Rebirth: Marry a General instead of a Prince

The next day, the weather was fine.

Bai Zhiyuan and Bai Qiuze were playing chess at the stone table in the courtyard of the Bai Mansion.

It was a rare day that Bai Qiuze didn't have to practice swordplay, so the brother and sister sat in the yard playing chess and drinking tea.

At this time, Wang Qing asked for a meeting.

"Greetings, young master, young lady. Just now, the Shangshu Su Mansion sent many gifts, saying that they were thanking the young master for helping the Su Mansion's legitimate daughter, Su Qingxue. At present, the master is not in the mansion, and the mistress is still resting. I dare not make my own decisions, so I came to ask for your permission."

Bai Zhiyuan looked up and said, "Oh? Please accept the gift. Then go to the storehouse and pick out a piece of top-quality ginseng and send it to the Su residence. Then tell them that I am giving it to Miss Su to nourish her body."

Bai Zhiyuan knew that Shangshu Ling Su Huiyuan always kept to himself and didn't make friends with others. Su Qingxue was the apple of his eye. Since he had decided to help the Seventh Prince, making friends with the Su family might be of great benefit in the future.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhiyuan smiled with ambiguity in his eyes and said, "Brother, you have always disliked weak women, so why did you stand up for Miss Su yesterday?"

Hearing this, Bai Qiuze scratched his head and said, "This Miss Su is different from other ladies. She has only been out of the house a few times since she was a child. She is really pitiful. When I saw her panic-stricken look yesterday, I couldn't bear it and vowed to help her find the jade pendant. Fortunately, General Xie's secret guards helped yesterday, otherwise it would have been really dangerous last night."

Hearing this, Bai Zhiyuan said gently, "Brother, if you encounter this kind of thing again, protecting yourself is the first priority."

Bai Qiuze said embarrassedly: "I know, sister, I made you worry yesterday."

"But sister, how do you know that those people last night were the ones left by Jiang Shuyan? You sent the head of the assassin leader to Prince Yan's mansion. What if Prince Yan finds out that it was you who did it? Will he..."

Bai Zhiyuan interrupted, "Don't be afraid, brother. Since the cancellation of the engagement, we have been on the opposite side of the King of Yan. Even if he knows that it was sent by me, so what?"

After hearing this, Bai Qiuze was speechless for a moment.

On the other side, someone knocked on the gate of Prince Yan's Mansion early in the morning. The guard opened the door and saw a dirty beggar standing at the door, holding a big box.

Upon seeing this, the guard shouted, "Where did this beggar come from? Don't you know where this is?" He then called the guards to drive the beggar away.

The beggar hurriedly said in a flattering tone, "Sir, someone just asked me to deliver a gift to Madam Jiang in your mansion."

After saying this, he handed over the box he was holding in his arms. Seeing the guard take it with a puzzled look on his face, the beggar breathed a sigh of relief and hurried away.

The guard did not dare to open his master's things without permission, so he ordered someone to send the box to Shuangsiyuan where Aunt Jiang lived.

At this moment, Jiang Muyun was extremely uneasy. Yesterday, she heard that Bai Zhiyuan and Bai Qiuze were going to participate in the Lantern Festival. She was filled with resentment. Why did the culprit still have the mind to light lanterns when her family was already broken up?

Driven by anger, she sent a group of capable guards left to her by her father to assassinate them. However, after a night, only one of them returned injured and reported. This person was the one Bai Zhiyuan deliberately let go on the boat last night.

After listening to the guard's story, Jiang Muyun didn't expect Bai Zhiyuan to be so powerful and easily identify the people she sent. Jiang Muyun felt more and more uneasy. Yesterday, she avenged her family without telling His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. Now that she has lost the protection of her mother's family, she clearly feels that the Prince of Yan cares less and less about her, and she is terrified.

At this moment, Jiang Muyun's maid Pei'er came in and whispered, "Aunt, someone just delivered a gift outside the mansion, saying it was for you."

