Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1227: Chapter 1224 Bad News

Those people attacking Ah Heng were also likely trying to frame him, preventing him from delivering the grain on time.

If not on time, they could use this as a reason to convict him.

Their intentions were sinister.

Then she would secretly send a batch of grain over, which could also solve the urgent dilemma.

“Young Master Du’s letters usually arrive within ten days, and it has been seven days now, so it should be soon,” Su Mei said honestly.

After waiting another two days, Ye Muyu got in touch with Du Heng and asked him to send a batch of grain to the Northern Region. She also made triple preparations to send the grain to the Northern Region.

The weather became hotter and hotter, and Ye Muyu grew increasingly lethargic, unwilling to go out.

“My lady, something terrible has happened.” Early one morning, the gatekeeper brought news, Su Mei stopped the person outside the courtyard, and after getting the details, hurried into the room. She saw that Muyu had just woken up and hesitated to speak.

Ye Muyu rubbed her eyes and sat up, “What’s wrong? Is there news from Ah Heng?”

“My lady, it’s all over the capital that the grain escorted by the master has been hijacked by the Xiongnu,” the servant reported.

Ye Muyu abruptly sat up, wide awake, “How could this happen?”

She had calculated the time, and by now, Chu Heng should indeed have delivered the grain. However, since the Northern Region was so vast, there had been instances where small groups of Xiongnu crossed the border line to raid the city for grain.

But ever since the King of Huainan began to station at the Northern border pass, such incidents had become very unlikely. At most, groups of no more than a hundred Xiongnu would enter Great Chu, but they wouldn’t get far before being discovered. They definitely couldn’t get into the cities, as the features of the Xiongnu were entirely different from those of the people of Great Chu. Even if they disguised themselves, they were very easy to spot.

After several such occurrences, the Xiongnu no longer sent private soldiers into Great Chu. Even if spies did enter, they tried to hide their identities and gather intelligence.

“How are the people?” Ye Muyu calmed down and asked the question she cared about most.

Su Mei said, “There’s no word of casualties, but now the entire capital knows, and many people are gossiping at the mansion gate.”

“Even the woman who does our kitchen shopping got into a fight when she went out to buy vegetables; the situation is really not good.”

“What else?” Muyu asked.

Not daring to hide the truth, Su Mei confessed, “The citizens of the capital are also saying that the master is too young to be responsible for escorting the grain. They say he is overeager for success and that it might delay the military operations.”

Ye Muyu laughed in anger, “There must be someone deliberately spreading rumors behind this. What do the common people know? Without someone leading them, they wouldn’t be able to come up these specifics.”

“Starting today, the servants of the residence are not allowed to go out without cause, and shopping is to be halted. Any needed provisions should be brought in from the manor.”

“You go and find out which family is spreading these rumors, and if you can obtain evidence, all the better.”

“Keep monitoring Tang Beauty,” she instructed.

“Help me dress,” Ye Muyu got up and walked to the dressing mirror, letting Chun Xing help her with her hair, while Su Mei quickly set out to fulfill the tasks she had been assigned.

After her hair was done, Ye Muyu declined breakfast and went straight to the courtyard of Madam Liu.

Just as she arrived at the entrance, she heard Madam Liu’s angry voice, “Nonsense, how could my Ah Heng be overeager for success? The intrusion by the Xiongnu indicates a danger at the border pass, it’s likely that Ah Heng is also implicated.”

“Ah Heng will be fine, he will surely solve the problem. Let’s not add to the chaos, let’s pretend we don’t know about this,” Chu Zhiwen’s voice was stern, rarely so forceful in front of Madam Liu.

Madam Liu wiped the faint redness from her eyes, “I will go pray for Ah Heng’s safe return.”