Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

After galloping out of the Sun God Mountains in the far east, the horses slowly came to a stop. Qiao Wanwan cautiously scanned the surroundings, and only after making sure no one was around did she stumble and slide off the horse.

Having gone without food or water for over ten hours, Qiao Wanwan was so hungry that she felt dizzy and her hands were shaking so badly she couldn't hold the reins. She quickly sat down on the spot, took out the biscuit Bai Zhi had given her yesterday from her pocket, and started to eat it.

"...Why is it so hard to swallow?"

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves rang out from the mountains. Qiao Wanwan was very alert and quickly mounted her horse.

A distant yet extremely clear voice reached his ears: "Commander Qiao, please wait. I am one of Prince Jing's men."

Transmitting sound secretly.

This is the martial art of the Great Yan Dynasty, and the barbarians have always called her General; no one knows that her official rank is Commandant.

Qiao Wanwan stopped on the spot.

The sound of hooves grew closer. Qiao Wanwan saw that the person approaching had a rather young barbarian face. She warily tightened the reins and created some distance. The person quickly explained, "This is the same mask as Miss Bai's. Commander Qiao, I have something for you. I hope you will take it back to the White Tiger Army's garrison and deliver it to His Highness Prince Jing or General Qiao Juchong in person."

As he spoke, he handed over a thick envelope.

Qiao Wanwan took the envelope and squeezed it: "I need to open it and take a look. We can't bring dangerous things back to the base."

"Please go ahead."

There was only a stack of letters inside, nothing else. Qiao Wanwan quickly flipped through it, not looking at it closely. No longer suspicious, she stuffed the papers back into the envelope and tucked it into her clothes: "Okay, I'll definitely give it to you. Friend, is Bai Zhi from the same place you came?"

"Hmm...I guess so."

"Please, you must save her life," Qiao Wanwan pleaded. "I'll go back and call for reinforcements right away."

The man whispered, “Commander Qiao, on your journey back to Ningzhou, you must remember the route. The Sun God Mountains in the far east stretch for hundreds of thousands of miles, and the Salam’s encampment is hidden in just one of them. It’s easy to leave but difficult to enter. If the army doesn’t have a guide, they will surely get lost. His Highness once sent your brother, General Qiao, to scout the way. The Salam of today is not the same place as it was then.”

Qiao Wanwan nodded emphatically and clasped her hands in a fist salute, saying, "I will certainly not fail in my mission."

The journey from the Sun God Mountains in the Far East to Ningzhou was long. Qiao Wanwan traveled day and night without stopping, and by the time she reached the Yanxi Army's garrison, she was barely alive. Pale-faced, she collapsed at the garrison gate, screaming, "Report!!!"

The guard on duty recognized Qiao Wanwan and quickly helped her up, exclaiming with delight, "Captain Qiao, you escaped from the barbarians?"

"Yes! Quickly take me to see His Highness!"

"His Highness is not at the camp right now, Commander Qiao, why don't you go and rest and heal your wounds first?"

"Then let's go see Commander Qiao! Quickly!"

The guards brought a stretcher, and two men carried the weakened Qiao Wanwan all the way to Qiao Juchong's command tent. When Qiao Juchong saw Qiao Wanwan being carried into the tent, he jumped up, strode over to examine her closely, and only when he saw that she was still breathing did he relax. He then shouted sternly, "Someone! Call a doctor!"

"Wait, wait a minute..." Qiao Wanwan struggled to sit up, trembling as she took out the envelope from her bosom. "This...this is something very important..."

Qiao Juchong immediately gripped the envelope tightly: "Good, good. You two, take Commandant Qiao away to rest, and call the doctor over."

"Wait a little longer...give me paper and a pen...hurry up..."

Without a word, Qiao Juchong personally fetched paper and pen. Qiao Wanwan mustered her strength, rolled over, and began drawing a map while lying on the ground. She drew for the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn, using six sheets of Xuan paper in succession, creating a densely packed route map.

Qiao Wanwan added a heavy stroke of ink at the end, saying, "The Salamu camp is right here. Bai Zhi is in danger; we must send someone to rescue her immediately." Then, she weakly threw down the pen and moved the stretcher back herself. "This time, she can be cured..."

