Chapter 844 What are your orders?

Song Chunxue never expected that she would be so easily persuaded by a teenage girl that she would listen to her in everything.

This child looks young, but she is quick-witted and speaks with maturity. If you don't look at her face, it's hard to see her as a child.

She managed to suppress her impulse and not remove her mask in front of her, revealing her true identity.

This shows that the little girl didn't guess who she was either.

"How old are you actually? Are you thirty?" the young girl asked in a low voice. "Do you like my father or that Lord Xie more? You weren't here last night, did you go to see Lord Xie?"

"My father is so pitiful, he doesn't even have a woman by his side. Why don't you forget about Lord Xie and stay by my father's side?"

The little girl made a surprising remark.

"Or we could bring Lord Xie here, my father..."

Song Chunxue was so frightened that her forehead was covered in sweat. She quickly covered the little girl's mouth and said, "Shh, you must never say this in front of your father, or you'll get a beating."

"Huh? Why?" The little girl asked, her eyes full of curiosity. "I've been so forgiving, why did he hit me? The girl he brought before..."

"Ziqiao, what are you talking about? Have you finished your homework?"

The little girl shuddered and turned her head guiltily toward the door.

Lord Zhao walked in and looked down at the little girl.

"Okay, I've finished learning." The little girl walked around to the side towards the door. "Now that Daddy's back, I'll go wash my hands first, and we'll have dinner together later."

"You haven't eaten?" Lord Zhao looked at Song Chunxue. "You've already lost your appetite?"

"..." That's not fair to tease people like that.

Lord Zhao took Zhao Ying's hand and said to Song Chunxue, "Let's go to the front for dinner. We have something to discuss."

"Then I..." She looked down at her outfit. She was so used to wearing coarse blue clothes that this kind of exquisite fabric made her feel restricted, especially the hairpins and hair ornaments in her hair, which made her neck hurt.

"Change it, but don't take off the mask yet. Anyway, you look the same to us." He looked down and patted Zhao Ying's head. "Zi Qiao, don't talk nonsense. She's my junior brother."

"I know, but I want a mother."

“Your mother went to the south to visit your third sister. I’ll take you there after the New Year when spring returns.”

Zhao Ying looked up. "But didn't you two vow never to see each other again? Won't it be awkward if you meet again?"

"Forget it, having one father is good enough, having two fathers is..."

Lord Zhao covered her mouth, "Can't you shut up for a while? You say everything."

Song Chunxue lowered her head and pursed her lips, for children's words are most wonderful when spoken without restraint.

They passed through a long corridor and two or three low gates, and arrived at the courtyard where Lord Han was.

Master Han was nestled on a soft couch, with two braziers nearby, making the room warm and cozy.

"Uncle Han!"

Zhao Ying ran over with a smile.

The Taoist priest, who had been lazily dozing with his eyes half-closed, suddenly sat up and dodged backward to avoid being pounced on by Zhao Ying.

"You silly child, don't try to hug me. Men and women shouldn't touch each other." Master Han leaned back. "You're all grown up now, you can't just hug random people."

Zhao Ying was puzzled. "But you're not just anyone. You're my father's good friend, and you even taught me cultivation."

She turned to look at Song Chunxue, "This aunt also cultivates both spirit sword and magic. Can we cultivate together in the future?"

"Alright, then you'd better be diligent and not sleep in." Lord Zhao pulled Zhao Ying to sit beside him.

“Junior brother, from now on, as long as you are in the capital, you will live in the same courtyard as Ziqiao and supervise her cultivation. She is very intelligent, has excellent aptitude, and is highly perceptive, but she is too lazy.”

Zhao Ying retorted, "Where am I lazy? Compared to my peers, I'm very diligent. Who at such a young age has to cultivate themselves in addition to studying?"

Song Chunxue looked at the child in front of her with envy, "Okay, I'll try my best."

"You can show your true self when no one else is around."

Song Chunxue nodded, raised her hand and peeled off the mask from her ear, revealing her true face.

Zhao Ying looked at Song Chunxue's face curiously. "I think I've seen you before."

“I have been to the Zhao residence before, and perhaps you have seen me there,” Song Chunxue said with a smile. “I hope you will take good care of me in the future, Miss Ziqiao.”

“Of course,” the little girl patted her chest confidently, “Since he’s Father’s junior brother, then he’s mine…”

"Calling her aunt is fine too."

After dinner, Lord Zhao sent Zhao Ying away.

Song Chunxue only then realized that the news of her staying overnight at the Xie residence had spread in such a short time.

Someone from the palace just came to inquire, and Lord Zhao will personally go to the palace tomorrow to explain.

From now on, it's best for them to keep a low profile and focus on their spiritual practice.

"Alright, playing those brain-teasing tricks will only delay your cultivation. Just make up a simple excuse to save them from racking their brains to guess. My main purpose in coming to the capital is to cultivate, and I will have to trouble you two senior brothers."

Master Han remained noncommittal. “It is important to understand what is most important. Men put important matters first, while women like to put love first. This is the most vicious aspect of this world over the past thousands of years, but it is also the most brilliant aspect. I don’t want you to make this mistake.”

"You can be loyal and righteous, but you can't be indiscriminate in prioritizing things or distinguishing right from wrong. After all, they all call you junior brother, not junior sister. You must understand the difference."

Master Han's words resonated deeply with her, and Song Chunxue nodded emphatically, understanding that this was an affirmation and recognition.

"Junior brother will keep this in mind."

She noticed that Master Han stood up, his lazy and casual demeanor gone, his expression solemn as if he were about to become an immortal.

He put on long boots, held a white whisk in his hand, and his clothes instantly transformed into a solemn and mysterious purple Taoist robe.

Lord Zhao glanced at Song Chunxue, walked alongside her with a serious expression, and gestured for her to follow Master Han.

The next moment, Song Chunxue saw a two-zhang-high and two-meter-wide opening appear in front of Master Han, its irregular edges shimmering with light, its destination unknown.

It turns out that what the book says isn't all false; some people really can travel through time and space freely.

With eyes full of wonder, she followed Master Han to a magnificent underground corridor. Every two steps there was a lamp niche, and the clean stone slabs were neither too hot nor too cold.

The further they walked, the wider their view became. They came to a spacious and empty hall. Two luminous pearls on either side of the seat on the high platform were very eye-catching, but they were not as shocking as the huge green jade landscape carving behind the seat.

Song Chunxue didn't recognize jade or emeralds before, but now she knows that whether it's stone or jadeite, this kind of clean, warm-textured green stone carving is priceless.

No matter what color green it is, all green is valuable.

The key is that it looks good and is very pleasing to the eye.

Master Han and Lord Zhao had already reached the throne and opened a hidden door to the side.

"come over."

Master Han looked at Song Chunxue.

Song Chunxue rushed over, "What are your instructions, Daoist Master?"

"These are called spirit stones, which can help with cultivation. In fact, besides talent, the most important thing for cultivators is cultivation resources. Some people are born with deficiencies, but if a sect has enough cultivation treasures, elixirs, spirit stones, spirit liquids, and rare and precious materials, it can completely make up for the deficiencies."