Yuan Wulang was still dreaming sweetly when a hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

  Chang followed Huai into the small kitchen with a look of anxiety, only to see her own Fifth Master lying on the ground in a most unbecoming manner, and was shocked.

  Huai Shu was notorious for his poisonous tongue, and he had grown up with Wu Lang since childhood, supposedly as master and servant, but their relationship was like that of brothers. As a result, they were accustomed to speaking casually and didn't pay attention to seniority.

  If it were in the past, seeing such a scene, Huai Shu would definitely not miss the opportunity to mock Wu Lang for a while.

  But today, he only went forward and helped Wu Lang up, "Wu Ye, somehow the people of Roran found out that Shi Si Ye was going to send winter clothes to the front line, and sent a cavalry to ambush eighty miles outside the city."

  Yuan Wulang's expression turned stern, "How is the battle going? Is Shi Xiaosi injured?"

  Huai Shu hastily said, "Fortunately, we secretly dispatched two teams to follow and annihilate the Rouran cavalry, Shi Si Gongzi was not injured and continued on to the front lines according to the original plan."

  He paused for a moment, "Our men captured two Rouran cavalrymen, who are now being held in the temple. The Ninth King said he didn't want to see bloodshed and asked you, Fifth Master, to go and interrogate them."

  The General who Guards the Country and the two Young Generals Yuan are not present, originally the city of Zhenzhou should be garrisoned by Fifth Master.

  But Ninth King is the most respected king and also the supervisor of the army, Fifth King carefully follows his father's and brothers' orders, no matter what, he always looks up to Ninth King.

  Yuan Wulang looked at the raging flames in the stove with difficulty, thought for a moment, and handed the fire tongs to Huai Shu, "You take care of the fire!"

  Huai Shu felt inexplicable, "Look... look at the fire?"

  Yuan Wulang brushed off the dust on his shirt and reminded, "Keep this fire going, add more firewood if necessary, remember not to let the stove fire go out."

  He turned his head and glanced in the direction of the main house of Yaqing Xiaozhu, "Remember to arrange a few servants at the door of the house, if Wu Niang and Yu Geer get up, it's good to have someone serving them."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he strode out of the elegant little building with big steps.

  Huai Shu stared at the fire tongs, confused, and muttered under his breath, "Ask me to watch the fire? Has Fifth Brother gone crazy?! I, Huai Shu, may not be a big shot, but I have many things on my mind. At this moment, where do I have the leisure to come here and watch the fire?"

  He took a deep breath and just saw a young woman passing by outside the door, so he hastily called out, "Halt!"

  The girl turned around. "Huaisu big brother, what are your orders?"

  Huai Shu recognized that it was Xian Yue who had helped in the clinic.

  He hastily beckoned her over with a wave of his hand, "I wonder what Miss Moon is busy with at this hour?"

  The girl named Jianyue smiled shyly at him, "White Guan said that the wife and nephew of General Wu had just arrived from Shengjing City and were resting in Ya Qing Xiao Zhu. Currently, there is a temporary shortage of staff in the mansion, so White Guan asked me to come over and help out."

  She paused, her eyes filled with a hint of worry. "Huai Shu's brother knows that the original servants in the mansion were mostly dismissed by Lord Ling Yin, and these past few days, many wounded soldiers have arrived at the medical hall, so all the remaining servants were called over to help out... originally, there was already a shortage of manpower..."

  "Then you can't be called..."

  Ji Yu Nuang is not a slave of the mansion.

  She is the daughter of the owner of Liu's Village outside the city.

  The Rouran invaded the border. Once they extended their iron cavalry to a place 40 or 50 miles outside of Muzhou City, and Liu's Village was one of them.

  Three months ago, Wu Ye received a secret report saying that the Rouran iron cavalry was slaughtering the village at Liu's Manor.

  By the time they rushed over, more than 20 households with over a hundred people in the village had already been killed.

  Later, Wu Ye found Xianyue in the cellar of Liu Zhuang's house and carried her back himself.

