Just as Shen Miao was about to speak, she saw Xie Jingxing pressing his hand on the scabbard and saying, “Someone’s here.” Then, he smiled at Shen Miao and said, “See you again, Shen… Jiaojiao.” He turned around and flew out of the window of the living room.
This person jumped in and out of the window as if he was walking through the door of his own house. Shen Miao was still in a daze when the door was pushed open and Tong Yao walked in. Seeing Shen Miao standing in the middle of the room, she asked curiously, “Miss Shen, why aren’t you sitting?”
Shen Miao came back to her senses and smiled. She walked to the side to sit down, but she was still thinking about what Xie Jingxing said just now.
Xie Jingxing was due to set off in ten days. Ten days later… wouldn’t that be exactly the same date as three years later? Three years later, at this time, Xie Jingxing would go to war, and then the father and son of the Xie family would never be able to return.
The Xie family was already walking towards an inevitable ending like in her previous life… What about the Shen family? What would happen to the Shen family? Before Xie Jingxing left, he gave her a hint, but that was not the ending she wanted to see. If the Shen family retreated like this, although they could save their life, without power, they couldn’t even protect themselves. The experience in her previous life made Shen Miao understand clearly that only by standing in a higher position than her enemy could she truly control her fate.
What should she do?
In the next few hours, Shen Miao kept thinking about this. The snacks on the table were untouched, and she did not take a sip of tea. She was not in the mood to read the story books either, which made Tong Yao look surprised. She did not know why a little girl like Shen Miao could sit there for the entire afternoon without fidgeting. Even the good-tempered consorts in the palace did not have such patience.
After waiting for a long time, a young eunuch came to deliver the message. Tong Yao brought Shen Miao out and saw that Luo Xueyan was already waiting for her daughter at the door. Seeing Shen Miao, she smiled faintly and immediately left the palace with her.
Although Luo Xueyan tried her best to pretend that nothing had happened, Shen Miao, after struggling in the harem for decades, had long learned to read people’s expressions. She could tell that Luo Xueyan was worried, so she asked, “Mother, what did they say to you?”
Luo Xueyan replied with a smile, “Nothing. They just asked me something about Spring City in the northwest. They probably haven’t been there and are curious.”
Shen Miao asked, “Is that really the case? But if that’s the case, why would they summon us to the palace to talk? Isn’t it a little too strange?”
Luo Xueyan rubbed Shen Miao’s head. “What’s so strange about that? The consorts in the palace can’t travel far away and are probably too bored with their lives. I told them something that happened in the far northwest to relieve their boredom, and they smiled quite happily.” Even so, Luo Xueyan still felt inexplicably worried. Although she did not get involved in the matters of the imperial court, it did not mean that she did not know about the dangers lurking in the imperial court. Today, she dealt with the situation carefully, but it was precisely because the consorts were both asking her about her daily life in the northwest that Luo Xueyan was even more puzzled.
The people in the palace were all smart. However, today’s conversation did not involve military matters at all. They did not even mention the Shen army. Instead, they only talked about the people of Spring City, which puzzled Luo Xueyan.
People who fought battles were sensitive to danger. Luo Xueyan clearly felt that danger was approaching, but she did not know what danger it was. This made her feel frustrated.
However, she was afraid of scaring Shen Miao, so she did not intend to tell her about this. Shen Miao did not ask her anymore. When they returned to the mansion, it was almost evening. Shen Qiu and Shen Xin had been waiting at the entrance. Seeing the two of them return, they heaved a sigh of relief.
