The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!-Chapter 728: Martyrdom for the Nation

Yun Jiao couldn’t help asking, "Then isn’t there very little Forbidden Army left in the Capital City?"

As she knew, although the Great Chu Forbidden Army claimed to be in the hundreds of thousands, these troops were spread across the country.

The Forbidden Army in the Capital City, known as the Palace Guard, was considered the elite force of Great Chu. But even that was only eighty to ninety thousand strong, and now half had been deployed elsewhere; relying on forty thousand to defend the city?

Lady Wu nodded, "Only about forty thousand Palace Guard, but the Capital City is built solidly, easy to defend and hard to attack, forty thousand troops are enough to hold the city."

Yun Jiao whispered, "Mother, should we prepare something?"

When war breaks out, survival is paramount, and food is indispensable.

Lady Wu had similar thoughts to Yun Jiao, "No need; the food stored in the mansion’s granary is enough to last a year or two."

"There’s no shortage of food in the Capital City, even if a siege—"

She stopped her words short, feeling it too ominous to speak further.

"In any case, let’s keep watching and not rush to buy food; our household has enough to eat, buying more would only deprive the common people of it."

Yun Jiao nodded.

After leaving the main courtyard, she contemplated deeply and decided she should prepare nevertheless, better safe than sorry.

Her silver was all kept in the medicine storage, buying some food to store there would suffice.

No matter how much food the Duke Mansion had, nothing was safer than storing it in her medicine storage.

She thought it over, deciding to make more of the salted fried beef and fried small fish she had prepared for Jiang Youzhi last time; once cooked, they wouldn’t spoil in the storage. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

However, with so many people and prying eyes in the Duke Mansion, it wasn’t easy to handle.

The next day, Yun Jiao went to Renxin Hall.

She first sent the household servant to buy some rice and flour, telling him to store them at the Gu Family residence.

Then she sent Granny Tian to buy beef and small fish.

Granny Tian returned and said, "There wasn’t any beef today, only managed to buy some small fish."

Yun Jiao said nothing, waiting for Granny Tian to prepare the small fish and take them to the Gu Family.

This place had almost become Yun Jiao’s warehouse, usually only Uncle was there, Yun Jiao sent the maids far away, salted the small fish, and fried them till crispy in the oil pot.

She tasted them herself; they were quite delicious.

She placed the fish in a jar inside the space, then gave Uncle a few pieces of silver, gesturing with the fish for quite a while, indicating for him to buy and prepare small fish daily for her to handle.

Uncle nodded, indicating his understanding.

The next day, Yun Jiao continued to have Granny Tian buy beef and pork.

Once purchased, Yun Jiao would take it to the Gu Family and make pork jerky and salted fried beef.

Several days passed in succession, and Yun Jiao tirelessly made, storing jars of meat jerky and small fish in the medicine storage.

That evening, Yun Jiao returned home, calculating she should have dinner with the Duke and Lady Wu today, although the Duke was mostly absent, leaving early and returning late; Yun Jiao hadn’t seen him for half a month.

Upon arriving at the main courtyard, she saw Lady Wu with her brow furrowed and biting her lower lip tightly.

Yun Jiao hurriedly asked, "Mother, what’s wrong?"

Upon seeing Yun Jiao, Lady Wu grabbed her hand, her expression grave, "News arrived this morning; Marquis Wu’an died for the country, and all forty thousand Palace Guard were annihilated."

Yun Jiao was shocked, "This—"

Lin Shuo was still in Xiang City at the time and likely didn’t know about his father’s death in battle.

She sat down and asked Lady Wu, "Then the army from Jin Country—"

Lady Wu’s face was extremely grim, "They are expected to reach the Capital City in just a few days!"