Princess Promotion

For a moment, Li Yi was overwhelmed with thoughts, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Yingge became more and more weird.

Li Yi always knew that Yingge was brave, but he didn't expect her to be so brave that she would not even let the commander go.

Seeing that the situation was looking good, Su Wan'er naturally wanted to press on and pursue the victory, leaving Yingge with no chance of recovery.

Su Wan'er shed tears, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said sadly: "I am of humble origin, how dare I have such unreasonable thoughts."

"I am in awe of the commander and dare not even dream of gaining his favor. I have nothing, and the only thing I can do is to do my best to repay the commander for saving my life." Su Wan'er's tone was firm and sincere, with tears in her eyes.

Finally, Su Wan'er raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes. She said in a choked voice, "Sister Yingge, I sincerely hope to repay the commander for saving my life. I have no other intentions. I will never compete with your daughter for the commander. Please believe me."

After Su Wan'er said this, she staggered a few steps, fell into the chair, and two lines of tears slid down her face.

Li Yi was blown to pieces by this bombshell news. To be honest, at the beginning Li Yi had some distracting thoughts because of Su Wan'er.

But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that this is absolutely impossible. If Yingge really had other ideas about the commander, the commander would have transferred Yingge away on his own without Su Wan'er saying anything.

The question is, this is what Fu Hongxuan has been doing for so many years, otherwise why is even a mosquito in the general's mansion public?

Li Yi had never thought about what Su Wan'er said. What was even more outrageous was that no matter what Su Wan'er said before.

Yingge always looked righteous and confident, without any falseness.

Now, Li Yi watched Yingge's eyes begin to wander, and she didn't even dare to look into his own eyes.

Li Yi was hit by lightning and was burnt on the outside but tender on the inside. I treat you as a brother, but you want to be my elder.

If Yingge's daughter really married Fu Hongxuan, wouldn't she instantly become his elder?

Li Yi looked at Yingge with instant admiration.

After Su Wan'er accepted this bombshell, the scene fell into an eerie silence.

Li Yi: I was so shocked that I didn’t know how to react.

Yingge: I’m surprised at how observant this girl is. She can guess the general idea from the wired information.

Fu Hongxuan is in the background...

Seeing this, Su Wan'er wondered why everyone reacted like this. Wasn't what she said straightforward enough?

Su Wan'er decided to add fuel to the fire and said, "Sister Yingge, although your daughter is the commander's concubine, I would rather be a commoner's wife than a concubine."

As soon as the words fell, everyone's expression changed. Even Fu Hongxuan, who had always been expressionless, looked ugly.

Li Yi: Yingge is indeed a ruthless person. She is willing to let her daughter become a concubine just to be older than the commander.

Yingge: You really dare to think so.

Fu Hongxuan: Is she mocking me?

Now that she was with Yao Chuguang, she was not even a concubine. At best, she was a mistress who was not allowed to be seen in public.

Fu Hongxuan looked at Yingge with a look of grievance.

Yingge turned her head away feeling a little guilty. It was indeed not a fair thing for that crazy girl to do.

Su Wan'er didn't expect that even though she had already torn the window paper, why did everyone still react like this?

Su Wan'er had an ominous premonition in her heart. Could it be that Yingge's daughter had already become Commander Fu's concubine?

That's why they reacted like that, otherwise Yingge would have refuted it as soon as she said the first sentence.

Even if Yingge wanted to curry favor with the powerful, it would be impossible for her to do so on the surface.

Just when several people were thinking ill of something, a calm female voice came from a distance: "It's so lively here!"

Su Wan'er looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman with a single spiral bun on her head with a red gold hairpin with a carved pattern inserted diagonally in the bun. She was wearing a pleated silk gauze Ruyi moon skirt and was walking towards her from not far away.

There is actually a third woman in this mansion?

Li Yi saw Yao Chuguang coming and was about to step forward to salute, but he glanced and saw Fu Hongxuan standing there motionless.

He suddenly realized that among the people present today, only he and the commander knew the true identity of His Majesty.

As everyone knows, the imperial carriage had already set off for Yundu City yesterday, but today His Majesty suddenly appeared in the general's mansion in casual clothes.

Li Yi immediately realized that His Majesty was on a secret visit, so he certainly couldn't expose his identity right away.

The commander was very perceptive and reacted immediately when he saw His Majesty appear here.

Li Yi stepped forward alertly and said, "Miss Shen, how come you have time to come here today?"

Yao Chuguang gave Li Yi a look that showed him how smart he was, raised the basket in his hand and said, "I'm here to give you some fruit. What are you doing..."

As he spoke, Yao Chuguang looked at Yingge and Su Wan'er respectively, as if he was meeting Yingge for the first time.

