The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

Startled by his own thoughts, he turned to look at the maid and didn't miss the fleeting ruthlessness in her eyes.

The maid was also surprised that Li Muxia would suddenly look at her. She panicked for a moment, but quickly looked away.

Smiling, he said to Li Muxia, "Miss Taoyao, please go down. I can only take you this far. You'll have to walk the rest of the way yourself."

Hearing the maid's words, Li Muxia was no longer in a hurry. She slowly withdrew her hand and looked at the maid, saying, "No rush. I've spent these past few days with Prince Huai and have gotten quite a good understanding of his preferences. As you know, I'm a courtesan and I'm very good at pleasing men. I think Princess Hehua will be very interested. Considering that the princess helped me escape, I'm willing to tell you how to please Prince Huai."

The maid's eyes lit up when she heard Li Muxia's words. If she knew these things, she could offer advice to the princess in the future, and all the benefits would be hers.

Thinking of this, he asked eagerly, "What are your preferences?"

Seeing that the maid had taken the bait, Li Muxia beckoned her to come closer. The maid, unsuspecting, stretched her head over.

Li Muxia looked at the head that was reaching out and said, "It's just..."

Then, with a swift movement, he knocked the maid unconscious. Caught completely off guard, the maid fell into Li Muxia's arms without making a sound.

Li Muxia leaned the maid against the carriage wall, quickly swapped her clothes with the maid's, and then kicked the maid off the carriage.

The coachman was startled when he saw the person who suddenly fell, but he also knew about the princess's plan. Seeing the maid who was wearing the princess's clothes and had her face covered, he mistakenly thought that she was the person the princess was going to deal with, so he didn't say anything.

Li Muxia mimicked the maid's voice and said, "Let's go. Back to the city."

The coachman then drove the carriage away.

The three thugs in the shadows saw that the person had been thrown down and was wearing the same clothes they had seen before, so they had no suspicions. They came out from the shadows, intending to humiliate the person before killing him.

Suddenly, a man wearing a ghost mask floated down from the shadows and knocked all three of them to the ground with a single move.

The three of them helped each other to their feet. Feeling the power of the masked man, all three of them were somewhat afraid.

One of them, presumably the leader, asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you, and why are you ruining our plans?"

Feng Yuhan was too lazy to waste words with the three of them. He drew his soft sword from his waist, and with a flash of cold light, a line of blood appeared on the necks of the three of them. They fell straight backward, already lifeless.

After dealing with the three people, Feng Yuhan came to the maid's side. He had just squatted down, intending to help her up, when he sensed something was wrong before his fingers even touched her. This person was not Li Muxia; her height and build were all wrong.

Thinking of this, Feng Yuhan stood up and looked in the direction the carriage had gone, but by then the carriage was no longer in sight.

His lips curved slightly, his eyes filled with doting affection; the little girl was quite clever. With a flash, he vanished from the spot.

Li Muxia saw the three thugs come out, sneered inwardly, and muttered under her breath, "Serves them right."

Li Muxia is no saint. Knowing that the other party is going to kill her, she would still kindly try to save them. Such a person deserves what she got.

Although she knew the princess was the mastermind, the maid wasn't innocent either. Li Muxia felt no pity for such a person.

He sat comfortably in the carriage waiting to enter the city, completely unaware of Feng Yuhan's figure falling behind him as he looked away.

Just as Li Muxia was comfortably dozing off in the carriage, she suddenly heard a series of hoofbeats. A bad feeling rose in her heart. She opened the carriage window and looked out. Sure enough, there were three horses coming towards her. The one in front was Nangong Huaiyuan.

The moment Li Muxia saw Nangong Huaiyuan, she had an urge to kill herself. How could she not have expected Nangong Huaiyuan to come after her?

However, now is not the time to be regretful. I need to find a way to escape quickly, otherwise I will have to go back to the Prince Huai's mansion. Moreover, once I go back, it will be impossible to escape again.

Thinking of this, Li Muxia's first thought was to jump out of the carriage and escape, but she quickly dismissed the idea. She knew that as someone without martial arts skills, even if she got off the carriage, she would be caught very soon.

Just as Li Muxia was scratching her head in frustration, Feng Yuhan stood on the carriage, slapped the coachman off the carriage, pulled Li Muxia out of the carriage, lifted her onto the horse, and with a flourish of his soft sword, cut the carriage reins. The series of movements were fluid and smooth, as if he had rehearsed them hundreds of times.

He turned his horse around and galloped away with Li Muxia. He was no match for Nangong Huaiyuan now. If he hadn't been injured, he could have crushed Nangong Huaiyuan. But now that Nangong Huaiyuan was poisoned, it was best to make a quick getaway rather than suffer a loss.

Li Muxia was startled at first, but he soon saw the familiar mask and a look of joy appeared on his face. It was truly a case of heaven never closing off all doors.

Nangong Huaiyuan also saw Feng Yuhan, and was even more furious. He waved his riding whip hard, but unfortunately, they quickly lost track of him. The forest was too big and the trees were too dense. After a few quick movements, they could no longer distinguish Li Muxia and Feng Yuhan's whereabouts.

Realizing he had lost track of the person, Nangong Huaiyuan reined in his horse, angrily threw the whip to the ground, and said in a cold tone, "You, Feng Yuhan, don't let me catch you."

After saying that, he turned his horse around and headed back to the city.

On the way, they encountered Nangong Yufeng and Shangguan Jingye, who were also chasing after them on horseback.

The two sides were extremely hostile to each other upon meeting.

Seeing that Li Muxia wasn't near Nangong Huaiyuan, Nangong Yufeng angrily asked, "Where's Xia Mu? What did you do to her?"

Seeing Nangong Yufeng's exasperated appearance, Nangong Huaiyuan's mood suddenly improved, and he said leisurely, "Ninth Brother, I don't know what you're talking about. What Xia Mu? I've never seen her before."

Without waiting for Nangong Yufeng's reply, he rode away.

Nangong Yufeng and Shangguan Jingye were left bewildered in the wind.

Shangguan Jingye looked at Nangong Yufeng and said, "It seems that Junior Sister has escaped. With her intelligence, she should find a chance to contact us. Let's go back to the palace and wait."

Nangong Yufeng nodded upon hearing this, and the two of them rode back to the city.

Meanwhile, on Li Muxia's side, Feng Yuhan managed to shake off Nangong Huaiyuan through a series of twists and turns.

Riding the same horse as Feng Yuhan always gave Li Muxia a sense of familiarity.

Feng Yuhan held the soft, delicate woman in his arms, and that long-lost thrill returned. At this moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.