It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

"Whose territory is Heding Prefecture? Isn't it your Majesty's?" Song Wu's voice gradually lowered amid Cao Qi's sneer. After a moment's thought, he added, "Even if it was once the Chang family's territory, weren't they already in decline? Besides, there's also General Lu sent by your Majesty to check and balance it."

Cao Qi closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, unwilling to speak. He had no relationship with this fool, so there was no need to waste time teaching him.

At the Governor's Mansion, Chang Chaotong continued to clear Chang Qing's doubts. Speaking of Commander Lu, he simply said that he was already the local boss of Heding Prefecture, and that if he was unsure about something, he could ask for his advice, and it would be best if he could be brought on board.

Chang Chaotong also left two aides to Chang Qing to assist her in decision-making.

After tonight, he would return to Xiding Prefecture. Firstly, the New Year was approaching, and he had to hurry back to be with his family. Secondly, if he stayed any longer, Commander Lu would probably not be able to sleep well.

After explaining the last thing, Chang Chaotong suddenly said, "Let Duosi go back to the tribe with me tomorrow. Your mother misses her after not seeing her for many years."

……

Fu Weixin didn't want to go to Xiding Prefecture. She hadn't seen the Chang family for many years and was not familiar with them. What's more, they didn't seem to like her very much.

When she came of age last year, no one from the Chang family came to congratulate her. Later they hurriedly sent her a small letter with the words "Thinking a lot".

Think more, think more. If it wasn't for Madam, oh, Aunt Chang pointing it out, she would have always regarded it as an expectation for herself to think more and do things more carefully. Who knew it would be a warning for herself not to be as wild-minded as her mother and not to have any delusions.

Yile came over holding a few books and said, "Girl, do you want to pack these books into boxes?"

They definitely didn't bring it with them during the first few trips, but in the past month, the girls had been flipping through it so often that Yile and the others were a little unsure.

Fu Weixin stared at the books for a long time without saying a word. After struggling for a while, he ordered, "Take them with you and lock them up."

"Yes." Yile responded and left.

Jiang Yan and Chunying were sorting Fu Nulang's clothes in the side room. Baoqin had already picked out the clothes she was going to take with her, and they just had to sort them out and put them in boxes and put the messed-up clothes back in their places.

There was no one outside the house. Jiang Yan moved to Chunying's side and asked in a low voice, "Do you think our lives will be difficult if we follow that girl to the Chang family?"

"?" Chunying and Jiang Yan have been working together for almost two months, but until now she still often cannot understand the sudden thoughts that come to her mind.

Jiang Yan used her body to shield her finger from the main house; from this angle, no one outside could see. "Ever since she heard she was going to the Chang family for the New Year, she's been feeling down. Her mood is almost as bad as it was when the marriage with the Zhu family wasn't resolved."

"You said it wrong. Your surname is Wu." Jiang Yan quickly corrected herself after saying it. Ever since she knew that the girl had misheard Wu as Zhu, she had said it wrong several times, as if she had been contaminated.

Chunying thought about the Chang family overview she had been urgently indoctrinated with: "I haven't heard of any special rules for maids..."

"Why don't you think about it again? When I went to get dinner, Aunt Huang was gloating." Jiang Yan couldn't believe it. If everything was fine, how could Aunt Huang say that leaving the Chang family was the best thing she had done in the past ten years.

Chunying pondered for a while, and finally said helplessly: "I really don't know, and who would care about whether the servants have a good life?"

Jiang Yan silently extended his index finger, pointed at himself, and then imitated Chunying's previous pretentious complaints: "I'm not like you. You have a way out, so you don't need to worry. I don't have one, and the way out I worked so hard to come up with is broken again."

Jiang Yan was referring to the fact that Fang Shishi's mansion was found to be illegally mining gold, but nothing happened, and Chunying's plan to redeem her during the chaos fell through.

Chunying couldn't stand the embarrassment, so she covered Jiang Yan's mouth with her hand and forced the conversation to end: "Hurry up and get back to work."