As soon as Yan Xiao returned to her residence, General Cui rushed over. He was about to speak when Yan Xiao stopped him with a look.
Only after Yan Xiao entered the room did he close the door and say worriedly:
"Where did Madam go just now? I was so worried! Why didn't she tell me? Or she could have taken ten thousand with her."
He had just gone into the outhouse when he came out and heard the 13 men talking and laughing, saying they wanted to go for a walk and didn't want them to follow him. This made him very anxious.
This is Yanyun City, and with Yan Xiao's status, a slight mishap could lead to serious trouble.
He wanted to go look for them, but as soon as he stepped outside, he sensed an unfamiliar presence in the shadows, which clearly meant he was being watched.
Fearing that others might see his excessive concern for Yanxiao, a mere maid, he had no choice but to suppress it.
Fortunately, just as he was about to send 13,000 people to search, Yan Xiao returned on her own.
Yan Xiao glanced at General Cui indifferently, briefly recounted what had just happened, and then said seriously:
"I have my own things to do here. When I don't want to talk to you, it's because you don't need to know. You just need to do what you need to do."
Remember, leave me alone and don't do anything unnecessary. Just treat me like an ordinary maidservant.
Upon hearing this, General Cui knew that Yan Xiao was dissatisfied with his attitude just now, but he was just a little too hasty.
He quickly lowered his head, but still didn't forget to defend himself:
"Madam, before your departure, I was ordered by the general to ensure your safety... I..."
"Shut up."
Yan Xiao interrupted him in a low, stern voice, leaning closer and saying coldly:
"I don't believe you can't tell we're being watched. Remember, there's no general's wife here, only the little maid Sihong."
I came with the delegation just to sneak in; I didn't expect you to help me in any way.
I don't care what Shen Muzhi told you before, you just need to remember that here, unless I tell you to do something, you don't need to do anything.
Otherwise, if you meddle and ruin my plans, I won't even need Shen Muzhi to show up; I'll skin you alive."
Yan Xiao's attitude was very serious, and his eyes were very cold. General Cui was a veteran of many battles with blood on his hands, but he couldn't say a word when facing Yan Xiao at this moment.
Thinking of Zhang Kangnian, who was hung at the city gate for three days and three nights before finally dying, he broke out in a cold sweat.
This general's wife has already proven with her actions that she is truly daring and not joking.
General Cui felt bitter inside. Before leaving, Shen Muzhi had told him that if anything happened to his wife, he would skin him alive.
Well, now the lady has also taken a fancy to his disguise. It seems that this disguise is destined to be stripped off by this couple.
Since he's going to be exposed no matter what, what's the point of him doing anything? He might as well just give up. If his wife doesn't want him to interfere, then he won't interfere.
If his wife manages to return safely with him in the end, everything will be fine; otherwise, he can only wait to be skinned alive.
After realizing this, General Cui took his leave and went back to his room to eat, drink, and sleep as if each day were his last, occasionally making requests of the people of Yanyun City.
For example, eating roast duck and drinking liquor. To be honest, it's a rare and leisurely life to be pampered like this. It's worth living a life of leisure if you can enjoy yourself like this.
The report that Qi Chengfeng and Jiang Xinrui received was that the Jiangbei City delegation was very relaxed.
Led by General Cui, the head of the mission, the entire mission did nothing but eat and sleep all day, and apart from being picky about the food, they did nothing else.
In comparison, the people of Luofeng City seemed much more impatient than the Jiangbei City delegation, and had complained several times that they were being imprisoned.
Qi Chengfeng has confirmed the drug's effects in the past few days, so his attitude towards Jiang Xinrui has been getting better and better, almost to the point of granting her every request. This kind of surveillance of the people of Jiangbei City was requested by Jiang Xinrui.
He glanced at Jiang Xinrui, whose face was grim, concealing the disgust in his eyes, and said gently:
"Xinrui, you heard it too, there's nothing wrong with it, that woman won't come."
Because of Qi Chengfeng's attitude, Jiang Xinrui thought that her charm pill had worked, so she no longer treated Qi Chengfeng with the same caution as before, and only regarded him as her stepping stone and a tool for her to build her empire.
After hearing Qi Chengfeng's words, she pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, hesitated for a long time, and then gritted her teeth and said:
"Now that most of the delegations have arrived, let them present their gifts. I want to meet the delegation from Jiangbei City in person."
After the delegation from Jiangbei City entered Yanyun City, Jiang Xinrui had been feeling uneasy and restless, and even had nightmares repeatedly.
Having been reborn, she believed in fate and even more so in that this was a sign from heaven. This feeling was just like when she was first reborn, a voice in her heart kept urging her to leave Jiangbei.
What Yanxiao did later made her incredibly glad that she left early.
This time, she instinctively felt that her unease was related to Yan Xiao, and this feeling was very bad, making her wish she could order the extermination of everyone in Jiangbei City.
However, massacring the delegation is something that cannot be done. If it is done, it will make us the target of public criticism and give other rebel forces an excuse to annex Yanyun City.
She had wanted to meet the delegations directly several times, but her unease made her hesitate. Now that the wedding date was approaching and the delegations from all sides had arrived, she was really getting restless.
She turned to look at Qi Chengfeng and said with utmost seriousness:
"That woman is very strange. Don't underestimate her. Even if she doesn't come, she will have a backup plan. I don't believe she will do nothing. You'd better be careful."
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