"Oh, I understand," Liu Xiaohuan said. "General Zhong is grateful for Sister Yaoyao's care, so he intends to repay her with his body!"
Yao Yao frowned. "Then there's even less need for that. I didn't do anything special, just took care of him for half a month. He gave me a banknote afterward, so the transaction was settled."
“Yaoyao, how can you mix matters of the heart with money?” Hongmi tapped his pipe. “A fight is a fight, a scolding is a scolding, but they should be kept separate.”
“That’s true,” Mu Run said. “However, to willingly give oneself to someone is actually love at first sight. Zhong Jiu has feelings for you.”
Liu Xiaohuan nodded hurriedly, "That's right, that's right, the princess is absolutely right."
Hongmi: "Let's put it this way, if Zhong Jiu proposed to you, would you agree?"
Without even thinking, Yao Yao denied it: "No."
She is not good enough for him.
Mu Run said, "He can also make prosthetics, and he does them even better than the previous Deputy Hall Master Sun. Moreover, he is also the Hall Master of the Mechanism Hall."
Yao Yao: "I know, but..."
Seeing the hesitation in Yao Yao's eyes, Mu Run changed the subject. It's best to leave this matter at that; after all, it's a major life event for her. If she really doesn't want to, she can't be forced.
"Are there any corpses around Chongyang Mountain?" Mu Run asked Hong Mi.
Hongmi replied, "No. There were a few in the prefecture, but Ziwu has already taken care of them."
Yao Yao also said, "Grandma Yang said that Chongyang Mountain has good feng shui."
"Yes, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, otherwise why would our tea be so good?" Mu Run said, but he knew very well that it must be because of the guardian beast of Chongyang Mountain.
Tea Treasure once said that the guardian beast of Chongyang Mountain is very powerful, and it dares not provoke it.
Even evil spirits know danger and instinctively avoid those they cannot afford to offend.
As she followed the Chongyang army back from Yongzhou, she found very few corpses in the famous mountains and rivers. Even if they were, they were mostly in mountain villages at the foot of the mountains, and they wouldn't go up the mountains themselves.
“Chongyang Mountain is very large. If the prefecture is also plagued by disasters, we should move people up the mountain. We should also have the people in the village prepare some simple thatched huts and bamboo houses.”
“Yes,” Yao Yao replied.
Faintly, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard.
Mu Run looked towards the doorway.
Redmi went out first, and upon seeing the people outside, shouted, "The boss is back!"
Fu Yunchen dismounted. "Is there a carriage?"
"Yes, a two-horse carriage with four wheels, guaranteed to be stable."
"Okay." Fu Yunchen entered the inn.
Mu Run, dressed in a moon-white casual outfit, looked serene and elegant as she quietly watched Fu Yunchen walk towards her.
"Have you been waiting long?"
"No. What did you go to do?"
"We held a meeting at Chongyi Hall to handle some matters in the mountain stronghold. Let's go back to the palace."
“Okay,” Mu Run replied.
After saying goodbye to Yaoyao, Murun, along with Hongmi and Liu Xiaohuan, continued their journey towards Chongyang Prefecture.
Fu Yunchen rode his horse beside him on the way.
Mu Run, Hong Mi, and Liu Xiaohuan sat in the carriage.
Liu Xiaohuan looked around, making no attempt to hide her curiosity. "Is the tea that the Princess makes picked from the highest peak?"
Mu Run glanced at Chongyi Peak and nodded, "That's it. We can start picking spring tea in two more months. I'll be six or seven months pregnant then, and I'll still be able to climb the mountain."
"No way," Hongmi immediately dissuaded her. "If something happens to you on the mountain, we'll all be left to die."
"No, the fetus is relatively safe in the second trimester, so it's okay to do things," Mu Run replied. "Besides, if I don't keep an eye on things, Chuncha can't be made either."
"Then let's not do it." In Hongmi's opinion, nothing was more important than the baby in Murun's belly.
Moreover, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will soon ascend the throne. As the Empress, although her child is just as important as Huanhuan and Tuantuan, he will be listed first when entering the royal family register. Furthermore, he is a legitimate child born after marriage, while Huanhuan and Tuantuan's child was born out of wedlock.
Mu Run lifted the carriage curtain and asked Fu Yunchen, "I'd like to pick some spring tea, is that alright?"
Fu Yunchen had actually overheard their conversation, but his thoughts were the same as Hongmi's.
But when he met her longing gaze, he couldn't bring himself to refuse. "If your health permits, you can pick tea."
Mu Run smiled with satisfaction, "Okay."
Suddenly a gust of wind arose.
The horse let out a fearful and uneasy neigh.
Fu Yunchen said, "Quickly return to the carriage."
Mu Run did as instructed and returned to the carriage.
Hongmi and Liu Xiaohuan supported her on either side to prevent her from falling due to the swaying of the carriage.
As the wind rose, a giant golden roc flew across the sky and finally landed deep in the dense forest of Chongyang Mountain.
Fu Yunchen looked in the direction it had flown from... that was Death Valley.
The carriage has returned to normal.
"What's wrong?" Mu Run asked.
Fu Yunchen replied, "It's nothing, it should just be a mountain whirlwind. Let's keep going back."
"Hmm, can we get back to the palace before dark?" The closer they got, the more Mu Run missed her two children.
Fu Yunchen: "Okay."
Hongmi joked, "Those two don't seem to miss their sister-in-law much."
Mu Run said, "...two little ingrates."
Liu Xiaohuan said, "This just shows that they are doing well. Only those who are not doing well would miss their mother."
"Oh?" Mu Run looked at her. "And you? Do you miss Madam Liu?"
Liu Xiaohuan nodded and then shook her head.
Redmi, "What does this mean? You want it but you don't?"
Liu Xiaohuan said, "Of course I want to, it's because I'm their biological family. But it's also true that I don't want to, there are things I want to do."
"What do you want to do?" Redmi asked curiously.
Liu Xiaohuan looked at Mu Run.
Mu Run knew what she wanted. "To be a lady-in-waiting, right?"
"The kind that gets you into the imperial court," Liu Xiaohuan said seriously.
Mu Run looked at Hongmi, "What do you think?"
Hongmi scrutinized Liu Xiaohuan, especially her eyes, and said, "Entering the court means enduring a lot, especially the gaze of the world."
"I know, and I'm prepared." Liu Xiaohuan looked at Mu Run. Compared to her, a mere female official, the Empress faced far greater pressure. If even the Princess Consort could bear it, what was her predicament?
"I want to start a women's imperial examination, what do you think?" Mu Run asked Hong Mi.
Hongmi thought for a moment, then lifted the car curtain to look outside.
Fu Yunchen wasn't by the carriage. "Huh, where's the boss?"
Mu Run glanced at it as well, "Something might be wrong."
"I think it would be best if the emperor agreed to hold the imperial examination for women. If he agrees, the matter will be settled. If he looks hesitant or disagrees, then this matter will be difficult to resolve."
“I asked him about this, and he neither said yes nor no. His attitude was hard to fathom.”
Liu Xiaohuan thought for a moment, "If I really can't become a female official, I can disguise myself as a man. As long as I can realize my ambitions, that's fine."
“I’ve already become the Empress, so there’s naturally no problem with the female officials.” Mu Run looked outside again, just as Fu Yunchen returned, seemingly holding something in his hand.
---Aside---
Something came up at home, I'll update tomorrow.
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