The Princess of the Substitute Bride Strikes Back

"The soldiers didn't listen to my explanation at all. We are fine here. Do you want to stay with us? We have baked potatoes for dinner. What's the problem with them being cooked?

The officers and soldiers ignored them. He didn't want to waste his breath.

In any case, it is impossible to let the three Cai family members join the team. If those concubines also want to stay, then they should all be isolated and no one can go back!

"Ma'am, have you taken your medicine?"

The third concubine was a little moved. Aren’t Cai and the others doing well?

Besides, everyone had taken the anti-epidemic medicine, so it should be fine if they ate something. Besides, who doesn't have rats in their house? If they went back, they would be hungry, so they might as well stay.

"Of course I drank it. I had to drink the medicine given by the soldiers. Why didn't I see the Fourth and Fifth Aunts?"

"I guess they just asked the official for food, so they are not hungry now." Seventh Aunt said sarcastically. It would be better if they didn't come, so they wouldn't snatch food from them.

“He’s quite capable.”

Cai said disdainfully, no wonder I didn’t see them, it turned out they were going to please the officials.

"Mom, I just want you to tell me the truth. Did you pick up these grains from rats?"

Mu Xianya suddenly walked out of the crowd and stared at Jin seriously with cold eyes, as if she wanted to see through Cai's disguise.

"Ya'er, come here, let me tell you something."

Cai laughed dryly. She suddenly felt as if she didn’t recognize her daughter. This expression was so scary!

"I won't go over, just tell me straight away."

Mu Xianya did not come closer, nor was she as intimate with Cai as before, and her tone was very firm.

"How can you talk like that, kid? I found the package under a tree. Who knows if any mice have eaten it?"

Cai was a little angry. Why didn't they come to help when she was struggling to pull the horse just now?

Mu Xianya also ran very fast. Now that she had brought back so much food, she was still questioning her!

"Mom is right, Xianya, you have to trust us. Since the soldiers won't let us go, it's fine for our family to stay here."

Mrs. Liu spoke cautiously. After weighing the pros and cons, she chose to believe Mrs. Cai. After all, they had eaten and drunk water and were not feeling unwell.

"Zhang'er, why do you look so stupid?"

The Sixth Aunt found that something was wrong with Mu Yuanzhang. He hid in Liu's arms the whole time, did not speak, and was no longer as lively as before.

"Oh! Zhang'er was just frightened. Just calm down. It's okay."

After saying that, Liu took Mu Yuanzhang to the side to rest. She was worried that her son would reveal the truth and things would become difficult.

"I think it's not bad for us to stay here. We can rest if we go back. There's no difference. What do you think?"

After weighing the pros and cons, Seventh Aunt decided to stay. She saw that Mu Xianya's tone was firm, but she had no intention of leaving.

"I agree. It doesn't matter where we rest. It's getting dark, so let's stay."

"I think so."

In the end, after discussion, several concubines decided to stay and have dinner with the three Cais.

Mu Xianya didn't leave either. She sat next to Cai with an expressionless face. No one knew what she was thinking.

……

"Brother Bai, Xier, the people from the second house went to look for Cai, and it seems they are still sitting there."

When several concubines from the second room passed by the first room, Luo saw that they had not returned for a long time, so she looked back and found that the people from the second room were sitting at the back of the team, and they probably had no intention of going back.

"Don't pay attention to them. Let's not have any contact with the people from the second house, so as not to be implicated by them."

Jiang said decisively that the second branch of the Mu family had brought such a fate upon themselves.

"Grandmother is right. I just saw the fourth and fifth aunts were still there, and they didn't follow the other aunts to the back of the team to look for Cai. I don't know why."

Liu Yue told what she had just seen and heard.

The Second House is usually full of chaos, but the Fourth Concubine is the only one who has a good temper and never causes trouble. She is also a good maid, but I don't know why she is so close to the Fifth Concubine." Concubine Jiang expressed her guess.

"We don't need to worry about them. We just need to take precautions and not get close to them."

Fu Yunxi said that with the changes in her body after practicing martial arts, she felt that her body functions had improved, such as her hearing, vision, smell and other perceptions. She just heard the conversation between the Fourth Aunt and others a few dozen meters away.

Moreover, since being exiled, in addition to learning whip techniques from Mu Yibai, she has also harvested some food from the crops she planted in the space, and fruits one after another. Although the fog in the space has not changed significantly, the harvested food is enough for them to eat for decades.

"Drink some water!"

Mu Yibai handed the water bag to everyone and stopped talking about it. Today, due to the fear of earthworms turning over, everyone did not set up tents, but sat on thick cushions.

In particular, Lin Jie and Jiang not only had cushions but also mattresses under them. These were specially prepared by Fu Yunxi because she was worried that they might get injured in the earthquake.

As a modern person, she understood the principles of earthquakes and knew that it was actually safest to stay outdoors at this time. As long as she stayed away from large objects that might fall, she would lie on a cushion and wait for the aftershocks to pass.

Everyone in the team followed the officers' and soldiers' instructions, sitting where they were, and no one went far away.

Even Cai and her family were exceptionally honest, probably because they had food and water.

As night fell and the moon rose, everyone was preparing to rest when the horses suddenly neighed, followed by a vibration of the ground beneath them, as if a powerful force was released from the ground, trying to destroy everything.

Everyone panicked, "Ah..."

"my hand……"

“It’s really a dragon turning over.”

"Don't move, ah...you're pressing on me..."

The team suddenly fell into chaos. Some people were squeezed, some fell down due to unstable standing, and the horses became restless, and some even fell down while dragging the carts.

Fortunately, the earthquake will not last forever, but will be a series of longitudinal and transverse waves that alternate in waves. If everyone holds on for a while, it will pass!

“It seems to have stopped.”

"Grandma, sister-in-law, are you all right?"

The earthquake lasted for about an incense stick of time and has temporarily stabilized, but the possibility of aftershocks cannot be ruled out.

"Everyone, don't stand up yet. I'll light the oil lamp and see." In the main room, Fu Yunxi took out an oil lamp from the space and lit it.

Liu Yue took it and shone it in Lin Jie's direction, "Sister-in-law, are you okay?"

Lin Jie's pregnant belly was obvious. She had been lying on her side on the quilt, not daring to move.

"I'm fine. Fortunately, Xier prepared this big pillow and bedding. I'm fine. How about you?"

"Sister-in-law, I'm glad you're okay. We're all okay too."

Fu Yunxi confirmed that everyone was safe and sound. The people who needed special attention were her sister-in-law and grandmother. The two little girls, Jiaojiao and Lin Xue, even found it very interesting. They lay on the bedding, not only did they not feel uncomfortable, but they could also feel the whole world shaking in the dark, which was both exciting and novel.

"This should be the biggest shock. If there is another one, the magnitude will not be very large. Let's have a good rest tonight. We still have to travel the mountain road tomorrow." The people in the big room sat together, lighting the oil lamp, and Mu Yibai said calmly.

The two horses in the eldest house were just a little frightened and were not seriously injured.

Mu Yiheng fed them some water and comforted them.