At the same time, the sound of horses' hooves came from the official road not far away.

Soon, a fully-dressed army came before them.

The imposing general leading the group asked in a loud voice after his gaze swept over Liu Yingying and Xiaoxue.

"Which of you is Liu Yingying?"

Liu Yingying met his gaze calmly and without fear. She did not recognize the general, but she did recognize the official next to the young general.

It was none other than Prefect Yang of Jinling City, whom I had met a few days ago.

"Liu, the Lady of Lihe Township, why don't you quickly pay your respects to General Weiyuan?" Lord Yang winked at her, reminding her.

It turns out that this is the legendary heir of the Prince of Lin'an.

At the age of thirty, Jiang Rucheng was already a distinguished general with outstanding military achievements!

Liu Yingying blushed slightly and said, "This humble woman, Liu, greets General Weiyuan!"

Jiang Rucheng looked her over, but felt a strange sense of familiarity.

He didn't know why this was happening either.

He had never seen this woman before, so why did she feel so familiar to him?

Liu Yingying noticed that the other party's gaze was somewhat abnormal, and she couldn't help but ask, "May I ask what brings the general to this humble woman?"

Jiang Rucheng then came to his senses and quickly regained his composure, saying, "These days I have been busy dredging the waterways near Jinling City, but I have also heard about the contributions made by Lord Lihe in dealing with this smallpox epidemic. Don't worry, I will write a report to the court about your merits."

He paused briefly, then looked Liu Yingying up and down before asking, "But this general has a question I'm curious about. Could you please answer it, Lady Lihe?"

"What is it? General, please speak freely." Liu Yingying's expression remained calm.

"I have heard that the Lady of the Township is from Furong County, Ningzhou Prefecture. She once helped Magistrate Shen of Furong County to suppress the bandits of Xijiu Mountain and made great contributions. Therefore, she was granted the title of Lady of the Township by the imperial court. However, Jinling City is a thousand miles away from Ningzhou Prefecture. Why would the Lady of the Township appear here?"

Liu Yingying: "General, you may not know this, but I was originally going to the capital, but unfortunately I was stranded in Jinling City on the way."

"Oh, what are you going to the capital for?" Jiang Rucheng raised an eyebrow.

Seeing Jiang Rucheng's determined look and insistence on getting to the bottom of things, Liu Yingying sighed inwardly.

However, she naturally couldn't tell the other party her true purpose for coming to the capital.

So she used her cheap, dead husband as a pretext.

"Reporting to the general, my husband was a scholar from Ma'ao Township, Furong County, Ningzhou Prefecture. He disappeared last year on his way to the capital for the imperial examination. Therefore, I am going to the capital to find my missing husband!"

After she finished speaking, Xue Ye, who was standing behind her, subconsciously glanced at her.

However, Jiang Rucheng did not notice anything unusual. Instead, he looked sympathetic and said, "I see... You must have experienced a lot of hardships going to the capital alone."

Liu Yingying obediently lowered her head and wiped the corner of her eye; "The general is right."

Jiang Rucheng then said, "How about this? I've finished dealing with matters in Jinling and am about to return to the capital to report for duty. I'll take you with me then, how about that?"

This would save her from all the trouble along the way.

"Then this humble woman thanks the general!" Liu Yingying was overjoyed.

With General Weiyuan protecting us, the journey ahead will surely be smooth sailing!

Jiang Rucheng originally wanted to ask her a few more questions about Shen Shangxu, since he had also been Shen Shangxu's classmate.

But then a subordinate reported that a group of disaster victims had encountered a mudslide on their way home and were stranded on the road. Jiang Rucheng had no choice but to immediately lead his men to deal with the situation…

After finishing her business outside the city, Liu Yingying took Xue Ye and Xiao Xue back to the inn in Jinling City.

She hadn't had a proper bath or a delicious meal in ten days.

Xiaoxue understood immediately and had already asked the waiter to prepare a large tub of hot water for her room.

After Liu Yingying finished her bath and ate the knife-cut noodles with soybean paste that the waiter brought, she lay down on the bed and had a good sleep.

Perhaps I was just too tired these past few days, so I slept so soundly that I was completely unconscious!

By the time Jiang Rucheng had finished dealing with the disaster victims and returned to prepare for his journey, she was still unconscious.

Xiaoxue had no choice but to go to her room and wake her up.

"Sister Liu, wake up, please wake up!"

"Let me sleep a little longer..." Liu Yingying mumbled, turned over, hugged the blanket, and tried to continue sleeping.

Xiaoxue had no choice but to pull the person out of bed.

"Sister Liu, you can't sleep anymore! General Weiyuan and Lord Yang are waiting for you outside!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Liu Yingying immediately perked up, staring blankly at Xiaoxue.

I wondered if something had happened?

Otherwise, why would those two big shots come to wait for me?

Xiaoxue frowned. "I don't know either. Anyway, Sister Liu, you'll find out for yourself when you go down and take a look..."

All right…

After Liu Yingying finished washing up and getting dressed, she went to the lobby on the first floor.

Sure enough, Jiang Rucheng and Lord Yang's group were already waiting for him there.

Lord Yang greeted her with a smile; "Madam Liu, have you been resting well these past few days?"

"Thank goodness..." Liu Yingying said, lowering her voice and leaning close to Lord Yang, asking softly;

"What exactly happened?"

Lord Yang, however, turned to look at General Weiyuan with a smile.

Jiang Rucheng took out an imperial edict from his sleeve and was about to read it aloud, "Liu Shi, the Lady of Lihe Xiangjun, receive the edict."

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