Inside the room, Shen Wan sat on the edge of the bed, using a rattle to coax the child to turn over. The little one struggled to turn over and failed several times.
But then I wanted to play the rattle drum, so I was kicking my hands and feet impatiently.
Yinshuang said, "The young master is wearing too many clothes. He should be able to roll over in a few days."
Learn to roll over, then learn to crawl, and then learn to walk...
We still have to wait.
However, Shen Wan enjoys the feeling of growing up alongside her child.
When Xie Jingyan entered the room, he saw Shen Wan rubbing the child's little hand. When she saw him approaching, the maid and the wet nurse took a few steps back.
Xie Jingyan sat down, watched Shen Wan play with the child, and then said, "Do you have anything you want to bring to your father-in-law and your elder brother? Pack it up and I'll take it to the border."
Shen Wan's smile froze as she looked at him. "Did Father Emperor agree to let you go to the border?"
As soon as she asked the question, Shen Wan knew it was a pointless question.
Once Xie Jingyan learned that Prince Cheng was at the border, no one could stop him from going. He repeatedly asked the Emperor for permission to go openly and legitimately, just to make it easier for him to carry out his plans.
Although I had mentally prepared myself for Xie Jingyan to go to the border, I was still reluctant to let him go.
Shen Wan's eyes reddened, and the wet nurse stepped forward to take the child away. Yin Shuang and Hai Tang also went out together.
Shen Wan choked up as she asked, "When do we leave?"
“Seven days later,” Xie Jingyan said.
Shen Wan asked, "How long do you plan to stay at the border?"
That's just stating the obvious.
The war isn't something that Xie Jingyan can decide to stop on any day.
Xie Jingyan said, "This battle won't last long. Even if my Great Chu is willing to fight, the Crown Prince of Western Liang can't stay in hiding forever."
The reason why Western Liang attacked Great Chu was that the crown prince of Western Liang died in Great Chu. They were besieging the city and demanding an explanation from Great Chu. If the crown prince of Western Liang were to "resurrect," Western Liang would have no reason to attack Great Chu.
Shen Wan felt a little better after Xie Jingyan said that.
She was afraid that this war would last for two or three years, but Xie Jingyan's identity was special, and he couldn't stay at the border for that long.
Even if she doesn't urge Xie Jingyan to return, the Emperor and all the civil and military officials will.
Shen Wan said, "You have to promise me that once you go to the border, you will write me a letter home every two weeks."
Xie Jingyan chuckled, pinching Shen Wan's nose and saying, "Why don't you ask me to write you a letter every day?"
Shen Wan pulled his hand away and held it, saying, "When Father went to the border, it was considered diligent if he sent a letter home every two or three months. I'm very grateful that you can write me a letter every half month."
Xie Jingyan said, "Then your husband is not satisfied. Not to mention writing to your husband every day, you should at least write one every three days."
She had nothing else to do while staying in the Prince's mansion, so she was so idle that she could write three letters a day, let alone three every three days.
Shen Wan was about to get up when Xie Jingyan stopped her. Shen Wan said, "I'll pack your things."
Xie Jingyan pulled Shen Wan into his lap and said, "You're in such a hurry to pack my things, you're probably just hoping I'll get to the border soon, aren't you?"
The somber atmosphere of impending parting vanished instantly.
Shen Wan glared at him, "Everything needs to be packed. It's better to get ready early so you don't forget anything later."
The border region is not like Kyoto; it's a place where even money can't buy anything of value.
Xie Jingyan chuckled, "No need to prepare anything special, just bring a few sets of clothes to change into."
Spend more time with me these next few days.
...Shouldn't we spend more time with her?
Shen Wan asked, "What are we doing here?"
"Read a book with me."
Shen Wan, "..."
OK.
This person seems to really enjoy reading.
The man was going to the border in a few days, and she still wanted to read books with him.