How could they be biological mother and daughter? Yingge seemed to not recognize Yao Chuguang at all, and even pretended to be confused and asked Li Yi, "Who is this girl?"

Li Yi immediately introduced: "This Miss Shen was also rescued outside the Great Wall by our leader."

Yao Chuguang immediately grasped the key words and asked, "Also?"

Li Yi took the opportunity to introduce Yingge and Su Wan'er to Yao Chuguang, and also vaguely told him what had just happened.

But Rang didn't tell the whole story, and just skipped over the sensitive areas such as concubines and seduction.

Yao Chuguang immediately noticed something was wrong and felt a little sorry that he was a step too late and missed the show.

Yao Chuguang's eyes rolled around, and she picked up a fruit and walked over to Fu Hongxuan and said in a delicate voice, "Brother Fu, try this fruit, it's so sweet."

Fu Hongxuan coughed awkwardly, trying to hide his inner panic. He glanced to the side, not daring to look directly into Yao Chuguang's eyes.

Yingge felt that her character could not be destroyed, even if that person was her own daughter.

He stepped between the two of them, and as a result, Yao Chuguang took the fruit in his hand and said those deafening words: "It's just right, I want to eat this fruit too."

Su Wan'er was originally wary of Yao Chuguang's sudden appearance, but now she feels much more at ease. With Yingge as her iron wall, no one can get close to Commander Fu.

Compared to the relieved Su Wan'er, Li Yi was the complete opposite.

Li Yi screamed madly in his heart: No! Do you know whose things you are taking? It's Her Majesty the Empress, who is above everyone else.

Li Yi walked to Yingge's side stiffly, and with trembling fingers, he tugged at Yingge's sleeve and said, "This is something Miss Shen bought specially for the commander. If you want some, I'll buy you a few baskets later."

Li Yi almost knelt down and begged Yingge, "Quick! Return the fruit."

Su Wan'er sneered in her heart. How could a greedy woman like Yingge return it? Now Su Wan'er wished that the two of them would start fighting each other. It would be best if both of them were disliked by Commander Fu.

In this way, the woman who laughs last is herself.

Yingge held the fruit and said with a smile, "They are just some ordinary fruits. I'm sure Miss Shen won't be so picky!"

Su Wan'er encouraged Miss Shen in her heart: Hurry up! Retort, since they are just a few ordinary fruits, you won't buy them yourself, but insist on taking hers. Are you so short of these fruits?

If Su Wan'er had not spoken out and reprimanded Yingge in order to maintain her image as a gentle, considerate and sensible person, how could Yingge have taken away so many things from her?

Li Yi, who was standing by, just wanted to pull Yingge and shake her wildly to pour out the water in her brain: Is that an ordinary fruit?

That was a gift from the emperor. Something given by His Majesty, not to mention a few fruits, even a stone would be placed on an altar by ordinary families, and they would burn incense and worship it at three meals a day.

Fu Hongxuan: As long as you are happy.

To everyone's surprise, Yao Chuguang did not choose to argue with Yingge. Instead, he pulled out a banknote from his sleeve, took out one and handed it to Yingge, saying, "I'll pay one hundred taels of silver for that fruit, okay?"

Yingge quickly picked out the largest fruit in the basket and handed it to Yao Chuguang. She took the banknote and turned around and left with the basket of fruits, holding Li Yi in her left hand and Su Wan'er in her right hand.

Su Wan'er watched as Yao Chuguang handed the fruit to Fu Hongxuan, then pretended to be unsteady and fell into Fu Hongxuan's arms...

Su Wan'er began to struggle. Let her go! She was going to fight that rich bitch.

The reality is that Su Wan'er can't shake Yingge's iron fist at all, and even her own struggles are in the hands of Yingge.

Just like a chick held by an eagle, it loses its strength after a few flutters.

Since she couldn't struggle free, Su Wan'er could only look at Yingge angrily.

I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. You are someone who can be bought with money?

He had tried every means to obstruct her before, could it be because he despised her... for being poor!

When Su Wan'er thought of this, she instantly lost all her strength. She never dreamed that the biggest obstacle she would encounter would be poverty.

After Yao Chuguang confirmed that the three people had left, she fell into Fu Hongxuan's arms with a "puff" sound, laughing so hard that her body shook.

Fu Hongxuan smiled silently, lowered his head and kissed Yao Chuguang's moving little head, and said softly: "Why didn't you go back to Yundu City?"

Yao Chuguang looked up at Fu Hongxuan with a bright smile and said, "That was just a cover. Lin Wan pretended to be me who went back."

Now that the State of Yan has surrendered, the ministers thought that based on Yao Chuguang's previous decisive style, he would be eager to move into the State of Yan.

