Chapter 569: Collecting Servants and Slaves (7)_1
However, despite these doubts, Cai Wei never suspected them. She believed that the Dun Zhu sisters must have their inexpressible difficulties and it wasn’t anything else!
Early in the morning, Cai Wei sent Brother Ying to deliver a letter to Nangong Yi, inviting him to lunch at the inn. It was a surprise for him and judging by the time, he should be on his way. Cai Wei hurriedly got up to prepare the meal, bid farewell to Mr. Gou Dan’er and gave them three or four pieces of broken silver to stay over for the days to come.
Nangong Yi has been with the army since he left the capital, busy travelling and raising funds for grains and straws, living and eating with soldiers, he must have suffered a lot. These sufferings might not matter to others, but for him who had been indulged since he was a child, it must have been very difficult!
So, Cai Wei decided to treat him well to make up for it, at least to let him enjoy a good meal before leaving for Lingbei.
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Meanwhile,
The imperial forest army who guarded the capital was intensely searching every nook and cranny in the royal hunting ground, not daring to slack off.
The Emperor’s edict was to carefully look out for Princess An Le or that giant white furred tiger. If anything was left unturned, the whole nine clans of the person responsible would be executed.
As their family clan’s fate was at stake, the soldiers dared not slake and made sure not to overlook a single grass nest or stone crevice, fearing it might bring about a disaster to their family.
"Hey, have you found any clues?"
"Not yet, what about your group?"
"No either!"