Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 189 I don't know when I became crazy

Fusu was not shocked when he heard this. "So what if she is a princess of a fallen country? I like her as a person, not her identity."

"Asshole! What would a princess of a fallen country do when she comes to Xianyang incognito? Why does she want to be famous in Xianyang? Why did you take a fancy to her? You are really bewitched by her!"

"She didn't deceive me. I invited her to the palace. How could a weak woman like her pose any threat to me?"

"Weak woman? Since ancient times, there are countless countries destroyed by weak women. Her Chu State was destroyed, and her father was killed by your father. She came here for revenge. How could you be so foolish!"

"But since ancient times, there have been women who made the country strong and the people peaceful. Could it be that the Great Qin's success today has nothing to do with Queen Dowager Xuan? Queen Dowager Xuan was also a princess of the Chu State."

Ying Zheng pointed at Fusu and shouted angrily, "Come here, throw this rebellious son into jail!"

Meng Yi ran in, knelt down and advised: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The eldest prince is the most virtuous among all the princes. He was just confused for a moment. He must not be thrown into prison. I guarantee that when the eldest prince thinks it through, he will solve this matter and apologize in front of Your Majesty!"

Fusu sighed and said, "Thank you Lord Meng for pleading for me. It's a pity that I, Fusu, can't become a great man and can't share my father's worries. I just want to be an ordinary person and live an ordinary life. I beg my father to grant me permission!"

Ying Zheng shouted angrily: "Drag him out and give him twenty lashes of the cane, you beast, you beast!"

Meng Yi hurriedly ordered people to drag Fusu out. Although the beating was not serious, he was covered with bruises and almost unconscious. He was carried back to the Eastern Palace and placed under house arrest.

Fusu lay on the bed, reluctantly asking Meng Yi: "Where did you take Miss Gongsun?"

Meng Yi said: "Sent it back to Qingya Pavilion."

"Don't lie to me. I'm serious. If you harm her, I won't live either."

Meng Yi said angrily, "Prince, why do you insist on doing this? You dare to contradict His Majesty. Fortunately, His Majesty did not throw you into prison, otherwise, you will never get out in this life, and those people will be eager to get you. Is a woman worth doing this for you? When you sit in that position, you will get what you want. Prince, who is respectful to the wise and humble, diligent in government and loves the people, you must stop being confused!"

Fusu said, "I don't want to be the eldest prince. I don't want to live among a group of people fighting for power. I've had enough. They like to fight, let them fight. I just want to be my true self. Meng Yi, if you treat me as a brother, take me to see Miss Gongsun."

Meng Yi said cruelly: "She is already dead. Not long after you left, I ordered someone to kill her!"

Fusu cried out "Ah!" and jumped off the bed, staring at Meng Yi angrily and saying, "Say it again!"

"I killed her!"

Fusu stared blankly for a long time, tears streaming down his eyes. He grabbed Meng Yi's collar fiercely and shouted angrily: "My mother died under the power of the regime, and now she has also died under your power. What crime have they committed? What right do you have to kill her? You are a high-ranking official, and when have they ever been in your way? Why did you kill her!"

"This is all for you. Only you have a kind heart. Only you can save the country..."

"Bah!" Fusu spat on Meng Yi's face, almost going crazy: "I can't even protect the woman I love, how can I protect the country? What's the use of the country? Father likes the country, and father can live forever. You are cursing father, you actually hope he will die!"

"Pah!" Meng Yi slapped Fusu in the face. Fusu lost his balance and fell to the ground. He did not cry out in pain, as if the flesh on his buttocks was no longer his. He gritted his teeth and said, "You'd better beat me to death, so I don't have to solve it myself."

Meng Yi felt regretful. He had never expected to hit Fusu. He wanted to apologize, but he felt that he could not show weakness at this time. "If you were not the eldest prince, the princess would never approach you. If you lose the favor of His Majesty, you will have nothing and be nothing."

