Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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“Master Xu, you…don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone about what happened today…”
“Master Xu would never do something as tasteless as killing someone to silence them.”
“Master Xu, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have wandered around in the Lanzi Festival.”
In the inn, Peng Qinyun racked his brains and spoke a lot.
Xu Jiao looked at him coldly, as if she was listening, but also as if she was not listening.
“Master Xu…” Peng Qinyun was almost crying for her.
“Give me the dagger.” Xu Jiao said.
Huh? Peng Qinyun then realized that he had the dagger he had just bought from the Western Region merchant in his hand. It turned out that Master Xu wanted this dagger. Peng Qinyun hurriedly handed the dagger in his hand to Xu Jiao.
Xu Jiao took it, looked at the dagger, and slowly pulled it out.
The sharp knife reflected a cold light in front of Peng Qinyun’s eyes.
Peng Qinyun burst into tears immediately, “Master Xu, please spare my life. I don’t want to die.”
Xu Jiao looked at him angrily.
Hulu was also overwhelmed by what he heard and his crying the whole night.
Xu Jiao said calmly, “If he cries again, just cut off his tongue.”
Peng Qinyun stopped crying immediately.
Xu Jiao was actually a little afraid of knives and daggers, but she was very familiar with the Gobi Eye. Song Qingyuan also had one earlier. When the Qiang Ya delegation came to Yanhan, they presented an Eye of the Gobi to the late emperor. The late emperor gave the dagger to Song Qingyuan, who always liked it and carried it with him. When Song Qingyuan was in the East Palace, the late emperor ordered him to supervise the water conservancy project in the south. She was the prince’s companion and went with Song Qingyuan. On the way, they were attacked by an assassin, and Song Qingyuan blocked the knife for her. The Gobi Eye pierced the assassin’s heart and fell into the river with the assassin.
She also knew it was a fake…
Xu Jiao put away her knife.
The cold light disappeared.
Xu Jiao then looked up at Peng Qinyun and said calmly, “Tell me, cut off your tongue or dig out your eyes, it’s your choice.”
Hulu looked at her and came again.
Peng Qinyun was stunned, and immediately knelt down with a plop, saying with great emotion, “Master Xu, you are a prime minister with a big heart, so don’t bother with a mere ant like me.”
Xu Jiao interrupted, “Everyone in the capital knows that I am petty and always haggle over every penny.”
Peng Qinyun immediately changed his tactics, raised a few fingers, and said righteously, “I, Peng Qinyun, swear that if anyone leaks out Master Xu’s habit of secretly dressing up as a woman, I will be struck by lightning and turned into charcoal! If I am struck again, I will be charred again! I will be charred as much as I can be!”
Xu Jiao looked at Peng Qinyun’s fingers and said in a deep voice, “Chop off his fingers too.”
Peng Qinyun immediately put away his fingers and said, “No, no, no, can’t I not swear?”
Xu Jiao looked at him.
Peng Qinyun continued to cry, “Master Xu, I won’t tell anyone that you are a woman, Master Xu, please believe me!”
Xu Jiao retracted her gaze and said calmly, “Then you should go back to Fancheng Prison now.”
“Ah!!!” Peng Qinyun screamed.
He came out with great difficulty.
Xu Jiao was annoyed by his noise, “Sew his mouth shut.”
Peng Qinyun kept silent.
Xu Jiao put down the dagger, “I took you out of Fancheng Prison, this led Lou Mingliang, the Fancheng Prison Prefect to be in trouble. Didn’t you say that you were framed? Then go back to Fancheng Prison and prove your innocence. I’ll come to Fancheng after I go to Liangcheng to deal with some things. If you want to get out of prison, come out openly. Otherwise, you’ll be no different from an ant, living in the shadows your whole life. Are you willing?”
Peng Qinyun was stunned.
Hulu glanced at her and said nothing.
….
When she woke up early the next day, Peng Qinyun had really left leaving behind a note. Yes, a real man should not be like an ant. He was going to Fancheng first.
Xu Jiao’s lips curled up slightly.
Going from Beiguan City to Liangcheng also required crossing the desert, but it was not the kind of desert that stretched from Xiaozhen. Without Peng Qinyun, she could also arrive safely, but she needed to stop at several places along the way. When she went to Beiguan City, she was in a hurry and could not take a detour, so she had to cross the desert between Xiaozhen and Beiguan City. Now it was different.
It took about five days to arrive in Liangcheng.
During these five days, Xu Jiao seemed to get along well with Ms. Cen’s hamsters.
Although she was afraid of mice, after watching them for a long time, she still found hamsters very cute.
The hamster merchant was right. Hamsters were very smart. They could hide food in their mouths to ensure they didn’t go hungry. They also ran circles in their cages and were full of energy.
Xu Jiao did not name the hamsters, but in order to distinguish them, she called one Da Cang and the other Xiao Cang.
Da Cang always bullied Xiao Cang when they were playing, but there was one time when Xiao Cang seemed to be unwell, and Da Cang still guarded Xiao Cang all the time. Sometimes when Xiao Cang was scared, Da Cang would stand in front of Xiao Cang.
