She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 54 - I Have Nothing to Do with Her
Chapter 54: Chapter 54 I Have Nothing to Do with Her
Chapter 54 -54 I Have Nothing to Do with Her
After meeting up with the main troops, three children ran over one after another in fear of being the last.
Xiang Xiuxiu was the first to throw herself into Xiang Ying’s arms.
“Mom,” her frail little body trembled slightly with the sound of her sobs, “I thought you had eloped!”
Xiang Ying’s mouth twitched, and she patted her daughter’s little head twice.
“How could Mom possibly choose a man over you?”
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Xiang Xiuxiu looked up, her big eyes misty and round.
She turned her head and looked at Xiang Yuanshuo: “Brother, I told you, Mom has changed, she no longer puts men above everything else!”
Xiang Yuanshuo and Xiang Yuanlang came over reluctantly.
Both little guys also looked worried but forced themselves to act mature.
Xiang Yuanshuo: “It’s good you didn’t elope, otherwise, you would have been done for, hmph!”
And Xiang Yuanlang, with his little hands behind his back, nodded lightly in a mature manner: “It’s good you’re back.”
Jie Chen glanced at the children and then quickly walked to the front of the troop to deal with the upcoming matters.
Skinny Monkey came panting, with dark circles under his eyes, clearly having not rested well.
“Elder Princess, you are finally back. These three kids of yours are really something, so energetic, after eating they still want to play, and after sleeping, they wake up and continue wanting to eat.”
If it weren’t for caring about Jie Chen’s face, why would Skinny Monkey be so patient with kids?
Catching one, the other two would run wild, just like little ducks set free, hopping back and forth.
Looking at his already thin cheeks, now slightly sunken, Xiang Ying couldn’t help but smile: “Thank you for your hard work.”
Taking care of children is just like this, whoever does it looks worn out.
To wait for Xiang Ying and the others, the entire Exile Team was delayed for a day.
So Jie Jianjun ordered the troop to immediately set off, traveling overnight to the next station at Lianhua Ferry.
But even with travelling day and night, it would still take three days to arrive.
The soldiers hastened their steps, swinging their whips even faster.
During a break, Xiang Ying made some rice balls with fish-flavored shredded pork for the children.
Wood ear mushrooms and tender bamboo shoots were sliced into strips, stir-fried with sauce until aromatic, and finally wrapped in delicious steaming white rice.
The kids devoured their meal ravenously.
Xiang Ying felt like she had only been away for a day, but they looked as hungry as if they hadn’t eaten well for half a month.
Xiang Yuanshuo, with his little face oily, lifted his head and said, “This is real food, those dry cakes from before should be fed to horses, even horses would find them disgusting.”
He said these words just as Old Princess Consort Shangguan, who had just happily received a pile of dry cakes, heard him and her face darkened, her eyes drooping.
“Doesn’t this child have any manners?”
Xiang Ying rubbed the child’s head, her voice gentle: “Eat up, don’t mind those people.”
The three little ones obediently sat down with Tao Xue on a big rock, all lined up, eating their meat.
Seeing Xiang Ying’s unfriendly attitude, the Imperial Concubine didn’t dare to say anything.
It was clear now, both the Military Supervisor and the soldiers were in her favor.
There would be opportunities to deal with her later!
Old Princess Consort Shangguan withdrew her gaze, her mouth with wrinkles quivered slightly: “Just distribute those dry cakes the soldiers gave, let Qianqian eat first, then give the leftovers to them.”
The women around the Old Grand Princess Consort were taken aback.
They looked at each other and then someone hesitantly spoke up, “Imperial Concubine, those dry cakes were distributed by the Military Supervisor to everyone, how come she gets to eat first?”
Old Princess Consort Shangguan glanced at them sidelong, her triangular eyes dark and stormy.
“What, are you dissatisfied? Recognize the situation, with me around, my life is precious, and the Military Supervisor and others are willing to give more food.”
“You are benefiting from my presence. Now, I say who gets more, and that’s whom it will be, otherwise next time you won’t get anything to eat!”
She was quite assertive; the women did not dare to oppose and were all waiting to depend on each other for warmth later.
Xiang Ying watched from afar, none of these women even tried to resist.
Each was handing over a dry biscuit.
Xiang Qianqian accepted them confidently, taking a bite of each one before finally waving her hand.
“I’m full, you all eat.”
Qi Fengyi had just gone into the forest to practice her boxing, and now returned to Xiang Ying’s side. Seeing this scene, she frowned.
“When we were in the Capital, I never heard that Empress Dowager Shangguan was so stingy, and why is the Fifth Princess following her lead?”
“The smaller the temple, the fiercer the ghosts; the shallower the pool, the more toads.” Xiang Ying smiled slightly.
She turned her head and saw Jie Chen coming with others on patrol, and immediately walked over.
“Are your eyes feeling better? Let me see?”
Xiang Ying saw that the wound on his eyelids was still slightly swollen and wanted to take a closer look.
However, before her hand reached Jie Chen, it was blocked by the hilt of his sword.
“I don’t need your care.” Jie Chen said coldly, then turned and strode away with his men.
His attitude, in the eyes of those around, meant something.
Was Xiang Ying abandoned by Jie Jianjun?
Jie Chen refused to let her see, and Xiang Ying didn’t insist.
After all, she wasn’t the one in pain.
After a while, Skinny Monkey came up from behind and struck up a conversation with her, every now and then.
Xiang Ying’s phoenix eyes were cold, and at last, she said, “If you have something to say, just say it. Don’t beat around the bush.”
Skinny Monkey grinned slyly: “The elder princess is a straightforward person. Actually, it’s not me, it’s the brothers who are curious and insisted on sending me to ask.”
“Seems like you have a pretty good relationship with Jie Jianjun, what exactly is the relationship between you two?”
Xiang Ying glanced at him.
Her delicate and bright face, commanding even without anger, carried an air of valor.
Skinny Monkey became nervous under her gaze.
“It’s just curiosity, elder princess, don’t think too much of it.”
Xiang Ying crossed her arms, her red lips making a light scoffing sound as she laughed: “I didn’t overthink it, but my relationship with Jie Chen is indeed what you all think.”
“Back when we were in the Capital, we had a relationship. Nothing more I can tell.”
She spoke frankly; anyway, she wasn’t lying.
The former owner had loved many a beautiful man, each one a darling of her heart.
Skinny Monkey was slightly surprised, then worldly-wise he smoothed it over: “Got it. If it wasn’t for the relations between the two countries, perhaps I would have to call you sister-in-law.”
As they were talking, another Military Supervisor came from behind, scolded loudly, and took Skinny Monkey away.
Xiang Ying watched as Skinny Monkey went nodding and bowing, admitting his fault, and with the eyes of that Military Supervisor, guessed that the latter was blaming Skinny Monkey for prying into her business.
Not long after, that Military Supervisor returned to Jie Chen.
“This criminal Xiang Ying, she’s bragging about your relationship everywhere, claiming you two had an emotional and passionate affair!”
“As a result, she’s being treated different from the other exiled criminals, which is not conducive for us to rule.”
Jie Chen paused his sword cleaning: “She doesn’t have a single truthful word in her mouth, no need to believe it.”
Following that, his cold gaze shifted towards Xiang Ying’s distant figure.
Remembering the phrases she had said.
Jie Chen declared: “She has nothing to do with me.”
The Military Supervisor nodded knowingly, “Understood”.
As the Exile Team rested enough and was about to set off, Skinny Monkey suddenly appeared with seven or eight soldiers in front of Xiang Ying.
“Criminal Xiang Ying, the horse pulling your lumber cart, we need to take it away.”
