Xianjin:?
The precious pig who was sleeping soundly in the attic knocked out eight mosquitoes with a slap, squinted his eyes and muttered: "Hmph, look at my big palm!" - showing the pig's majestic appearance.
Xianjin waved his hand and said, "What do you mean by 50/50 or 250/10? You can handle these small matters by yourself. I make a lot of money. I can make ten taels of silver in one hour!"
Qiao Hui grovelled: "Yes, yes, yes! I will never bother Boss He with these little things again. It's all my fault. I regret it."
Qiao Hui looked up at the inner courtyard they were about to reach and smiled, "How about, Boss He, can you accompany me for another ten taels of silver?"
Okay.
Boss He generously chose to walk along the bank of Jingbin, which is close to Jinghu Lake.
The bushes and grass are dense, and the water surface is wrinkled by the midsummer, like a piece of silk cloth that has regained its luster.
Qiao Hui held up a lantern and walked side by side with Xianjin. In the silence, he said in a deep voice: "You, have you heard of Emperor Xun?"
Xianjin nodded.
Of course I have heard of it.
In the past five or six years, she had moved from Jing County to Xuancheng Prefecture, and now to the capital. The court was originally far away from her, and she only needed to make and sell good paper. But gradually she found that the court was right beside her, and every move of the court was enough to overturn all her efforts in one day. She thought that the court, which was far away in the sky, had already gone through layers of escalation and appeared beside her in another form - for example, the rise and fall of Bazhang Xuan.
The rise of Hachijo-sensei was due to the fact that the abdicated emperor loved long landscape paintings with distinct layers of ink and appropriate mist;
The downfall of Bazhang Xuan was due to the fact that Emperor Zhaode, who ascended the throne later, was not keen on calligraphy, painting, and literature, and Li Sanshun's father Li Laozhang became a victim of family infighting.
From then on, the Chen family no longer had the same say over Xuan paper as before.
The times are like a grain of sand, and individuals are like a mountain. That's all.
Qiao Hui followed Xianjin and nodded, his eyes cast towards the pavilion in the center of the lake not far away. The flying eaves were flamboyant and enthusiastic. He considered his words carefully: "Xun Emperor, oh, he is also the current Prince Xiao, the legitimate son of Empress Yuan, the only biological brother of Princess Bai'an, he ascended the throne at the age of 23 and was named Emperor Wenjing. At the age of 31, he abdicated the throne to the current Emperor Zhaode after the Baiduo Rebellion, and he is also his and Princess Bai'an's half-brother..."
Qiao Hui suddenly stopped.
Xianjin listened quietly and nodded gently: "And then?"
For a moment, Qiao Hui didn't know where to start.
How to say it?
Could it be that I suspect that the former abdicated emperor, the current Prince Xiao, is your father? And your father also suspects that you are his daughter?
There is no proof.
If there was evidence, why would King Xiao lure him to the northern suburbs and try to find out the news indirectly?
It can only prove that everyone is just guessing.
But he still hadn't figured out where King Xiao came up with this guess.
Moreover, even if we take a step back, in the entire conversation between him and King Xiao tonight, King Xiao never said a word that he suspected Xianjin was his girl.
Qiao Hui paused for a long time before saying, "Of the two arrows today, one came from the mute guard, and the one that hit you right between the eyebrows came from the shadow guard that Prince Xiao placed beside you."
He would not lie to Xianjin, nor would he make any decisions for Xianjin.
Whatever, whenever, whatever the reason.
Qiao Hui tried to be as objective as possible: "I just came back from the northern suburbs. Prince Xiao asked a lot of questions, such as your mother's condition, your age, and how your mother went to Jing County... I didn't know what he meant, so I didn't answer."
Xianjin was stunned for a moment, slowed down his pace, and unconsciously stayed on the bluestone path along the lake.
Qiao Hui turned the angle of the lantern with one hand to avoid the light shining directly into Xianjin's eyes.
"What do you mean?" Xianjin asked with a frown.
After pondering for a moment, Qiao Hui said softly, "From his tone, perhaps he could be your elder."
Elder is just a euphemism.
Xianjin knew what Qiao Hui wanted to say.
Xianjin stood still, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking seriously. After a moment, Xianjin finally took a step, walking lightly forward along the path paved with densely packed pebbles.
Qiao Hui followed with a lantern.
Xianjin looked at the lake and said, "Ask if you want to. If you really want to know, you should have asked when Princess Bai'an returned to the capital from the northern border."
After the Baiduo Rebellion, Princess Bai'an rushed to the capital to pacify the situation. Otherwise, how could the abdication be smooth and unscathed? This is an exception in the history of any country and any era.
Since Princess Bai'an had been the pillar of stability and presided over the situation, if a princess of the royal family was missing, how could she not find out the truth? Even if there were great difficulties at that time, but... but that is your flesh and blood... I want to see her alive or dead.
What was the hidden story? What happened during the Baiduo Rebellion? The Qiao family had already lived in seclusion in Xuancheng Prefecture at that time, so they naturally had no way of knowing such a top-secret event.
Only today, more than ten years later, I am still asking around like a headless fly.
Xianjin said calmly: "My main task now is to buy a shop."
The rest of the things were not important before and are not important now.
Qiao Hui nodded silently.
When I looked up, I saw two ducks in the middle of the lake, their webbed feet touching and their ears rubbing against each other, COSPLAYING as mandarin ducks.
Qiao Hui changed the subject methodically: "This pair of ducks are really in love."
Xianjin sighed and said, "Yeah, he's really fat. I'll have Mother Zhang kill him and put him in the pot tomorrow."
Qiao Hui:?
Qiao Hui turned his head expressionlessly: "You really ruin the mood."
Xianjin twisted his mouth and sneered, "How can someone who ate Su Ji beef noodles behind my back have the qualifications to say such things?"
Qiao Hui: ? ?
"How do you know?" Qiao Hui turned pale.
Xianjin sneered again: "The smell is the smell of betrayal!"
After Qiao Hui fell silent, he looked at the duck in the center of the lake with a guilty look: "Then let's scald one in the pot and roast the other."
...
The life and death of the duck had been decided, and Princess Bai'an, who had just decided the lives and deaths of many people in the northern border, had just returned to the capital and sat down in the Ganhe Palace when a secret servant came hurriedly to report.
Princess Bai'an's eyebrows, which had usually remained expressionless, suddenly twitched three times.
This was the first time she heard of this.
Princess Bai'an clenched her hands tightly, and after thinking for a while, she said in a deep voice: "...The shadow guard has been removed, so let Old Seven continue to watch."
The secret attendant received the order and left, but was stopped by Princess Bai'an on the way: "No, let Yuanlang go directly - with Baoyuan's skills, there is no doubt that the seventh brother will not be discovered."
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