The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 408 - : 205 Debunking Fake (Two updates combined into one) _5
Chapter 408: 205 Debunking Fake (Two updates combined into one) _5
Thank you so much, sister.
The emperor was heavily engrossed in arithmetic and astronomy so when he heard her mention it, he nearly signaled her to go on. Fortunately, he remembered his objective, “So what about the bellows? Did you truly invent it? If not, do you understand the crime you’ve committed? Be honest with me, considering the old marquis’ sake, I can spare you this once. Otherwise, if I find any evidence, Gu Jinyu, you know the consequences.”
The crime of deceiving the monarch, the light would be punished by caning, the heavy would be caned to death.
A wave of panic settled within Gu Jinyu’s heart.
Didn’t the Emperor believe her just yesterday? Why did he suddenly become suspicious?
Did the Emperor summon Gu Jiao and then Gu Jiao concocted something about her in front of the Emperor?
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What an obnoxious girl!
Although Gu Jinyu was moved by the Emperor’s proposition, she still retained her last bit of clarity.
This was a trap set by the Emperor!
The Emperor had no evidence. If he could have found any, he would have punished her long ago. Why would he need to intimidate and lure her into admitting it?
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As long as she refused to admit it, the invention was hers.
Even though her mistakes led to a horrific accident, the invention of the bellows offset her crimes in Zhan Country’s legal code. At worst, she would just have to pay a large amount of silver, she herself didn’t have to receive any punishment!
She knelt and said: “Your Majesty, every word of your subject’s daughter is true, the bellows were a product of my invention!”
The Emperor’s fingers holding the memorial were turning white.
Eunuch Wei glanced at Gu Jinyu, then looked at the Emperor again, and shook his head with a sigh.
Gu Jiao didn’t retain the first draft. She had initially drawn it on the ground, and had it copied by a carpenter—
It was this kind of confidence that allowed Gu Jinyu to insist that the bellows was her invention.
The Emperor indeed had no evidence, he swallowed his breath and said: “Alright, I believe you. Rise.”
“Thank you, your Majesty.” Gu Jinyu slowly stood up.
The Emperor said: “You have reached the age for marriage. The Empress and Lady Zhuang have selected a few excellent young men of our dynasty for you, come and take a look.”
Gu Jinyu was taken aback at first, but then her heart brightened and she stepped forward and said, “Yes!”
She walked over to the Emperor’s desk, reaching out to take the picture that he had hinted at her with his eyes.
She swore that she didn’t touch anything else, but the imperial seal on the table suddenly fell.
It turned out that the imperial seal was on top of the picture, and there was another picture under the imperial seal, and the picture Gu Jinyu took was the one beneath the seal.
The imperial seal fell on the floor with a loud noise, and a corner was chipped off!
Gu Jinyu’s face turned pale!
However, the Emperor was incredibly calm, he glanced at the broken imperial seal on the ground and said, “Oh, Princess, this is the imperial seal, which you have broken.”
“Your Majesty… It’s not… I didn’t… I didn’t drop it!” Gu Jinyu was in a panic.
With a cold hum, the emperor said: “If it wasn’t you, then was it me? I didn’t even lift a hand just now, everyone in the room saw it.”
Gu Jinyu looked at the emperor in disbelief: “Your Majesty…”
The emperor gracefully sipped his tea: “Deliberately destroying the imperial seal is a capital crime, I will have people investigate whether you did it on purpose or not. For now, go and reflect on your actions. Guards! Take the princess away and lock her up in the Ministry of Justice Prison!”
Gu Jinyu cried out loudly: “Your Majesty— Your Majesty— Your Majesty—”
Gu Jinyu was dragged away by the Imperial Guards in disarray.
Eunuch Wei looked sympathetically at Gu Jinyu, attempting to fight the Emperor? Too naive.
With the worries in his heart finally lessened, the emperor asked someone to clean up the imperial seal that was broken by Gu Jinyu and said to Eunuch Wei: “If Marquis De-An comes to plead for his daughter later, let him plead with his eldest daughter.”
Eunuch Wei twitched a corner of his mouth: “…Yes.”
Just as the emperor had anticipated, upon hearing the news, Marquis Gu quickly entered the palace to plead with the emperor.
