Wei Qingping nodded, then added, "I'm worried too."
Yue Qiu replied, "I understand."
Truth be told, if he could, he would have liked to find some deserted spot and bury the entire delegation there. But he couldn't!
Destruction was always the easiest part, but what came afterward?
They weren't actually trying to carve out the Western Regions as an independent realm. They still acknowledged the Great Song's Imperial Court. If anything really happened to the delegation, even if the court found no evidence, anyone would wonder whether they had killed its members.
Once that seed of suspicion was planted, nothing would be easy to explain.
"Ah!"
Wei Qingping sighed.
He tilted his head back and looked at the sky.
"Everything rests with the Goddess now."
"Yes."
Beside him, Yue Qiu nodded in agreement.
By then, the Verdant Green Maiden and Zhao Qingyu had already crossed Dasan Pass and entered Guanzhong.
However, instead of going straight to Bianjing, they made a detour to Lantian County to visit Liu Cailian and her son, Yue Huan.
Yue Huan had grown.
At seven, he already carried himself with graceful poise and looked every bit a wealthy young gentleman.
Liu Cailian had raised him well.
Yue Qiu had come home too, but given his position, he could not leave the Western Regions for long.
Thus, whenever he returned over these past few years, he stayed only a few days before rushing back to the Western Regions.
Year after year, he was never home.
Loved ones could never meet.
In matters of family and country, who could say what was right?
Who could say what was wrong?
"Lady Verdant Green Maiden, does your return mean things in the Western Regions will soon be over?"
Liu Cailian looked at the Verdant Green Maiden and asked cautiously.
She