Cannon fodder She is targeted by yanderes in every dimension

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There is a mansion on the street in the West Market of the capital city, where the Yun family, an imperial merchant family, who moved in half a year ago, live.

Living next door is Lin Xiucai, a ninth-rank civil servant, who is also Lin Jingyun's father. Now we should call him Lord Lin.

Although he passed the imperial examination in his middle age, it was good enough to get a leisurely ninth-rank official position. Moreover, he moved to the capital and started to attend the morning court. It was a blessing from his ancestors that he could see the emperor from afar at the end of the line of officials.

Since becoming an imperial merchant, Yun's father has become even busier, helping the court transport salt and make porcelain, and making a fortune.

During the past six months, Yun Wu has had much more free time, except that from time to time she would receive invitations to banquets.

But her identity as the daughter of an imperial merchant was not considered a high status in the capital, and most of the people at the banquet would certainly be daughters of officials, so she did not want to get involved.

Therefore, Yun Wu basically stayed at home and rarely went out, and she found reasons to decline all the invitations sent to her.

Only her good friend Lin Jingyun would often come to chat with Yun Wu about random things, and occasionally they would go out to have fun together.

Lin Jingyun came again today.

Now it is the beginning of winter again, and the weather is changing rapidly. It has been very cold these days, and it feels like it is going to snow.

It was noon, the ashes of the stove were burning in the boudoir, and Yun Wu was lying on the couch with her eyes closed to rest.

Suddenly she heard a familiar and playful voice.

"I am so lucky to see such a beautiful woman lying on the bed."

Yun Wu slowly opened her eyes and saw Lin Jingyun walking in. She rubbed her eyes dazedly and sat up.

Lin Jingyun still looked unruly as he sat opposite Yun Wu, staring at her blankly with his mouth slightly open.

"If I were a man, I would definitely marry you and take you home every day... hehehe..."

"You've become more and more frivolous since you got engaged."

Yun Wu stretched and said, her fair cheeks still slightly flushed pink.

Lin Jingyun and Jiang Yin were engaged. Half a year ago, the war at the border was tense, so Jiang Yin also joined the army. Before leaving, he and Lin Jingyun expressed their feelings to each other.

Lin Jingyun had just looked at some picture books yesterday and wanted to say some indecent words while no one was around, but in the blink of an eye he saw the basket of things hidden under the couch.

"You actually saved all the letters that Gu Xingran sent you over the past year."

Lin Jingyun said with some surprise. Yun Wu's expression paused, and she hurriedly hid the basket under the couch guiltily.

"No matter what, he used to call me sister. Every time he sent me a letter, I knew he was still alive and well..."

Yun Wu lowered her eyes and said that even though she had never opened or read the letters that Gu Xingran had sent her in the past six months, she had not replied to Gu Xingran.

But she still couldn't ignore it completely. She would always pay attention to whether Gu Xingran had sent anyone to deliver letters to her, but she didn't have the courage to open the letters and read them.

"My father heard the news when he came back from the morning court today. I came to you to talk to you about this."

Lin Jingyun's expression became much more serious. Although her father was only a ninth-rank official, he still knew a thing or two about the goings-on in the imperial court.

"The army at the border returned to the capital a few days ago. According to the distance, they will reach the capital in the next two days."

Yun Wu paused while picking up the cakes on the table, then asked in a daze:

"Is he coming back?"

"My father said that the emperor praised Gu Xingran in the court. I heard that he was originally going to lose the battle, but he led 500 cavalrymen to sneak into the enemy camp and took the general's head, and then raided the enemy camp with the help of both inside and outside forces."

Lin Jingyun could only repeat what her father said, after all, she knew nothing about war.

"Now they are about to come back. The emperor has issued an edict today to appoint Gu Xingran as a junior general. This is the first person in our dynasty. He is still young now, but he will be a general in the future. He will come to find you then..."

