Chapter 828: Fetal Movement
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“This is just my guess,” Su Xuan said.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at him suspiciously. “You think it’s the right size, right?”
Su Xuan coughed lightly. “Ahem.”
Wei Qing said, “I think Su Xuan’s guess makes sense.”
Su Xiaoxiao asked, “Reason?”
Wei Qing smiled gently. “There’s no reason. It’s just my intuition.” Did the two of them become best friends?
Thinking of something, Su Xiaoxiao said, “Speaking of the Southern
Wilderness, I remember something else. When we went to pluck the Snow
Domain Hemp, we encountered a group of people from the Southern
Wilderness. One of them said that she was the sister of the Southern
Wilderness’ Saintess. They were also here to pluck the Snow Domain Hemp. In the process of fighting, we even killed a few experts from the Southern Wilderness. Logically speaking, they should hate us to the core and will think of ways to snatch the Snow Domain Hemp back. However, they didn’t. After that, we met on the streets once, but they didn’t take any action. It’s true that we were sitting in the military camp’s carriage, but we weren’t lead troops. If I were them, I would do my best to snatch it.”
Su Xuan said thoughtfully, “It means that they have something more important than picking herbs. They didn’t want to complicate matters.”
Wei Ting felt that this guess was reliable. “Could they also be looking for Emperor Wu’s relic?”
Now, they could basically confirm that the secret room was not built by their father, but left behind by the previous dynasty. Perhaps their father had accidentally discovered it.
Su Xiaoxiao analyzed, “Dad discovered this secret room and left his armor in the outer room, making others think that this secret room was a place he used to hide his armor. Dad doesn’t seem to want anyone to find the Heaven Secrets Box, so we can’t guess Dad’s motive for the time being. However, the Leng family stole the incomplete map from Dad before confirming that he was hiding some treasure. If that group of southern border people also wanted to find the Emperor Wu’s relic, how did they know that it was near Broken North Pass?”
Su Xuan paused. “Are you trying to say that… General Wei Xu has fallen into the hands of the southern border?”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “I’m just guessing.”
Everything at the moment, be it the jade seal or Wei Xu’s whereabouts, was their guess.
“Second Brother, what are you thinking about?” Wei Ting sensed that Wei Qing had not said a word.
“I listened to your conversation.” Wei Qing first showed that he had not missed their analysis. “I’m just wondering what our missing memories are. Why did we forget? Who tampered with us?”
In the past, they thought it was “King Nanyang”, but now that they thought about it, “King Nanyang” had made up his mind to silence them back then. Why would he have to destroy their memories?
He said softly, “It seems that there’s more to what happened at the Broken North Pass back then.”
Su Xuan left the second branch with Su Xiaoxiao and Wei Ting.
Su Xuan looked at Su Xiaoxiao quietly with a smile. “I heard that I’m going to have a nephew.”
“It’s a little niece,” Wei Ting corrected.
Su Xuan smiled and said, “A little niece is quite good.”
Wei Ting and Su Xuan could not quarrel. Su Xuan did not have any aggressiveness. As for whether he was born like this or just the personality he displayed, it was unknown.
“Yes.” Wei Ting got along well with this brother-in-law.
Su Xuan looked at Su Xiaoxiao. “Since you’re back, go see Grandmother and my mother. They miss you. I’ll get someone to bring Uncle and Ergou over later. We’ll eat dinner at the Duke Mansion.
“Where are you going to pick them up?” Su Xiaoxiao asked.
“The Imperial City Department and the Directorate.” Su Xuan didn’t understand why she asked this.
Su Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes dangerously and said seriously with her hands on her hips, “So the Directorate has class today. You skipped class again!”
Su Xuan, who was caught by his sister every time he skipped class, was speechless.
Su Xiaoxiao and Wei Ting sent certain someone who had skipped class back to the Directorate.
“Sigh, Wei Qing delayed me.” Su Xuan hugged his books and went to class helplessly.
