The carriage stopped in front of the Fu residence.
Hongmi saw Song Mama first and immediately asked, "Where is my mistress?"
A hand emerged from the middle carriage. The red hand looked extremely familiar; it belonged to Mu Run!
"Run-jie, how are you?" Hongmi held onto that hand.
Mu Run came out, a gentle and serene smile on her face. "I'm fine, Xiao Hong, you don't need to worry."
"Yes, yes, Run-jie, please get out of the car slowly." Hongmi was so happy that she didn't notice that Mu Run's tone and expression were different from usual.
Upon hearing the news, Madam Cai also rushed out. When she saw Mu Run, she was momentarily stunned, but then she stepped forward to greet Mu Run with a joyful expression, "Madam is back!"
Granny Song followed Mu Run into the Fu residence...
At the same time, outside the palace, the Wu Kingdom's envoys and convoy finally received Emperor Xiaozhi's approval to welcome Princess Xiaoyu back to Wu for a marriage alliance, in order to maintain lasting friendly relations between the two countries and prevent future wars.
Changyi City, the capital of the Wu Kingdom.
Fu Yunchen sat on the second floor of a teahouse, looking out the window towards the Wu Kingdom's palace.
Liu Lao Er and Qiao Dongzi were sitting next to him.
"I heard that the procession to welcome Princess Xiaoyu has already crossed the border of the Northern Jin Dynasty and should be at Fengwu Mountain by now."
Fu Yunchen remained silent, and no one knew what he was thinking at that moment.
"Boss?" Qiao Dongzi called out.
Fu Yunchen snapped out of his daze, a dark, menacing glint flashing in his eyes. "We'll make our move at midnight tonight!"
Liu Lao Er and Qiao Dongzi both stiffened.
"yes."
"yes."
The next day, a massacre that wiped out an entire family shocked the entire city of Changyi.
Chen Chao, the patriarch of the Mingqu family, had his head hung on the lintel of his doorway, his body kneeling on the ground in a state of repentance. His entire family, including his illegitimate son raised in a concubine, had been brutally murdered; not a single one survived!
However, before the people of Changyi could digest the Chen family tragedy, another major event shocked the Wu Kingdom and even the Northern Jin Dynasty.
Princess Xiaoyu, who was sent to marry a foreign ruler, died of a serious illness at Fengwu Mountain!
What's even more puzzling is that Princess Xiaoyu mysteriously disappeared on the third day after her death, before her body could even be placed in a coffin!
The Northern Jin Dynasty sent troops to the State of Wu, demanding that Wu return the remains of Princess Xiaoyu.
The Kingdom of Wu hastily engaged in battle and was defeated!
Yun Rong, the Imperial Inspector, led the vanguard of the Northern Jin army to attack the Wu Kingdom. After the war, he was appointed as the Third-Rank General Who Conquers the East.
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Six years later—
Inside the Grand Commandant's mansion, a grand feast of fine wine, delicacies, songs, and dances was in full swing.
The man sitting at the head of the table had a languid posture and a handsome face like a banished immortal god. However, he had a pair of heterochromatic eyes, one purple and one black, which were both bewitchingly beautiful and terrifying, making people afraid to look directly at him.
He was Yun Rong, the youngest Grand Commandant in the Northern Jin Dynasty in three hundred years. He became a third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination at the age of twenty, and soon after entering the court, he made many outstanding contributions. At the age of twenty-six, he was appointed Grand Commandant and put in charge of the military and political affairs of the country.
He rose to the highest position in the court in just six years, which shows that his methods and shrewdness were extraordinary.
During the meal, people would occasionally steal glances at him, their palms would sweat, their hearts would race, and when they looked back at the singers and dancers, they would find them all faded and tasteless.
"Sir, someone requests an audience."
Manager Yang whispered his report to Fu Yunchen.
In the study, a night-shining pearl lamp flickered with a cold, eerie light.
A person completely shrouded in a gray cloak handed a letter to Fu Yunchen, bowing slightly and saying respectfully, "My lord, please be careful in your future actions. It is inconvenient for me to stay any longer, so I will return first."
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