"Father, your daughter wishes to venture into the martial world."
"Prime Minister: ...?!"
Two years later, on a forest path on the outskirts of the capital, a woman in red galloped through the woods on a white steed.
Host! Host! Hurry! If you don't hurry, Jiang Fu will die!
The system was making a racket, and Ming Li, annoyed by its noise, snapped, "Shut up, or I'll eliminate you!"
System: ...?! It meekly fell silent. It couldn't help it; its host had been rather volatile lately. It was better to remain inconspicuous lest it be beaten again by this heartless woman.
The system had a vivid memory of being beaten for the first time. It recalled a dark and stormy night when its host had sneaked out of the Prime Minister's mansion. The system had merely spoken a few extra words, and its host had dragged it out of the system space. Before it could even process how it had been extracted from the system space, it felt its entire body stiffen, and then it was subjected to the host's cruel and devastating abuse.
Recalling this, the system shivered. Boohoo! It was truly such a pitiful system! It had no idea what kind of divine being its host was; she was simply too ferocious!
The white horse carried Ming Li through the forest for only a short while before she heard the sounds of a fight not far ahead. She saw two men in white fighting a group of men in black, and they were gradually losing ground.
In the original plot, Jiang Fu had offended the male protagonist at a royal banquet, and at this very juncture, he was eliminated by the male protagonist's men.
Jiang Fu's inner monologue was collapsing: Damn it! I just came out for a stroll, and I'm being hunted!
Just as Jiang Fu and the man beside him were about to falter, a woman in red, riding a tall white horse, charged into the midst of the black-clothed men. In no time at all, the group of black-clothed men lay on the ground, unable to rise.
Jiang Fu, looking at the woman with her back to him: ...?! Holy crap!
The other man: ...?!
Ming Li turned and glanced indifferently at the two of them before preparing to leave.
Seeing his savior about to depart, Jiang Fu quickly pursued: "Saviouress, wait!"
Ming Li turned to face Jiang Fu, who had called out to her, a displeased expression on her face: "Is there something else?"
"I am Jiang Fu. Thank you, young lady, for saving me."
The other man also walked over: "I am Gongsun Muyun. Thank you, young lady, for your intervention. May I ask your name?"
Ming Li: ...So troublesome.
"Bai Ming Li."
Hearing the name, Jiang Fu found it familiar: "With the surname Bai, could it be that saviouress is the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's mansion?"
"Mhm."
"Is there anything else?"
"No... no."
As soon as Jiang Fu finished speaking, he saw the woman before him mount her horse. She turned back and said indifferently, "I'm leaving."
Jiang Fu and Gongsun Muyun watched the red-clad figure ride away, exchanging a glance.
Jiang Fu: "Didn't they say the Prime Minister's daughter was gentle, demure, and charming?"
Gongsun Muyun: "...How would he know?!"
The system, appearing from who knew where, chimed in: "Host, shall I transmit the plot details of those two to you?"
"What do you think?"
System: ...?! It promptly began transmitting the plot.
Jiang Fu's father was a second-rank official in the court. In the original plot, Jiang Fu's father later learned how his son had died and sought revenge for him.