Longevity by Picking up Attributes in the Battlefield

”Qi’er, Ling’er, say goodbye to your grandmother,” Zhao Feng said to his children.

”Grandmother, we will be back soon!”

”Yes, me too!”

The two little ones chirped, one after the other.

Afterward, the convoy departed. Mrs. Zhao and Xia Wuqie stood silently, watching them go.

Xia Wuqie sighed as he looked at his daughter beside him. Dong’er, perhaps my not returning will prevent our exposure. But if I don’t go back, the Great King might only investigate more deeply. As long as you are Zhao Feng’s mother, you will inevitably have to meet the Great King one day; it is unavoidable. The Great King is very astute. He will discover the truth. You either think the Great King is too simple, or you still see him as he was twenty-one years ago.

He had done as his daughter asked, but Xia Wuqie could already foresee the outcome. The King Zheng of Qin from twenty-one years ago might have been fooled, but the King Zheng of Qin of today could not be. Still, Xia Wuqie would not be the one to reveal the truth.

「Xianyang, Within Zhangtai Palace.」

”Your Majesty,” Ren Xiao reported, striding quickly into the hall, ”the Senior General’s family has returned to the city.”

Ying Zheng put down his petition, his interest suddenly piqued. ”His whole family has entered the city?”

”I am not certain, Your Majesty, but I assume so,” Ren Xiao said with a hint of speculation. ”After all, the Senior General now has a residence in Xianyang. Surely he wouldn’t leave his mother and sister living in Shaqiu, would he?”