"Squeak squeak squeak." [Ugh—Zhenzhen, could you be any more disgusting?]

Qiao Zhen held the hamster by the scruff of its neck, suspending it in the air. "Even Chu Chu feels sorry for me."

"Alright, alright, I'll do as you say, but when you come back, you must bring her back unharmed." Commander Qiao's first half of his sentence was very doting, while the second half was very serious.

Qiao Zhen smiled sweetly, then replied firmly, "Yes! Daddy is the best."

General Qiao hasn't spoiled his daughter to the point of being insane yet, but he's only one step away from it.

Biya pushed open the door and entered. "General, the adjutant is waiting for you in your study."

General Qiao was annoyed whenever he saw Biya. Why would he have assigned such a maid to serve his daughter? It was because he trusted the steward too much that these servants had become lax. "Go to the steward and collect your wages for these days. Go back to where you got them from."

How could Biya bear to let go of the lucrative profits from the Marshal's mansion? She immediately knelt on the ground, "Please forgive me, Marshal. I will definitely correct any mistakes I have made."

Hey, when Commander Qiao's temper flared up, he was about to draw his gun when Qiao Zhen stopped him in time, "Aren't you going to get down here? Don't you want your wages? Do you want to taste a bullet?"

When Biya saw Commander Qiao about to draw his gun, she immediately got up and went out. She loved money, but she wouldn't be foolish enough to risk her life for it.

The next day, Qiao Zhen slept until she naturally woke up.

When the new maid saw that she was awake, she said, "Miss, Aunt Yun sent a boy into the courtyard. I took it upon myself to let him in, but the child is very stubborn. He is also dressed in thin clothes, and now his lips are turning purple from the cold."

"I understand..." She wanted to go back to sleep.

"Squeak squeak squeak!" [Wake up, Lazy Zhenzhen! If you keep sleeping, we might as well sing a sad song.]

Qiao Zhen sighed and struggled to pull herself out of the warm bed. She threw on a coat and went out. The wind at the end of December felt like a knife, cutting her skin painfully.

Although the boy in the courtyard was simply dressed, pale-faced, and had purple lips, his adorable features were still undeniable. He stared motionless at the courtyard gate, as if hoping that Aunt Yun would take him back.

Qiao Zhen felt that since this was a mission target, its appearance should be quite good in the future, so she was overjoyed to take this little puppy home.

However, the little puppy suddenly went berserk. He gathered his strength and shoved Qiao Zhen hard, then ran away without looking back.

Qiao Zhen accidentally fell to the ground. She was dressed lightly, and the fall was quite heavy, making her bottom feel like it had sunk flat. The maid hurriedly helped Qiao Zhen up, fearing that the young lady would take her anger out on her.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak." The little hamster squeaked gleefully, [Pfft—it doesn't even look at you, you old auntie.]

Enraged, Qiao Zhen grabbed a handful of her hair. "What are you looking at! Help me back to get dressed!"

"What about the child from earlier..." the maid asked anxiously.

Qiao Zhen wasn't worried about where the child could run off to; after all, he was in the Marshal's mansion. Besides, the child had pushed him quite hard, so Qiao Zhen held her breath and waited for the child to come back on his own.

But she had overlooked the fact that besides Consort Yun, Commander Qiao had two other wives, and neither of them were easy to deal with. After Qiao Zhen got dressed and finished her breakfast and lunch, the child still hadn't arrived. She disregarded the face she had just lost and sent people to search for the child in a grand manner throughout the Commander's mansion.

She was just a servant sweeping up fallen leaves and branches when she overheard a child's voice outside the second concubine's courtyard. But who in this mansion would dare to bring a child in so casually? She casually asked someone she knew and learned that the eldest young lady was looking for her child everywhere. She immediately told the steward what had happened.

Qiao Zhen was filled with remorse upon learning this. Ignoring her two-and-a-half-inch heels, she strode confidently into the air. As she entered Aunt Zhang's courtyard, she saw the child, soaking wet, lying on the ground.

"Someone, call the doctor!" Qiao Zhen picked up the child and took him back to her bedroom.

After the doctor arrived, he gave him two IV drips and specifically instructed Qiao Zhen to take good care of the baby. He was already malnourished, and after suffering so much, it wouldn't be surprising if he became delirious from the fever.

After Qiao Zhen saw the doctor off, there was no trace of a smile in her eyes. "Call Aunt Zhang to my courtyard and have her wait outside."

After giving the orders, Qiao Zhen kept a close eye on the child. Whenever he complained of being cold, she would add more blankets to him; whenever he complained of being hot, she would remove them. She didn't mind moving around a bit, but hearing the child complain of being cold one moment and hot the next made her feel uneasy.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak." [Zhenzhen, what if he gets brain damage from the fever? QAQ I don't want to be punished.]

【Get my candy beans out, quick!】

"Squeak..." The little hamster, utterly dejected, pitifully pulled out the damaged elixir. [Let's think of another way; there must be another way!]

Qiao Zhen didn't want to listen to its babbling anymore, so she picked up the little hamster and shook it wildly. An oval red bean flew out, and Qiao Zhen quickly caught it in her palm.

Alright, you can get out of here again now.

The little hamster stared longingly at the red bean in Qiao Zhen's hand, then turned back again and again to go to a corner to grieve alone.

Qiao Zhen didn't care how upset Chu Chu was. She directly poured the pills mixed with water into Lin Zhao's mouth. Fortunately, the child didn't spit out the pills, so she was half relieved.

As for Zhang, Qiao Zhen gave her some face and called her Aunt, but in the end she was just a concubine, and a concubine who held power in the Marshal's Mansion.

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