OBS Chapter 240 The Heroine Whose Luck Was Taken Away
Chapter 240 The Heroine Whose Luck Was Taken Away
Chapter 240: The Heroine Whose Luck Was Taken Away
"This is my mother's jade pendant. Sister Ye found it and returned it to me."
The little beggar explained the origin of the jade pendant in a few words, and Jiang Wuchen understood that the jade pendant was not Ye Ruoxing's. Thinking of this, he immediately felt a little guilty.
However, if it is true as the little beggar said, then the mother of this little beggar is the emperor's person.
I didn't expect that the emperor had buried such a deep nail, even buried it in such an identity. A dangerous light flashed in his eyes, and he asked the little beggar, "Where is your mother now?"
When the little beggar mentioned his mother, his nose felt sore and he started crying, "Wow, my mother, my mother is dead. She is now in the woods outside the city."
Seeing that he was crying so sadly, Jiang Wuchen asked the secret guards around him to escort the little beggar back. He wanted to go find Ye Ruoxing.
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Ye Ruoxing served porridge at the street corner for a long time and went home tired until midnight every day.
The Ye family has been sending people to make trouble these days, and my grandmother is very annoyed. The most annoying thing is that the Ye family actually came here under the pretext of entering the palace to ask for someone.
He only said that the time for the selection was approaching and asked Ye Ruoxing to go home and prepare immediately. The palace tutor had already arrived.
In fact, Ye Ruoxing also felt very strange. Logically speaking, the Ye family should be aware of her relationship with the emperor's uncle. Wouldn't it be better to bring Ye Furong into the palace at this time?
Anyway, what Ye Furong wanted most was to switch places with Ye Ruoxing. She would enter the palace, and Ye Ruoxing would marry the emperor's uncle.
Ye Ruoxing was completely puzzled. These past few days, he was always distracted while distributing porridge, and his hands, which had always been pampered, were burned and had several big blisters.
……
The moon was high in the sky again tonight, and Ye Ruoxing rubbed his sore shoulders, packed up with the maids he brought with him, and then went back together.
When the carriage arrived at the gate of the Wu family, it was suddenly blocked. After hearing the servant's report, the accompanying maid was a little surprised, "Miss, who dares to stop us at our own gate?"
Ye Ruoxing was not surprised, but felt that the person came a little slowly. She smiled, reached out to tidy up her dress, and then got off the carriage.
In the darkness of night, a man in black clothes rode a horse and stood facing the Wu Mansion. The dozen or so men he brought with him surrounded Ye Ruoxing's carriage.
His back was facing Ye Ruoxing, so Ye Ruoxing could only see his back. Despite this, Ye Ruoxing still took a few steps forward, bowed respectfully, and said, "I, your humble servant, Ye Ruoxing, greet the Emperor. I wonder what brings you here so late at night?"
A smile appeared on Jiang Wuchen's lips. He turned his horse's head to face Ye Ruoxing, looked at her and asked, "Miss Ye, how did you know it was me?"
He was wrapped in a black robe, revealing only his handsome face and a pair of bright eyes, staring at Ye Ruoxing.
Perhaps because he had stayed in the Buddhist temple for too long, Jiang Wuchen gave people a very otherworldly feeling, not like an ordinary person.
"Ruoxing knows that her status is humble. The only ones who could come to see her are the Ye family and you. As for the Ye family, they've already been here during the day, and they wouldn't be dressed like this. Furthermore, if the Ye family were here, the servants at the Wu family's gate would definitely not remain stationed. So there's only one possibility: your presence, Uncle the Emperor."
Jiang Wuchen chuckled and praised, "You're quite clever. I came to see you tonight because I have something to tell you. I've already sent someone to inform your grandmother, but I wonder if Miss Ye dares to leave with me?"
As he spoke, he immediately extended a hand towards Ye Ruoxing.
The pale yellow moonlight enveloped his face, as if giving him a halo. His handsome features appeared even clearer under the moonlight.
evildoer……
This word popped up in Ye Ruoxing's mind. She found that from this angle, Jiang Wuchen was a thousand times more handsome than the male foxes she had seen in the fox cave.
"Since it's the Emperor's uncle who invited me, Ruoxing naturally wouldn't dare to refuse."
As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed the hand that Jiang Wuchen extended to her. After a dizzying moment, she sat steadily on the horse.
Jiang Wuchen felt the body temperature of the person in his arms, and his lips, which were originally tightly pursed, also lifted slightly.
He was still struggling with how to find her, or whether he should come to find her, until he heard from the secret guard that the Ye family had been sending people over these days, saying that they wanted to take her to the palace for selection.
The list of concubines was sent to the palace before. Logically speaking, if the Ye family had thought of marrying her before, they would definitely not have sent her name to the palace as a concubine.
After some investigation, Jiang Wuchen found out that the Ye family had originally planned to let Ye Ruoxing enter the palace and send Ye Furong to her house.
Seeing that the old lady of the Wu family was about to collapse, he finally couldn't help it and risked coming to find her late at night.
Jiang Wuchen didn't know why he did this, as if there was an instinct driving him here.
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Half an hour later.
Ye Ruoxing was taken to a secret farm in the suburbs.
After getting off the horse, Jiang Wuchen took Ye Ruoxing into one of the rooms. The manager quickly lit candles in the room and placed a brazier.
After Ye Ruoxing took off his outer coat, he sat by the brazier to warm his hands. It turned out that riding a horse late at night was not a good idea, after all, it was too cold.
Jiang Wuchen glanced at her frozen hands, turned around and got a cup of hot tea from the table, and handed it to her, "Warm your hands."
Ye Ruoxing took the tea and was about to bow respectfully, "Thank you..."
Before she could even say thank you, Jiang Wuchen helped her up. He looked at her and said, "No need to be polite. Tonight, regardless of your status, I have something to ask you."
Ye Ruoxing hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Yes." Seeing that she was still a little reserved, Jiang Wuchen sighed, moved two stools, and warmed himself with her by the brazier.
The dancing flames flickered on the girl's porcelain-white face. He looked at her beautiful face and couldn't help feeling happy. He asked her, "Do you want to enter the palace?"
This question was very abrupt. Ye Ruoxing looked at Jiang Wuchen in some surprise, and then his eyes quickly dimmed.
"It's not a matter of whether or not I want to. If I could choose, who in this world wouldn't want to choose a man of their dreams, marry him, and live happily ever after?"
Hearing her mention the man she loves, Jiang Wuchen asked tentatively, "So, Miss Ye already has a lover?"
Ye Ruoxing raised her eyes to look at Jiang Wuchen, then lowered her head again, sighed, and said self-deprecatingly, "Even if there is such a person, he is far beyond my reach. After all, there is a huge gap between him and me. How can Ruoxing dare to dream about it? Besides, he has always disliked love between men and women. How can Ruoxing dare to overestimate her own abilities?"
Jiang Wuchen smiled faintly upon hearing this. He reached out and took the sword beside him and fiddled with the charcoal in the brazier.