Xu said:

“This Li Ruo is so strange. That time, my son went to the Rushui granary to move grain and was robbed by Li Ruo and Xie Xiao. My son ordered his men to shoot arrows. Li Ruo was hit by two arrows at the time. My son thought she was dead. When he came back, he erected a monument for her because of their past relationship. But a few days later, she appeared on General Mountain unharmed.”

"Oh? You've been hit by two arrows."

“Yes, my son saw her being shot with his own eyes, there’s no doubt about it.” Madam Xu gritted her teeth: “But she’s not only alive, she even built a house on Ziyang Peak.”

A hint of interest flickered in Chu Yunji's eyes. "She knew the flood was coming?"

Madam Xu said urgently, "That's also what's so strange about her. She was in a coma for half a year, and when she woke up, she was like a completely different person. She was incredibly powerful. First, she seized control of the household, and then she used the excuse of going back to her parents' home, but in reality, she secretly went to General Mountain to build a house."

Moreover, ever since she woke up, my residence has been burglarized one after another—no, even the government office has been burglarized.

Oh, and the Prince of Runan's mansion! My son suspects she colluded with Xie Xiao; they moved the things together, and their methods were extremely similar—it's unheard of…”

The more Xu talked, the more horrified she felt.

At the same time, he hated himself for not noticing sooner and catching her.

"How did they manage to steal with such a unique method?"

"I have no idea."

"Li Ruo never woke up during her coma, so how did she collude with Xie Xiao?" Chu Yunji asked again.

Xu's eyes were wide open, and with her body covered in mud, she looked somewhat frightening. "Yes, that's what's so strange about her. Putting aside the fact that she was unconscious, she and Xie Xiao had absolutely no connection. One is the daughter of a great general, and the other is a mountain bandit. How did they get together?"

"Your Highness, she might be possessed by something, a demon. Keeping her alive is a scourge, and she'll endanger the fate of the entire Great Yin Dynasty sooner or later. You must kill her as a sacrifice to the heavens."

Chu Yunji looked at the woman who was acting like a madwoman, smiled, and said to Yang Huan, "Give her some rice later, just to keep her alive for now."

He left after saying that.

Madam Xu was extremely grateful; she had a feeling that the Prince of Jiangning would come back to find her.

Her son is dead, so Li Ruo won't have an easy time either.

Yang Huan followed behind Chu Yunji and asked, "Your Highness, do you believe that woman's words?"

"I naturally don't believe in demons and monsters. But don't you find it interesting? That Li Ruo," Chu Yunji said.

"Last time on the water, she tried to shoot me without saying a word, and even impersonated my sister, my old flame. I've never seen such an arrogant woman before."

Yang Huan nodded, "Indeed, extremely arrogant."

He glanced at Yang Huan, "But when did your sister become my old flame? I didn't even know, so how did she find out? And how did she know your sister's name?"

Yang Huan also found this unbelievable.

"I have never met this Miss Li before, and..." He looked somewhat embarrassed, "Although my sister admires Your Highness, only my parents, you, and I know about this."

After all, this concerns a daughter's reputation, so it's impossible to say anything carelessly.

“That’s it.” Chu Yunji’s eyes gleamed. “Hearing what Xu said, this woman is truly shrouded in mystery. I’m also very interested in the kerosene she used when she attacked Zhang Yun.”

In this awful weather, having kerosene is like adding wings to a tiger...

Yang Huan said, "I will send someone to keep a close eye on that woman's every move."

"Be careful. That woman is close to Xie Xiao. Xie Xiao has not been eliminated by Song Zhijing for so many years. I fought him twice and failed to gain any advantage. He is no ordinary person."

No sooner had he finished speaking than his men came to report, "Your Highness, Baiyun Peak's attack on Black Wind Stronghold failed, and Xie Xiao's men launched a counterattack. Princess Yongjia has also been captured."

"They're a complete bunch of useless trash." Chu Yunji said with slight anger. "Fine, let's go back and discuss this further."

Yang Huan asked, "Your Highness, are the people and things in Beishan just going to be occupied by the Prince of Runan?"

Chu Yunji's eyes darkened. "To take, one must first give. Besides, the weather is about to turn cold. Let's settle our people first."

"Yes, Your Highness." Yang Huan then asked, "Is the Emperor... really abandoning us?"

Chu Yunji sneered, "He's busy dealing with those rebellious sons to secure his throne. However, the Minister of Revenue is one of my men; the grain he's sending should be arriving soon. We need to send someone to meet him..."

This is Ziyang Peak.

After the full moon celebration, Li Ruo returned home with her family, finally away from someone's sight, and could get some rest.

She touched her lips; they still ached slightly, a testament to what had happened back then…

In order to banish those ambiguous images from her mind, Li Ruo quickly used the three boxes of things that Bai Yunfeng had collected to frantically exchange for points.

I exchanged a total of 10 million points, and my space level increased by 20 levels!

Suddenly, with a "beep," the system's voice sounded: "The host's one-time collection limit has been upgraded. You can now collect 500 cubic meters of objects at a time."

How much is 500 cubic meters? Enough to take away even ships?

That's a good option.

However, the other functions of the space remain unchanged, and it continues to extend forward. If you were riding a motorcycle, it would probably take several tens of minutes to get there.

So this is for her to run and exercise? Then let her in.

She tried, but still couldn't get in.

To Li Ruo's delight, he had accumulated 29 million points, enough to unlock firearms!

She glanced at the Glock 17. It was cheap and durable, with a 17-round magazine, a fast rate of fire, and a long range. It was known as the AK47 of pistols. However, it cost ten million points, with each bullet worth five thousand points.

This is outrageous!

She currently has over 10.1 million points available. After buying a gun, she still needs to buy bullets, so she won't have many points left. Therefore, she hasn't made the purchase yet.

It's more practical to save the money to buy a down jacket.

Because the weather is getting colder.

After leaving the room, she stuffed the padded jacket into the back of the storeroom. Anyway, there was so much stuff, you could say it was something she had stockpiled before.

As she passed Lianlizhi's room, she suddenly smelled a faint scent of incense and heard Old Lady Li's voice coming from inside.

"Son, you won't blame your old woman, will you? You married your daughter to a bandit leader, and this guy is even planning a rebellion. Not only did I not stop him, but I even encouraged him."

However, if you were still alive, you would know that in this world, even if you don't provoke others, they will provoke you. The city is besieged by floods, the country is on the verge of chaos, and someone needs to save the precarious Great Yin Dynasty; perhaps he will be one of them.

Just as you said, your daughter is no ordinary person and will surely be a great help to him.

Of course, that's all hindsight. The old woman only hopes they can safely weather this natural disaster. Three years ago, she had a dream in which Ruo'er and we all died in the water. She didn't think much of it then, but later, when the flood came, she realized it might not have been a dream. "If Xie Xiao can protect Ruo'er and the younger ones, I'm willing to shorten my lifespan and go to the underworld to atone for your sins. I will bear all the blame and retribution myself."