kingnovel Chapter 1166 Shivering and Sweating, Neither Cold nor Hot
Chapter 1166 Shivering and Sweating, Neither Cold nor Hot
Hou Gui was in the prefectural government office, and Dongchang Prefecture was not too far from the capital, so news from the capital would quickly reach Dongchang Prefecture, and he would soon know about it.
I've heard that His Highness Prince Yu is a man of noble character and exceptional talent!
I've heard that Princess Chengxian is more beautiful than any fairy in the Jade Pool!
Hou Guixuan mustered his courage and stole another glance at the two people opposite him...
You can't be wrong!
You can't go wrong!
Even if you search the entire world, you still wouldn't be able to find another couple as beautiful as them...
difficult!
Too hard!
No, it's not just too difficult, it's impossible!
While marveling at the fact that the handsome man before him was none other than His Highness Prince Yu, the only prince of Jingyue with a rank above the first grade, and his fiancée, Princess Chengxian Leng Rongyue, Hou Gui was instantly plunged into a deep breakdown!
Finished!
I'm doomed!
Hou Gui was trembling all over.
If these people before us are immortals... there is a difference between immortals and mortals!
Immortals are detached from worldly affairs; they wouldn't necessarily take things too seriously with someone as insignificant as themselves in this mortal realm!
The one who plots to usurp the throne and become emperor... is His Highness Prince Yi, the emperor's own nephew;
Those who wanted to join Prince Yi in a rebellion to gain merit for their supposed allegiance to the new emperor were Prefect Zhu Gefu, Vice Minister Jiang from the capital, Vice Minister of Works Deng Chusheng, Vice Minister of Personnel Ge Huan, and so on...
In short... it wasn't me!
Even if I just followed along and ran errands...
Even if His Highness Prince Yi succeeds in rebelling and ascends the throne in the future, with my meager abilities, I'm not cut out to become a king or general!
At best, I'm just a nobody who takes someone else's job and obeys their orders. If they tell me to go east, I would never dare to go west!
To put it nicely, they're subordinates; to put it bluntly, they're henchmen! And henchmen, of course, have to obey their masters!
If the gods want to be serious, to investigate human sins, and to eliminate treacherous officials, then they should go find His Highness Prince Yi, the Vice Grand Secretary, and those vice ministers and prefects...
No matter what... I can't find the blame for my own lowly henchman!
Maybe they'll turn a blind eye and let this little minion, henchman, scumbag... uh... just drop the bomb!
But... if it really were His Highness Prince Yu and Princess Chengxian here... then... then it would be completely different!
They are people from the Jingyue Dynasty!
They are the current emperor's own son and future daughter-in-law!
This world, this Jingyue Kingdom, all the people of this world belong to them!
Can they tolerate others rebelling against their own emperor father?
Can they just stand by and watch others pull their own father off the throne?
Absolutely not!
Rebelling against their own father, the emperor, isn't that the same as rebelling against them?
Will they agree?
Definitely not!
Would they easily let go of a lowly lackey like themselves who followed their rebellious master?
Definitely not!
As the saying goes, to eradicate evil completely, one must also remove the roots before cutting the weeds!
Think about yourself... Whether you consider yourself a blade of grass or a root, you should be removed in the end, right?
At this moment, Hou Gui was trembling like a leaf...
His face was deathly pale, devoid of all color;
Large beads of cold sweat covered his forehead and temples.
Leng Rongyue had already noticed Hou Gui's changing expression after listening to their conversation.
Leng Rongyue stood up and took a few steps toward Hou Gui. "Hou Gui, what's wrong with you?"
Are you cold or hot?
Shivering is probably due to cold;
Sweating is a sign of heat.
You're shivering and sweating... are you cold or hot?
Could it be... you're having malaria?
"This...this...Princess..."
Hou Gui's lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Leng Rongyue raised an eyebrow, looking at Hou Gui with a mocking expression...
"Oh!
"You're no longer calling me 'Immortal,' but 'Princess' now?"
"Princess...Princess, please forgive me!"
It was…it was me…it was me who was blind, it was me who was blind, I just mistook the princess for…for…for…”
Hou Gui wanted to say that he had just mistaken the princess for an immortal, but then he thought, there's nothing wrong with being mistaken for an immortal!
To treat the princess as a fairy is tantamount to praising her beauty as celestial.
But... how should I continue with this?
Yes, beg for mercy, beg for mercy right now!
"This humble servant...this humble servant kowtows to His Highness Prince Yu and Princess Chengxian!"
I...I am guilty!
However... however... just now, when I led people to chase after His Highness Prince Yu and the Princess, and... and before... some things I did before, those were... not my intentions!
I... I'm just someone else's subordinate, I... I have no choice in the matter!
I am the deputy commander of the Dongchang Prefecture's garrison, and I must obey the prefect's orders and be at his command.
I... I don't want to do bad things with him either. I want to be like Xun Zheng, a man of integrity, uprightness, and dignity!
But...but...but I'm not Xun Zheng!
I dare not. I do not have Xun Zheng's courage or spirit!
I...I only...I only have to close my eyes and leave it to fate for the sake of a few taels of silver, for the sake of my family!
I...I beg Your Highness Prince Yu, I beg Princess Chengxian, please...please spare my life, since I haven't committed any real...real evil deeds yet!
I promise... I promise to turn over a new leaf, and never again... never again obey the orders of treacherous officials, like... like Xun Zheng... like Xun Zheng..."
"Oh, so your trembling isn't from the cold, and your sweating isn't from the heat... you're just scared!"
Leng Rongyue interrupted Hou Gui before he could speak.
"You listened to what we were saying and picked up on the underlying meaning in our words..."
I am Princess Chengxian, and this is His Highness Prince Yu. You're so scared!
Well... if I told you…
Leng Rongyue pointed at Crown Prince Xiao Jingye, "This is His Highness the Crown Prince, and that one over there is the Crown Princess. What... what are you going to do about it?"