A farmer has a shrewish wife; he's busy making money every day.

At dawn, Ye Qingxue climbed the city gate.

Five days have passed since the Chi tribe besieged the city. According to her prediction, Lu Chuci should return in the next few days.

The pharmacy had enough staff, so Ye Qingxue decided to make time to wait at the city gate.

She wanted to see Lu Chuci before everyone else.

I never expected that I would have to wait for a whole day.

Ye Qingxue originally thought that she would not see Lu Chuci today, so she planned to come again tomorrow.

In the instant he turned around, a red battle flag fluttered fiercely at the far end of the yellow sand.

A continuous line of black soldiers appeared on the horizon, surrounding a young man riding a powerful warhorse with a carefree smile.

The sun gradually sank in the west, spreading orange glow across the sky, and a gentle breeze brought warmth. This was the best weather I had encountered since arriving in Mocheng.

The sunlight was gentle, neither hot nor dry, and from afar, she watched her young man return in triumph.

The two looked directly into each other's eyes through the rolling yellow sand and smiled simultaneously.

Ye Qingxue watched him until Lu Chuci rode his horse to the city gate. Only then did she step onto the city wall, lean forward, and leap straight down.

A chorus of exclamations erupted around him, but Lu Chuci simply smiled as he looked at the figure leaping toward him.

Like a butterfly, light and beautiful.

He opened his arms and caught the butterfly in his embrace, stroked her cheek, took her hand in his hands, and kissed the back of her hand.

"Qingqing, have you walked right into our trap?"

"I never intended to run away." Ye Qingxue smiled and buried her head in his neck. "General Lu, congratulations on your triumphant return."

Lu Chuci put his arm around her waist and whispered in her ear, "Qingqing, call me husband."

Ye Qingxue's ears tingled, but with a smile on her face, she leaned close to his ear and said, "Husband."

Lu Chuci's ears turned red instantly.

Ye Qingxue tilted her head: "Are you satisfied, husband?"

"What else would you like to hear?"

"Husband?"

"My lord husband?"

"Or...Brother Chu Ci?"

With a sudden tightening around her waist, Ye Qingxue retreated with a triumphant smile, creating distance between herself and him, watching his expression with amusement.

Lu Chuci's expression was almost on the verge of collapse. His face was burning, but he forced himself to remain calm: "Alright, stop fooling around. Let's go back to camp first."

Back in the tent, hot water had already been prepared in the bathtub, which Ye Qingxue had ordered to be prepared when she saw the battle flag.

To welcome someone and wash away the dust of their journey, one should naturally take a good shower and get thoroughly cleaned.

Ye Qingxue asked Lu Chuci to take a bath, but Lu Chuci didn't let go of the hand that had been around his waist the whole time.

"Qingqing, what about the reward you promised?"

Ye Qingxue paused in her pushing motion: "What do you want?"

Lu Chuci kissed her ear: "I want my wife to serve her husband a bath."

boom.

Ye Qingxue's mind seemed to explode for a moment.

Seeing the sly smile on Lu Chuci's face, she blushed and gritted her teeth: "You really do hold grudges."

Lu Chuci smiled calmly and took her hand: "Let's go, Qingqing."

The tent was filled with steam, and everything in sight was a hazy white. Ye Qingxue leaned against Lu Chuci's chest, listening to him talk about what happened on the battlefield.

"It's a good thing you reminded us that the Golden Elixir was left behind to take revenge on Chief Chi, so that we could watch the clam and the crane fight while we could reap the benefits. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to win this battle so easily."

After the Chi chieftain led his troops back to the tribe, he was met with Dan Yang's wrath.

Originally, the Chi chieftain was unaware of Dan Yang's power, only thinking that he was a lowly soldier used by the Wu Dynasty to deceive him, and that his purpose was to cooperate with the Longyang army from within.

Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to this person and led a small team back to the palace to capture him. But who knew that in the blink of an eye, most of the people were already dead.

By the time he realized what was happening and was about to fire a signal flare to call for backup, his body had already been subdued.

