Chapter 974: Substitute Bride
Lianyi rested for a full half month this time, which was the longest period of rest since she became a tasker.
The reason lies in the consciousness that she devoured. The memory ball that he condensed also alarmed the top brass of the Space-Time Administration. The mission department even recalled all the taskers who were doing plane missions.
Lian Yi was called in for questioning twice, and she handled it with ease and was not afraid of being investigated. Her discovery this time was considered a contribution to the mission department, so even Director Cen was very polite to her.
Shijiu was also very proud. Before Lianyi returned to her normal task, he secretly told Lianyi an important news.
"Because of your discovery, all the people who had previously carried out the mission of eliminating sentient beings were investigated. As a result, some people with problems were found, including the taskers and communicators. Some of them you would never have thought of."
"So serious?"
"It's not bad! Because the problem was discovered early and we dealt with it in time, we dealt a heavy blow to the other party. From now on, this kind of consciousness mission will be completed by special taskers, and ordinary taskers will no longer have the authority to accept this kind of mission.
But if you are interested, I can help you get it. The rewards are relatively large, and because you have already devoured a consciousness, in their eyes, you are considered a companion, so you can play the pig and eat the tiger. "
Shijiu said in a mean way.
"The greater the reward, the higher the risk. This time I was lucky and seized the initiative. I successively wore away some of the consciousness's power. Otherwise, I might not have been able to take advantage of it during its heyday."
Lianyi analyzed calmly.
"You are right. You can consider these issues when you become stronger."
When Shijiu saw that the main person was not interested, he didn't say much and directly sent Lianyi to the next task.
When the ripples slid into a body, I felt a pain in my wrist, and heard a vicious female voice in my ear:
"Cuizhu, do you understand?"
"I"
Lianyi was stunned for a moment when she looked at the beautiful woman in front of her, not knowing how to respond.
"You must marry for me, or we will all die together!"
"Okay, I promise you!"
Although Lianyi didn't understand the original body's situation, she still agreed.
"Cuizhu, I knew you would definitely help me."
The girl whose nails were almost dug into Lianyi's arm finally breathed a sigh of relief and let go of Lianyi's wrist.
"You stay with me these few days. When I get married, I will cancel your slavery in front of everyone and let you go. You can wait for me at Fuyuan Inn with the money I prepared."
The beautiful woman lowered her voice and instructed.
"Cuizhu understands!"
Lian Yi replied seriously.
"Okay, you go down first!"
"yes!"
Lianyi responded and left the woman's boudoir.
A middle-aged woman with a bun on her hair was guarding outside the door and nodded at Lianyi.
Lianyi nodded in response, then turned and left.
After going out of the door, a strong wind blew. Lianyi squinted her eyes and smelled a hint of dryness. Looking at the few pitiful plants in the small yard, she knew that the conditions here must be very difficult.
She turned and entered a shadow, squatted in the corner, and began to receive the memories of her original body.
Cuizhu was originally a little maid. The lady she served was named Xia Qingran, the illegitimate daughter of Xia Hu, the border guard.
Xia Hu was only a deputy general. His whole family was guarding the border and lived a rather hard life. He had only one wife and one concubine, and they had two sons and two daughters. Only his daughter, Xia Qingran, was born out of wedlock.
Originally, Xia Hu was going to wait for Xia Qingran to find a suitable man, prepare a dowry, and marry her off. Unfortunately, at this time, the border guard Meng An received an imperial edict from the capital to marry his youngest daughter to the prince as his principal wife.
Although Meng An accepted the imperial edict, he was very reluctant to marry his daughter to him.
Although he was guarding the border, he was also clear about the situation in the capital. His daughter was just a pawn used by the emperor to consolidate the prince's position and a bargaining chip to contain him.
His youngest daughter, Meng Lianyi, was born prematurely. Although she was pretty, she was a sick beauty. He even doubted whether his daughter could live to marry the prince.
Perhaps the emperor saw that his daughter was in poor health, so he ordered the prince to marry his daughter. After his daughter married the prince, he would be the prince's natural ally. Even if his daughter died in the future, he, as the father-in-law, would only support the prince for the sake of their marriage.
With the support of 300,000 border guards, there would definitely be no obstacles for the prince to sit on the supreme position. This was also the emperor's painstaking effort.
But the problem was that after Meng Lianyi learned that she was going to marry and move to the capital city away from her parents, she fainted and her health deteriorated. She was really on her last breath.
General Meng was so worried that his hair was about to fall out. His daughter really couldn't die now. If she died, the wedding procession would not be able to pick up anyone, and he would be punished for disobeying the order, and the entire Meng family would be implicated.
With this excuse, the emperor could justifiably replace the border guard with someone who was close to the prince.
Just when General Meng was ready to take the initiative to apologize, Lieutenant General Xia gave the Meng family an idea.
"General, you have single-handedly brought up the 300,000 guards at the border. If you had replaced someone else, I don't know how many of us who fought with you would be left. So Miss Meng must marry into the capital."
"Mengzi, do you think I don't know the seriousness of this? The problem is that Lianyi's health is too bad now. I'm afraid she won't even have the strength to get into the sedan chair."
General Meng said with a frown.
"General, Lianyi has had poor health since she was a child. Few people have seen her. It would be better to find someone to marry her to the prince."
"That is a crime of deceiving the emperor."
"General, you said that was your daughter, she is your daughter, who dares to deny it?"
Xia Meng said immediately.
"Even so, where can I find someone of similar age to marry Lianyi at this time? There must be spies in the capital here."
After General Meng finished speaking, he suddenly seemed to realize something and looked at Xia Meng.
"Do you have any idea?"
"General, I have two daughters. One of them is a concubine's daughter. She has hardly ever seen outsiders. She can be married off as a substitute. It will definitely not be exposed."
Xia Meng lowered his voice and said.
By doing this, he was also tying the Xia family and General Meng together.
"Have you been planning this for a long time?"
"No, it's because I saw that the general was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep these days, so I came up with this unreal solution."
"Would your daughter be willing?"
"Let her enjoy wealth and glory, why doesn't she want to?"
"Please let me think about it."
"Okay, now only you and I know about this matter. I will wait for good news from the general."
The general didn't have to worry about the result, because the only daughter of the Meng family died that night.
Mrs. Meng fainted from crying, but she dared not say a word, as this would be tantamount to handing a handle to her enemies to attack her husband.
At this point, General Meng had no choice but to agree to Deputy General Xia's proposal and let Xia Qingran marry in his place.
My dears, today is the last two days of January. You can vote for Feng Ling with all your accumulated votes so that she can have a prosperous new year! See you tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)
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