Yun Wu took a small bite of the sweet pastry, then shook her head slightly and said:

"Maybe... he won't come. After all, he has achieved success. The Yun family only took care of him for a few years. In the future, he will probably go his own way. Besides, I haven't replied to his letters in the past six months."

Lin Jingyun opened his mouth to say something but didn't, and could only sigh.

Xiao Wu was simple-minded. She thought that by not writing back for the past six months, she could stop Gu Xingran from thinking about her. But Lin Jingyun always felt that it was not that simple...

It happened that the eldest princess was holding a banquet, and because Yun's father's royal business was closely related to the eldest princess's fiefdom business, the invitation was also sent to Yun Wu.

The time happened to be the day when the border troops arrived in the capital, and Yun Wu agreed without saying a word.

Because the Yun family's mansion was very close to the city gate, she wanted to take advantage of that day to leave home and attend the banquet so that she could avoid Gu Xingran.

When the eldest princess was young, she also fought in the battlefield as a woman. Now that she is middle-aged, she lives in the capital.

This was the first time Yun Wu attended a banquet since she moved to the capital. Caiwei and Liang Ma dressed her up beautifully and sent her to the banquet in a carriage.

There were many young men and women from other royal and commercial families at the banquet, but most of the others were from official families.

The eldest princess had not arrived yet, and the surroundings were filled with the sounds of people talking and laughing. Yun Wu sat quietly at the seat at the end, eating from the food on the table.

You know what, the snacks and dishes at the banquet in the Princess's Mansion were really delicious. I heard that the chefs were from the imperial palace.

Yun Wu had been eating since she first came in. During this time, some people took the initiative to talk to her. Most of them were seeing her for the first time and were amazed by her appearance.

Yun Wu stopped eating only when she was half full, and wiped the corners of her lips delicately with a handkerchief.

Suddenly, I heard a somewhat arrogant voice next to me:

"Sister Yan, the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, and I are close friends, but she has something important to attend to today and cannot come to the banquet. I can introduce you to someone next time."

The person who was speaking was Qin Zhi, the daughter of the Qin family, a fifth-rank official. She was arrogantly showing off to the girls around her that she was a good friend of the Shangshu Mansion's daughter.

All the young ladies from the small families here gathered around her to try to please her, except Yun Wu.

Qin Zhi glanced at Yun Wu while she was talking, but she never saw her come up to compliment her.

She stared at her pretty face and gritted her teeth, then raised her chin and said contemptuously:

"Some people who come from a business family just can't get on the stage, so they just sit there and eat."

Yun Wu blinked and looked at Qin Zhi. It seemed that what she had just said was directed at her.

But Yun Wu came to the banquet today to avoid someone who was returning to the city today. She didn't mean to cause any trouble, so she just stood up and pretended nothing happened, preparing to go for a walk outside.

Unexpectedly, Yun Wu's skirt was stepped on by someone. She stopped and paused, then turned around.

Qin Zhi stepped on the hem of her skirt a little, but pretended not to notice it while talking to the people around her, and gave Yun Wu a disdainful look.

Yun Wu had a soft face and spoke in a gentle voice, so Qin Zhi thought she was someone who was bullied but kept silent.

As a result, Yun Wu pretended to be casual and stepped directly on her foot.

"what!"

Qin Zhi's face changed drastically and she quickly retracted her foot, staring at Yun Wu with eyes wide open in anger.

"Why are you stepping on me?"

"I do not have it."

Yun Wu lowered her head and adjusted the hem of her skirt and said, she thought that if she had known earlier, she would have worn the pair of embroidered shoes with harder soles today.

This way it will definitely hurt more when you step on it hard.

Qin Zhi relied on the fact that all the people with good family backgrounds were sitting at the banquet table behind the screen, and she felt that she was the person with the highest status here.

So she did not give up and raised her hand, wanting to teach this ignorant merchant's daughter a lesson.

"How dare you step on me—"

Qin Zhi's hand was about to fall down, but Yun Wu was suddenly pulled from behind and fell into a cold and hard embrace.

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