Chapter 218 - The Changes

Han Shi Kingdom's Capital City, Wei Family Residence

"Miss, what are you doing?"

In Wei Family Residence, Wei Xiao Hua was dressed in warm clothing. After taking ahold of the residence's finance book, she could finally fulfill all of her needs. Luxurious food almost every single day and also suitable clothing for the seasons. There were some troubles with her reputation, but Prince Ji Shu had already shut their mouths.

It was annoying but Wei Xiao Hua knew that she could depend on her man. She didn't quite understand why the rumors started, though. In the novel, there was no such rumors because everyone was too busy with the failure Strategist Liu and also the death of Lady Gao Ling.

But now, they have too much time in their hand.

Based on the novel, she knew that in the past, Wei Xiao Hua didn't have the chance to live comfortably because the other concubines were taking the money that was supposed to be hers.

"Xiao Hua?" Prince Ji Shu called out. 

Wei Xiao Hua turned her head around and smiled lightly. "I just see a beautiful red smoke just now. I didn't know that you can add colors to the smoke."

Hearing that, Prince Ji Shu arched his eyebrows. There were various ways to deliver information in the battlefield and one of the most common method was through the smoke signal.

Red smoke….

His eyes narrowed, yet there was a satisfied glint within his eyes. "It's just a trouble at a distance away from the Capital City. You don't need to worry so much."

Wei Xiao Hua blinked her eyes. "Don't you mean An You City?"

"You knew?"

Ah… she made another blunder.

Compared to the original transmigrated Wei Xiao Hua who knew how to act better, Wei Xiao Hua paled in comparison. In the original novel, Wei Xiao Hua would not know the exact location where the events took place because she had never left the capital city without supervision.

An You City was more than a day's journey away from the capital city.

There was no way Wei Xiao Hua could visit that city even if she wanted to. Knowing about that city itself was already strange enough because it was not that famous in the capital city.

"I guessed," Wei Xiao Hua said with a forced smile.

In truth, she knew that today was the second blow for Prince Ji Sheng's faction. The tribes who managed to sneak into Han Shi Kingdom knew that Merchant Shi Yan, who was also Prince Ji Sheng's friend, had the special token. With that token, it would be easy for them to go into Han Shi Kingdom's territory.

Well, their plan failed in the end for some reasons that the author didn't mention, though. Wei Xiao Hua only knew that the token didn't work as intended in the end and ended up brought demise to those tribes who tried to take advantage of the situation.

The detail… was unknown.

The real Wei Xiao Hua also had no interest in this matter because it was simply unrelated to her.

"You always surprise me with your knowledge, Xiao Hua." Pulling Wei Xiao Hua to his embrace, Prince Ji Shu lamented the fact that they were not married yet. He truly wanted to have her as fast as possible.

But he needed to wait.

Wei Xiao Hua giggled. She looked into a distance. "Do you think they're going to succeed this time?"

"Even if the tribes didn't wound them as expected, they will surely suffer heavy losses. There's no need to worry so much."

This time, Wei Xiao Hua didn't answer. If she was not wrong, without Merchant Shi Yan, the plan to create peace through trades utterly failed. Merchant Shi Yan was known as the best merchant at the north and also managed to gain the trust of the tribes.

Thanks to the fallout of the trade system, the border became unstable until finally…

It happens.

The novel did only mention this incident briefly, but Wei Xiao Hua still remembered that event very clearly. It was written that because Strategist Yang was too preoccupied with Strategist Liu's condition, they didn't manage to reach the city in time.

An You City was enveloped in flames and Merchant Shi Yan died with an arrow stuck on his back, piercing through his heart.

That day, a lot of people were grieving and Strategist Liu was thoroughly broken with the incident. He lost the confidence he previously had over his intelligence because everything never worked on his way. With that loss of confidence, Strategist Liu was no longer a threat.

In fact, he would be the one to bring down the others with him.

Closing her eyes for a moment, Wei Xiao Hua pushed the thoughts to the back. She didn't want to think the novel's plot too much. The author somehow liked to torture the characters so much to the point that many readers were complaining.

They were grieving.

Because the fates of some side characters were simply too sad.

But since they didn't really affect the main character, Wei Xiao Hua's, life so much, their events were only mentioned in passing. Some readers did demand the author made the side story, but she hadn't reached that far in the story to know what happened in detail.

This damn transmigration occurred when she was still in the middle of reading the novel….

"Xiao Hua?" Prince Ji Shu noticed that Wei Xiao Hua's mood changed. He wondered if he did something wrong.

"I'm just thinking about that city," Wei Xiao Hua replied with a smile. "I want to go see the entire world."

"We'll have a journey in the future," Prince Ji Shu promised and kissed Wei Xiao Hua's forehead tenderly.

Wei Xiao Hua smiled. She glanced to the sky once more, wondering whether the changes in Strategist Liu's attitude would change today's battle or not. Because if it did, it meant that the last final battle might not be as easy as it was in the novel anymore.

That thought caused Wei Xiao Hua's eyes to narrow.

Things were not going according to the novel anymore. She had to learn how to adapt to the changes and probably acted accordingly. It wouldn't be easy.

…

An You City

Tak!

The sound of wood hitting wood could be heard. The man called Your Highness had his eyes widened as he turned around. He could see a group of soldiers were rushing in their direction.

At the forefront, a young man was holding a bow and arrow, ready to be directed in his direction.

Dzing!

"Your Highness!"

The man called Your Highness swiftly evaded. He could see the soldiers who were rushing were aiming towards Shi Yan. His eyes narrowed. "Kill that merchant!"

"Yes!"

The man beside Shi Yan swiftly swung his sword towards Shi Yan's neck.

Slash!