That was three years ago, when a famine struck the interior of the Xu Kingdom and the people flocked to the Holy Mountain to pray for blessings. Empress Wu Fang and her brother, the Clan Chief Wu Fan, had come in person to distribute relief grain and comfort the victims.
Mu Yan led the handmaidens on the Holy Mountain in handing out bags of grain and ladling out bowls of porridge. Though they worked around the clock, she found the labor remarkably fulfilling.
After a long day of busily tending to the crowds, she was covered in grime and had changed into a fresh set of clothes, making her look no different from the other maids. When someone in the back garden corridor ordered her to go summon the Clan Chief for his meal, she didn't mind at all and readily agreed.
Chapter 103