The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 100: The lesson learned last time seems insufficient.

Li Yaoting was taken aback.

General of the Jinwu Guard?

In the Wei Kingdom, the General of the Central Army was the highest-ranking military officer, while the Imperial Guard was the emperor's personal guard, responsible for protecting the emperor's safety when he traveled. In addition, the Imperial Guard was also responsible for patrolling the capital and keeping watch.

The General of the Golden Guard was responsible for commanding the entire Golden Guard.

Such a prestigious position was usually reserved for members of the imperial family, nobles, and members of prominent clans.

But now, the Emperor is asking him if he's interested?

Li Yaoting was both surprised and delighted, never expecting such a good thing to fall into his lap.

He suppressed his excitement and asked hesitantly, "Why would His Majesty... choose a minister?"

Rong Xin leaned back in his chair, looking relaxed, and said, "I've heard General Xu mention that you are brave and skilled in battle on the frontier, with superb martial arts skills. I need a minister like you by my side."

Upon hearing this, Li Yaoting felt relieved. It seemed that the Emperor's selection of him was related to General Xu.

He felt reassured and bowed his head in gratitude, saying, "I am deeply grateful for Your Majesty's high regard for me. I will repay Your Majesty with my life."

Rong Xin nodded in satisfaction. "Since you have no objections, then you shall take up your post starting tomorrow."

"Yes," Li Yaoting replied respectfully.

He completely shook off his dejected state and became energetic.

Is this what they call "a glimmer of hope after a long period of darkness"?

Hmph, the Regent looks down on him, but the Emperor has the discerning eye to recognize his talent.

Now that he has become the General of the Imperial Guard, he is the emperor's confidant. Let's see who will dare to look down on him in the future.
After he left, Rong Xin muttered to herself, "I hope he's a little smarter than Wei Ze."

The house was quiet, with only the occasional sounds drifting from the street.

After a long while, the thin man who had gone out returned. Seeing that Li Yaoting was no longer in the room, he respectfully said, "Your Majesty, now that the matter has been settled, please return to the palace."

Rong Xin did not respond to his words, but only said calmly, "Liu Qian, do you think this piece can go far?"

"Your Majesty is far-sighted. Since you have taken a liking to Lord Li, he must have some extraordinary qualities. If Your Majesty wants him to go far, he will go far," Liu Qian replied with a bow.

Rong Xin said unhappily, "What you said is as good as saying nothing at all."

Liu Qian awkwardly fell silent.

Rong Xin rubbed his temples and muttered to himself, "If he hadn't killed all the capable people around me, I wouldn't have ended up like this."

He has been having nightmares lately.

Every time I close my eyes, I see Wei Ze's bloody head.

He feared that one day he too would lose his head.

He didn't want to sit idly by and wait to die, so he decided to strike first.

Liu Qian knew perfectly well who the "he" he was referring to was, and he also knew the emperor's troubles. He comforted the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty need not worry too much. You are the rightful heir to the throne and the people's will is yours. You should think twice before doing anything that person wants."

“But if he doesn’t die, I won’t be able to eat or sleep in peace.” Rong Xin suddenly slammed his fist on the table, his expression violent.

Liu Qian hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Rong Xin's eyes were filled with murderous intent. "I am the emperor of Wei, but he doesn't respect me at all. Even if I leave the palace, I have to sneak around and go through a lot of trouble, and I can only hide in this kind of simple teahouse."

I wish I could kill him right now!

Seeing this, Liu Qian quickly advised, "Your Majesty, be careful what you say, for walls may have ears."

Rong Xin laughed in anger, but eventually calmed down a bit.

Liu Qian sighed and comforted him, "Your Majesty, please remain calm and believe that day will come soon." Rong Xin said nothing more and stood up, saying, "Let's go."

……

The news of Yun Wei being granted the title of County Princess quickly spread throughout the capital, and naturally, the Yun family also heard the news.

That day, Yunwei had just returned from two days at Qixia Horse Ranch when she saw the Yun family arrive at Qingyi Garden.

At the gate of the mansion, Uncle Chen was negotiating with them, "It's not that this old servant doesn't want you to come in, it's just that the master is not in the mansion."

"Then where did she go?" Yun Qi asked unhappily.

“My master didn’t say, so this old servant doesn’t know,” Uncle Chen shook his head.

He naturally knew where his master was, but since his master didn't like the Yun family, he naturally wouldn't reveal it.

"Then go find her," Yun Qi ordered. "We came here specifically to congratulate her; how can she not be here?"

As Yun Wei approached, she heard these words and scoffed.

Hearing the laughter, Yun Qi turned around abruptly. Seeing that it was her, his face darkened, and he said unhappily, "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at how shameless some people are," Yun Wei said calmly.

Yun Qi's expression changed. "Who are you calling shameless?"

"Whoever jumps to conclusions is the one who gets blamed," Yun Wei glanced at him and said coldly.

"You!" Yun Qi's face turned ashen.

At this moment, the other members of the Yun family also turned to look.

Upon seeing Yunwei, their reactions varied.

"Where have you been? Why are you only coming back now?" Xu complained.

Yun Yueshan's expression remained stern as he said in a deep voice, "Next time you're going somewhere, shouldn't you send a message home?"

Yunwei gave him a strange look. "I often go out for walks. Why didn't you ever care before? Now you seem to care a lot, but I don't think it's necessary anymore."

Yun Yueshan's face darkened. "You've grown wings?"

“If I hadn’t grown strong enough, I wouldn’t have lived long enough to be brought to the capital.” Yun Wei said expressionlessly.

Yun Yueshan was taken aback, his expression becoming more complicated, and he was speechless for a moment.

“Don’t think that just because you’ve become a county princess you can talk to your father like that. If word gets out that you’re being unfilial, you’ll be impeached by the censors.” Yun Qi said in a reprimanding tone.

Yun Wei rolled her eyes at him. "Looks like the lesson from last time wasn't enough?"

When the previous incident was mentioned, anger flashed in Yun Qi's eyes. It was all because of that wretched girl. If she hadn't deliberately brought up the fact that he kept a mistress on Hulu Street, how would everyone have found out?
Not only was the woman he kept sent away by Madam Qi, but Madam Qi is now becoming increasingly indifferent to him, and does not treat him as her husband at all.

Seeing his unpredictable expression, Madam Qi sneered inwardly, walked up to Yun Wei, and said gently, "Weiwei, congratulations."

Yunwei's gaze fell on her face, but she didn't say anything.

In the past, although Qi Shi did not openly ostracize her, she was clearly on Yun Yao's side, and every time Yun Yao and Yun Qi argued, she would just stand by and watch.

Qi felt a little embarrassed by her gaze, took out a box from her sleeve, stuffed it into her hand, and said somewhat awkwardly, "It is a great joy that you have been granted the title of County Princess. This is a small gift I prepared for you. Please don't find it offensive."

Yunwei didn't want the gift and was about to put it back when she heard Qi Shi lower her voice and say, "I am very grateful for what happened last time, but I haven't had a chance to thank you in person. Please don't refuse."

Yunwei paused, looking at her in surprise.

She was referring to the incident at Hulu Street that she had deliberately brought up last time, wasn't she?

She thanked her because she had let her know Yun Qi's character and had no longer kept Yun Qi in the dark.

For a moment, she couldn't understand this Qi family at all.