She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 73 - If He’s the Father of the Child Then What
Chapter 73: Chapter 73: If He’s the Father of the Child, Then What Am I?
Chapter 73 -73: If He’s the Father of the Child, Then What Am I?
A map of the interior of the Water Bandit Village.
“Where did you get this from?” Jie Chen frowned.
Xiang Ying explained while adjusting her sleeves, “The official had long wanted to exterminate these water bandits. Once, an official disguised himself as a kidnapped fisherman and risked his life to enter the village.”
“It was he who drew this map and submitted it to the court, to help the court eradicate the bandits. It’s just a pity that after Father the Emperor got it, he just carelessly tossed it aside.”
“I once saw it on his desk, and now it comes in handy.”
In fact, Xiang Ying turned everything over in the space the last time she was looking for the Jade Seal.
Because she had almost emptied the Imperial Palace, she found this on the Emperor’s desk in the Imperial Study Room.
Jie Chen looked at the detailed map of the village.
With such an accurate map of the water bandits’ old house, how could we not eradicate them?
But could Xiang Ying really remember it after just one look?
“You’ve got a good memory, huh?” Jie Chen raised his sword-like eyebrows, seemingly incredulous.
Xiang Ying wasn’t planning on dwelling on this question.
“It’s alright, if the drawing is wrong, then I remembered it wrong. Anyway, if you can make use of it, that’s for the best.”
After she left, Jie Chen studied the map of the village thoroughly.
In the following two days, the patrolling soldiers found several bodies floating on the water.
According to the direction, they were all drifting down from upstream.
This meant they were getting closer and closer to the stronghold of the water bandits!
If they could get through Gourd Mouth safely, then in a few days, they should be able to reach Lu State smoothly.
But seeing so many corpses, both men and women, and some that were clearly killed not long ago,
The prisoners on the boat began to get scared.
There was also a rumor spreading among them.
They say the water bandits killed those who refused to give up their valuables.
Some even said that when the Western Zhou Court initially sent a thousand soldiers to eradicate the bandits, they all failed miserably.
The water bandits must not be easy to deal with; perhaps their six boats would also sink here.
For a time, everyone was in a state of great anxiety.
Add to that the three Military Supervisors, including Jie Chen, who took turns keeping watch, increasing the soldiers’ patrols.
Everyone felt the seriousness of the situation even more.
That night, Xiang Ying was sleeping when she suddenly opened her eyes wide.
She needed almost no reaction time before reaching out and grabbing a large hand trying to pull away her blanket.
“It’s me!” the other party said in a low voice.
Xiang Ying frowned: “Fang Qian?”
In the darkness of the night, the sound of water gurgled, and the moonlight was a pale blue.
Fang Qian was dressed in night clothes, black as a crow, with only his dog-like eyes shining brightly.
But there was no smile there now.
“The water bandits are tough to deal with; these boats are definitely not going to make it. Elder Princess, I have arranged a small boat to take you and the children away.”
Xiang Ying sat up and looked around.
She noticed the three children were sleeping, and both Tao Xue and Qi Fengyi were also fast asleep.
Something wasn’t right.
She pushed Xiang Xiuxiu next to her: “Xiu Xiu, Xiu Xiu? Fang Qian, what did you do to them?”
Seeing the anger in Xiang Ying’s phoenix eyes, Fang Qian hurriedly explained, “I gave them sedatives in their soup tonight.”
Xiang Ying raised her fist to punch, but Fang Qian immediately dodged: “Don’t hit me! I drugged them, fearing they would make noise in the night and cause unexpected trouble.”
“Anyway, stop talking nonsense and come with me. I’ll carry the three children.”
Xiang Ying smoothed her hair and covered the children with the blanket again.
“I’m not leaving, you can go by yourself if you want to.”
“You… Elder Princess, do you have any idea how brutal those water bandits are? Countless souls have died at their hands!”
Fang Qian’s hushed tone was somewhat urgent: “Moreover, they occupy the strategic high ground at the mouth of the gorge. Shooting from above down, do you think these Nanyue soldiers can last long?”
Xiang Ying’s phoenix eyes were cold, and in the dark night, they shone like two crescent blades.
“I don’t care how cruel they are; I walk my path, and it doesn’t affect them, does it?”
Besides, she would welcome an attack by these water bandits.
She had prepared four explosives, not for show.
And with the water bandits’ numbers, they must have a lot of supplies.
At this thought, Xiang Ying’s eyes lit up again, and she even wanted to take a tour of the water bandits’ den.
Seeing that she could not be persuaded, Fang Qian showed a look of sadness.
“I’m not afraid to die, but I am afraid of you dying, of the three children dying.”
