Jiang Shumiao saw this and quickly wiped away her tears.
"Mom, don't worry, I'm very strong, they can't hurt me."
Xiao Yitang held back her tears and nodded.
"Yes, my Miaomiao is the best."
Seeing her distress, Jiang Shumiao whispered in her ear, "Mother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to not tell you. Yesterday they set up a formation, and Sister Qianli and Sister Fuqu were both injured. They would be destroyed if they left my side."
Fuqu and Qianli returned with Jiang Yiqing last night, and they were deeply moved upon hearing this.
Xiao Yitang's tears flowed even more fiercely.
She carried her daughter back into the house.
The old lady, having received the news, also came to the main hall. Only when she saw her lively and energetic did she truly feel relieved.
“Your brother told us yesterday that these powerful families are becoming increasingly arrogant, even associating with demons. They are truly vicious.”
"It's alright, it's alright."
Jiang Shumiao said, "Grandmother, I am invincible. A few demons are no match for me. I brought back the demon bones, and we'll have bone soup tonight."
The old lady looked at her with doting eyes.
"Okay, I'll tell the kitchen to make you some soup later."
Xiao Yitang remained silent.
Jiang Shumiao came up to her again, looked up and asked, "Mother, are you angry with me?"
"No."
Xiao Yitang rubbed the corner of her eye and pulled her daughter onto her lap. "I just feel useless. I can't protect you when you're in danger, and instead you have to comfort me. I'm sorry you had to be born into my womb."
Jiang Shumiao shook her head repeatedly, "No, Mother and Grandmother are both great people, and Father is a great hero. You all have the aura of merit that protected my soul while it was in Mother's womb. Otherwise, even if I could be resurrected, I would lose all my divine power. Being Mother's daughter is my blessing."
Xiao Yitang touched her daughter's forehead with her own, without saying a word.
She was afraid.
I'm afraid my daughter will suddenly disappear one day.
Eleven months pregnant, bound by blood and flesh, she couldn't bear to part with her child.
That evening, Jiang Shumiao finally got to drink the bone broth she had been longing for. The broth made from the bones of an ancient demon was indeed rich and fragrant.
Jiang Yining drank several bowls of the beverage.
"It's a pity that Father and Eldest Sister are not home, so we can't drink such delicious bone broth."
Jiang Shumiao said with a smile, "It's alright, it's alright, I have plenty here. The ancient demons are huge, any one of them could take over our front yard. We could drink them for ten or eight years and still not finish them."
Jiang Yining asked curiously, "Miaomiao, what did the ancient demons look like? Were they particularly fierce? Did they eat people?"
"eat."
Jiang Shumiao nodded, "I can swallow hundreds in one go."
Jiang Yining was surprised.
"W-Is it that amazing?"
“Yes, that’s why I killed them all, it’s like doing justice for Heaven.” Jiang Shumiao pointed, “Third brother, look there.”
Jiang Yining turned her head and saw a huge creature.
Its body was like black iron, its scales shimmered with a dark light, its eyes were like blood moons, its huge fangs emitted a chilling light, and its long tongue was filled with venom.
"Python, python..."
Jiang Yining was startled when she first saw it, but upon closer inspection, it was just a phantom.
"It's the Sky-Devouring Python."
Jiang Shumiao explained, "Its length is ten thousand zhang, longer than Chang'an Avenue."
Jiang Yining swallowed hard. "Well, it's definitely not something we can finish in a short time."
Jiang Yiqing, sitting next to him: "..."
Is this how a foodie thinks?
"Oh, right."
Jiang Shumiao remembered something else and took out a handful of beads. "These are the eyeballs of the Nine-Headed Serpent. It has nine heads and eighteen eyes. I'll take them all out and use them as marbles later."
You can play with eyeballs like this?
Jiang Yining instinctively covered her eyes.
Jiang Shumiao asked, puzzled, "Third brother, why are you covering your eyes?"
Xiao Yitang couldn't stand it anymore, "Your third brother is timid, don't scare him."
"I'm not a coward."
Jiang Yining lowered his hands, his face slightly flushed. He looked at the eyeballs—no, marbles—in his sister's hands.
To prove his courage, he mustered up his courage and grabbed one.
It feels cool to the touch and is very soft.
Jiang Yining couldn't help but pinch it.
It also has elasticity.
He looked surprised.
"Miaomiao, can it still jump?"
"Of course."
Jiang Shumiao casually tossed a marble toward the door, and it bounced back instantly.
"See? It can jump and bounce."
Jiang Yining is nine years old this year, the perfect age for playing. Seeing that the eyeball had become lifeless, she was no longer afraid and took her younger sister outside to play marbles.
"This marble is so much fun, Miaomiao, can I take it to the academy?"
"sure."
However, when Jiang Shumiao arrived at the Imperial Academy, she discovered that several children in the kindergarten class were missing.
The Ruan, Yu, and Xie families were all raided, so their descendants naturally couldn't escape unscathed either.
Jiang Shumiao stared at the empty seats, her face tense.
With such a huge commotion the day before yesterday and yesterday, who in the whole capital doesn't know about it?
Several powerful families were raided without hesitation, and veterans of two dynasties were arrested without a second thought; Emperor Hongde showed no mercy whatsoever.
All the confiscated silver went into the national treasury, and the local militia were no longer registered as soldiers; they would no longer be the private armies of aristocratic families.
Jiang Shumiao has solved a major problem for Emperor Hongde this time.
The palace showered the emperor with gifts.
Those who had previously wanted her to ascend back to heaven all shut their mouths and dared not utter another word.
There are so many demons and monsters in the human world; not only ordinary people, but even noble families are afraid.
No matter how much power they wield, they are ultimately just ordinary people.
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