"...Tai Zhuo and the others are indeed here to look for me. Let them go first and let them protect me. They will send me back to Nankun in half a year."
"Then mother will evacuate the government officials tomorrow. They can only live in the cold courtyard and need to report outside."
The Crown Princess's people must be kept under close watch.
"Can you give them enough to eat? The Queen Mother has prepared tens of thousands of taels of silver notes for me. I gave them all to her from my small bag."
Xiao Lingyu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Keep this money for yourself. There's a small kitchen in the cold courtyard. Let them take care of themselves. Oh, and since you brought this money here, you won't have to pay them monthly wages, right?"
A sly glint flashed in Xiao Xi'er's eyes. "I'll give them monthly pay after they've spent all the banknotes they brought."
After taking a bath, Xiao Lingyu carried Xiao Xier to bed first.
"Daddy, lie down quickly, I want to sleep in the middle."
Su Xingyi pulled up the collar of his inner garment before lying down.
Xiao Xier quickly turned over and moved towards Su Xingyi. Su Xingyi was so scared that he grabbed his collar.
No way, Xiao Xier discovered it so quickly?
Su Xingyi pushed Xiao Xier's head and said, "...It's time to lie down and sleep. It's very late."
Seeing that she couldn't get close to him, Xiao Xier turned over and leaned into the crook of Xiao Lingyu's neck and sucked gently.
"Mother, have you concocted a new scented lotion during the few days I was away?"
"Huh?" Xiao Lingyu was confused. "No? Why are you asking that?"
"Mom's body fragrance smells much better than when I left. Even Daddy smells a bit better. Mom looks much prettier too."
“…”
Is Xiao Xier so meticulous?
Fortunately, Xiao Xi'er is young and doesn't understand anything.
Xiao Lingyu smiled and hugged Xiao Xier in his arms, "...You haven't seen me for a few days. You must have missed mother so much, so you think mother is so fragrant and beautiful. Go to sleep quickly. Your three brothers don't know that you flew to Nankun. They haven't seen you for a few days. Get up early tomorrow and have breakfast together as a family..."
On the second day, Xiao Lingyu took Xiao Xier into the cold courtyard and heard Tai Zhuo's painful wails.
"Master Tai, bear with it a little longer, it will be fine soon."
"What happened to him?"
Xiao Xier was really shocked when she saw Tai Zhuo having his hands and feet held down by his personal guards, silver needles stuck in his head, his face distorted, veins bulging, and his eyes bloodshot.
"Young master, you are finally here. Lord Tai has contracted a strange disease, which has not been cured yet." Marquis Yuan said anxiously.
"Mother, you are a good doctor, can you help Tai Zhuo with his treatment?"
Xiao Lingyu's lips curled slightly. This strange disease was caused by her, and it would occur every few days.
Tai Zhuo is quite tough!
"Then let me take a look."
When Xiao Lingyu took Tai Zhuo's pulse, Tai Zhuo's headache was relieved a lot when he smelled the fragrance of Xiao Xier.
When Tai Zhuo saw Xiao Lingyu taking his pulse, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his scarlet eyes.
She was the one who harmed him!
Xiao Xier happened to see it and frowned. What kind of look was that?
Want to harm your mother?
Thinking that he was ill at the moment, I temporarily suppressed the anger in my heart.
"Mother, what disease does he have? Can it be cured?"
"Mother can't diagnose it either, but I do have a set of effective acupuncture techniques to relieve headaches. I'll use them the next time you have an attack, and it will greatly alleviate the pain."
Tai Zhuo's headache was completely gone now. "May I ask, Princess, can it be effectively cured?"
"It's hard to say. After all, I can't diagnose what the condition is. However, my acupuncture method is more effective than that of your doctor friend. It won't cause you so much pain every time you have an attack."
Tai Zhuo saw that she spoke completely without making any mistakes, and it seemed that she really didn't know anything about this strange disease.
"Then please, Princess, teach this set of acupuncture techniques to my good friend, the doctor."
Xiao Lingyu looked at the doctor who was performing the acupuncture and said, "Doctor, please remove the silver needle from your master's head. I will perform the acupuncture now. Remember, I will only demonstrate this once."
"Feng Sanping, please pull out the silver needle."
Doctor Feng quickly pulled out the silver needle from Tai Zhuo's head, and Xiao Lingyu then took the needle and placed it on Tai Zhuo's chest, then on his head.
"Alright, it will only take a quarter of an hour to pull it out. From now on, you will be self-sufficient in the cold courtyard. You will be allowed to leave after half a year."
After saying this, Xiao Lingyu turned and left the room.
"Young Master, what does your mother mean?"
"Tai Zhuo, I believe what you said. I will consider going back to Nankun with you in half a year to recognize my ancestors."
"Young Master, half a year is too long!" Tai Zhuo suddenly became anxious, "The Queen's health can't wait!"
"My mother will surely live a long and healthy life, so you don't have to worry about it. But you seem quite disrespectful to my mother, the princess?!"
“I dare not!”
"Don't dare?" Xiao Xi'er said sternly, "This princess will just pretend that you had a headache just now and accidentally offended the princess with your eyes. I'm just disturbing you once, but I won't let you off easily next time!"
Tai Zhuo broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. "I dare not. Princess Xiao is your adoptive mother, and therefore my master. I will definitely treat Princess Xiao with the same respect I would show my young master."
After Xiao Xi'er left, Yuan Hou said, "Master Tai, I haven't seen the young master for a few days. He looks more majestic now."
Tai Zhuo's eyes were dark and unclear, and no one knew what he was thinking.
A few days later, Tai Zhuo received two letters from Lu Yuan.
In the past few days, the Western Rong army broke through Wuyu Pass, and Baili Xuance led his troops to capture five cities of Beiyi in one go. When the war was aimed at Fengcheng, he received a letter from Baili Xuanlang.
"The Song family is so shameless, they actually dare to turn the tables!"
"Father, what shameless thing has the Song family done again?"
"Read for yourself!" Baili Xuance handed the letter to the twelve-year-old Baili Mingde.
Baili Mingde glanced at the letter and exclaimed when he saw something: "Aunt actually met my cousin on the way, and he is still alive! Father, I want to sneak away to Huayang County to see my aunt and cousin."
"Why are you sneaking to Huayang County? Father will lead you all the way there and take Huayang County."
"Father, don't! Many people will die if we attack there, and our soldiers will inevitably suffer casualties. The purpose of our expedition is to seek justice for my aunt. My cousin's adoptive mother is the Princess of Beiyi. The letter says that the princess is very kind to my cousin and has raised him to be fat and white. This princess is the benefactor of our Baili family. However, from her perspective, she does not want us Xirong to attack Beiyi. I suggest that we stop attacking the city for the time being. Now that the princess is verifying whether what my aunt said is true, we can cooperate with her."
Baili Xuance looked at his eldest son with admiration, "Mingde, tell me how we can cooperate?"
"The Song family framed Auntie for stealing the Beiyi military deployment map, saying we, the Western Rong, were ambitious and wanted to take over all of Beiyi. This was actually a cover-up for their ugly faces. I think the real reason we sent troops was stopped by the Song family."
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