Chapter 78 Chapter 78 I want to put on a show for these people...

After the baby was one month old, Su Guanzhang wrote to the Su family and Xuan Wensheng, saying that the news that their assassination attempt had failed should have been reported back to the capital long ago, and that Bai Falcon carrying a large package to the bottom of the cliff was too conspicuous.

Their lives at the bottom of the cliff have become stable, and they have basically everything they need, so there is no need to bring them anything.

If the white falcon only traveled to deliver messages, it would not be so conspicuous.

After receiving the letter, the Su family secretly paid attention to it. Half a month later, they really saw several suspicious warriors wandering around nearby.

The Xuan Wensheng caravan bought this house because it was quiet and deserted, and was surrounded by mountains, rivers, and vegetation.

Suddenly, there was a group of people walking around the house, dressed simply and with a warrior-like demeanor in every move. They were really eye-catching.

"They shouldn't be stupid." Su Guanyu curled his lips habitually, "There's really only one house nearby, so they can't escape our defenses."

He ran his right index finger across the map on the table, calculating the actual distance between Shengjing City and Huaizhao County. "It's just that they arrived a little too late."

All the men in black who had tried to assassinate them that day, as well as some forces in the capital, had been strangled to death by the grief-stricken Su family members; and without the eyes that were secretly watching, the new emperor must have no clues about their whereabouts.

These people were ordered to come here from Shengjing, so it must have taken them quite a while.

But it took a month and a half for the new emperor's people to find here, and the delay was too long.

Su Sheng just nodded when he heard this and started analyzing the situation with Su Guanyu.

During the days these people were delayed, in addition to the fact that they lost their trace, there was a greater possibility that heavy snow in the north would block the roads.

Another possibility is manpower issues.

The new emperor Shengyu was once a weak prince, and he came to the throne illegitimately. He must have had fewer capable people at his disposal, otherwise the two waves of black-clad men sent to assassinate them that day would not have had such a huge difference in skills and rules.

"The group of elite black soldiers who assassinated us that day must be his biggest bargaining chip." Su Sheng said in a serious tone.

His current serious look was completely different from the look on Lan Jie'er's full moon day when he pulled his youngest son to be a shield for him. He had regained some of the calm temperament of the former head of the Su Guogong Mansion.

Su Guanyu smiled and nodded, "Father is right. But it's better to keep the news that my younger brother is still alive secret." Although he was smiling, the smile did not reach his eyes.

Given that guy's madness, if he knew that his younger brother's wife was not dead and gave birth to their Su family's child after falling off the cliff, who knows what he would do.

For an emperor who could think of spreading the rumor that "the emperor is infatuated with his minister's wife", who can guarantee that he would not spread another rumor that "the girl from the Xuan family is blessed by the dragon's energy and has great fortune"?

What did that become?

Do you still want your younger brother’s reputation?

If the rumor gets out that Sister Lan is the child of the emperor of the Sheng family, wouldn’t that be disgusting even more?

Sister Lan is the jewel of the Su family. How can she bear such rumors about her unclear background?

After hearing his analysis, Su Sheng felt disgusted.

no!

Xuan Jinyu is his daughter-in-law of the Su family, and Lan Jie'er is his beloved granddaughter. He absolutely cannot allow anyone to ruin their reputation like this!

Since Sister Lan was born, he has never held her in his arms or fulfilled his duties as a grandfather. Now let him clear this obstacle for her!

Su Sheng thought about it, quickly called the secret guard, gave him some instructions, and then took Su Guanyu to Xuan Wensheng's yard to find him.

The Su family father and son discussed with Xuan Wensheng, and cautiously did not let Bai Falcon send any more supplies out, and also cut off communication with the bottom of the cliff.

Su Guanzhang knew that something had happened.

He touched the white falcon that had brought back only a piece of pure white linen, and said to Xuan Jinyu, "People have come from the capital. Father and his men don't want to reveal that we are not dead, and they want to put on a show for them."

This white cloth?

Xuan Jinyu took it from Bai Falcon's mouth and took a closer look, and found that it was the kind of linen that ordinary people use for funerals.

"Oh!" She was silent for a moment, then said, "The day after tomorrow will be the forty-ninth day since we fell off the cliff. Isn't that our seventh day?"

How come someone from Beijing happened to encounter this “last anniversary of his death”?

Xuan Jinyu's heart was beating fast. She had never seen a funeral for a living person before.

Suddenly becoming the person who was "dead", she felt a little confused and uncomfortable.

However, this is a normal reaction for her.

"It's just a temporary measure. They won't really write our names on it." Su Guanzhang comforted her, "If they really do, I'll be there with you!"

Xuan Jinyu snuggled up to his broad and warm chest, put her arms around his waist, and the strangeness and discomfort in her heart slowly dissipated.

The white falcon no longer had to fly back and forth between the cliff bottom and the mountain, so it had some free time. Apart from eating, it would squat beside Sister Lan's small bamboo bed all day, staring at her with its round eyes.

I don't know what it saw.

And Sister Lan didn't seem to think there was anything wrong.

The white falcon has appeared by her side since the first day she was born, and she is already very familiar with its scent.

If she was awake, when the white falcon stared at her, she would open her big watery eyes and look at it.

