Chirp followed along at a little pace.
With Qiuqiu's jade pendant, they had no trouble traveling the entire way.
On the way, they even ran into Qiuqiu's scumbag father, Qi Jiating.
Qi Jiating looked at Chen Taifu holding Xu Ruyun and suddenly felt a surge of jealousy.
Qi Jiating stopped Chen Taifu.
"Stop! This is my wife. How can you be so rude in public?"
Grand Tutor Chen sneered, "You two divorced long ago, you have no right to talk to me like that! Get out of the way, I need to save someone!"
Chiu Chiu secretly channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into Xu Ruyun.
Xu Ruyun slightly opened her eyes, but felt weak in her limbs and could not move.
She felt a little embarrassed to see herself lying in Chen Taifu's arms. Seeing Qi Jiating and Chen Taifu arguing made her even more embarrassed.
Xu Ruyun tried to open her mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
She wanted to get down and walk on her own, but she couldn't move.
To avoid embarrassment, she simply kept her eyes closed and pretended to be asleep.
[Mother is fine. Let her sleep for a while, otherwise getting too emotional might be bad for her health.]
Xu Ruyun was still grieving and couldn't care less about the two grown men arguing in front of her.
Grand Tutor Chen: "Get out of the way! Saving lives is the priority!"
Qi Jiating: "I won't let her! Put her down!"
Grand Tutor Chen: "She can't walk, what am I supposed to do if I put her down?"
Qi Jiating: "I'll carry you!"
Grand Tutor Chen: "Go away! Get out of here! From now on, her affairs are none of your business!"
Qi Jiating: "You think it's all unrelated? I still have a child with her, don't you think so, Qiuqiu?"
Chiu Chiu shook her head.
Qi Jia raised his hand to hit Qiuqiu, but was stopped by Chen Taifu.
Grand Tutor Chen: "What do you want to do?"
Qi Jiating: "I'll discipline my own child, what's it to you?"
Grand Tutor Chen glanced at Chiu Chiu and asked, "Chiu Chiu, can you run?"
Chirp nodded.
Grand Tutor Chen: "Then come with me and run. Saving your mother is the most important thing!"
Chirp: "Okay!"
Grand Tutor Chen carried Xu Ruyun and Qiuqiu away, and he didn't have time to pay attention to Qi Jiating, not wanting to get entangled with him and delay important matters.
Qi Jiating wanted to chase after them to stop them, but was tripped by a wisp of spiritual energy from Qiujiu and fell to the ground.
Qiuqiu took out the jade pendant and said to the guard beside her, "Help me stop that person and don't let him catch up again!"
Upon seeing the jade pendant, the guard dared not disobey, and thus said, "Yes!"
Qi Jiating watched helplessly as Grand Tutor Chen carried Xu Ruyun away.
Seeing that no one was chasing after him, Grand Tutor Chen put Xu Ruyun aside and sent someone to find the imperial physician.
The imperial physician arrived upon hearing the news and treated Xu Ruyun.
The imperial physician said, "Madam is not seriously ill. She is just overwhelmed with grief and her heart is heavy. I will prescribe some medicine for her. She should go back and rest well. If she avoids emotional agitation, she will recover."
Grand Tutor Chen looked at Qiuqiu with confusion and asked, "Overly sad? What is it that makes you overly sad?"
Chuchu cried, "Uncle, my uncle is dead, waaaaah..."
Grand Tutor Chen burst into laughter after hearing this.
Grand Tutor Chen: "Are you talking about Minister Xu? Minister Xu is currently receiving his reward before the Emperor, how could he be dead?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Ruyun opened her eyes and weakly asked Grand Tutor Chen, "What? My brother isn't dead?"
Grand Tutor Chen: "No! He's perfectly fine!"
Xu Ruyun: "Then how come I just heard that my brother was beheaded outside the Meridian Gate?"
Grand Tutor Chen: "Oh? You must have misheard. The one beheaded at the Meridian Gate was Lord Xu. He was beheaded for embezzling a large sum of disaster relief funds and committing other serious crimes."
Xu Ruyun: "You mean my brother is alright?"
Grand Tutor Chen: "It's alright, it's alright. Minister Xu is doing well now."
Thank goodness, my uncle is alright!
In the Emperor's study, the Emperor was praising Xu Ziming highly.
The emperor received a petition signed by several hundred people.
However, the memorial was not a complaint against Xu Ziming, but rather a praise of Xu Ziming, asking the emperor to reward him.
The Emperor smiled and looked at Xu Ziming, saying, "Ziming, you managed to keep the people's property safe from such a severe flood, and you also built canals and moats. This is truly a great achievement. How should I reward you?"
Xu Ziming: "Your subject dares not! This is merely your duty."
The Emperor said, “You are too modest. I heard that you even paid out of your own pocket to help the people harvest the crops ahead of schedule, which saved their food. The fact that so many people have signed a petition to praise you shows that you have truly won the hearts of the people.”
Xu Ziming was so frightened that he knelt down: "Your Majesty, I am terrified! The people's hearts belong to Your Majesty, and I am only doing this to bring glory to Your Majesty!"
The Emperor said, "Very well! Since you have brought honor to me, I will not treat you unfairly! The position of General of the Cavalry is vacant, so you will fill it!"
Xu Ziming: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"
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