"Chen An come with me, Ji Ran take the prisoners, Su Heng and Xiao Pei do the rest of the necessary arrangement and Xiao Pei I expect you to be free when I am done .... Ah Dai.. hmmm Xiao Pei wait for me with Ah Dai." Si Ning gave out his instructions since they have reached the gate.
"Yes General." They all said but it was only Ah Dai that wore a dejected look.
"Ah Dai assist Su Heng but do not push yourself remember you are still in recovery." Si Ning told him leaving no room for discussion.
At least with Xiao Pei’s hard look, it was difficult to detect his feelings from his expression but Si Ning deduced that Xiao Pei wasn’t fragile like Ah Dai.
"Yes, General Si Ning." Ah Dai smiled brightly since he was so happy that Si Ning cares about his health and considered him as a friend.
The gate opened and the first person Si Ning saw sitting on the horse like a classic painting was nobody other than Shao Lang. For Shao Lang to appear so su
Si Ning pulled the reins of his horse to avoid riding side by side with Chen An, instead, he made sure to look like he was riding beside Chen An yet it was Chen An that was subconsciously leading the way. It would have been awkward for Si Ning to lead the way since he had no idea of his family residence location. He pretended to ride normally alongside Chen An but each time Chen An tried to match the pace of his horse to match with him, Si Ning would also do the same to avoid falling in line with Chen An. He wasn’t able to trick Xiao Pei or Ah Dai to lead the way since they both waited till he started riding ahead with Chen An before following. "Are you not going home?" Si Ning had been wondering why Chen An was still with them since he was sure they do not live together. "My apologies General since Ji Ran and Su Heng is not here but I will try my best to escort you home safely." Chen An replied firmly. To be honest, Si Ning doesn’t understand Chen An
"Young master.." Yanyu, the older maidservant and the handmaiden of Ge Mengshu called out.It was quite hard for Si Ning to act like he knew the way to his father’s quarters since Yanyu decided to walk behind him instead of walking ahead of him."Lead the way." Si Ning knew it would be useless to try and trick her to walk in front of him since Yanyu only stopped after calling his attention and folded her hands, her head bowed like she was expecting his order forcing Si Ning to have no choice but to tell her to lead the way.Si Ning’s heart started to beat faster and he could almost hear it rhyming with each step he took. He doesn’t know what to feel about seeing his father again and he started to rack his brain on what to say to him and being overfed wasn’t helping since he felt quite heavy and uncomfortable with each step.His father Si Yunsheng was a very quiet man that hardly spoke, he used to smile gently at his family and Si Nin
When Si Ning saw the piles of books Xiao Pei brought for him made him spent half an hour in the bathtub as a means to escape his reality for a bit. He shamelessly gave the list of the beauty materials he would need to Xiao Pei before sending him away for the night. Si Ning spent hours mentally learning all the etiquette he needed to survive, most were not different from how it was in the modern-day world or how he was taught as an Actor and he was sure he would have no difficulties in surviving in this world as long as he doesn’t entangle himself with the Imperial Family but as a General, he was bound to encounter them. Si Ning concluded that if he acts submissive to the Emperor, politely to those that have a higher rank than him and escaping the women in the harem then surviving would be nothing but easy as pie since he was a handsome rich Young Master, a General of the country and what more could he wish for to live well except deep down Si Ning doesn’t want to be
Waking up at six and dressing up before seven was something Si Ning was getting used to but not being able to sleep till dawn made him so weak and his body felt heavy yet he stared at the notes he made. "Young Master, I brought hot water to fill the bathtub," Yanlin said outside his door as she proceeds to knock softly. "Come in." Si Ning wondered why Yanlin had to be the one to bring him hot water at dawn. He didn’t turn to look at her since he was more focused on underlining the key points in the notes he made. "Young Master, do you want me to help you bathe?"Si Ning turned to see Yanlin only dressed in a white light inner robe coming closer to him till he could perceive her floral perfume. It had been long since Si Ning had any sexual activities but he always takes care of himself whenever he was horny but seeing this sight of Yanlin didn’t sexually arouse him. He felt nothing since he was more worried about how he would survive the court and s
"If you do not ask for forgiveness from me I will cut off your head, now beg for mercy!" Xiu Junjie demanded folding his arms and tapping his foot on the floor."I am sorry General Si Ning, it seems Xiu Yuan has been bothering you." Liu Ting apologized as she stopped almost ten feet from Si Ning and extended her hands to Xiu Yuan but the child only wrapped his hands around Si Ning’s neck tighter, refusing to let go.Seeing her closely and seeing how beautiful she was made Si Ning unable to avert his gaze forgetting it might be a crime to stare at the Emperor’s woman. Thinking about the Emperor left a bitter taste on his mouth and he could tell he would never like the old Emperor but looking at how she completely ignored Xiu Junjie like he wasn’t there confused Si Ning making him wonder if the birth mother of Xiu Junjie wasn’t Liu Ting."Greeting General Si Ning." The first maidservant that looked to be in her fifty’s caught up with
This wasn’t the first time Si Ning’s judging instinct would collapse but this time he had never felt so stupid as soon as he met the Emperor’s eyes and he quickly averted his gaze because of the shock only for beaded sweat to form on his forehead and he could feel a cold shiver runs down his spine.First, the Emperor wasn’t old at all as he thought, second he couldn’t ignore the possibility of all his detective deductions about the Imperial family being all wrong. Since he assumed Xiu TianZhao had to be the Emperor’s son and as the Second Prince means the First Prince which should be the Crown Prince should be older, since Xiu TianZhao looked older than Si Ning then the First Prince should be closer to his thirties or in his thirties which means the Emperor should be in his fifties or sixties. All the time he spent to assume without even trying to investigate had all gone to waste and now he was starting to regret not asking Ah Dai about th
"Call the Doctor!" Shao Lang yelled to be heard above the buzzingly of the Officials as he quickly bent and wrapped his hands around Si Ning, lifted his head to check his face before placing his index finger under Si Ning’s nostrils to check if he was still breathing.Si Ning was quite glad that he was sweating and the sweat had washed out his makeup that covered the dark circles under his eyes and he gave himself a mental award for nailing the sick look. He breaths slowly through his nose for Shao Lang to detect he was still breathing to avoid causing a bigger commotion.It would be nothing but a shame for a great General like Si Ning to be fainting in the courtroom but Si Ning knew no one could blame him or think he was just faking it since fighting for months and devising plans along with commanding a large number of troops wasn’t easy and losing a great number of his army to protect Xiu Nation was enough for him to faint in the courtroom since he didn&r
Si Ning never thought he had ever been in a worst situation that he ran out of ideas of what to do. He broke out in cold sweat when he saw the Emperor dressed majestically in golden and white robes looking so regal accompanied by Lin Fan dressed in a blue robe holding a sword and Si Ning knew Lin Fan had to be the Emperor’s personal Imperial guard. The palace maidens and eunuchs were holding different sizes of boxes. Song Feng proceeds to kneel on the floor to pay his respects to the Emperor and Si Ning quickly followed suit."Long live Your Majesty." Song Feng said firmly."Long live Your Majesty." Si Ning imitated him since he had no idea if a General was supposed to greet the Emperor by kneeling.The palace maidens and eunuchs all proceed to put down the boxes they carried and opened them. Even though Si Ning was in a kneeling position, he could still see some of the things inside the boxes by stretching his neck, he saw the boxes contained clothes, sil