Jiapingguan Chronicle

Although Shen Cha was extremely tired, she felt stiff all over after staying in the flower hall all night and wanted to go out for some fresh air.

Forcing herself to stay alert, she slowly released Shen Haolin, then slowly stood up, shook her arms and stretched her legs. She chose a slightly more spacious spot and began to leisurely practice the health-preserving boxing she had learned from Uncle Yan.

Shen Haolin watched for a while, rubbed his arms and legs, and then stood up and fought with Shen Cha for a while.

After they finished the whole set of punches, both of them felt much better than before.

"Shall we go out and take a look?" Shen Cha pointed outside. "I also want to see how much snow there is. You wouldn't let me go out at night, but is it okay now?"

"it is good."

Shen Haolin pulled her to a small cubicle next to the flower hall. The two washed up and applied thick layers of face cream before coming out of the cubicle.

As soon as I came out, I saw Jin Miaomiao, who had woken up at some point, sitting blankly on the chaise lounge, looking completely dazed.

"Miaomiao? You're awake?" Shen Cha walked up to her and waved her hand in front of Jin Miaomiao's face twice. "Are you awake or not?"

"Even if I wasn't awake, you woke me up by fanning me." Jin Miaomiao reached out and hugged Shen Cha's arm, rubbing against it, and said lazily, "Sleepy."

"Don't sleep now, even if you're sleepy. Eat first, then you can sleep!" Shen Cha gently patted Jin Miaomiao's face, trying to wake her up. "Want to come out and get some fresh air?"

After waiting for a long time, Shen Cha thought Jin Miaomiao had fallen asleep again, when she heard her say "Okay".

Shen Haolin went out first and saw Xue Ruitian, Bai Meng and Song Yaojia, who were supposed to build a snowman, throwing snowballs at each other. There was no sign of the legendary snowman.

Shen Cha dragged Jin Miaomiao, whose eyelids were drooping with sleep, out of the flower hall. She saw the three of them stuffing snow into each other's necks and shook her head helplessly.

"How can someone so grown up be so childish!" She rolled her eyes. "The Commander-in-Chief has been running around the city all night, and he still has so much energy. I really admire him."

“Compared to Xijing City, the border is not that big. He can run around all night in the capital and still attend court on time the next day. After court, he can even help stop His Majesty from sneaking away.” Shen Haolin looked at Jin Miaomiao, who was slumped on Shen Cha and refused to get up, and chuckled. “You don’t look like you haven’t slept all night, but rather like you’ve been up for several nights in a row.”

"The Duke is right, I have indeed been staying up all night for several nights." Jin Miaomiao barely opened one eye, glanced at Shen Haolin, and said weakly, "Well, war is about to break out, and we need to prepare a lot of things. Other doctors can prepare the commonly used medicines, but I'm preparing the less commonly used ones. Although I've prepared some before, it's clearly not enough." Saying this, she opened one eye again, pouted at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "I didn't know His Highness the Eagle King would send his men. I asked Generals Eagle Leopard and Eagle Falcon, and although they also prepared some medicine, but..."

"not enough?"

“The quantity is enough, but the variety is not enough. I need to make up for this part.” Jin Miaomiao yawned. “I also need to prepare some new medicine, so I’ve been a little busy. But don’t worry, just let me sleep for a full day.”

"Okay!" Shen Cha patted Jin Miaomiao. "After you eat, go to sleep. If anyone gets injured or sick, we can find other doctors. If all else fails, we can go to Uncle Shi. He wouldn't just stand by and watch someone die, right?"

"Okay!" Jin Miaomiao replied, opened her eyes to look at Shen Cha's complexion, and casually grabbed her wrist to take her pulse. "Hmm, you're a little weak, but it's not a big problem. After you eat and take your medicine, you should go to sleep too. Don't worry about anything, just sleep until you wake up naturally. Also, light the incense I lit for you last time; it will help you sleep more comfortably." Before Shen Cha could answer, a snowball suddenly flew towards them. It was so fast that Shen Cha could only raise her hand to scatter it.

"You three can have fun, but don't hurt innocent people, okay?"

Shen Cha rolled her eyes, exchanged a glance with Shen Haolin beside her, and both of them revealed a mischievous smile.

Shen Haolin quickly made a huge snowball and threw it at the three people who were about to apologize. Song Yaojia and Bai Meng, who were walking in front, were hit squarely.

"Hey!"

The two people who were hit immediately got angry. Each of them made a snowball and threw it at Shen Haolin. Shen Haolin calmly watched the two snowballs and punched them one by one, breaking them apart.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Haolin joined the snowball fight and got into a brawl with the other three people.

"How was last night?" Jin Miaomiao yawned and looked at the snowballs flying all over the yard. "I mean after I fell asleep."

"It's nothing serious. At most, the snow has blocked the gates. It's not just ordinary houses; even the gates of several courtyards in the Marquis's mansion are blocked." Shen Cha looked at the ground in front of the flower hall. "This is after they've swept it many times. If they hadn't swept it, it would probably be knee-deep."

Jin Miaomiao raised her head, looked at the gray sky, and sighed softly.

"how?"

"I'm afraid this snow will continue for another day. Although it won't be as heavy as last night, it's still quite heavy." Jin Miaomiao sighed again. "After this snow, it will probably take a long time for the weather to warm up again."

“That’s how it is here. The Liao and Jin are further north than us, so I’m afraid this battle will be even bigger.” Shen Cha shrugged helplessly. “Take your time preparing. There’s no rush. This freezing weather is not a good time to start a war.”

"I know." Jin Miaomiao yawned, let go of Shen Cha's arm, stretched, and said, "I won't waste this good opportunity. I've been really tired these past few days and I definitely need to relax."

Shen Cha smiled at her, and couldn't help but smile when she saw Xue Ruitian being pushed into the thick snow by Song Yaojia and Bai Meng.

"It's a good thing Brother Xiaojue isn't here, otherwise those kids could have played in this snow all day." She looked at Merlin, who had woken up sometime earlier, and asked, "Awake?"

"I woke up a while ago, but seeing how much fun you all had, I pretended to be sleepy." Merlin stretched. "Wasn't Fifth Brother on night duty yesterday? Where is he?"

"They were called away by Thirteen, I don't know where they went." Shen Cha looked at the group who were still having a snowball fight, nudged Mei Lin, and said, "Go to the side room to wash up, then go to the kitchen to get some ginger soup. They've been playing in the snow all morning, who knows how cold they've gotten!"

(End of this chapter)