"What nonsense are you talking about? People like you only care about status and power. How can you understand what love is?" He said, "I have already made a vow to her. Now I will let her go. Don't stop me!" Then he slammed his head against the headboard.

Meng Yi hurriedly reached out to grab Fusu, but Fusu turned around, drew Meng Yi's sword, and put it against Meng Yi's throat, "Take me to see her!"

Meng Yi was not afraid, "She is already dead!"

"Then go see the corpse!"

"The body has been burned and all traces have been destroyed."

"Then go see her ashes!"

"Even if you kill me, you can't leave. His Majesty won't let you leave the palace. As soon as you take a step, someone will report to His Majesty that the person is dead. There is no need for you to do this."

"I want to see Wuzhan!"

"He won't see you!"

"why?"

"Because I won't let him know!"

"Meng Yi, do you know the relationship between Wuzhan and Miss Gongsun?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know!"

"They are close friends. What would he think if he knew you killed her?"

Meng Yi said: "He is a very rational person and will never let you make the same mistake again."

"Okay, then I have no choice but to die!" Fusu turned the sword and slashed at his own neck.

Meng Yi was prepared. He rushed over and punched Fusu on the wrist, knocking the sword out of his hand.

Fusu failed in his suicide attempt and sighed in disappointment: "It's useless. Unless you let me go see her, it won't be easy for me to die."

Meng Yi knew that Fusu was stubborn and would keep his word. He was silent for a long time and asked, "In your heart, is she more important than anything else?"

Fusu lamented, "I have lived in this palace since I was a child without the love of my father or mother, and without any affection. There is only intrigue and insincerity. I have to be cautious in everything I do, for fear of being caught and losing my life. Do you think you are happy to be born here? Is there anything important here?"

"Will all this change when you get through this?"

"Make it through! Do you think I haven't worked hard enough? But up to now, my father hasn't given me a chance. In his eyes, maybe we are just decorations. As long as he is alive, he doesn't need anything. When will I make it through? In fact, I don't like the country and the people, and the art of power and intrigue at all. I just want to spend the rest of my life with the one I love. Maybe this is not an ambition, but I think that living this way is real. She is the woman who makes my heart beat. I don't even want my life, what else do I want? I know you won't kill her, you just want me to give up. If you are my brother, you should take me to see her. I only ask you for this one thing."

Meng Yi hesitated for a long time, then sighed and said, "Okay, I'll take you to see her, but after you see her, promise me that you must give up."

…The sound of the zither was faint, and the fragrance of tea was also faint. Wuzhan just lowered his head and played the zither. Gongsun Yu sat opposite him and looked at Wuzhan quietly. After a long time, he said indifferently: "My lord, you brought me to your mansion. You didn't just want me to listen to the zither, did you?"

The music stopped, Wuzhan looked at Gongsun Yu and said, "If I hadn't invited the princess to listen to the music, she might have been in prison now."

"Are you happy now?"

"Why should you be happy?"

"Because... because I had no chance, and you got what you wanted."

"The princess's identity has been exposed. Let's go back to Kuaiji!"

"Did you tell the secret?"

"It's not me. If it were me, I wouldn't have invited the princess."

"Now that you have invited me here, won't I also be implicated?"

"Even if you are implicated, you must ask the princess to come, otherwise the princess will die."

"Then don't I owe you my life again? Do I have to thank you again, my benefactor?"

"You don't need to thank me, but you don't need to mock me."

"The medicine that Fusu gave me was given to him by you, right?" Seeing Wuzhan was silent, he continued, "Why did you do this? You know, you have cured the poison in my body, so what can I use to kill Ying Zheng?"

Wuzhan said: "The poison in the princess' body is life-threatening. How can we seek revenge if we lose our lives?"

"That's the only way I can kill him. If I can't get revenge, what's the point of living?"

"Besides revenge, is there nothing else the princess can cling to?"

