Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

"Miss, you're really alive!" Xiang'er rushed forward excitedly, hugged Meng Wanli, and burst into tears!

She cried her heart out, her heart breaking.

"Xiang'er, I'm all better, I'm really all better!" Meng Wanli was both surprised and delighted.

Xiang'er said, "Miss, it was these immortals who saved you!"

Xiang'er looked at Ying Yufu and the others with awe.

Meng Wanli looked at Ying Yufu and the others, her face showing gratitude, but along with gratitude, there was also caution in her eyes.

"Meng Wanli kowtows to express her deepest gratitude to her benefactors for saving her life!"

She pulled Xiang'er down to kneel, and solemnly kowtowed several times in the direction of Ying Yufu and the others.

"Get up first!" Shangguan Fei stepped forward and helped the person up. "We are not immortals."

Meng Wanli looked at Shangguan Fei, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes. "My benefactors, why are you here? And why did you save me?"

Shangguan Fei said, "Meng Wanli, tell us first, why didn't you go to the capital with your family? And why were you severely injured and disfigured, left to die in this woodshed?"

Meng Wanli was not surprised that they knew her identity. She touched her face, and the deep, bone-revealing wound that had almost killed her was completely healed as if it had never existed.

Moreover, she felt that her body was even lighter and healthier than before she was injured.

She felt great.

She looked at Shangguan Fei thoughtfully, without any concealment, and said, "I was engaged to Shangguan Zheng, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, when I was ten years old."

Three years ago, after I came of age, I was supposed to marry Young Master Shangguan. However, at that time, Xilin and Nanman suddenly invaded my southwestern border. My father was an official who escorted grain supplies, and my mother went with him.

Unexpectedly, they encountered an accident while transporting grain and were killed by villains.

His parents died tragically, and the grain supplies were lost. His grandparents and his second uncle's family were also demoted by the emperor to the position of prefect of Anzhou.

Although it was ostensibly a demotion, in reality, His Majesty, out of compassion for my grandparents' grief over the loss of their son, allowed them to return to Anzhou to bid farewell to my parents.

My marriage was thus put on hold, and I returned to Anzhou to observe three years of mourning for my parents.

But I never expected that a wandering Taoist priest would come to my house and say that I was cursed and that I had killed my parents.

My grandparents disliked me to begin with, and after hearing what the Taoist priest said, they disliked me even more.

My second uncle's family also resented me because of this, and they blamed me for not being able to return to the capital.

My cousin... my cousin is of marriageable age this year, but she is not yet engaged. She has already decided to marry into the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion in my place.

Before leaving, my cousin had my face slashed and ordered me locked in the woodshed to die, while she returned to the capital to get close to the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.

Meng Wanli spoke calmly, without any grief or resentment, nor did she blame fate.

She spoke calmly, as if she were telling someone else's story.

"I don't believe that I killed my parents."

My grandparents and my second uncle's family didn't believe it either.

But they needed a reason to ostracize me, so they chose to believe the Taoist priest.

They can treat me like family, and they can even steal my marriage. After all, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion is prestigious and powerful. It's understandable that my cousin wants to marry into it, and my second uncle's family wants to curry favor with them.

But I can't accept it. They want to kill me. If they want to kill me, what about my parents?

I am my parents' only blood relative. It's one thing for my second uncle's family to not care about sibling affection, but my grandparents treated me and my parents like this.

I harbor hatred in my heart, and I want revenge on them.

As Meng Wanli finished speaking, she looked up at Shangguan Fei, then turned to Ying Yufu.

She knelt down again: "Meng Wanli greets Princess Anguo and Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Ying Yufu was slightly surprised. "How did you know it was me?"

A bright light flashed in Meng Wanli's eyes, "The name of Princess Anguo, the goddess, is known throughout the world. Only Princess Anguo can heal my wounds instantly and bring me back to life."

The young master and Princess Anguo were very close, so I concluded that this young master was His Highness the Crown Prince.

As for the identities of these two young ladies and gentlemen, please forgive me for being presumptuous.

A smile flashed in Shangguan Fei's eyes. She said, "Sister Meng, I was being presumptuous. I am Shangguan Fei, and you are my brother's fiancée. I should bow to you."

Shangguan Fei bowed to Meng Wanli as a peer.

Seeing Meng Wanli's stunned expression, she continued, "Let me introduce you. This is Princess Minghuang, the Crown Prince's elder sister, and this young master is a friend of the Crown Prince. You can call him Young Master Long."

Meng Wanli immediately bowed to Wushuang and said, "Greetings, Princess Minghuang. Young Master Long is very kind."

Wushuang waved his hand, "No need for formalities."

Xiao Long nodded slightly, his face aloof, and remained silent.

Meng Wanli looked at Shangguan Fei, her expression slightly embarrassed, "So you are Young Master Shangguan's sister."

Shangguan Fei said, "Sister Meng, you can just call me by my name. You are engaged to my brother and will be my future sister-in-law."

From what you just said, the Meng family's behavior is strange and unjust. They actually tried to steal your marriage and kill you. My Shangguan family would never agree to marry such a person.

The Shangguan family would never betray their promise. You are the one engaged to my brother, and we will never acknowledge anyone else as your spouse.

Meng Wanli looked at Shangguan Fei, her eyes slightly red: "The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion is righteous and loyal. When my parents were alive, they often said that it was my good fortune to be able to marry into the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion."

My parents instructed me not to tarnish the reputation of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and that my actions must be worthy of the family's traditions.

Shangguan Fei said, "Sister Meng, you are very good."

Meng Wanli lowered her head, tears suddenly falling, which she quickly wiped away.

Thank you.

Xiang'er cried her eyes out.

"Miss Shangguan, my young lady has suffered a lot in Anzhou these past three years. They don't treat her like family. After the death of the master and madam, the master and the second master have been bullying her because she is an orphan."

"Miss Shangguan, thank you for praising my young lady. For the past three years, they've only ever found fault with her."

Meng Wanli looked at Xiang'er and said, "Xiang'er, how dare you speak without permission in front of such an important person?"

Xiang'er shut her mouth and lowered her head. "Miss, Xiang'er knows she was wrong."

Meng Wanli said, "Sister Shangguan, may I call you that?"

Shangguan Fei said, "Of course, you can call me Sister Meng as you please."

Meng Wanli said, "Sister Shangguan, since the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion still recognizes me, I would like to go to the capital with you."

I want to find out the truth about what happened to my parents three years ago, and I want to make them pay for what the Meng family has done to me over the past three years.

Shangguan Fei's eyes darkened slightly: "You think there's more to your parents' deaths than meets the eye?"

"At first I also thought it was the work of spies, but now I have some doubts that things are probably not that simple."

[Ding! The face-slapping mechanism has been triggered. Please help Meng Wanli uncover the truth behind the Southwest grain transport case three years ago and expose the mastermind behind it.]

A system voice suddenly sounded in Ying Yufu's mind.

The crown prince naturally heard it as well.

The Crown Prince said, "The draft law on the Southwest Grain Draft three years ago was already determined to be the work of spies from Xilin. Miss Meng, without evidence, it's almost impossible to overturn the case."

Meng Wanli said, "I have no evidence, but when I saw my parents for the last time, their expressions were full of shock and anger, as if they knew the murderer. It was not the same expression they had when they saw Xilin's spy."

But I don't have proof of the play. To get proof, I have to investigate.

She said, "I beg Your Highness to reinvestigate this case!"