C109 (1/2)

The man sitting in front of the desk sighed. He felt depressed and confused.

The bamboo curtain was opened by someone and the candle flame slightly swayed. Shen Zhu's hidden brows were tightly knitted. He flipped open the book but was not in the mood to look.

”It's so late, why aren't you resting?”

A middle-aged woman came in with a cup of calming tea. She looked at him with worry and murmured, ”After you went out today, you came back with a bad complexion. You didn't even eat dinner. Why are you sitting here alone?”

Shen Zhu forced out a smile and replied, ”Thank you mother for remembering. I am grateful. It is already late at night, so you should hurry back to rest.”

The beautiful woman put down her tea and revealed a light sadness with her embroidered eyebrows. She helplessly shook her head and said, ”Your father was trapped in prison and you are the one who is supporting this family. If you are too worried and fall down, then what hope do you have for your mother?”

”Mother, you're overthinking it. Your son had tea with a few friends outside. I'm not hungry.”

”You still want to lie to me? After your father went to prison, who dared to come into contact with the Shen family? What kind of amazing friends did you meet? ”

Shen Zhu's mind was preoccupied with many matters, and her lies were full of loopholes. Knowing that it was impossible to fool her, she could only close the book and pretend that she was sleepy.

”Tomorrow at the academy, there will be a new student. Your son will rest first.”

She turned her head to Shen Zhu, who was fiddling with the bed, and said, ”If there's nothing special, come with me back to Qufu's hometown. Your aunt over there made a good girl for you. Look …”

”Mother, father is still in prison. How can I let go of this knot in my heart and build a family?” ”Let's not talk about this anymore. We can plan on doing it in the future.”

Madam Shen knitted her brows slightly. She did not say anything else and left with the tray.

It was a cold winter night, and he could not sleep alone.

Shen Zhu tossed and turned, unable to sleep at all. Once she closed her eyes, she would immediately think of Su Qiao1's face.

He could still see the past, sweet and sad at the same time.

If time had reversed, he would have definitely prevented the Su Clan from sending her to the palace to teach, and he would not have gotten involved in that dispute and almost lost his life.

At dawn, after a night of falling snow, Xuancheng had become a snowy house shaped like a jade sculpture.

The peddler who usually took action in the early morning also became lazy and did not make any sound.

The street was still quiet and deserted. The school kids had taken a leave of absence and the shops were opening late. From afar, the sound of horse hooves could be heard on the empty street.

He carried the eight hundred li of soldiers who were in urgent need of official documents on his back as he galloped recklessly on the Thousand Mile Horse. He stepped into the dawn before rushing to the Imperial City.

”Quick, open the door! I have received the orders from the City of Ye to send you off! ”

A hoarse scream was heard. The imperial city guard on duty looked at the insignia of the envoy before opening the gate and letting him into the palace.

The last time, when they were in a hurry for eight hundred miles, it had been when the Huns had attacked the borders and seized several cities of the Great Wei Province. It had only been a year since then, and the emergency document had once again spread to the Imperial City.

In the first half month of the new spring, news of the mutiny came from Ye, Dazhang, and Ying.

The rebels in the regions could not get the promised military pay, so they formed gangs and rose up to rebel.

Ye Xiwen's guards could not hold on and abandoned the city to run away. The rebel generals had chased them all the way to Tai An and killed them. They then hung their heads high above the city gates and released the messenger.

This was a blatant provocation. Half a year ago, there were rebels in the arid region of Qinghe County, but in the end, they were forced to surrender because they were led by a general.

This time, the person was aggressive and didn't have a shred of fear.