Because Lu Qingyuan had given Huo Yanxing her word that she could definitely reach an agreement with Zhong Wuniang, she went to the woodshed the very next morning just as the sky was beginning to grow light.
The maidservants on guard duty reported that Zhong Wuniang had gone two days and two nights without eating or drinking.
Lu Qingyuan first had someone go to the back kitchen to boil a bowl of corn congee, gathered a few small dishes of pickles, and carried them into the woodshed herself.
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