After Qiu Mobai listened to Jinsuo, he looked up at the top of the city gate.
As Jinsuo said, the number of soldiers guarding the city was obviously more than usual. It was estimated to be three times as many.
It goes without saying that this must have been a deployment made by the emperor out of concern that Prince Yan would take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
After a brief thought, Qiu Mobai pointed to one side of the city wall and suggested as he walked.
"Why not go over there and check it out! It shouldn't be a single piece of iron barrel, there must be something missing."
Jinsuo and Jinling followed closely behind him, walking along the city wall for more than half an hour.
Along the way, Hua Qingqing lay in Qiu Mobai's arms, breathing evenly, and it was obvious that she had fallen asleep.
After careful consideration, Qiu Mobai finally found a place with relatively few guards, which could be used as the best choice to break into the city.
Qiu Mobai gently adjusted his posture and pulled his cloak tighter to completely cover the sleeping Hua Qingqing.
Then his figure flashed and he flew over the towering walls of Bianjing City as lightly as a bird.
He then threw down a rope, and Jinsuo and Jinling followed closely behind, climbed up the rope, and soon climbed over the city wall.
After entering the city, they cleverly avoided the city patrols and, relying on their superb martial arts and keen insight, sneaked all the way to the vicinity of Qian's mansion before stopping.
After making sure that there was no one around, he climbed over the wall and entered Qian's mansion.
In the Qian Mansion, Master Qian Liangchen had already known that everyone would be returning soon, so he waited for them every night until late at night before going to sleep.
Today, after midnight, just after he fell asleep, he heard a noise from the courtyard wall. He hurriedly got up to check what was going on.
Then, Qiu Mobai was seen wearing a nightgown, holding Hua Qingqing, who was also wearing a black robe, in his arms, and landed steadily in the courtyard.
Following closely behind him were Jinsuo and Jinling.
Seeing this, Mr. Qian was overjoyed and hurried forward to greet them: "Mo Bai, Jin Ling and Jin Suo, you are finally back safely!"
After he finished speaking, he turned to Jinsuo and Jinling and said, "Quick! You two should go and have a rest first! We can discuss anything tomorrow!"
Jin Ling and Jin Suo knew that Mr. Qian wanted to have a private conversation with their master, so they left immediately.
Before leaving, Jin Ling caught a glimpse of Hua Qingqing sleeping soundly in Qiu Mobai's arms and asked softly.
"Master, how about I take Miss Hua back to her room to rest?"
Qiu Mobai lowered his head and stared at the little guy sleeping in his arms, then shook his head gently and said, "No need, just go and rest."
Jin Ling nodded, then left with Jinsuo.
Seeing that Hua Qingqing had fallen asleep, Qian Liangchen lowered his voice and said to Qiu Mobai...
"Mo Bai, you guys must be very tired from the journey, you should go to sleep too!"
Qiu Mobai thought about it and nodded, then carried Qingqing to his previous yard.
Hua Qingqing was awakened by the light coming through the window paper, which hit her face.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes and found herself lying on a big bed.
The bed curtains and blankets were all dark blue. It was obviously a man's bed.
Hua Qingqing was stunned for a moment before she remembered that this must be Qiu Mobai's bed.
She scratched her head, pulled aside the bed curtain and just stretched her legs out of the quilt, she heard the door open.
She looked up and found that it was Jin Ling who came in with a basin of water.
Jin Ling saw that Hua Qing had woken up. After putting down the basin of water, she came over and lifted all the bed curtains and secured them.
She said with a smile as she moved.
"Miss Hua, you're awake."
"Let me help you wash up, and then you can eat."
Hua Qingqing yawned, scratched his head and said, "Thank you, Sister Jinling. I can wash myself."
As she spoke, she put on her shoes, got out of bed, and washed herself.
After washing up, Jin Ling had already served the meal.
Hua Qingqing sat down at the table, picked up the chopsticks and asked Jin Ling.
"Sister Jinling, what time is it now?"
"It's almost the end of the Si hour!" Jin Ling said with a smile, "Miss Hua, if you don't get up, you'll have to go straight to lunch."
Hua Qingqing scratched his head embarrassedly.
"I'm used to sleeping in at home."
Jin Ling was just joking, but after listening to Qing Qing's serious explanation, she felt embarrassed.
She quickly shook her head and explained for Qingqing, "Hey, Miss Hua must be tired from sleeping outdoors with us! It's normal to sleep a little longer!"
Hua Qingqing smiled with her eyebrows curved and lowered her head to eat porridge!
“That’s right!”
Hua Qingqing asked after they had almost finished their meal.
"Where's Brother Qiu? Where did he go?"
Jin Ling said, "The master was discussing something with a few people in the study early in the morning!"
Thinking of Qiu Mobai's previous instructions, he said again.
"But the master has instructed me before that if Miss Hua wants to go and have a look, I can take you there."
Hua Qingqing thought about it and knew that most of the things Qiu Mobai talked about with others were related to Prince Yan's attack on Bianjing City.
Thinking that maybe she could help, she nodded.
"Okay, I'll go check it out!"
Jin Ling nodded, "Then I will take you there after you finish your meal!"
Hua Qingqing quickly ate a few more mouthfuls of rice, wiped her mouth, rinsed her mouth, and then followed Jin Ling to Qiu Mobai's study in the Qian Mansion.
The study door opened, revealing a screen.
Hua Qingqing walked around the screen and saw the spacious study room full of people.
Qiu Mobai sat behind the desk.
In front of him, there were people Qingqing didn't know and people Qingqing knew.
The people Hua Qingqing knew included Mr. Qian, Xie Mingjue, Yu Jinzhi, and Tao Yao.
Everyone was stunned when they saw Hua Qingqing.
Yu Jinzhi was even more surprised and asked, "Who is this? Hua Qingqing? Miss Hua?"
In everyone's eyes, Hua Qingqing at this moment had skin whiter than snow, eyebrows as black as distant ink, eyes as lively as the sea of stars, lips that were naturally red, and two strands of hair on her cheeks gently fluttering in the wind, making her look even more elegant.
She has a petite yet graceful figure, like a newly blooming lotus, fresh and refined.
A smile is like a spring flower blooming, enchanting;
At the age of six or seven, she already had a beauty that could overwhelm a country and shame the moon and flowers.
Hua Qingqing curled her lips and said, "It's me!"
Yu Jinzhi looked at Hua Qingqing without blinking and said with emotion, "I haven't seen you for four years!"
“You’ve grown a lot!”
"It's true, girls change a lot when they grow up!"
Hua Qingqing raised her eyebrows, looked at Yu Jinzhi and said with a smile.
"Uncle Yu, long time no see! You haven't changed much! You even seem a little older!"
Yu Jinzhi was heartbroken! He glared at Qiu Mobai with resentment in his eyes.
Who should be blamed for this? It’s the inhuman Qiu Mobai who has been enslaving him. It would be strange if he didn’t get old.
Hua Qingqing ignored him and looked at Xie Mingjue who was also stunned. She smiled and said, "Hello, Brother Xie!"
Xie Mingjue nodded, "Hello, Miss Hua!"
Hua Qingqing looked at Master Qian again, "Hello, Uncle Qian!"
He also greeted Taoyao.
Qiu Mobai saw that everyone was staring at Hua Qingqing. He coughed lightly and said to Qingqing.
"Qingqing, come and sit next to me!"
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