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Princess and the General - Chapter 145

Published at 11th of March 2021 02:07:29 PM


Chapter 145

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Give Her a Courtyard (Part Three)
“Lord Marquis, young miss Yu Fu has come.”

Qi An personally entered to report this, a smile on his face. Who knew whether it was from the festive feeling of new year’s or if it was because Qi Ting had returned.

Gu HuaiJiang and Gu ShuBai were in the middle of a conversation. Hearing that Yu Fu had arrived, they quickly cut their conversation short.

Upon entering the room, Yu Fu saw Gu ShuBai, “Eldest brother is also here. Have you also come to wish head general a happy new year?”

“That’s right. Gu Yi and the others have already come and done so. Why have you only come just now?”

Yu Fu glanced at Qi An, “Aunty Li brought Qi Ting back, so I needed to make arrangements for her. That’s why I came a little later. Head general, happy new year.”

She respectfully kneeled and performed a salute to wish the older generation a happy new year, and Gu HuaiJiang quickly gave Yao Lan a look to help her up.

“Yes, happy new year, come!”

Gu HuaiJiang happily gestured for her to step forward and pulled out a large red pouch, “It’s new year’s money.”

Yu Fu received the pouch and looked at Gu ShuBai, “Is this something that only I am getting, or are all of my older brothers getting some?”

Gu ShuBai said: “Your second brother, third brother, and I aren’t getting any. Fourth brother and the younger ones got it. But the contents are all different. Take a look inside and see?”

Yu Fu opened the pouch and found that it did not contain things like gold, silver, or precious gems. Instead, it was a thick piece of brown paper.

Could it just be a banknote?

Taking it out, she found that it was much larger than a banknote, and there was the image of a room drawn on it.

She said in shock: “This is a deed to a house? Head general, are you giving me a house as new year’s money?”

Gu HuaiJiang found her reaction to be quite entertaining, “That’s right. This courtyard is next to West Lake and has a total of five divisions. It’s neither large nor small and is very tasteful. You like West Lake, so you can go there for short trips when you have the time.”

When Yu Fu married Gu ShuBai in the future, it would not do to have the bridal sedan set out from Marquis Gu’s Manor then turn around and go straight back inside, right?

He had to provide Yu Fu with a place that could be considered her own.

Yu Fu did not understand his intentions and only thought about the five-division courtyard. He said that was neither too big nor too small?

She clicked her tongue, “I thought that the things given by His Majesty were already generous enough. Who knew that head general would be even more generous. Then what did fourth brother and the others get?”

IF everyone was given a courtyard, Marquis Gu’s Manor might be a little too wealthy.

Gu HuaiJiang said: “Oh, they got 50 taels of silver each.”

Yu Fu: “…”

It was not even as much as what she gave her maidservants. Sure enough, sons were raised strictly.

“Right, head general, have any clues been found about the assassins that tried to kill eldest brother’s group?”

Gu HuaiJiang and Gu ShuBai exchanged a look. In truth, before Yu Fu entered, they were discussing this exact topic.

It was fine. There was no need to hide this matter from Yu Fu.

Gu HuaiJiang said to Qi An: “You are all dismissed for now.”

Qi An waved and led all of the servants out of the room, leaving father, son, and daughter alone in the room.

Given the situation, it was clear that Gu HuaiJiang had indeed discovered something.

“After the incident occurred, not only did His Majesty not assign any blame for mobilizing troops without permission. On the contrary, he fully supported the investigation. With Yan Zheng having been poisoned, the first group that I suspected was the special envoy from Western Kun, but all of their people are registered. It’s impossible for them to bring out an extra hundred people to attack ShuBai’s group.”

Yu Fu said: “While we were in Changzhou, eldest brother also said this. Since it’s not Western Kun’s special envoy, who else could it be?”

Gu HuaiJiang sighed, “The Board of War does not dare interfere with the mobilization of troops, and that was within my expectations. But there was one person who, even if there’s nothing on me, still suspects me a great deal. This time, when there was something that could be used against me, he did not say anything. This obviously made me suspicious.”

In court, the only one who would dare to suspect Gu HuaiJiang and could interfere would be the prime minister, Yin Yan.

All three fell silent for a while. Even Yu Fu knew that the discord between Eastern Ling’s general and prime minister had always worried Gu HuaiJiang.

He had even made many attempts to get closer with Yin Yan; however, he was always treated coldly.

Gu HuaiJiang said: “Don’t look at how Prime Minister Yin is perceived negatively in court. His talent as the prime minister is not something that can be ignored. It’s fortunate that Eastern Ling has had him managing the situation in court over the years. It’s thanks to him that I can fight on the frontlines without worrying about problems in the future. If it’s uncovered that it really was he who tried to poison ShuBai, who would profit the most from the discord between the general and the prime minister?”

The group from Western Kun was still in the capital. If they were allowed to see the discord between Eastern Ling’s general and prime minister, the citizens living near the border would need to worry once more.

Gu ShuBai also said: “After all, I am fine. If the situation in court becomes unstable because of me alone, I will feel quite bad about it. It would be best if we don’t bring this subject up any further.”

One understood very clearly that his favorite son nearly died but would need to compromise for the sake of maintaining the court’s stability.

The other nearly lost his life but needed to stay silent to protect the people who tried to kill him.

If she had not heard it herself, Yu Fu would be unable to believe just how magnanimous the father and son of the Gu family were.

Yu Fu said: “The people of Marquis Gu’s Manor were born for the sake of family and country and die for the sake of family and country. You never even give your lives a second thought. I really admire that, but with this matter getting talked about so much, just because you don’t want to investigate it does not mean that it won’t be investigated.”

For the sake of Gu ShuBai, not only was Emperor Ning tolerant of the cavalry leaving the city, but he had also anxiously sent imperial physicians. He also gave a large reward.

In his eyes, Gu ShuBai was the most valuable descendent in Eastern Ling. He was also the ideal son-in-law.

How could he possibly give up on the investigation?





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