  Jiěyue's daughter was indeed very strong, knowing that everyone in the village had been slaughtered, she only cried for a while and then held back her tears to ask Master Wu to arrange for her to help at the clinic.

  She said, "The Rouran dog, Ze Kui, killed my parents and clansmen. This vendetta cannot be shared under the same sky. I am a weak and delicate woman, and although I cannot go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, I also do not want to just receive General's grace like this. Please let me help in the medical hall, it is also for the sake of the Yuan family army to contribute a bit of strength."

  Huai Shu greatly admired Xiangyue's strength and courage.

  At this moment, hearing that Bai Guan Shi really treated people as servants, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. "Come on, let's go find Bai Guan Shi to reason with him. You're the guest here, not a servant, how can they make you serve others?"

  Miss Moon smiled gently at him, "What's the point of saying serve or not serve? General Wu saved my life, so I really served as his wife, what's the big deal?"

  "She sighed and said, 'Besides, there's a shortage of hands in the mansion, and you know that, Huai Shu.' "

  Huai Shu thought for a moment, and this was indeed the case.

  The battle between Yuwen and Rouran was intense, with several generals coming one after another but none of them could defeat the Rouran iron army.

  Lord Lai Yin was frightened out of his wits and sent all the family members to seek refuge with relatives and friends, and more than half of the servants in the mansion were also dismissed.

  Later, after the arrival of the Yuan family army, they conquered and beheaded generals all along the way. Not only did they recover the lost cities, but also drove the Rouran people back to their hometown.

  The city of Muzhou has finally settled down.

  But those servants who were sent away from the Yoon's residence had all gone far away and couldn't be called back for a while.

  It's not easy to recruit more people to come back and help.

  Fortunately, the soldiers on the march did not care about these things, as long as someone cooked and washed clothes, the generals and guards left to guard the Yinfu government had no complaints.

  Including Wu Ye, apart from cooking and washing clothes, everyone manages their own affairs, and there is no need for servants.

  Later on, Wu Ye simply transferred most of the people's hands to the medical hall outside the hospital, helping military doctors treat injuries for those generals who came down from the front line.

  Daily purchases are all done by the officers themselves, only a few cooks are left in the kitchen, and some laundry women are left in the laundry room, the rest have gone to the hospital.

  Everyone has their own tasks, and for a while, it's really not easy to spare someone to take care of Wu Nainai and Yu Ge.

  Huai Shu rubbed his head and said, "In that case, I'll have to put up with seeing Miss Yue for a few more days."

  "He added, 'Don't worry, my fifth aunt will definitely not make things difficult for you.'"

  For the five elements of Wu Xing. Actually, Huai Shu is somewhat uncertain.

  He had only caught a glimpse of Wu Nainai before Wu Yeye set off, and she was indeed a beauty like an immortal.

  But looking at Wu Ye's initial appearance of being heartbroken and stamping his feet, it seems that his temperament is not very good either.

  However, according to the rules of the Yuan family, Fifth Master can only take a concubine when he is forty and childless. It can be seen that for this life, no matter whether Fifth Madame is good or bad, they will be tied together.

  Huai Shu is not stupid, of course, he wants to say a few more good words to Grandma Wu.

  Huai Shu was still holding a fire tongs in his hand. He hastily asked, "Big Brother Huai Shu, what are you doing?"

  Huai Shu said apologetically, "Ah, Fifth Master wants me to watch the fire."

  But he still has a lot of things to attend to outside, where does he have the energy to waste time here?

  He originally wanted someone else to take care of it for him. But now that person is Jianyue, he felt speechless...

  Bai Guangzhi asked to see Yue Gu Niang come and take care of Wu Nainai, which was already humiliating enough for her. How could he still have the nerve to order people around like a young servant girl to watch the fire?

  Jian Yue smiled and took the fire tongs from Huai Shu's hand, "I know Brother Huai Shu is busy with something, I'll take care of this."

  She pointed towards the main house. "I'll be watching the fire on this side while keeping an eye on any movement over there. If Old Lady Wu has any instructions, I can go over anytime."

