Chapter 253 Super Guardian
Old Qiao didn't hide anything and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Madam Min Qiao, "Aunt, I am Jing Yao. Thank you for taking care of my mother and younger sister these days."
"It really is you!" Madam Min Qiao cried with joy. "Good, good, I'm so glad you're alright. Your mother and sister will be overjoyed to see you."
“I’ll send someone to fetch your mother right now. Oh, and Yuanyao too. She went back to the palace with the Seventh Princess yesterday. According to the agreement, she’ll have to wait at least nine days before she leaves the palace again.”
"I'll send someone to the palace to tell her that I'm ill and ask her to come back to take care of me. That way, you and your brother can see each other as soon as possible."
Min Qiao was quite excited. Seeing Qiao Jingyao appear in front of her safe and sound was the best thing that had happened to her in recent days.
As she spoke, Madam Min was about to make the arrangements, but Qiao Jingyao stopped her.
"Aunt, no need."
Madam Min Qiao turned around and looked at Qiao Jingyao with a puzzled expression. "Don't you want to see your mother and your sister right away?"
Qiao Jingyao smiled. "I won't be leaving the capital for the time being. I'll have plenty of time to meet them later. Most importantly, I can't acknowledge them yet. So, I have to keep a low profile."
Madam Min nodded. "Yes, your identity cannot be revealed for the time being."
There's a whole bunch of people in Jiangnan waiting to find him and tear him to pieces!
Moreover, we haven't figured out who the people in Jiangnan are backing in the capital yet, so we absolutely cannot easily expose Qiao Jingyao's identity.
To be honest, she initially thought that Minister Sun was the backer of those people in Jiangnan.
However, Minister Sun was easily stripped of his power by Emperor Xiaozhao and ordered to return home to observe mourning.
Looking at it this way, it seems that Minister Sun doesn't have that much ability.
Moreover, at the banquet at the Marquis of Annan's residence, she only mentioned Jiangnan briefly, and Old Madam Sun became emotional and stopped her.
It is clear that the person behind this is someone even the Sun family must be wary of.
But who exactly is behind this?
Emperor Xiaozhao was the first to be ruled out. The entire country belonged to him, and the taxes from the country naturally belonged to him as well. How could he possibly allow those people in Jiangnan to make a fuss about the salt tax?
The Crown Prince can also be ruled out. After all, he has been the Crown Prince since he was a few years old, and Emperor Xiaozhao has been grooming him as his successor. For more than ten years, the Crown Prince's position has remained unshakable.
The actions of those people in Jiangnan are an act that undermines the foundation of the nation. As the future emperor of Dayan, I naturally stand on the same side as Emperor Xiaozhao and deeply abhor this.
Several princes? That's even more impossible! Apart from the third prince participating in politics, the other princes have not yet participated in politics and have no access to those things at all.
Not to mention the Empress Dowager and the Empress. Given Emperor Xiaozhao's sensitivity and suspicion, as well as his suppression of the harem, the Empress Dowager and the Empress couldn't possibly cause any trouble.
In the end, only the senior officials in the court remained.
If the Minister of Works falls, what about the Minister of Personnel? What about the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Justice? Or the Grand Secretaries?
Or perhaps a noble family?
When the Great Yan Kingdom was founded, it conferred titles of three dukes, six marquises, and twelve earls. A hundred years later, only two dukes (Duke of Wu and Duke of Jin), three marquises (Marquis of Xuanping, Marquis of Yongning, and Marquis of Yongchang), and six earls (Earl of Annan, Earl of Enping, etc.) remain.
The Duke of Jin's mansion, the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion, and the Earl of Enping's mansion are the first to be ruled out.
Which company, or which few companies, will be left?
For a moment, Madam Min Qiao couldn't come up with a solution. So she put aside these thoughts and looked at Qiao Jingyao again, asking cautiously, "It is said that you have completely dismantled the assassin organization in Jiangnan."
Qiao Jingyao nodded: "Yes. I've killed all the people each family planted. I've also sent all the little assassins I trained to my aunt's ship."
Min Qiaoshi naturally knew all this. What she really wanted to ask was, where were the remaining assassins? Qiao Jingyao was here, so where were the others?
Without Qiao Jingyao's restraint, wouldn't those people indiscriminately kill innocent people?
Or has Qiao Jingyao already killed all of them?
Min Qiaoshi didn't know how to ask these questions.
Perhaps sensing Min Qiao's worries, Qiao Jingyao spoke frankly: "Aunt, don't worry. Apart from those we killed, only thirteen members of the assassin organization left with me."
"After leaving Jiangnan, we established a security escort company. We traveled all over the country and built up a reputation. Now, our skills have a legitimate origin. No one will doubt it."
Madam Min breathed a sigh of relief. "So, are all those people staying at the escort agency now? Now that you're my bodyguard, can you still manage things at the escort agency?"
Qiao Jingyao smiled and said, "Of the fourteen of us, ten are currently serving as bodyguards for my aunt at the Qiao residence. The remaining four are staying at the escort agency, taking on odd jobs around the capital."
"As long as the name of the escort agency is still valid, it's fine."
"My aunt's safety is the top priority right now."
Min Qiao's lips twitched. Having a group of assassins as her bodyguards... was she safe or in danger?
She used to think that a naive newcomer like Ajiu was incredibly impressive. Now, suddenly, she's told that Qiao Jingyao has brought a group of top assassins to guard her home!
No matter how I think about it, it feels like a dream.
"How did you all come up with the idea of becoming my bodyguards?"
Qiao Jingyao didn't hide anything and said truthfully, "It was Wei Jia, the girl from my aunt's side, who took the initiative to approach me."
"Actually, not long after my aunt returned to the capital, the fourteen of us gradually came to the capital in batches. Then, by establishing a security escort company and recruiting security guards, we slowly came together again."
"Later, a little beggar recognized one of us, and not long after, Miss Weijia came to our door and asked us to be her bodyguards and protect her safety."
Of course, he only learned about the little beggar recognizing them later from Wei Jia.
As for confirming his identity, it was because a group of little beggars were arranged to wait outside Mu Jin's clinic and the academy where Fang Feng went to school, hoping to catch him.
He wasn't heartless, so naturally he would secretly go to see the mother and child. That's how he got caught red-handed by the group of little beggars.
Not good, not good again!
Min Qiao's feelings were complex and difficult to discern.
Over the past year, Wei Jia has done so many things for her, some good and some bad, but all of them were done to protect her.
She blamed Wei Jia for being too opinionated, scheming, and acting on her own initiative, which she felt threatened her peaceful life.
But is her life really stable?
No!
From the moment she learned of Min Ji's schemes before his death, her life was already shattered.
No, her life was turned upside down from the moment she died at the hands of the Min family's descendants in her previous life.
Reborn, all she thought about was giving up and ignoring everything. She thought that this would allow her to live a carefree life, watch the Min family's descendants suffer disgrace and retribution, and then kneel before her to repent for their mistakes.
However, was her life truly carefree and idyllic? Not at all!
Did the descendants of the Min family truly realize their mistake? No!
Apart from Min Yuexi, who was also reborn like her, everyone else continued to do as they pleased. Min Rong, in particular, became even more outrageous!
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