After returning to the capital, the eldest daughter saved her entire clan with her medical skills.

"Haha, you're a young lady, yet you have the heart to help those in distress. Beiming, prepare some silver for the young lady to show your gratitude."

The old man greatly admired the skilled young woman before him, and with the disaster so severe outside, he hoped to offer some help within his means.

"Yes, sir."

Beiming took out a silver ingot from his pouch and handed it to Xue Ruanruan with a smile.

"Old man, you are too kind. I cannot accept so much money."

Xue Ruanruan's eyes practically lit up when she saw the silver; she was clearly very tempted, but on the surface, she still pretended to politely decline.

How could her little tricks escape the old man's sharp eyes? He laughed even more heartily.

"Take it. This amount of silver is not enough to buy my life."

The old man gave the servant a look, and Beiming immediately stuffed the silver into Xue Ruanruan's cloak.

"Thank you very much, sir. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

Xue Ruanruan glanced at the relatively clear weather. Her master had said that there would only be a few days of sunshine, after which the blizzard would continue.

Just as my master had said in my past life, there was a long and continuous blizzard, and the people of the entire Chu-Qin Dynasty were plunged into misery.

"Farewell."

The old man bowed respectfully to Xue Ruanruan.

"Old folks, if you've finished dealing with things, you should head home as soon as possible. The blizzard will continue soon."

Xue Ruanruan looked at the two, master and servant, and kindly reminded them.

"Thank you for your advice, young lady. We will return as soon as possible."

"Farewell."

Xue Ruanruan mounted her little donkey and set off again, trying to make the most of the good weather to avoid another blizzard delaying her return to Beijing.

"Master, that young lady just saved your life and even gave you such a precious elixir, why did you only give her a single gold ingot?"

Only after the little donkey had completely disappeared from the official road did Beiming dare to whisper out her question.

A life-saving grace is greater than heaven, and given the master's character, he would never mistreat his savior.

He simply couldn't understand how someone could dismiss their savior with just one tael of silver.

“Natural disasters are severe, and people’s hearts are unpredictable. Don’t you understand the principle of not flaunting your wealth? This little bit of silver is not enough to attract the attention of bandits, and it can also provide some help to that girl.”

That girl must have been disguised; she was completely disguised. If it weren't for her dazzling eyes, he would have almost been fooled.

If she were a girl from an ordinary family, how could she possess such advanced disguise skills?

Throughout the entire Qin and Chu dynasties, he couldn't think of anyone other than the divine physician Ling Xuzi.

I just don't know what kind of relationship that girl has with the miracle doctor, and why she's so short of money.

If he wanted to make money, he could easily find a wealthy family and make a fortune; he shouldn't have fallen into such a state of destitution.

The divine physician's ideas were indeed different from those of ordinary people like them.

The old man stroked his beard, looked into the distance, and smiled meaningfully.

"Oh, I see. You are very thoughtful, Master. I have learned a lot from you."

The servant was impressed by the old man's thoughtful consideration and nodded repeatedly.

"You still need to learn more about how to conduct yourself in society."

"Yes, sir, you are right."

"By the way, the pills that girl just gave me must be carefully preserved. They are extremely precious and cannot be bought with any amount of money. If I lose them, my life will be in danger."

"Yes, sir."

When the servant heard that the pill the girl had just given him was so precious, he was so frightened that he quickly took out the small jade porcelain bottle again to check and make sure it was still there before he felt relieved.

A few days later, snowflakes began to fall again, and the fine snowflakes landed on Xue Ruanruan's cloak, covering it with a layer of white.

On a snowy night, Xue Ruanruan finally arrived in the capital city on her little donkey.

Following the road I remembered, I headed straight for the General's Mansion.

She stood quietly outside the mansion, looking at the deep and imposing plaque with the gilded characters "General's Mansion of the State," her eyes welling up with tears.

After many years, she finally returned to the General's Mansion.

"who are you?"

The gatekeeper quickly noticed a woman in a red cloak standing outside the mansion and hurriedly came out to inquire.

"I......"

Xue Ruanruan's throat was dry and itchy, but tears kept flowing down her face.

"Unauthorized persons are not permitted to linger here. Please move aside, miss."

The gatekeeper, wielding a halberd, came to drive them away, but unlike the fierce-looking gatekeepers of other mansions, he was quite gentle in his attitude.

"I am the baby who went missing from your family fifteen years ago. I have come to claim my family."

Suppressing her excitement, Xue Ruanruan directly revealed her identity.

“It just so happens that someone came to claim kinship yesterday, saying that they were the missing eldest daughter of the General’s Mansion. Why don’t we wait until tomorrow and let me report to Madam so that she can make a judgment?”

Ever since the eldest daughter was abducted by the mad old man, countless girls from the General's Mansion have come to claim kinship with him over the past ten years. Do they really think the General's Mansion is a charity?

Xue Ruanruan opened her mouth, but said nothing more. She led the little donkey to the base of the wall and waited until the next morning to talk about it.

The next day, early morning

Snowflakes were still falling from the sky, and Princess Lingjun got up early to start her busy day.

The supplies for the front lines haven't been prepared yet, and with the snow starting to fall again and seemingly without end, no one is in the mood to sleep.

Her husband went missing, her eldest son fell off a cliff, and her second son led an army of 100,000 to eat grass and gnaw on tree bark. She was so anxious that she developed several blisters on her lips.

"Madam, why are you up so early?"

When Princess Lingjun arrived at the main hall, she saw her mother-in-law sitting in the grand chair.

"As people get older, they need less sleep and can't sleep well. How are the provisions being prepared? Have you found reliable people to escort them?"

The old lady gazed at the snowflakes falling outside the courtyard, her eyes brimming with worry.

“We’ve got some leads. My husband rescued that person when he was on a military campaign. Later, he opened a security escort agency in the capital called Dragon Tiger Security Escort Agency.”

"As long as the person is reliable, remember to tell them to keep the secret and not to tell anyone that the General's Mansion is going to send grain to the frontier."

"My daughter-in-law knows about this. She has already given instructions and signed a confidentiality agreement, so there shouldn't be any problems."

How much food and supplies have been prepared?

"A total of two thousand one hundred and fifty loads."

"How can there be so little?"

The old lady, leaning on her cane, stood up abruptly, startling Fang Mama, who was diligently serving her, who quickly helped her up.

“In previous years, grain prices would rise a bit every winter, but never as outrageous as this year. With blizzards and disasters, people were already struggling to make ends meet, and the grain merchants seemed to have conspired to raise prices collectively.”

Princess Lingjun's biggest worry was the price of grain, which was so high that even she, a noblewoman from a high-ranking family, felt it was expensive.

"It has always been like this: officials and businessmen collude to exploit the people, disregarding their lives and deaths. When natural disasters or man-made calamities occur, they take advantage of the situation to raise prices and make a fortune through their own greed."

The old lady struck the ground with her cane to express her anger.

"These two thousand dan of grain also include the surplus grain stored on the estate. The price of grain is rising day by day. Even if you have silver, you have to pull a lot of strings to buy it."

Princess Lingjun sighed helplessly.