Transmigrating into a Man's Wife: I Share the Pain with the Male Protagonist

Li Mofu jumped up and asked in shock, "What?!"

"A great victory in the first battle on the northwestern frontier!" Guozi said again excitedly.

"Really?!" Li Mofu said in surprise with his eyes wide open.

"This news has spread from street to street! It must be true!" Guozi was already immersed in joy. "Maybe next year the Marquis, the Young Master, and the Second Young Master will be back!"

Li Mofu was indeed surprised to hear the news, but he quickly calmed down. "What about the casualties? Wu Anhou and the others should be okay, right?"

Guozi was stunned for a moment, and his excitement suddenly subsided. "I haven't heard of this Guozi, so it should be fine."

Li Mofu frowned and thought for a moment, "Don't tell Wang Ruiyan this news yet. Zhao Xu will explain it to us when he comes back. I'm afraid she might start to have wild thoughts if she doesn't know everything now."

"Okay." Guozi nodded while holding the book and paper.

Li Mofu reached out and took the book from Guozi's arms, "Don't worry... Let me see what new books the bookstore has first."

"There are quite a few travel notes and new storybooks here. Guozi bought them all." Guozi said as he followed Li Mofu into the house.

But after sitting at the desk, Li Mofu flipped through a few pages and his mind was no longer on the book. He began to have random thoughts.

The fact that Marquis Wu'an led the Northwest Army to win the first battle had both advantages and disadvantages for them.

Defending the border and fighting against the barbarians, such military achievements will excite the people of the whole country, and at the same time tell the civil and military officials that although he, the Marquis of Wu'an, is old, his achievements are not to be underestimated.

In this way, those officials who wanted to help the new emperor capture Wang Ruiyan would also think twice. After all, Wu Anhou's return from the border this time would only bring him greater merit, reputation, and status.

But in this way, the new emperor might be even more wary of the Lu family.

If the border cannot be defended, the new emperor will be furious. If the border is defended, the new emperor will be worried. Especially now that they are not in the capital, the new emperor has no handle to threaten Wu'an Hou at all. How can he not think too much?

Even if they were all in the capital, Marquis Wu'an wouldn't be able to care about them if he really wanted to rebel. After all, he could find another woman and have another child. As for the old lady... I think Marquis Wu'an would give her a grand funeral.

Of course, all this was just Li Mofu's fantasy. He didn't know what Wu'an Hou was thinking, nor was he sure whether Wu'an Hou would rebel.

But he did sense a slight change in it.

Just like a calm pond, the great victory in the first battle of the Northwestern Frontier was like a stone falling into the water, and the ripples it caused would spread little by little to far away places.

Li Mofu was not sure when this change would affect them, but he hoped it would be later, at least until Wang Ruiyan gave birth to the child.

That afternoon, Zhao Xu and Zuo Zheng hurried back, and the four of them had dinner together.

Wang Ruiyan still didn't know about the great victory in the first battle. Seeing their unhappy expressions, she thought something had happened and asked, "What's wrong? Did His Majesty send people to Jiangnan?"

Zuo Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, "No, no, no one suspicious has been found yet."

"Is there something wrong with the business?" Wang Ruiyan asked again with a frown.

Zuo Zheng shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, the menus and suggestions that Madam Lu gave us earlier were all well received in the restaurant."

"Then why do you look so worried?" Wang Ruiyan wondered.

Li Mofu took a bite of the braised egg and said nothing.

Zuo Zheng gave a wry smile, then looked at Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu licked his lips, put down his chopsticks, and said, "...It's like this. This morning, news from the northwest frontier spread throughout Jiangnan. The Northwest Army led by Wu Anhou won their first battle."

Wang Ruiyan was stunned for a moment, then smiled in confusion, "Really? That's a good thing! Why are you all so worried?"

Li Mofu also looked at Zhao Xu and Zuo Zheng curiously.