Flowers Bloom from Battlefield

After Nanglong Souka finished berating his old friend mentally, he came inside the house to meet with the others. He looked towards his granddaughter-in-law with a complicated expression. At first, he was really against the other party marrying his grandson, but now he felt that there was simply nothing to say anymore.

”Are you alright, Grandpa Souka?” Jun Hua asked.

Nanglong Souka was stunned at the way Jun Hua called him. He looked towards Soujin suspiciously and found the other party has a rather dark face because of how familiar Jun Hua called him. If only he didn’t feel rather heavy because of the loss, he might use this chance to tease his grandson.

”You should worry about yourself more, little lass,” Nanglong Souka replied in his usual tone, but his voice cracked a little bit.

”Okay, Grandpa Souka.”

Nanglong Souka felt that he won’t get used to this new way of calling him. When he was still contemplating this new way of calling him, Soujin said to Jun Hua, ”Are you hungry?”

Jun Hua was stunned. She had just realized that she had forgotten to eat because of the ruckus in their residence. She nodded her head and Qin Shie stood up from her place.

”Let’s go to the kitchen, Hua’er. Mother will show you the way to cook a few kinds of dishes,” Qin Shie said in a persuasive tone.

Jun Hua peered towards Soujin face first before agreeing to her mother-in-law request. She slowly walked towards the kitchen with Xia carefully watching over her. She was not going to let her Miss suffered any mishap.

Inside the room, Nanglong Souka looked towards Soujin, ”Have you found out the real instigator of the attack?”

”I have,” Soujin answered simply. The assassin whom Jun Hua let alive have given him plenty of information he could use. His blood boiled the moment he thought about the real instigator of the attack today.

Nanglong Souka closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened it again, the previously mischievous and calm eyes of a prime minister were no longer there. Replacing them was the eyes of a ruthless and dangerous man, a side that no one knew he had inside him.

”Make sure they pay for what they did here,” he said to his grandson in a low tone.

”Even without you saying anything, I will do that,” Nanglong Soujin answered, ”But before that, I need Yan to reshape the entire court again. Those officials need to keep their hand off to themselves first.”

Because the war has ended for a few months in this place, they seemed to have forgotten that he was the one who managed to unify the entire five kingdoms. The time has come for him to reshape them all again.

”I think it would be a good idea,” Nanglong Souka nodded his head.

Soujin took a brush from the side. He was going to write a message for his friend in order to make a big move on the court tomorrow.

While the two of them are talking, Qin Shie brought Jun Hua to the kitchen and showed the little lady how to cook many kinds of dishes. The way Qin Shie handled everything seemed to be very agile and smooth.

”You’re really amazing, Mother,” Jun Hua praised.

Qin Shie smiled, ”This is nothing. You should see the other ladies from the previous Kai Kingdom. They are all highly proficient in cooking.”

Jun Hua hadn’t known about it, ”Was the lesson there includes cooking?”

”It was in my time,” Qin Shie answered, ”Many of us tried our best to make the best dishes every year. The one who could cook the best would be chosen to marry some of the talented officials in the court. The Qin Family is a prestigious family, as one of the legitimate daughters, I too joined in.”

That was quite a way to choose a bride. Jun Hua hadn’t heard about them because they happened nearly three decades ago and she obviously hadn’t born yet.

”Did you win, Mother?”

”No, I didn’t,” Qin Shie smiled weakly, ”I lost because of a petty scheme one of my opponent used. The scheme is targeted at my Qin Family, causing us ruins and we no longer had any place in Kai Kingdom.”

”It must be hard,” Jun Hua frowned.

”It was,” Qin Shie still remembered very clearly the moment when she felt despaired all over at the mention of her having to marry someone from another kingdom as part of the treaty. But she was lucky to be married to someone like her husband, ”But in the end, I was quite lucky to meet with my husband and live here.”

Jun Hua could sense the deep sorrow and relief in her mother in law’s voice. It was already a long time ago, but the pain still existed in this old lady’s heart. Time might have helped her to move on, but the experience was still there.

”Mother…”

”It’s fine Hua’er. It was already a long time ago,” Qin Shie sighed. She stirred the pot in front of her while reminiscing of the past and opened her mouth again, ”I still have my new family, so I know that I have to go on.”

Jun Hua smiled. She knew that Qin Shie wanted her to keep moving on and didn’t let the sadness permeate deep into her. Although she was not a weak girl that will let her rage affected her judgment, she still felt the warmth from her Mother-in-law care for her.

”I understand Mother.”

”You too have experienced a lot during your time as a general, so I know that you’re a strong girl,” Qin Shie smiled. ”All these times, you have to endure them all alone, but now, you can freely share them with us. Soujin will surely accompany you all the time.”

Jun Hua smiled at the thought of Soujin’s concern for her. His love and care were something that she would eternally feel grateful to. She was very blessed to have a family that loved and cared for her so much. ”Thank you very much.”

Not long after that, Qin Shie finished all the dishes, and the four of them eat together. Although the atmosphere was rather gloomy, they were not entirely depressed. Life was not over and they have to move on because they were still alive. The future is still unknown to them.