She was confident that Cao Anmin, that eunuch, would not leave unscathed tonight. An ordinary man might be able to relieve his lust by finding a woman, but he was a eunuch, and unless he self-destructed his dantian, there was no way to resolve the situation.
This time, Shen Ruyu went all out. Seven years ago, she woke up to find that she had transmigrated. Shen Ruyu was a strong woman who had built her own company. Although she was heartbroken after being betrayed by her fiancé and best friend, she had read a couple of similar novels and felt that this might be an opportunity given to her by heaven.
Moreover, she also possesses a cheat-like ability: a portable space.
At first, things were indeed going well. She met Crown Prince Dong Qi and, just like in the novel, easily won the heart of this fool. However, it was ruined by that old geezer, the old emperor. She was sent to Yu Shang as a substitute. Initially, Shen Ruyu did have feelings for Cao Anmin and even relied on him. But she gradually discovered that when he looked at her, he wasn't looking at her at all, but at someone else. Moreover, his heart was cold; he would never let anyone get close to him. Besides, he was a genuine eunuch!
On one occasion, she happened to visit the Imperial Study and discovered some books left behind by the late Emperor Qi Yu. Those books, such as "Qimin Yaoshu" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War," made her wonder if the unfortunate Qi Yu, who was killed after only three years on the throne, was also a time traveler.
Therefore, with these things around, Cao Anmin, that eunuch, was naturally no longer surprised by what she had shown before. Even the old people in the palace had said that the original empress was also a medical genius, and many of her medicinal diet recipes were still in use in the imperial kitchen. Shen Ruyu had also seen them and found them to be excellent recipes.
Her initial pride as a time traveler was instantly halved.
But Shen Ruyu was not discouraged. She had traveled to this fictional era and she believed that she could reach the top with her own abilities. She could not be trapped in the palace by Cao Anmin forever.
Unfortunately, Shen Ruyu was caught halfway by the Eastern Depot's men who had been lying in ambush.
"My lord!" Gui Ling was the chief executioner of the Eastern Depot. He also wore a ghost-faced mask with fangs and had a slender build.
When he found Cao Anmin in the alley, he saw that there was blood on the corner of Cao Anmin's mouth and his face was red.
It was clear that he had forcibly suppressed it with his internal energy.
"I am fine. As planned, hide the people first, and send another team out of the city." Cao Anmin wiped the remaining powder from his neck, secretly annoyed at himself for being careless today.
"Yes, sir!" Gui Ling respectfully withdrew.
Before long, a group of people broke through the city gate under the cover of night and galloped towards Yushang. The leader was wearing a black and gold mask.
Prince Dongqi's men followed closely behind.
In reality, Cao Anmin led the real Shen Ruyu into a large residential area in Lin'an City.
Unfortunately, just before dawn, after a long journey and injuries sustained while pursuing Crown Prince Dong Qi and his entourage, the men from the Eastern Depot saw their master cough up blood several times. Finally, disregarding the risk of disobeying orders, they took Cao Anmin straight to the residence of the doctor in the city they had inquired about.
Late at night, Xia Yixin was awakened by a series of hurried footsteps.
It's coming from the roof.
Xia Yixin suddenly sat up in bed, already holding Shangxie in her hand.
To explain how she ended up in Nanlin, we have to go back a year.
As Xia Mingyu grew up, Beiwu could no longer satisfy the young boy's horizons. So a year ago, they changed their names and borrowed the identities of a mother and son who had met them by chance but later died.
Li Cuilan, the widow of the nouveau riche Li family in Nanlin, and her son Li Min.
The Li family made their fortune in the cloth business a few years ago. Unfortunately, the first generation of the wealthy, Li Fugui, died of a serious illness. The remaining dozen or so shops of the Li family were sold by Madam Li. Originally, the mother and son were planning to seek refuge with relatives, but unfortunately, they encountered a mudslide on the way.
Xia Yixin happened to have met the two men before their deaths, so after burying the mother and son, she used their identities.
Xia Yixin also used the name "Madam Li" to buy and operate some shops in various places. She used all the profits to help the poor. Gradually, there were some calls for "Great Philanthropist Li" and "Female Bodhisattva" in the four countries. She could be considered to be doing good deeds for the Li family mother and son who borrowed her name.
All the way from Beiwu to Nanlin, during her travels, Xia Yixin not only communicated with Xia Jingfeng from time to time, but also set up spies in various countries, steadily increasing the completion rate of the second main mission from 10% to 80%.
She was also paying attention to the changes in the main storyline. Through the development of the Eastern Depot over the past few years, she felt that Cao Anmin was stronger than she had imagined. Perhaps he was the one who accomplished the unification of the four kingdoms in the main storyline.
However, since Yu Shang was under the influence of the Eastern Depot, she dared not test the waters and could only wait and see.
Over the past five years, Xia Mingyu has grown up rapidly, transforming from a little dumpling into a handsome young man. Even his mother has to admire how quickly he makes friends.
Especially in the past year, he has made many friends all over the country, and even some in the underworld.
For example, in the past few days, the little guy, who is only five years old, has made friends with some young masters from prominent families in Nanlin. Tonight, they even had a "long talk all night long." Xia Yixin was worried about his safety, so she sent most of the Shadow Guards to protect him secretly, leaving only Shadow Seven here.
So tonight, she was the only one in the rented house, along with Ying Qi and the others lurking in the shadows.
"Miss." Yingqi, who was on the roof beam, also jumped down, looking nervous. "She's a master."
Xia Yixin shook her head at him, "Don't alert them. They might not be coming for us."
Sure enough, the footsteps on the rooftop quickly faded away. Just as Xia Yixin was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she discovered that the group had circled back again. Having come twice, Xia Yixin knew that this group was probably looking for something.
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