After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 59 - 058: What Wind Has Confused the General’s Mind (Second Release, Request for Votes)

Chapter 59: Chapter 058: What Wind Has Confused the General’s Mind (Second Release, Request for Votes)

"If you agree, then there are no conditions!" Fu Zhen smiled warmly.

Pei Zhan raised an eyebrow: "Then I agree. Tomorrow, I will send two guards to your residence. Three months is the term."

"If they haven’t learned in three months, there must be an extension!"

Pei Zhan glanced at her: "As long as your people can endure the hardship, they will surely learn within three months!"

Fu Zhen clapped her hands in agreement!

Seeing him walking towards his horse, she caught up: "Since General Pei says the ginseng is to save someone’s life and is more important than my plea for a position, could I possibly witness it myself?"

Receiving a sidelong glance from Pei Zhan, she added, "I need to see with my own eyes that General Pei is truly using it to save someone, only then I can be at ease. After all, this ginseng is rare, and if it can be used for its intended purpose, I would feel I’ve done a charitable deed."

Pei Zhan looked towards the horizon, then mounted his horse: "Let’s go!"

"General, how straightforward!"

Fu Zhen promptly called Zhang Cheng to pull the carriage.

...

The Cheng family was granted the title of Great General because of Mrs. Cheng’s father-in-law, Mr. Cheng. The old man came from a bandit background, and when the Righteous Army reached Jiangnan, he joined the military with his son, Cheng Shaoshi.

After the old man passed away in the eighth year of Sheng Yuan, Cheng Shaoshi succeeded his position and became the General of National Stabilization.

After the Cheng family’s eldest son died during the Northwest turmoil, only the second son Cheng Chiren and the youngest Cheng Chili remained. The brothers are now serving, one as the Deputy Commander of the Jinwu Guard, and the other as a Centurion in one of the thirteen camps in the Capital, both under Pei Zhan’s command.

These details were, of course, gathered by Zhang Cheng and his companions over the past two days.

Fu Zhen pretended to seek an official position, but by lending out the ginseng through Pei Zhan, she ultimately wanted to personally visit Mrs. Cheng.

Even if in Mrs. Cheng’s eyes, she was just an unrelated stranger, and wouldn’t know this ginseng was not acquired through Pei Zhan’s schemes but through Fu Zhen’s deliberate effort to cure her illness, it didn’t matter!

All Fu Zhen wanted was to help these old acquaintances.

As she followed Pei Zhan down this familiar road to the Cheng family, the Cheng Residence was steeped in anxiety and concern.

Because Mrs. Cheng had a longstanding cough and asthma, which previously passed with some herbal soup, she never took it seriously. It wasn’t until she coughed blood that she thought to visit Dr. Xiao Hu’s clinic, only to be told that the old ailment had progressed into a serious disease. Later, Imperial Physician Hu also agreed with Dr. Xiao Hu’s diagnosis, stating that only an old Tienchi Ginseng as a medicinal primer could save her.

Cheng Shaoshi immediately sought the emperor’s help, but since the war had just ended, while the palace didn’t lack medicinal ingredients, accessing them was not immediate.

If the condition was delayed, it would worsen day by day. Mrs. Cheng had followed her husband across the battlefields, raising children and managing the General’s Mansion, just having started to enjoy peace, yet she was struck by this serious illness, barely having benefited from her husband and children’s company. How could the family not be worried?

Mrs. Cheng, being a straightforward person, turned to her silent husband and son and said, "Life and death are predestined, riches and honor are up to fate. I’ve lived over forty-five years, longer than my parents! I’m content!"

"After I’m gone, let Brother Ren’s wife manage the household. She’s a virtuous person, educated, much better than me! Even without me, the Cheng family will still be prosperous!"

Her words made her daughter-in-law, Mrs. He, burst into tears, throwing herself onto the richly embroidered quilt.

The men in the room began to weep as well.

Cheng Chili collapsed to his knees, "If mother leaves, I’ll go with her! Anyway, I have no family or obligations, I’m not a burden to anyone!"

