They needed as many witnesses as possible to prove that the princess had indeed committed suicide, so it would hard for the Han Emperor to kill every witness --- especially, when they were another kingdom"s folks. With the old physician"s previous judgmental behavior, if they had the same conclusions, it would solidify the credibility of the results. The onlookers would trust her more.
The crowds sighed at how kindhearted the woman was. She was being ridiculed, but she was magnanimous enough to invite the other person to join her. Despite the embarra.s.sment, the old man accepted Yao Ling"s offer. Otherwise, he would look petty if he refused, besides, he also felt curious about the princess" condition and wanted to see the woman"s skill. He still didn"t believe in Yao Ling"s medical skills.
No one commented when the old man came inside the room. What was the use of mocking him? He already put away his pride and it was good enough. They only wanted to see the result. Yao Ying laughed to himself, he indeed had a formidable wife.
The old man was quite surprised by Yao Ling"s skills and he had to admit that he was being unreasonable before. He only judged her based on her gender because of his own arrogance. Even though she was young, her skills were on par with him --- there was a probability that it was a little bit better than him. The old man followed along Yao Ling"s movements carefully while giving a pointer once in a while. In the end, he agreed with Yao Ling"s investigation result: The princess was indeed dead and it was a suicide case.
When he turned his gaze to the side, the old man was surprised by what he saw. He didn"t pay attention to the room"s condition before because he kept concentrating himself in the investigation. His gaze never stranded from the princess" corpse.
The old man saw a blood letter on the table and it was opened --- it seemed like the princess had deliberately done this, so the person who found her could see it. After reading the content, he felt his knees weakened and he wanted to slap himself for joining in with the fun! This was Han Kingdom"s secret ah~ His whole body was trembling in fear.
Yao Ling looked up and asked him in confusion, "Da Ren, what"s wrong? Why is your whole body shaking?"
"It"s... its"..." The old man stuttered while pointing at the blood letter.
Yao Ling gasped in surprise. "It"s... it"s a blood letter!" She was satisfied when the old man finally saw the blood letter.
Yao Ling closed the inner chamber"s curtains. She quickly called General Hu in and told him the result. She didn"t say it out loud but the crowds were able to hear the result as well. They were curious... Why did the princess commit suicide? If she wanted to kill herself just to avoid this marriage, it should happen before she set out. Then, were there any other reasons?
Then, she hurriedly gave General Hu the blood letter. They had planned to announce what was written inside loud and clear to as many people as possible. They wanted people to hear the reasons of Han Xiang"s suicide --- first, it would clear up the possibility that she was killed. Secondly, it would also reveal that this matter didn"t have any connections with Qin Kingdom or Shu Kingdom, so they could avoid war --- just in case, people with bad intentions would use this matter for their own gains.
The most important thing was to let the world know... what kind of man the Han Emperor was. What kind of bad deeds that he had done... and how he could pretend to be a kind Monarch despite all of that. They wanted to tear down his mask as a way to get revenge for Han Xiang.
In Xiao Fang"s letter, Han Xiang gave her permission and wrote that she didn"t care if her reputation would be ruined when the truth came out. After all, she had already dead by then. No one would care about her tainted body. Han Xiang still remembered to give Xiao Fang an advice not to reveal her real ident.i.ty in front of the Han Emperor. Even though he was the one who had told her about it, she was certain that the Han Emperor still felt unsure about it.
In her words, she said, only one her was enough... She didn"t want Xiao Fang to become another victim. After all, that man was a beast in human clothing. Who knew what he would do if he found out that Xiao Fang was his real daughter?
General Hu read the letter in a low voice, but the ones who were the closest to them and the ones who had heightened senses due to their martial arts skills, were able to hear his mumble clearly.
"General Hu, I"m sorry... I know that you have protected me from the bandits, but in the end, I killed myself. Please let the people know by putting this blood letter on the announcement board. I want the world to know the truth --- the reasons of my suicide."
The ones who couldn"t hear asked the people who seemed to be able to hear.
"It"s really a suicide..."
"That man is indeed a general. It seems like he also doesn"t understand the reasons ah~"
"Of course, ah~ If he knew beforehand, he would certainly save the princess. After all, it was his job to protect her."
"That"s true... It seems like he will be heavily punished back at his kingdom..."
"I wonder the reasons why she killed herself. She will live a glorious live at Qin Kingdom, right? No one would dare bully a princess from another kingdom to avoid war, right?"
"How do you know that? The life of the royals seem to be not as good as it looks like..."
"If it"s really good, why should a princess kill herself ah?"
Yao Ling was satisfied after listening to the crowds" words. It went just like they way they had planned. They started to feel suspicious with everything and it would increase their appet.i.te to listen the reasons.
One of Mi Hui"s people had been planted to spice things up. "General, the princess had written that the blood letter should be put on announcement board later. Why don"t you tell what"s inside loud and clear? After all, sooner or later, people will read the whole letter ah~"
"True ah~"
"We want to know..."
"What kind of grievance that the princess had?"
"True ah!"
The crowds suddenly became quiet after talking loudly at the same time. They were surprised by the reactions of Yao Ling, General Hu, and the old physician. Their face were ghastly pale and their whole bodies were trembling in fear. It evoked more curiosity from the ma.s.s.
They talked among themselves. "Is it really that serious?"
"What are you talking about? For a princess to kill herself, of course, it"s a serious matter!"
"Why do they look so scared?"
"It makes me feel more curious!"
Yao Ling mumbled quietly, but it made the crowds gasp in surprise. She only said a few words, but it made the crowds become wilder at guessing.
"Huh? The Han Emperor?" One of the onlookers said in a loud voice. He didn"t deliberately spread the news, but he was too surprised ah~.
"Why did the princess kill herself because of him?"
"I heard that he is a doting father and kind Monarch... so what actually happened to drive the princess to do this?"
"No one would lie when writing blood letter ah~ so, it should be true..."
"The marriage? Maybe she already had a sweetheart?"
Some people tried to guess and make their own a.s.sumptions, but they knew the answers were written on that blood letter. Although it was probably the royals" secret, they were too curious to stop asking about it.
"Gu Niang ah~ is it really written by the princess?" One of the onlookers asked Yao Ling.