“They’re here.”
After hearing Xie Jingxing’s words, Gao Yang stopped teasing Ji Shuyu and looked at him. “You mean they are here in the capital?”
“Be careful these few days.” Xie Jingxing frowned. “They are here for the thing. In order not to expose your identity, don’t go out for the time being.”
“But how can you do it alone?” Without waiting for Gao Yang to speak, Ji Yushu said anxiously, “You’ve already attracted their attention. Now that they are in the capital, they’ll definitely look for you first. You can’t alert the others in the capital.”
“Don’t worry.” Xie Jingxing stretched and smiled wickedly. “I’ve been waiting for them for a long time anyway.”
“Third Brother Xie, are you going to teach them a lesson again?” Ji Yushu looked at him with sparkling eyes. “Can you bring me along this time?”
“Sure.” Xie Jingxing said casually, “I’ll use you as a target.”
Gao Yang was speechless.
…
The gloom brought about by the massacre in Prince Yu’s mansion was quickly swept away by the joy of the new year. Since it was the new year, everywhere was decorated in a festive manner.
There was nothing more important than the new year. Time would not stop here. New snow covered old snow, new discussion covered old discussion, and new hope was always more hopeful than the old ones.
The emperor wasn’t sad that his brother was dead either. He even spent a lot of money to set up a palace banquet and invite all the consorts to celebrate the new year with him. This made the people think that the rumors of the royal family being heartless were indeed true. However, only the smartest people knew that Emperor Wen Hui had dealt with a future problem tactfully and cleanly. Therefore, even if his officials failed to find the murderer, Emperor Wen Hui did not punish them.
Shen Qing and Prince Yu were buried in the royal tomb together. However, because Shen Qing committed suicide and she wasn’t from the royal family, the emperor did not compensate the Shen family. This made Old Madam Shen very angry.
In the west courtyard of the Shen family, Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang were taking out the books in Shen Miao’s room to bask in the sun.
Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan went to the drill ground to train the new recruits early in the morning. At the end of the year, they still had to train the new recruits. Shen Qiu also went to join in the fun, leaving Shen Miao alone in the west courtyard.
“A few days ago, Eldest Young Master asked someone to send a batch of new books over. Why don’t we take them out too?” Gu Yu asked Shen Miao.
“I still have some use for those books. There’s no need to dry them,” Shen Miao replied. Ever since Shen Qiu saw many military books in Shen Miao’s room, he immediately told Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan about it happily. However, Shen Miao had never shown that she was into military tactics and strategies before, so Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan thought that she was just doing it on a whim. Even so, they still found many military books for her.
Those who did not know better would think that the Shen family planned to raise a female general. Shen Miao naturally had no intention of becoming a female general. It was just that the Shen family’s army would face many dangers in the future, and she could only rely on her understanding in her previous life to help the Shen family get through these problems. There was no harm in knowing more about tactics.
As Bai Lu flipped the pages, she said, “Tomorrow is the Jade Rabbit Festival. I heard that there will be a festive activity by the lake this year where thousands of people come together to light lanterns. Are you going tomorrow?”
The Jade Rabbit Festival was a festival in Ming Qi. On the night before the new year every year, people would go to the streets to look at lanterns and guess riddles. It was very lively. There would be an especially large jade rabbit in the lanterns, blessing the entire Ming Qi with good weather and rain in the coming year. The difference this year was that the Jade Rabbit was on the water. At that time, the people could put their own lanterns on the water to make a wish or pray for their family. The scene would definitely be very lively. Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang were young and curious. It was natural for them to want to join the fun.