32 Ancient Fox (1/2)

Duchess Li Qixing had just bid the Imperial Consort goodbye when she heard the servants greet Xueyue at the door behind the manor.

The Duchess was relieved that Xueyue was distracted long enough for the Imperial Consort to leave. That is, until Xueyue dashed into the living room and was frantically calling forth a doctor and ordering a group of male servants to the field behind the house.

Li Chenyang entered a minute after Xueyue and explained the situation to a surprised Duchess. Afterwards, Wen Jinkai was brought into their mansion and a doctor examined his condition.

Xueyue was surprised to learn he was only eighteen years old, two years older than her. He was so well-built, with broad and muscular shoulders, she had mistaken him for a man.

After the doctor had tended to the Commander's wounds and prescribed him medicine, the Li Family was quick to notify the Wen Family.

Through snippets and whispers, Xueyue was able to understand the situation at hand. Wen Jinkai was suddenly ambushed by an enemy army of 10,000 men when he was already weakened and injured from a previous attack. He only had one hundred men with him.

At the last minute, Wen Jinkai had sacrificed himself to allow his men to run back to the base to call for enforcement. When he knew his men were far from the enemy soldiers, Wen Jinkai abruptly slashed an enemy Captain down and seized the distraction as an opportunity to escape.

It had been a week since this incident. When his body wasn't found, people panicked and thought he had died.

One day, after news had traveled that the legendary warrior had survived, the Wen Family immediately came to fetch their son.

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”Li Shenyang, I don't know what I would do without your son and niece's keen eyes,” Duke Wen Xuan said.

Both men were exchanging pleasantries over a cup of tea in Duke Li Shenyang's study. Luckily for Duke Wen Xuan, it wasn't one of Duchess Li Qixing's ”uniquely blended” teas.

Duke Li Shenyang left out the part where his son wanted to abandon Wen Jinkai at first, thinking he was a simple soldier.

”No need to thank me, old friend,” he murmured, sipping the tea.

Duke Li Shenyang instantly realized how fine and dandy Duke Wen Xuan appeared to be. Instead of having eyebags worrying over the disappearance of his eldest son, Duke Wen Xuan was glowing with health.

”Where is that niece of yours? I heard she was the first to propose the idea of saving my son when Chenyang thought he was a simple soldier that should've been left for dead.”

Duke Li Shenyang chuckled. ”Why do I feel like the older you are, the better your ears have become,” he mused, gesturing to the servants to bring Xueyue forward.

Li Chenyang was already in the study room, quietly leaning against the bookshelf as he pretended to read a book. He had already greeted Duke Wen Xuan, what else did they want him to do?

Duke Wen Xuan already knew of Chenyang's quiet nature, so he didn't press the young man any further.

”I learned the antics from my second wife, who loves to hear the latest gossip.” Duke Wen Xuan wasn't offended about Chenyang's previous belief because he knew it was his usual habits.

Duke Li Shenyang raised a brow, ”I should learn a thing or two from Duchess Wen then.”

At the mention of the second wife, he always found it bewildering how quickly the first wife was forgotten after her death, but never indulged in the thought. It was best to not probe.

Just then, a servant knocked on the door of the public study where Duke Li always entertained his guests. He had a separate study for himself that was off-limits to almost everyone in the house, except his wife.

”Come in,” Duke Li Shenyang said while enjoying another sip of the tea. For some reasons, he missed his wife's weird-tasting concoctions.