Mrs. Ma was startled and looked towards the livestock shed. "Who? Who's calling me?"
The voice sounded somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember when she had heard it before.
Curiosity led Ma to walk toward the livestock shed, and the voice rang out again, "It's me, Liu Ruyi. Second Sister-in-law Lu, have you forgotten? I gave you fifty copper coins back then to make shoe soles for me."
When Liu Ruyi was in Dingshui Village, in order to get closer to the villagers, she made a point of contacting every household in the village and giving them small favors.
When Ma arrived at the livestock shed, she immediately saw Jiang Chengyou and Liu Ruyi tied up there.
“You, you all…” Madam Ma opened her mouth, but suddenly remembered what Madam Meng and the others had said a few days ago: that Lu Yanzheng had kept the prince of Xiqiang locked up at home.
Liu Ruyi pleaded pitifully, "Second Sister-in-law Lu, please help me... I won't let you help for nothing. I still have a thousand taels of silver notes on me. If you help me, all of these silver notes are yours..."
Ma's eyes suddenly widened. One thousand taels?
...
The birthday banquet for the Chen family was very well organized, and the villagers praised it as they ate, and the meal didn't end until late afternoon.
"You know, Old Lu's wife is truly blessed in our village. Look how filial she is! Not only did she send him a whole set of red clothes, but she also put on such a dignified birthday banquet. Tsk tsk..."
"Seriously, I'm so envious today. I wonder where they found their chef. I'll probably remember the taste of their food for at least half a year!"
"Heh, this is nothing! Just wait and see, you'll all be envious in the future..."
It was almost evening when the group left Jiang Qinyu's house, chatting and laughing.
"Mother, Tianbao and I are going back too," Lu Yancai said as he came to say goodbye, glancing around Chen Shi. "Where is Tianbao's mother?"
Mrs. Chen was too busy today and hadn't paid attention to Mrs. Ma since then. It wasn't until Lu Yan asked about it that she remembered, "She said she was going to the outhouse..."
Before she could finish speaking, a servant rushed in, saying, "It's terrible, Your Highness! The two people tied up in the livestock shed have disappeared!"
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