Outside the Xuanyu Palace in the Eastern Autumn Kingdom.
The sky was dark and gloomy. The fifth princess, Jin Ruju, and the seventh princess, Jin Ruxuan, knelt outside the palace, looking at the palace gate with great concern.
The two women knelt outside, wailing and crying, saying things like, "Your daughter is unfilial, causing Your Majesty to fall ill!" and "Who on earth served Your Majesty! Such dereliction of duty deserves a beating!"...
Later, they even wept openly in the prince's presence, their cries rising and falling in waves, each afraid of drowning out the other. They cried until their voices were hoarse, but neither of them had red or swollen eyes.
Perhaps it was the couple's filial piety that moved heaven and earth, or perhaps the wailing was too disturbing, but the Empress of Dongqiu Kingdom actually woke up. Her first words, still unsteady on her feet, were: "Let them go!"
The eunuch dared not delay and quickly relayed the message. However, the two princesses did not accept the order and left. Instead, they said they wanted to attend to the sick princesses. Neither princess was willing to back down, so they could only kneel outside the hall and stare at each other.
The eunuch who came out to announce the news sighed. Who didn't know what the Fifth and Seventh Princesses were thinking?
Su Chen naturally saw this scene in the spatial projection as well. Now that His Majesty has fallen seriously ill and fainted in the court, rumors are spreading and the court is unstable. The Fifth Princess and the Seventh Princess are the most anxious. They are afraid that His Majesty will pass away before issuing the decree of succession, and they are also afraid that if His Majesty recovers this time, the day when he ascends to the throne will be far away.
"These two are probably torn; they want the old empress to live, but they don't want her to live too long either." Su Chen shook her head with a smile, feeling only irony.
Ning Wu had already seen through it all, and said expressionlessly, "What kind of mother-daughter or sisterly affection is there in an imperial family? It's good enough if they don't plot against you."
"Where's the female lead? Why isn't she here to join the fun?" Su Chen switched the screen to panoramic mode and searched carefully, but still couldn't find the tenth princess, Jin Rulan.
"Wait until I've settled in." Ningwu's claws tapped the keyboard that had popped up from somewhere a few more times.
“Found it.” Ningwu turned a button on the keyboard.
The scene then shifts to a desolate wasteland, rapidly zooming in to reveal a group of women carrying torches and wearing armor. Leading them is the mature and sophisticated woman Su Chen had seen as soon as she transmigrated—Mu Wuduan!
While Su Chen was excited to see her former subordinates again, Mu Wuduan's next words and actions were like a bucket of cold water being poured over her head, chilling her to the bone.
Mu Wuduan knelt on one knee, his right hand covering his chest, and declared loudly, "We all follow the lead of the Tenth Princess!"
The soldiers behind them also knelt down in unison, shouting, "We all follow the lead of the Tenth Princess!"
Su Chen: "I think I see several familiar faces here. Could they be my former soldiers?"
Ning Wu nodded, "Yes."
Su Chen: ? ? ? Didn't you say I was their leader? Why am I following someone else's lead?
Ning Wu seemed to have guessed Su Chen's thoughts, "To them, you are now a dead man. It's not surprising that they would choose another master."
"Hmm, not surprising, I just feel a bit envious." Su Chen actually wanted to cry. This was her subordinate! How could she have become someone else's so quickly?
In the original owner's memories, Mu Wuduan was practically a loyal and single-minded follower! She was also promoted by the original owner herself. Logically speaking, even if she were dead, it wouldn't be possible for her to switch masters so quickly.
Unless... unless Jin Rulan and Mu Wuduan said that there were other hidden reasons for Su Chen's death, and Jin Rulan probably made a promise to Mu Wuduan, such as "avenging her."
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