Wolf-Raised Cub with a Space: Surviving the Disaster Years

Chapter 306: Chapter 306: Foolproof

Xie Suzhi was at the palace, so tied up by Changliu Country’s invasion that he couldn’t get away.

He hadn’t returned to the mansion in three or four days.

At this moment, Second Master Xie was hosting a soldier who had ridden post-haste from the border to deliver a letter.

Shen Ningning scampered to the main hall, her face flush with excitement.

"A letter from Brother! Did Brother send a letter back?"

Second Madam Xie, sitting beside Second Master Xie, watched Shen Ningning run until she was panting.

She couldn’t help but let out a short, mocking laugh.

"Oh, Ningning, you should slow down."

"There’s no point in running so fast. Mingxu only sent one letter, and it’s for all of us."

Shen Ningning didn’t care. As long as she could hear news of Xie Mingxu, that was all that mattered.

To her surprise, the messenger soldier, who had been gulping down hot tea, set his cup down and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

He then said, "That’s right, there’s only one letter. The General ordered me to deliver it personally into the hands of Princess Funing."

Second Madam Xie’s sarcastic smile froze on her face.

’There’s only one letter, and it’s not for Xie Suzhi, but for Shen Ningning?!’

Shen Ningning’s little face flushed with joy. "Really? What did Brother write to me? Quick, let me see!"

The soldier handed her the letter, which was surprisingly thick at two or three pages.

Shen Ningning carefully unfolded it.

Xie Mingxu’s strong, elegant handwriting filled the page.

"Ningning, I hope this letter finds you well. By the time you receive this, it will have been a full three months since I left. You must have met Ming An by now. Has he been bullying you? If he has, I’ll teach him a lesson for you when I get back."

Reading this, Shen Ningning pursed her little lips sadly.

"Ming An just has a sharp tongue and a bad temper, but once you get to know him, you’ll find he only treats his family well. I’m sure he’ll grow very fond of his little sister, Ningning."

The letter then went on to describe some of the beautiful scenery at the border.

He mentioned that the land there was also sealed in ice for thousands of miles.

As far as the eye could see, there was only a vast, endless expanse of white.

Shen Ningning’s heart ached for him. ’He must be so bored,’ she thought.

Reading on, it seemed the next part of the letter had been written later.

Changliu Country had taken advantage of the harsh winter afflicting Cangyun Country to launch an invasion!

They first tried to use the ice and snow to trap a scout team Xie Mingxu had sent out, leaving them to die in an isolated city.

But then, something miraculous happened.

Desperate with hunger, they boiled the Spirit Grass Shen Ningning had given him into a soup.

Not only were their spirits instantly lifted, but they also felt a surge of warmth both inside and out!

Xie Mingxu immediately ordered his army to attack!

The two armies clashed for the first time on the snowy plains. To the surprise of Changliu Country, who had intended to take advantage of their opponents’ weakness...

...the soldiers of Cangyun Country’s border garrison were all unexpectedly robust.

They fought with a ferocity that suggested the harsh winter hadn’t affected them at all!

At the end of the letter, Xie Mingxu lavished praise on Shen Ningning for giving him a life-saving miracle cure!

"Who knew that such an unremarkable little plant would be the key to saving the entire army? Ningning, from thousands of miles away, I remember the smile on your face when you gave me this Spirit Grass, and I suddenly regret not holding you tight and thanking you properly!"

A sweet smile spread across Shen Ningning’s round, fair little face.

’The Spirit Grass really helped Brother!’

At the very end of the letter, Xie Mingxu asked if Shen Ningning could provide another batch of Spirit Grass to help the army through the duration of the war.

The messenger soldier would take the Spirit Grass back to the border with him.

Shen Ningning quickly looked up at the soldier. "When are you leaving?"

The soldier clasped his hands in a salute. "I need to get a fresh horse and a new passage document and Three Feather Flag. At most, it will only take a day."

"But the General gave orders that your needs come first, Your Highness. I am in no rush and can wait."

Shen Ningning shook her head. "I don’t need a day. Just give me tonight. Come to Xiangyun Village tomorrow to pick them up."

The soldier agreed at once.

"Very well."

Shen Ningning felt there was no time to lose and she had to go home immediately to prepare.

She bid farewell to Second Master Xie and hurried away.

The soldier also turned and left.

