Gu Jinke let her in: "How is it?"
Xun Ji knelt down and apologized: "There was a small group of people, ten in total, who desperately protected the assassin and fled. Xun Ji was unable to keep them all and only killed six."
Sang Yi, who was serving behind him, turned pale. There were ten people, but only four escaped after the sudden attack? Was it Xun Ji who chased out alone?
Gu Jinke knocked on the armrest with his good hand: "Any clues about the ambush?"
"They are all assassins. There is only a dot on their backs. I don't know which side they belong to."
Gu Jinke frowned. Dots? These are not forces she is familiar with. She could only put this aside for the time being and consider other aspects.
Seeing that the wound on her arm had been bandaged, she immediately ordered Sang Yi behind her: "Prepare the writing brush and ink!"
Sang Yi came back to his senses from the shock and hurried to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Gu Jinke picked up the pen and was silent for a moment, then used his intact right hand to write a long memorial in a flamboyant manner.
Zhezi tearfully recounted the tragic incident of Gu Jinke being assassinated again in the Princess's Mansion. She also described to the Queen her embarrassment and efforts in escaping from the assassin.
Then he complained that the imperial guards and secret guards given by the clan affairs office when the princess built her palace were not in place for a long time, which indirectly led to the assassination of the crown prince due to insufficient defense. Then he complained about the incompetence of the Jingzhao governor, saying that the security in the capital was so bad that the princess of the current dynasty lived in fear and alertness every day.
Finally, he took leave due to injury and had to stay in the palace or go to another villa to recuperate until his injury healed before he could continue to serve the country. She also boasted that she was usually kind to others, and didn't know who she had offended. She asked the Queen to send people quickly to capture the assassin and bring him to justice to avenge her.
Coincidentally, Xue Cang's report on General Chen's military pay case was also delivered urgently. Gu Jinke weighed the two thick memorials in his hand and handed them to Xun Ji: "Send them to the palace as soon as possible, and then stay at home to recover."
Xun Ji responded and went out with two memorials.
Gu Jinke looked at the cool moonlight that quietly came from outside and said, "Okay, let's go to bed."
She needs to rest and recuperate, and the only ones who can't sleep are others.
In the imperial palace, the empress was still reviewing memorials at her desk when she received two urgent memorials handed to her by the crown princess.
She was the first to look at all the evidence listed in General Chen’s military pay case and the confessions signed by everyone, with anger gathering between her majestic brows. However, she had already read it roughly before, and now she needed to make up for the omissions. She barely controlled her anger and opened the memorial sent by the princess.
After seeing clearly what was written on the memorial, the anger that had been accumulating had finally found a place to vent: "Fang Rui!"
"Your Majesty, I am here!"
"Go, tell the Emperor Xuanzong's palace, the six ministers, and Jingzhao Yi to come to the emperor! I want to ask them what they do for a living!"
Fang Rui was about to leave when she heard the Queen add, "Call the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister as well, and tell them that I have something important to discuss with you!"
Fang Rui took the order and retreated. As orders were issued from the palace one after another, the capital city, which had been plunged into the night, became lively again.
Xue Cang, who had just delivered a memorial to the Princess, had just returned to his residence to rest when he saw a servant coming to announce, "Sir, the Queen has summoned you."
"Huh? What's the matter?" Xue Cang hurriedly put on his coat and walked out.
"I heard that Her Highness the Princess sent two memorials up, and that there was an assassin in Her Highness the Princess's mansion today."
Xue Cang frowned and left in a hurry. Xue Fulang, who came to the backyard to greet his wife, was disappointed and couldn't help but complain.
At the Imperial Tutor's Mansion, the Imperial Tutor also put on his coat with the help of the servants and hurried out. Jiang Mo, who came to deliver the midnight snack, was stunned for a moment: "Is there something urgent in the palace? Do you want Grandmother to come to the palace so late at night?"
"It's the princess. She was assassinated in the mansion today." The tutor has always doted on him and liked his intelligence, so she would not hide from him a secret that would be known to the whole city tomorrow.
After saying that, he gave a warning: "It's getting late, Xiao Mo should go back and rest early. It will be difficult for grandma to come back tonight."
As she spoke, her maid hurried out with a lantern in her hand, and she did not see Jiang Mo, who was sitting on the ground with a pale face.
…
Several senior officials from the capital hurried to the palace, and they discussed matters under bright lights until dawn. Gu Jinke, on the other hand, had a good night's rest and did not dream at all.
But as expected, while she was still having breakfast, the royal guards, ordinary guards, and a special secret guard for the princess that should be equipped in the Princess's Mansion were all present.
A wanted order was issued throughout the city to search for the assassin who assassinated Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess. Her Majesty the Queen and the King and Queen showed their care and love by sending many precious supplements and giving him a holiday to recuperate.
In order to show their concern for the crown prince, other noble lords also wanted to curry favor with Her Majesty the Queen. Supplements were delivered to the Princess's residence like water.
The princes and princesses who had left the palace to build their own residences also wanted to visit, but they knew that all the verbal messages they sent in advance were rejected without exception. It means that the Princess's residence is closed to visitors, and the Princess is asked to focus on recuperating from her injuries and not to see guests.
Several princes and princesses were a little angry. If they really closed the door to visitors, how come all the supplements and gifts were brought in? Just stopping people? I couldn't help but mutter to myself: "Your Highness the Crown Princess/Sixth Princess is really..."
Along with the assassination of the Princess Royal, there was also a piece of news that Her Majesty the Queen announced the final result of General Zhang’s military pay case at the Grand Court Meeting.