He looked at Xiang Ying: “Do you have anything important on you, that you need to give me for safekeeping? Just in case something happens suddenly and you don’t have time to hide it.”
Xiang Ying quirked her eyebrows: “What are you talking about? The Jade Seal?”
Fang Qian was somewhat surprised: “You have the Jade Seal with you?”
“I carry your head.” Xiang Ying grabbed his ear and dragged him towards the door, ready to throw him out.
Her red lips parted, her tone ice cold: “Use that melon seed of a brain and think, if I really had the Jade Seal, could I entrust it to you?”
Fang Qian, with his ear being grabbed, winced in pain: “Why don’t you trust me? I’m yours, and besides, I am also the father of the three children. Don’t I deserve to be trusted?”
“Trust my ass.” Xiang Ying said, and then pulled open the door, ready to throw him out.
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Who would have thought.
She would see Jie Chen standing outside with scar face.
No idea how long they’d been there.
Scar face had a look of complete astonishment, while Jie Chen, with his cool and handsome face, seemed frozen, radiating a bone-chilling coldness.
The conversation they just had was likely overheard by him.
Xiang Ying frowned: “Why have you come too?”
Scar face hurriedly said: “Elder Princess, Jie Jianjun has come to ensure you and the children are safely relocated, fearing that water bandits might board the ship and harm you.”
Xiang Ying turned to look at Jie Chen.
The latter’s thin eyes were fixed dead on Fang Qian.
“Is he the children’s father?” Jie Chen finally spoke up, his voice cold and full of hostility, “Then what am I?”
Fang Qian shook off Xiang Ying’s restraint.
He faced Jie Chen’s gaze fearlessly: “You were once just the elder princess’s male concubine. What do you think you are now? Are you still trying to compete to be the father of the children?”
Jie Chen looked at Xiang Ying, the color of his eyes almost as dark as the deep, cold abyss, as if a bone-piercing blizzard was swirling within.
“Xiang Ying, tell me yourself, who are these three children actually from?”
Xiang Ying didn’t want to lie to him anymore.
But damn it, going through the original host’s memories from the start, she still couldn’t figure out who the biological father of these children was.
What’s outrageous is that besides Jie Chen, the original host didn’t seem to have had intimate contact with anyone else.
The beautiful men in her life, aside from drinking and hugging, seem to have had no other purpose.
But human memory can forget certain events, especially since the original host had so many male concubines.
Xiang Ying couldn’t be sure who the father of the three children really was.
She massaged her forehead, somewhat headache-stricken: “Wait for me to think it over and I’ll tell you.”
A flash of furious cold light flickered in Jie Chen’s thin eyes.
“So it turns out, you’re still using me.”
He suddenly drew his sword, and right as scar face thought he was going to hurt Xiang Ying, Jie Chen aimed at Fang Qian.
However, Fang Qian was not lacking in skill, and the two fought, clashing with a blaze of swords and the clanging sound of metal, attracting nearby patrolling soldiers.
Supervisor Wei arrived, shocked: “What are you doing!”
The soldiers stepped forward to help, and Fang Qian being outnumbered, was swiftly captured.
“Jie Chen, you’re despicable! Do you have a chance to win one-on-one? Always relying on calling for help!”
Jie Chen ignored him, simply striding forward to approach Xiang Ying.
He gazed at her for a moment, and then suddenly let out a cold laugh from his thin lips.
“How could I believe you have really changed, you are still the same as before, full of lies and scheming.”
After that, he ordered scar face: “Take the three children away!”
Xiang Ying’s phoenix eyes flashed with a chilling air: “Who dares!”
She moved to block scar face, but unexpectedly, Jie Chen slapped the back of her neck.
Xiang Ying accused him of not being able to play fair. Why resort to underhanded tactics?
Her consciousness blurred, and she collapsed limply, caught by Jie Chen.
Scar face was utterly lost: “This… What do we do now, Jie Jianjun, do we still take the children?”
“Don’t take them, leave them. Let Tao Xue look after them.” Having said that, Jie Chen glanced down at Xiang Ying in his arms.
He knew her skills were good, that earlier conversation was just to divert her attention.
Xiang Ying had been lying to him with the children all along.
He, with his sense of responsibility, had been foolishly kept in the dark.
According to his usual temperament, he should have thrown Xiang Ying into the water to drown.
But, Jie Chen’s jawline tightened, looking at her beautiful unconscious face, recalling her fearless gaze.
Finally, Jie Chen lifted Xiang Ying horizontally in his arms, not allowing anyone to follow.
Scar face scratched his head as he watched Jie Chen’s retreating figure: “This is bad.”
Jie Jianjun hated being deceived the most. How could Xiang Ying’s days be good from now on?
