Chapter 382 A Storybook About Men and Women 'Fighting'
Yun Zhaoxue led them to a house to settle down. This house was located behind the factory and was specifically for the workers to live in.
The tools or molds needed for the factory are still being made. Production can only begin once the tools are finished and all the materials have been purchased.
She gave them some money to support them during this period.
The women repeatedly assured her that they would go out and find work, and that they would pay her back later.
Yun Zhaoxue didn't say anything. This money was nothing to her, and it didn't matter whether she paid it back or not. But it was good that they were hardworking and ambitious. Pressure was what motivated them.
Upon returning to the palace, I saw several soldiers lingering at the gate.
After Xiao Xuance won the battle, invitations and visiting cards from officials and their families flooded in.
There are no adult male relatives in the family, only female relatives. They are not interested in occasions where they form cliques and fight each other, and they will not attend any unimportant banquets unless necessary.
Now that Xiao Xuance has recaptured Dingzhou, the number of people coming to visit will only increase, so the gates will remain tightly shut.
They lingered at the entrance, unsure if this was the Prince of Zhenbei's residence. Other wealthy families had guards at their gates, but this one was closed, as if no one lived there.
I was hesitating whether or not to knock on the door.
Yun Zhaoxue returned.
"Have you all come to the Prince's residence on business?"
A clear, cold voice came from behind.
Hearing the noise behind them, the group turned around and saw a stunningly beautiful woman. Their tired eyes widened in shock. Beautiful, such a beautiful woman!
"Ahem!" One of the older-looking men coughed lightly, making them wipe their saliva. This wasn't the frontier; it was Lin'an. The woman before them was dressed in extraordinary clothes and had a noble air about her. She must be someone important.
Staring intently at people like that—are these nobody people trying to offend someone important? Do they want to lose their eyesight?
"We are soldiers under Marshal Ye. I am Huang Yan, the flag bearer. We are here to escort... back to Lin'an. Marshal Xiao asked us to deliver a letter to the Princess and Princess Zhaoxue along the way."
Okay, he only appeared calm on the surface; he was actually quite nervous.
The woman before him was so beautiful that few men in the world could be worthy of her.
Xiao Xuance's figure and face flashed through my mind; the two of them were indeed a good match, a perfect match, a perfect match.
A guard from the Prince's residence introduced her, saying, "This is Princess Zhaoxue."
Huang Yan bowed to her again, saying, "You must be Princess Zhaoxue. I was blind and didn't recognize you."
Ignorance is no excuse.
Huang Yan took the letter out of his pocket and respectfully handed it over with both hands.
The guards behind her stepped forward and took the letter.
Yun Zhaoxue glanced at the handwriting on the letter without showing any emotion.
He wrote it; these people must be the soldiers who escorted Zhao Zhenrou back to Lin'an.
Yun Zhaoxue thanked them and inquired about Xiao Xuance's health. She was relieved to learn that he was not injured. She then sent someone to take them to a restaurant for a meal, and they settled in at an inn.
Huang Yan dared not accept it; they were performing official duties, and the military would reimburse them.
"Go on, soldiers, you've worked hard. You need to be well-fed and watered to have the strength to fight."
"Thank you, Princess!"
When I returned to the yard, I saw two children wandering around.
"Mother……"
"mother……"
The eldest child calls her "Mother," while the second child calls her "Niang."
The two brothers seemed to have agreed beforehand to each call out a different name, as if they were afraid that the adults would get them mixed up or not recognize them, and that calling them different names would make it easier to distinguish them.
She took the letter out of her sleeve and waved it in front of him twice. "Hmm, your father wrote again. Shall we go back inside and read it together?"
“Okay.” Her two sons each took one of her hands.
The mother and her two children walked into the house.
Meanwhile, in Dingzhou, a biting north wind swept through the entire city, snowflakes fluttered down, and occasionally the howling of the wind could be heard from the windows inside the house.
Some soldiers in the Great Zhou capital's military camp came from the south and were not resistant to the cold, so their winter clothes, ordered from the imperial court, had not yet arrived.
The soldiers outside were wearing only thin clothing and stood guard. Their hands, which were holding spears, were red from the cold, and upon closer inspection, one could see that their bodies were trembling slightly.
Several people were sitting in the kitchen warming themselves by the fire.
Lu Xiao tilted his head back and took a swig of hot wine to warm himself up, letting out a sigh of relief, "Phew! That feels good."
"Damn it, if it weren't for this heavy snow, after recapturing Dingzhou, we would have already recaptured Baozhou while our soldiers were in high spirits. This sudden cold makes it impossible to hold our weapons, making this battle impossible to fight. It's just a lucky break for that bastard Wanyan Zonglie."
Gu Huai, who was adding firewood to the fire, said, "We'll take it back later."
Lu Xiao leaned close to Zhuiying's ear and whispered, "Hey~ good brother, where did you get those powerful weapons for attacking the city gates? Next time we attack Baozhou, let's use those same weapons to break through the city gates in a flash, it'll be twice as effective!"
Xiao Xuance used a fire poker to turn over the sweet potatoes in the fire, flipped them over, and buried them back in the fire.
He glanced at Lu Xiao across from him and said calmly, "It's more efficient than you think. I always tell you to read more books in your spare time, but you've been slacking off again?"
Lu Xiao came from humble beginnings and was illiterate. He learned martial arts from a master at a security escort agency for a few years and used his strength to kill countless enemies and achieve numerous military exploits.
To become a general, one must not only have military achievements, but also study military books and know how to deploy troops.
He chuckled and said, "A slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue, is not a case of doing twice the work for half the result, but rather half the work for twice the result. Those words look similar, so it's easy to make a mistake."
"I read books regularly; you can ask Old Gu if you don't believe me."
“Your Highness, I can testify that he did indeed read the book.”
Lu Xiaokuang nodded, but then he heard the next sentence:
"He reads those... indecent books."
Both Chasing the Wind and Chasing the Shadow asked at the same time, "Which book?"
Gu Huai glanced around, and when no one was looking, he lowered his voice and said, "A storybook, the kind where men and women fight."
Zhuiying didn't understand. "Fighting? Martial arts heroes? I want to see that too."
"What's the point of reading books about men and women fighting in bed if you don't even have a girl you like?"
Chasing Shadow, "..."
Who said there isn't?
He has it, but he won't say anything yet, lest they get jealous.
"Old Gu, you're sabotaging me! You promised me you wouldn't tell anyone, and you'd let me read it and lend it to you. You betrayed me! I'll strangle you! Ahhh!!!" Lu Xiao lunged forward and grabbed Gu Huai's neck with both hands.
He didn't use any force at all.
Gu Huai coughed in coordination, his voice hoarse, "Cough cough, let go of me, or I'll die in your hands if you pinch me again, help!"
Xiao Xuance said, "I'll confiscate it! I'll find you some military books later, and I'll test you on them."
It's suitable for people with wives to watch, so he watched it first.
Lu Xiao cried out, "No, Your Highness, I saw that he has learned so many words!"
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