Chapter 128:


    Ai Lin wasnt having any of that. I dont think shes pitiful. Other girls didnt get the chance to escape the demon, but she did. She had a chance; she even chose help to him. She knew what he looked like. He was clearly a demon, but she didnt stop him. For his sake and the baby that wasnt even hers, she chose to help him.


    I asked the boss at the inn about the noble girls that got pregnant. Every single one of them were noble girls Princess Nai Nai didnt like. Its suspicious that only the girls she didnt like were afflicted. I think she had a hand in their situation. Ai Lin looked at the princess disdainfully. This woman didnt deserve pity; she got exactly what she deserved.


    Regardless, shes still pitiful. If the demon hadnt deceived her, she probably wouldnt have ended like this. Its a tragedy. Zi Cheng didnt approve of Ai Lins opinion one bit.


    How can you be such a heartless, vicious person? Poor Princess Nai Nai is pitiful. She is a victim too! Why must you say such mean things? Yifu piped up.


    Princess!


    Ai Lin was about to snap back when Ming Xi and the others shouted in horror. It made other people turn and look in the princesss direction. She had a sword in hand and was about to stab herself.


    Liffman was toote to stop her. A fresh pool of blood quickly formed around her. Then she closed her eyes for thest time.


    The princesss abrupt suicide startled both Commander Liffman and Ming Xi.


    With her death, those who served under her and apanied her on the trip would be made into scapegoats for her crimes and her death.


    Im done for Liffman muttered. Liffman had a wife, children, and parents who relied on him. Even after everything that happened, if he could have brought the princess safely back to the pce and exined everything, though he would have been punished, it would have been bearable. But nowthere was no way he would be able to keep his head.


    He failed to protect the princess, allowed her to be tempted by a demon, and failed to stop her suicide - high crimes indeed. He would be executed as soon as he returned, he was sure.


    Commander Liffman need not worry. When we return to the capital I and Meiren will admit fault. Its unlikelymander will be implicated." Xiao Na and Meiren had expected this so they were surprisingly cool-headed in the aftermath.


    In exchange for? He and the girls had a good rtionship, but he knew it wasnt that good. They wouldnt make the offer for free.


    We have one condition. We ask thatmander take care of our families, help them find routes out of the capital and give them the savings weve saved up over the years. This is our request. Ifmander agrees, then Meiren and I will plead guilty and we will not implicatemander.


    Since they couldnt escape death, they would use their deaths to help their families.


    Liffman stared hard at the two girls. In the end he nodded his head in assent. It was the best course of action for everyone involved. It wasntplicated and he guessed their motives. But it was because he knew their motives that his heart was heavy.


    At that moment, far away in the capital, the stomach of many pregnant girls deted. They cried tears of joy. The pregnant bellies they had tried so hard to get rid of were finally gone.


    The pregnancies had taken away their future and their freedom. They felt like monsters, were treated like monsters. They couldnt even die if they wanted to, but now they could live again.


    More than half the people in town perished, but the families Feng Wu saved did not suffer any harm because they listened to her warning and stayed inside. They locked their windows and doors and refused to open them for anyone. Fortunately the mayor was still alive so there was someone to manage the town.


    Early the next morning, at the first light of dawn, Feng Wu and the group left the town and returned to the small inn.


    Liffman had to return to the capital to report. The princesss death needed to be cleared, confessions made, and punishment meted. There was no way to escapepletely unscathed; he would still be punished but at least now the punishment wouldnt be as severe  just a demotion, which could be considered a fortunate thing out of an unfortunate event. He took the surviving members of the entourage and the bodies of the dead back to the capital.


    Before themander left, Ming Xi asked him to contact the arbitration hall and have them sentence the demon. Ming Xi tore out the page sealing the demon out of the book and gave it to themander.


    It was only yesterday that Feng Wu and the others left the inn, but it felt so much more time had passed. They were weary and tired but were happy to see the familiar faces of Rain and Jasmine.