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In fact, while the two princes were fighting with their wits and courage, the other side might have been more skilled or the king might have had a bad luck. The few grains and fodder in the granary were all destroyed by the enemy. There was not much food left in the city. When marching and fighting, one had to pay attention to how important food was to the army since the army had not yet arrived.

Although the territory commanded by the emperor at that time was famous for its wealth, food and supplies were not enough to keep up with it in a short period of time. Therefore, it was imperative that they wait until the supplies arrived. Even the monarch would starve before supplies arrived.

Although the monarch was full of ambition, he was sickly. The long journey had made him unwell, and the sudden famine had only added fuel to the fire. With too much worry and too much hunger, the king finally fell.

He was sick, and soon, he saw the king was about to die. His trusted men were all panicking. Yu had cured the King's illness, but he was unable to feed the King who was still in a coma and had not forgotten to pick out his food. As soon as ordinary food got near, it caused a violent reaction from the King, making it impossible for him to eat it.

For a time, no one knew what to do.

Just then, the Yun Family Ancestor took the initiative to come forward and offer his services to him. He did not expect that he would gain the interest of the Sovereign, feeding him a huge bowl in one go so that he could preserve the Sovereign's life.

After the Monarch had escaped from death, the supplies arrived in time to solve the urgent needs of the army. When the Monarch woke up, he heard his trusted aide tell him about the situation when he was unconscious, and it happened to be the military's best news. He was immediately overjoyed.

After finding out that the Yun Family's ancestor had actually given up his own safety for the sake of killing the enemy, he waved his large brush and bestowed the title of being loyal and brave. After the victory of the Great War, the generals of the Fire Cloud Country rewarded the victors for their meritorious service. The Patriarch of Yun Family was also naturally conferred the title of Loyal Marquis.

Speaking of which, when it came to this Hou Mansion residence, the founder did not specify it as the current one, but rather, the Loyal Marquis at that time was the ancestor of the Yun Family who had coincidentally selected this one. It was a beautiful name: quiet.

The exact reason was unknown. In short, the rumors in the Hou Mansion were all that the Old Ancestor did not care about his reputation and did not like fighting over power with others.

The rumors among the commoners were the complete opposite: Loyal Marquis was originally a villager, and had never seen anything of the world. Since this mansion took up a large amount of land, had many pavilions, and had many exquisite houses, he decided to take over this mansion.

That's right, this mansion was indeed different from the other noble families' residences. It was different from the usual large and grand ones.

The Loyal Marquis Palace was rather far from the residence of the Imperial Family's children, but it was rather close to the outskirts of the city. There was a thousand-year-old ancient banyan tree less than ten miles away, with a large crown that cast a shady shadow over it. People in the neighboring villages liked to talk about their families under this big banyan tree.

Winter was a bit colder here. Most people would gather here during the summer, blowing the cool wind under the shade of the trees. Then there were the eastern parents. The Xi Family was so short, yet they had spent an hour or two here. Hey, Mrs. Sun, have you heard? The Loyal Marquis family is going to marry their daughter. " a woman in her thirties or forties approached an older woman and whispered.

Old Mrs. Sun obviously had a good relationship with this woman. Perhaps it was because both of them loved to talk.

Upon hearing this, Old Sun's eyes lit up. At first glance, she was definitely very interested. She then approached the woman and asked excitedly, "Old woman, I haven't heard about this before. Where did you get the news from?"

He arrogantly raised his chin and said: "I have a distant relative working in the Hou Mansion, and because I have a good relationship with the overseers, I know a lot of things that others do not know. He was the one who told me this."

Mrs. Sun nodded, believing what the woman had said. In the end, he only sighed and said: "Loyal Marquis is the marquis, this marriage of a daughter is definitely not a small matter. I've lived for so many years but I've never seen such a thing." After pausing for a moment, she continued to ask, "I heard that Loyal Marquis's eldest daughter, Kenjiang Shunde, is well-informed.

The woman laughed softly, "You don't know, but this time the one rumored to be marrying isn't the young miss but the second young miss. However, the man is still the eldest young master of the Ning Family." She put on an intriguing expression, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Seeing the woman like this, Old Sun also smiled in understanding. She then frowned and leisurely said: "Speaking of which, the young miss of the Loyal Marquis Palace is the one who is truly pitiful. Having lost her mother at a young age, and the stepmother being so unvirtuous, to actually have her child betrothed to someone else. Who knows what kind of husband she will have right now."

As she spoke, she turned around as if she had sensed something, and looked in the direction of the Loyal Marquis. Not long later, an extremely luxurious carriage slowly drove in from there, and it seemed like it was the exit of a woman from Hou Mansion.

Old Sun watched unblinkingly until the carriage drove away. Only then did she retract her gaze and mutter to herself, "This is clearly the carriage for the women of Hou Mansion, and from the direction, it seems to be heading towards a few villages. Aren't they usually headed towards the capital? What song is this again? "

However, how could these rich and powerful women like them understand? She only thought about it for a moment, then stopped thinking about it as she pulled old Mrs. Sun to talk about the amazing new wife that had just married into the neighboring village.

A formidable young daughter-in-law meeting with an evil mother-in-law for the rest of her life was not something that could be said in a short period of time.

It was already close to noon. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves could be heard on the village road, which was usually deserted. "Da Da Da... Da Da..." The crisp ring of the bell was especially pleasing to the ear. As they approached a small village, the elderly ladies at the foot of the tree at the intersection heard the crisp bell and immediately recognized the carriage as being commonly used by the female servants of the Guan Family.

The women all liked exquisite things, jingle jingle jingle jingle, crisp and crisp.

The children sitting around the carriage curiously looked at the purple carriage that was gradually approaching. The flowered windows, the beaded curtains, the fine purple tassels moved back and forth with the rolling of the carriage, and small purple bells were hung from them. On the walls of the carriage, there was a picture of a luxurious peony symbolizing wealth and splendor, and purplish-gold vines twisted around the blooming flowers, twisting and twisting until they reached the very edge of the carriage.