Chapter 22 It's Good to Be Alive
Snow Eagle: "Woof woof woof."
The yamen runners were pale with fright, almost wetting themselves in fear.
I heard that Xueying was a dog bestowed upon Prince Xuan by the late emperor, and His Majesty dotes on Prince Xuan. He even publicly declared that even if Xueying killed someone, no one was allowed to kill him.
In other words, whoever gets bitten to death by this dog can only blame their bad luck.
This dog also resembled its master, King Xuan, and was extremely fierce. It was said that it had killed many people.
Feeling the snow eagle exert even more force with its two front paws, its bared teeth almost biting its own face.
The constable trembled and cried out, "Spare me, young lady, spare me! Tell me what you need, and I will do it."
Li Nanke breathed a sigh of relief.
Rushing out of the carriage was an impulsive act, but since I was already out, my only thought was to save the person.
Fortunately, she had a sudden inspiration and saw Xueying, who had come down with her.
Hmm, it feels pretty good to have your back against a powerful dog.
She pointed to Tao's mother, who was almost fainting.
"Have someone take this mother away safely, and don't beat her anymore."
The constables were surprised by the simple request and readily agreed, instructing the others.
"Quickly, quickly carry this wretched...ah, this stewardess away properly, and apply some medicine to her."
After saying that, he looked at Li Nanke expectantly.
"Young lady, do you think this will work?"
Li Nanke remained silent, watching as the two constables stepped forward to help Tao's mother.
Tao's mother almost fainted. She felt someone pulling her and instinctively hugged the little girl in her arms tightly.
The little girl sobbed, but still let go of her hand.
"Goodbye, Aunt Tao. Take good care of yourself and get well soon."
"Miss... young lady."
Tao's mother murmured as she was forcibly helped away.
As she passed by Li Nanke, she suddenly shoved away the yamen runner who was supporting her.
He immediately knelt down in front of Li Nanke and kept kowtowing.
"Please, my benefactor, have mercy and save my daughter."
“My daughter is only nine years old this year. She lost her birth mother at a young age and has no one to protect her. If she is exiled, she will only face death.”
"My little benefactor, please."
Tao's mother had already banged her head, and after hitting it several more times with such force, her entire forehead was covered in blood, which dripped down her cheeks.
It was shocking and deeply moving.
She seemed oblivious, continuing to kowtow mechanically.
Li Nanke's face immediately scrunched up.
She saved Tao's mother partly because she saw the Zisu from her dream in her, and partly because she had other selfish motives.
The reason Tao's mother was able to be saved was because of Xueying's influence, but in reality, it was also because of King Xuan.
Even King Xuan could not change His Majesty's orders.
The Jiang family has already been exiled by imperial decree.
She couldn't help, nor did she have the ability to help.
Tao's mother raised her face, blurred with blood and tears, and saw the little girl in front of her looking troubled. She couldn't help but collapse to the ground.
My heart is ashen.
Knowing that he was making a difficult request, he stopped kowtowing.
He turned to look at the young girl from the Jiang family, then wiped the blood and tears from his face with his sleeve, and then knelt on the ground and respectfully kowtowed.
"This servant bids farewell to you here, young lady."
“Aunt Tao”.
The little girl, Jiang, cried so hard that she slid to her knees, but she held onto her own hand tightly, as if she was desperately trying to restrain herself from rushing over and hugging Tao's mother.
"Please remember my words, young lady: no matter how difficult things are, just being alive is enough."
It's good that you're alive.
The four words rushed into Li Nanke's ears, making her nose sting and tears almost fall from her eyes.
In the dream, on the road to exile, after her grandmother and father were beaten to death, her mother was dragged away again and again by those beastly yamen runners in order to protect her.
Every time her mother stumbled back, she would bite her lip tightly, hold her close, and say over and over again, "It's good that you're alive."
"It's good that my Ke'er is alive."
No matter how difficult things were, her mother only hoped that she would live.
Just like how Madam Tao hopes for Miss Jiang.
She blinked hard to wipe the tears from her eyes and looked at Miss Jiang, who was almost crying her eyes out.
Despite being older than her, he was thin and looked shorter than her.
She was kneeling on the ground, crying sadly and helplessly, but none of the Jiang family members around her paid any attention to her.
Li Nanke seemed to see himself in his dream, the one who had just been exiled.
She had her grandmother and parents to protect her, but this little girl had no one to protect her.
Whether she could survive until she was exiled to Qianzhou was unknown.
Li Nanke stepped forward to help her up, leaned close, and whispered a few words to her.
The little girl, Jiang, stared at her with her wet eyes, puzzled.
Li Nanke nodded to her, then walked towards the yamen runner who was still being held down by Xueying.
He lowered his voice and said to the constable, "I don't care about the others, but you must protect her well to her place of exile. Don't let anyone bully her, otherwise..."
Snow Eagle: "Woof woof woof!"
The constable frowned. "This..."
Li Nanke's face hardened.
"Unless you don't want to go back to the capital, I will definitely find you as soon as you return."
The constable's eyes darted around.
Although it's unclear what the young girl's relationship is with the Prince Xuan's mansion, it would be a good thing if she could use this opportunity to get close to the Prince Xuan.
He was so busy that he kept nodding in agreement.
"Don't worry, young lady, I can definitely do it."
Li Nanke turned to look at Tao's mother.
Tao's mother had taken Li Nanke's words to heart. She kowtowed deeply with gratitude, then her body slumped and she fainted.
Two constables came out and carried her away to be handed over to slave traders.
"Girl, look..."
The head constable looked at her with a fawning expression.
Li Nanke felt extremely disgusted.
Although these constables were not the same group of people who had exiled them in her dreams, she still felt uncomfortable.
He took two steps back and nodded to Xueying.
Xueying then released the constable.
Li Nanke nodded to the young girl Jiang and left with Xueying.
As soon as she got in the car, she couldn't help but hug the snow eagle and stroke its fluffy head hard.
"Xueying, you did a really great job just now. When we get back, I'll not only give you extra chicken legs, but I'll also give you a gift."
"Woof woof".
Xueying nuzzled her hand with its head, clearly pleased as well.
Only Zisu looked lingering fear.
"Young lady, please don't meddle in other people's business next time. If it weren't for Xueying, we would have been beaten to death by that yamen runner."
"And another thing, if King Xuan finds out that we're using Xueying's influence, will he be so angry that he sends people to capture the girl?"
Li Nanke's face fell.
If Shen Cong knew that she had once again relied on his power, would he want to chop her up and feed her to the snow eagle?
It's already a stroke of luck that I escaped this time.
Forget it, let's wait until he finds out.
She was never one to overthink things; she had an urgent matter that Zisu needed to handle.
She instructed Zisu, "Go to the official brokerage later and find the broker who took Tao Mama away. Buy her back."
Zisu looked surprised. "Although that Madam Tao is pitiful, our family doesn't need anyone. Why do we want to buy her?"
Li Nanke sighed, resting his chin on his hand.
Her family isn't short of people, but she and her mother are very short of people around them.
They especially lack capable confidants.
That Madam Tao is so loyal to the young master; she's a useful person.
"Just do as I say, Sister Zisu."
Prince Xuan's residence.
Shen Cong quickly learned what had happened on the street.
Raising an eyebrow at Erfeng, she asked, "What do you think she said to that little girl from the Jiang family?"
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