"Sister-in-law Lu," Liu Ru noticed her pale face and quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Qinyu steadied herself and asked again, "Do you know who is guarding the border city now?"

She just said that the border town was briefly lost, which means it was later recaptured.

“I know,” Liu Ruyi nodded. “He was the deputy general who had always been by Marshal Qin’s side. After the marshal’s death, the emperor personally appointed him as the Grand General Protector of the Nation, but I don’t know his name.”

Jiang Qinyu felt a chill in her heart. It was all over. An unknown general. Whether the border town could be defended, and for how long, was a question. In short, the situation was not optimistic. She had to make a decision quickly.

But she really didn't want to move! She had finally found her own little home, and her two children were so obedient and sensible. If she had to flee now, she didn't know what the future held.

“Sister-in-law Lu, you don’t need to worry,” Liu Ruyi said, seeing her troubled expression and thinking she was scared. “The Great General Protector of the Nation is very powerful. He’s the one who led the people to take back the lost border town.”

Jiang Qinyu declined to comment. At this time, the title of Protector General bestowed by the emperor was merely a nice-sounding one; whether he had any real ability remained to be seen.

"Hey, that has nothing to do with us ordinary folks," Jiang Qinyu said, feigning indifference. "But Miss Liu, you should go back to the capital. It's not safe for us here."

Liu Ruyi smiled bitterly, "From the day I left the border town with Brother Wang, it was destined that I could never go back."

A concubine's daughter who can't bring benefits to the family, and who was even saved by a man from another family, has her reputation ruined. How could such a powerful family possibly want her?