Wasn't it said that this general's wife was just a country girl? But now she doesn't seem like one at all.
Yuan Xingzhou crushed the stone in his hand into powder, which was then scattered in the wind. He turned his head to the side and looked up at a person in the crowd.
His eyes were venomous, a dark glint flashing within their sinister gaze.
"Zheng Quchi, you may not pursue this matter, but I will not allow it..."
Before he finished speaking, his figure flashed by, a gust of wind swept past, and when he returned to the original spot, he had already pulled someone out and thrown them to the ground.
The man was dressed in a woman's dress, a very common outfit. However, upon closer inspection, one could see that he had a rugged face and an Adam's apple, and was actually a young man dressed as a woman.
He never expected that he would be found out so quickly despite hiding so well. He lay on the ground with a bewildered expression.
"This palace?"
Yuan Chuhua also got off the carriage and stood not far away. After hearing Yuan Xingzhou's self-proclaimed title with her own ears, she was taken aback and began to seriously examine Yuan Xingzhou for the first time.
The more she looked, the more alarmed she became.
Zheng Quchi was slightly surprised to see Yuan Xingzhou swiftly and decisively apprehend the assailant. Then, looking at the suspicious man lying on the ground, she suddenly realized that things might not be as simple as she thought.
Her expression instantly turned cold: "Arrest the person immediately and interrogate them thoroughly."
Wang Zebang and Wei Yao immediately realized something was amiss and promptly began to take action: "Yes!"
After she finished dealing with the current matter, a civil official leading a guard slowly walked over. He immediately announced, "Madam Zheng, listen to my command. His Majesty has specially arranged a banquet in the palace to invite the General's wife. Please come with us to the palace."
Zheng Quchi bowed and said, "Your subject will obey."
The civil official glanced at her indifferently, then looked at Princess Sheng'an not far away, his expression immediately softening: "Princess, the King has ordered you to return to the palace immediately to see the Queen."
Yuan Chuhua nodded: "Understood."
Zheng Quchi turned to look at Yuan Xingzhou, thinking of how he had helped her just now—no, he had saved her. She assumed it was just someone throwing something in a fit of anger, but who knew if the force of the thrower could have been fatal.
"Let's go together."
Yuan Xingzhou nodded.
The envoy looked at him, but the next second, his pupils widened: "And this is...?"
"My retinue."
Attendant?
But why does he look so much like the late queen?
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