Shen Wan didn't think much of it at first, but by evening she realized how wrong she was. The book that this bastard wanted her to read with him wasn't the book she thought it was, but rather the picture that the Prince's mansion had prepared for him for his wedding.
This bastard made her try all of the above with him.
A small couch, a study, a viewing pavilion, a rockery...
If it weren't for attending the weddings at the Yan and Right Prime Minister's residences, Shen Wan would have suspected that this bastard wanted to kill her and take her soul to the border.
But going out wasn't good either, because this guy also loved to bully her in the carriage.
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
Shen Wan wanted to go to the city gate to see him off and say a proper goodbye, but she couldn't get up at all. She didn't even have the strength to lean against the large pillow and curse that bastard, let alone go to see him off.
Then Cheng Yao and Xu Huan, both pregnant, went to the city gate to see off Prince Yanping and Tang Ze, while Shen Wan, who had already given birth, did not go.
Both the Crown Prince of Yanping and Tang Ze found it strange, "Why didn't the Princess Consort come to see us off?"
Xie Jingyan said, "I couldn't bear to part, so I didn't let her come."
Tang Ze, "..."
Prince Yanping, “…”
Listening to the man's high-sounding excuse, the two looked at Xie Jingyan.
Their faces all wore expressions that seemed to say, "Do you think we believe this?"
Besides Cheng Yao and Xu Huan, Lu Cheng and Du Cheng'an were also there to see them off.
Um.
This time, only the Prince of Yanping and Tang Ze went to the border with Xie Jingyan.
Lu Cheng and Du Cheng'an did not allow him to go.
Du Cheng'an just got married yesterday. Not only would Princess Huyang not allow him to go to the border, but Xie Jingyan and Yan Zheng would also not agree to it.
This war won't last too long, but it won't end too quickly either. The eldest son-in-law asked Du Cheng'an to go to the border a month after his wedding, which was a way of balancing things out.
Lu Cheng didn't go because Lady Xuanping knew that Du Cheng'an would be going in a month, so she took the opportunity to keep Lu Cheng for another month and let the two of them go together. Lu Cheng initially disagreed, thinking that Du Cheng'an was such a big man, and he needed to accompany him to the border. They were going to the border to fight the enemy, not to go sightseeing. But Lady Xuanping's words stopped him.
Lady Xuanping said, "The Crown Princess of Yanping and the eldest daughter-in-law of the Tang family are both pregnant, but Rui'er is not pregnant yet. If you go to the border for a year or two and don't come back, their sons will have already been born, but your son is still nowhere to be seen."
"Your son will be too young then, and he'll get beaten up by their son every day."
"Isn't it shameful for a father to be unable to beat another father, or for a son to be unable to beat another son?"
These words were a bit hurtful to his pride, but Lu Cheng was somewhat persuaded. "But what if you don't get pregnant after a month?"
Lady Xuanping retorted angrily, "Are you deliberately trying to provoke me?!"
Lady Xuanping, heavily pregnant, was frantically searching for a feather duster to whip her son when Lu Cheng quickly ran away.
The Crown Prince of Yanping and Tang Ze went to the border, leaving the positions of the Chief and Deputy Chief of the City Patrol Division vacant. Xie Jingyan also made arrangements, appointing Yan Zheng and Cheng Yi to fill the vacancies.
Although Yan Zheng and Cheng Yi are both skilled in martial arts, the Right Chancellor and Grand Tutor Yan are both civil officials. While they are not necessarily at odds with each other, it is impossible for the Right Chancellor to send his son to the battlefield.
Serving the court doesn't necessarily mean going to the battlefield; the court needs both military generals and civil officials.
They were assigned to the city patrol bureau, starting as sixth-rank officials, so that they could enter the imperial court in the future and rise through the ranks more quickly.
The Patrol Division had a solid foundation, and with Yan Zheng being Xie Jingyan's cousin and the Emperor feeling guilty towards Consort Chen, even after Lu Cheng and Du Cheng'an went to the border, no one dared to provoke the Patrol Division in the slightest.
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