Divorce the bad husband, store grain fields, and marry the emperor's uncle for the second time

When the news reached the palace, Empress Dowager Ji was very surprised.

The nanny beside him was also surprised and said, "I never thought that a woman from the same village as Xia's would have such ability! It's really surprising."

Queen Mother Ji raised her lips slightly, "Wait, there are more troubles to come."

The nanny looked at Queen Mother Ji and said, "The Queen Mother is saying..."

Queen Mother Ji glanced at the nanny and said, "Duke Anguo hasn't been to the palace for a long time. Summon him to the palace to talk."

Mammy looked at her and said, "Yes."

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Xia Xiaorou raised some money and quickly bought clothes, medicine and food.

She did not take all the credit, but gave it all to the person in charge8.

For example, who bought the food, who bought the medicinal herbs, and who made the clothes, she posted all the names and quantities at several city gates.

One is to let the people supervise her to avoid being accused of embezzling the donation money.

The second is to give glory to those who help with the work.

The matter was done almost flawlessly, outsiders could not find any fault, and the people in the Anguo Mansion could only grind their teeth in secret.

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Just one and a half months after Xia Xiaorou sent out the food, Chu Xianyun brought Song Yuan to the capital.

The mother and son stood in front of Yan Heng's mansion gate, hesitating to move forward.

Looking at the tall gate and the imposing guards, Chu Xianyun hesitated. However, the six-year-old Song Yuan walked to the gate fearlessly and said to the guards, "I am the student of King Yan. I want to see King Yan."

I thought I would be chased away, but one of them waved at Song Yuan, "Isn't this Young Master Yuan? Why did you come to the capital? Come in quickly, the prince is not at home, but the princess is."

As he said this, he sent someone into the back house to pass on the message.

Soon, Zhuyun came over.

She smiled and called out to Chu Xianyun, "Mrs. Chu is here? Come in quickly." She then nodded and smiled at Song Yuan, "Young Master Yuan has grown a lot taller."

When Chu Xianyun saw Zhu Yun, she breathed a sigh of relief and gestured to ask, "How is Madam Xia?" Realizing that she had said the wrong thing, she changed her gesture and gestured, "How is the princess?"

Zhu Yun smiled slightly, "She's fine."

After entering the backyard, Song Yuan saw that everything was magnificent and golden, and he felt excited and surprised.

But Chu Xianyun's expression did not show joy, instead she became more and more depressed.

After Xia Xiaorou finished her housework, she was very happy to hear that Chu Xianyun had come. She quickly asked everyone else to leave and only met her and Song Yuan alone.

Chu Xianyun gestured and talked about the situation at home and the harvest.

"Yuan'er has always wanted to see you, so I brought him here." Chu Xianyun said embarrassedly.

Song Yuan hummed, "Mother wants to come to the capital more than I do."

Chu Xianyun smiled and waved her hands, "No."

"It is obviously." Song Yuan snorted.

Chu Xianyun wanted to explain again, but Xia Xiaorou smiled and said, "I'm very happy that you're here. I also hope that Brother Yanbai will come to Beijing as well."

"He can't leave." Chu Xianyun said apologetically.

After chatting for a while, Xia Xiaorou asked someone to arrange accommodation for Chu Xianyun and her son and ordered people to prepare a banquet.

Just after eating with the mother and son, Zhu Yun came over in a hurry, "Princess, there is news about the supplies we sent to the north, but..."

Xia Xiaorou looked up and found that she looked nervous and stuttered. She couldn't help but narrow her eyes and said, "Just say it straight."

"We were robbed in the northern area." Zhu Yun looked panicked. "We were captured or chased away."

"What?" Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes, "Where in the North?"

"In the area of ​​Tianlang Mountain." Zhu Yun's forehead was covered with sweat. "Princess, there are rumors outside that the princess did not deliver the supplies to the north, and she deliberately shouted that the supplies were lost."

