I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

Liu Ruyi nodded slightly, her face expressionless. "As long as you behave well, I will take you back to the Yunguo Mansion in the future."

Oh, what's the Duke's Mansion? She is now the emperor's servant, doing things for him!

Lu Yanzheng, Jiang Qinyu... She will not let any of those peasants who looked down on her and bullied her go!

……

During the half month that Jiang Qinyu and his companions were on the road, Lu Yanzheng's border army - now it should be called the Northwest Army - accomplished two major things.

Apart from occasionally rebuking Lu Yanzheng for treason, the imperial court did not take any substantive action.

However, the Northwest Army followed the plan and completely incorporated Yunzhou and Qinzhou into Lu Yanzheng's command, openly confronting the imperial court.

This move caused an uproar in the world.

The vast majority of the people were cheering, especially those in the four northwestern states. They had finally gotten rid of the complicated and harsh taxes and inhumane corvee labor imposed by the imperial court!

Only a few extremely pedantic people would denounce Lu Yanzheng's wolfish ambitions and his attempt to overthrow the court, and he deserved death.

In response to this, the Northwest Army did not respond at all. It just focused on reinforcing the city walls at the border between the four northwestern states and the imperial court, and sent heavy troops to garrison there.

After hearing this, Qin Ziyi looked at Mr. Lu and sighed, "General Lu is really at a disadvantage."

"That kid doesn't care about his reputation. Just wait and see, it won't be long before the couple can make the entire Northwest prosperous." Old Master Lu was cheerful and not worried at all.

Qin Ziyi thought for a moment and said, "You're right. I don't think the girl cares about reputation. Those two little ones even said they wanted to be the most powerful rebels. I really don't know how they teach their children."

It must have been interesting to think about the astonished expression on his face when Shu Fan seriously asked him how to become the most powerful rebel, right?

"Haha...wasn't it the same when I was young? That's why the couple are just my type, and their two children are also likable. They are much better than those in my family." Grandpa Lu laughed.

Hearing him talk about this, Qin Ziyi suddenly asked: "Are you really willing to give them what you have worked hard for for so many years?"

He has always been curious about this question. After all, no normal person would be willing to do so.

As far as he knew Lu Zhenting's character, he would not easily hand over things in his hands to outsiders.

Old Master Lu said nonchalantly, "Why wouldn't I be unwilling? You know those people in my family. They've had a hard time even maintaining the Lu family, let alone making it a success. Rather than waiting for them to squander the family fortune a hundred years from now, it's better to hand it over to someone who can use it. This will also be considered as the merit I'm accumulating for future generations."

"I didn't know you were so open-minded." Qin Ziyi smiled, feeling happy for his friend.

It is actually not easy to find someone to entrust your hard work to. For example, he has not found a true successor yet.

Mr. Lu had a nostalgic smile on his face. "Apart from what I just said, the main reason is actually because... that girl looks very similar to my old lady when she was young, and her style of doing things is sometimes exactly the same."

"Now that you mention it..." Qin Ziyi had naturally met Mr. Lu's wife, "It seems to be true."

Mr. Lu didn't say anything more. In reality, if Jiang Qinyu and Lu Yanzheng had bad intentions, he would have plenty of ways to take back what he had handed over. Ultimately, it was because the couple genuinely cared about the people that he was willing to hand over Shunfeng Tower.

At this time, Pan'er's joyful laughter came from the front, "Auntie, look, are we almost home?"

Mr. Lu lifted the car window curtain and looked forward. Isn’t Yongshan County right in front?

At this point, Jiang Qinyu couldn't help but relax.

Finally, it’s time to go home.

……

"Erlang, why haven't my niece and the others arrived yet?" Village chief Li walked back and forth at the entrance of the village for nearly half an hour.

Liu Erleng rolled his eyes and said, "Village Chief, I've asked you this eight hundred times. Didn't the letter my sister-in-law sent say it wouldn't arrive until this afternoon or even this evening?"

He looked at the sun which was just passing overhead and was speechless.

Village Chief Li stamped his feet to shake off the mud on his shoes, then said, "I was just thinking, what if they arrive early?"

"Hey, Village Chief," Aunt Qin said casually as she passed by carrying a large wooden basin, "Don't worry, we've prepared everything. We've restored A-Zheng and his family's previous home, and cleaned their new house several times..."

In addition, the village specially invited all the villagers to have dinner together today, and the village committee paid half of the money to buy the ingredients, just to have fun with Jiang Qinyu's family.

Look, the women in the village are busy sorting, washing, cutting and dicing vegetables. It’s so lively.

The men were either in the fields or helping out at the new market.

Village Chief Li ignored what Aunt Qin said and went to Jiang Qinyu's house.

He had to check again to see if there was anything missing in the house, otherwise how could anyone live in it tonight?

Since everyone in the village was so active, Mrs. Chen and Old Man Lu were certainly not idle either.

Chen took out the clothes she had made for the two children, looked at them several times, and only folded them and put them away after making sure there was no problem.

She also placed the shoes she had made for the three of them, aunt and nephew, next to their clothes, and then said to Old Man Lu, "Have you packed up all the food that the eldest son's wife likes to eat?"

"It's ready. It's in the kitchen. I've even prepared those things from the mountains that I can't name, which I saw her bring back home before. There are also those for Shufan and Paner. Tianbao brought a big bag here this morning." The wrinkles at the corners of Old Man Lu's eyes seemed to have faded a little.

The son hasn't been home for many years, and the daughter-in-law has been traveling around for the past two years. They just received a letter a few days ago saying that she would be back today. Aren't they happy?

What made Old Man Lu and Mrs. Chen most relieved was that Lu Yangcai had no idea what had happened and had stopped making trouble. He even stopped Mrs. Ma from doing anything wrong. In recent days, their relationship with Lu Yangcai's family had eased a lot.

Even Lu Tianbao, who used to be a troublemaker, now calls them grandpa and grandma politely when he sees them.

"Speaking of Tianbao..." Chen frowned, "The eldest son's wife and the second son's family have severed ties, but the second son has changed now. This..."

Old Man Lu quickly interrupted her, "Stop! Don't get involved in these matters between the two families anymore. The eldest daughter-in-law is not someone who doesn't know her limits. We, as elders, are here to watch. Whether they reconcile or not, it's their own choice."

Moreover, he also felt that Lu Yancai's change was a bit unsettling. What if he was just pretending?

So, it’s better to let the eldest brother’s wife handle this matter herself.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Chen had no objection.

After what happened with Chen Xiuer, she became much more open-minded, especially regarding the relationships between the younger generations, which was really not something she could interfere with.

"By the way," Chen continued, "Now that the eldest brother's wife is back, we should move to the new house, right?"