But Zeng Yu's performance in the end was beyond everyone's expectations. He incorporated most of Wu Xiaohe's troops and caught the Yanbei Palace off guard.
However, Zeng Yu's rise was the beginning of the Ren family's disaster.
Ren Yaoqi lowered his eyes slightly when he thought of this.
Ever since she woke up, she has been thinking about how to change the ending of her previous life.
But the temple was too far away from her.
If the original trajectory had been followed, Zeng Yu would still have been sent to Yanbei as a pawn in the confrontation between the imperial court and the Yanbei Palace. With Zeng Yu's ability, the Ren family would still want to curry favor with him.
She always had nightmares when she thought about it.
Even if she didn't want to seek revenge for her past life in this life, what could she do if her enemies still came looking for her? As a girl in the boudoir, all she could do was try to stop a chariot with her bare hands.
It's hard to say how it will end.
She couldn't remember exactly when the imperial court planned to dismantle the Yanbei Army in her previous life. However, she estimated it to be around the past two years. Dongsheng's secret letter was likely a precursor to this event.
How can we prevent Zeng Yu from succeeding as the General of Ningxia, or how can we ensure that even if Zeng Yu becomes the General of Ningxia, he will only be in name only?
Ren Yaoqi's heart was pounding.
"Cousin?" Dongsheng called softly when he saw that Ren Yaoqi looked unhappy.
Ren Yaoqi took a deep breath, letting her heartbeat calm down. She reminded herself not to rush and to take her time. She didn't believe she was going to live a new life just to repeat the mistakes of her last one. There would always be a way.
"Cousin, the person who intercepted the secret report from the court was most likely sent by the Yanbei Palace. The secret report mentioned that the person who received the letter was asked to incite the lower-level soldiers of the Yanbei Army to cause trouble when the court ordered a cut in military pay. I heard that the second son of the Yanbei Palace is recuperating in a villa nearby. Do you think he sent someone..." Dongsheng said.
Ren Yaoqi raised his head and frowned when he heard this. "Is this Xiao Jingxi, the second son of the Yanbei Palace? Is he near the White Dragon Temple?"
Dongsheng nodded.
Ren Yaoqi suddenly remembered the man she had met in front of the Dragon King Hall in Bailong Temple. She and Xiangqin had mistaken him for the lover of the nun the women were looking for.
But later, Ren Yaoqi began to doubt his identity. Judging from his demeanor, he didn't look like someone who would be a concubine. Especially when he gave her the string of gold, stone, and wooden beads, her doubts grew even stronger.
She had also seen good things before, and that string of beads was definitely a rare treasure, but he gave it to her casually, just to repay her for a favor that was not a big deal.
Later, Li You appeared and admitted that he was the lover of the nun who was being pursued. So who was that man?
Why would he want to avoid those women?
He was also wearing white. Was he mistaken for Li You by those chasing Dongsheng? And what was he doing near Bailong Temple at that time? And he tore his sleeve?
Thinking of the legendary appearance of the second son of the Yanbei Palace, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but suspect that he was Xiao Jingxi. But was he the one who sent people to intercept the imperial messenger?
Thinking of this, for some reason, Ren Yaoqi still shook his head based on his intuition: "I've heard that the second young master of the Yanbei Palace is extremely intelligent and talented. Even if he wanted to stop the secret report from the court, he wouldn't resort to such extreme means. For such a serious matter, the court would have sent more than one messenger to Yanbei to deliver the letter. Even if Xiao Jingxi stopped this messenger, what would it matter? The letter will eventually be delivered to the right person, and the Yanbei Palace will have alerted the enemy."
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