Princess and the General

The Person Outside the Hall (Part Two)

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At morning court the next morning, Yin Shuo was the last official to arrive once more.

Senior cabinet minister Chen glanced at his empty seat with displeasure and wondered to himself why Yin Shuo was deliberately delaying this.
Did he think that doing this would be beneficial?

He then looked into the crowd at Gu HuaiJiang and Gu ShuBai.
Listening to the report from the Imperial Court of Justice, they had already found evidence that the second prince was innocent.
They were just waiting for the full court session today to announce it.

The eldest prince stood to the side with an ashen complexion.
His tightly clenched fists were slightly trembling.

Just as senior cabinet minister Chen was about to step forward to speak, he suddenly saw a person outside the doors.
Holding something in their hands above their head, it seemed to be some sort of report.

That person slowly walked in, and everyone turned to look.
Was it not Yin Shuo?

“Prime Minister Yin, it’s Prime Minister Yin.”

“What is he doing? What is he holding?”

Gu HuaiJiang and his son looked toward Yin Shuo, trying to guess what he was planning based on his expressions.
The eldest prince anxiously looked at him, hoping that Yin Shuo’s intelligence would turn the tide.

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The current situation was completely unfavorable for him.

Last night, the people stationed outside of Marquis Gu’s Manor saw Baibu Yang and Qianli Yun come out.
Following the eldest prince’s orders, they attacked when the two were a couple of blocks away from Marquis Gu’s Manor.

Who knew that it was a trap set by Marquis Gu’s Manor.
The plan was to use Baibu Yang as bait to draw his people out.

Now, his people had been captured by Marquis Gu’s Manor and become solid evidence against him.
He had to come up with an extraordinary tactic to combat this.

Last night, Yin Shuo did not visit the eldest prince’s manor.
He was surely preparing a new countermeasure.

Yin Shuo held a scroll in his hands and suddenly kneeled after entering the hall, kowtowing toward the vacant imperial throne at the front of the hall.
All of the officials were given a fright, not knowing what he was playing at.

“Prime Minister Yin, you…”

Yin Shuo stood up and handed the scroll that he was carrying to senior cabinet minister Chen, “This prime minister moves to impeach the eldest prince on the charge of killing his father and ruler and trying to frame the second prince.
The relevant information is contained inside this scroll.
I ask the cabinet to carefully read it over!”

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The crowd was immediately in an uproar.
Gu HuaiJiang and Gu ShuBai exchanged a glance, as they did not expect Yin Shuo would do this.

The eldest prince was even more shocked, as he pointed at Yin Shuo with a trembling hand, “What are you saying.
You… You’re saying that this prince… You’re spouting nonsense!”

While his surroundings were a chaotic mess, senior cabinet minister Chen opened up the scroll that Yin Shuo had given him and quickly skimmed through it.

He put it down and gestured for the other officials to quiet down, “Prime Minister Yin said that the second prince’s archery master and the lotus flower arrow that he used were supplied by the eldest prince.
The plan was to assassinate His Majesty then frame the second prince, while you, Prime Minister Yin, were threatened into helping the eldest prince after the murder.
That’s why you worked at his side to collect evidence?”

The worries that had plagued Gu ShuBai last night were suddenly resolved.

He could never understand why none of the evidence that they had gathered was related to Yin Shuo.
All of the evidence pointed at the eldest prince.

It turned out that Yin Shuo had left himself a way out.

His way out was to completely distance himself from the matter once it was exposed and then place all of the blame on the eldest prince!

To leave himself a way out when committing something like regicide, this person’s way of thinking was truly too frightening!

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The eldest prince looked at Yin Shuo in disbelief, “What are you saying? I didn’t.
You must have been sent by the second prince to confuse the situation.
This must be!”

He walked toward Yin Shuo.
The imperial guards stationed outside the hall feared that he would try to injure Yin Shuo and immediately stepped forward to stop him.

Pei Zheng of the Imperial Court of Justice stepped forward and pointed at the eldest prince, “We have Baibu Yang and Qianli Yun, and we have evidence from Mo Di.
They can all attest to the fact that eldest prince did indeed commit the crime of regicide! Quickly arrest the eldest prince.
Don’t allow him to hurt Prime Minister Yin!”

The officials were even more shocked upon hearing this.

The tribunal had reached a conclusion.
The real culprit behind the ruler’s murder was the eldest prince?

Senior cabinet minister Chen said: “Lord Pei, quickly bring out the testimony.
Where has the witness gone?”

Pei Zheng brought out the testimony and cupped his hands toward Gu HuaiJiang, “This case was resolved thanks to Lord Marquis Gu’s assistance.
Before the eldest prince’s subordinates could accomplish their mission of silencing the witnesses, they were able to bring back Baibu Yang and Qianli Yun.
The Imperial Court of Justice’s investigation uncovered the one who made the lotus flower arrows, Mo Di.
Their testimony pointed to the eldest prince as being the true culprit!”

Gu HuaiJiang nodded slightly but did not say anything.

“Nonsense! You dare to detain this prince on the basis of what some uncivilized members of jianghu said? Unhand me!”

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The eldest prince tried to break free; however, the imperial guards did not give him a chance, restraining him such that he could not even move.

The cabinet members read the testimonies, and Pei Zheng smiled, “Naturally, it’s not just testimonies.
There’s also evidence.
A group of killers tried to kill Baibu Yang and Qianli Yun at a farm on the city’s outskirts yesterday.
Fortunately, Marquis Gu’s heir arrived at a timely manner.
At that time, half of the attackers were killed and another half fled.
All that remained at that site were corpses, and they have been confirmed to be the eldest prince’s subordinates by servants at eldest prince’s manor.”

“What?”

The eldest prince was a little flustered, “How could the people at my manor be so confused and speak so wantonly? I never sent anyone to kill Baibu Yang.
I never commissioned him, so why would I want to silence him?”

Pei Zheng said: “Then the assassins that were sent to assassinate Baibu Yang at Marquis Gu’s Manor, they must not be eldest prince’s people?”

The eldest prince was shaken.
He knew that if this matter was uncovered by others, it would be used against him, but he never thought that it would truly happen.

He angrily looked at Yin Shuo.

If not for Yin Shuo defecting partway through, he would still have a chance to fight; however, nothing he said now would matter.

Gu ShuBai’s gaze shifted from Yin Shuo and looked outside the hall.
Outside the hall, a person who had just been given instructions quickly entered the hall.