Don't be tempted, sir

In Tongzhou late at night, thunder and lightning roared continuously, and the sky seemed to have cracked into countless holes, with heavy rain pouring down as if venting something.

"Kill! Whoever breaks into the city gate today will be rewarded by the Holy Lord!" The leading leader shouted in the heavy rain, holding up the goose-wing knife in his hand.

The sound of the rain was so loud that no sound could be heard, but the cold light of the sword in the leader's hand could be seen. At the command, a large number of Qiang soldiers rushed to the city gate like rain.

Four days later, Tongzhou reported

[Your Majesty, although the land of Qiang is vast, it is barren, so they have been thinking about the rich land of Tongzhou and want to take it for themselves! Last night, a heavy rain suddenly fell in Tongzhou and the Qiang people took the opportunity to attack. I was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. I deserve death! But in the final resistance, I drove the Qiang people out of the city. I don’t deserve to die, but I beg Your Majesty to request military support to save Tongzhou! ]

Later, General Shen and his second son Shen Changqing asked for permission and went to Tongzhou to provide support. The Shen family saw them off at the door.

"Brother, this trip is very dangerous, you must be extremely careful. Yi Ning will be waiting for you to come back and pick oranges in the backyard!"

Shen Changqing always raised the corners of his mouth, rubbed the little girl's head and agreed: "Okay! Second brother will come back safely and pick oranges for Yining!"

He took out a silver hairpin from his bosom and smiled gently: "Yining! I'm afraid I'll miss your coming-of-age ceremony. This is your favorite orange blossom. Brother, I hope that our Yining will always have everything she wants!"

Shen Yining happily took it, with stars in his eyes. "Thank you, second brother. Yining likes it very much and will cherish it!"

Madam Shen walked up to Shen Rushan and straightened the laces of Shen Rushan's armor that had been messed up by the wind: "Return safely, my husband!"

"Yining, wait for me!"

The two men stepped on their horses, and the sound of horse hooves gradually faded away at the end of the alley. Shen Yining remembered the words: "Yining, wait for me."

The November wind was a little chilly, but the sunlight still broke through the clouds, and the golden light shone straight through the clouds, forming intermittent but powerful light and shadows.

In a blink of an eye, Shen Yining turned fifteen, and today her family held a banquet to celebrate her coming-of-age ceremony: "Miss, get up quickly. Today is your coming-of-age day. Don't sleep in and miss the time." The maid Meng Qiu walked to the bed and lifted the curtain.

Shen Yining had just woken up from bed. He hadn't heard from Shen Changqing for a long time, so he asked, "Did you receive a letter from my second brother?"

Meng Qiu hung up the curtain and said, "The second young master has not sent any letter yet."

Shen Yining stood up, thinking that since he was so tense before the war and had no time to write letters home, he should have thought of this. Since he said he would wait for him, he just felt relieved.

Zhao Qizhu walked in and saw Shen Yining who had just washed up, and walked towards her jokingly: "Oh my, Yining is really born with a good-looking face. Every frown and smile of hers is so beautiful."

Shen Yining smiled and replied: "Yes, yes, yes! I am the protagonist today, so I will try to be a little more beautiful than Sister Qizhu."

Zhao Qizhu is Shen Yining's cousin, and they are close friends: "Yining, which talented person did your aunt arrange to be the guest of honor today?"

Shen Yining looked at Zhao Qizhu blankly: "I don't know."

——————Song Mansion

The situation in Tongzhou was tense before the battle, and the prince also went to support, leaving only Song Xiaoyuan to comment. He had been commenting on the memorials in the study all night until the early morning, when the servant Awu beside him reminded him.

"Sir, don't forget today that the eldest son of the Shen family asked you to be the guest of the Third Miss Shen."

Song Xiaoyuan paused while annotating and looked up: "Okay"

He closed the memorial and ordered: "Prepare the horses! Go to the palace."

Awu quickly went out to prepare. Song Xiaoyuan walked to the mansion gate, got on his horse, and headed straight for the palace gate.

Eunuch Li, who was serving beside Emperor Yan, saw Song Xiaoyuan coming early and hurried forward: "Sir Song, why are you here so early? Wait a moment while I go and inform His Majesty."

"Thank you." Song Xiaoyuan stood at the side of the palace gate waiting for Eunuch Li to go in and report.

"Your Majesty, Lord Song is out there."