A pair of clear and flawless eyes that looked very similar to Su Guanzhang's caused the white falcon to emit a clear and pleasant sound from its mouth, as if it was singing.

"It's like we're raising two children." Su Guanzhang said this to Xuan Jinyu when he came back after feeding Bai Falcon meat.

Xuan Jinyu had just finished feeding Lan Jie'er and smiled when she heard this. "You feed the son and I feed the daughter, right?"

This sentence seemed to hit her funny spot. She giggled non-stop and laughed so hard that her body fell limp into Su Guanzhang's arms and was hugged by him.

Su Guanzhang took a deep breath, touched her face, and was about to do something to her when the sound of a white falcon flapping its wings rang out.

It flew back into the big cave.

"He doesn't look like a son, but more like a debt collector." Su Guanzhang took a deep breath, buried his head in Xuan Jinyu's shoulder, and calmed his anger.

Since the white falcon stayed with them in the big cave every day, although they expected that it could not understand anything, they could not really pretend that it did not exist.

Not only did the couple have less time to be intimate with each other, but even when Xuan Jinyu was feeding Lan Jie'er and Su Guanzhang was changing Lan Jie'er's clothes and diapers, they had to avoid it.

It's a sweet trouble.

Xuan Jinyu ignored him, just smiled and waved Bai Hun to come to her, "Why are you eating so fast? Are you full?" She touched the jade claws that obediently exposed its belly to her.

"I'm really full." Xuan Jinyu was a little surprised, "You eat so fast?" She pushed Su Guanzhang.

Su Guanzhang understood, reluctantly loosened his arms around her waist, stood up and walked out.

After a while, he came back and stared at the white falcon for a long time before saying, "What's wrong with you? You've eaten much less these past two days."

The white falcon flapped its wings at him.

"I don't understand." Su Guanzhang said.

The white falcon ignored him and quickly turned around and flew to Lan Jie'er's small bamboo bed, lowering its head to look at the child.

Xuan Jinyu watched the interaction between the man and the falcon with amusement, and pulled Su Guanzhang's hand. "It hasn't finished eating the meat?" she asked with a worried tone.

Since cutting off contact with the outside world, Bai Falcon's appetite has decreased and he no longer eats meat twice a day.

Not only that, in the past two days, it even had some leftover raw meat that Su Guanzhang prepared for it every day.

"But are you sick?" Xuan Jinyu asked again.

Su Guanzhang shook his head and held her in his arms again, "She doesn't look sick."

He seemed to be lost in thought, seriously pondering the meaning of the white falcon flapping its wings at him just now.

He felt that since Bai Falcon was so human-like, he must be able to perform actions that people could understand, and it might just be that he didn't understand.

Xuan Jinyu laughed when she heard this, "Do you take it seriously?" She raised her hand and touched his forehead.

"It's okay if you take it seriously," she continued without waiting for Su Guanzhang to answer, "I'm free anyway, so just think about it slowly."

They were trapped at the bottom of the cliff for nearly two months. She was fine. Because her body had not recovered yet, she spent most of her time sleeping.

After he recovered, he had his daughter and Bai Falcon by his side, and they could talk to him, so it wasn't that hard to bear.

Su Guanzhang, on the other hand, had spent the last few days alone with his wife and daughter, who slept soundly, without anyone to talk to. Bai Falcon, who was also busy traveling in and out of the mountains, couldn't accompany him.

Looking at the large and small shelves, ornaments, herbs in the cave, and the bathing pool behind the mountain wall, you can tell what he has been busy with these days.

And since she had been awake more often, he had rarely been busy with his work.

He didn't really want to be a bamboo craftsman, so he didn't need to continue working once he had all the necessary things.

Su Guanzhang then became free.

Every day, apart from going out to find food, cooking, changing diapers for the child, bathing him, and washing clothes for the three of them, there is not much else to do.

He had already prepared floral dew for Xuan Jinyu's bathing, shampooing and washing her hands, and filled an entire shelf with it.

The herbs no longer needed to be dried or processed for the time being, as there was no place to store them in the two large caves. He even asked Bai Falcon to send a lot of them away.

Xuan Jinyu nodded and suddenly felt a little guilty, "Husband, you do a lot of work every day." She said sincerely.

Su Guanzhang is actually not idle every day, but compared to when he was busy from morning to night when she was in confinement, he seems to be a little idle these days.

But there was a lot to do, and he almost took on all the work for the day.

If he had enough milk, he would have rushed to do the job of feeding the baby.

"Husband, you have worked hard." Xuan Jinyu hugged him back and said in a soft voice.

Su Guanzhang looked at her with a smile and kissed her lively eyes.

He discovered that his wife didn't like to call him "husband" on weekdays, but always liked to call him by his full name.

But once something dangerous happened, or she was emotionally unstable and wanted to care for him or act coquettishly with him, she would call him "husband" all the time, and she was so skilled at it that she couldn't be more skilled.

"I'm willing to do more for your husband." Su Guanzhang glanced at the white falcon and saw that it had buried its head between its wings and fell asleep. He then pressed Xuan Jinyu down and continued to complete what he had just been interrupted on.

After dinner, Su Guanzhang was walking outside the cave with Xuan Jinyu and Lan Jie'er in his arms to digest the food. When he saw the white falcon flying into the sky, he suddenly realized why its appetite had changed so much.