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"Senior Sister, rest assured, I will take good care of it," Chen Sansi promised, "But, Senior Sister, don’t you need it?"

"I’m not participating in quelling this rebellion, and I’m about to return to Yan State to handle some matters. By the time I return, the conflict will likely have ended."

Rong Yanqiu joked, "It might sound a bit affected, but I must tell you, be careful. Don’t just focus on earning merits and end up dead in Ming State. I don’t care, but it would be pitiful for our master, who is left with one last disciple."

"Junior Brother, take care. Sister Lan will be looked after by me."

Sun Li casually pulled out a purse: "Here, this is an amulet I embroidered for you. I don’t have anything else to give."

Chen Sansi took it and gave it a glance. The craftsmanship was still as sloppy as ever.

He could hardly suppress his laughter: "Thank you, Senior Sister Sun. With this, I’m sure to be safe and sound."

Senior Sister Sun noticed his amusement and asked seriously, "Is the embroidery really that bad?"

"No, it’s very good."

Chen Sansi looked back at the gradually departing troops and didn’t dare to chat any further, "Senior Sister Nine, Senior Sister Sun, Bu Qi, I must take my leave!"

Having said that, he spurred his horse and left.

Rong Yanqiu scornfully said, "My dear sister, I’ve been fighting year after year. Why didn’t I ever get one from you?"

"I’ve just learned it."

Sun Li explained, "Next time you go to war, I will definitely prepare one too."

"Yeah, right."

Rong Yanqiu coldly said, "Sister, let me remind you, your beloved went to the brothel again before he left, and he seems to be redeeming that little vixen, half a million taels indeed! I don’t even have that much silver!

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"You still seem not to care, silly since childhood and even more so after practicing martial arts. Be careful lest you get completely taken advantage of!

"I’m off. You go back and take care of your Sister Lan. Maybe you’ll end up sharing a bed."

With that, she rode back to the city.

"..."

Sun Li remained silent.

Bu Qi asked very seriously, "Sis, do you really want to make Sansi my brother-in-law?"

Sun Li pondered for a long time, "I... I don’t know."

She was not a contrary person.

Initially embarrassed by the teasing, as time passed, she began to seriously consider this question.

Sun Li was unclear whether their master’s closed-door disciple was truly her "beloved."

But she knew that a woman must eventually marry.

People had proposed marriage to her in the past, and she was always quite averse to it.

Yet, with Chen Sansi, she didn’t feel this aversion. Instead, there was an inexplicable... reassurance?

This sentiment.

It probably started from the battle at Po Yang.

"Sister, you are so naive!"

Although Bu Qi usually got along well with Chen Sansi, he was somewhat displeased with this matter: "Every aspect of him is good, except he frequents brothels! The poems he writes there are almost famous in Capital City. I saw him writing ’A branch of rich red, laden with dewy fragrance,’ God knows how he’ll behave outside, probably ending up like Second Senior Brother with multiple wives and concubines!"

Sun Li, ignoring the first part, caught the essence of the latter: "You are making progress."

"Hmm?"

"Who allowed you to go to brothels?"

"I... hey, why are you hitting me! Why don’t you hit Chen Sansi!"

"He has important things to handle! And you? You neither practice your martial arts nor study your books, still stuck with Bone Training, do you even have the right to carry the Sun surname?"

"Stop hitting me, I was wrong. You want him to be your brother-in-law, go ahead, I won’t stop you, okay?"

"..."

The siblings frolicked.

The army completely vanished, leaving only a sky full of dust.

The Sun Li siblings, along with tens of thousands of citizens, fell quiet at the same time, silently watching the distance, speechless for a long time.

...

Ming State.

"Wang Li, this flatbread isn’t bad, did Mrs. Li give it to you?"

"Let me try it!"

"Not to scold you, brother, but why at your young age must you mess around with a widow? Isn’t it better to find a proper lady?"

Wang Li defiantly argued, "What’s wrong with widows? They’re certainly better than some who fancy brothel courtesans!"

"Oh, those words should not be spoken!"

Xiong Qiuan covered his mouth swiftly, "Do you not want your tongue?"

Only then did Wang Li realize the hot topic circulating in Liangzhou City recently.

Red Sleeve Tower, Ning Xiang, redeeming...

"What are you guys talking about?"

Chen Sansi rode up on his horse.

"Nothing, nothing!"

Xiong Qiuan said with a smile, "Sir, just messing around."

"The flatbread is good."

Chen Sansi took a flatbread from Wang Li, took a bite, and handed over a five-hundred-tael silver note: "Buy a small house, and I’ll come over for the wedding."

"Thank you, sir!"

Wang Li, holding the silver note, his hands trembling slightly.

"Alright, summon Xu Wencai, Zhao Kang... Bring the map and meet me at the open space ahead."

Chen Sansi ordered.

Soon, the map was spread out in front of them.

Ming State.

It is an extremely peculiar place.

It borders the Great Sheng Dynasty, but the furthest eastern part is separated by the Luotian Mountain Range, with a vast uninhabited wilderness in between, not adjoining Feng State. The only passages are through Liangzhou and Yan State, but Yan State has few troops, so the responsibility for support and suppression naturally falls on Liangzhou.

They also have to cross a vast canyon before they can officially enter Ming State territory.

The current situation.

The rebel army is mainly in the southern, southeastern, and central areas of Ming State, with the southeast being the primary location.

Their army will directly enter the central region, and with the Mingzhou Army, from the west and north, strike the rebels outside the Golden Spring Manor. During this process, they will rely on Yangchun Prefecture for supply support.