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Chapter 4677: 5.0429 Serious

Qiao Mu suddenly wished Duan Yue could speak for her.

"Don't talk," Qiao Mu interrupted Ming Ya Si coldly. "Listen to me first."

"Go ahead," Ming Ya Si nodded repeatedly.

"Are all your apothecaries present?"

"Yes, everyone's here," Ming Ya Si affirmed. "Qiao Qiao, do you have a plan?"

Qiao Mu hummed. "Hand over your apothecaries and alchemists to my Huang He for task assignment. No problem?"

"Naturally no problem." Ming Ya Si was exceptionally cooperative now.

Qiao Mu looked at him, slightly surprised. "Before that, make sure you talk to them properly. I don't want any trouble once they're with Huang He."

"Since Huang He will be assigning tasks uniformly, I expect each of them to avoid excessive chatter," Qiao Mu said expressionlessly. "Good work will be rewarded. But if they delay my progress or cause a bunch of annoying problems..."

She paused coldly, glancing at Ming Ya Si. "You know how I operate. If the situation is serious, I might not be able to control my desire to kill."

In short, it was one simple message: Don't cause trouble for me!

"Don't worry, I'll convey everything."

That was exactly what Qiao Mu wanted to hear. This batch of alchemists and apothecaries might not all listen to Huang He, and she didn't want any unnecessary problems to arise and vex her. Laying down the harsh truth beforehand was Qiao Mu's standard operating procedure. Since she had already warned them, if trouble still arose, they shouldn't blame her for being ruthless.

"Qiao Qiao, rest assured," Ming Ya Si quickly said. "With me keeping them in line, they definitely won't cause you any trouble."

Qiao Mu nodded and left with Huang He to find Duan Yue.

The same request to Duan Yue was much simpler: "Duan Yue, I need your Cangzhou apothecaries."

No other words were needed. Duan Yue naturally went to gather them and gave a few brief instructions.

Fairy Huang He watched from the side, listening as the young Cangzhou Emperor calmly stated, "For the next few months, you will work under Fairy Huang He. Do what she tells you, speak less and do more, ask if you don't understand. Any objections?"

All the alchemists and apothecaries unanimously shook their heads, and the matter was thus settled.

The little poker face tilted her head, glancing at Duan Yue. Just as she was about to praise him, a Cangzhou Guard, looking anxious and urgent, rushed to Duan Yue's side and whispered a few words in his ear.

The distance was quite far, but with Qiao Mu's keen hearing, she only caught the guard's whispers: Yancheng, incident... serious.

She quickly ran to his side and asked directly, "What happened?"

"Nothing," Duan Yue turned to look at her and smiled.

The little poker face rolled her eyes at him. "Just tell me."

Duan Yue almost laughed, seeing her anxious expression, and said, "It's fine. Yancheng is under siege, and city defense forces have already been deployed there."

The little poker face immediately grew anxious.

Don't let this man's nonchalant demeanor fool you; it was definitely more than that.

"Are Tianyun's people trying to seize our strongholds?" Qiao Mu quickly said. "Let's take people and go together."

"What's the rush?" Duan Yue saw her about to leave to notify others and quickly pulled her back. "This matter is a bit complex."