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"Sure, no problem," Qin Changlin laughed.

Gu Youyou said, "And when you worship at master’s grave, give a few more bows on my behalf."

"Alright, alright, I know, you’ve become more naggy."

Gu Youyou: "..."

Today, Searcy bought another maid home and presented her to Gu Youyou, who looked displeased.

"What’s wrong?"

"Just bought her." Searcy pushed the maid towards Gu Youyou.

Gu Youyou’s gaze moved to the maid, sizing her up.

After a moment, the maid giggled and said, "How about it? How’s this disguise?"

Gu Youyou, surprised, said, "Lun Yu?"

Lun Yu, smiling, said, "Yes, it’s me."

Gu Youyou looked at her new style, unable to help but laugh and cry, "Do you even have any friends dressed like that?"

The key is that she looks different every time, who could stand being her friend?

Lun Yu pouted and said, "I’m only here because Yue Rujing asked me to help, otherwise do you think I’d willingly be your maid?"

"Oh? Yue Rujing sent you?" Gu Youyou said with a surprised look on her face, "What can you do besides disguise and tell stories?"

Gu Youyou remembered that the last time Lun Yu was a maid at Lin Residence, she was more like a mistress than a maid, completely pampered.

Lun Yu said, "Hey, don’t look down on people. I’m not just worried about you encountering skilled women, I’m also skilled now. I’ll be your personal bodyguard."

That’s not too bad, sounds reliable.

Gu Youyou hadn’t seen Lun Yu in action and didn’t know how good her skills were.

She thought: Since Yue Rujing sent her, she should be quite good.

During her spare time, Gu Youyou began writing to Jin Zijin to update him about home and her ever-expanding business.

Apart from not mentioning Song Lianjun, she only wrote about Lun Yu pretending to be a maid again bought by Searcy, currently freeloading at home, and asked him how he would deal with it.

There were also battle reports coming back from Xining, saying the fifth Prince had learned to be smart, not shielding various cities at once, but gathering all his troops in one spot, focusing on one place to attack.

Initially, they planned to break through Beiping, but unfortunately, they were unsuccessful.

The Ducal Residence had managed to stand formidable for so many years not unjustly; the home was filled with capable people who staunchly defended Beiping.

With tough enemies in the front and pursuers in the rear, such tactics could no longer be used, so now they focused on one place, and you might not necessarily know which place.

Recently they were at Liangcheng, which was newly conquered by General Jie leading fifty thousand troops.

However, overnight, this city was suddenly attacked by the fifth Prince, causing heavy losses to our troops, countless dead and wounded, nearly ten thousand captured. This was the first major setback for the Imperial Court since they began their campaign against Xining.

The Imperial Court’s army was divided into four groups, each acting independently, which was their greatest disadvantage.

It seems that the fifth Prince’s party has started to take advantage of their weaknesses.

Thus, the battle will prove to be very difficult.

At the Imperial Court, it was urgent for the court officials to select a commander-in-chief; since the eldest Prince was in the army, it was only logical for him to take up the role.

But there was also much opposition.

The reason was that Jin Zijin was born into the Dao Family; he was good at martial arts and thoroughly knowledgeable in Daoist numerology, but these skills were not helpful in war.

Stabilizing the rebellion of the King of Xining was crucial, how could they take such matters lightly?

This argument also made sense, hence after much deliberation, they still couldn’t find a suitable candidate.