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Chapter 1651: Chapter 1651 Winning Over People’s Hearts

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By evening, the government soldiers searched and found six people dead and over fifty injured, among them more than a dozen severely injured.

Natural disasters are one thing, but this is a calamity caused by people.

The matter eventually spread into the prison at the government office, where the prison guard was talking about it while drinking with others.

”You guys think the Grand Princess has gone mad? She dares to set fires in the capital, women like her are not to be offended.”

The prison guard next to him also took a sip and said, ”People of the royal family naturally have good fortune, I reckon no one’s going to sentence her to anything.”

”Pity those brothel sisters, they won’t be entertaining themselves anytime soon,” the prison head said with a lecherous smile.

In a cell located deeper inside, Du Zhongshu couldn’t help but straighten his back a bit, but his brow was furrowed, and there was a mix of anger and disgust in his eyes — it was unclear whether he was disgusted with the prison head’s remarks or angry about what the prison head was talking about.

The person in the neighboring cell stood up, walked over a few steps in his direction, and whispered, ”I wondered why we didn’t have a hearing today, turns out such a major event happened, they don’t have time for us.”

It was Wang Chengen speaking, his tone somewhat smug, making Du Zhongshu furrow his brows even tighter.

”Hey kid, why aren’t you saying anything? You came up with this rotten idea, and now you’re in deep trouble. You need to explain everything fully and not drag me into it,” Wang Chengen said.

Du Zhongshu suddenly stood up restlessly, walked quickly to Wang Chengen, and angrily said, ”How can you say you’re not involved? Those things were all ordered by you, when did I ever take charge? I will definitely explain everything properly.”

”What do you mean? Trying to make me take the blame? Wasn’t this idea yours? Otherwise, how would I know about Bai Ruolan’s situation?” Wang Chengen jumped up, not bothering to lower his voice.

Du Zhongshu had originally planned to clear his name during the interrogation, he had always been meticulous, while Wang Chengen was overconfident and didn’t guard himself against him too much, so in the end, all orders came from Wang Chengen, and he planned to tell Jing Zhaoyin it was all Wang Chengen’s idea.

Of course, he hadn’t planned to tell Wang Chengen this in advance, but upon hearing the news about the Grand Princess and the fire disaster, his mind was greatly unsettled.

”What’s all this shouting about? Keep it up and I’ll lash each of you ten times!” The old prison head drunkenly shouted.

Du Zhongshu turned back to his seat, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to rest. Although Wang Chengen was angry, he didn’t want to be whipped by the prison head either, so after sitting back, he contemplated how to deal with Du Zhongshu.

Two days later, when the fire incident was resolved, Fan Li remembered Wang Chengen and Du Zhongshu in the prison, and immediately had them brought out for questioning.

”Sir, I’ll confess, I’ll confess!” Wang Chengen shouted before Fan Li could even speak, eager to take the initiative.

”I happened to take on this disciple in the capital, at first he seemed so dignified and noble that I thought I was lucky to have a good disciple, thus I was entirely trusting of his character, only to realize later when he spoke of Bai Family’s madwoman that I mistakenly believed everything he said.” Wang Chengen appeared deeply regretful.

”Later, when he asked me for manpower to spread rumors everywhere, I believed those matters to be true and did not stop him. Now I see I was deceived.”

Fan Li looked at Du Zhongshu and asked, ”What do you have to say?”

Du Zhongshu bowed to him, speaking calmly and respectfully, ”Upon arriving in the capital, I became a member of the Commerce Association and later apprenticed under Elder Wang, always intending to dutifully serve my master, assist him with troubles without questioning his commands.”

”Are those rumors spread by you?” Fan Li asked again.

Du Zhongshu shook his head, ”Those subordinates do not respect me.”

Wang Chengen was infuriated by Du Zhongshu’s hypocrisy, pointing angrily at him, ”I must have been blind to take in a traitor like you, no wonder you and Bai Ruozhu broke off cooperation before, with your kind of character, people can’t avoid you fast enough.”

Mentioning this matter, Du Zhongshu’s expression turned somber but quickly concealed it, replaced by a calm and slightly aggrieved demeanor.

Fan Li was happy to see them split; he then asked a few more questions, had the clerk record everything, and announced the end of the session.

The matters they talked about needed thorough investigation.

Meanwhile, Bai Ruozhu was at the injury assembly point helping bandage the injured, when the sharp voice of an eunuch-spy suddenly came from outside, ”Grand Princess arrives!”

Bai Ruozhu pursed her lips, the Grand Princess dared to come, trying to gain the people’s forgiveness as the emperor said?

Soon, the Grand Princess appeared before everyone, her maids lined up, each carrying a large food box.

”I’ve come to see everyone; I apologize for the fire incident. I’ve been crying at home for three days and didn’t dare go out. Now I just want to do something for everyone to make up for it.” She pointed to the food boxes in the maids’ hands, saying, ”I brought delicious dishes for everyone to taste, everyone gets a share!”

As the food boxes were opened, many sniffed the air; such fragrant dishes they hadn’t tasted in days.

Bai Ruozhu frowned, quickly stepping in front of the Grand Princess.

”Many dishes aren’t suitable for the injured, if you want to win hearts, you should investigate dietary restrictions for burn victims. If they eat your dishes and their conditions worsen, who will be responsible? Will saying you didn’t know or it wasn’t intentional suffice?”

Originally some people had been eager to try, but after hearing Bai Ruozhu’s words, they drew back again. Over the past three days, they had come to sincerely respect Bai Ruozhu and fully trust her medical skills.

The Grand Princess glared at Bai Ruozhu angrily, ”Bai Ruozhu, don’t go too far, at a time like this, let’s resolve our private grievances privately; don’t stop everyone from enjoying a good meal.”

”At a time like this? I’d like to ask where the Grand Princess has been the past few days?” Bai Ruozhu replied with a cold snort, pointing at a dish with sea cucumber, ”Seafood can exacerbate issues; burn patients shouldn’t eat it. Those two dishes are spicy, also unsuitable, and fish, mutton should be avoided as well. Did the Grand Princess not thoroughly check this before coming?”

”If you don’t believe me, you can go out and ask a doctor to see if I’m wrongly accusing you,” Bai Ruozhu said, again looking at everyone, ”Most of you have wounds, it’s best to eat lightly flavored food; there will still be chances to taste fine delicacies later. But if the wounds don’t heal and the body suffers, then what’s the point of eating them?”

”Bai Ruozhu is not lying; we need to avoid certain foods. The doctor who treated me repeatedly instructed this,” a loud voice said from a woman; Bai Ruozhu looked over and it turned out to be the mother of the ten-year-old girl whose eyes had been smoked.