Just as Xie Ming’an was returning to the mansion, Shen Ningning rushed past, her little feet a blur. She was in such a hurry she didn’t even spare him a glance.

He knew the soldier had come from the border.

He called out to the soldier, "Did my brother leave any letters for us?"

The soldier shook his head. "No, sir. The General only sent one letter, and it was for the Commandery Princess."

Xie Ming’an frowned.

’So Brother didn’t even include a single word of greeting for Father and me?’

Back in the main hall.

Second Master Xie seemed lost in thought.

Second Madam Xie muttered in his ear, "Do you think Ningning sees us as outsiders?"

"Otherwise, why wouldn’t she tell us what Mingxu said in his letter? What in the world did he ask her for?"

’How could a five-year-old child possibly help at the border?’

’Don’t tell me Xie Mingxu came up with some ridiculous scheme just to win some credit for Shen Ningning.’

’That whole branch of the family is biased.’

Second Madam Xie grumbled to herself.

However, she realized that after all her muttering, Second Master Xie was still lost in thought and hadn’t paid her any mind.

"Husband, what are you thinking about?" Second Madam Xie gave him a little push.

Second Master Xie still didn’t respond, lost in his own thoughts.

But looking at his distant gaze, Second Madam Xie suddenly understood.

She froze for a moment, then let out a wailing shriek.

"You’re thinking about that Fang woman again, aren’t you?!"

Second Master Xie finally snapped out of it, saying angrily, "Nonsense! I’m worried about the war at the border."

But Second Madam Xie was relentless.

"She’s just stationed at the border with her husband, isn’t she? Are you afraid the Changliu forces will break through and hurt her?"

"Fang Qingdai is a married woman! The child she had with the General of the Eastern Garrison is already six or seven years old!"

"Shut up!" Second Master Xie roared, his eyes turning red.

Xie Ming’an, passing by the doorway, frowned when he saw them arguing again.

"Second Aunt, the Divine Doctor said Second Uncle’s health can’t take major emotional swings. You should watch what you say."

With that, Xie Ming’an came in and started to wheel Second Master Xie out.

Second Madam Xie collapsed onto the floor, wailing dramatically.

"What did I do in a past life to deserve this! To be married to a man like you! Our own daughter is suffering back home, cold and miserable, while you’re here worried about the safety of that woman at the border—a married woman!"

Second Master Xie’s jaw clenched, his face ashen with rage. His chest heaved.

Xie Ming’an stopped pushing the wheelchair.

He glanced back, his expression dark and filled with an icy chill.

"Second Aunt, what are you crying about?"

"Isn’t this all exactly what you schemed and plotted so desperately to achieve?"

His words brought Second Madam Xie’s wailing to an abrupt halt.

She never imagined that Xie Ming’an also knew about the shameful past!

’Xie Suzhi must have told him!’

Xie Ming’an paid her no mind and wheeled Second Master Xie away.

Second Madam Xie clutched her handkerchief.

A venomous malice flashed in her eyes.

Second Madam Xie called for a maid. "Quick, I need to go to the Divine Woman’s and burn a stick of incense."

’May the immortals grant my wish.’

’Let that Fang Qingdai die in this war!’

That night, Shen Ningning was a whirlwind of activity in her Immortal Realm.

The little one prepared ten bundles of Spirit Grass, fifty stalks to a bundle, nearly stripping her Spirit Grass field in the Immortal Realm bare.

But Shen Ningning didn’t feel the least bit of regret.

The Spirit Grass in her Immortal Realm grew back quickly.

’Brother has so many soldiers with him, and war is no small thing.’

’The Spirit Grass will definitely be used up fast.’

She not only gathered the Spirit Grass, but also sliced up some ginseng, wrapping the pieces in individual cloth packets.

Each cloth packet contained three slices of ginseng.

Shen Ningning prepared ten of these packets as well.

She also packed some hemostatic herbs separately.

Worried the herbs might freeze and die on the journey, she even added a bit of soil from her Immortal Realm to the bundles of herbs that still had roots.

That way, it would be foolproof!

The next day, the little one returned to the Xie Mansion and handed three prepared bundles to the soldier.

She watched as he accepted them with a solemnity befitting a matter of life and death.

Shen Ningning smiled and handed him a letter as well.

"This is my reply to Brother."

Xie Ming’an, who was passing through the main hall, slowed his pace.

His cool, indifferent eyes glanced discreetly at the letter Shen Ningning handed over.

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