Chapter 1871: Being Dutiful Up Close?
Chapter 1871: Chapter 1871: Being Dutiful Up Close?
Even the astute Sifu, who was as cunning as a fox, when he saw it, became suspicious, but like always, he wouldn’t ask anything, nor would he show it, so nobody else would start to doubt as well.
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In the year that Xue Yang turned nineteen, Jiang Yue was thirty-eight, and Xue Yan was forty-one, but time had not left any marks on the faces of Jiang Yue and Xue Yan.
Over the years, Xue Shi, Xue Dangdang, Emperor Hao, Xue Ningzhi, Xue Ningyuan, Xue Tianji, Xue Tianyi, Xue Tiancheng, Xue Wuze, Wuchuan, Xue Qiansheng, and Xingran had all married and had children. Even though Dafu and Liu Guixia were in their seventies, they were still hale and hearty, so the family had grown even larger, and one large table was no longer enough. They now needed several large tables whenever they ate together.
Moreover, Xue Shi and the others had long since come into their own, with those in the military staying at the military, those at the imperial court at the imperial court, those in business doing business… and so on.
The eldest son of Wufu and Fu Ying, Fu Bo, was eighteen this year, and Empress Fu Ying had abdicated early, allowing him to inherit the throne of Beicheng.
Since marrying Wufu, most of Fu Ying’s time was spent in Beicheng, not only because of her duties there but also because her two children lived there most of the time. Fu Ying felt she owed Wufu, and since her mother had passed away three years ago, once Fu Bo inherited the throne, she returned to Locust Village of Da Ling with Wufu. They both moved back to spend time with Dafu and Liu Guixia, fulfilling their filial duties.
Since Xue Yi and Xue Tian were only thirteen and were studying at the academy, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan still had to teach their children martial arts, so they continued to live in the town.
Despite living in town, they would frequently return home, and it felt just like being in their house in Locust Village.
Their eldest daughter, Xue Yang, had a special ability, and Jiang Yue and Xue Yan had suspected that their second son, Xue Yi, and youngest daughter, Xue Tian, also had special abilities. But now that both were thirteen and had not awakened any abilities, it seemed they were not born with special abilities if they had not awakened them so late.
However, Xue Yi and Xue Tian had long known about their mother’s space; one of them was even transferred from their father to their mother. Of course, they also knew about their elder sister Xue Yang’s teleportation ability. Knowing all this, they would often follow their mother, father, and elder sister to other worlds for a visit. Even though they weren’t very old, their perspective was already much broader than many people in Da Ling.
This day, in the afternoon at the house in town, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were in the yard teaching their son and daughter martial arts, while Xue Yang was inside her room, tidying up.
Over the years, she had accumulated many things and decided to throw away some that had no particular significance, as they were just taking up space in the room.
Her room was actually quite spacious, but it seemed small because she had never thrown out the myriad of trivial items that had slowly piled up.
Having nothing pressing to do that day, she took the opportunity to thoroughly clean up.
As she picked up each item, she inspected it carefully to avoid discarding anything important or meaningful.
Towards the end of her cleaning, she saw a pouch. The pouch was made of silk and featured extremely delicate embroidery. Besides flowers and landscapes, there were even dragon patterns embroidered on it.
“When did I get such a thing…” Too much time had passed, and Xue Yang couldn’t remember who had given it to her or when she had received it.