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Chapter 128
Chapter 128:
Ai Lin wasn’t having any of that. “I don’t think she’s pitiful. Other girls didn’t get the chance to escape the demon, but she did. She had a chance; she even chose help to him. She knew what he looked like. He was clearly a demon, but she didn’t stop him. For his sake and the baby that wasn’t even hers, she chose to help him.
I asked the boss at the inn about the noble girls that got pregnant. Every single one of them were noble girls Princess Nai Nai didn’t like. It’s suspicious that only the girls she didn’t like were afflicted. I think she had a hand in their situation.” Ai Lin looked at the princess disdainfully. This woman didn’t deserve pity; she got exactly what she deserved.
“Regardless, she’s still pitiful. If the demon hadn’t deceived her, she probably wouldn’t have ended like this. It’s a tragedy.” Zi Cheng didn’t approve of Ai Lin’s opinion one bit. josei
“How can you be such a heartless, vicious person? Poor Princess Nai Nai is pitiful. She is a victim too! Why must you say such mean things?” Yifu piped up.
“Princess!”
Ai Lin was about to snap back when Ming Xi and the others shouted in horror. It made other people turn and look in the princess’s direction. She had a sword in hand and was about to stab herself.
Liffman was too late to stop her. A fresh pool of blood quickly formed around her. Then she closed her eyes for the last time.
The princess’s abrupt suicide startled both Commander Liffman and Ming Xi.
With her death, those who served under her and accompanied her on the trip would be made into scapegoats for her crimes and her death.
“I’m done for…” Liffman muttered. Liffman had a wife, children, and parents who relied on him. Even after everything that happened, if he could have brought the princess safely back to the palace and explained everything, though he would have been punished, it would have been bearable. But now…there was no way he would be able to keep his head.
He failed to protect the princess, allowed her to be tempted by a demon, and failed to stop her suicide - high crimes indeed. He would be executed as soon as he returned, he was sure.
“Commander Liffman need not worry. When we return to the capital I and Meiren will admit fault. It’s unlikely commander will be implicated." Xiao Na and Meiren had expected this so they were surprisingly cool-headed in the aftermath.
“In exchange for…?” He and the girls had a good relationship, but he knew it wasn’t that good. They wouldn’t make the offer for free.
“We have one condition. We ask that commander take care of our families, help them find routes out of the capital and give them the savings we’ve saved up over the years. This is our request. If commander agrees, then Meiren and I will plead guilty and we will not implicate commander.”
Since they couldn’t escape death, they would use their deaths to help their families.
Liffman stared hard at the two girls. In the end he nodded his head in assent. It was the best course of action for everyone involved. It wasn’t complicated and he guessed their motives. But it was because he knew their motives that his heart was heavy.
At that moment, far away in the capital, the stomach of many pregnant girls deflated. They cried tears of joy. The pregnant bellies they had tried so hard to get rid of were finally gone.
The pregnancies had taken away their future and their freedom. They felt like monsters, were treated like monsters. They couldn’t even die if they wanted to, but now they could live again.
More than half the people in town perished, but the families Feng Wu saved did not suffer any harm because they listened to her warning and stayed inside. They locked their windows and doors and refused to open them for anyone. Fortunately the mayor was still alive so there was someone to manage the town.
Early the next morning, at the first light of dawn, Feng Wu and the group left the town and returned to the small inn.
Liffman had to return to the capital to report. The princess’s death needed to be cleared, confessions made, and punishment meted. There was no way to escape completely unscathed; he would still be punished but at least now the punishment wouldn’t be as severe – just a demotion, which could be considered a fortunate thing out of an unfortunate event. He took the surviving members of the entourage and the bodies of the dead back to the capital.
Before the commander left, Ming Xi asked him to contact the arbitration hall and have them sentence the demon. Ming Xi tore out the page sealing the demon out of the book and gave it to the commander.
It was only yesterday that Feng Wu and the others left the inn, but it felt so much more time had passed. They were weary and tired but were happy to see the familiar faces of Rain and Jasmine.