Bride kidnapping
When Jiang Yan returned, she seemed to have forgotten her soul. Huang Ying, seeing her so dazed, was so frightened that tears welled up in her eyes.
She carefully helped Jiang Yan sit down in a chair before tentatively asking, "Master, what's wrong?"
Jiang Yan stared blankly ahead with empty eyes and said, "It's nothing, just leave me alone for a while."
Huang Ying hesitated for a moment, then slowly retreated.
Wedding preparations are in full swing, and the ceremony will be held in three days. The tailor has already delivered the wedding attire prepared for Chen Run and Jiang Yan.
Chen Runxin gently stroked the wedding dress, put it on and tried it on. It fit him perfectly and looked very good, making him even more handsome.
Jiang Yan, of course, was a thousand times, ten thousand times unwilling.
Huang Ying naturally couldn't force her, and the old seamstress was caught in a dilemma, unable to speak up or persuade her.
At this moment, the maid who had come with the seamstress and appeared in a very low mood said angrily, "Miss Liu, there's a limit to how much trouble you can cause!"
Huang Ying was taken aback for a moment, then quickly said, "How dare you speak to my master like that? Aren't you afraid of being punished by Young Master Chen?"
The maid smiled dismissively and said, "I'm not afraid! I'd love to!" Then she glared at Jiang Yan with intense hatred.
Jiang Yan looked at her upon hearing the sound.
She glared at him and said angrily, "Liu Ruyi, is that it? You're a jinx, a jinx!"
"Enough! If you speak disrespectfully to my master again, you'll be slapped!!" Huang Ying tried her best to protect Jiang Yan.
But the maid not only didn't back down, she became even more outrageous: "Did I say something wrong? Isn't this the truth? Since you've married Prince Duan, why are you still entangled with my young master? When Prince Duan was in trouble, you fled overnight and ignored him. What kind of behavior is that? Now that you want to live, you're clinging to my young master. Do you know how much harm you've caused him?"
Huang Ying hurriedly said, "This was Young Master Chen's own choice!"
"Hmph! Voluntary? Yes, my young master is single-minded and can only have your master, so everything he does is taken for granted by you and you shouldn't care? Are there any other shameless masters and servants in the world like you?"
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll slap your mouth!!" Huang Ying's face turned pale with anger.
But Jiang Yan remained surprisingly calm and said, "Let her continue."
The maidservant sneered indifferently, "Say it if you want, do you think I'm afraid of you! You say you don't want to marry my young master, but why do you cling to him? You enjoy his kindness on the one hand, and hurt him on the other! Do you know that? Because of you, it's all because of you!!"
The maid suddenly became extremely agitated, pointing fiercely at Jiang Yan, "If it weren't for you, Qingfeng would have been kicked out of the manor by the young master! Do you know how many years Qingfeng has been by the young master's side? Do you know that? Doesn't your heart ache?"
She sneered, then continued, "Young Master disregarded Master and Madam for your sake, yet you're still causing trouble here! You know this is a marriage bestowed by Prince Su, which cannot be disobeyed, so what are you still making excuses for? Are you only happy if Young Master, Young Master's parents, and everyone in the Chen family die because of you? Is your heart made of stone?"
Jiang Yan felt guilty after being spoken to by the maid, and subconsciously defended herself: "I didn't! I didn't want to marry him! And I didn't disregard other people either!!"
"Is that so?" The maid seemed to see right through Jiang Yan's heart. "If not, why didn't you leave? Why didn't you leave the young master earlier? Don't you know you're still the concubine of Prince Duan, a criminal? Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Isn't it all for yourself? Am I wrong? Besides, Prince Duan is still your husband. And you? Do you care whether he lives or dies in the prison? Have you thought about rescuing him? People have hearts! What flows between people is sincerity, not pretense!"
Then, looking at Jiang Yan with disdain and mockery, she slowly uttered, "You only love yourself!!!"
Jiang Yan instinctively tried to explain, "No! I... I..." She wanted to explain, but didn't know how to say it.
