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Xiao Jinyu almost grabbed a megaphone to yell, "How could I not care? What if I get ugly and my wife despises me when I return?"

But the spoken words didn’t carry that meaning.

"I do not care, yet, when I return and my wife sees me, she will feel distressed, and when she feels distressed, I’ll feel it too."

"To prevent you and your wife from feeling distressed together, I give you a sun and dustproof hooded mask," Shen Chuwei said as he opened her Hundred-Treasure Bag, pulling out a sun and dustproof mask and handing it to Xiao Jinyu.

Xiao Jinyu happily accepted it, "Thank you sister-in-law."

With Shen Chuwei’s guidance, Xiao Jinyu put on the sun and dustproof hooded mask. Although it felt a bit strange, as long as it could block sun and dust, it was okay; he often squinted due to the dust while riding.

Shen Chuwei shook the gloves in her hand and asked, "Do you want gloves?"

Xiao Jinyu raised his hands for a look; he had noticed during bathing that his hands and arms were different shades.

"Yes, my hands are all darkened."

Shen Chuwei then handed a pair of gloves to Xiao Jinyu, fortunate that she had prepared both ladies’ and gentlemen’s gloves.

Xiao Jinyu put the gloves on his hands, not forgetting to compliment, "Sister-in-law’s novelties are really numerous, things I’ve never seen."

Shen Chuwei just smiled without speaking. Her space was full of novelties, and there were many more she hadn’t taken out yet.

General Xu watched the Crown Princess and Prince Jinyu from a distance, just observing and remaining silent.

Finally, after five days, they arrived at the Mobei border.

Mobei is the boundary line between Xueyue and Feng Qi. If Daxia were to lose, Xueyue and Feng Qi would march southward, putting Daxia in grave danger.

That was also the reason why Emperor had dispatched General Xu.

Upon arriving at the military camp, Shen Chuwei saw countless white tents, truly a stunning sight.

They were greeted by General Xing.

General Xu and General Xing talked along the way, all about this campaign.

Shen Chuwei only cared about how Xiao Jinyan was doing, "General Xing, has His Highness been found?"

General Xing looked puzzledly at the handsome youth before him, "Who is this?"

General Xu introduced, "She is the Crown Princess."

General Xing immediately saluted with a fist, "Your subordinate pays respect to the Crown Princess. His Highness has not yet been found."

Shen Chuwei felt somewhat disappointed, "Oh, I will personally search for him tomorrow."

Why wait until tomorrow? Because it was already late in the day.

Shen Chuwei then asked, "Where is His Highness’s tent?"

General Xing replied, "I will lead you there."

Under General Xing’s guidance, Shen Chuwei arrived at Xiao Jinyan’s tent, which was kept clean as it was tidied every day.

She stepped inside, taking in the layout of the interior. This was where Xiao Jinyan lived.

Shen Chuwei placed Xuetuan on the bed, took out a bag of dried fish from the space, opened it, then took out a bowl, poured the dried fish into it, and set it down in front of Xuetuan.

After running all afternoon, Xuetuan was starving and, smelling the dried fish, couldn’t wait to lower its head and start eating.

After patting Xuetuan’s head, Shen Chuwei stepped over to the desk and noticed some bamboo tubes on it, picking one up to find something inside.

She poured out the contents, finding them to be drawings. Upon opening one, she recognized it as her own work, which was very, very suggestive.

When she had painted it, she didn’t think much of it, but looking at it now, she suddenly found it quite risqué.

"Xiao Jinyan too, why leave such private things here? What if someone saw them?"

Shen Chuwei rolled the drawing up, put it back in the bamboo tube, then into her space.

In the military camp, Shen Chuwei knew Xiao Jinyu and General Xu, but both of them stayed in the conference hall, discussing how to secure victory.

Then there was Qin Xiao, with his dozens of guards; she wasn’t too familiar with them.

At dinner, perhaps because Shen Chuwei was the Crown Princess, her meal was different from that of the soldiers. However, for the picky Shen Chuwei, it was still somewhat lacking.

She managed to eat a bit, then asked for hot water to bathe.

After Qin Xiao prepared the hot water, he stepped out to stand guard outside the tent.

After her bath, Shen Chuwei lay down in bed. Having run all day, she was utterly exhausted and went to rest early, planning to set out in search of Xiao Jinyan the next day.

Xuetuan, having been jolted on the road all day, was also extremely tired and fell asleep beside Shen Chuwei.

Shen Chuwei did not sleep well that night, because she had another dream, one different from her previous dreams.

This time, she dreamed of her father and mother, and also her brother.