Jiang Muyun said absentmindedly: "Oh? What is it? Who sent it?"

Pei Er replied: "I don't know."

Jiang Muyun then ordered his servants to bring the things in.

She walked over and slowly opened the box. With a scream, Jiang Muyun accidentally knocked over the box, and the human skull in the box rolled to her feet.

"Ah!" Jiang Muyun screamed in horror, "Take this thing out quickly." Then he began to dry heave.

Immediately, a guard rushed in and was shocked to see the head on the ground. Then he heard Jiang Muyun angrily said, "Who sent this thing? Take it away quickly."

The guards finally reacted and hurriedly picked up the head. Jiang Muyun then saw the face on the head clearly. It was the leader of the guards she sent last night to assassinate Bai Zhiyuan and Bai Qiuze.

Jiang Muyun was shocked. Bai Zhiyuan really knew it. She knew everything.

At this time, Qi Zeyi, who had just returned from court, heard the noise and came over. Before he even entered the door, he shouted, "What are you doing so early in the morning?"

Jiang Muyun heard the voice and threw herself into Qi Zeyi's arms, crying, "Your Highness, I don't know who sent me a head this morning. I was scared to death. If Your Highness finds out who is so vicious, you must cut her into pieces."

Qi Zeyi pushed her away, and then saw the head in the guard's hand. He pushed aside the messy hair, took a look, and asked with gritted teeth: "Who is this?"

Jiang Muyun was startled and hurriedly explained, "I don't know."

Qi Zeyi shouted, "You don't know? Isn't this the guard you brought with you when you entered the palace? How could you not know? Are you hiding something from me?"

Jiang Muyun burst into tears and knelt on the ground, saying, "Your Highness, Bai Zhiyuan went too far and caused the entire Jiang family to be wiped out. I cannot swallow this anger no matter what."

Jiang Muyun raised his eyes, his eyes full of resentment, "I sent someone to kill her, but I didn't expect her to escape again."

Qi Zeyi was extremely angry. He raised his hand and faced Jiang Muyun's face. He used all his strength to hit her. Jiang Muyun's face was even knocked off balance. She raised her head and said in disbelief, "Your Highness..."

Qi Ze said angrily, "Do you know that what happened yesterday has alarmed the imperial guards? They have already started to investigate where the people from last night came from? If they find out that these people are from the Prince of Yan's Palace, do you know what kind of trouble this will bring to me?"

Jiang Muyun was shocked and murmured, "I...I don't know."

Qi Zeyi said angrily: "You don't know? If you were half as smart as Bai Zhiyuan, you wouldn't come up with such a stupid idea."

This sentence immediately irritated Jiang Muyun. She slowly stood up and roared, "I am not as good as her? Your Highness, when we were in Zhongnan Mountain, you said you were in love with me and you said you didn't like Bai Zhiyuan. What? Do you regret it now?"

Qi Zeyi said angrily: "It's unreasonable."

He turned around and ordered the guards, "Deal with the head quickly. Madam Jiang is not allowed to see anyone without my order."

Jiang Muyun heard this and sneered, "Your Highness, Bai Zhiyuan already knows that the person last night was from Prince Yan's Mansion. Give up, she must hate you now. Since she broke off the engagement with you, do you think you still have a chance?"

Qi Zeyi didn't even look at her and walked out of the yard.

Jiang Muyun sat down slowly and angrily swept the things on the table, and the room was in a mess. Jiang Muyun burst into tears. Since her father's death, Qi Zeyi didn't care much about her. She deeply felt Qi Zeyi's care for Bai Zhiyuan. Even on their wedding night, when Qi Zeyi was drunk, he hugged her and called her "Ayuan."

Jiang Muyun felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. He hated Bai Zhiyuan in his heart and thought to himself: One day, I will let Bai Zhiyuan taste the feeling of losing everything.