"Mom, no." Min Yuqing stopped her, "This will trouble Madam Xie too much." She didn't want to have too much contact with the people and things in the past, as it would only add to her helplessness and sadness. Even if the nanny recognized her one day and accepted this weird thing, she didn't want to see the nanny feel bad.
Madam Wu had brought it up personally, so even if Shen Heng wanted to refuse, she couldn't.
Just as they were chatting, a maid came in hurriedly and whispered a few words into Madam Wu's ear. Madam Wu's face changed, but she quickly put on a smile and said to them, "You guys chat for a while, I'll be out for a while."
Min Yuqing responded with a smile and gave a subtle wink to the maid who served her closely. The maid understood and followed him out.
When Chen Heng and Peng left the Wu family, they learned that Wu Jin was injured. He went to the farm outside the city to look after wine, but was stopped by refugees and robbed. The guards who followed him were all injured, and his arm was dislocated by the refugees.
Since the last time someone was killed, nothing like this happened in the imperial city. However, the city gates began to close tightly, and there were more news coming from outside the city, either a village was robbed or something else happened.
As they boarded the carriage, Chen Heng said to A Chanyu, "Except for any errands you must attend to, from now on, all food for the mansion should be delivered to the mansion by the shopkeepers."
"yes."
Chen Heng felt that it was time to ask Liu Gang to stock up on food and supplies, just in case.
At this moment, the sound of hurried horse hooves suddenly sounded from behind, and the carriage tilted sharply at this moment.
Scream.
Nanny Feng subconsciously hugged Chen Heng with her whole body, and Achan was almost thrown out of the carriage.
"Madam, are you okay?" Hu Ya quickly stopped the carriage to the side of the road and lifted the curtain.
"What happened?" Shen Heng was still in shock.
"It's an urgent call from eight miles away. I guess something happened in Wanzhou again."
Only then did Chen Heng see a horse galloping towards the imperial palace, and many of the people with the surname Zhou around were frightened.
Something unexpected happened. When Xie Jian came back, he told his family that Wanzhou had fallen and the three counties of Changzhou closest to Wanzhou had also been captured.
After dinner, Xie Jian entered the palace again.
This year, the entire imperial capital was silent.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, many scholars jointly wrote a petition, hoping that the emperor would personally lead the army as he had done in the past to recapture the vast territory and save the people from danger.
By the Lantern Festival, this matter had caused a lot of uproar, but there was no news from the palace.
Although the current situation is tense, the family still prepared dumplings.
After nightfall, Xie Jian returned home and brought back two guests, one of whom was Lu Ji'an, and the other, Shen Heng had not expected, was Emperor Liu Yu.
Compared to the last time they met, Liu Yu not only looked pale, but also looked sickly. However, the royal nobility he had cultivated since childhood made him very noticeable no matter what state he was in.
Xia thought they were her brother-in-law's friends and warmly entertained them: "These dumplings are filled with different kinds of sauces, and these are filled with sesame. Everyone, try some."
Nanny Feng recognized Liu Yu and her behavior was no longer as casual as before, but respectful.
Looking coldly at Xia who had greeted him so warmly, and thinking of what he had done to her husband in the past, Liu Yu ate a glutinous rice dumpling in silence: "Eat it."
Xia thought the man's voice was strange, as if he had been injured or something: "I like it. Master, you guys take your time eating." Then she and Nanny Feng went to the side hall to eat.
If ordinary friends like Meng Xuanlang and Wu Jin came, everyone would sit together without avoiding suspicion. But if strangers came, they would still follow the rules.
Shen Heng wondered, when did the relationship between A Jian and Liu Yu become something that could be brought into the family? Xie Jian would never forgive Liu Yu.
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