Chapter 243: It was the servants in the mansion who helped her into the hall.
Leng gradually regained consciousness and thought she was rescued by Xiza, Ruan Mian and others, and was extremely grateful.
General Hu Lie rushed over after hearing the news, and seeing his wife so frightened, he held her hand in fear.
"Is Madam okay now?"
"Where's Hui'er? Didn't she go out with you?"
Mentioning Nabu Hui, Leng was startled. Hiding her disappointment, she continued, "Has Hui'er not come back yet?"
The old couple thought that something had happened to her on the way, so General Hu Lie immediately called his subordinates over. When he was about to speak, Ruan Jiao happened to return home.
She finally got rid of the thief and pretended to be in a panic and ran back to report the news.
But thinking about the time, Leng was probably going to die, so she pretended to be scared and sad, and fell down crying at the door of the mansion.
It was the servants in the mansion who helped her into the hall.
She didn't even look inside the house, and started crying when she saw General Hu Lie.
"Father! Father, please help me! My mother and I were chased by villains on the road. I finally managed to escape. My daughter..."
Before she could finish her words, she looked up and saw the lady walking out of the room with the help of a servant.
She was stunned for a moment, her heart beating like a drum: "Mother... Mother, why are you back?"
Leng closed her eyes, trying not to think about the fact that she had resolutely abandoned her.
Ruan Jiao realized something and quickly explained.
"Mother, it wasn't that I didn't save you just now, it was that I was in a hurry to come back and tell you the news! Look, I'm back now to tell you the news, mother, please don't blame me."
She kowtowed repeatedly, but the maidservant beside Leng couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
With the general in front, she certainly wouldn't let the lady suffer any injustice.
At that time, the princess had the idea of abandoning her wife in the carriage. What's more, the thieves were obviously going after the princess, but the princess didn't say a word and ran away, leaving her wife behind.
So when the general asked about the specific matters, the maid couldn't help but kneel down and speak.
She told the whole story of what happened at that time. Not only did she see it, but many servants around her also saw it with their own eyes.
Hu Lie couldn't believe it. Even though Leng wanted to defend Ruan Jiao, she thought that she was her daughter after all and shouldn't take it too seriously.
General Hu Lie, however, roared with rage, "In this critical moment, you don't even care about your mother's life?!"
"Father!" Ruan Jiao cried, "Father, it's not like that. At that time, I was also panicked. If I stayed there, I would definitely not be able to help. I thought about coming back to report the news, so..."
However, before she could finish her words, a servant hurriedly arrived and interrupted her: "General!! The military advisor and his subordinates came to tell us that... that this woman is not the real princess."
"What?!"
General Hu Lie and Lady Leng were both shocked. Ruan Jiao's face turned pale as well. She suddenly stood up and roared, "Who said I'm not a princess? Who's talking nonsense?"
She hasn't resolved her issue yet, so how come there are some ungrateful people trying to harm her?
She insisted on meeting him and teaching him a lesson!
However, after the person was brought in, Ruan Jiao was stunned.
Because the person who came was none other than Li Mao.
The person who planned the impersonation plan with her.
In a panic, Li Mao had already knelt on the ground, telling everything in a trembling voice.
"General, please spare my life! This woman is... a fugitive who escaped from Wuheng with me. When I first came here to seek refuge with my trusted confidants, she threatened to expose me as a Dajing native, forcing me to help her find her true relatives!"
"General, every word I said is true. There is absolutely no falsehood! This woman, in order to take the princess's place, bribed the police and found the women who came to claim their kinship. After brutally killing them, she tampered with the mark on one of them's back...
"The real princess is someone else! The mark on her back was inflicted by me personally. I am tortured by my conscience every day, and every night I dream of those innocent women who died tragically coming to claim my life."
"This little one...this little one has finally been unable to bear it any longer and has come here to expose this matter at the risk of his own life. I hope the General and his wife can see clearly!!"
Ruan Jiao almost fainted after hearing these words! She widened her eyes, ran to Li Mao and pinched his face.
"What did you say?! That's complete nonsense!"
"Father, Mother! I don't even know this person, how can what he said be used as evidence?" She forced herself to calm down, squeezed out those crocodile tears, and shook her body.
"My mother saw the mark on my back with her own eyes. How could she suspect her daughter of being such a cruel and ruthless person just because of someone else's one-sided statement?"
"General, Madam! If you don't believe me, I can take you to see the place where she buried the bodies of those women she killed. If you still don't believe me, I can draw a portrait of her and have Wu Heng's exile from last year identify her true identity."
"This woman was originally the concubine of the heir of the Chen Anbo Mansion in Dajing. She was exiled to Wuheng and escaped during the mutiny. She dreamed of soaring to become a phoenix, and that's how she deceived the general and his wife!"
Li Mao testified at the top of his lungs, and even pointed out who the real princess is on the spot: "Madam, I know who the real princess is! I hope you can come and see for yourself!"
After hearing this, Ruan Jiao could no longer bear it. She rushed forward like a fierce woman and slapped Li Mao hard.
Li Mao's nose was almost crooked.
"This villain is trying to frame me! Mother, Father! He is simply..."
"Tell me! Where is the real princess?"
Before Ruan Jiao could finish her words, General Hu Lie took a step forward, and the oppressive feeling immediately blocked Ruan Jiao's way.
Seeing this, Li Mao looked around and suddenly pointed at Xiza who had just walked out of the wing room.
"It's her, it's her! She was one of the women who claimed to be my relatives. She was the only one who had the mark that the general mentioned. So... so I told her about the mark under the threat of the fake princess."
"It's this vicious woman!" Li Mao suddenly pointed at Ruan Jiao and shouted angrily.
"This vicious woman drugged the real princess and made me burn her with fire, pointing at the marks on her body. She even said that if I looked any different, I would be buried with her!"
"I was forced to help her. After this vicious woman had used up the True Princess, she completely destroyed her face, leaving her to die among the pile of corpses. Now, I don't know why the True Princess is in the mansion, nor do I know if the wound on her face will heal..."
"General, please spare my life, General, please spare my life!"
Li Mao kowtowed repeatedly, and the military advisor beside him pleaded for him with a tense face.
At this moment, Ruan Jiao never thought that the villain Li Mao would retaliate against her and turn against others so quickly!
She didn't know who had ordered Li Mao to do this! Otherwise, with his temper, why would he do this?
But she couldn't remain calm at this time, and she lowered her posture and tried to beg the general and his wife with all her might.
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