Ye Zhen had been in Northern Border City for several days, but apart from observing the soldiers at the gate when she entered the city, she hadn't had a good taste of the scenery in this city that was so different from the South Province.
Handing Mingxi over to Hong Ying, Ye Zhen lifted the curtains and looked at the scene outside. The streets here were wide and there were many tourists on the road. It was more prosperous than the Jin Kingdom. From time to time, she could see soldiers patrolling the streets. Their clothes looked simple and elegant, somewhat different from the soldiers on the battlefield.
Northern Border City was indeed different.
Ye Zhen thought that if she had 100,000 elite soldiers from Hua, she would definitely be able to conquer Dongqing.
When she arrived at the Shui residence, Ye Zhen heard that Ye Yiqing had left the city with Zhao Yang and would not be back until tomorrow.
"Daddy seems to like Hua very much." Ye Zhen shook her head and smiled. She found that when she was in the South Province, her father showed interest in the country and seemed to like it very much.
Ye Chundong, who was left behind, said with a smile, "Second Uncle used to say that he wanted to travel all over the world. Hua is different everywhere. Of course, he likes it."
"Did he only bring his wife?" Ye Zhen asked doubtfully.
Ye Chundong nodded. "Yes, he didn't even bring a servant."
"Then let's wait for Daddy to come back." Ye Zhen wanted to tell him about borrowing 100,000 elite soldiers from Qi Yu when she came back. She first returned to the courtyard arranged by Shui Yichen and played with Mingxi and Ming Yu for a while until they fell asleep from exhaustion. She had time to think about what to do next.
In addition to needing a lot of silver to buy provisions and feed 100,000 elite soldiers, she also needed a general who could command the troops. Soldiers were easy to come by, but generals were rare. This was the most important thing she needed to consider.
"You're back?"
Ye Zhen stood in the courtyard contemplating. She didn't know that someone was coming behind her. When she heard the voice, she was startled and looked back to see Shui Yichen standing behind her.
"There's no sound at all. If it weren't for the daytime, I would have thought I saw a ghost." Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows and glanced at Shui Yichen, somewhat dissatisfied with his silent appearance.
"It's clear that you were in a daze and didn't hear the maid's report." Shui Yichen snorted coldly and looked at Ye Zhen with deep and gloomy eyes. "Do you still want to go to the palace?"
Ye Zhen asked lightly, "What's the matter?"
Shui Yichen said coldly, "If you do not need to enter the palace, then return to Nanzhou."
"You don't seem to like Northern Border City. Why?" Looking at Shui Yichen's expression, it seemed that it wasn't just because Qi Yu had almost killed Shui Miaomiao. Even Shui Miaomiao had let go of the fear in her heart. This proved that she also knew that Qi Yu didn't have the intention to harm her back then. But why was Shui Yichen still brooding over it?
Shui Yichen's face did not look so good. It seemed that he did not like Ye Zhen asking him this question. "If you don't like it, then you don't like it. There is no other reason. Is Shen Mengxi's life safe now?"
Shen Mengxi? Ye Zhen was keenly aware of Shui Yichen's strangeness when she mentioned the name. She had never noticed before that Shui Yichen had never called Mengxi 'Empress'.
"Her life is indeed safe, but she is pregnant, so … I have to go to the palace tomorrow." Ye Zhen said with a smile, secretly observing the changes in Shui Yichen's expression.
Shui Yichen's cold and handsome face flashed a touch of shock, but he quickly suppressed it and hid it well. "Didn't Huang Fuchen say that she has a heart disease and is not suitable to have children?"
He still remembered what Huang Fuchen said that Shen Mengxi's heart disease could not have children at all. Otherwise, she would be in danger.
"You even know this?" Ye Zhen glanced at him.
Shui Yichen glanced at Ye Zhen coldly. "Can you cure her heart disease?"
Ye Zhen nodded gently. "She is being treated. She may have to stay in Northern Border City for a long time. If you want to go back to the Southern Province in a few days, I'm afraid you have to leave Shui Miaomiao here."
"How long?" Shui Yichen was obviously very dissatisfied with this statement, but he still suppressed it and did not show it.
"A year." Ye Zhen said.
The wrinkles between Shui Yichen's eyebrows became more obvious. "No, it's too long."
"This is not something you can't do. Even if I want to go back to the Southern Province, Qi Yu will not let me leave. Miaomiao has not recovered yet. If you take her away, I can't cure her. So, you still have to leave Miaomiao here." Ye Zhen waved her hand. This was the only way.
"What about Huang Fuchen?" Shui Yichen planned to find Huang Fuchen and ask him. He did not want Shui Miaomiao to stay in Northern Border City for so long.
"I don't know …" Ye Zhen's clear eyes darkened slightly. Since the day she said that she wanted to borrow soldiers, Huang Fuchen had disappeared. She had not seen him since then.
Shui Yichen looked down at her. "Isn't he in the palace? You don't know where he is? "
Ye Zhen said lightly, "The palace is so big. He won't report to me wherever he goes."
"I see." Shui Yichen nodded faintly, turned around and left without saying anything superfluous.
"…" Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows and looked at his back. This man is really not ordinary.
Shui Miaomiao, who had just come out of the house, only saw Shui Yichen's back. She asked Ye Zhen doubtfully, "Sister Ye, did my brother just come over? Why did he leave? "
Ye Zhen smiled. "He suddenly had something to do again." Thinking of Shui Yichen's strangeness, she asked Shui Miaomiao, "Miaomiao, did you live in Northern Border City before?"
Shui Miaomiao nodded. "When I was a child, I lived here. At that time, my brother was often not at home. Every time I saw him, he was wearing armor … Later, we went to Nanzhou, where my brother did business."
"You said that you saw your brother wearing armor when you were a child?" Ye Zhen asked in surprise.
"It seems so, but I don't remember much. My brother never tells me about the past." Shui Miaomiao said. Because her memory was too old, she could not remember it very clearly. In fact, she rarely saw her brother when she was a child. He was often not at home, and she grew up under the care of the servants at home. "The person I often saw when I was a child was the empress. At that time, Sister Mengxi was not the empress yet."
Ye Zhen was slightly startled. So Shui Yichen knew Shen Mengxi many years ago? Then why did he seem so cold when he was in Nanzhou?
Thinking about it carefully, although Shui Yichen did not seem to care about Shen Mengxi's illness, he still came to Northern Border City. On the surface, it seemed that he came for Shui Miaomiao, but in fact, he also cared about Shen Mengxi.
It seems that Shui Yichen is not just a simple businessman.
Ye Zhen's mood was as happy as if she had discovered a big secret.
"Is your brother very good at martial arts?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile.
"Of course, my brother taught me martial arts," Shui Miaomiao said proudly.
"You know martial arts?" It was the first time Ye Zhen heard of it.
Shui Miaomiao laughed. "Even the guards at home are no match for me."
Ye Zhen glanced at Hong Ying behind her. "Then why don't you fight with Hong Ying?"
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(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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