"Hmph!" The maid's contempt deepened. "It's all your own choice now, so you can't blame anyone else! I don't want you to still be selfish and only think about yourself!" With that, she unfolded the wedding dress and handed it to Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan looked at the exquisite bright red dress in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and then took it.
Upon seeing this, the old tailor laughed so hard she swayed all over, repeatedly saying, "That's right, that's right!" She quickly ran to Jiang Yan's side and helped her try on the wedding dress.
The wedding dress fit surprisingly well, and the old woman exclaimed with delight, "Young Master Chen has such good taste! If it had been as I had said, this wedding dress wouldn't have fit so well!" She happily put away the wedding dress and left.
Jiang Yan originally intended to call the maid back and chat with her more, but the maid had no intention of continuing to talk to her. Almost the instant the old tailor put away the wedding dress, she ran out in a flash.
Jiang Yan stared in the direction they left, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
Time flies like an arrow, and before we knew it, the day of the wedding arrived.
Early that morning, Chen Run got up early to return to his father's mansion, which was also the home of him and his parents. He planned to come to his mansion in the evening to marry Jiang Yan and formally bring her into the Chen family.
However, at that moment, a letter from Prince Su arrived.
Chen Run took a look, and his expression instantly turned serious. The guard beside him asked, "Young Master, is there some trouble?"
Chen Run quickly composed himself and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on Madam."
"Yes. Shall we return to the master's residence now, young master?"
Chen Run looked in a certain direction and said coldly, "Enter the palace."
Before King Su even reached the border, he encountered an invasion by enemy troops. However, to King Su's utter surprise, the enemy troops were not soldiers from an enemy country, but soldiers from his own Great Zhou.
That's right, it was an army led by Shangguan Zeyu, the former Protector General of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Shangguan Zeyu established his own kingdom and led his army from the frontier, advancing triumphantly and sweeping through the land. After occupying two-thirds of the Great Zhou territory, he encountered Prince Su, who was on his way to the border to suppress a rebellion.
Prince Su was terrified and quickly wrote a letter, which he had his men send to the capital overnight and deliver to Chen Run.
The contents of the letters were identical: to instruct Chen Run to keep a close eye on the Emperor and prevent him from being rescued by others, which would bring them trouble.
Prince Su did not have time to mention Shangguan Zeyu in his letter, so Chen Run did not expect that Shangguan Zeyu would secretly send an army to the capital.
Almost simultaneously, not long after Chen Run left his residence, the army rushed into his residence like a tidal wave and destroyed everything he had prepared for the wedding without saying a word.
Jiang Yan sat in front of the dressing table, feeling dejected, as seven or eight maids and old women dressed and groomed her. They didn't let Huang Ying interfere, so Huang Ying watched from a distance.
Before long, the sounds of smashing and destruction from afar reached them.
Jiang Yan seemed completely immersed in her imagined world of sorrow, showing no reaction whatsoever. The others heard it, but didn't pay much attention. It was Huang Ying who felt something was wrong. She ran out to inquire and found out what had happened. She hurriedly ran back to tell them.
"Thieves have attacked the Chen residence! Everyone, run for your lives!!!"
The old woman and maid didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was a scheme by her and Jiang Yan to escape the wedding. They even looked down on it. It was only when Huang Ying was so anxious that she told them they could go out and see for themselves that everyone in the mansion was already shouting and running for their lives that they vaguely realized something was wrong. They all ran out to see what was going on and were shocked and ran away.
Jiang Yan was panicked and asked Huang Ying, "What happened? Where is Chen Run? How could this happen?"
As Huang Ying removed the heavy pearl flowers and hairpins from Jiang Yan's head, she said, "I didn't know, Master. The Chen residence is in complete chaos. Let's run for our lives!"
Jiang Yan's mind was a complete mess; she knew nothing. Huang Ying had originally intended to help her take off her elaborate wedding dress, but hearing the sounds of smashing and shouting getting closer, she didn't care anymore. She grabbed a handful of gold and silver jewelry from the dressing table, pulled Jiang Yan along, and ran out quickly.
This army, deliberately sent to disrupt the Chen family wedding, was led by Zhang Qin. His sole purpose was to take Jiang Yan away.
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