According to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, all property of those involved in corruption and embezzlement of military pay would be confiscated to make up for the deficit. If the amount is huge, the person responsible will be hanged, all female members of the family will be beheaded, and the male members of the family will be exiled 3,000 miles away and become slaves. For vassals with smaller amounts of money, the person in charge would be beheaded, and all the female and male members of the family would be exiled 3,000 miles away.
As soon as the Empress issued the decree, the capital city began to move again. The property of those who had escaped the net was confiscated, and the names of those who had been exiled were checked and verified. There was even weeping in the Dali Temple.
Gu Jinke sat in the small courtyard of the Princess's Mansion, listening to Xun Ji's report and eating the fruit that Sang Yi fed him. He sneered softly, "You lived a luxurious life relying on the embezzled military pay before, but today you have to pay it back."
Xun Ji nodded in agreement, and Sang Yi also quietly raised his eyes to look at Gu Jinke. There were many rumors about this Princess Crown Princess both in the palace and outside, and the evaluation of her was mixed. Of course, most of the praises came from her appearance, and the rest were criticisms. But from the time he had served her closely until now, the things that this Princess Crown Princess did were very contradictory, and Gu Jinke seemed to be different from the rumors.
Perhaps his scrutiny caught Gu Jinke's attention. Gu Jinke looked down at him, frowning: "Distracted? Sang Yi, if you hadn't been so loyal to me that day, do you think you could get away with coveting me and trying to get close to me? It turns out that I've been too indulgent to you."
Sang Yi quickly knelt down and apologized: Okay, he wanted to take back what he said, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess was exactly like what the rumors said.
Gu Jinke snorted coldly: "Mind yourself, don't think about it a second time."
Sang Yi's thoughts drifted to the hot spring pool inexplicably, with misty air, looming curves, and warm and smooth skin~
A surge of heat surged through Sang Yi's body. He pinched himself quietly, calmed down, and responded obediently.
In order to better recuperate, Gu Jinke led everyone from the Princess's Mansion, with guards leading the way and the Imperial Guards accompanying them, and went to the Imperial Farm in a grand manner. When the empress heard about this extravagant and grand ceremony at the villa, she couldn't help but remain silent for a moment and glanced at the memorials that were piled high on the table.
Huangzhuang is the royal villa and the favorite place for royal children to vacation and have fun. The nobles and ministers in the capital followed suit and built some manors not far away, making the surrounding area very well developed. Not only was a forest enclosed for hunting, but also horse farms, Cuju fields and other recreational facilities were built nearby.
The weather was fine that day, and Gu Jinke enthusiastically took Xun Ji up the mountain early in the morning.
A few days ago, she was so bored that she set a few traps on the mountain for fun. In the following days, the weather was not very good, so she stayed in the villa to kill time. Today, when she saw the sun hanging high, she suddenly remembered the traps she set, and she was itching to go and see if there was any harvest.
Xun Ji always did what she said, so the two of them went up the mountain by themselves. They didn't know if they were lucky or not, but as they went up the mountain, they were lucky enough to find some small things, such as a little rabbit and occasionally a pheasant.
It would have been fine if she didn't find anything at first, but in the end she found something small like opening a blind box, so Gu Jinke was happy and took Xun Ji to continue looking. However, halfway through, she suddenly frowned, "Why do I feel that this forest is a little noisy today?"
Xun Ji glanced at her and said, "Your Highness, have you forgotten? Xin Shuang said that there are noble families and other royal relatives coming to play near the villa recently. They should go hunting in the mountains today."
Gu Jinke didn't take the matter to heart, and as the villa was comfortable, he actually forgot about it. But she didn't want to meet these people, so she frowned and asked, "Listen to the sound. Is there a lot of people in the trap I'm going to next? If there are few people, I'll go there, take a last look at the trap, and then go back to the villa."
Xun Ji responded without hesitation. After listening carefully, he found that there was indeed no sound, so he went over with Gu Jinke.
The two walked a little further and found that there were indeed no people along the way. They soon found the trap based on the markings.
From a distance, he could see that the surroundings were in a mess and the traps had been destroyed. Gu Jinke was delighted, as there was a high probability that there was prey, and a large one at that.
She immediately called Xun Ji to go forward and check. Fearing that there might be other prey nearby, the two of them checked again before going over. They vaguely saw a shadow through the gaps in the dead branches and leaves, and Gu Jinke was delighted. But when she pulled away the dead branches and leaves near the trap and saw what was inside, Gu Jinke regretted not leaving earlier.
In the deep pit lay a young man dressed in brocade and jade. Even though he was dirty and disheveled, it couldn't hide his brilliant elegance. It was just tragic that the wounds on his body were still bleeding slowly and his breathing was getting weaker and weaker. The enchanting and charming face was mixed with some mud and blood, but it couldn't hide the pale complexion.
Gu Jinke was caught in a dilemma of whether to save or not, with morality and reason constantly pulling him apart. Reason told her that as the male supporting character in the original book, she must not have anything to do with him, the farther away the better, especially in a scene like this where he was injured and saved his life.
However, her morality made her feel a sense of responsibility when she saw the man's gradually weakening breathing, and she could not ignore his life.
Gu Jinke patted his forehead and said, "Xun Ji, see if there is anyone nearby? If there is anyone, notify them to come and rescue us."
She really doesn't want to be involved in these things.
Unfortunately, this forest is very large. When Xun Ji told her that there was no one around, Gu Jinke still had a feeling that it was as expected. But this person's life cannot be delayed.
Gu Jinke gritted his teeth, jumped down to the bottom of the pit, and gritted his teeth secretly: "I really owe you the original novel..."
She took off the straps that bound her sleeves.
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Your Royal Highness: I really owe you the original novel. Not only do I have to be cannon fodder, but I also have to rush to the front line to save people~
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