Chapter 244: Meat for My Wife

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Ruo Houchan fell to his knees. “General, I was worried about you, so I…”

Before he could finish, a knife pierced his back.

Ruo Houchan turned around in disbelief and saw the little prince looking at him fiercely, his hand still holding the hilt of his saber.

“Zodar, why are you wasting your time with such a traitor?” Ah Xun pursed his lips and pulled the knife out with both hands, splashing blood on his face.

Zodar paused, a complicated look in his eyes. If Kedun Chanyu had the little prince’s decisiveness, he wouldn’t have lost his life to a vile person.

“You should go back,” Song Jingchen suddenly said.

Zodar met his gaze and nodded at everyone. He picked up the corpse on the ground and disappeared into the night.

As soon as Zodar left, Ah Xun, who was still extremely fierce just now, lowered his head in fear.

“Here, for you.” A handkerchief suddenly appeared in front of him.

Xun sniffed. “I’m not crying.”

Shen Yijia tilted her head and said seriously, “I didn’t say that you were crying. I just asked you to wipe the blood off your face. Now that you mention it, it sounds a little like what my beautiful husband said before.”

These words were too long. The only thing Shen Yijia remembered was the silver.

Ah Xun suddenly felt that this sister was not cute anymore.

Song Jingchen said, “It’s obvious.”

“Yes, yes.” Shen Yijia nodded hurriedly.

Song Jingchen asked, “Beautiful husband? Huh?”

Shen Yijia thought, “Oh no, I accidentally said what I was thinking.”

She rolled her eyes and staggered on the spot. She cried out in pain. “Ouch, I sprained my ankle.”

Song Jingchen was amused and reached out to hold her, but someone was faster than him and picked her up.

Shen Yijia looked at the expressionless Mo Yuan in disdain.

She was probably not expressionless. At least she could see a hint of worry.

But that wasn’t the point.

“Put me down,” Shen Yijia said in a breathy voice.

Mo Yuan said, “Little Miss, your legs are sprained.”

Shen Yijia covered her face. “I know, but I want my beautiful husband to hug me.”

She didn’t want to bring Mo Yuan along in her travels anymore.

Song Jingchen walked over with a dark expression to snatch her away from Mo Yuan. Mo Yuan sensed his actions and took a step back to avoid him.

The two of them looked at each other. The air was filled with tension.

Shen Yijia couldn’t help but secretly scratch Mo Yuan’s armpit.

She spoke at a volume that she thought only the two of them could hear. “I order you to let go, or I’ll beat you up.”

Mo Yuan’s hand trembled. Coupled with Shen Yijia’s words, she immediately put her hand behind her back.

Shen Yijia was speechless.

Seeing that she was about to fall, Song Jingchen quickly caught her.

Shen Yijia heaved a sigh of relief and placed her hands on Song Jingchen’s neck. She chuckled. “Mo Yuan is so weak. She can’t even hold me properly.”

Song Jingchen was amused by her words and nodded. “I’ll carry you in the future.”

Only he could carry her.

“Okay.” Shen Yijia swayed her legs. Before her husband’s legs recovered, she had carried him. It was not a bad idea to be carried by him now. It was fair.

“Your legs seem fine. Didn’t you just sprain them?” everyone else thought.

Although Song Jingchen had left the city mainly because he needed Ah Xun to meet Zodar, most of them were hunting, except for a few people.

There were also three or four pheasants hanging on everyone. Apart from Ah Xun, who only took one.

The pheasants were personally caught by Song Jingchen, and they were all alive and kicking.

Their mouths and feet were bound to prevent them from escaping or screaming.

By the time they returned to the residence, it was already midnight.

With Uncle Yang guarding the city wall and Song Jingchen bringing back food for the people of Xunyang City, everyone was well-regarded. The few of them were not stopped from entering the city.

Shangguan Han knew that they had left the city. He was so worried that he could not sleep, so he waited. Since the master of the residence was not asleep, the servants naturally could not sleep either.

Therefore, when Song Jingchen and the others entered the residence, they were welcomed by the entire residence.

Seeing that they had brought back so much prey, everyone was overjoyed. They also wanted to eat meat.

Xunyang City was poor to begin with, and the annual output was barely enough for the commoners to feed themselves. If the heavens did not favor them, they would not even be able to maintain basic necessities like food and clothing.

Shangguan Han was not someone who would eat his fill and not care about the lives of others.

Moreover, this was his fief. These citizens were his people.

Therefore, after understanding the situation here, the first thing he did was reduce taxes.

However, the Hun army chose to invade before the autumn harvest this time. That was everyone’s only hope for the year. This way, there was basically no harvest this year.

There was no food in the city, so Shangguan Han could only open the warehouse to distribute food.

They even gave away most of the food in the residence.

Therefore, although they were part of the lord’s residence, they were actually as hungry as the people outside.

Fortunately, Shangguan Han was easy to serve. He would share whatever he ate with them and would never eat alone.

Therefore, they were excited to see meat.

Not only were they happy, but Shangguan Han was also very happy. He had not eaten meat in a while.

He had forgotten to be curious about how the people who went out to do things had become hunters. He leaned forward excitedly and stared at the prey without blinking. “Cousin, how did you know that I wanted to eat meat?

“Coincidentally, I’m not full from dinner. I’ll order someone to kill two pheasants to satisfy my cravings.”

One would be stewed and the other stir-fried. It was delicious.

Thinking about it made him drool. He quickly waved for someone to pick it up.

Song Jingchen’s face instantly darkened. He took a few steps forward to block Shangguan Han’s drooling gaze.

“That’s not for you. It’s for your sister-in-law.”

Shangguan Han’s lips twitched. When did his cousin become so petty?

He poked his head around Song Jingchen to look at the people behind him. There were four chickens hanging off Rooster and South Wind, three more on Mo Yuan, and one on Ah Xun.

There were twelve pheasants. How much could Sister-in-law eat alone?

As he thought this, he subconsciously muttered.

Song Jingchen raised his eyebrows. “One each in the morning, afternoon, and night. If she’s hungry at night, we’ll kill another for supper. I specially caught these alive. It won’t be wasted even if I keep it for a few days.”

With this in mind, Song Jingchen suddenly felt that he had caught too little. It was only enough for his wife to eat for three days.

Fortunately, Zodar should be able to deal with those people in Mungido’s faction within three days.

“Sister-in-law can eat so much?” Shangguan Han was shocked.

Since Song Jingchen caught these pheasants to nourish his sister-in-law’s body, he naturally wouldn’t snatch it from her. However, he was too surprised. As a man, he couldn’t finish an entire pheasant in one meal.

How much could she actually eat?

Shen Yijia’s heart originally felt warm and sweet. She was extremely touched.

Shangguan Han’s shout made everyone look at her. Shen Yijia blushed.

She fiddled with the hem of her clothes uncomfortably and muttered indignantly, “I don’t think I can eat that much.”