Chapter 598: Chapter 598 Lady Sun Chapter 598: Chapter 598 Lady Sun Long Rui’s face darkened, and he became displeased. His voice turned ice-cold, “If I tell you to look, just look. Where is all this nonsense coming from?”
“Yes, sir. I understand,” General Situ, feeling helpless, forced himself to step forward and examine it.
However, upon seeing it, he became completely stunned, hesitantly asking, “Prince, the person in this painting is…?”
“An intimate confidante of mine. Why, does the General also take an interest?” Long Rui scrutinized him with piercing eyes.
After pausing for a while, General Situ shook his head, muttering to himself, “Impossible, it has been over a decade since. If she were still in this world, she couldn’t possibly be so young.”
Seeing him lost in thought and ignoring his master’s question, Long Yi loudly said, “General Situ, the Prince is talking to you!”
“Oh!”
General Situ came to his senses and quickly said, “I have been impolite, Prince. Please forgive me.”
“I’m asking you, do you know this girl?”
“I do not recognize her, but she greatly resembles my deceased wife. My distraction was due to that, I beg for the Prince’s forgiveness.”
Long Rui expressed understanding of his behavior and handed the portrait to him, asking him to look closely to see if it was very similar or just somewhat similar.
General Situ took the scroll, examining it closely. Suddenly, his eyes fixated on the bracelet on the girl’s wrist, “Yes, that’s right, it’s definitely it.”
This statement confused everyone present.
Lady Tang was General Situ’s main wife, promoted from concubine after his former wife’s death.
With the War Prince present, Lady Tang didn’t dare to be too presumptuous, but seeing her husband’s strange expression, she bravely asked, “Old Master, what exactly did you see?”
General Situ, still in shock, completely ignored her.
Suddenly, he stepped forward and fiercely grabbed the War Prince’s hand, anxiously asking, “Prince, tell me where you have seen this girl, she is very important to me.”
Seeing this, Long Yi shouted, “Insolence, do not be unreasonable, let go of the Prince immediately!”
In this moment, General Situ didn’t care about anything else and continued to firmly grasp Long Yi’s hand, shaking it vigorously.
Long Yi got annoyed and was about to step forward to pull him away when Long Rui gently waved his hand, signaling him to step back.
“General, you just said you don’t know this girl. How come now you are contradicting yourself?”
“It’s not that.”
General Situ looked troubled, finding it difficult to explain, his mind in complete disarray. He sighed helplessly and said a mysteriously cryptic statement, “Well, this matter cannot be rushed.”
After speaking, he listlessly returned to his seat and sat down.
After a few more polite exchanges, the War Prince left.
Before leaving, he gave that painting to General Situ.
General Situ’s eyes briefly flashed with tears, his voice slightly trembling, “Thank you, Prince.”
“Hmm!”
The War Prince left haughtily with his entourage.
General Situ, holding the scroll in his hand, stood at the doorway lost in thought.
“Old Master, what’s wrong with you?” Lady Tang, dressed elegantly and opulently, in her thirties but looking barely in her twenties, evidently took very good care of herself.
“You’re asking me? I should be asking you!” suddenly, General Situ, who always treated Lady Tang with respect, flared up in anger.
In the many years of their marriage, ever since that “low woman” died, they had never argued. Their voices had never been so loud, and today, it was just a painting that stirred suspicion between them, making Lady Tang even more curious about the painting.
“Old Master, what did I do wrong to make you so angry?” Lady Tang deployed her usual tactic, sadly wiping the corner of her eyes with an embroidered handkerchief edged in gold thread.