Princess and the General

Western Kun’s Imperial Family (Part One)

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“In Emperor Kun’s imperial harem, there are in excess of 30 concubines with named titles, and there are in excess of ten princes on the genealogical record.”

“As for princesses… there are even more.”

Yin Shuo sat at the desk with a tall mountain of books and scrolls.
Upon careful examination, they were all records on Western Kun’s national situation.

He wrote down the names of the concubines of each palace and the names of the princes that they gave birth to, matching them to each other one by one.

Regardless of which country, none of them had any habit of revealing detailed accounts of their princesses to the outside world for fear of costing the girls their image.

The people of Northern Li did not seem to care about this, as their princesses and princes were raised in the same way, but Northern Li’s imperial family kept very few records.
Those on the outside knew very little.

Yin Shuo furrowed his brow.
The more he wrote, the more messy things became.

“Alright, you won’t be able to find out Yu Fu’s identity relying on this alone.”

Yin Yan brought out an official report from a bookshelf, and Yin Shuo raised his head to take a look.
He then immediately knew that it was a report written to Emperor Ning by one of the officials in court.
Yin Yan had made a habit of collecting these reports so that he could look through them at any time.

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Yin Shuo’s conjecture regarding Yu Fu caused him to recall something.

“Take a look, this is a report that Gu HuaiJiang submitted to His Majesty a couple of months ago.
In it, he mentions that Western Kun employed some underhanded tactics for the sake of attacking Eastern Ling.
They even made use of poison.
He suggested to His Majesty that we also learn from Western Kun and send learned children to Immortals Valley to learn about medicine and poisons.”

“Son remembers that.
His Majesty accepted Marquis Gu’s suggestions, but there were quite a few high-ranking officials unwilling to have their children suffer this hardship.
Truly carrying it out has been sluggish.”

Yin Yan mockingly smiled, “At that time, father felt that something was off.
Today, I’ve come to a realization after putting that together with what you said.
If Yu Fu is a princess from Western Kun, it’s extremely likely that Emperor Kun has given her over as a hostage to have him continue his work for Western Kun.”

“There’s also that Kun WuShang.
Who knows if Gu HuaiJiang tying him up and sending him before His Majesty isn’t just some ruse that was planned beforehand?”

Yin Shuo paused for a moment and thought back to his glimpse through the crack in the window of the study.

If it was a ruse, this play was a little too realistic.

If it was not…

Yu Fu’s identity would truly be too hard to explain.

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Princess DanYang was Eastern Ling’s princess born of the empress, which made her the top-ranking princess.
To be able to compare with her, who else could she be aside from a princess of Western Kun?

“Father, is there a chance that the maidservant remembered incorrectly? Or perhaps, it was just something that Yu Fu’s maidservant deliberately said while angry to provoke her.
Giving a dignified princess of Western Kun to Marquis Gu to act as his adopted daughter, that’s a little too exaggerated for effect.”

“If she isn’t a princess from Western Kun, why does Gu HuaiJiang dote on her so much? Also, why does Kun WuShang do so much to protect her? She is so young, so how else could she have become so skilled at the zither? Thinking then to her actions during the imperial banquet, she appeared magnanimous and dignified.
She was unlike a normal young miss from a noble household.”

All signs pointed to her being a princess from Western Kun.

Yin Shuo pursed his lips then took another look at the family relations of Western Kun’s imperial family to try and find where Yu Fu might fit in.

Western Kun had over twenty princesses, but there was never any indication of one being sent to Immortals Valley, nor were there any signs of one missing from the imperial palace.

She was twelve years old this year.
Of course, it was also possible that she was eleven or thirteen.

One who was previously eleven to thirteen, which one of Emperor Kun’s concubines could have given birth to her? Or perhaps, which palace maid or something…

“Shuo’er, send all of the people that were dispatched to Immortals Valley to Western Kun.
As long as we can confirm that Yu Fu is a princess from Western Kun, Gu HuaiJiang will be completely unable to provide an explanation.”

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Emperor Ning was already uncomfortable with Kun WuShang simply going to visit Marquis Gu’s Manor.
What more could happen if he found out that he had taken in and adopted a princess from Western Kun?

Yin Yan was in a great mood and patted him on the shoulder, “You keep investigating here.
In the future, you can enter the study freely.
There’s no need to ask father anymore.
Remember, you must quickly find out Yu Fu’s identity.”

After saying this, he stopped paying attention to Yin Shuo’s expression and directly exited the study.

Yin Shuo respectfully bowed in a salute and only stood up straight when he could no longer hear Yin Yan’s footsteps.

“Kun WuShang openly entered the study in Marquis Gu’s Manor, yet His Majesty still did nothing to him.
It seems that he has firmly decided to not engage in battle with Western Kun.
Even if you really are a princess from Western Kun, His Majesty would not truly do anything.”

He muttered to himself and sat back down at the desk.
Picking up his brush once more, he continued to make calculations on the paper.

Western Kun’s empress.

The crown prince’s birth mother, with her status as the country’s mother, if she secretly gave birth to a princess, it definitely would not remain hidden.

Dipping his brush in ink, he crossed out the words Empress Kun.

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Continuing down, Beauty Zheng.

Kun WuShang’s birth mother.
No matter how one looked, he and Yu Fu did not look like siblings born from the same mother.

Siblings born from the same parents would always have some similarities, no matter how different they looked.

Kun WuShang’s sharp and handsome features were distinctive.
Standing tall and mightily, he had the unruliness and might found in men from Western Kun.

Yu Fu’s beauty was not like a firework that stood out among people.
She was refined and elegant like someone from an elegant place.

The two of them were not at all alike.

It was just like how he and Yin JiYao shared no similarities…

Yin Shuo lifted his brush and froze for a moment, only bringing it back down after a long pause.

The words Beauty Zheng were also crossed out in black ink.