The following day was brilliantly clear, and Feng Yun prepared to visit the jail within the prefectural governnt.
She had few dependable people by her side, and she certainly had to accept Pei Jue’s favor.
But...
Many of the old servants in the residence from her previous life had died early, and their appearances and nas had beco blurry in her mory, let alone rembering their integrity and which could be of use to her, and which were the accomplices of the Chen Family...
"Let’s see how it goes," Feng Yun thought, and had Xiaoman help her with her makeup.
The day she left ho, she dressed plainly, but today, feeling cheerful, she changed into a straight-collared deep garnt, an elegant, chick-colored flowing immortal skirt, and the temperant and charm of an Aristocratic Family’s noble daughter blossod forth.
Outside ixiang Pavilion, Ao Qi was waiting.
Watching the approaching lady, his breathing involuntarily tightened.
Feng Yun bowed slightly, "Thank you, Guard Ao Qi, for showing the way."
Ao Qi returned the gesture, his cheeks burning, sowhat distracted.
The jail was in the southwestern corner of the prefectural governnt, not very far, but Ao Qi, catching a whiff of that faint fragrance, felt it was the most agonizing journey he had ever made.
He had seen beautiful won before, but Feng Shi Er Niang was different. Daring not to look at her, to co close, or to blasphe, being around her made his muscles tense uncontrollably. Last night, he even got hot-headed and dreamt sothing about her...
This was dangerous.
Ao Qi longed to return to the camp early, to leave the prefectural governnt, to leave the formidable Feng Shi Er Niang...
"Halt!" A stern shout interrupted Ao Qi’s wayward thoughts.
Looking up, they had arrived at the jail.
Two guards stopped Feng Yun, who was walking in front.
"What is this about?"
A spark of displeasure flared in Ao Qi.
Was a lady of the Feng Family sothing any random person could slight?
Ao Qi pulled out his waist plaque, "By the order of the Great General, we are here to extract a person from the jail. Lead the way ahead imdiately!"
In these tis, anyone with a few hundred or thousand n under them dared to claim the title of General, and there were countless Generals under heaven, but the First Rank Grand General, there was only one in the entire Great Jin Dynasty.
The guards, seeing Ao Qi’s defiant gaze, chuckled sheepishly and turned with a flustered expression—
The gate opened.
A male Eunuch looking person without facial hair on his pale face, about thirty years old, morose in deanor, slow and deliberate in his steps, erged with several Attendants, exuding an air of arrogance.
"The Empress Dowager decrees that all the prisoners in Andu County jail are to be escorted to the Central Capital for interrogation, begin the journey imdiately, do not err," he declared in a shrill, piercing voice that was quite uncomfortable to hear. His eyes examining Feng Yun carried unkind intentions.
"Are you the delicate lady of the Feng Family?"
Having lived two lives, Feng Yun was adept at reading people’s expressions.
She had seen this Eunuch before; he served closely with Li Sangruo. His surna was Fang, and in her previous life, he had made things difficult for Feng Yun several tis. Clearly, in this life too, he was not very likable.
Feng Yun smiled and curtseyed, "Indeed, I am the lady from the Feng Family of Xuzhou, I have seen the Eunuch before."
Her stance was extrely dignified, and her manners were impeccable, seemingly educated in a great Aristocratic Family, leaving little room for fault.
Seeing the noble lady reduced to such straits, Eunuch Fang’s disdain was almost palpable, "I have heard you have gained favor with the Great General? With flattery and seduction, you’ve made the General break protocol for you repeatedly?"
Feng Yun was slightly surprised.
Was Li Sangruo unable to keep her composure so soon?
In her previous life, when she had just started serving at Pei Jue’s side, this Empress Dowager showed no reaction.
This ti, Pei Jue had not touched her but sent a trusted aide to send her back to Andu, and she was also given people from the Imperial Governor’s Office, marking an even heavier grace.
So Li Sangruo was acting out of urgency, fearing Pei Jue’s affection for her?
Won indeed cannot afford to be sentintal, otherwise, even soone as powerful as Li Sangruo could lack confidence.
With an inner sigh, Feng Yun spoke calmly:
"What sort of man is the Great General? How could he be bewitched by a re woman? Eunuch, by saying this, are you insulting the General or the Empress Dowager?"
"Insolence!" Eunuch Fang, rebuffed by her retort, wore an extrely unsightly expression.
"You, a lowly concubine of the Feng Family, dare to question the Empress Dowager?"
"I am questioning the Eunuch."
"Questioning is questioning the Empress Dowager!"
"If the Eunuch slaps my face, it’s like slapping the General’s face."
Feng Yun’s righteous words sent a chill through Eunuch Fang’s spine, and he couldn’t help but take a few more looks at her.
This woman had a full chest and a slim waist, tall and supple, with a poise and grace that was particularly captivating.
What was even more extraordinary was that her appearance seed dignified, yet there was a hidden allure, the type that n adored the most—a noble beauty provoking possessive desires. Even an Eunuch, after all, was once a man, and he was astonished to find that this lady was more enticing than all the concubines he had seen during more than a decade in the palace.
Disaster was imminent!
Before coming to Andu, he thought the Empress Dowager had been overly suspicious...
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