-General's Mansion-
Bai still felt uneasy, thinking that the princess had not told her the truth when she returned home in the evening, especially since the collar of her clothes was so high in the middle of summer.
She brought the midnight snack and knocked on the door, "Princess, are you asleep?"
Dan Ruo had used her spiritual power to erase all the marks on her body, and cursed the bastard in her heart, saying that he really thought she was a big bone to chew.
Hearing her aunt Bai's voice, she opened the door and let Bai in: "Aunt, why are you coming here so late?"
Bai saw the girl wearing a low-necked white gauze nightgown, revealing her flawless white skin, and thought she was overthinking it.
"The princess came here alone from the temporary palace, but she suffered injustice and did not bring any entourage with her along the way. Today, as soon as the princess returned home, the fifth lady of the Lin Mansion came to visit her. The princess is interested in her aunt, so she should tell her the truth."
The girl's eyes turned red, and the tip of her nose also turned red. She didn't look as proud as before, and it was obvious that she felt very aggrieved.
Bai was heartbroken and tried to comfort her, "No matter what happens, the General's Mansion will always be there to support the princess and the imperial concubine.
Although the princess's grandfather is gone, her uncles are still here, and my family will always stand behind her."
Dan Ruo threw herself into Bai's arms and told the story of how she was tricked out of the palace by Su Rouer, how she escaped from the bandits, and how she took the Lin family's carriage back to Beijing. When she finally returned home, she ignored the story with Lin Hancheng.
Bai patted his thigh, his eyes blazing with fire:
"How dare a mere maid set a trap to harm the princess? I'm afraid someone deep in the palace is behind this. I'll have someone investigate who's behind Su Rouer.
Tomorrow I will bring all the servants and maids in the mansion to escort the princess back to the palace and deal with those little bastards for her.
Our Yue family has defended our country for decades, and every generation of our men have died on the battlefield, only to allow those despicable people to bully our precious princess like this.
Dan Ruo originally wanted to solve it by herself, so she didn't tell Bai much. Now seeing Bai protecting her so much, she felt warm in her heart and wanted to protect the imperial concubine and the Yue family for the original owner even more.
Bai was also the daughter of a general with a hot temper. She usually stayed in the mansion with a few sisters-in-law. When she had nothing to do, she would train the maids and servants.
Working in the General's Mansion, the food was the best, with meat every meal. They also had to do an hour-long morning exercise, and when they had nothing else to do, they would have a mansion-wide martial arts competition, with prizes for winning. Even the maids were incredibly strong.
Before daybreak, Bai ordered five hundred servants and maids to be divided into several small teams and go to the palace.
When it was bright, Bai took Danruo to the carriage that they had prepared. Two horses pulled the carriage out of the city gate and galloped away.
The servants of the Lin family who were stalking not far from the gate of the General's Mansion did not recognize Dan Ruo wearing a veiled hat.
Dan Ruo, sitting in the carriage, felt the bumps of the ride and thought that he should ask Lin Hancheng what the magic of his carriage was and learn how to modify it.
On the way, Bai had received the news that Su Rouer entered the palace through the Queen's relationship and was arranged in another palace. In the end, she was rescued by her niece and followed her niece.
It was already the seventh day since leaving the palace. In the previous life, it was the seventh night when the Crown Prince born to the Queen, Ye Lingyi, Princess Yi'an, along with the Emperor and a large group of people, found the original owner in the bandit's lair.
On the evening of the seventh day, after a day of urgent travel, Bai and Danruo had arrived at the foot of the mountain with their servants and maids.
Taking advantage of the cover of night, Bai led 500 people to attack. Not only was it unexpected, but these servants and maids had been trained by regular troops and were equipped with weapons and equipment, as well as upgraded firecrackers made by Bai.
Soon the bandits were defeated and several main leaders were captured. A room full of girls were rescued. Su Rouer was with his wife and found a room full of gold, silver and jewelry.
When the prince was preparing to attack with a thousand guards, he found that the road up the mountain was quiet and the fire was concentrated in one place.
He supported his father and sister Ye Lingyi all the way here and saw the Bai family and the subdued bandits.
Ye Lingyi quickly ran to the group of women who were crying softly with their heads down, their clothes torn, and searching for each one, anxiously shouting, "Sister, I'm here to save you."
Dan Ruo, who was hiding in the darkness, walked out slowly: "Sister Yi An, are you looking for me? I'm here."
Ye Lingyi saw that Danruo was dressed neatly and even wore a gorgeous hair crown. She didn't look like she had been ruined by bandits at all. She asked suspiciously, "Sister, are you okay?"
"Sister Yi An, is there anything you want from me?"
Dan Ruo pretended to be innocent, then looked at Ye Lingyi with a playful look:
"Or did Sister Yi An think that something would happen to me, but it didn't? I'm very disappointed."
Ye Lingyi's face showed panic, "You..."
And Bai had already guessed the mastermind behind the scenes from Ye Lingyi's foolish behavior.
The prince stepped forward to help Ye Lingyi out. "Yian is not very good at speaking. Sister Rong'an, please don't misunderstand. She didn't mean that. She's just too worried about you and afraid that something might happen to you."
The emperor coughed lightly at this time, walked up to Danruo, and showed concern:
"Where have you been these past few days, making your father so worried?"
It's true that the emperor is partial to this brother and sister, and there are a bunch of outsiders around here, so how can he argue about this? Does the emperor really not care about the princess's reputation?
Bai stepped forward and said, "The princess has been staying in my house for the past few days. I will report the reason in detail after Your Majesty returns to the palace."
Before leaving, the emperor assigned a trusted confidant to take care of the aftermath: "These bandits have caused great trouble to the area. They will all be imprisoned and await trial. The innocent women captured in the mountains will be properly returned home, and the confiscated property will be deposited into the national treasury."
The group returned to the palace in a grand procession. The queen and the imperial concubine had already rushed to the palace gate to wait for them upon hearing the news.
When the imperial concubine saw Danruo was safe and sound, she went forward and hugged her and cried bitterly. Bai comforted her and the emperor also gave her a few words of comfort.
The Queen saw Dan Ruo's expression and knew that the plan had failed. She wanted to smooth things over. "Alright, Rong An is a child. It's good that he came back. Go back and have a good rest. Don't delve into it any further."
The emperor was about to speak when Dan Ruo interrupted him, "Father, my daughter was tricked out of the palace by the palace maid Su Rouer. She drank a cup of tea in a teahouse and passed out.
Maybe my daughter found the tea in the teahouse hard to swallow, so she just took a sip and drank very little.
I was tied up in a carriage and pretended to be unconscious. The kidnappers told me that I had a bad fate and my brother at home would not tolerate me. That was why they paid a high price to get me out.
I jumped off the carriage halfway when they weren't paying attention. Fortunately, my aunt who was passing by rescued me. I was very worried and had a high fever, so I didn't dare to go back to the palace.
So my aunt stayed by my side the entire time, and only when the fever subsided today did she come back to ask my father to make the decision for me."
When the Crown Prince heard Dan Ruo slander him, he immediately knelt down and said, "Father, how could I harm Sister Rong An?"
The Queen quickly explained, "The Crown Prince and Rong'an have no grudges against each other. Why would Rong'an slander the Crown Prince?"
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