Chapter 444: Two Years Later (6)
Luo Xueyan was a little embarrassed. “Sister-in-law, Miao is the youngest. Why should the youngest get married first?”
Madam Ma waved her hand. “I’m just afraid that Jiaojiao will be secretly taken by someone without us knowing.”
Just as they were chatting and laughing, a servant at the door suddenly came to report, “Madams, there’s a message from the palace. General wants you all to hurry to the front hall.”
“Didn’t the people from the palace just leave? Why are they here again? Are they here to send money again?” Madam Ma stood up and asked casually.
“I think they are here to summon Master Shen back to the capital,” the servant replied.
Luo Xueyan froze.
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The front hall of the Luo family was in chaos.
The imperial edict wrote that Emperor Wen Hui wanted to give the title of the mighty general back to Shen Xin and asked him to return to the capital with his family. He even said that he would hand over the Shen army to Shen Xin.
Two years ago, Emperor Wen Hui humiliated Shen Xin in front of the entire court. Now, he was giving Shen Xin a sweet candy. However, whether Shen Xin was willing to eat this sweet candy or not was another matter.
Luo Sui sat on the high seat. Over the past two years, because he had been busy reorganizing the Luo army, his hair had almost turned all white. However, he was still as intimidating as before. Perhaps because he had a decent army under his command, he looked even more like a general. He said, “The Ming Qi tribute is about to begin. The emperor wants you to return to the capital before the tribute.”
A tribute would be held every hundred years. The previous tribute in Ming Qi was almost taken advantage of by the State of Qin. At that time, the late emperor relied on the Xie and Shen families to barely tide over the crisis. Now, other than the State of Qin, even the Daliang Dynasty would come.
If the State of Qin was only enough to make Ming Qi worry, the Daliang Dynasty was enough to make Ming Qi afraid. The Daliang Dynasty was located in the south. The country was rich and powerful, and the army was strong. Emperor Yong Le was a wise emperor. Unlike the foul imperial court of Ming Qi, the Daliang Dynasty was filled with meritorious and loyal people. If the Daliang Dynasty wanted to, it was only a matter of time before they annexed Ming Qi. However, for some reason, Emperor Yong Le did not seem to have such an intention. Of course, there was another possibility. Emperor Yong Le wanted to destroy the State of Qin and Ming Qi together and unify the world.
It was just a matter of time before the world was unified, but the only unknown thing was when the day would come. Emperor Wen Hui clearly did not want to see this day while he was on the throne. However, ever since Xie Jingxing died, Xie Ding had no intention of going to court, and Shen Xin was bereft of his military power and chased to Spring City.
No one knew if Emperor Wen Hui regretted making the decision of taking Shen Xin’s military power, but at the moment, Emperor Wen Hui hoped that Shen Xin could come back to the capital to hold the fort. The fact that Shen Xin could help Luo Sui rebuild a broken army proved his outstanding military capability.
Emperor Wen Hui was making it clear that Ming Qi needed Shen Xin.
In the past, perhaps Shen Xin would appear when he was needed, and when he was not, he would quietly leave. However, after being treated unfairly by the royal family, he might not be so loyal anymore.
“You should go back.” Luo Sui said, “Shen Xin, take back everything that was taken away from you. Show them what the son-in-law of the Luo family and the son of the Shen family is like.”
Shen Miao suddenly looked up.
She expected Emperor Wen Hui to call Shen Xin back to the capital two years later, and she also expected the situation in the capital to change drastically. However, she did not expect General Luo, who had always been old-fashioned and stubborn, to say something that betrayed his treasonable intent.
Shen Miao looked at Luo Sui with her eyes widened. Luo Sui smiled and looked at her. “Girl, you think so too. Am I right?”
Everyone in the hall looked at Shen Miao. Luo Lianying and Luo Liantai’s expressions changed slightly, but they did not say anything.
Shen Miao sighed in her heart. At the end of the day, she couldn’t hide it from an old general like Luo Sui. Luo Sui had a pair of sharp eyes and had seen the world. Perhaps from the beginning, he had vaguely guessed what she was up to.
She thanked Luo Sui for his trust and support. It felt good to have a family behind her. Shen Miao looked at Luo Sui and smiled. “Yes, Grandpa.”
Luo Sui laughed out loud. Luo Ling looked at Shen Miao with a smile in his eyes, and the corners of Luo Sa’s mouth curled up. Luo Tan and Luo Qian looked at each other in confusion.
Luo Xueyan and Shen Qiu had complicated expressions. They had left the capital for two years. Now… were they still going back?
Were they going back to take back what was theirs? Military power, prestige, reputation, and dignity.
They had to show the world what the real Shen family was like. A tiger would not turn into a dog just because it fell off a cliff. A dragon that swam in the water would one day soar into the sky.
Shen Xin cupped his hands at Luo Sui and said, “I’ll listen to you, General!”
