Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend
Chapter 131 - 1 Departure, Xia Capital

Chapter 131: Chapter 1 Departure, Xia Capital

Two days later, the new governor arrived to replace Governor Lan in Li City.

The Lan Residence completed its final relocation, and Lan Yingwu hired several large horse-drawn carriages.

Ye Gu and Ye Huangyu, along with a group from the Ye Family, all came to see Ye Lingyue off.

"Grandfather, mother, everyone should head back," said Ye Lingyue, as she boarded the carriage and watched Li City and the people of the Ye Family grow distant behind her, until they could no longer be seen clearly.

Her emotions were mixed with sadness and excitement, for she knew that ahead lay a brand-new path waiting for her.

Fourteen years ago, she was just an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes. It was this same road, an unpretentious horse carriage, that carried her mother, Ye Huangyu, burdened with endless humiliation and pain, back to the Ye Family.

Fourteen years ago, she was all alone, without the company of her mother. But this time, she was coming for revenge.

Hong Residence, Hong Fang, Zhuge Rou – she, Ye Lingyue, was determined to turn the entire Hong Residence upside down.

Li City was thousands of miles away from Xia Capital, and Ye Lingyue, along with the Lan Residence’s people, traveled by horsedrawn carriage, switching several times to waterways. After a tumultuous half-month journey, they finally arrived at Xia Capital.

Xia Capital, the seat of the Daxia empire, is a renowned city with a history spanning over a thousand years.

When the Lan Residence’s carriage was close to the city outskirts, Ye Lingyue spotted a majestic gate emerging in front of them, where soldiers in heavy armor patrolled above.

"Xia Capital, I, Lan Cai’er, said I would surely return!" After sitting in the carriage for several days, Lan Cai’er’s bones felt dislocated. Taking the opportunity as the carriage passed through the city gate, she jumped down and stretched lazily.

When the Lan Family left Xia Capital the last time, everyone thought that the Lan Family no longer had a chance for resurgence.

Who would have known that Lan Yingwu would breakthrough to the Reincarnation Realm in a small place like Li City, and once again be heavily utilized by the court.

"Lady, you take the two girls and head first to the General Mansion in the north of the city, and I will go to the court to report," said Lan Yingwu as he dismounted the carriage and donned his armor, riding quickly toward the palace.

Lady Lan, accompanied by several family members, took the carriage straight to the General Mansion.

As the Lan Family’s carriage passed through the city gate, it wasn’t long before they saw several Fanghe of different colors flying in varying directions into the city.

"Lan Yingwu returns to the court?"

In several mansions spread out across Xia Capital, a few Noble Marquises received this news.

"Send someone to watch the General Mansion and Marquis, and report back immediately at the first sign of any disturbance."

Because of Lan Yingwu’s return to the court, what seemed to be a settled struggle between the nobles and commoners once again lifted the curtain for a new Chapter.

The General Mansion to which Lady Lan was heading was the residence previously assigned to Lan Yingwu before his deployment. Inside the mansion, there were still many old servants.

As soon as she stepped off the carriage, the General’s wife took Ye Lingyue, introducing her to these old servants.

"This is our long-lost daughter, whom we found in Li City; from now on, she is the second miss of the General Mansion. You all need to serve the second miss as you serve Cai’er, understand?"

Second miss?

The old servants of the General Mansion were puzzled; it had only been a little over a year since they’d gone to Li City, how could there be a second miss now?

And looking at this second miss, with clear eyes like water and skin like white jade, standing beside the lady, poised and graceful, entirely different from the eldest miss Lan Cai’er. If Lan Cai’er resembled General Lan more, then this second miss seemed to possess the temperament and appearance more akin to the Lady.

"Second miss," the servants of Lan Residence called out in unison.

From that moment on, everyone in Lan Residence knew that from now on, the General Mansion would have two misses.

Ye Lingyue rewarded each servant with a hundred copper coins, and all the servants praised the second young miss for being clever.

That night, after Lan Yingwu returned to the residence, the family of four enjoyed their first dinner in Xia Capital since their return.

Early the next morning, Lan Yingwu had not yet returned from attending morning court, and the General’s wife called over both Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er.

Now that there was an additional person in the residence, the General’s wife needed to tidy up another courtyard for Ye Lingyue to live in. In recent days, Ye Lingyue had been making do by sleeping in Lan Cai’er’s courtyard.

"Cai’er, there are only old servants in our house. Take Ling Yue to the market for a walk. If you see any clever lads or maids, buy a few and bring them back," said the General’s wife, handing over a silver note of five hundred taels to Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er.

During her time with the Ye Family, Ye Lingyue was not favored at the beginning and did not have many personal maids or servants.

Later on, when she moved into Qiaochu Courtyard, she was reluctant to order servants around, so when she relocated to Xia Capital, Ye Lingyue came alone, accompanied only by her two Beast Pets, Little Zhiyo and Dahuang.

The General’s wife had also noticed this. Now that Ye Lingyue’s status was different, she was the second young miss of the General Mansion and should have several personal maids and lads attending her to look presentable.

The General’s wife was very thoughtful. Whatever Lan Cai’er had, she did not omit anything and prepared the same for Ye Lingyue.

In a short while, the General’s wife also planned to take Ye Lingyue to attend various formal events, allowing her to gradually integrate into the life of Xia Capital.

Lan Cai’er acknowledged and left, having not walked around Xia Capital for a long time. She was someone who enjoyed lively scenes and thus took Ye Lingyue out with her.

Lan Cai’er and Ye Lingyue left the General Mansion. Lan Cai’er first took Ye Lingyue around several main streets of Xia Capital and eventually led her towards the slave market.

In Daxia, both freedmen and slaves could be bought and sold in the market.

This was Ye Lingyue’s first visit to a place like the slave market.

The market was bustling, with haughty household stewards haggling, as well as some who could not afford to raise children and came out to sell their sons and daughters.

In the slave market, living humans were treated like animals, bartered and sold—a situation that Ye Lingyue had never encountered before.

"Xia Capital is just like this. It has people from all walks of life. In Xia Capital, power and strength are everything. After you stay here longer, you’ll get used to it," Lan Cai’er explained to Ye Lingyue.

The two walked around the slave market for a while, but Lan Cai’er did not find anyone she liked.

Just then, they heard the sound of gongs and drums ahead.

At the entrance of the slave market, where people came and went, there were always destitute Martial Artists performing for money.

However, the one beating the drum today was a disheveled, dirty big fellow.

The big fellow waited until a crowd gathered around, then held up a sign with a few words written on it.

"Ten copper coins per punch, one tael of silver for a free-for-all."

This was a poor person who earned a living by "getting hit" on the streets.

Lan Cai’er disliked such scenes. She had once seen a poor person who also made a living by "getting hit" beaten to death by a gang of ruffians on the street.

The big fellow seemed sturdy, but there was no trace of Primordial Power in him; clearly, he was an Ordinary person.

In a place like the slave market, he would be beaten to death in no time without anyone to even collect his body.

Lan Cai’er tugged Ye Lingyue, intending to leave. She did not want Ye Lingyue to encounter such an inauspicious event on her second day in Xia Capital.

As Ye Lingyue turned to leave, her gaze inadvertently caught sight of the big fellow’s eyes beneath his long hair... Her footsteps, just about to depart, suddenly stopped.