Chen Heng thought that it must be Min Yuqing's fault. After all, he was her own brother. It was impossible for her to just sit there and watch. He must have been telling her the truth.
When Xie Jian and Shen Heng left, they did not take a carriage. The distance was not far, so it was rare for them to walk home.
At night when there is no curfew, the streets and alleys are quite lively, especially Dingguo Street, which can be described as "a thousand lights illuminate the blue clouds at night, and guests with red sleeves in high buildings are bustling."
Both of them walked and quietly looked at the prosperous scenes.
"Aheng, if one day we have to leave the imperial capital, where do you want to spend the rest of your life?" Xie Jian suddenly asked.
Living out her life? Chen Heng had never thought about this question. After all, she was only ten years old. Suddenly, she realized that time had passed so quickly. She was about to turn thirty. This was already her eighth year here.
Seeing Ah Heng in a daze, Xie Jian was surprised: "What are you thinking about?"
Chen Heng pulled herself back to her thoughts: "I suddenly thought of Yuezhou, where we passed by when we came to the imperial capital from Nanming. The persimmon trees there looked really beautiful from afar, and the persimmons were delicious."
"Do you like it there?"
Shen Heng thought for a moment: "I like it. Why do you ask this suddenly?"
"The general trend of the world is that after a long period of division, there will be unification, and after a long period of unification, there will be division. If the fate of the world is over, we should do our best and leave the rest to fate." He and his master had already worked out the worst-case scenario. If the emperor died and the eighth prince ascended the throne, if he was wise, he and his master would work tirelessly and devote themselves to the cause.
If the Eighth Prince was incompetent, even if he and the Master wanted to assist him, they would ultimately need the Liu family to support him.
They can only support them for a year or two, but not for their entire lives, let alone their descendants.
Therefore, he has to make various plans early.
After being married for so many years, Chen Heng understood what Xie Jian meant by these words: "I listen to you. Wherever you are, I will be there." From the moment she decided to live with him, their fates had been tied together.
Looking at Ah Heng's gentle smile in the night, Xie Jian felt warm in his heart.
At the end of March, the Xie family received good news that Xiao Miner passed the imperial examination and became a scholar.
Eunuch Wang was so happy that he set up a buffet for ten days to celebrate.
April, August, June, and July came in the blink of an eye.
News of victories in Wanzhou kept coming in, and one county after another was captured. The Northern Qi suffered repeated defeats, and the people believed that Wanzhou would be taken back soon.
In August, Xiao Miner took the imperial examination and passed it successfully.
This time, Eunuch Wang held a buffet for ten days, and the smile on his face hadn't faded away in the past few months.
Happy events happened one after another, and Chen Heng's days were spent in such a plain and joyful way.
Until the first snow falls.
Looking at the snow outside the window, Chen Heng was thinking that the snow would definitely be half a leg thick by tomorrow after it fell tonight. Her son was at the age full of childishness, so she wanted to organize an ice sculpture exhibition for him.
"Madam, the palace summons you." Achan came in and reported.
"Did the Queen tell you what it was about?" Over the past few years, the Queen would often summon her to the palace to chat and drink tea, and Shen Heng was used to it.
"It's not the Empress, it's the Emperor."
"Your Majesty?" Shen Heng was stunned. "Why did the Emperor summon me to the palace?" She and the Emperor hadn't seen each other for several years. "Where is Your Majesty?"
"People in the palace said that the Lord is in the palace."
That is to say, the emperor summoned her, and Xie Jian also knew it. Chen Heng really didn't want to have too much contact with the emperor, but it would be useless not to go, so she decided to go to the palace to see the situation.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
