The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: The Gate
Shuyao dressed in the dark.
She pulled on a clean shift and her green robe.
Her hair was still loose from the night.
She reached for the gray cloak on the chair.
Qin's cloak.
It smelled of rain and horse and him.
She put it on over her robe, and it hung nearly to her ankles.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Making a choice."
He watched her from the bed, bare to the waist, sword across his knees.
"I can go out and speak to them."
"They asked for you. Stay behind me."
"Shuyao."
"Please."
It was the first time she had said it to him.
He looked at her a long moment, then pulled on his robe and followed.
Her father was already in the gate court in his night clothes, with a sword and a very bad temper.
"They want the boy," he said. "I told them to go to hell."
"I'll speak to them, Father."
"You'll do no such thing."
"Father, open the gate."
He stared at her.
She had never spoken to him like that.
He looked at her loose hair, at the gray cloak, at Qin behind her, and his jaw set hard.
He turned, grim, and lifted the bar himself.
The gate swung open on a gray street full of people.
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