Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

At daybreak, Lu Jiusi was instructing Xiao Yichen in the tent, asking him to personally go and meet the people from Tianyi Pavilion who were transporting food and fodder. However, before Xiao Yichen left, Captain Xu, who was guarding the food and fodder, hurried outside the tent to ask for a meeting.

As Captain Xu entered the tent, he knelt down to Lu Jiusi with a flushed face.

"Your Highness, we have food and fodder. We have food and fodder."

Lu Jiusi turned to look at Xiao Yichen, a hint of doubt on his face.

"So soon, doesn't that mean it won't arrive until tomorrow?"

"Perhaps they knew that food supplies were scarce, so they rushed here day and night."

Lu Jiusi didn't say anything and didn't seem overly happy. One hundred thousand people would consume at least one hundred thousand kilograms of food every day. The food delivered was limited after all, so they could only take care of the present. It was also unknown how long the military camp would have to be defended. The delay in the arrival of food and grass from the court could not solve any problems. Lu Jiusi turned his head calmly and looked at Captain Xu.

"Just take it, go ahead."

"Your Highness, that...that food and supplies look strange. I'd like Your Highness to go and take a look in person."

"what happened?"

"Early this morning, someone passing by an empty granary suddenly discovered that it was filled with rice. And judging by the color, it was all high-quality grain. Several granaries were filled to the brim. But we have been strictly guarding it. If someone really was sending food in, we would not have missed it. Moreover, there was so much. It would have taken hundreds of people a whole night to move it. But we brothers didn't blink an eye and didn't notice anything. So we are both happy and scared. Your Highness, do you think this is a conspiracy of the enemy?"

"What? Several granaries are full?"

Before Lu Jiusi could say anything, Xiao Yichen could no longer sit still. He walked directly to Captain Xu, looked into his eyes and asked.

"I dare not lie to you, Master Xiao. The granaries are indeed full, so I asked Your Highness to come and make the final decision."

"Go and see."

Lu Jiusi strode out of the tent, and Xiao Yichen and Captain Xu hurriedly followed.

Led by Lu Jiusi, a group of people rode their horses and rushed towards the granary. Lu Jiusi was full of doubts. First of all, he certainly did not believe that the enemy sent the food in order to poison their own people. The enemy was not a fool, so how could they do such a thing? Secondly, how could so much food appear overnight? No one in the world had such ability, so he did not quite believe what Captain Xu said, and he would rather believe that he was starving.

Wei Ze stood in the distance, watching Lu Jiusi and his group leave. He knew that they had found food and would not be hungry anymore.

"Wei Ze, Wei Ze."

Shen Yunzhi lowered his voice and called Wei Ze from inside the tent. Wei Ze turned around and walked into the tent. He and Shen Yunzhi did not live with other people. Lu Jiusi gave them a separate tent. Although it was not big, it was quite comfortable with only two people living in it.

"Son."

"Hush... Come here, look at what this is. I found a box of snacks. Is this what Yan'er gave us before? Did she forget about it? Eat it, don't let anyone see."

Wei Ze felt warm in his heart when he saw the cautious Shen Yunzhi. He could still think of himself even though he was stuttering at this time. He really treated him as his own.

"Eat it, my lord. I am not hungry."

"Don't think about me all the time. How could I not know whether you are hungry or not? Oh, and give some to His Royal Highness Prince Huai later."

"Sir...Okay."

In fact, Wei Ze wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, he decided not to. Anyway, there would be food in the military camp today, and Shen Yunzhi would know later, so there was no need to say too much now.

Lu Jiusi rode much faster on horseback than Shen Nanyue walked last night. After getting off the horse, Lu Jiusi walked straight into the granary. The guards hurriedly opened the door, and what caught everyone's eyes was the white rice. It was more shiny and more fragrant than the rice they had eaten before. Everyone was stunned.

Lu Jiusi reached out and grabbed a handful and put it to his nose to sniff. There was no other strange smell except for the fragrance. How could such high-quality rice suddenly appear here? It was so strange.

"Your Highness, I'm right, aren't I? The other warehouses are also full. I just don't know if there's something fishy about the grain. What if my brothers eat it..."

"Cook a pot."

"what?"

"Go cook it. Your Highness is right. We'll know if it's poisonous or not by tasting it. If it's not, then we can be saved."

For some reason, Xiao Yichen was actually eager to try this rice. He was not only curious about the origin of the grain, but also curious about who had such great ability.

Captain Xu quickly waved to the guards and told them to cook. Lu Jiusi checked all the granaries, even the areas around them. There were traces of people trampling on the ground, but with so much grain, there shouldn't be only a few shallow footprints.

Lu Jiusi immediately sent someone to contact the spies in the enemy camp to see if there were any deployments there. If it was the enemy's method, then they should start taking action now.

In less than half an hour, Captain Xu invited Lu Jiusi into the tent. There were several small bowls on the table, filled with crystal clear rice. For the guards who had not seen rice for many days, the temptation was too great.

"Your Highness, we've taken the rice from the granaries and cooked it. To me, it all looks the same, and I don't smell anything special."

Lu Jiusi didn't say anything and reached out to take the bowl.

"Your Highness, you cannot do that. Let me try."

Qingxuan and Qingyu immediately knelt down and begged.

"I already have poison in my body, so it's okay."

"No, Your Highness! Everyone under you can test the poison, but Your Highness cannot. The entire military camp depends on Your Highness for command. You absolutely cannot get into trouble, otherwise... we will all be dead too... Master Xiao... Young Master Xiao... You absolutely must..."

Before Captain Xu could finish his words, Xiao Yichen quickly took a bowl and put it into his mouth. Everyone was terrified, especially Qingxuan and Qingyu.

It would be fine if others didn't know, but they knew Xiao Yichen's identity. He was the head of Tianyi Pavilion under Lu Jiusi, and he had all kinds of extraordinary talents under him. If something happened to him, who would look after Tianyi Pavilion? But Xiao Yichen was born with a perverted and vicious way of doing things. This might be related to his childhood experiences. After entering Tianyi Pavilion, he was almost madly testing the edge of death every day. The more dangerous it was, the more he would do it. Now he didn't know whether this rice was poisonous or not, but he wanted to try it anyway.

"Mm, it tastes good, even better than the rice in the palace."

Lu Jiusi stared at his expression. Since he had already eaten, he waited to see if there would be anything unusual. Anyway, it was too late to stop him now.

The others also frowned and stared at Xiao Yichen without blinking, fearing that he would die in the next second.

“Oh…oh no!”

Suddenly, Xiao Yichen covered his mouth, his face was heavy and his eyes were dull. Everyone was surprised and Captain Xu's body was stiff.