Chapter 444 - Two Years Later (6) (1/2)

Chapter 444: Two Years Later (6)

Luo Xueyan was a little embarrassed. “Sister-in-law, Miao is the youngest. Why should the youngest get married first?”

Madam Ma waved her hand. “I’m just afraid that Jiaojiao will be secretly taken by someone without us knowing.”

Just as they were chatting and laughing, a servant at the door suddenly came to report, “Madams, there’s a message from the palace. General wants you all to hurry to the front hall.”

“Didn’t the people from the palace just leave? Why are they here again? Are they here to send money again?” Madam Ma stood up and asked casually.

“I think they are here to summon Master Shen back to the capital,” the servant replied.

Luo Xueyan froze.

…

The front hall of the Luo family was in chaos.

The imperial edict wrote that Emperor Wen Hui wanted to give the title of the mighty general back to Shen Xin and asked him to return to the capital with his family. He even said that he would hand over the Shen army to Shen Xin.

Two years ago, Emperor Wen Hui humiliated Shen Xin in front of the entire court. Now, he was giving Shen Xin a sweet candy. However, whether Shen Xin was willing to eat this sweet candy or not was another matter.

Luo Sui sat on the high seat. Over the past two years, because he had been busy reorganizing the Luo army, his hair had almost turned all white. However, he was still as intimidating as before. Perhaps because he had a decent army under his command, he looked even more like a general. He said, “The Ming Qi tribute is about to begin. The emperor wants you to return to the capital before the tribute.”

A tribute would be held every hundred years. The previous tribute in Ming Qi was almost taken advantage of by the State of Qin. At that time, the late emperor relied on the Xie and Shen families to barely tide over the crisis. Now, other than the State of Qin, even the Daliang Dynasty would come.

If the State of Qin was only enough to make Ming Qi worry, the Daliang Dynasty was enough to make Ming Qi afraid. The Daliang Dynasty was located in the south. The country was rich and powerful, and the army was strong. Emperor Yong Le was a wise emperor. Unlike the foul imperial court of Ming Qi, the Daliang Dynasty was filled with meritorious and loyal people. If the Daliang Dynasty wanted to, it was only a matter of time before they annexed Ming Qi. However, for some reason, Emperor Yong Le did not seem to have such an intention. Of course, there was another possibility. Emperor Yong Le wanted to destroy the State of Qin and Ming Qi together and unify the world.

It was just a matter of time before the world was unified, but the only unknown thing was when the day would come. Emperor Wen Hui clearly did not want to see this day while he was on the throne. However, ever since Xie Jingxing died, Xie Ding had no intention of going to court, and Shen Xin was bereft of his military power and chased to Spring City.