Su Ergou’s lesson was riding and shooting. When he rode his horse around the field, he met Su Xuan, who was forced to go to school. Su Xuan told him that Su Xiaoxiao was at the door.
Without a word, he rode out of the Directorate.
The servant guarding the door did not stop him. Which hall and class was this? Demerit! Great demerit!
“Sister! Sister!”
Su Ergou got off the horse and ran towards Su Xiaoxiao’s carriage. He also saw Wei Ting and shouted excitedly, “Brother-in-law!”
Wei Ting nodded. “You’ve grown taller.”
Su Ergou scratched his head and smiled. “Hehe.”
Su Ergou would be 15 in a few days. The 15 -year-old young man was in high spirits and stood tall. He was more than half a head taller than Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat. “You’ve really grown up.”
He was the fastest-growing in the family.
A year ago, he was thin and shorter than her. Now, he was almost as tall as Su Cheng.
Su Xiaoxiao thought of his actions just now and said solemnly, “You’re not allowed to ride a horse in the Directorate in the future, let alone ride a horse and rush out. What if you bump into someone?”
“I was watching. I won’t hit anyone. My riding skills are very good now…” As Su Ergou spoke, he met his sister’s death stare.
His scalp went numb and he obediently lowered his head. “Got it, Sister. I won’t do it again.”
Really, the only person in the world who could make the little tyrant of the Imperial College admit his mistake like this was his biological sister.
Su Xiaoxiao asked, “Are you still in class?”
Su Ergou replied honestly, ‘Yes, riding and archery class.”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “Go back to class. I’ll pick you up for dinner after school.”
“Alright!” Su Ergou was happy again. “Sister, Brother-in-law, I’ll go first! See you later! Remember to pick me up! You definitely have to remember!”
Su Xiaoxiao urged, “Got it. Hurry up.”
“Aye!”
Su Ergou turned around and was about to get on the horse. Just as he raised his foot, he thought of something and put it down timidly. He obediently led the horse in.
“Ergou has grown up.”
Wei Ting placed his hands behind his back and suddenly felt relieved, like an old father.
Su Xiaoxiao glanced at him. He had been a little addicted to his father act recently.
The two of them got into the carriage and planned to buy something on the street. After buying it, they could pick Su Ergou up from school.
The carriage swayed on the endless streets. The flames of war at the border could not reach the capital. This place was shockingly peaceful.
“Are you still thinking about Dad?” Su Xiaoxiao asked Wei Ting, who was in a daze.
Wei Ting came back to his senses and said, “After asking those people from the
Southern Wilderness about the Snake Bone Flower in the Saint Lady Temple on Heavenly Mountain, I sent secret guards to the Southern Wilderness. I wonder if they have met up with Big Brother and Sixth Brother. Unfortunately, I can’t contact them. Otherwise, I could ask them to find out Father’s whereabouts.”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “Speaking of which, Dad is indeed the most likely to be in the southern border.”
The two countries bordering the Broken North Pass were the Western Jin and the Northern Yan. In the Western Jin, Wei Qing would have found out long ago, and it was impossible in the Northern Yan. The Northern Yan was Helian Ye’s sphere of influence, and Wei Xu could not hide there for five years.
Moreover, from the clues he had so far, only the southern border was related to the secret room where Wei Xu hid his armor.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Wei Ting without blinking. “You also want to go to the southern border, right?”
Wei Ting pondered for a moment and said, “The two southern border people said that the Snake Bone Flower blooms every February and March, and Second Brother’s medicine can only last until the end of March. At the latest, at the beginning of April. If there’s only the Snake Bone Flower at the end of March…’
Su Xiaoxiao said softly, “Then we won’t be able to send it back to the capital in time. Looks like we still have to go to the southern border.”
Wei Ting was a little hesitant. “It’s inconvenient for you since you;re pregnant. This little thing is so delicate. What if…” “Urgh”
“What’s wrong?” Wei Ting asked.
Su Xiaoxiao looked down at her stomach in confusion. “It seemed to have moved just now… But that was not right.. How could there be such an early fetal movement?”