Jiang Xuan thought Aunt Rong had misunderstood, so he explained his thoughts.

Shen Mingrong listened, her heart moved. The little one's feelings were always pure and innocent. If the two were truly destined to be together, and Jiang Xuan still had the same feelings when she grew up, she would have no worries. But the children were still young, and what they said now might not hold true in the future.

“Aunt Rong believes Xuan’er’s words, but such things cannot be said casually. Xuan’er is the Crown Prince, and what Xuan’er says can easily be taken as a big deal and used to make a fuss. You are all still too young. No one can predict what will happen in ten years.”

“You’re absolutely sure!” Jiang Xuan said with certainty. “I will definitely marry Yan’er in the future. Aunt Rong, just you wait and see. But I won’t say that again. However, Aunt Rong, please don’t agree to Shen Xingtai’s proposal.”

Shen Mingrong was shocked once again. Could a five-year-old child understand the feelings between men and women? How old is this child?

Lu Yan's face was flushed. Although she didn't understand things like marriage, she knew what "wife" meant. She had heard her father call her mother "wife."

She knew that her daughter-in-law was someone she was very close to. She was close to both Shen Xingtai and Jiang Xuan, so both of them wanted her to be their daughter-in-law. She didn't feel there was anything wrong with it, she just felt a little embarrassed.

She wanted to tell them to stop arguing, since she was their daughter-in-law, but seeing her mother's serious expression, she didn't dare say anything more.

Even after boarding the carriage to return home in the afternoon, Lu Yan was still thinking about this matter. After a moment's thought, she asked her mother, "Mother, why do my cousins ​​Xingtai and the Crown Prince both want me to be their wife? Can I be their wife?"

Shen Mingrong was leaning against the carriage wall with his eyes closed, resting when he heard this, his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"Yan'er!" She opened her eyes, looking at her daughter with some displeasure. "You're a girl, how could you say such things!"

Lu Yan didn't know why her mother was scolding her. She pouted, feeling a little wronged, and didn't dare to say anything more.

Seeing his daughter's aggrieved and helpless state, Shen Mingrong was stunned for a moment, then sighed. She knew that her daughter was too young to understand anything and didn't know what a wife was. However, she also felt very sorry for her daughter. Her daughter was only five years old and was already being fought over. She wondered what it would be like when she grew up.

For a moment, she didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy.

Seeing Jiang Xuan's cleverness, she couldn't help but think of Shen Mingzhuang.

I don't know if Shen Mingzhuang has found out about He Wenshi.

Shen Mingzhuang is currently wandering around in the deep forests of Qingmao Mountain in Weizhou.

"Is there some kind of formation that a master set up in Qingmao Mountain? We've circled around it three times already, and we're still going in circles."

Shen Mingzhuang asked Ling Feng beside him with a solemn expression.

Ling Feng was also nervously checking the marks he had made when he passed by earlier; he had indeed circled the area three times.

"That's probably true."

Ling Feng's answer confirmed Shen Mingzhuang's guess. She sighed, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted.

There are too many masters in this world. If you're not careful, you'll fall into the traps they set. Even if you're highly skilled in martial arts, it's hard to break such a formation. If you don't understand the art of divination and strategy, you simply won't find the key.

"Alright, everyone, let's stop here, rest, and have something to eat."

It was already late afternoon. They had only eaten a bowl of noodles at the inn today. After walking in the deep mountains for so long, they had hardly eaten anything. Shen Mingzhuang was also hungry and told everyone to replenish their energy.

Wandering aimlessly on an empty stomach like this only adds to his anxiety. Shen Mingzhuang took a bite of his dry rations, swallowed it with water from his water pouch, looked up at the sky, and realized that he never imagined he would experience such a life.

No wonder people say that sometimes meeting someone can change the course of your life.

If she hadn't met Shi Jiang, she wouldn't have acquired this skill, nor would she have been able to help Jiang Wang overcome those difficulties, and she wouldn't be sitting in the middle of nowhere in this desolate forest right now.

The treetops overhead were motionless, not at all real, as if they were images projected onto a screen from the future. Shen Mingzhuang took another bite of dry rations, and suddenly a flash of inspiration crossed his mind.

"Wait, I've got an idea!"

Everyone was stunned and looked towards Shen Mingzhuang.

An hour later, the bamboo forest overhead disappeared. Benyue and Lingfeng exchanged a glance, and the people behind them were also dumbfounded.

How could the Empress's brain be so clever as to come up with such a method?

Shen Mingzhuang looked at the fallen bamboo forest and let out a long sigh of relief. It was really not easy to wipe out this small forest in a short time with just a short knife. Fortunately, her skills were profound enough, otherwise she really wouldn't have been able to level the bamboo forest so easily.

And so, after Shen Mingzhuang solved the current problem in a simple and straightforward way, everyone's respect for the Empress reached a new level.

Ling Feng recalled how the Empress had just been holding a short knife in her hand. She flicked it in one direction, and the knife seemed to have grown wings, flying off in a flash. Then, as if it had a memory, it flew back into the Empress's hand. He felt that he had never been so shocked in his life.

So there really are women who are both beautiful and... good at fighting! He suddenly wondered if the Emperor's order to send them to protect the Empress was unnecessary.

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