Finally, as night completely enveloped them, two mice scurried to the Lu residence on Yuhua Lane.
They were already panting, their four little legs trembling like sieves, but they couldn't stop. Biting their teeth, they staggered their way to the room outside Lu Ye and Bai Sheng.
They had to find a way to jump onto the windowsill and enter the room from there.
After falling five or six times, the two mice finally cooperated and leaped onto the windowsill.
Lu Ye and Bai Sheng had finished dinner and were playing with Si Zai in the room.
When the two mice reached Lu Ye, they collapsed on the ground, exhausted. They squeaked weakly a few times before passing out.
Upon discovering them, Lu Ye immediately gave them some spiritual spring water.
He said to Bai Sheng, "These two mice came from the imperial palace. They must have urgent news, otherwise they wouldn't have rushed here."
Bai Sheng nodded and praised, "They are truly dedicated, performing better than many people."
Hui Hui, in the crib, saw the mice and started to babble, "Aaaah ahhh." The mice began to slowly wake up.
They cast a respectful glance at Hui Hui, then shifted their gaze to Lu Ye. They then struggled to support their short legs and squeaked incessantly.
Lu Ye activated the snake-shaped Gu King within him to receive the message from the mice.
"The Empress is sending her personal guards to search for us, saying she wants our entire family to disappear forever," Lu Ye said in a deep voice to Bai Sheng.
Bai Sheng snorted, "Heh, this old witch is truly relentless!"
Lu Ye's gaze gradually sharpened. "Don't worry, my dear. Currently, the Empress has only sent two personal guards. I will find a way to ensure the Empress never dares to make a rash move against us again. However, we still need to go to the palace."
Bai Sheng smiled, "I also think we should go to the palace. This time, I will definitely strip the Empress and the Crown Prince's East Palace clean! Let them be so poor they can't afford to raise assassins. Once they are preoccupied with their own affairs, they won't have the energy to keep watching us."
Lu Ye turned to look at Bai Sheng and suddenly chuckled, "My dear, when I say go to the palace, I mean to see Consort Mei, the mother of Prince Yu."
"See Consort Mei?" Did they not mean the same thing?
Lu Ye curved his lips and nodded, "I need Consort Mei's help with something, and I also need to borrow your carrier pigeon to send a letter to Prince Yu."
"Alright!" Bai Sheng readily agreed.
"However," Lu Ye raised his hand and stroked Bai Sheng's head, his eyes filled with affection, "if my dear wants to go fleece the Empress and the Crown Prince, it's not impossible. It's just that this matter needs to wait a little longer."
As long as his dear was happy, he would accompany her even if she wanted to fleece the heavens.
"Mmm, I'll also make a thorough plan to fleece the Empress and the Crown Prince and leave them speechless," Bai Sheng said with a sinister smile.
The Empress, that old witch, had tried to kill them repeatedly, so she wouldn't hold back either!
Bai Sheng put the exhausted mice into her spatial dimension.
She let them soak in the spiritual spring water in the animal bath and then took out some spatial food for them to eat.
The two mice quickly recovered their strength.
Seeing that his master's new recruits were two little mice, Hengheng immediately instructed Flash and the little black snake, telling them not to mistake these two for food and swallow them. They were the master's new scouts in the spatial dimension and had made great contributions to protecting the master's safety.
Flash squinted at Hengheng, thinking everything it said was nonsense. It wouldn't touch anything the master brought into the spatial dimension without permission, after all, it was a snake with style.
The little black snake was content with the food leaked to it by Flash from its mouth.
Not every snake liked eating mice.
Hengheng then turned its attention to the two mice and sternly warned them not to gnaw on anything randomly in the spatial dimension, or they would be immediately expelled.
Being able to enter the spatial dimension was already a tremendous favor. The two mice promised Hengheng that they would never be the kind of mice everyone hated.
Hengheng nodded its pig head in satisfaction and then went to patrol the spatial dimension with an unyielding demeanor.
The two mice were skilled at gathering information. Once they recovered their strength, Bai Sheng would still release them from the spatial dimension. However, she would continue to supply them with spiritual spring water and spatial food.
Additionally, Bai Sheng instructed Flash and Storm to protect Si Zai closely.
Lu Ye immediately went to the adjacent Wei Mansion, assigned Wei Lin and Wei Zhe to secretly protect Wu Wa, who was studying at the academy, and then had the remaining Seven Great Protectors secretly guard the people at the Lu residence.
The four Dark Envoys were assigned to protect Lu Hua Wang Da Fa and Qing Feng Ga Mei respectively.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard was tasked with secretly investigating all the death warriors, assassins, and personal guards raised by the Empress and the Crown Prince.
Jue Sha was to be used to find the two Empress's personal guards, then torture them severely to extract information about the Empress, and get them to sign confessions.
Qing Yu and Wei Han were responsible for the renovation of the Wa Zi.
Lu Ye then instructed the two little mice that had come to deliver the message to scout out the secret money vaults of the Empress and the Crown Prince.
After arranging everything in secret, Lu Ye spent his days guarding his wife and children.
Life at the Lu residence outwardly continued joyfully as usual, but inwardly, undercurrents were surging.
However, Bai Sheng trusted her man. If her man said he would handle everything, he would definitely handle it, so she didn't worry and continued to do whatever she needed to do.
Then, she would wait for the opportune moment to strip the old witch and her son of all their wealth.
Lu Yun and his four younger brothers' money pouches rapidly emptied as they tried to support their two uncles.
He told all four of his younger brothers to think carefully about how to make money in the future.
Since they had promised to support their two uncles, they had to keep their word and follow through.
One day, when they were delivering food to their two uncles, the Crippled Uncle asked them how much copper they had left.
Wu Wa didn't want to admit that their money would only last a little over a month.
He patted his chest repeatedly, saying they had plenty of money and they shouldn't worry.
The Crippled Uncle looked at Wu Wa and smiled, "Tomorrow, go buy some beef sinew for making bows and arrows, and also some green coarse bamboo. I will make bows and arrows and slingshots for children. Once they are made, you can sell them."
"Crippled Uncle! You know how to make bows and arrows and slingshots!" Lu Yun was shocked.
The other four also yelped in surprise.
The Crippled Uncle's face showed pride, "I made my own little bow when I was six years old."
"Wow wow wow"
"Tsk tsk tsk"
"Heavens! Heavens!"
"Mother! Mother!"
"Ya ya!"
Wu Wa's five starry eyes looked at the Crippled Uncle, full of admiration.
At this moment, the Crippled Uncle regained his long-lost... dignity.
The sudden return of his dignity made him a little unaccustomed. He touched his nose, coughed lightly, and said, "Go find some camphor wood, elm, and other good quality wood without cracks in the woods outside the city. Your Foolish Uncle will use it for carving, and then we can sell them together."
The children then looked to the side, where their Foolish Uncle was engrossed in carving a small wooden figure with a small carving knife, their eyes also filled with admiration.
"Okay, these tasks are on us!" Lu Yun said with great joy. "Crippled Uncle, from now on, you and Foolish Uncle will be responsible for making the goods, and we will be responsible for the raw materials and sales. We will make a fortune together!"
"Alright, we'll split the profits three and seven, with you taking seven and us taking three," the Crippled Uncle agreed.
"How can that be!" The five children quickly shook their heads, insisting on a fifty-fifty split.
The Crippled Uncle didn't want to argue, so he agreed to a fifty-fifty split.