Xie Changjing's thoughts, to a certain extent, represent the thoughts of the vast majority of court officials at the moment. Many people didn't think about tax reform, and everyone thought that the emperor sent Mu Hongsheng to the expedition mainly to show those appeasement factions and suppress the voices of the DPRK and China to negotiate peace.

Therefore, on the day of Mu Hongsheng's expedition, Princess Pingyang came to send it, and everyone thought that this was the emperor's meaning.

On this day, Xie Shurou almost didn't sleep all night. At the end of the ugly hour, when it was still dark, she had already called the maid to hold the lamp and began to make up. Yingyue and Yingxing were busy running before and after, one sent someone to the front yard to prepare the car, and the other went to Grandma Xie's small kitchen according to Xie Shurou's instructions.

The kitchen lady also stayed up all night. They were preparing dry food for Mu Hongsheng according to Xie Shurou's instructions.

For Mu Hongsheng's marching dry food, Xie Shurou really wanted to break her head. It should be calorie-dense, easy to carry, and easy to eat...... Because it was for Mu Hongsheng, Xie Shurou always felt that this was not good or that it was not good, she couldn't wait to let her small kitchen follow Mu Hongsheng, although it was impossible.

The treasury bottomed out, and it depended on the courtiers to donate military expenses, and Xie Shurou naturally knew about it. She thought about it and felt that the troops who were short of money definitely didn't have any good food, although she knew that Mu Hongsheng herself was not so squeamish, but she still hoped to try her best to provide better protection for Hongsheng.

The march was very physically demanding, and the battle was dangerous and hard, Xie Shurou hoped that Mu Hongshang would have enough calories and protein for a moment, but she knew that after Hongshang left Beijing, she would no longer be able to take care of her. The only thing she could do was try to prepare some food that was good to preserve.

In order to get some good dry food for Mu Hongsheng, the cooks of the Xie family were busy for two days under the pressure of Xie Shurou, making a lot of meat floss, and baking a lot of dry shortbread overnight. There is a lot of oil in the shortbread, the heat is extremely high, and it is baked dry and very crispy.

Xie Shurou also didn't know if such dry food could be maintained for a long time. She asked the cook to wrap the shortbread and meat floss in oiled paper one by one, tie them into neat wraps, and stuff them into the backpack that Full Moon had just sewn.

At the same time, in the Anguo Mansion, Gu Yilan was also busy in the kitchen, and the Duchess of An Guo was counting her daughter's luggage over and over again like obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Mu Hongshang walked with the troops, and she didn't have many things with her. One of the luggage rolls, two packages, were already hung on the horse, and the rest was a carry-on backpack and weapons.

Red Shadow nailed the horseshoe and waited for the departure in high spirits. And next to the red shadow, there was a huge Mu Biying. Biying's injuries are almost healed, but the hairs that have been shaved off because of the wounds have not yet grown out, and there are still patches of uneven stubble on her head, and even the cute cat's face is missing a large piece of hair, mottled and ugly.

These scars and mottles made Mu Biying look even more terrifying, although it was lazily half-lying beside Chiying waiting to leave, it looked majestic.

Mrs. Mu personally took her granddaughter to Wuyingtang early in the morning to offer incense, while Mrs. Mu's second, third and fourth ladies stared at Mama Wang and their breakfast.

The small courtyard where Master Huiming lived had been neatly tidied up. The cover was rolled up, and the small Buddha statue offered in the small Buddha hall had been wrapped up by Huiming and put away in his luggage along with the incense burner.

Huiming's luggage was pitiful, a small package, in addition to the small Buddha statue and incense burner, there were two sets of Chinese clothes, two monk's robes, a string of Buddhist beads, and two pairs of monk's shoes.

The dry food that Gu Yilan prepared for Mu Hongsheng was not unusual, it was the same as the dry food she prepared for Mu Zhengyi when she went out before, except for a small packet of osmanthus pine nut candy.

Gu Yilan wrapped the dry food into a small package and hung it on Mu Hongsheng's saddle, the fragrance of sauce and meat emitted from the package attracted Mu Biying's attention, and at the moment, in the whole family, only it and Chiying were waiting to go out heartlessly.

Just like when Mu Zhengyi and they went on the expedition, breakfast was very hearty and placed in the courtyard of Mrs. Mu, Mrs. Mu, Mrs. Mu and Gu Yilan almost didn't eat much, only Mu Hongshang seemed to have a good appetite, but ate two more crystal bags than usual.

Mrs. Mu was silent and gave her granddaughter vegetables, and after Mu Hongsheng was full and pushed the bowl aside, she took the lead in standing up from the dining table and nodded to her granddaughter: "It's time to go, grandmother will send you to the gate." ”

Outside the gate of Anguo Mansion, the carriage of the Xie family was already waiting here, but Xie Shurou did not get out of the car and entered the mansion, but chose to wait quietly at the gate.

After Mu Hongsheng came out, she got out of the car, but did not approach the Mu family who was saying goodbye, but kept standing on the side of the road, looking at Mu Hongsheng at the gate.

"Let's go." Old Madam Mu didn't seem to see Xie Shurou on the side of the road, she reached out and hugged her granddaughter in her arms, patted her back, and then said, "Grandmother is looking at you." ”

Mu Hongshang stretched out her hand and hugged Mrs. Mu hard, then ran to hug Duchess An Guo who was standing aside, and then got on the horse directly.

Gu Yilan got into the carriage of the Mu family waiting on the side, and was about to go to the city gate to see off Mu Hongsheng, while Old Madam Mu and Duchess An Guo stood still and waved their hands at Mu Hongsheng.

The horse's hooves stepped on the bluestone pavement, making a crisp clattering sound, and walked towards the street. Xie Shurou still stood on the edge of her carriage and did not move, and when Mu Hongsheng approached, she lifted the dry food package she was carrying in her hand high, Mu Hongshang bent down on the horse, directly reached out to take the package, and hung it on her saddle.

The two girls looked at each other and smiled, neither of them spoke, just a short eye contact, Mu Hongshang continued to ride forward, while Xie Shurou stood in place and watched her leave.

When Mu Hongsheng's figure disappeared completely, Xie Shurou turned around and made a blessing in the direction of the Anguo Mansion, and made a blessing to Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Mu who were still standing at the door.

At this time, Gu Yilan had already set off with Mu Hongsheng, Mu Hongshang had to go to Jingxi Gengzi Camp to report to the camp first, and Gu Yilan would go directly to the city gate to wait for her.

The Mu family's carriage stopped when she passed by Xie Shurou, and Gu Yilan opened the window and glanced at Xie Shurou. Xie Shurou nodded, and without even looking back to explain to Yingyue and Yingxing, she directly threw off her own carriage and maids, climbed directly into the Mu family's carriage, and went to the city gate with Gu Yilan.

Yingyue and Yingxing had no choice but to hurriedly climb into the car, order the coachman to follow behind the Mu family's carriage, and also went all the way to the city gate.

In the Xinwang Mansion in the capital, Zheng Ying, who also hadn't slept all night, pushed open the door of the study, walked to the courtyard, looked at the faintly white east, and welcomed the arrival of the morning light.