Xia Xiaorou sneered, "It seems that someone is determined to kill me."

Zhu Yun said, "Don't worry, Princess. I'll ask Tian Zhen to lead people to track him down. Who is he? If he dares to rob the supplies of our Prince Yan's Mansion, he will definitely not be let off easily!"

Xia Xiaorou clenched her fists gently, "Zhu Yun, please make arrangements. I want to go to the north to take a look."

Zhu Yun opened her eyes wide, "Ah? Princess, how can you leave the capital? The prince will be worried."

"I'll go quietly and not let anyone know." Xia Xiaorou said.

Chu Xianyun's heart skipped a beat when she heard them talking about Tianlang Mountain. She gestured to Xia Xiaorou, "Xiaorou, I'll go with you."

Xia Xiaorou looked at her in surprise, "You're going? What are you going there for? No, you stay in the palace and watch Haoyuaner. I'll be back in a few days."

Chu Xianyun shook her head and said, "I am from the north. I am familiar with the situation in the north. I will lead the way for you."

Xia Xiaorou recalled the last time Chu Xianyun was harassed by Xia Jicai, Chu Xianyun got anxious and started cursing Xia Jicai with a northern accent.

But now that Zhu Yun was present, she didn't ask any more questions, but just nodded and said, "Okay."

"Princess, are you really going to the North?" Zhu Yun asked again worriedly.

"You go and make the arrangements, I'll leave right away." Xia Xiaorou said.

Zhuyun had no choice but to make arrangements.

Shanliang followed Yan Heng to the north, and Tianzhen went to escort grain. He did not come back and was probably captured.

There are two other guards in the mansion, Renyi and Zhongcheng.

Zhu Yun arranged for Renyi Zhongcheng and eight other guards to follow Xia Xiaorou to the north, and also arranged for Heying to bring two maids to take care of Xia Xiaorou's life.

Song Yuan, on the other hand, was brought by Zhu Yun to live in Yan Heng's mansion.

Song Yuan had become familiar with Zhu Yun when he was in Yanyuan before. Although he had moved to a new place to live now, there were many acquaintances in the palace. In addition to Zhu Yun, there were also Madam Zhu and Yan Sheng, as well as wet nurses from two villages. Song Yuan was not afraid at all.

Xia Xiaorou and a dozen other people, dressed up as ordinary businessmen, set out from the north gate before dark and rushed northward.

Because they were traveling light and riding fast horses, they moved faster than the grain transport team.

Ten days later, the group arrived at a barren mountain area.

It was the end of the year and it was a cold winter, with heavy snow and howling cold winds.

It was all white all around.

It was getting late, and it was too unsafe to travel on a snowy night. Xia Xiaorou looked around and asked Renyi where they could rest.

Chu Xianyun pulled Xia Xiaorou's sleeve and said, "This is Tianlang Mountain."

Xia Xiaorou asked in surprise, "Is this the place?"

"Yes, it's right here." Chu Xianyun pointed to a mountain peak and said, "Look over there, there's a big rock on the top of the mountain. Doesn't it look like a wolf howling towards the sky?"

Xia Xiaorou looked up and saw that it really looked like a wolf.

In her previous life, she often heard that there were bandits in the Tianlang Mountain area, but when Captain Hu and his men escorted the goods here, they had never been kidnapped. Instead, they said that the people in Tianlang Mountain were heroes.

So, she dared to come and see what was going on.

"So this is Tianlang Mountain. Let's not stay overnight. Let's go around and look for clues." Xia Xiaorou pointed around and said, "I heard that there were bandits in this area before, and I thought it was just a small group. But now they dare to rob hundreds of carts of food. It seems that there are quite a lot of people, so there must be some clues left behind."

Renyi looked around and pointed to a slope and said, "Madam Xia, please take a rest here to avoid the wind. I will take four people to look for her. Zhongcheng and the others will guard her."