Jiang Shumiao nodded hurriedly, "Agreed, agreed. My sister and brother-in-law are in the Northwest. If the snake demon isn't eliminated, it will surely wreak havoc on the world. I'll be back soon after I subdue it."
Emperor Hongde then agreed.
"Alright, I'll assign you two hundred guards. Go early and come back early, don't linger."
Jiang Shumiao, who had intended to take the opportunity to skip school: "..."
Emperors are truly cunning.
Emperor Hongde, who had inexplicably received a glare from someone, was speechless.
My little niece has quite a temper.
After leaving the palace, Jiang Shumiao ran into Wen Zhixuan again. Wen Zhixuan had just gotten off the carriage and saw that she looked unhappy, so he raised his eyebrows.
"Who has upset the princess this time?"
The word "again" is very clever.
Jiang Shumiao felt that he was mocking her, so she put her hands on her hips and glared back.
Wen Zhixuan found her much more agreeable now and didn't mind. He smiled and said, "I heard that the princess is going to the northwest to exorcise demons. This is a blessing for the people of Great Yan. However, this trip will probably delay the princess's studies."
Jiang Shumiao's face darkened.
Her initial reason for wanting to go to school was to have fun, but now she feels it's not interesting and it's not easy for her to drop out.
That really proves the saying true.
Inviting a god is easy, but sending him away is difficult.
“Your son will be three years old soon and will also need to go to school.”
Wen Zhixuan smiled and said, "Yes, I hope you will take good care of me then, Princess, after all, you are my elder."
In terms of seniority, shouldn't Wen Yicheng call her his aunt?
Jiang Shumiao had only met this cousin a few times, but she still remembered him.
"No problem, no problem. At least I won't hurt him."
This alludes to the fact that Wen Zhixuan, in his depravity, used his own son's blood as a catalyst to try and curse the old matriarch.
Wen Zhixuan had been criticized so much that he had developed an impenetrable skin.
"From now on, I will have to rely on the Princess's protection for my son."
Jiang Shumiao crossed her arms. "I heard you brought your brother-in-law back to your residence? He's not much younger than your son, is he?"
Shen Jiming was pulled out by Emperor Hongde to quell the rumors, and he was naturally unwilling, but he was indeed not innocent.
The Shen family was not a prominent clan and had no right to negotiate with the emperor.
He had no choice but to sacrifice the small to save the big.
She took all the blame to save her only son.
Wen Zhixuan, still possessing a conscience, agreed to help raise his son and send him to the Imperial Academy in the future, where he could study alongside the sons of noble families in the capital.
In order to become an official in the imperial court, personal connections are very important.
The capital city was the center of power.
Shen Jiming probably still hoped that his son would one day regain the position of head of the Shen family.
"Naturally, he will be sent to the Imperial Academy at that time to accompany the princess."
Wen Zhixuan won over the Shen family for Emperor Hongde, which pleased the rulers, but brought misery to Shen Qinghe.
Firstly, she disliked Shen Xubai, her half-brother, and secondly, she had framed He Shi.
Now that their biological father has been expelled from the capital, the Shen family has once again fallen into the hands of the second branch of the family.
This practically means that she has lost her family.
Men who wield power are all smiles when their interests align. Women, confined to the inner quarters, are left only with mundane family matters and petty squabbles.
Because of her status as an elder, Madam He could easily manipulate her.
Those cold words pierced her heart as she heard them, but she dared not refute them.
When they poisoned Shen Xubai, they thought it would kill two birds with one stone, but they ended up losing more than they gained.
Even though the second branch of the family was driven out, they were still able to regain control of the Shen family.
She dared not blame Wen Zhixuan, and could only attribute all the responsibility to Jiang Shumiao.
If it weren't for Jiang Shumiao's meddling, Shen Xubai would have been abandoned by Shen Jiming long ago, and wouldn't be as lively and annoying as he is now.
The Jiang sisters are truly her nemesis.
Hearing that a great demon had appeared in the Northwest, she cursed Jiang Shuman in her heart, hoping that she would be eaten by the snake demon.
Jiang Shuman is doing well.
When she left, among the pile of things her younger sister gave her was a wooden sword. It looked ordinary, but it almost chopped off the snake demon's head.
Unfortunately, she was just a mortal and had no spiritual power, otherwise her sister wouldn't have had to make such a long trip.
Jiang Shumiao arrived ten days later.
She could actually fly, but she deliberately delayed going to school to avoid it. Anyway, the snake demon was seriously injured, so a few days' delay wouldn't matter.
Jiang Shuman and Gu Jinchuan received the news and went out of the city to welcome him.
"elder sister."
Jiang Shumiao jumped off the carriage and ran over.
Jiang Shuman picked up her younger sister and said, "I've been away from the capital for a year, why are you only growing horizontally and not vertically?"
Jiang Shumiao immediately wilted.
"My sister thinks I'm fat."
Jiang Shuman said happily, "Not fat at all, my Miaomiao is the cutest when she's chubby."
She pinched her younger sister's chubby cheeks; they were soft and bouncy.
Gu Jinchuan said, "Let's go back to the manor first. Judging from the weather, it's going to snow."
Back at the manor, Jiang Shumiao first filled her stomach before asking about the important matter. "Logically speaking, snakes should hibernate during this season. It's strange that they suddenly came out and attacked people."
Jiang Shuman asked, "What's strange?"
"Does it only harm ordinary people?"
"right."
Gu Jinchuan replied, "I've heard some older people say that although snakes are cold-blooded animals, they generally don't bite unless provoked. But in winter, snakes are rarely seen. Even hunters won't go into caves to hunt snake nests."
Jiang Shumiao then asked, "Where did he first appear?"
"At the foot of Shanggu Mountain," Jiang Shuman said, "some villagers went up the mountain to cut firewood and found a large piece of snake skin. Experienced elders said it was from a python. Since then, few people have gone near that area. Later, some children used slingshots to shoot birds and somehow startled it. That day, I was leading troops on patrol and used the talisman you gave me to drive it away. After that, it came looking for me. I injured it, but I couldn't kill it."
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