Princess and the General

Everything Will Be Better When the Second Young Sir Returns (Part Five)

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Yin JiYao would rather ruin her face than help him inquire about the cabinet.
This was something that Yin Shuo did not expect.

He was cold by nature.
He never had any good feelings about this younger sister born from a different mother.
A fierce thought came to mind, and he decided to no longer allow the doctor to visit Yin JiYao’s courtyard.

Her courtyard had returned to only being given lettuce and radishes.
There was no meat or fish, much less ice to cool down during the summer heat.

Pei’er was extremely worried, “Young miss has picked at the scab on your forehead many times.
It was already difficult for it to recover, but now, the eldest young sir won’t even give you any ice.
With the days being so hot, I fear that it won’t ever get better!”

“It would be best if it never got better.”

Yin JiYao looked as if she did not care about her own wellbeing, “If I don’t get better, he won’t be able to send out his sister with a ruined face to try and gain information, right? Without my beauty, what can I use to be a honey trap?”

“Young miss!”

Pei’er did not understand.
Yin JiYao had lived like this before.
This was not the first time that she had worked to gain information for her brother and father.
Why was her reaction so negative this time?

Was it because Chen ChuXiu had assaulted her?

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No, she had already been reluctant before going to see Chen ChuXiu.

Pei’er shrilly said: “Young miss, is it because of second young sir Gu that you…”

“Shush!”

Yin JiYao covered her mouth then glanced at the door.
Two tall grannies were lingering around outside.
They had been sent by Yin Shuo to keep an eye on her.

“Keep your voice down.
Don’t let the grannies outside hear you! After being at my side for such a long time, you should know what sort of person my brother is.
In the past, he only wanted to kill the eldest young sir of Marquis Gu’s Manor.
If he heard what you said, I fear that it would be bad for the second young sir.”

During the past few days of being shut in, she thought back on the things that had happened in the past.
She already knew the reason that Yin Shuo wanted to kill Gu ShuBai.

It was because of Yu Fu.
He liked Yu Fu.

Ever since returning from seeing Yu Fu at Marquis Gu’s Manor for the first time, Yin Shuo’s reaction had been extremely unusual.
He could scarcely be blamed.
With Yu Fu’s beauty and intelligence, which man would not like her?

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The person whom she liked, did he not also like Yu Fu…

Pei’er suppressed her voice, “Young miss is foolish! It’s precisely because you like second young sir Gu that you should obediently listen to eldest young sir! Second young sir Gu is currently at the border.
How can he have the time to worry about young miss? If young miss allows your face to get ruined, how will you see second young sir when he returns?”

Yin JiYao was stunned and reached up to feel the wound on her face, carefully looking at her reflection in the mirror.

On her forehead was a wound the size of a baby’s fist.
Half of it was covered in a black scab, and the other half was pink flesh where she had picked away the scab.
There were also parts that were festering with disgusting yellow pus.

It was no wonder Princess DanYang had covered up her nose when she saw her.

She anxiously said: “Pei’er, do you think that he will look down on me for looking like this?”

Pei’er furrowed her brow and did not know how to respond.

Since ancient times, heroes and beauties were paired together.
The more heroic the man, the more beautiful the maiden.
Just looking at Princess ZhenJiang’s beauty, it could be seen that this was true.
How could Gu JiuGe not love beauties?

She wanted to tell the truth but also worried that Yin JiYao would be miserable, so she could only be vague: “Young miss’ previous beauty must have left an impression on second young sir Yin.
There are feelings between you two, so he won’t look down on young miss because of your ruined beauty.”

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Yin JiYao understood the meaning behind these words.

She felt her wound in a daze.
After a long pause, tears began to well up in her eyes, “Which girl out there doesn’t care about their appearance? If there is a way, I also don’t want to continue with this.
If I don’t do this, eldest brother would force me to go and interact with the family of those who might be selected to the cabinet.
After the second young sir returns and finds out that I used such methods to help a villain, he will look down on me even more!”

She was even more afraid of meeting more people like Chen ChuXiu, who would take liberties with her because of the Yin family’s collapse.
Chen ChuXiu just wanted to vent on behalf of Yao Yue and did not really feel anything for her, but not everyone would ignore their desires.

Rather than her purity, she could only give up on her appearance.

Pei’er hastily used a handkerchief to wipe away the tears, “Young miss, don’t cry.
This servant will think of something… How about young miss goes to ask eldest young sir to bring in an imperial physician to take a look.
The imperial physician might be able to have the wound not leave a scar on young miss’ face!”

“It’s too late.”

Yin JiYao left the dresser.
Who knew if she was saying that it was too late to ask Yin Shuo, or if she was saying that it was too late to prevent the wound from scarring.

Pei’er bit her lip, “Young miss, just wait until the second young sir returns.
When he comes back, he will definitely save young miss from this situation.”

“Will he really?”

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Yin JiYao’s eyes lit up with hope, “I told him my secret and turned against my brother for him.
For him… I am willing to do anything.
Will he still want to protect me?”

“He will.
Of course, he will.
Second young sir treats young miss so well!”

Pei’er coaxed her to sit down with a smile, “Young miss, just patiently endure it for a little and don’t make the eldest young sir unhappy.
Everything will get better once the second young sir returns.”

Yin JiYao felt much better from listening to her comforting words, “Even if he doesn’t look down on my appearance, I am still worried that he will look down on me for being the daughter of a prostitute…”

“How could he?!”

Pei’er exaggeratedly said: “Young miss is so sincere, telling the second young sir the truth of your mother’s identity.
Second young sir should feel moved.
How could he look down on you? Moreover, so what if you were born of a concubine? Has young miss forgotten that the second young sir treats someone like Yao Yue, who worked in a brothel, very well? How could he despise young miss for being born of a prostitute?”

“That is true.”

Yin JiYao finally smiled.

Author’s note: Yin JiYao does not actually know the truth behind her mother’s identity… My cuties should know that, right?