Jiang Qinyu had always felt that she had forgotten something important, but she only remembered it now.

Although the original owner of this body had only been reborn for less than an hour, her memories from her previous life were still in Jiang Qinyu's mind.

According to the trajectory of his previous life, Prince Yong would not rebel until this winter, and he would even rally several peasant uprising armies.

Prince Yong's army surged like a torrent, rushing straight to the capital and beheading the emperor right before the palace gates.

But that should have been six months from now, why is it happening earlier?

Jiang Qinyu couldn't understand it, but that didn't stop her from being annoyed.

No wonder she'd been feeling uneasy lately, and all she could think about was stockpiling food; she'd forgotten something so important.

In his previous life, Prince Yong rebelled, seemingly to plead for the people, but he and his group only cared about themselves. Apart from those who initially joined the rebellion, the other people were not considered by them.

Moreover, because the rebellion was led by several peasant uprising armies, and due to differing views, less than a month after Prince Yong became emperor, the new court was plunged into internal strife again.

The people were already suffering terribly, and with the new dynasty making a mess of things, who could possibly be any better off?

Anyway, the original owner of this body died in Qiongzhou in her previous life.

At that time, Qiongzhou was supporting the Yongwang rebellion with all its resources, and the ordinary people were starving. After the new dynasty came to power, it ignored them, so another upheaval broke out. People exchanged their own children to eat, and burning, killing, and looting became the norm in Qiongzhou.

While protecting Shu Fan, the original owner of this body was hit on the head with a wooden stick and died on the spot.

Jiang Qinyu couldn't calm down whenever she thought about this.

The original owner of this body was struggling to survive on her own with Shufan. Everyone else in Dingshui Village was either dead or scattered, and there was no one she could rely on.

In the midst of chaos, one can only imagine the hardships a frail woman faced raising her nephew to survive.

“My dear niece, does Prince Yong’s rebellion have much to do with our village?” Village Chief Li asked tremblingly.

Liang Xiaoshan had already left. Since they were going to receive refugees, they still had many things to arrange and couldn't stay in Dingshui Village any longer.

Jiang Qinyu snapped out of her reverie upon hearing this, and looked at Village Chief Li and the others with a complicated expression, saying, "Qiongzhou is next to our Yukang Prefecture. With the Yongwang incident, many refugees will likely come over."

As for whether it has anything to do with them, that depends on Wei Chengzong, or rather, on Lu Yanzheng's decision.

But Jiang Qinyu was almost certain that Lu Yanzheng would take in those refugees.

"Refugees coming to our area?" Village Chief Li was taken aback. "But many places in our area are already starving. If they come, won't they just steal our food?"

In years of famine, once refugees appear, they don't care about the indigenous people; they only care about their own survival, and they might even pull up and eat anything grown in the ground.

Jiang Qinyu shook her head and said, "This matter is to be decided by the county magistrate. What we need to do now is to protect the village and the land, and also guard against the dragon that will come with the torrential rain."

Others chimed in.

“Ah Zheng’s family is right. Even if there are refugees, that’s still a long way off. Let’s focus on what’s in front of us.”

"I don't care about the refugees. With General Zheng in our village, what are we afraid of? What I care about is, will it really rain?"

"You know what, if it rained, I'd even accept the dragon's departure. It's better than what we're like now, getting sunburnt to the point of peeling, practically turning us into dried-up husks, and still having to go water the fields every day..."

That's a very apt description, but the people of Dingshui Village know that compared to those outside who have no water, they are already very fortunate.

Things that aren't immediately pressing are discussed briefly and then the discussion ends.

Jiang Qinyu went back and told Chen Shi and Old Man Lu that Lu Yanzheng would not be returning home for the time being. The two of them didn't think much of it, but instead asked about Prince Yong's rebellion with great concern.

"Won't that Wang rebelling implicate our A-Zheng?" Chen was very worried about this.

Her son just drove away the foreign enemy, is he going to fight his own people now?

Jiang Qinyu thought about her past life and shook her head, saying, "They probably won't come this way."

In any case, in his previous life, Prince Yong did not attack Yukang Prefecture, but instead went straight for the capital.

As long as he doesn't come, Lu Yanzheng, the border general, naturally won't need to lead troops to resist.

"That's good. I hope A-Zheng won't go to the battlefield again," Chen said, clasping her hands together in prayer.

Her son had been gone for six years before returning, and she didn't want anything else to happen to him.

Jiang Qinyu lowered her eyes. No one wants war, and no one is willing to risk their lives. But if there were no one who risked their lives on the battlefield, there would be no peaceful life for millions of people.

...

News of Prince Yong's rebellion reached the capital at lightning speed, while at that moment, the Seventh Prince Xiao Rui was being "tried" in the Golden Palace.

"Xiao Rui, I have treated you so well, yet you still want to rebel?" When Emperor Jingxuan saw Xiao Rui again, he could no longer feel any fatherly affection for him. He felt that everything about Xiao Rui looked like he wanted to seize the throne from him.

Xiao Rui knelt in the main hall, his voice clear and resonant, “Father, I have been without a mother since I was a child. It was you who raised me and taught me how to be a person, a subject, and a son.”

"Your Majesty, I have no maternal clan and no one to help me. My trip to Yukang Prefecture was solely to investigate high-yield grain varieties for the people. I have absolutely no intention of colluding with the border generals. I implore you, Father, not to listen to the words of petty people!"

The emperor's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, but he did not speak.

“Seventh Brother,” the eldest prince spoke up, “you say you have no intention of rebelling, then why did you go to the border city alone? This is a certainty, Seventh Brother, you should think it over before you speak.”

Xiao Rui straightened his back and looked at Emperor Jingxuan with clear eyes. "Father, you are wise. I heard that the Dayuan and Xiqiang allied forces have invaded the border again and the border city is in danger. So I thought of sharing your worries and boosting the morale of the border troops, which is why I went to the border city."

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