Upon seeing Marquis Mu Wei enter Mu Yan's tent, Ye Qing quickly rose and bowed.
"You should go out and rest first," Mu Weihou said to Ye Qing.
Last night, Ye Qing followed Mu Yan to attack the Beiqi camp. He had been busy all night and hadn't had a chance to rest yet. So he bid farewell to Mu Weihou and his son and left Mu Yan's tent.
When Mu Weihou picked up the medicine that Ye Qing had just placed on Mu Yan's bedside, Mu Yan couldn't help but shrink back and hurriedly said...
"Alright, Dad, Ye Qing has already applied it for me, so you don't need to apply it again."
In public, the father and son addressed each other as superior and subordinate, but in private, Mu Yan would still call Mu Weihou "father".
Mu Yan knew that Mu Weihou was furious with him for secretly leading his soldiers out of the camp. He was afraid that Mu Weihou would take his anger out on the wound on his back, and then he would really lose the rest of his life.
Marquis Mu Wei snorted coldly, but the hand that applied the medicine to Mu Yan's back was surprisingly gentle, much more comfortable than when Ye Qing applied it.
Mu Yan was overjoyed, knowing that Mu Weihou's anger had subsided considerably.
"Tell me what happened at the Kitasaki camp."
Mu Yan recounted how he led a thousand elite soldiers in a night raid on the Beiqi camp the previous night.
“That old thief, Borji, is still waiting for us to fall into his trap at Langya Slope. Little did he know that we had already reached his eastern camp and emptied his granary. There were still some that we couldn't carry, so I had someone set fire to the south side of the granary and, taking advantage of the north that night, spread the fire to the other tents.”
"After we finished moving the grain, we cut off their horse trail before we lit the fire. When those bastards from Kitasaki tried to catch up, they found the horse trail was broken and could only watch us leave helplessly. They were so angry that they slapped their thighs until they were swollen."
Mu Yan spoke smugly to Mu Weihou, who, seeing his smug expression, tightened his grip on the medicine.
"Ouch~ Ouch~ Dad, be gentle."
Marquis Mu Wei sneered, "Just one lucky break and you're already so smug? Do you even know the saying 'pride comes before a fall'?"
"I understand, I won't do it again. But Father, has the court replied to our military report requesting grain and manpower?"
Marquis Mu Wei sighed and said, "Not yet. I sent three urgent reports to the capital, but I haven't received a response yet. This year, not only did our grain in Dongyue fail due to the heavy snow, but many cattle and sheep in Beiqi also froze to death. We can't wait, and neither can they. This time, they broke the friendly treaty between the two countries first and took the initiative to seize our grain. It seems they don't want to wait any longer."
“Father, I went to the Beiqi camp and heard from the Beiqi people that even the capital has been hit by a plague. I wonder how Ajin is doing.”
"I just received a letter from the General's Mansion today, saying that Ajin has returned to the General's Mansion to spend New Year's Eve. It seems that she plans to divorce Su Yuntian and not leave. If she stays in the General's Mansion and does not leave, there should be no problem."
Hearing what Marquis Muwei said, Mu Yan was slightly relieved of his worries about Mu Jin.
"Father, the imperial court hasn't replied yet. Are we just going to wait here like this?"
After applying the medicine to Mu Yan, Marquis Mu Wei covered Mu Yan with a warm quilt and said, "I discussed this with the generals this morning. We can't just wait like this. We'll break camp early tomorrow morning and retreat inside the pass. We need to conserve our food and wait for the Southern Army to lend us some to get through this."
Mu Yan asked, "When will we be able to borrow the grain from the Southern Palace Imperial Guards?"
"It's such a long way, it'll probably take a month to get there," Mu Wei said.
In the dining hall of the General's Mansion in the capital, Qing'er was serving Mu Jin her meal.
"Have all the dowry items brought back yesterday been counted?"
"Not yet. Miss, you could tell how many cars there were just by looking at the line of vehicles stretching from one end of the street to the other yesterday."
"Is there that much? Then take stock of it. Apart from the dowry that Mother left to her future sister-in-law, the rest was all sold."
Qing'er was surprised to hear this: "Why is that, Miss?"
“This year’s harvest is not good. Although Su Yuntian told me before that the court would not lack food for the army, as you have seen this time, the food for the thousands of disaster victims outside the city was only raised by Su Yi and us. The court’s food is not even enough for the people outside the city for two days.”
After Mu Jin finished speaking, she paused for a moment, her brows furrowing involuntarily.
“I’m worried that Father’s army is running out of food. This time, you should also take the more than 200,000 jewels in my room and sell them at Shuyu Tower. I heard Zhao Yefan say that they can get about 100,000 taels of silver. Have someone take them to the south along with the silver from the sale of my dowry to see if we can buy some grain to send to Father at the border.”
Upon hearing this, Qing'er nodded in agreement.
Just as Mu Jin was about to finish her meal, a servant came to report.
"Miss, King Yi and the Sixth Princess have invited you to go on a spring outing outside the city. Their carriage is already waiting in front of the General's Mansion."
Mu Jin looked at the weather outside the courtyard and nodded; it was indeed a sunny and pleasant day.
Mu Jin said to the servant, "Princess Yi, please wait a moment while I change my clothes and go."
Mu Jin asked Qing'er to do her hair and makeup simply, then stood up to go out. Qing'er followed behind her with a cloak.
"Miss, it's warm in spring, but the snow outside the city can still be freezing. You should put on a cloak."
Mu Jin raised an eyebrow when she saw the pink cloak in Qing'er's hand. She didn't say anything, and after Qing'er helped her put the cloak on, she left the General's Mansion.
Su Yi was used to enjoying life, and the carriage at the front today was so big it looked like a small room, which seemed a bit exaggerated.
Two smaller carriages followed behind the large carriage, probably used by the servants who accompanied Su Yi and his sister.
Seeing Mu Jin walk out of the general's mansion, Su Yi smiled and squinted at Mu Jin.
"After not seeing her for many days, Ah Jin is even more radiant and beautiful than before."
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