Journey to the Capital to Petition

The message delivered by the carrier pigeon was succinct, containing only one sentence: "Jin Ruyi and Bao Laiying have entered the confines of the capital city."

"The plot proceeds as expected, propelled by its own momentum," Zhu Youji murmured, squinting slightly, pondering silently.

The identities of these two individuals were far from ordinary.

Jin Ruyi, the daughter of the former Prefect of Jiangnan, Jing Ji, whose family met with ruin due to their association with Yan Song. Her father's dying wish was for his daughter to clear his name and vindicate their honor.

Bao Laiying, a fellow villager of Jin Ruyi's, is enamored with her, willingly forsaking the simple life in the village to accompany Jin Ruyi on the perilous journey to the capital city to seek justice.

While Jin Ruyi's lineage was not particularly noteworthy, she was nonetheless one of the main heroines of the original story.