Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback
Chapter 505: Let them go, or I’ll take your life!

Chapter 505: Chapter 505: Let them go, or I’ll take your life!

Sitting in the carriage, Dugu Yan cracked her finger joints loudly. Huang Gun looked at her, "Little Yan, who are you thinking about?"

Dugu Yan looked at Huang Gun’s cheeky face and replied, "Definitely not thinking about you!"

Huang Gun’s lips twitched as he looked at Li Sui, "Sui, why do you think our Little Yan is so melancholic because someone left?"

Li Sui frowned, "Has someone left?"

Huang Gun raised an eyebrow, "Yes, think about it carefully."

As Li Sui was pondering, Dugu Yan rolled her eyes at Huang Gun and raised her fist threateningly, "If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll punch you!"

Huang Gun chuckled twice; he noticed Dugu Yan’s demeanor changed ever since Xue Yifeng left.

Dugu Yan was a bit annoyed; why did she feel a bit sad because Xue Yifeng left without saying goodbye?

She argued, "My menstruation is here, and my stomach hurts. Is that any of your business?"

Her words made Li Sui’s face turn crimson instantly. His lips twitched; a woman like Dugu Yan is not someone an ordinary person can handle. She speaks astonishingly, acts boldly, and seems capable of doing all sorts of outrageous things.

Shamelessly, Huang Gun asked, "Little Yan, what’s menstruation?"

Dugu Yan clutched her stomach and said, "Go ask your wife."

Huang Gun’s face twitched, "I don’t have a wife. I envy you people who have lovers!"

Dugu Yan looked at the coachman, "Brother, speed up a bit."

"Alright!"

The carriage sped up, and amidst the bumps, Huang Gun’s miserable cry echoed inside, "Oh, my butt, my wound split open, sew it up for me!"

Dugu Yan sneered coldly, "Be quieter, acting so delicate for a grown man."

Huang Gun bit his lip. The main general was still grieving over the death of his grandfather; he couldn’t be so loud.

Dugu Yan sighed. Zhan Lan didn’t show sadness in front of them, probably to avoid affecting them. She looked at the coachman and said, "Slow down a bit."

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A mighty convoy proceeded; the grandfather’s ice coffin moved slowly, and after several days, they finally arrived at Ding’an City.

Zhan Lan led a team of over a thousand at the city gate of Ding’an City and found the gates tightly closed.

Riding atop her horse, Zhan Lan saw an unfamiliar face — a man with rugged features, armored and mounted, holding a battle spear at the gate.

Behind him were soldiers similarly dressed in armor.

Mu Yan halted his horse reins when he saw the man, his gaze cold, "Lan’er, that’s Si Yun’s uncle, Wang Man."

Zhan Lan had heard of him; his father was Wang Guoxiang, also a general, but since the Wang family produced three queens, the Si family’s ancestors retracted the Wang family’s military power fearing external influence.

Though the Wang family’s influence remained substantial, along with loyal subordinates to Old General Wang and especially after Si Yun ascended the throne, more forces followed the Wang family.

And with today’s tightly shut city gates, Wang Man’s getup and his arrogant demeanor clearly showed he was here to cause trouble.

Wang Man pointed his spear towards Mu Yan, "Mu Yan, Zhan Lan, Zhan Beicang, do you even have the nerve to return to Ding’an City!"

Zhan Beicang dismounted, angered, "Wang Man, what do you mean!"

Wang Man looked at the soldiers behind him and said, "Open the city gate!"

He wanted the citizens of Ding’an City to witness the drama to unfold.

The city gate slowly opened by two soldiers, as citizens of the city continued gathering towards the gate.

Some were leaving the city, while others were simply curious about what was going on.

A sharp-eyed person quickly spotted Zhan Lan and Mu Yan on horseback.

"It’s the Regent King and General Zhan Huang! They’ve returned!"

The citizens excitedly looked at Zhan Lan on her red horse and silver spear and Mu Yan clad in dark armor riding a white horse.

"But why were the city gates shut earlier?"

"I was waiting to leave the city and heard the guards say General Zhan Huang and the Regent King defied the imperial edict!"

"What? Don’t be absurd!"

Wang Man raised his voice, overpowering the people’s chatter, "Mu Yan, Zhan Lan, Zhan Beicang, the three of you defied the imperial edict. You falsified the emperor’s order and went to Fengyu Pass to war against Western Rong, did you not!"

Mu Yan’s eyes darkened, coldly staring at Wang Man, "Western Rong’s emissaries plotted maliciously since arriving in Ding’an City. My actions don’t need an imperial edict."

Wang Man didn’t expect Mu Yan to say something so brazen, despite Emperor Qingwu’s every edict ultimately going through the Regent King’s hands, Mu Yan’s bold declaration was another matter entirely.

The citizens whispered among themselves, "Yes, the Regent King is right, Western Rong must be destroyed!"

"Why does the emperor oppose!"

"Those vile Western Rong who ravaged our Nanjin citizens should be obliterated for our benefit!"

Wang Man feared Mu Yan yet feigned calmness, "You are the Regent King, you may act as you wish, but the Minister of Criminal Justice Xiao Chen, Minister of Public Works Huang Gun, and Deputy Commander of village soldiers Dugu Yan are court officials, leaving Ding’an City without the emperor’s order is a mortal crime."

That instant, behind Wang Man appeared the aged parents of Huang Gun, shackled, escorted by Wang Man’s confidants.

Huang Gun’s parents were simple farmers, unfamiliar with worldly matters, they felt anxious but stood upright. Though their son was unruly at times, they knew Huang Gun was one to sacrifice for friends and the nation.

"Gun’er, I believe in you!" Said Huang’s father, dressed in coarse cloth, raising his voice, proud of his son despite his past folly of "selling himself to bury his father."

Huang’s mother’s lips quivered, "Mother believes in you and General Zhan, everything you did for Nanjin citizens is good!"

Huang Gun froze, staring at his elderly parents; what fault do they have!

"Let my parents go, come at me for whatever you need!" Huang Gun’s voice choked.

The crowd’s whisper descended into loud uproar.

"What mistake did Mr. Huang commit, why arrest his parents!"

"Outrageous, never heard of returning victorious only to implicate the family!"

"Absurd, utterly absurd! What’s going on!"

Xiao Chen and Dugu Yan clenched their fists; if their parents were in Ding’an City, they would undoubtedly be bound here suffering humiliation.

Huang Gun’s parents were down-to-earth, living honorably their whole lives.

Anything good they had they’d share with them, to Xiao Chen and Dugu Yan, humiliating Huang Gun’s parents equaled humiliating their parents.

Zhan Lan felt likewise; upon seeing Huang Gun’s parents captured, her eyes instantly chilled.

She drew her bow, tensioning it fully, aiming directly at Wang Man’s head, fiercely saying, "Release them, or I’ll take your vile life!"