Chapter 209: Don’t you think this is ridiculous?

The dust gradually settled as the horses' hooves stopped, revealing the people sitting on the horses.

They were a group of people wearing armor, all of them looked ferocious and it was obvious that their hands were stained with blood.

From the markings on their armor, it could be recognized that they were indeed the Northern Desert Army.

The leader turned his horse around and looked directly at Su Rui, who was standing in the middle of the road without fear of death.

Su Rui also looked straight at him.

He was in his early forties, and his face bore traces of wind and frost. He was not as well-maintained as those middle-aged men in Beijing, but he had a unique and stern majesty.

His eagle eyes were so sharp that they seemed to be able to see through people's hearts at a glance. His brows were habitually slightly furrowed, and there were already wrinkles between his eyebrows.

High nose and thin lips, exactly like Tang Yuli.

It can be seen that the upper half of Tang Yuli's face looks like his mother, and the lower half looks like his father.

The person in front of him was Tang Yuli's father, General Tang.

General Tang saw through Su Rui at the same time and asked in a deep voice, "Are you, Concubine Su?"

"It is my honor to be recognized by General Tang." Su Rui bowed politely.

General Tang noticed her clumsy right foot and asked, "Why is Concubine Su here?"

"I came here specifically to see the general." Su Rui went straight to the point.

"Looking for me?"

"Yes, it's about Miss Tang Er. I need to inform the General urgently, but..." Su Rui glanced at the soldiers behind him. "It would be best to speak to the General alone."

When General Tang heard that it was about Tang Yuli, he became worried.

Deputy General Li Bin approached and whispered, "General, Prince Long has already chosen the Second Prince. Prince Yong and the Second Prince are now enemies. The appearance of this concubine here with a big belly is probably not simple. Could it be that Prince Yong knows something and is deliberately taking advantage of it?"

General Tang also had his doubts.

The reason he returned to Beijing against the rules was because he had received a secret letter saying something had happened to Li Li. However, the letter did not give any specific information, only asking him to return to Beijing as soon as possible, otherwise Li Li's life would be in danger.

The eldest brother was in Shengjing, and he didn't believe that anything would happen to Li Li, but the secret letter came in a strange way, so he had to verify it.

However, he received no reply to the several letters he sent to Shengjing, and he was always worried. In the end, he chose to return to Beijing to see Li Li in person.

Now, the person in front of him said that he came to see him for Li Li.

In the struggle for power, all kinds of tricks are used.

But looking at Su Rui in front of him, her belly was as big as a drumstick, her hair was tied up casually, she looked disheveled, her sleeves and trouser legs were lifted up, her arms and calves were covered with scars, her right ankle was red and swollen, and her shoes were badly worn, showing that she had walked all the way.

You can't pretend.

It’s not easy to walk here from Shengjing with a big belly.

After thinking for a moment, General Tang dismounted and walked towards the woods on the side.

Realizing that he was willing to talk to her, Su Rui hurried to follow him.

But after standing for a while, my ankle hurt even more.

She gritted her teeth, took a step forward, and forced herself to increase her speed to keep up with General Tang.

When they reached the forest, General Tang said, "Since you want to speak to me alone, then let the others leave."

They found Wu Yu and the other two so quickly, they are really amazing.

Su Rui waved her hand, and Wu Yu and the other two appeared and walked away.

Seeing that the three people were similar to Su Rui, all of them seemed to be fleeing, General Tang was even more curious, but he did not ask, just waiting for Su Rui to speak.

Su Rui did not delay and took out a wrapped square handkerchief from his arms and handed it to General Tang.

He took the handkerchief and opened it. It turned out to be a handkerchief with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum embroidered on the four corners. General Tang recognized the embroiderer as Tang Yuli's.

In the past, she would embroider purses, sachets, handkerchiefs and other items for him and send them to Mobei along with letters from home, but she stopped sending them after he grew up. However, General Tang treasured them all and would take them out and look at them over and over again when he missed them. Therefore, even though the stitching has changed a little now, he can still recognize them at a glance.

Wrapped inside was a strand of hair, a small longevity lock, a few broken pieces of jade bracelets, and a jar of paste.

The little longevity lock was made by General Tang himself for Tang Yuli before she was born. He also recognized the jade bracelet, as it belonged to his late wife. He gave it to Yuli when he left Shengjing. She was less than eight years old that year. She held the jade bracelet tightly and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

He was not sure whether this strand of hair was straight or not.

But he didn't recognize this paste at all.

"The general should know something about these things, and he also knows how much Miss Tang cherishes them. If she hadn't given them to me, I would definitely not have been able to get them."

"Concubine Su is a powerful person, she might be capable of this."

Although he did not return to Beijing, General Tang had heard of Su Rui's name several times. Even if the rumor was 70% false, he could tell from it that this woman was not simple. Now was the best proof.

"The general thinks too highly of me. If I were truly capable, I wouldn't appear before him like this." Su Rui smiled wryly, observing General Tang's expression before continuing, "I think the general knows something's happened to Miss Tang, so he's rushing back to the capital."

General Tang did not answer nor deny.

Su Ruiben guessed it right.

After all, if they attack from both sides, they will capture her as soon as they meet.

So she told Wu Yu and the other two that the other party was out to capture her, and that the two of them should rush out quickly to take her away, while Wu Yu would flee into the mountains to look for other reinforcements.

Apart from capturing himself, the only reason that General Tang, who had been stationed in Mobei for ten years without leaving, could have made him flee with his men was because of his only daughter, Tang Yuli.

He must have known the news.

But seeing that General Tang is still calm, he probably doesn't know what's going on.

Although I don't know who told General Tang, it is beneficial to me.

Not only does it save time, but it also shows that General Tang cares very much about Tang Yuli.

"I'm here to tell the General that Miss Tang Er has gone crazy."

"Crazy?" General Tang couldn't believe what he heard, and he didn't believe it at all.

How could Lili go crazy?

"Yes, he was tortured to death by the Second Prince and driven crazy."

Second prince?

How could that be?

"Don't you think what Concubine Su said is ridiculous?"

Although General Tang had never seen the current Second Prince and did not know what his habits were, it was simply a fantasy that he could torture Li Li and drive him crazy in Shengjing City.

Even if the Second Prince is crazy and arrogant, my eldest brother is in Shengjing, so how could he let Li Li suffer?

Therefore, he did not believe the secret letter at first, and later he just suspected that something happened in Prince Long's mansion and Li Li was implicated.

Now, after hearing Su Rui's words, he didn't believe a single word of it, and felt that his previous judgment was wrong.

Turn around and leave.

Su Rui didn't try to persuade her to stay. Instead, she said, "Queen Lin asked me to host the Spring Banquet, so I asked Miss Tang to assist me. Unexpectedly, the Second Prince used my situation to trick Miss Tang. For my sake, she endured being led by him step by step, from initially approaching me to being forced to undress under threat..."

Having said this, General Tang stopped.

Su Rui continued, telling Tang Yuli everything that had happened to him.

Although it was cruel, General Tang had the right to know how his daughter was treated by that beast so that he could break free from the shackles and seek justice for Tang Yuli.