Gu Yuheng nodded, "That’s good. With the Duke here, the Capital City will surely be defended."
Yun Jiao sighed, "Father, if I had known earlier, I would have let you and Xiao Chuan return to Xiang City. I never expected the Capital City to be this dangerous."
It would have been good to have them leave a few days earlier.
Gu Yuheng frowned, "Silly girl, we are a family, whether in life or death, we should always be together."
"I don’t want to go through those days of uncertainty about life and death after being separated from you siblings for years."
"No matter what, our family must stay together."
At this ti, Gu Chuan suddenly ca in from outside, "Sister, I’m not afraid. Wherever you are, that’s where I’ll be."
Yun Jiao hugged him and nodded, "Good."
Suddenly, an idea struck her, and she pulled Gu Chuan to his room, closed the door, and whispered, "Xiao Chuan, close your eyes. Until I tell you to open them, you mustn’t."
Gu Chuan obediently closed his eyes, and Yun Jiao hugged him, thinking about entering the dicine storage.
But she quickly realized she and Gu Chuan were still in the room; they hadn’t entered the dicine storage!
She tried several tis, but there was no response.
She couldn’t enter the dicine storage with Xiao Chuan!
Feeling full of disappointnt, Yun Jiao released Gu Chuan, "Alright."
Gu Chuan looked up at her, "Sister, what’s wrong?" Why did it feel like she had been dealt a blow during this short ti?
"It’s nothing." Yun Jiao patted Gu Chuan’s head, "It’s chaotic outside, don’t run around these days, just stay in the pharmacy."
Leaving Renxin Hall, Yun Jiao went to the White dicine Workshop. During this ti, the workshop had been running overti, producing White dicine.
Every batch produced was sent over to the Ministry of War.
Yun Jiao told Manager Liu: "Step up production, if there aren’t enough people, hire more for nial tasks first."
Earlier, upon hearing news of the Jin Army’s advance, Yun Jiao had already brought in a batch of people, and each skilled worker now had an apprentice.
Manager Liu sighed, "There’s nothing else we can do, but the quality of the White dicine will drop sowhat this way."
Yun Jiao shook her head, "There’s no choice." It’s better than having soldiers injured without any dicine available.
After advising Manager Liu, Yun Jiao headed back to the Duke Mansion, only to see many citizens on the street running around like headless chickens, with one nearly crashing into her carriage.
Da Ya reached out to stop the young man, "What’s going on, why are you running blindly?"
The young man was still in shock, "The people from Jin Country have already reached outside the city!"
"I heard they’re setting up camp!"
Da Ya released him, glanced at Yun Jiao, who tightened her lips, "Return to the mansion."
The next day, Yun Jiao went early to the White dicine Workshop and spent the entire day there, returning to the mansion at dusk.
Upon returning, she saw Lady Wu beaming with joy, "Today, the Jin Army sent dozens of large ships to attack the West Water Gate, but the Duke defended it with only two thousand soldiers."
It was the first good news Yun Jiao heard in many days, and she couldn’t help but feel a bit happy, "Father is truly remarkable."
Lady Wu proudly said, "Zhong Xing is very skilled in warfare."
"It’s just that Great Chu values literature over military, suppressing military officers, so he had no room to excel. He often told he wished to train an army himself and retake the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures."
"Unfortunately, that wish can’t be realized."
"He only served as the Commander of the Imperial Army for two years, yet in truth, the Imperial Army remains under the emperor’s control."
Lady Wu slightly lifted her head, "I believe that with Zhong Xing present, the Capital City will certainly be defended."
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