Exile after Divorce? Empty the Scumbag Husband First!-Chapter 247 - 244: Her Husband Longed for Home, So He Had It Brought from 100 Li Away and Planted
However, at this moment, Mrs. Leng was looking at the already stunned Xiza.
Her eyebrows and eyes were exactly like General Hu Lie, along with her gentle nature, and that inexplicable sense of familiarity...
Mrs. Leng quickly ordered someone to take her back inside and personally looked at the scar on her back.
After repeatedly confirming, Xiza knelt down and tearfully recounted the few memories she had in her mind.
"Madam, when I got lost, I was still very young, and I vaguely remember a magnolia tree, without leaves or buds. Mother once used fabric to make a magnolia, seemingly to give it as my first hairpin..."
Hearing this, Mrs. Leng suddenly burst into tears and immediately confirmed that she was indeed her biological daughter!!
That magnolia tree was transplanted from their hometown the same year her daughter was born to her and her husband.
Her husband, mindful of her homesickness, had it brought back from a hundred miles away to plant.
How could an unrelated outsider know this? Moreover, the mark on her body, an old scar, made it even more convincing.
Even without these clues, how could her face, so similar to General Hu Lie’s, be faked?
Putting all this together, Mrs. Leng felt as if her heart were being sliced by a knife, causing intense pain.
Ruan Jiao, hearing her call her daughter, and seeing General Hu Lie’s reddened eyes, felt like the sky was about to collapse.
She forced herself to stay calm, realizing there might no longer be any way out, and turned to leave in a desperate bid to escape!
Yet, the detestable Li Mao saw through her thoughts and grabbed her legs, shouting, "General, this wicked woman is trying to run!"
General Hu Lie, upon seeing this, was filled with rage and immediately ordered his men to restrain her.
Lock her up with Li Mao!
Right now, his daughter was more important to him.
Mrs. Leng, trembling, tightly hugged Xiza into her arms, and the couple couldn’t calm their emotions for a long time.
Ruan Mian, who kept to the room, witnessing this scene, genuinely felt happy for Xiza.
After so many years and in such turbulent times, being able to reunite with her biological parents was such a fortunate event.
Just now, Ruan Jiao and Li Mao bickered like two dogs fighting, covering each other with hair, without needing her to lift a finger. General Hu Lie surely wouldn’t let Ruan Jiao, the wicked woman, escape.
After all, she still held so many lives in her hands.
After their family calmed down, they expressed their deep gratitude to Ruan Mian and Lisi.
Meanwhile, Ruan Jiao and Li Mao, who were locked up together, were thrown into prison.
Ruan Jiao, with bloodshot eyes, angrily glared at him and scolded, "Li Mao! Have you given up on those immense riches?!"
"We had an agreement, I didn’t withhold any benefits from you, yet you turned on me midway and suddenly pointed me out! What is the meaning of this? Hurting the enemy a thousand, but losing eight hundred yourself, are you willing for that?"
Li Mao sneered. Naturally, he was unwilling!
"Do you think I want this? Ruan Jiao, if you want to blame someone, blame your good sister. That sister with mighty abilities, I’m afraid no matter how far you run to the ends of the earth, you won’t escape her grasp! You’ve dragged me down with you as well."
"But... I’m fortunate to have some connections here. However, you this time, won’t escape a death sentence. Ruan Jiao, once you become a ghost, don’t seek vengeance on the wrong person." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
"Her?"
Ruan Jiao felt a chill all over, never expecting Ruan Mian to know about her impersonation of the Commandery Princess!
"She’s clearly in Wuheng! How did she know about our matter? And why did she find you? Li Mao, tell me the truth!"
Li Mao grew anxious, "Do you think I know? I want to know too! That Ruan Mian seems to have omniscient eyes. You’re her biological sister and don’t even know her true abilities, you..."
"Impossible!" Ruan Jiao screamed, unwilling to believe.
"She’s just a woman, even if she has some skills, how could she find this border town?"
"And that real Commandery Princess you wronged, she was brought back to Lanqiang by her from Xingjia State in Da Jing."
"What?" Ruan Jiao felt her legs go weak, dropping to her knees with her eyes trembling, an overwhelming sense of fear flashing through her mind.
According to Li Mao, could it be... she was in Xingjia, watching in secret all along?
Suddenly Ruan Jiao felt a chill sweep over as if a cold wind blew through, piercing her heart.
She couldn’t help but wonder, could her treatment from the Princely Heir be related to her?!
Once this thought formed, she couldn’t sit still anymore.
Staring hard at Li Mao, a murderous intent rose in her eyes.
She approached Li Mao step by step, and suddenly, catching him off guard, pulled a hairpin from her head and stabbed it into Li Mao’s neck!
Blood gushed out immediately, and Li Mao clutched his neck with wide eyes, dying within moments.
Ruan Jiao threw the hairpin down with force, kicking Li Mao’s body aside without hesitation. When a Junior General came over to detain them, she ran to the cage with a face full of grievances.
"Dian Lang!! Please save me, I can’t stay here..."
On the other side, Ruan Mian, taking advantage of General Hu Lie’s gratitude, spoke a few more words.
"To be honest with you, General, I was also present during the Xingjia State affair. Although Heir Mu Ren is Prince Yong’s son, he is actually King Yan’s son passed on to Prince Yong and his wife. No doubt, the Xuanjia Army has secretly dealt with the General multiple times."
"Though I’m now merely a commoner, before my exile, I did have some acquaintances among the Prime Minister and others in the Capital City. Da Jing faces internal troubles, the court is unstable, and the General mustn’t be exploited by villains at such a crucial moment, becoming the executioner deteriorating relations between the two countries."
General Hu Lie furrowed his brows sharply, scrutinizing Ruan Mian seriously. After a moment, he took a deep breath and said.
"Miss Ruan’s kind reminder is something this general will remember. But this is Da Jing’s domestic matter, unrelated to us."
With those words from the General, Ruan Mian felt she had fulfilled her duty to warn.
At least, letting Hu Lie know the treasonous schemes of King Yan and Xuanjia Army’s allies, there wouldn’t be another sudden coup like in Wuheng, and thus the common folks wouldn’t suffer unnecessarily again.
"Miss Ruan, I heard you’ve helped my daughter multiple times, and Lisi also mentioned that during the epidemic in the Bale Army Camp, you offered assistance."
"Though unaware of why Miss Ruan would do such things or have such skills, your courage and abilities are greatly admired by this general."
"As a token of gratitude, here is a small gift. Please, Miss Ruan, do accept it."
He presented several documents, and Lisi looked at them, her eyes widened in surprise.
"General! These are... the shops owned by the General Mansion!"
Seeing this, Mrs. Leng smiled, walked over, and personally handed those documents to them.
"Our General Mansion eats government grain, precisely for the purpose of safeguarding the safety and well-being of the people in one area. These shops mean little to us. I’ve long ignored them, and they were part of my dowry back then. Now gifting them to Miss Ruan is my own intention as well."
