She would rather have her know that she was blind in both eyes than let her know that after she left, someone had forcibly removed one of her eyeballs...
Taking a deep breath, Yun Ge then said with a hint of nervous anxiety, "Let’s go, we need to find her!"
They galloped on their horses and soon, this strangely assembled group appeared in the town.
Yun Ge sent several members of her retinue to inquire around the town while she herself brought Zhang Yu to a tavern.
It was precisely dinner time, and the nearby taverns were all doing good business, but Yun Ge, who preferred quiet, chose the least busy one.
After all, she was not someone overly concerned with culinary delights.
It seemed as if drawn by an invisible force.
The tavern, Food As Heaven.
Dong Huiying and her group, being numerous, took up a large table, but she suddenly felt a sense of awareness.
Turning her head, she saw a frail woman in white clothes, her long hair simply gathered and tied at the back of her neck, but her eyes were covered with white silk, being gently assisted by a strong-looking female guard as she walked slowly into the tavern.
The guard Zhang Yu was very alert. As Dong Huiying looked over, she abruptly raised her head, her cold eyes possibly filled with murderous intent, akin to a fierce person who had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Dong Huiying was a bit intimidated, but she quickly regained her composure.
With a slight smile, she nodded lightly to the other person before retracting her gaze.
Zhang Yu paused in her steps, shivering slightly, and muttered, "General..."
Although Yun Ge was blindfolded and couldn’t see, her spirit trembled at that moment. "Zhang Yu?" she couldn’t help but grab Zhang Yu’s arm.
But Zhang Yu sniffled and said ashamedly, "It’s nothing, just...mistook her for someone else."
Despite saying so, she could not help but continue to gaze at the young girl.
The girl’s stature matched the General’s, but while the General had a face full of pockmarks, dark as night, the girl shone with the fresh light of dawn, stunningly beautiful.
Years ago, the General, the Ninth Princess, and Doctor Yun.
The three met in a human trafficker’s carriage, the Ninth Princess being the eldest, Doctor Yun slightly younger, and the General, the youngest, only six years old at that time.
After returning to the capital.
Once, the General was with Doctor Yun and took a hit for him, accidentally drinking a bowl intended for Doctor Yun, which was pre-poisoned with lotus seed soup.
At that time, Doctor Yun was not yet a Divine Doctor, and his medical skill was not as superb as it is now. It was the Ninth Princess who had summoned the Imperial Physician to the palace, and it took seven days and nights to finally save the General’s life.
However, during those seven days and nights, the General’s face was disfigured due to the poison.
Later, Doctor Yun became obsessed with studying medical skills, primarily because of this incident. Although the doctor cured the General of his muteness, the residual poison within the General, due to the length of time, had integrated into his body, making it impossible to eradicate.
The General continued to appear darkened.
Once, Doctor Yun reminisced about the past and mentioned that when he first met the General, the General was extremely beautiful, even as a six-year-old child, delicate and lovely as Yu Xue. However, aside from those who had seen the General’s original appearance, no one knew, nor could anyone imagine what the General looked like before blocking that disaster for Divine Doctor Yun, before being poisoned and disfigured into a grotesque form...
Later, to save the Ninth Princess, the General, at the request of the Dajin Gu Woman, used his own body to test the poison, and from there, everything spiraled out of control...