Chapter 738 - Chapter 738: Departure (1)
Chapter 738: Departure (1)
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Apart from Madam Li’s letter, there was another envelope with no signature on it. Song Jingchen put Madam Li’s letter aside and opened the unsigned letter.
“Who wrote it?” Shen Yijia leaned over.
Song Jingchen pointed at the words “Zi Xiu” at the end of the letter.
“It’s Brother Fan.”
“Fan Mingyuan?” Shen Yijia crooked her finger. “According to the time, he and
Ruoshui should have been married for more than a month.”
Song Jingchen shook his head. “The letter didn’t mention this.”
The letter from Great Xia, which they had left in mid-December, was sent half a month later. It was just after New Year’s Eve. At that time, the two of them were not married, so they naturally wouldn’t mention it.
“Oh, what did that say?” Shen Yijia asked casually, her eyes fixed on another letter placed at the side.
Most of the things in the letter were about the Imperial Court. Song Jingchen knew that Shen Yijia was not interested in these things, so he said concisely, “The person Ah Han sent to the Wu Kingdom was killed. Xiao Qirui requested to go to Nanling Pa.s.s.”
Nanling Pa.s.s was located at the border between Great Xia and the Wu Kingdom. After leaving the Nanling Pa.s.s, the border of the Wu Kingdom was to the southeast.
He paused and frowned. “I’m afraid this war between Great Xia and the Wu
Kingdom can’t be avoided.”
Shangguan Han sent someone to the Wu Kingdom to explain what had happened to Nangong Xia back then. Now that the person had been killed, it meant that Shangguan Yu did not believe it at all.
Naturally, this did not account for the possibility that the person sent by Shangguan Han could not even meet Shangguan Yu. However, if that was the case, did it mean that Shangguan Yu’s situation was not as good as they imagined and that the decision was not entirely in his hands?
In short, no matter what the situation was, Great Xia and the Wu Kingdom would definitely fight.
Shen Yijia caught the main point of his words. There was going to be a war!
She frowned and said, “Can Xiao Qirui do it?”
What if they threw a woman at him and tricked him again?
Song Jingchen was silent for a moment. He felt that Shen Yijia’s misunderstanding of Xiao Qirui was too deep, but he didn’t explain it for him. He only said, “He’ll learn from his mistakes.”
The current Xiao Qirui would probably avoid women of unknown origin like they were snakes and scorpions.
Shen Yijia nodded. Anyway, Sister Yuwan no longer had anything to do with him. Why should she care about Xiao Qirui’s life?
That was not right. Xiao Qirui was Ruoshui’s big brother. If he really died, Ruoshui would cry to death.
Shen Yijia scratched her head and decided not to think about it anymore. She stuffed Madam Li’s letter into Song Jingchen’s hand and urged, “Hurry up and see what Mother wrote.”
“If you want to see it, just open it.” As he spoke, Song Jingchen took out the letter inside.
Before he could open it and take a look, Shen Yijia s.n.a.t.c.hed it away.
Song Jingchen was speechless.
“You’re too slow.” Shen Yijia said.
Song Jingchen was speechless.
The candlelight flickered, and the window paper reflected two figures huddled together.
“Nonsense,” Song Jingchen suddenly scolded.
Shen Yijia was stunned and quickened her pace. She only knew why he was angry when she read the rest of the letter.
In the letter, Madam Li said, “Sister Huan ran away from home!”
To be precise, Sister Huan had left a letter and secretly followed Xiao Qirui’s 50,000-strong army to Nanling Pa.s.s behind Madam Li’s back.
It was unknown how she convinced Brother Hao, but with him as a cover, by the time Madam Li realized that something was wrong, the army had already left for three days. Madam Li was so angry that she used the family law on Brother Hao for the first time.
However, Madam Li did not say anything about this in the letter.
“Sister Huan, good…” Shen Yijia subconsciously wanted to praise her. When she met Song Jingchen’s gaze, she quickly changed her words. “Goodness gracious, how dare you. Hubby, don’t be angry. When she comes back, I’ll definitely help you teach her a lesson.”
In fact, she was thinking to herself, “Sister Huan is good. Sister Huan is too awesome. She has the courage to dominate South Mountain Mental Hospital.”
How could Song Jingchen not tell what she was thinking? He held his forehead and reminded her, “She hadn’t even reached 12 years old last year.”
“She’s indeed a little young. I wonder if she’ll be discovered.” Shen Yijia was really a little worried now.
Song Jingchen thought, “Isn’t there something wrong with what you’re paying attention to?”
Shen Yijia smiled awkwvardly and said, “Hubby, don’t worry. They haven’t fought yet, right? Besides, don’t underestimate Sister Huan. She’s very smart. She’s usually the most hardworking among the children in the family. Didn’t you praise her for being talented? Besides, this was her dream.”
“Sabers and swords don’t discriminate on the battlefield. What if…” Halfway through his sentence, he thought of something and sighed.” Forget it.. If others can go to the battlefield, why can’t our Song family go? “