Dan Yang cut wounds all over his body, letting the blood flow continuously, making it impossible for him to heal or die immediately.

Then, he personally fired a signal flare and killed off the reinforcements one by one in front of him.

The potion that the Chi chief was so proud of had no effect whatsoever on this person.

In the end, he only managed to eliminate his followers; Dan Yang killed everyone else.

When Lu Chuci rushed in, Chief Chi was already on his last breath.

Dan Yang had already exhausted a great deal of his strength fighting with the Chi tribe, and he didn't have much power to fight back against Lu Chuci, who was also a Golden Core cultivator.

Lu Chuci arrested the person almost effortlessly.

Lu Chuci chuckled as she said this: "He probably has never been treated like this in his life. After I tied him up, he didn't say a word and kept his eyes closed without looking at anyone."

Ye Qingxue grabbed his arm: "The mission to retrieve the spirit herb failed, and you even used it as a pawn. Anyone would be depressed, let alone a cultivator who thinks highly of himself."

"Next up is the Martial Emperor." Lu Chuci hugged her tighter. "Are you scared?"

Feeling the solid support behind her, Ye Qingxue closed her eyes and shook her head: "Anyway, we'll live and die together, so I won't be alone."

After that, Lu Chuci remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a sigh.

"Yes, we'll live and die together."

—

In the following days, Ye Qingxue devoted herself to the production of the medicine, while Lu Chuci trained the soldiers at the training ground.

Every now and then, people would come to give eggs and fruit as a token of their gratitude, and the military camp returned to its former vitality. Even the people of Mocheng were all smiles.

Only they knew that the greatest crisis was about to arrive.

Just as the last batch of medicine was put into production, the jade tablet, which had been silent for a long time, lit up.

Ye Qingxue immediately found a secluded spot. "Elder Qu? Is that you?"

Qu Cheng's voice came from the jade pendant: "Young Madam, it's me."

Ye Qingxue immediately noticed something strange about his voice and asked seriously, "What happened?"

Qu Cheng remained silent for a while before speaking: "Emperor Wu... has found An Niang and Xiao Fu..."

"What?!" Ye Qingxue exclaimed in disbelief, "What happened?"

"It's my fault for not hiding them properly." Qu Cheng's voice was deliberately suppressed, but it still trembled uncontrollably.

"When I went to find Anniang, I discovered the note left in the room. Then I found out that the Empress was holding a Dragon Boat Festival event in the capital, sending people to spread notices to welcome friends from outside the city to participate, attracting them with generous rewards. Now, many people from outside the city have already come to the capital!"

Ye Qingxue's pupils shrank sharply: "He's trying to take hostages!"

"Yes, young mistress, what do you think? Do you need the power of our cultivation world?" Qu Cheng asked through gritted teeth.

Ye Qingxue lowered her eyes and quickly considered several possibilities and countermeasures, then her eyelashes trembled: "No need, Elder Qu, please find a man named Pei Shao in Sanjing Lane and work with him to find a way to prevent more people from entering the capital!"

"Okay," Qu Cheng replied readily.

"Do you have a way to move the people out of the capital?"

Qu Cheng: "There is a large teleportation array, but the Martial Emperor cannot just stand by and watch us send people away."

Ye Qingxue nodded: "We'll figure out a way. I'll let you know where to draw the teleportation array later."

"Yeah, no problem."

"Regarding Aunt An and Xiao Fu, the Martial Emperor will definitely use this to blackmail you, aiming to make the cultivation world hesitate to take action. So—" Ye Qingxue thought for a moment and immediately offered a solution, "You should take the initiative to go to the Martial Emperor and negotiate with him, exchanging Aunt An and Xiao Fu for the cultivation world not intervening!"

Ye Qingxue spoke quickly, without the slightest hesitation.

Qu Cheng: "Young Madam, do you really not need the help of the cultivation world?"

If the deal is reached, then the cultivation world will truly have no chance of interfering.

Ye Qingxue paused for a moment, then said firmly, "Don't worry, we can do it."