Mrs. Cheng smacked the back of his head: "Fool! You couldn’t find a wife while living, dying with regret you’ll be even less likely to find one! Even a ghost wouldn’t fancy you!"

"Do you expect your old mother to plead for you in the underworld, seeking a match with other ghosts?!"

Cheng Chili was speechless.

At this moment, a maid entered: "Master, General Pei has come."

The Pei family currently has two generals, if the National Protector General Pei Yu were here, the servants would report "National Protector General"; since it’s "General Pei," it must be Pei Zhan.

Cheng Shaoshi, just scolding Cheng Chili for upsetting his wife, kicked him in the rear upon hearing this: "It’s certainly you he’s looking for, now scram!"

Rubbing his backside, Cheng Chili left.

The maid added: "Master, General Pei is here to see you."

Cheng Shaoshi was just about to bring medicine to comfort his wife, paused momentarily upon hearing this, then handed the medicine bowl to Mrs. He, and called Cheng Chiren to accompany him out.

Besides being Cheng Chili’s superior, Pei Zhan is currently the most capable and highest-ranking military general in Great Zhou.

If he specifically asked to see Cheng Shaoshi, it likely pertains to state matters. Cheng Shaoshi assumed it was wise to bring his son along to consult and discuss.

The father and son hurried to the flower hall, and the moment they called "Ming Zhi," they were stunned at the threshold!

Inside the flower hall, seated at the guest’s seat was indeed Pei Zhan, but beside him was a young, beautiful girl who seemed almost unreal!

This is unheard of!

What gust swept the cold-faced General Pei into a daze?

He actually brought a beautiful girl to visit their home?

Back in the Northwest, when enemy nations repeatedly sent beauties to his tent to tempt him, he never succumbed, yet here he made an exception!

Do Lao Pei and his wife know about this?

Nevertheless, they weren’t the only two baffled at the threshold; Cheng Chili, rubbing his backside, had arrived first.

Cheng Chili looked even more dazed!

Pointing to the composed girl sipping tea, Fu Zhen, he asked Pei Zhan: "Isn’t she the girl you chased for three or four streets yesterday?! How did she end up here?"

Fu Zhen shot him two subtle glares: Fool! She walked here, of course! ...

Pei Zhan cast him a sideways glance too, stood up, and greeted Cheng Shaoshi with the respect due to a junior, and without unnecessary words, took the ginseng box from the guard’s hand, handed it to Cheng Shaoshi, and said: "Uncle Cheng, this Tienchi Ginseng has been examined by me, it is indeed the old wild ginseng that will definitely alleviate Uncle’s worries—"

"What?!"

Before Pei Zhan could finish, Cheng Shaoshi interrupted him with a cry of surprise: "Tienchi Ginseng?!"

"Precisely," Pei Zhan said as he opened the box and placed the ginseng into his hands, "This is a genuine century-old ginseng, the miraculous medicine cited by Imperial Physician Hu to treat Aunt Cheng’s cough!"

Holding the ginseng, Cheng Shaoshi’s hands trembled! Moments ago, their family was steeped in sorrow, and now this life-saving miraculous medicine was in his hands; it all seemed too surreal, didn’t it?!

He couldn’t resist bringing the ginseng to his mouth to take a bite—

Spit!

He spat out a mouthful of fiber.

—It’s real!

This soldier, who had never trembled in decades of campaigns, was now trembling all over!

He wouldn’t lose his wife!

How wonderful!

"The heavens have eyes!" he exclaimed and then looked towards Pei Zhan: "Where did you find this ginseng? How did you get it?"

Pei Zhan turned his gaze to Fu Zhen: "The ginseng was generously given up by this Miss Fu. Miss Fu, this is General Cheng."

Fu Zhen was somewhat surprised by how readily he gave her the credit, and after a moment’s surprise, she stepped forward, bowed deeply to them, and said: "Junior Fu Zhen greets the Great General and the two Junior General Cheng!"

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