The topographical map and the secret letter were quickly delivered to Lu Jiliang. Qiao Juchong handed them to him personally, his expression grim. Lu Jiliang unfolded the letter; the first page read, "The new Sukha is extremely poisonous, and there is no antidote..."

His vision blurred, and he quickly flipped through the letter. Although there was no antidote, the letter included several prescriptions for the new Sukha, detailing the poison from the initial battles to the previous attack by the Yanxi army. A note at the end read, "The old Sukha differs greatly from the new Sukha, but the toxicological mechanisms of several new Sukha varieties are similar; perhaps one can cure all."

Qiao Juchong said, "The antidote for the old poison was sent by Lord Fang from Qinzhou. His Highness said that Lord Fang is quite familiar with medical and toxicological principles."

Lu Jiliang acted decisively, sending a messenger on horseback to deliver the secret letter to Qizhou.

Qiao Juchong then briefly recounted Bai Zhi's imprisonment, and continued, "Lord Lu, in my opinion, this is a golden opportunity to nip this in the bud. As soon as the order is given, troops can be secretly dispatched immediately."

"Does the General mean... to annihilate Salam?" Lu Jiliang asked with a pang of sympathy. "When two armies are at war, the people are innocent. Once the antidote is developed, there will be an opportunity for peace talks. There is no need to exterminate them all."

"If we ultimately fail to develop an antidote, we will have missed a golden opportunity."

Qiao Juchong stopped there and didn't say anything more.

Salamu settlement.

The day the mask fell off, Bai Zhi woke up in the prison. Her clothes had been changed, and it seemed that someone had searched her body for the so-called signal. Her belongings were scattered around, and the wooden box with twin flowers lay alone in the corner with footprints on it.

Only the name seal is missing.

Perhaps Ge Zhen didn't like it and threw it away, or perhaps the people searching him took a liking to it and kept it.

Bai Zhi cursed under her breath, wiped the wooden box clean, and carefully put it away.

Afterwards, Wushamon interrogated her once, asking where the real Alyumo was. Baizhi intimidated Wushamon with the statement "If I don't die, she won't die," and in the end, she only received a light beating.

In her daze, Bai Zhi overheard Ge Zhen and Wu Sha Meng talking: "That female general is in danger if she runs away. She will remember the way she came here."

"What are you afraid of? Qiao Wanwan has never been very bright since she was in the Marquis's mansion. Even with a map, she has a hard time finding her way around here. I don't believe she can remember it."

Bai Zhi chuckled softly—the one who's not quite right in the head is someone else entirely.

After that, she was never beaten again, and no one wanted to kill her. It was probably because Wushamon valued Aliumo very much and was afraid that if Baizhi died, Aliumo would not be able to live either.

At this moment, Bai Zhi was sitting in her cell meditating and regulating her breathing.

Unfortunately, Gu Yan was imprisoned right next to them, with iron bars separating the two cells and not even a wall between them.

Gu Yan looked like a pile of weeds, his clothes and hair disheveled, and his eyes lifeless. He moved closer to Bai Zhi, pressing himself against the iron bars, and asked to amuse her, "Sister-in-law, what brings you in here?"

A sour smell wafted over, and Bai Zhi moved to the other side: "Can you stay away from me? How long has it been since you took a shower?"

"Heh... What's the point of being a prisoner being so picky?" Gu Yan said, but still tidied his hair and clothes, making himself look presentable. "So, has that Prince Jing finally abandoned you after starting something?"

"What do you mean 'finally'? It's like you're hoping he'll start something and then abandon you." Bai Zhi rolled her eyes at him.

Gu Yan leaned against the railing and chuckled softly: "A man like him, so infatuated with a woman he just met, isn't it just to find peace of mind in his desperate situation? Now that he's at peace, he sees you as superfluous and kicks you aside, which wouldn't be surprising."

Bai Zhi retorted sarcastically, "Oh, just like how you treated Ming Xin?"

When Mingxin was suddenly mentioned, Gu Yan was not sad. He simply raised his head, lowered his eyelids, and said with a hint of loneliness, "It is precisely because Mingxin is by my side that I feel uneasy."