Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 212

Qin Jianxi smiled and said, "Don't worry, have I done anything to harm you since I arrived?"

In her past life, she was a science and engineering student, all alone, without parents, and not yet married.

When she first arrived in this world, she truly felt no sense of belonging. It was an entirely unfamiliar ancient world, filled with strangers.

But now, she gradually feels that she has become part of this family—of course, this only applies to Shen Lingjun's side, not Qin Shaoze's side.

Shen Lingjun was the first person to show her what it meant to be a mother.

Although Shen Lingjun's current age is not much different from her previous life, she still truly regards Shen Lingjun as her mother from the bottom of her heart.

Therefore, she is willing to do her part for this family.

Qin Chuyao could sense that Qin Jianxi meant no harm, otherwise he wouldn't have waited until now to make his point clear.

He paused for a moment before turning his gaze away.

"Let's go in."

......

Shen Lingjun and Mo Zhonggui visited Qin Jianxi's workshop, and she felt more and more that her daughter was truly remarkable.

Mo Chonggui said, "This workshop is fully equipped and in a good location. I plan to expand it and produce explosives here. You can take my adopted daughter back to Kyoto now."

Shen Lingjun breathed a sigh of relief. Now that Qin Jianxi had successfully tested the explosive formula, she should be willing to leave now.

Mo Zhonggui wanted to stay here to see how to handle the workshop, but it was getting late, so Shen Lingjun decided not to wait for him and took the two children back to the city first.

Back at the Yongning Marquis's residence, Yan'e came to see Shen Lingjun.

"Madam, regarding the caravan you mentioned last time, I've gathered the necessary manpower and purchased the carts and horses. But... what should we sell?"

Shen Lingjun thought for a moment and said, "Sell silk brocade, tea and medicinal herbs, books and toys... Oh right, we should also ship a batch of our new bath beans over there to sell, which will save those merchants from having to do wholesale. In short, we'll sell rare and valuable items, and we'll specialize in doing business with the wealthy people in the Northwest."

The caravan was mainly there to cover for her, but since she was going to make this trip anyway, she might as well actually transport some goods and maybe even make some money.

Although the northwestern region of Beiyi was not as prosperous as the central region, it still had twelve cities with a population of over one million.

According to Yao'er, after the war started, the twelve cities in the northwest were affected. Caravans dared not go there, trade was cut off, and no one transported luxury goods from the central region there. As a result, the quality of life of the wealthy people in the northwest plummeted.

At that time, they will definitely have a demand for these things used for enjoyment.

Shen Lingjun didn't want to make money off the poor, so he decided to do business with the rich.

Yan'e eagerly asked, "Can I go with the caravan on this trip? I can disguise myself as a man!"

This was the caravan she had assembled, and she wanted to personally make its first trip. Moreover, she had never left the vicinity of Kyoto and longed to see the outside world.

Shen Lingjun smiled and said, "Go if you want to."

Yan'e was the most capable person under her command. Although she was just a maid, her business acumen and talent were no less than any man's.

It's a good thing that she's constantly improving. Let her go out and explore, broaden her horizons.

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In mid-September, Yan'e led a fully loaded caravan to the northwest.

If all goes well, the caravan will reach Linzhou, the closest of the twelve northwestern cities, before the war breaks out between Beiyi and Xiqi, and will avoid the chaos of war.

Shen Lingjun was still racking her brains about how to get to the Northwest.

As a married woman, and the Lady of Yongning Marquis at that, it was impossible for her to leave Yongning Marquis's residence alone to go to the far northwest without a reason.

Even if the people in the Yongning Marquis's mansion don't care about her much now, she can't just disappear from the capital like that; she might be gone for several months.

Otherwise, if "Lady Yongning has fled without permission" or "Lady Yongning is missing," her reputation will be ruined in no time.

Then she only had one option left.

This method is disgusting, so she was always resistant to it and didn't really want to use it.

In early October, a major battle broke out between the Northern Yi and the Western Qi, and the urgent report indeed reached the capital.

This war was unprecedented in scale, and the imperial court urgently dispatched troops to the northwest to provide reinforcements. The generals who had returned to the capital also received orders to set off for the border immediately.

Qin Shaoze also received the battle report and transfer order.

Over the past few months, he has tried every means to seek medical treatment and medicine to improve his health. He even consulted many so-called famous doctors and miracle doctors in the martial arts world in an attempt to restore his martial arts skills, but to no avail.

The only good thing is that he looks basically healthy and normal. As long as he doesn't say it or fight with anyone, most people can't tell that he has lost all his martial arts skills.

Qin Shaoze had been living in fear for months, worried that war would break out on the border and he would be needed to go to the battlefield.

But things didn't go as planned, and war still broke out.

He clutched the imperial decree, his body drenched in cold sweat, his hands so wet they soaked the paper.

My heart was filled with a sense of impending doom.

The general will definitely lead the troops to the forefront of the battle. With his current physique, which is even weaker than a scholar, how can he fight on the battlefield?

He can't even beat a single soldier!

But if he were to admit to the court that he had lost all his martial arts skills, his position as general would certainly be over!

If he had admitted it earlier, it would have been better. He could have said that he could no longer fight due to old battlefield injuries. Considering his merits, the court would still give him the dignity due to a military general's retirement, and might even give him another position. For example, after General Luo retired, he went to teach at the military academy.

But he was unwilling to give up, clinging to a sliver of hope that there might be a way to restore his martial arts skills, so he kept it a secret.

Now that the war has started and he has received his transfer order, who would believe him if he said he couldn't go to the front lines?

Isn't that just being afraid of death and deserting in the face of battle?

If he angers the emperor, his fate will likely be far worse than losing his position!

Qin Shaoze was drenched in cold sweat and stood there frozen for a long time, but in the end he had no other choice.

He had no way out; he could only keep it a secret and grit his teeth and go on.

Once we get to the battlefield, we'll figure out how to deal with it.