In the front hall of the Zhenguo General's Mansion, "Shen Wan" sat uneasily on a chair and kept looking out the door.
An hour ago, she went to see Zi Ling, but she heard that Zi Ling had gone out on horseback at noon and was not in the house.
When asked where Zi Ling had gone, Fu Fu couldn't tell.
She asked Song Heng again, and he said that Zi Ling should have gone to chase Shen Wan and her son to say goodbye to them, and would come back after saying goodbye.
After dinner, she felt a little worried, so she came to the front hall to wait.
"It's completely dark today, why hasn't Zi Ling come back yet?"
"Shen Wan" stood up and walked back and forth in the room.
Seeing that she was so worried and restless, Qiu Ju said, "The young master should be on his way back. Madam, don't worry too much."
"Shen Wan" frowned and said worriedly: "Have you forgotten how he was captured by the barbarians and taken to the north?
How can I not worry about this?"
Qiu Ju said: "Now that the barbarians have surrendered, how can they dare to attack the young master again?"
Even if the barbarians have that idea, they still have to weigh whether their northern region can withstand the bombing.
"Shen Wan" stretched her neck, looked at the gate again, turned to Qiu Ju and said, "Qiu Ju, do you think Zi Ling will just follow them?"
She was so afraid that Zi Ling would catch up with Shen Wan and the others, so she would follow them directly.
She heard from Qiu Ju about how Zi Ling got along with the mother and son.
Therefore, she felt that Zi Ling's feelings for the mother and son were definitely not as strong as her own mother's, and maybe even more so than hers.
"Madam, you are overthinking," Qiu Ju looked at her and said, "Even if the young master is reluctant to let go of them, he will not leave with them. This is his home, and you and the general are his biological parents.
Moreover, the young master’s ambition is to be a general, and he has been following the general to the camp a few days ago to study and practice with the general, but he will not leave the imperial city."
Hearing Qiu Ju say this, "Shen Wan" felt a little more relieved.
She was really afraid of her son, so she just followed others.
After waiting for another hour, Song Ziling still didn't come back. The city gate had been closed long ago.
"Shen Wan" couldn't sit still and went to find Song Heng.
She was afraid that something might happen to Zi Ling, so she asked Song Heng to send people out to look for him.
Song Heng calculated the time and distance and thought that it would be a little late when Song Ziling caught up with Shen Wan and the others.
After he said goodbye, he couldn't get into the city if he rushed back, so she should have stayed with Shen Wan in the nearest town.
He also said that if he hadn't come back by noon tomorrow, he would send someone to look for him so that "Shen Wan" could rest assured and rest early.
"Shen Wan" couldn't rest assured. She tossed and turned in bed all night and couldn't fall asleep.
There was no use for breakfast the next day, so I waited in the front hall.
The servants in the mansion were coming and going. Knowing that she was waiting for Song Ziling, they all thought she was very weird.
She is just a distant relative. The second young master has not returned, and the old lady and the general are not in a hurry yet! Who is she showing off to when she is waiting in the front hall in such a hurry?
At the gate of the city, Shen Wan was reluctantly saying goodbye to Song Ziling. Xiao Zi'an seemed to know that he was about to be separated from his brother, and hugged his brother's neck tightly with both hands.
"Mom, please be careful along the way."
Song Ziling said emotionally, with a look of reluctance on his face.
Shen Wan nodded, stretched out her hands to straighten his clothes, and said to him reluctantly: "You are fast too, be careful on the way back.
When I get to Jiangzhou, my mother will write to you often."
"Yeah," Song Ziling's nose felt a little sore, and she pursed her lips and nodded.