Unexpectedly, this time Yao Chuguang actually started to play it safe and returned to Yundu City to take charge of the situation.

The handover of Yan State was handed over to Xiao Ge Lao and Fu Hongxuan. Fu Hongxuan was responsible for the military, while Xiao Ge Lao was responsible for local finances and officials.

At first, the ministers did not quite understand why, at this critical moment, His Majesty chose to return to Yundu City and let Lord Xiao and Fu Hongxuan take over.

On second thought, I realized that Your Majesty's approach is the best choice.

It is precisely because of this critical moment that Your Majesty has to make preparations for both scenarios.

Although Yan State surrendered voluntarily, everything was unknown before it was completely taken over and controlled.

No one can guarantee whether the King of Yan is truly surrendering or just pretending to surrender.

People are most likely to lower their guard and make mistakes when they are full of ambition and complacency.

If you are not careful, you might be tricked by the King of Yan and happily step into the trap set in advance.

Therefore, it is the safest thing for Your Majesty to return to Yundu City at this time. If the Prince of Yan makes any unusual moves, Your Majesty can also respond quickly.

The idea is good, but since ancient times, emperors have not been able to escape assassination. Everyone knows that he has to return to Yundu City, so there will definitely be ambushes on the way.

The safest way is to make the enemy unable to figure out your whereabouts.

Yao Chuguang simply switched things up and made everyone think that she had returned to Yundu City. No one would have thought that she had sneaked back and was hiding next to Fu Hongxuan.

What could be safer than having a large army at your side and experts escorting you from behind?

As the night fog fell, Su Wan'er, not giving up, appeared at the door of Fu Hongxuan's study again with food in hand.

Su Wan'er took a deep breath and tugged at the thin gauze dress, determined to succeed this time no matter what.

As soon as she reached the door, Yingge appeared again and stood in front of Su Wan'er as expected.

This time, Su Wan'er prepared two servings on the tray. Before Yingge could speak, she said, "Sister Yingge, I specially prepared two servings this time. This one is for you."

Yingge didn't buy it at all and said, "I have a big appetite. One portion isn't enough, so two is just right."

Su Wan'er gritted her teeth and gave everything to Yingge. It was okay as long as people could get in.

What Su Wan'er didn't expect was that Yingge took the things and refused to leave. He stood at the door like a door god, not moving at all.

Su Wan'er forced a stiff smile and asked, "Sister Yingge, why don't you go and eat? This snack won't taste good if it gets cold."

Yingge picked up a pastry and put it in her mouth and started eating in front of Su Wan'er.

This clearly means that you are not allowed to enter.

If Su Wan'er was able to defeat Yingge, she would have rushed in directly.

Just as Su Wan'er and Yingge were in a stalemate at the door of the study, Yao Chuguang appeared in a light pink tulle dress.

When you walk in, you can even smell the faint fragrance of flowers wrapped in water vapor.

Yao Chuguang's hair was slightly damp, and her skin was fair and shiny. It was obvious that she had just come here after taking a shower.

In the middle of the night, he took a shower, changed his clothes and came to see Commander Fu. This behavior is too straightforward!

Su Wan'er looked at Yingge. She didn't believe that even though Miss Shen's behavior was so obvious, Yingge could still let her go just for a hundred taels of silver.

As it turns out, one hundred taels is indeed not possible, but one thousand taels is.

Su Wan'er watched Yao Chuguang take out a silver note worth one thousand taels, and then he didn't even look at Su Wan'er.

Just like that, Shui Lingling pushed the door open and walked in, and Su Wan'er was pulled away by Yingge again.

Su Wan'er stretched her arms as far as she could, trying to reach the door, but the door slowly closed in front of her eyes until it was completely closed.

As the study door closed, the candlelight in the study suddenly went out.

Su Wan'er was like a body without a soul, and her eyes became dim.

"You're going to hand over Commander Fu just for a mere 1,000 taels of silver?" Su Wan'er was so angry that she wanted to throw the jar away and questioned.

Yingge shook her head and said, "It's not just a thousand taels of silver, it's a full thousand taels of silver."

Su Wan'er opened her mouth slightly. What did Yingge think of Commander Fu?

Yingge looked like an experienced person and said earnestly, "You are still young and don't know how hard it is to earn money. Wait until you have earned enough money through your own ability before you come to see Commander Fu."

At this moment, Su Wan'er inexplicably felt that Yingge's words sounded familiar.

An image of a heavily made-up madam suddenly flashed through my mind, waving her handkerchief and saying with disdain, "Come back and find our courtesan when you have money!"

Su Wan'er was struck by lightning. Is this world so snobbish?