Cunning General Si Ning

There was a tree with a wide trunk in the shadows which was quite far from Si Nan, the tree acted as the hiding spot for Si Ning while looking at Si Nan who was dressed beautifully in pink and white robes, holding a basket which had a cloth covering the top to conceal the content and she seemed to be waiting for someone, a small smile playing on her lips as she looks eagerly to her left and right. For her to be wandering about without a guard means she snuck out didn't sit well with Si Ning.

The basket was currently what Si Ning was focused on, he suspected the basket should contain some snacks made for the person she was going to meet and this didn't make him happy at all instead he was annoyed that they had been hiding for almost twenty minutes and Si Nan was standing, waiting without even Yanlin to stay with her.

The night was also cold and Si Ning couldn't wait to see the person who dares to make his sister wait for so long. To make things worst, only a few people had walked past the street with was making him nervous because Si Nan standing alone was the opportunity for the bad guys to kidnap her or hit on her.

"So Xiao Pei what is this house of fragrance?" Si Ning asked between gritted teeth as he kept his eyes on Si Nan at the other side of the street

Just watching Si Nan and thinking about the house of fragrance made Si Ning decide to satisfy his curiosity by asking the question which had been on the tip of his tongue. Xiao Pei didn't reply to his question made Si Ning turn to him and raised a brow as Xiao Pei wore a confused look as his eyes darted to Xiu Junjie and Jiang Ye who were standing behind Xiu Junjie shook his head. Si Ning understood it as a sign that Xiao Pei wasn't supposed to talk about it in front of Xiu Junjie, there was plenty of time to talk so Si Ning decided not to ask again, for the time being, he turned his gaze to see that Xiu Junjie was staring across the street and Si Ning had no idea if Xiu Junjie heard his question and was pretending not to hear or wasn't interested and this made it easy for Si Ning to act like he never asked Xiao Pei a question in the first place.

Si Ning saw Si Nan use her hands to pat her arm and all he could see was that she was freezing, shaking from the cold even though it was all his imagination, he clenched his fist beside him as he swore to first punch the person Si Nan was waiting for when they arrive.

"So Si Ning you are here to spy on your sister." Xiu Junjie said as he directed his gaze to Si Ning.

Si Ning guided Xiu Junjie to keep him in the shadows. "If you are not comfortable with it, Xiao Pei can take you to the palace." He suggested because he was finally facing the reason he risked going outside and he wasn't about to jeopardize it due to Xiu Junjie's remark.

If Xiu Junjie sees him as someone being overprotective of his sister then so be it, he was sure Xiu Junjie would do the same for Xiu Yuan even though they don't share the same father but Si Nan was his one and only sister, even if his fever didn't break he was still going to go outside the palace just to see the person that made Si Nan blushed when she talked about the lantern festival.

"No I am comfortable, I have learned a great deal about the outside world today and I can still learn more about the people I will govern and protect in the future." Xiu Junjie said to show he had no interest in leaving and he also moved further in away from the light.

"You talk like you are older than your age." Si Ning pointed out.

If Xiu Junjie starts to show this reasonable side of him more then Si Ning would like to guide him more so that he would be a great sagacious Emperor that would owe him his thanks forever.

Xiu Junjie shrugged. "I will take that as a compliment." He said. "But shouldn't you do something about that commoner that keeps following us." He tilted his head towards the direction of a building to their left where Shi Junhao was peeking behind a pillar.

Shi Junhao was a minor problem so Si Ning didn't want to bother with him, another thing that was bothering Si Ning was not getting a message from his mother about the lantern festival which means Si Nan was supposed to head to the river with her.

"Jiang Ye what about my mother?" Si Ning asked.

"Madam is at the house, she was cooking when I left." Jiang Ye replied.

Cooking?

It wasn't odd for her to be cooking so Si Ning didn't think much of it, he felt a little tired because they had been walking around and the last time he had to walk for long was when Xiu Junjie took him around the palace, he would have loved to find somewhere to seat but he was eager to know the person that was going to show up.

"Jiang Ye you can go and carry your task about Shi Junhao." Si Ning said, now that he was aware he felt like Shi Junhao would burn a hole through him with his eyes because he could feel his gaze on him.

"But General you know I don't need to talk to him or accompany him to find out and I also need to stay here to protect you alongside Xiao Pei." Jiang Ye said just to avoid leaving the group yet.

"Yes but make him go away like accompany to the Sun residence and make sure he gets inside the shed with his sister safely." Si Ning instructed to show he was fine, Xiao Pei was more than capable to protect him and Xiu Junjie.

"Yes General." Jiang Ye saluted before heading on his way.

They didn't wait much longer when they saw Jiang ChenMu appear at the end of the street, he wore a dark blue robe with had a dull shiny surface so seeing Jiang ChenMu means he must have also gone out for the festival but what was bothering Si Ning was that he was walking towards Si Nan and the moment Si Nan saw him, her face lit up. Si Ning's eyes almost pop out of his socket as he watched them bowed as greetings, he couldn't believe the person Si Nan was waiting for was Jiang ChenMu even though the teenage boy told him he was only privilege to meet Si Nan when he was a child.

Jiang ChenMu!!!