"No, my country is destroyed and my family is ruined. As long as I live, I will bear the hatred. I have no choice but to live in disgrace."

"How can I seek revenge if I don't live in disgrace? Will the princess be satisfied with just killing Ying Zheng?"

“It’s what I can do.”

"You can't do this either. Even if you follow Fusu into the palace, you won't have the chance to see Ying Zheng. What's more, you can't even enter the palace now. If my guess is correct, Fusu has been imprisoned in the East Palace."

Gongsun Yu asked, "Will he really be imprisoned?"

"Fusu is infatuated with the princess. It is possible that he would give up being a prince just for her. To be honest, Fusu is a very good person."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything else. Princess, do you think that by using your feelings to deceive him, you are also deceiving yourself?"

Gongsun Yu said coldly: "You are meddling too much. Please send me back to Qingya Pavilion."

Wuzhan said: "As long as you leave me, you will be imprisoned. I took you back from Meng Yi. I will send Jin Xingzi to take you out of the city at midnight tonight. I'm sorry to inconvenience you for the time being!" After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave.

Gongsun Yu came forward and hugged Wuzhan from behind, crying, "Wuzhan, I know you are very good. I have thought about it more than once, let it go, we can fly away, but although the world is big, there is no place to keep your life, not to mention how can we forget the hatred? Your plan is too dim, you can't hold on until that time, without you, who can do it."

Wuzhan sighed, turned around, put his hands on Gongsun Yu's shoulders, and advised: "Don't do anything stupid, I just hope you can live." Then he turned and left.

As soon as he walked out of the house, he met Meng Yi in the courtyard. Behind him was a man in eunuch clothes with his head bowed. Wuzhai understood what he meant and led him into the house. Gongsun Yu was trying to wipe away tears. When the man in eunuch clothes saw Gongsun Yu, he stepped forward and hugged her, saying excitedly: "I thought I would never see you again!"

Gongsun Yu looked at Fusu's face and asked, "Why is your face injured?"

"Nothing, I was punished by my father."

Meng Yi said to Wuzhan, "Your Majesty has severely punished him with twenty strokes of the cane and forbade him to leave the Eastern Palace. If I hadn't brought him out, he would have wanted to commit suicide. Fortunately, my brother persuaded me not to kill him!"

Gongsun Yu knew that what Meng Yi said was true, and his heart was throbbing. He did not expect that Fusu would be punished so severely for him. He looked at Fusu and said softly: "My daughter is just a woman in the mortal world. Why does the eldest prince have to do this?"

Meng Yi asked coldly: "You don't need to hide it, we all know that you are the princess of Chu. Let me ask you, what is your purpose in getting close to the eldest prince?"

Fusu said: "Meng Yi, I hope you can step aside. I want to talk to her alone."

Wuzhan glanced at Gongsun Yu, pulled Meng Yi and said, "Second brother, let's go out for a walk."

After the two men left, Fusu looked at Gongsun Yu affectionately and said, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were a princess of Chu?"

Gongsun Yu said: "The country is destroyed, how can I still be a princess? Moreover, if I tell you, can I still survive?"

"Why not? For you, I will do anything."

"Aren't you afraid that I might have other intentions?"

"Don't worry, if you kill me, I won't complain!"

Gongsun Yu didn't know what to say after hearing this. In the past few days, Fusu's sincerity had actually touched her. If she wanted to kill Fusu who was infatuated with her, she might not be able to do it. Otherwise, why would she change her plan and want to follow him into the palace? If there was no hatred between them, Fusu would indeed be someone she could rely on for the rest of her life. In comparison, he was more passionate, real, brave, and healthy than Wuzhan, and he could give up everything for her.

Gongsun Yu said: "Since you already know my identity, you are lucky not to kill me. The eldest prince should just forget about me!"

Fusu said solemnly: "I will never forget you. I sneaked out to see you just to ask you, I am nothing now, are you willing to wander around with me? If you are willing, let's go now."

(End of this chapter)