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Chapter 3561: 4.1161 Nothing Goes Right

Qiao Mu slammed the letter onto the table, leaping up from her stool.

What a joke! The Chaoyang Tower award, which rightfully belonged to her, couldn't just be brushed aside like that.

It wasn't that she was afraid of the Mu family and dared not return. She just didn't particularly want to go back and play those scheming games with them.

"Crown Princess, that messenger boy is still waiting outside for your reply," Cai Qi pouted, muttering softly.

He truly was persistent. To get the Crown Princess's definite word, he was willing to brave the scorching sun and wait outside the gate.

Qiao Mu's small face immediately stiffened. She said displeased, "Go tell him that I will return tomorrow! Tell him not to wait outside people's front doors anymore."

"Yes." Cai Qi came back in shortly, her cheeks puffed out as she said to Qiao Mu, "That Mu family boy is really strange. I explained it clearly to him, just as the Crown Princess said, but he still refused to leave."

"He said he'd wait until tomorrow to lead the way for the Crown Princess!"

Qiao Mu couldn't help but sneer.

How eager was Mu Jingfeng for her to return to the Mu family?

She had already agreed to go back, yet he still wasn't reassured, insisting on leaving a boy at the door as a decoration. It was simply baffling.

Qiao Mu made up her mind to return to the Mu family tomorrow for a "robbery." Since others were so enthusiastically and repeatedly inviting her, why shouldn't she go?

On the other side, Fu San was discussing with Village Chief Wang about breaking out of the corpse puppet lair tomorrow.

"Village Chief Wang, gather all the elderly, weak, women, and wounded from the village first."

Prince Mo Lian had many storage talismans with him, but most were filled with food and water, medicines, swords, and armor. The remaining space should be enough for a few hundred elderly, weak, women, and children.

These people had no combat ability; leaving them outside would just make them food for the corpse puppets. It was better to store them all away to avoid adding chaos during battle.

As for the able-bodied young men, they would naturally fight alongside the army.

However, Prince Mo Lian wouldn't treat them unfairly either. He had Fu San distribute armor and weapons, giving these people more to rely on.

"Young Master Fu." As Fu San discussed with the village chief, he saw Dan Yi Su, with her maid Meilan, gracefully approaching from a distance.

Fu San glanced at her, giving a faint, indifferent nod. "Master Dan Shi, we are currently distributing provisions here, and it's a bit chaotic. You should return to your tent to rest first."

"It's fine," Dan Yi Su smiled gently. "I can help too."

Fu San frowned slightly, then looked back at An Liu, Huifeng, and the others who were distributing food, his expression faint. "We have enough people distributing food here, we wouldn't dare trouble Master Dan Shi."

"Young Master Fu, is there something I did wrong?" Dan Yi Su, seeing Fu San's cold attitude towards her, couldn't help but ask.

And Meilan, the young maid standing behind her, was fuming with anger.

These past few days had been truly stifling.

Ever since they were given the cold shoulder at the Qiao family's door that day, it felt like nothing was going right.

Everyone they met gave them, master and servant, a cold reception.

Even a few young servants dared to show disrespect to their Miss.

The "few young servants" Meilan referred to were precisely Huifeng, An Liu, and others.

Fu San smiled faintly. "Master Dan Shi traveled a thousand miles to help, and everyone in the army is very grateful. However, distributing food is rough work, and we wouldn't want to trouble Master Dan Shi with it."