Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 460 Visitor

Chapter 460: Chapter 460 Visitor

"Nannan..." Shen Wenchen sighed, holding his wife in his arms.

"Believe in me, as long as I’m here, nothing will happen to us."

"Hmm."

Nanzhi responded quietly, shedding a tear in the process.

"You should return to the room and rest, you’ve worked hard these past two days."

"I’m fine."

Just for this day, about six hundred households, including men, women, and children, totaling nearly three thousand people, left Yan City.

The snow at the city gate was trampled flat, leaving only dark footprints leading towards the mountains.

The impressions of wheels and footprints overlaid, leaving only a deep ink mark in the white snow.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow began to fall.

Flakes of snow fell hurriedly, as if trying to cover up something.

On the 30th of the twelfth lunar month.

It wasn’t until the end of the two-hour period that the grey sky brightened slightly.

Even though the city was in a state of chaos the day before, on New Year’s Eve, people started hanging couplets and red lanterns everywhere.

Rare excitement was exuded from every household and the city gate’s guards gathered in the camp nearby.

"The snow was really heavy last night."

"Yes, yes, it didn’t take a quarter of an hour to pile onto my head, I wonder how yesterday’s evacuees are."

A guard sighed, his heart filled with regret.

They had tried to advise the evacuees, but not only did they not listen, they even thought that the guards were being selfish by not allowing them to leave the city.

Indeed, some had listened to the advice and returned home, but they were in the minority.

"What can we do? We’ve done what we can. The city lord said that things outside the city have become increasingly rampant. We have to stay alert and make sure to keep the city gate guarded."

"This weather really doesn’t seem to want our lives."

"That’s for sure."

As they drank their hot soup, the guards, despite their worries, didn’t express any discouragement.

The chaos outside the city is evil, but the City Lord has never given up on those villages. They felt secure following such a leader.

While they were talking, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves outside the city gate.

"Are, are some people coming back?"

One sharp-eared guard heard the sound, quickly put down his bowl, and picked up the spear next to him.

"We don’t know yet, let’s go and see."

Several people exchanged glances, their faces turning serious.

Fast runners had already reached the top of the city gate building. They saw a man on a horse approaching the city gate in the snow.

"Who goes there!"

The figure heard the sound and stopped the horse.

Underneath the beige cloak was a stunning face, which left the guard dumbfounded with just one glance from afar.

"I came from Kyoto and am looking for someone. I beseech you to open the city gate."

"The city lord ordered ..."

Before he could finish, someone halted him.

"Let her in."

Shen Wenchen watched the person outside the city ponderously, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, city lord."

The guard saluted and quickly descended from the city gate building.

The city gate swung open and the woman entered Yan City on horseback.

Her deep red horse held its head high, and the woman on it was striking. Her mere presence was enough to captivate anyone.

"Thank you."

The woman merely glanced slightly at the entrance and the man who approached, causing a nearby guard to drop his bowl. Scalding hot soup splashed onto his feet. He grunted in pain, but didn’t want to show it, so he blushed and disappeared into the camp.

The woman flashed a charming smile and ignored the incident.

"I pay my respects to the Imperial Noble Consort. I wonder if your visit to Yan City is at the behest of His Majesty?" Shen Wenchen took the lead and saluted, and the guards who had been infatuated before also knelt and saluted in unison.

"General Shen, you are too kind. Today, my visit has nothing to do with His Majesty." The smile on Ming Qin’s face faded slightly, and her cool gaze fell on Shen Wenchen.

"Now, I am no longer in the palace and am not an Imperial Noble Consort, so I hope General Shen will no longer address me as such."

Shen Wenchen nodded, straightening his posture only then.

Even if she was no longer an Imperial Noble Consort, what she brought was indeed a lifesaver to countless civilians.

This alone was worthy of his respect.

"General Shen, I’ve come to find someone."

After Ming Qin finished, she took a look at the surroundings. Shen Wenchen only then seemed to react and led the woman to the City Lord’s Residence.

Everyone in the City Lord’s Residence had just finished breakfast and were sitting in the main room, discussing what kind of reunion dinner to prepare for. All of a sudden, they saw Shen Wenchen returning with a woman not long after he had walked out the door.

Nanzhi looked at the woman following him and felt a sense of familiarity, but she could not recall where she had seen such a beautiful woman before.

"Wenchen, who is this?" Mrs. Lin was somewhat surprised looking at the stunning woman.

Her son-in-law had only been away for a short while and somehow he’d brought a woman back with him.

And such a beautiful woman at that?

The rest of the Lin Family were also astounded, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Where did this woman appear from?

And, he even brought her into his home!

"Nannan, come with me to the study, there’s something I need to discuss with you."

In a rare occurrence, Shen Wenchen did not greet everyone first nor he answered Mrs. Lin’s question, but directly addressed the bewildered Nanzhi.

"Ah, alright."

Nanzhi nodded, though she had not yet understood the situation, but she still got up from her seat.

When the three of them had settled into the study, the Lin Family finally reacted as though a thunderbolt had struck them.

"Who who who, who is that woman?"

Sun Cui stuttered, her pair of big eyes lost in confusion.

"I have no idea..." Lin Ercheng was equally clueless. Despite the undeniable beauty of the woman...

His brother-in-law certainly was not the type to keep a mistress.

"Father, what’s going on?"

Lin Jian had just returned with Zhiyu and the others from buying some pastries when he saw everyone dumbfounded, and became quite curious.

What was happening?

"Nah... Nah nothing, don’t ask too many questions children."

Lin Ercheng ruffled his son’s hair and mumbled an answer.

He figured everyone else was probably as baffled as he was.

In the study, the three of them sat face-to-face. Nanzhi looked at the woman across from her, feeling like she knew her from somewhere but couldn’t recall where she had seen such a stunning woman.

She trusted Shen Wenchen two hundred percent, and naturally, she wouldn’t overthink anything, but he must have had some reason to bring this woman here.

"Nannan, this is Ming Qin, our predecessor." Shen Wenchen explained.

Upon hearing the term ’predecessor’, Nanzhi’s heart skipped a beat, as if she had figured out something.

"Nice to meet you, I’m Ming Qin. I transmigrated to this world a few years before you did."

Ming Qin smiled and extended her hand.

Back in Kyoto, she and Shen Wenchen were strangers at most, and only interacted during court banquets.

However, when a biogas pool mysteriously appeared in the palace two months ago, she was surprised.

During the several years since her transmigration, she knew there were only a handful of other transmigrators, and among the ones she had encountered, there were only Lu Fengyun, who was doing brilliantly well in Kyoto, and a woman named Su Tao.

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