Since they were only visiting the mansion temporarily, they did not stay there and would choose an auspicious day to move in.

As the two were in the carriage returning to the palace, Shen Qingxu chattered with Shen Qiuchi.

He opened the car window and told Shen Qiuchi what he saw and heard outside.

Then he started talking about the interesting things that happened when he was wandering around.

Shen Qiuchi listened to his sister nagging about the trivialities of life outside. Although he saw his sister smiling, Shen Qiuchi still felt a little sad.

What did her sister do when she didn’t have enough to eat?

She was fighting with her father, her stepmother, and all the old foxes in the Shen family.

What was my sister doing when she was beaten and ran away?

She was confronting those who were ostracizing her in the court, and she was leading the Tianji disciples to create powerful weapons.

Until last month, she was still fighting with others in the bloody storm. Finally, she eliminated the biggest enemy and settled the dispute. She asked Wen Qiliang to pick up her sister without stopping.

But she still felt that this peace came too late.

She held Shen Qingxu's hand tightly.

"Qingxu, I have treated you badly over the years. Do you blame me for abandoning you and letting you wander around outside?"

Shen Qingxu pursed her lips and looked at Shen Qiuchi, her eyes filled with mist. Her experiences outside were very unfair and difficult, but she still survived safely. Now that her sister has taken her back, how could she complain?

Shen Qingxu shook her head and said firmly: "Sister, Qingxu has never blamed you. I know you have suffered a lot in the Shen family and in the court. If you bring me with you, sister will be more cautious in doing things, and then you won't be able to avenge mother."

If Shen Qiuchi had taken her with him for revenge, she would have been strangled in the cradle and would not be alive now.

Shen Qiuchi sighed, reached out and touched Shen Qingxu's somewhat rough hair, and spoke slowly and calmly: "I sent you out of Kyoto, first to protect you, and second to train you. Fortunately, you didn't gain any great skills, but your character became more innocent and romantic."

Shen Qiuchi never thought that his master's promise to protect his sister from death really meant that she would not die.

And her good junior brother protected Shen Qingxu too well. From the news sent back by Lu Ming, she knew that all of Shen Qingxu's values ​​and cognitions over the years were learned from Xu Xingyi.

I heard that in the past Shen Qingxu was Xu Xingyi's little follower. She relied on Xu Xingyi for everything and had no opinion of her own. She would go wherever Xu Xingyi said. This also made Shen Qingxu a crybaby with no opinion of her own.

Shen Qiuchi hated herself for neglecting her sister's education. She didn't know whether it was right to separate the two now, but she heard that when they had disagreements, Shen Qingxu was the one who compromised most of the time.

If my sister always lives under Xu Xingyi's ideas, always compromises, and always lives according to Xu Xingyi's ideas, she should not be happy, right?

It's not that she doesn't see the changes in her sister since coming to the capital. During the time she was separated from Xu Xingyi, Shen Qingxu's own personality was also revealed. Sometimes she would put forward her own ideas instead of just waiting for others to dictate to her.

"Sister, are you praising me?"

"Yes! But it's good this way. My sister Shen Qiuchi should live happily."

"I am happiest when I am with my sister."

"Qingxu, after mother passed away, there are only two of us in the Shen family."

"Sister, can I go see my mother?"

"I will take you back to the Shen family to pay respect to my mother tomorrow."

The carriage slowly moved towards the direction of the palace, and the hustle and bustle of the road were left behind by the two.

Shen Qiuchi also told Shen Qingxu what had happened to her over the years, and how she and some members of the Shen family seemed to be at peace on the surface, but secretly wished to crush each other to ashes.

Shen Qiuchi was afraid that Shen Qingxu had some grudges and was instigated by someone with ulterior motives, so she told him what had happened in the Shen family over the years. In order to prevent others from using Shen Qingxu to threaten her, she took Shen Qingxu out of the palace and gave her to the old beggar for protection.

Shen Qingxu had read the storybook, so she naturally knew that she was seeking revenge, and she also roughly knew something about what Shen Qiuchi had experienced.

But what is strange is that the Shen family in the storybook eventually fell into decline, with only a group of relatives left in the family who were living a life of idleness and waiting to die, but the current Shen family is still among the five major families.

"The old man who brought you here is my master. He has helped me a lot over the years. I wanted to invite him to the palace, but he has been wandering outside for many years. He said he is used to being free and does not want to come to the capital to be restricted."

"I have avenged my mother. Now more than ten years have passed. My power and position are now stable. Naturally, I can take you back to the palace. However, there are still some hidden dangers in the palace. You are still young and must not face conspiracies and intrigues alone!"

"Well, I won't!"

"If someone bullies you, you must tell me. I will help you deal with those small fry. Also, be careful on weekdays. I will also send someone to protect you secretly."

Hearing this, Shen Qingxu unconsciously felt a little more pressure in her heart.

Yes, there are several concubines in the palace who are eyeing us covetously and will definitely cause trouble.

She could barely read and understood some simple documents, but she didn't understand any profound or roundabout language.

Shen Qingxu sighed inwardly, she really couldn't do anything except brute force.

After arriving in the capital, she had never met anyone except her sister, the emperor, and a few palace maids. How would she deal with social interactions in the future? Should she be tactful and beat around the bush when speaking to others? Would she be laughed at if she spoke out?

Looking at her sister who was shining brightly beside her, alas, she seemed to be a loser.

But my sister is so strong, can't I just hide under her wings and be a good eater?

As long as she doesn't go out, doesn't talk to others, and doesn't recite poems or compose couplets, no one can laugh at her for being uneducated.

As for those words that make people dizzy when they read them, let those who like them learn them. She doesn’t want to learn them.

However, being supported by my elder sister every day makes me feel like a loser.

What can I do?

Female workers? No.

Cooking? No.

Starting a small business? No, I don't.

Alas...it seems that she can only go to the post station to carry sacks and do some hard labor, but if this is known by someone with ulterior motives, it will make her sister lose face.

Shen Qingxu was extremely conflicted, and Shen Qiuchi saw how conflicted she was.

"What is Qingxu thinking about?"

"Carrying sacks... um, no, I was just thinking about what I can do."

"What can you do at such a young age? Once you are settled, I will send you to study in the academy."

"Ah? ...Sister, do I still need to go to school when I'm already thirteen years old?"

"Thirteen to fifteen years old is the age for studying, isn't it? Qingxu, think about telling your sister what you want to learn."

"Can I not learn it?"

"that's not allowed!"

"Then sister, you can make the arrangements. I don't care."

Shen Qiuchi couldn't help laughing when he saw Shen Qingxu became depressed when talking about studying. He also thought of his own son who was studying hard and forgetting to eat and sleep. His nephew, who was one and a half years younger than him, was doing the opposite.

"You look so tired of studying that I'm afraid your eldest nephew will laugh at you."

"No, no! I will work hard and not be laughed at by my nephew, the Crown Prince." Shen Qingxu quickly responded. She was also an elder, and she couldn't let her eldest nephew laugh at her!

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