Chapter 142 Second Brother Returns to Beijing
Bai Ruowei covered her aching ear and said, "Ruan Yunsheng must be behind this!"
"Miss, don't get angry. Be careful not to hurt yourself." Qiu Xin leaned close to her ear and lowered her voice very low. "Have you forgotten? Calculating the date, the people we sent should be meeting General Zhaowu in the next few days!"
Bai Ruowei's eyes suddenly lit up, and a sinister smile curled up the corners of her tense mouth. "You're right... Ruan Yunsheng's good days are about to end! I will definitely get back at you for all the humiliation I've endured these days, with interest!"
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Hundreds of miles away from Shengjing, a team was moving steadily towards Shengjing.
Suddenly there was a commotion ahead and the entire team came to a sudden stop.
Ruan Yunce tightened the reins, his eyes tinged with impatience, and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
A personal guard rode back, reporting in a panic, "General, there's a woman lying on the side of the road ahead. She said...she said she was Princess Mingyi!"
"What?!" Ruan Yunce's handsome face suddenly changed color. He immediately jumped off the horse, stepped heavily on the dust with his boots, and rushed to the woman.
I saw a haggard woman lying on the ground. Her face was 70% similar to the sister in my memory, except that her face was pale, her lips were chapped, and her eyebrows and eyes showed a bit of vicissitudes and haggardness.
Seeing him approach, the woman opened her eyes weakly, reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes, her voice weak and trembling: "Second... Second brother... Save me..."
Ruan Yunce suddenly froze in place, as if his heart was hit by a huge rock.
How could the cute and bright sister in his memory, who was held in the palm of her brothers' hands, become so miserable?
At this moment, a white-haired old woman beside the woman trembled and knelt, tears streaming down her face. "General! The princess has finally found you! You have no idea how much she has endured in the past few years!"
"Now there is a villain impersonating the princess's identity and enjoying the comforts of the Marquis's mansion. You must stand up for the real princess!"
As she spoke, a faint fragrance wafted from the woman's body and carried into Ruan Yunce's nose on the wind.
He had originally had some doubts about the woman's identity and origins, but when he smelled this scent, he suddenly felt an indescribable pity and sympathy in his heart.
It was as if the person in front of him was his biological sister who had been lost for many years and had suffered so much injustice.
"Hurry!" Ruan Yunce snapped back to his senses and shouted to his guards, "Go get the military doctor! Bring the best herbs! Make sure she's cured!"
Seeing Ruan Yunce's anxious expression, the old woman and the woman lying on the ground looked at each other, and a hint of pride flashed in their eyes.
At this moment, a young doctor passing by stopped, looked at the two of them, and suddenly raised the corners of his lips.
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A few days later...
Today is the day when General Zhaowu Ruan Yunce returns triumphantly, and the gate of Shengjing city is already crowded with people.
Since early morning, Jinque Street has been crowded with people who came spontaneously.
The taverns and pavilions along the street had already been cleared out, and everywhere was crowded with eagerly awaited figures. Even the soldiers guarding the city could hardly hide the excitement on their faces.
When the sun rose to mid-sky, the deafening sound of horse hooves and military bugles came from afar.
"Here they come! It's the general's troops!"
Someone shouted, and the crowd instantly became excited.
The black-armored cavalry appeared first in a neat square formation, their armor shining coldly in the sunlight.
Ruan Yunce, riding a snow-white warhorse, was wearing silver armor, his black cloak fluttering in the wind, and his eyes were sharp, honed on the battlefield.
"Our Sheng Nation's God of War is back!"
"The general is mighty!"
After Ruan Yunce appeared, cheers rang out from the crowd, and the people threw flower petals and colorful silks.
In the distance, Ruan Yunsheng was protected by her eldest brother and third brother, and her crimson skirt was blown by the wind.
Seeing my second brother’s heroic figure from afar, I immediately waved to him excitedly!
“Second brother!”
At this moment, on the second floor of a restaurant on the street, Bai Ruowei was standing in front of the window, her fingertips tightly pinching the window sill.
She looked at the cute crimson figure on the street, a sinister glint in her eyes.
The woman who stopped Ruan Yunce before was named Meng Niang.
Meng Niang wears the "bewitching fragrance" that she painstakingly concocted. It is unique in the world and can quietly arouse people's pity and trust.
Meng Niang originally looked about 60% similar to Ruan Yunsheng, and was a few years older than Ruan Yunsheng, which added a sense of reality and experience.
What's more, Ruan Yunce hadn't seen his sister for five years. Once the preconceived idea took root, he would not doubt Meng Niang's identity at all.
Meng Niang also secretly sent her a message to tell her that everything was going well.
Ruan Yunce has already believed that Meng Niang is his biological sister, and the one in the Marquis' Mansion is just a fake princess!
Just wait, Ruan Yunsheng.
Later, when Ruan Yunce sees you, the "fake sister" who has usurped his throne, and thinks of the real princess who was forced to wander in the wilderness and suffer because of you, he will surely be furious!
Given how much he loves his sister, he might draw his sword and kill you, the imposter, right then and there!
By then, Ruan Yunjian and Ruan Yunbo would have watched with their own eyes the sister they had protected being killed by their own brother. How could they let it go?
The four brothers of the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion will definitely turn against each other completely and fight to the death!
How exciting that scene would be!
Bai Ruowei seemed to have seen Ruan Yunsheng's blood splattered on the spot, and even her broken ear was slightly hot with excitement.
Her fingers were gripping the window sill tightly, and her eyes were like poisoned needles, staring at Ruan Yunsheng.
Ruan Yunce's warhorse was getting closer and closer to Ruan Yunsheng and his sister!
One step, two steps, three steps...
Every step felt like stepping on Bai Ruowei's heart.
The corners of her lips curled up in a twisted arc, her nails almost digging into the wood of the window sill. She screamed frantically in her heart: Quick! Kill her! Do it now!
However, she watched Ruan Yunce riding his horse past the people from the Marquis' Mansion without stopping or even looking at them.
Bai Ruowei said in disbelief: "How could this happen..."
At this moment, someone suddenly broke open the door of the restaurant's private room.
The servants of Prince Duan's mansion rushed in in a panic, "Concubine! It's bad! The prince... the prince is in trouble!"
"What?" Bai Ruowei turned around suddenly, "What happened to the prince?"
The servant's voice trembled with anxiety: "The prince was in a whim today and favored two maids, but who would have thought... who would have thought that they would suddenly cough up blood and fall into a coma!"
"Princess Duan has sent someone to the palace to fetch the imperial physician. Concubine, please return home quickly!"
Bai Ruowei's face suddenly turned pale, and she shouted harshly, "Idiot! How can you ask the imperial physician for something like this?!"
The emperor had been furious with Prince Duan for his infatuation with women, and ordered him to dismiss the concubines without official status in the mansion and to stay indoors to cultivate his character.
At this critical moment, he couldn't control his temper and favored the maid, and even vomited blood and fainted!
If the imperial physician discovered something and told the emperor, wouldn't that be courting death?
She grabbed the hem of her skirt and rushed downstairs, staggering towards Prince Duan's Mansion.
We must stop the imperial physician before he takes Prince Duan's pulse!
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