Xu Jiao inexplicably felt that Da Cang was somewhat like Song Qingyuan…
It had been more than two months since she left Beijing. In addition to her previous quarrel with Song Qingyuan, she had not seen Song Qingyuan for almost three or four months. She didn’t even know if the cactus on her desk had died.
She just missed her cactus a little.
Xu Jiao looked down at the dagger in her hand.
Calm down.
….
When they arrived at the gate of Liangcheng, Fu Qiao was already looking forward to it.
Seeing Hulu riding a horse from afar, Fu Qiao’s eyes were filled with surprise, and she walked forward holding her daughter Xiao Candou’s hand.
“Mrs. Fu.” Hulu stopped his horse and bowed to greet her.
Fu Qiao smiled and asked, “Where’s Xu Jiao?”
Someone reached out and lifted the curtain, saying leisurely, “Here I am~”
Fu Qiao smiled when she saw Xu Jiao leaning out of the carriage window and smiling at her and Xiao Candou.
….
After returning to Zhu’s house, as soon as the door was closed, Xu Jiao kissed, hugged, and lifted her up high.
Xiao Candou laughed and giggled.
Xu Jiao also had a lot of fun playing with Xiao Candou.
Xu Jiao and Fu Qiao were best friends. They were inseparable in Beijing earlier. Later, Fu Qiao married to Liangcheng. Xu Jiao was busy with court affairs and had no chance to come to Liangcheng. They only met once when Fu Qiao brought Xiao Candou back to Beijing to visit her grandparents.
At that time, Xiao Candou was just a glutinous rice dumpling over one year old, but now she was already four years old!
Xiao Candou’s father passed away the year before last, leaving only the mother and daughter. Fu Qiao’s parents wanted her to return to Beijing, but Fu Qiao couldn’t bear to leave the many memories of Liangcheng and wanted to stay in Liangcheng for a while longer.
So Xu Jiao came here to visit the mother and daughter.
Xu Jiao liked children very much, especially Xiao Candou, who had bright eyes and a smile that seemed to soften people’s hearts. Xu Jiao kissed her countless times.
Fu Qiao smiled and said, “Xiao Candou, come down, Aunt Xu is tired.”
Xiao Candou nodded obediently.
Xu Jiao coaxed, “Let’s play later.”
Xiao Candou raised the corners of her mouth and smiled again.
Xiao Candou went to one side to play with her little toys. Fu Qiao and Xu Jiao were talking together. Xu Jiao’s eyes fell on Xiao Candou, and she liked her indescribably.
“If you like children so much, why don’t you have one yourself?” Fu Qiao joked.
Xu Jiao quickly retracted her gaze and explained, “Liking children and giving birth to one’s own are two different things. I just like Xiao Candou. It’s okay for me to play with children, but I don’t have the patience to keep them company all the time. So just let me be Xiao Candou’s godmother. If Xiao Candou becomes my goddaughter, I don’t have to give birth to a child~”
After Xu Jiao finished speaking, Fu Qiao sighed, “Are you really going to be a prime minister for the rest of your life and not get married?”
Xu Jiao paused and sighed, “There is nothing I can do. I care about the world. I hope that the country will be peaceful and prosperous, and the people will have a stable place to live, without having to rush around for a living, without having to worry about life and death, and that everyone will be prosperous and the children will have smiling faces. This is the mind of a prime minister…”
Fu Qiao laughed, “You’ll make your mother die of anger~”
Xu Jiao smiled and said, “I can’t help it. Ms. Cen has given up on me now. So she raises a bunch of puppies, kittens, and rabbits. The happiest thing every day was to watch them have offspring and the family grow…”
The more she talked, the more nonsense she made. Fu Qiao stood up and changed the tea for her.
She walked forward with a smile and played with Xiao Candou.
When Fu Qiao turned back, he just happened to hear Xiao Candou ask, “Then godmother, do I have a godfather?”
Xu Jiao said seriously, “My Xiao Candou, I am both your godmother and godfather. Remember, when it’s just the two of us and your mother, you can call me godmother, but when there are other people around, I am your godfather. Remember, this is our little secret! Let’s make a pinky promise, and we won’t change it for a hundred years~”
Xiao Candou smiled sweetly and hooked her little finger with her.
“A Jiao~” Fu Qiao entered, “Someone from the capital has arrived.”
From Beijing? Xu Jiao stood up.
….
In the side hall, the eunuch was sweating profusely. “Where is the Prime Minister? You make it so hard for me to find you. Everywhere you go, I go there. But by the time I reach, you’ll have left again…”
Eunuch Hui was the most mellow eunuch in the palace. He was also familiar with Xu Jiao and finally caught up with Xu Jiao. Now he was wiping his sweat while complaining to Xu Jiao.
“My Lord, the emperor has an oral decree, please receive it~” Eunuch Hui couldn’t wait any longer, and just with this one sentence, he chased him around most of the North Gate.
Eunuch Hui cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, “Your Majesty has ordered you to come back here~”
Xu Jiao looked at him angrily.
“It’s not over yet, it’s not over yet… Your Excellency it’s not over yet!” Eunuch Hui soothed him, raised his orchid finger, and continued in a deep voice, “You have to come back without stopping…”
Xu Jiao was speechless.
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