Rebirth: Marry a General instead of a Prince

Over the next few days, the winter snow melted.

The Zhao family was influenced by the Prince of Chen and the whole family was exiled. They were driven out of Shangjing before they could even live for a few years.

The Zhao family, which had been a prominent family for generations, disappeared in Shangjing. For a time, all the officials lived in fear, fearing that the fire would burn them.

However, the emperor never implicated anyone else. After Yuan Chi's death, the emperor's health deteriorated day by day. Perhaps Yuan Chi's prescriptions had damaged his foundation, and the emperor's health deteriorated. Although the people in the Imperial Hospital took care of him diligently, there was no improvement.

After Prince Chen's death, Prince Yan's status rose rapidly and was on the rise. Every day, there was an endless stream of people coming to Prince Yan's mansion to propose marriage, but Prince Yan did not show any difference to any of them.

Since that day, Bai Zhiyuan has never seen the King of Jin again. He must have been very busy these days. With the death of the King of Chen, the King of Jin's strength can no longer be hidden. Some of the court officials who changed their minds according to the situation have already stood in the King of Jin's camp.

Bai Zhiyuan stood in the yard, listening to the dripping sound of the melting snow. She felt that something was strange in the mansion these days, but she couldn't tell what was strange.

In fact, what Bai Zhiyuan didn't know was that during this period, Xie Yunsong came to Bai's house every night while she was asleep and secretly accompanied her. When it was almost dawn, he secretly left. With Tianxun's help, no one noticed these days.

Bai Zhiyuan inspected her yard and found nothing suspicious. Xia Qing was guarding her not far away. This guard she brought back was always taciturn, but loyal. Unlike Tianxun...

Tianxun?

Bai Zhiyuan suddenly remembered why she felt strange and rarely saw Tianxun these days. Thinking of this, she turned to Ling Xiao and asked, "Where is Tianxun? Why haven't I seen him these days?"

Ling Xiao pouted and said, "Miss, why are you asking him? It's hard to see him during the day these days, but he's on guard at night."

"Keep watch?" Bai Zhiyuan asked curiously, "Didn't I tell him to go back to sleep at night?"

Ling Xiao: "Who knows him? Maybe he is worried about the safety of the young lady. After all, he is General Yunhui's man..."

Ling Xiao suddenly reacted and quickly covered his mouth, but when he saw that Bai Zhiyuan's face looked normal, he felt relieved.

After hearing this, Bai Zhiyuan no longer had any doubts. Perhaps Xie Yunsong had given Tianxun some task in the past few days, and it had nothing to do with her.

The dusk deepened, and slowly, the sky became completely dark.

Bai Zhiyuan sat in the study, writing a letter to his father seriously. He wondered if his father and brother could come back before the end of the year. The situation in the capital was not peaceful right now, and the emperor's health was getting worse. To avoid more trouble, he asked his father and brother to bring his grandfather back quickly.

After she finished writing the letter, she read it carefully again to make sure there was nothing missed, then she called Wang Qing and ordered him to send the letter by carrier pigeon.

After doing all this, she carefully recalled the time when Emperor Renxiao died in her previous life. In her previous life, the Southern Territory had never won a complete victory, and her father had already died at that time. Jiang Shuyan replaced him and signed a ceasefire agreement with the Southern Territory. The Southern Territory was relatively stable before her death, and Jiang Shuyan had been promoted in the capital.

But the North had not won a great victory before her death, and was still in a stalemate with the Northern Di people. But Bai Zhiyuan thought that with Xie Yunsong's strength, a great victory in the North was only a matter of time. It was just a pity that she didn't see it in her previous life.

As the night deepened, Bai Zhiyuan withdrew his thoughts, stood up, blew out the candle in the study, and then walked out.

In the courtyard, the night was dark. At some point, only the cold stars in the sky broke through the dark gray sky, revealing a little cold light.

When Bai Zhiyuan brought Ling Xiao back to his yard, Tian Xun was the only one left guarding under the loquat tree.

Bai Zhiyuan stopped walking. The loquat trees were in full bloom, with petals scattered all over the ground. From a distance, it looked like a thick layer of snow.

Bai Zhiyuan turned around and said to Ling Xiao: "It's getting late, you should go back to sleep first."

Ling Xiao nodded. Bai Zhiyuan had never liked having anyone serving her since she was a child. Ever since she came back from the North, she disliked having anyone around her even more.

