Chapter 53 I'll give you my life.
Zhichun and Zhidong were furious, and Zhidong was particularly reckless with his words.
"Like father, like son! Marquis Dingyuan keeps so many concubines, and even his daughter keeps talking about concubines!"
Xu Qingyi had long heard that the Marquis of Dingyuan kept many people in his harem. Everyone said that the Marquis's wife was generous and that the Marquis of Dingyuan could keep as many people as he wanted.
But judging from what Yun Zhao said, Lin Shujing must not be a kind person either.
No wonder the Marquis's mansion only had one legitimate daughter as a concubine.
It seems that once a concubine became pregnant, she would either be given abortifacients or be killed directly.
What's even more infuriating is that they do these things without ever trying to hide it from the children.
This is utterly absurd!
"Zhaozhao heard from her mother that we are now commoners who are not allowed to leave Lingnan without an imperial edict, not people of low social status."
Even if you are no longer Princess Jinglan, no longer the prince's daughter, you don't have to become someone else's lowly concubine.
Zhao Zhao is still young; she just needs to grow up well. There's no need to worry about her getting married!
Her daughter would never become someone's concubine!
However, this incident also left a shadow in Xu Qingyi's heart.
That night, everyone took a hot shower and changed into clean clothes.
This was the first time they had slept so comfortably since leaving the capital.
The next day, the innkeeper brought breakfast, which was hot egg noodles with a few side dishes.
"so much?"
They used to have more food than they could eat, but since their exile, they have never had the chance to wake up with free, hot food.
Not to mention, there are such exquisite side dishes.
"Please don't be so polite, everyone. This is not much. Lord Yang said that once the escorting officers arrive, it will be inconvenient to prepare so much food for everyone."
The implication is that if you can eat it, eat it quickly.
"Thank you, shopkeeper."
Everyone expressed their gratitude to the shopkeeper.
Then Wei Jingchen added, "We're going out today. I wonder if the officials are still outside the inn so early?"
"If you want to go out, I can prepare some inconvenient food for the officers, which will buy you some time."
The shopkeeper was very understanding and immediately offered to help.
The group felt embarrassed to eat and stay for free and to let others help them for nothing.
Knowing that he didn't accept money, Xu Yinan took some wild eggs he had picked up on the road.
"Everyone says eggs are good for your health. These are wild eggs we found on the road. Please don't be put off by them, shopkeeper!"
"Wild eggs? You guys are really lucky to find so many on the road. I'll take them!"
The shopkeeper calmly accepted the eggs.
After the shopkeeper left, Wei Mingde asked, "Jingchen, are you going out?"
The Wei family has no money at all, so what are they going out to do?
"Father, I want to go out and see if there's any work that can quickly earn me some money."
"Alright, I'll go with you..."
"Dad, I can go with Uncle Lu and the others. There are many children in our family, and if I'm the only one not there, it won't be so conspicuous."
Wei Jingchen had his own business to attend to, so naturally he couldn't let Wei Mingde follow him.
As soon as he spoke, Wei Mingde understood.
"Okay, then you need to be careful."
"I know, don't worry, Dad."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Wei Jingchen finished speaking, Yun Zhao raised her little hand high.
"Me too! Me too!"
Lu Xun glanced at Wei Jingchen subtly, only to see him smiling and asking gently, "What is Zhao Zhao going out to do?"
"Let's go shopping! I have money!"
Yun Zhao grinned, showing off his little teeth.
"Then I'll go too! I'll protect Zhaozhao!"
Xu Yifei had already regarded himself as his little niece's bodyguard; wherever she went, he had to follow.
Wei Jingchen said somewhat helplessly, "Mr. Xu, you are too eye-catching; it's not suitable for you to go out."
"I'll go then. I can handle anything that happens!"
Xu Yinan picked up Yun Zhao and tugged at her little clothes.
"Come on, your second uncle will take you to change your clothes!"
He didn't care whether the other person agreed or not; since the person had already left, Wei Jingchen couldn't possibly pull him back to say anything.
However, Xu Qingyi was also a little worried, since among her younger brothers, her second brother was the most unreliable.
Zhichun went to help Yunzhao change his clothes, and Xu Qingyi pulled Zhixia aside.
"Zhixia, you go with him, but keep a safe distance. Don't let the Second Young Master go to a place like that!"
Zhi Xia was somewhat surprised, then lowered her voice: "Now that things are like this at home, the Second Young Master shouldn't be going to those places anymore, right?"
"Precisely because of the current state of the family, we cannot allow him to act so recklessly. Go, but be careful!"
Xu Qingyi was genuinely worried about him, but she was afraid that speaking frankly would hurt his pride, so she could only come up with this roundabout way.
After leaving the house, Wei Jingchen had only taken a few steps when he suggested that they split up.
"There are too many of us, which will attract attention. Besides, I need to walk around. Why don't you take Zhaozhao with you to do some shopping, Second Master Xu?"
Before Yun Zhao could speak, Xu Yinan agreed.
"Okay, then come back in half an hour?"
Half an hour should be about right, Xu Yinan thought.
"good."
The two groups immediately split up and took action.
"What does Zhao Zhao want to buy?"
Xu Yinan asked.
"Second Uncle, do you think there are any security escort agencies in this county?"
"A security escort agency? Do we have anything valuable that requires their protection?"
Xu Yinan stroked his chin, suddenly realizing that there was nothing he needed to use the escort agency for.
"Let's go find it quickly!"
Yun Zhao kept him in suspense and told him to hurry up and find it.
When they arrived at Zhenyuan Escort Agency, the escort, seeing that they were empty-handed, asked, "Are you two going to retrieve something?"
"No, it's for escorting them!"
Yun Zhao shook his head.
"Then, what items are you two escorting?"
The bodyguard sized up the two men.
The tall, thin man had fox-like eyes that were always smiling, and he seemed a bit unreliable.
She was holding a tiny, adorable baby in her arms, with a loose little bib hanging around her neck.
They couldn't find where the things they were supposed to escort were.
What's even stranger is that these two people have an extraordinary air about them; even dressed in coarse cloth, they can't hide their innate nobility.
"Escort me!"
Yun Zhao puffed out her small chest and said proudly.
Bodyguard & Xu Yinan: ?
What is it?
"I said I need an escort to Lingnan, and I'll pay a high price for that."
The bodyguard's face darkened immediately, and he raised his hand to shoo the people away.
"Where did this little brat come from? Get out of here, don't cause trouble!"
"Look!"
Yun Zhao took out a silver ingot from his small pocket.
The bodyguard paused, his expression turning strange as he scrutinized the two men.
"Within the escort team, you only need to protect our own people; you don't need to worry about the others."
There's usually no danger, but when it does, it can be quite dangerous. Once we get to Lingnan, the reward is fifty taels of gold. How about it?
Fifty taels of gold?
Xu Yinan: ?
Why are you suddenly offering fifty taels of gold?
Where are they going to find fifty taels of gold?
"Young man, our Zhenyuan Escort Agency is a top-tier agency even in the Great Zhou Dynasty. If you can't come up with fifty taels of gold, do you know the consequences?"
"If you can't produce it, I'll give you my life!"
"Zhaozhao!"
Xu Yinan was so frightened that she quickly covered the little boy's mouth.
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