Pet Addiction: The Prince’s Desire to Spoil His Pet - Chapter 171 - Deceiving Uncle Sheng (70)

Chapter 171: Deceiving Uncle Sheng (70)

After three days, she arrived at the inner city of Southern Xinjiang.

Shu Nuan had prepared for the worst, but when she arrived in the inner city, she instead saw the people left behind. Outside the city smoke couldn’t be seen, but some buildings were damaged.

On such a cold day, firecrackers were lit on the streets, crackling incessantly, as if something was being celebrated.

A few children in thick cotton-padded jackets with comfy ear muffs were running at each other in the street while giggling.

Shu Nuan sniffed, then she approached a child and asked, “Why are you so happy?”

The child’s cheeks were flushed red by the cold wind and her eyes turned into crescent moons with laughter. She was overjoyed to say to the beautiful young lady in front of her, “Mother said the family won’t be lost!”

Shu Nuan was stunned. However, she still smiled at the child. She could not help but stop a passer-by. She asked, “Excuse me, is Southern Nanjiang secure?”

The man smiled and said, “Yes, yes, Fourth Prince’s armies are amazing. No one expected that they would come back halfway to encircle and suppress the Nanchao army and violently rout them!”

Hearing this, Shu Nuan’s eyebrows curved upwards as she relaxed a little.

“His Highness is amazing.”

‘My lord is amazing.’

Shu Nuan was a bag of enthusiasm, and she couldn’t help but buy a bowl of wonton to eat in the street. After two days of dry food, she was glad to have hot soup warming her stomach.

After eating, Shu Nuan continued to question the residents. When she learned that Sheng Qianmo was stationed in the west of the city, she went to find him there.

She wasn’t sure if Sheng Qianmo would be happy to see her. In his eyes, Shu Nuan had always relied on her luck, but she was also timid. Would he be surprised to find that she had gone over the mountain alone to find him?

Even she couldn’t believe that she’d run so far just to see him.

……

At that time, in the barracks stationed in the west of the city.

All the soldiers were drinking the celebratory wine.

Ningcheng sighed while drinking.

“My brother, ah, you really scared the shit out of me… I thought you were really tricked by the villains of the Nanchao Kingdom. I rushed day and night to get here and avenge you, but I didn’t expect to be greeted with celebratory wine when I arrived.”

Ji Xili, who was sitting beside the wine table, was wearing the same armour with her hair tied high and her eyes clear. When she heard Ningcheng Yuan’s words, she hooked a corner of her mouth, and said, “General Ning, your tongue overflows with superfluous talk.”

Sheng Zhiyu was sitting beside Ji Xili and had noticed several stab wounds on the back of her white hand. He did not need to ask where they’d come from, since she could only have been injured during the war. He frowned and said, “Why don’t you bandage your hand?”

Ji Xili glanced at the back of her hand and shook her head as if she had just seen the injury and said, “It’s nothing. Just a minor injury.”

From her tone it seemed she wasn’t going to deal with the injury. Sheng Zhiyu frowned and decided to escort her back and help her bandage the wound.

After they left, Ningcheng Yuan began talking to Sheng Qianmo about what had happened in the capital a few days ago. He snorted and laughed.

“Oh, how hard it must’ve been on our emperor to turn on his own,” he said.

Su Huang was not surprised by the emperor’s actions. After all, he had already suffered a blow five years ago when he’d been in the limelight. But still he looked solemn and asked, “Is Little Susu okay?”

Ji Xili looked sullen, clearly worried about having brought trouble to the Ji family.