn't leave immediately just because the crisis was temporarily resolved. Yang Zhengde's guard leader thanked them and asked about their identities. "Thank you for your help, heroes. Would you be willing to tell us your origins and names?"
"Our origins are not important." The young general in charge bowed slightly to the head of Yang Zhengde's guards. "What is important is that you all escort Lord Yang back to his palace as soon as possible."
When Yang Zhengde heard this, he got out of the carriage regardless of his attendant's attempt to stop him.
He bowed to Yu Zizhen's subordinates and said, "I am Yang Zhengde. Thank you all for your help."
Everyone hurriedly returned the gift.
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