On this day, the night came faster than usual, and the night was deeper than before.

Even, I seemed to feel a huge black hand covering the sky above the city, holding everyone's throat tightly, making no one make a sound, and the whole Linfen City was as quiet as a false bonsai.

Only the wind kept whistling through my ears.

Tonight I slept in Miaoyan's room. Although she was urging by me to wash up early and climbed onto the bed, she did not fall asleep quickly as before, but stared at me standing by the window with bright eyes wide open. The light flashed in her eyes seemed to reflect the anxiety and excitement in everyone's hearts at this moment.

The wind became more and more noisy.

I stood in front of the window and watched the lanterns under the eaves shaking constantly. The bright red light illuminated my eyes, but it didn't shine. In front of me, I felt even more uneasy and nervous.

I am not willing to face such darkness, but I don’t want to close the window, for fear that I will miss a little noise from outside.

So I turned around and left there, planning to walk to the bed to comfort Miaoyan and let her go to bed earlier.

But just as I walked to the bed and was about to reach out to touch her forehead, I felt a strong wind coming in from outside, blowing the two windows heavily hitting the walls on both sides, making two loud noises.

My hand froze and I quickly turned around. Miaoyan suddenly sat up from the bed.

"Mom, what's wrong?!"

Before I could answer her, a rapid sound of gongs sounded, and the sound came from far to near, probably from the city gate. The alerts in various parts of the city immediately rang the gongs after hearing the sound coming from the front. Immediately, the rapid sound resounded throughout Linfen City.

I quickly turned around and walked towards the window. Miaoyan immediately lifted the quilt and got out of bed and ran over. In the dark night, I couldn't see anything, but the noise was broken in an instant.

In the official office, dark windows lit up.

A little uneasy sound could be heard, but because someone had been punished before, everyone did not dare to run out in horror and shout loudly like in the past. I just felt the sleeves sink slightly, and when I looked down, it was Miaoyan. She stared outside with a nervous look on her face, and her hands couldn't help but grab my sleeve.

Immediately afterwards, a loud noise came from the night sky.

Boom--!

The sound was like thunder, and it spread throughout Linfen City in an instant. It was clearly a sound coming from a distance, but everyone's heartbeat stopped. Miaoyan was nervous and almost pulled off my sleeves.

She looked up at me: "Mom!"

I looked down at her. She was like a frightened little beast, pulling my sleeves and hugging me. Her arms were trembling slightly: "What the hell is wrong? What's going on outside?"

I reached out and gently stroked her shoulders, and said calmly: "Nothing."

“…”

"Someone is attacking this city."

"attack?"

"Yes, siege."

"The voice just now was-"

"It should be that they are hitting the city gate. If they hit the city gate, the enemy will enter Linfen."

"Then, what will they do after they come in?"

I think she must be a little too nervous and was frightened. She had already experienced the war and even had to treat the wounds earlier. How could she not know what would happen? So I didn't say anything anymore. I just looked up and looked into the distance. The layers of eaves and roofs blocked my sight. I couldn't see what happened at the city gate in this place. But after a collision, another sound came, which seemed to be mixed with the roars of many people. It might be that I had heard it wrong, because the noise of the hustle and bustle had completely awakened the night.

Miaoyan was silent for a long time and said softly: "Mom, if they come in, will the whole Linfen become, like when Nian Baoyuze?"

Speaking of this, I clearly felt her tail sound trembling.

I said, "Don't worry, the soldiers here will protect us. They will definitely not let those people attack the city."

Even though that's the case, things on the battlefield change rapidly. Who can say that they are undefeated?

But when facing my daughter, I tried my best to calm myself down. Miaoyan didn't say anything else. But Kouer and the others were worried about this, so they came over to serve. As soon as they came, they saw Miaoyan and I standing by the window and hurried in and said, "Miss Yan, Your Highness, have you all got up?"

I smiled faintly.

She probably felt that this sentence was unnecessary and hurriedly asked what we needed. I also knew that it would be difficult for me to fall asleep tonight, and Miaoyan was even more so, so she asked them to light the candlestick in the house and give me some hot water.