Ling Xiao paused for a moment when passing Tianxun, but soon went back to his room.

Bai Zhiyuan walked up to Tianxun, who felt quite guilty. His young master seemed to be fine these days, and would come to accompany Princess Rong'an late at night every day. But Princess Rong'an didn't know about this. If she knew, she would definitely drive him away without mercy.

Today, his young master came early, but he didn't expect that the county lady didn't go to bed early. Now his young master, a great general of Yunhui, is hiding in this loquat tree like a petty thief.

Tianxun felt his heart in his throat. He knew Bai Zhiyuan and knew that she was always perceptive. If she was discovered, Tianxun really didn't dare to think about it.

Bai Zhiyuan asked, "Tianxun, why haven't I seen you these past few days? If Xie Yunsong has something else for you, you don't have to stay with me. Our Bai Mansion is not a place that ordinary people can break into."

Tianxun laughed dryly and said, "The county lady is right. The Bai Mansion is indeed not accessible to ordinary people."

In fact, what Tianxun was thinking in his heart was that his young master was indeed not an ordinary person.

Bai Zhiyuan noticed that he looked different, so he asked again, "Has anything happened recently? Why are you so uneasy?"

Tianxun hurriedly said, "Nothing happened, County Lady. It's getting late, you should go to bed. The young master ordered me to protect your safety, so you can go to bed without worry. I will not let even a fly fly in."

Bai Zhiyuan was amused by him and joked, "You are loyal to your young master."

Tianxun scratched his head and watched Bai Zhiyuan walk towards the room.

Just when Tianxun was relieved, Bai Zhiyuan stopped again and turned around and said, "Tianxun, you have been guarding outside every night these days. Have you found anything unusual? Why do I always feel like someone has come into the room?"

Tianxun's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he unconsciously clenched his fists, stammering, "How could it be... I was just guarding here... I didn't... I didn't notice anything unusual..."

Bai Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Maybe I'm just overthinking it. I always feel like someone has been here."

After saying this, she turned and went into the house. After a moment, the candlelight in the house went out.

At this time, Xie Yunsong jumped down from the loquat tree.

Tianxun had not yet recovered from Bai Zhiyuan's words. Seeing Xie Yunsong, he asked nervously, "Master, was the county lady testing me just now? Did she discover something?"

Xie Yunsong was silent for a moment and said, "Nothing."

Tian Xun choked and said, "Master, why don't you not come tomorrow? Come back in a few days, when the county lady is less vigilant."

Xie Yunsong turned his head, glanced at him coldly, and strode towards Bai Zhiyuan's room.

Tianxun: “…”

Bai Zhiyuan lay on the couch, but she had no desire to sleep. For some reason, she felt that someone had entered her room recently, but there was no trace of him.

Bai Zhiyuan turned over and touched the dagger hidden under the pillow. After thinking for a moment, he decided to go out and investigate.

She was about to get up when she heard footsteps outside the house.

At first, she didn't take it seriously, thinking it was Tianxun, but the man secretly pushed open her window and climbed in.

Bai Zhiyuan took out the dagger, but he was suspicious. Why didn't Tianxun notice such an obvious person?

Bai Zhiyuan decided to remain silent. She closed her eyes and continued to pretend to be asleep, but she held the dagger tightly in her hand and kept listening to the noise outside.

The man approached but seemed to have no ill intentions. He just stood silently in front of Bai Zhiyuan's window for a moment, and soon sat down beside her.

Bai Zhiyuan held his breath and concentrated, thinking whether to subdue him and see who the person was. The next moment, the man's hand suddenly covered Bai Zhiyuan's cheek.

Bai Zhiyuan was startled, and her body had already reacted. She pulled out her dagger and stabbed the man in the darkness.

The man seemed not to have expected such a sudden change and took a few steps back.

Bai Zhiyuan quickly stood up, got off the couch, took her Baihong sword in her hand, and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

The man did not speak.

Bai Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment. For some reason, a familiar feeling came to his heart.

It was a cloudy night, there was no moonlight, and the lights outside had long been turned off, leaving only darkness. She could not see who was coming, but she seemed to sense something, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword trembled slightly.

The other party didn't move. She slowly, her voice a little hoarse, spoke again: "Who are you?"

The man slowly approached her until he was at the end of her sword, then he stopped and said softly, "It's me, Ayuan!"