After the arranged marriage, she farms and survives under the tutelage of the villainous boss.

"Yunniang, we won!"

"Shuheng won."

Zhang was very excited: "They say it's a great victory, Xiao Su has suffered defeat after defeat, and now he's at his last gasp. Shuheng might be coming back!"

Upon hearing this, Yunniang was not particularly happy, but said, "Then we can wait for him to return. Fortunately, it is still autumn. Everyone is not cold in autumn. We haven't even finished making the clothes we prepared for the soldiers in winter, and we have already won a great victory."

"But you need to get some rest."

There is still more than half of the granary left, and there is also plenty of clothing and supplies. Now Jiang Zhiyun is busy dealing with the assets of Zheng Xi Niangzi's family. Those fields, shops, and businesses are all suitable for making cotton clothes, so Yunniang has been busy making them at full speed recently.

It has to be said that with the Zheng family's business, Jiang Zhiyun felt that preparing supplies was much easier and much more effortless.

They can't help with things on the battlefield, but they can do their job of providing backup and ensuring food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. That's enough.

Before the joy could even last for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ye Qi rushed back. He said to Jiang Zhiyun, "Madam Jiang, I have bad news..."

"It's bad news about the gentleman."

Ye Qi hesitated, unsure whether to speak or not.

Jiang Zhiyun nodded and said, "Tell me quickly, your hesitation is making me even more anxious."

Zhang was also panicked: "Didn't we just get good news? How come this news is bad again?"

"Oh my, things really can change anytime, anywhere on the battlefield."

I rubbed my temples; worrying now won't help.

"Sir, you are alright, nothing has happened. But our soldiers are in trouble now. The imperial reinforcements from Bianjing have arrived, twice as many as expected, and soldiers from Lingnan have also come. The soldiers from Lingnan are suited for mountain warfare, and their daily training mainly involves training in miasma."

"Our situation is not good right now. We just repelled Xiao Su, and his reinforcements have already arrived. The imperial court also has several other forces assisting us."

"Mr. Xie is being besieged. These people are extremely powerful, especially those from Bianjing. They must have been secretly trained for a long time. There are five hundred Black Riders."

Jiang Zhiyun nodded. The five hundred Black Riders must be from the Surveillance Bureau. The Emperor has been working on these things, wanting to use them as his final trump card. In her previous life, she remembered bringing them out in Bianjing. In this life, she exposed the Emperor's true colors while still in the Northwest.

It seems Xie Shuheng's actions have indeed angered the Emperor. The informant in the Censorate must be Xu Ping'an. Xu Ping'an is despicable and shameless; now that he's in Yun Niang's hands, she can truly use him.

Because she knew this person well, Jiang Zhiyun was quite adept at doing these things. She imitated Xu Ping'an's letter writing and easily found the records of Xu Ping'an's letters to the Bianjing Supervisory Office.

It's not difficult. In his past life, this person hid things by sewing them into the layers of his clothes. Now, if Ye Qi were to strip off his clothes, he would find a series of letters exchanged between them.

After taking it, they continued to knock Xu Pingan unconscious while he was still angry.

Xu Ping'an still feels bitter and incredulous. He was actually taken down by Jiang Zhiyun's makeshift team, caught in a single net, and is now locked up in a mud cellar.

He was so weak that he couldn't escape no matter what he did.

Despite all their calculations, they never thought highly of Jiang Zhiyun's house. Even when they had people watching it, they all knew that Jiang Zhiyun was constantly repairing the house and making traps, only knowing that they were animal traps.

He never respected her, thinking of her only as a peasant woman. He even looked down on these rural tools.

Unexpectedly, he was now captured by these lightweight things. He was even being suspended by Jiang Zhiyun in a net bag, with countless mousetraps below. Even if the net bag broke, the mousetraps below would still be deadly.

God knows what Jiang Zhiyun is doing, putting so much stuff down there like it's a death sentence. He can foresee how painful it is to be trapped like that.

Now, all I feel is deep sorrow and resentment.

They were even worried that the net bag would collapse, so they reminded Pan Chun, who delivered the food, every day, hoping that it could be reinforced.

Pan Chun tossed a steamed bun into the net bag.

He said in a feignedly fierce tone, "My wife instructed that the food we give you is just to keep you alive; we have no say in anything else."

"A person like you deserves to die."

"Of course, if you're willing to tell me where the Inspection Bureau's equipment depot is in the Northwest, my Lady Jiang will let you off the hook."

"..." Xu Pingan remained silent.

How could he dare to say it?

Even if he knows where it is, does he have the right to say it?

Although Xu Pingan was unwilling to say it, the fact was that he was just a lackey in the so-called Supervision Department, a person at the very bottom. If he dared to say it, how could he continue to live his life?

How can one continue to climb the ranks while using the banner of the Supervisory Department?

Both he and Jiang Zhiwan were able to get to where they are today because of the Fourth Prince's name.

“Your name is Panchun, right? Tell Zhiyun that I am working hard for our future. I will make her a very capable wife. I want to be the Grand Secretary, I want to be a... Prince. I want to have the merit of supporting the emperor. With her following me, she will definitely achieve great things.”

They said these things with great urgency.

"So don't always get bogged down in these little things."

Pan Chun didn't know how to put it, but she felt that this person had an incredibly thick skin.

Jiang Zhiyun turned around and was waiting at the cellar entrance.

Pan Chun quickly climbed up and told Yun Niang what Xu Ping'an had said.

"Madam Jiang, he made me tell you all this! I'm so angry."

Jiang Zhiyun looked at Pan Chun seriously and said, "Pan Chun, let me tell you something."

"This kind of man is a typical hypocrite, but he has no real ability. When you decide to marry someone, you need to be careful. If there is a man like this around you who talks a lot but is actually just a lowly nobody who doesn't know how to improve, then it basically means that this man is no good."

"..." Xu Ping'an, who was in the cellar, was furious and embarrassed.

"Jiang Zhiyun, I've been good enough to you, I've given you a lot of face. Even if you've been married before, I've never looked down on you."

"And now you're trying to tarnish my reputation!"

He was furious; he had never imagined that Jiang Zhiyun would be so ungrateful.

"Let's lock him up in the cellar. Otherwise, I'll always feel disgusted by people who fantasize all the time. He's too repulsive. Little Wolf, you stay at the cellar entrance and eat more! Be good."

"..."

Anyway, Xu Ping'an was facing a wolf with a gaping maw, and his meal consisted of both meat and vegetables, tasted delicious, and included a long strip of pork belly.

Looking at his steamed bun... Xu Ping'an began to eat it viciously. If he didn't eat, the wolf would keep biting him, seemingly thinking he was wasting food. It was truly a monster...

It's shameful to even talk about it, being trapped in those mousetraps, and now being forced to eat by wolves.

How did he end up in this state?

It was somewhat bitter.

It's all that bitch Jiang Zhiwan's fault. Because she married into the family, she changed his luck.