Eunuch Wei stopped him outside the Imperial Study. Of course, he could not directly relay the emperor’s words, as that would easily create enmity between the emperor and the young female medic.
As a chief eunuch who had fought his way out of the Imperial Harem, Eunuch Wei had his way with words.
After a bit of sugarcoating, he said: “The Emperor didn’t sleep all night because of the incident at the Ministry of Works, and he just took a break. The young princess has committed a grave mistake, causing harm to so many innocent craftsmen, the Emperor is still angry about it. You’re meeting the Emperor now won’t make any difference. Your eldest daughter has made great contributions by treating the injured, if you really want to save the princess, you should beg your eldest daughter instead. If she steps in, the Emperor might be willing to grant her a favor.”
That girl is just a little medicine apprentice, what injured did she treat?
She’s just riding on the coattail of the Miao Shoutang!
While he slandered her in his heart, his steps did not stop.
He hurried to Miao Shoutang.
It was still early, and Gu Jiao had just changed the medicine and infused the patient who was bandaged with black cloth, then she went to the other wards to check on the conditions of the six critically ill patients.
All was well.
She returned to the courtyard.
The women’s school started again.
That girl named Li Wanwan started practicing her zither in the woods next to her again.
Fortunately, it was no longer tormenting Gu Jiao’s ears.
Gu Jiao squinted her eyes, lying on a rattan chair in the courtyard listening to Li Wanwan playing the zither.
Halfway through, the courtyard gate was vigorously knocked.
“Open the door!”
It was Lord Gu.
Li Wanwan probably got scared, and the sound of the zither abruptly stopped.
“Keep playing.” Gu Jiao spoke.
The master of the zither sound did not ask why, seemingly trusting Gu Jiao implicitly, and indeed continued to play.
Her zither melody was very beautiful, capable of calming one’s inner turmoil.
However, Lord Gu outside the door had no time to appreciate the zither, the door was clearly bolted from the inside. That girl was in the yard, but there was no response after he knocked for a long time.
That girl was doing it deliberately!
Lord Gu was furious: “I know you’re inside! Come out now! Jin Yu has been taken away! You should rush to save her!”
Gu Jiao sneered, one hand resting at the back of her head.
What did Jin Yu being arrested have to do with her?
Lord Gu was not daunted, “Jin Yu didn’t commit a mistake on purpose! She was innocent! She only wanted to improve the bellows for the betterment of the court! She didn’t expect that such a huge accident would occur! You are her sister! You cannot let her go to jail!”
Oh, so she’s going to jail?
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow in surprise.
When Lord Gu heard that Jin Yu was taken away, he became frantic, forgetting to ask what charges she was arrested for. He assumed that the Emperor was making things difficult for Jin Yu under the guise of accidents.
Lord Gu roared, “She is your sister! Do you not have a conscience! You must go to the palace with me to see the Emperor! Ask the emperor for a favor, pardon your sister!”
Gu Jiao: Hahaha!
Lord Gu was furious, “You you you…you…if you don’t come out, I will shut this Medical Hall down! Let’s see how you will be aroga-”
Before he finished his sentence, there was a squeaking noise as the courtyard door was opened.
A delicate and bare hand reached out, the slender jade-like wrist below the hand was exquisitely delicate.
The jade wrist was slightly raised, and the bare hand grabbed Lord Gu’s lapel.
Lord Gu didn’t even have time to react before he was dragged into the courtyard.
“You you you…you stinky girl, what are you going to do?” Lord Gu’s buttocks harshly scraped against the ground.
Gu Jiao dragged him in an indifferent manner, as if dragging a sack, silently dragging him into the firewood room without a word.
She closed the door of the firewood room.
On the other side of the courtyard wall, the sound of the zither was melodious.
Indescribable screams echoed in the firewood room.
“Ah——”
“Ah——”
“Ah——”
Bang bang bang!
Thud thud thud!
Crack crack crack!
“Don’t hit the face——”
“Ah——”
The zither music was melodious and charming, touching the heartstrings. When the last note was played, the person in the firewood room also finished the last punch.
Gu Jiao opened the door and came out of the firewood room in a refreshing mood.
The sunlight penetrated in, shining on Lord Gu’s bruised and swollen pig head, he sat on the ground like a puppet with its strings cut, slumping soullessly against the wall.
Lord Gu complained, “Sniff…said not to hit the face…”