  She posed in an extremely low position, as if she really thought of herself as a servant girl.

  Huai Shu felt a pang in her heart.

  But he really had something on his mind, so he could only let Xianyue take care of it for now. "Miss Xianyue, you're the best! I'll leave this to you!"

  Jian Yue gazed at Huai Shu's departing back, a hint of sharpness flickering in her eyes.

  She smiled mockingly at the corner of her mouth. "Am I really good? Hehe..."

  At this moment, Cui Ying and her brother were still fast asleep.

  From Shengjing all the way to Muzhou. Both of them were resting in the horse carriage.

  Because they took a shortcut, they didn't take the wide official road, so the space in the carriage wasn't very big either.

  It's okay if it was just Cui Ling alone, but later on, there was also Yu Geer, and during the day, they could still manage to walk together, but at night, the two of them huddled together in a tight squeeze.

  It's not easy to see the high bed and warm pillow, Cui Ying and her brother are both shining with excitement, who still cares about their bodies that haven't been washed properly for a long time, with dirt stains on their collars and cuffs?

  Two people directly threw off their shoes and even didn't take off their outer shirts, then climbed up to lie down with one occupying the head and the other occupying the foot.

  I slept soundly and when I woke up, it was already pitch dark outside.

  The room was pitch black, only a faint ray of light from outside could be seen, and several shadows were vaguely visible.

  Cui Ying asked in a low voice, "Xu Ge, are you awake?"

  "Brother is coming over from the other side, feeling his way," said "Fifth Auntie, I'm here."

  The little guy crawled over along the quilt, and rubbed into Cui Rong's arms without any politeness. "I'm hungry, and I don't know how our beef is doing."

  Cui Ling smiled and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, Master Lu knows the detailed method, he's very enthusiastic, seeing that we didn't go, he must have started first."

  What she worried about was not dinner, but this quiet and empty courtyard.

  In the elegant small building, there were no servants waiting on them. She had discovered this as soon as she arrived. Neither she nor her brother Yu could wake up to anyone calling out or reminding them, it seemed that only the two of them lived here.

  Now is a time of war, and all the maidservants in Lord Yeon's mansion have been dismissed to flee for their lives. This can be understood.

  Not even a servant who could help her was left for her, what is the meaning of this, Yuan Wulang!

  It's not that she is now so delicate and unable to take care of herself, although she is lazy, it's just that she can be lazy, but when it really comes down to it, her hands-on ability is still quite strong.

  The problem is, she's new here and doesn't know this place at all, okay?

  She can't even find the lamp oil now, but she knows how to get out of bed and feel her way to the kitchen.

  Cui Ling sighed and said with a complaining tone, "Your fifth uncle is really stingy, not even leaving us a servant."

  He thought it was true in his heart, but he felt that the relationship between Wu Uncle and Wu Aunt had just eased a bit, and he couldn't afford to fail because of such a small thing.

  He hastily said, "The house is quite warm, it seems that silver frost charcoal has been burned. If Fifth Uncle was really petty, how could he still remember to warm the house for us? It must be that he's busy with affairs and forgot."

  This sentence sounds somewhat guilty.

  Because Brother Yu's brother clearly knew that his fifth uncle was still lying in the small kitchen, helping his fifth aunt to watch the fire.

  But Cui Ling reluctantly believed it.

  Alright, this is the closest place to the war zone, things are different here and can't be compared to back home in Shengjing City.

  She helplessly shrugged her shoulders and felt her way out of bed in the dark.

  Fortunately, although it was a bitterly cold winter month, there were still stars and moon at night.

  Cui Ling opened the door of the house, borrowed the night color to find the oil lamp and fire starter, bent down to light the lamp.

  Then he went back to the bedside, picked up the meatball and wrapped it tightly in a thick velvet cloak. "Let's go take a look at the kitchen."

  Just as I walked into the courtyard, I suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from afar, "Is that Fifth Granny?" (If you like this work, please come and vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

  PS: Because I felt something was off, so I rewrote from chapter 70 onwards. Please take a look back, thank you!