After a while, all the things were delivered, and I asked casually: "Where is Your Majesty and the Empress?"

Kou'er said: "The emperor seems to have rested a long time ago. Eunuch Yu will not let him go and disturb him, so I don't know. The Empress is chanting Buddha's name tonight."

I nodded and said, "All Xing'er is there to serve?"

"Yes."

"That's good."

As long as these two big men have no movement, it will be easy. As for the mansion, I told people to go down and watch, and don’t let someone come out to make trouble and shout loudly.

Slowly, it's midnight.

Miaoyan sat at the table, holding the cup in both hands. The hot water inside had turned cold, and she had not yet taken a sip.

I said softly, "Miaoyan, are you really not going to sleep? If you stay up late like this, you will have a headache tomorrow and feel very uncomfortable."

She looked up at me and said, "Mom, I, I can't sleep."

"Are you scared?"

"No, I'm not afraid."

“…”

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! She seemed to be struggling in her heart. Although she was not afraid, I could see her hands twitching slightly, and the water in the cup in her palm was rippling. After a long time, she said, "Mom, what can I do?"

"Hmm?" I turned to look at her.

She looked at me and said with a little anxiousness: "What can I do for everyone?"

“…”

"The soldiers guarding the city must be fighting bloody battles, just like what I saw before, but can I just sit here?"

“…”

"Can I do anything to protect Linfen City?"

It turned out that she was not afraid, but was uneasy.

When the storm of such a great era comes, some people hope to hide in the corner and get involved in everything, but there are always some people who are willing to face difficulties and always shoulder their responsibilities. I am very glad that my daughter slowly entered the latter's camp.

I looked at her with a smile: "You have done what you can do."

She was stunned and looked at me in surprise: "What did I do?"

"Do you still remember two days ago, you treated the wounds for the wounded soldiers at the city gate and brought them some medicine?"

"I remember——, but, what's that?"

"This is already very good, Miaoyan, you have done a good job." I looked at her gently and said, "You do those trivial things for them, not afraid of dirt or hardship. This is something that many people cannot do. As Your Highness, you have done a good job."

“…”

"Do you think you just treated them a little wound and gave them medicine? But tonight, among the soldiers fighting the enemy outside the city, there may be people who were treated by you. They might have to bear greater pain, but now, they can all stand up."

“…”

"Even, they are willing to fight for you."

“…”

"Now, do you still feel like you've done nothing?"

She listened to me and was silent for a while, then raised her head and looked at me: "Then, what else can I do?"

I smiled and reached out to touch her cheek, and said softly: "If you must still do anything to protect this city, go to bed earlier, because after tonight, there will be casualties on both sides, and it may be much more tragic than what you saw that day."

“…”

"Are you still willing to help the wounded soldiers?"

She nodded quickly and said, "I do!"

"Then go to bed early. The enemy's siege battle will fight until dawn. If they have not captured this city, they will withdraw their troops. By that time, there will be many wounded soldiers who need help from others."

After hearing what I said, Miaoyan hurriedly drank the water from the cup in one gulp, then turned around and walked to the bed and lay down. I walked over to cover her with a blanket. Amid the noise of war outside, I smiled and said to her: "Sleep well and don't listen to the sounds outside."

She nodded.

I helped her tuck the quilt again. Just as I was about to put down the curtain and let her sleep well, I saw her lying on the bed and opening her bright big eyes again, but she looked at me with a little hesitation in her eyes.

"mother."

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

"Mom, why do you know so many things? Why are you so familiar with war?"

"Because, my mother has experienced it."

"Is it in Nian Baoyuze?"

"No, it's in Dongzhou."

"Dongzhou? There have been wars there? When have they been fought?"

“Many years ago.”

"Am I here?"

I just took the curtain off the copper hook. When I heard her question, my hand shook slightly and almost couldn't grasp the curtain. But I immediately tightened my fingers, looked down at her, and reluctantly smiled: "Suddenly ask what this is for?"

"Just ask, mom has never told me."

“…”

"Am I there at that time?"

"...you, you are here too."
Chapter completed!