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"Thank you, Noble Lady, I understand." Seeing her own child call someone else 'Mother', she truly would rather not have given birth.
"Alright, I'm leaving now." Noble Lady Wu stood up and whispered words only the two of them could hear, "You wouldn't know how much I don't want to serve that old man, such is my wretched fate."
Ye Zao couldn't help but smile, bowing respectfully to send Noble Lady Wu off.
After all, which twenty-something young woman would want to serve an old man?
Having sat for a while longer, Ye Zao rose to her feet upon hearing a commotion in the distance.
Frowning, just as she was about to ask, she saw chaos breaking out in the camp.
"Are there spies?" Ye Zao's hand clenched.
"Miss, don't be afraid, with so many people here, the spies won't succeed," said Ah Yuan, who had returned from the Capital just a few days ago.
"Let's go, return." If something were to happen in her absence, it wouldn't be good, and she feared being misunderstood.
