Chapter 341 Portrait
Prince Ning was furious and drove away the two insubordinate men, and the milk returned to normal.
She happily gulped down two bowls of wine, her little belly bulging out. This terrified Prince Ning, who had no experience with children, and his face turned pale.
He lightly touched Qiuqiu's belly and quickly withdrew his hand, asking her anxiously, "Qiuqiu, will your belly explode?"
Chiu Chiu: "?"
No way...
After the two outsiders left, Thirteen and his companions stopped hiding. A group of grown men squatted on the roof beams of the post station, not even worried about trampling on them.
They pointed at Chiu Chiu's belly and exclaimed, "So round!"
Chuchu awkwardly covered herself with her hand. Didn't they realize how impolite it was to point and whisper about a girl like that?
Thirteen, experienced in raising cubs, jumped in and pinned the cub down before it could escape. His long, rough hand pressed against the cub's upper abdomen. "You've eaten too much!"
Chiu Chiu's face turned bright red, then she became assertive: "Chiu Chiu, finish it!"
She deserved it!
Thirteen poked her forehead, "Sophistry!"
While rubbing Qiuqiu's tummy to aid digestion, Thirteen said to Prince Ning, "Your Highness Prince Ning, children don't know when they're full and can easily overeat. Please be more careful next time you feed them."
Once they reached the Turks, they couldn't appear at will, so the heavy responsibility of taking care of Qiuqiu fell on Prince Ning.
Thirteen cursed Emperor Changshun inwardly for being unreliable, sending those two good-for-nothings over here. Prince Ning was equally incapable of handling children. Poor Qiuqiu!
Another shadow guard appeared out of nowhere and carefully fed Qiuqiu a hawthorn pill. The hawthorn pills in the porcelain bottle were handed to Prince Ning, "If you really can't control her, just feed her one."
She smacked her lips and said, "Mmm, delicious~"
The hawthorn pills were so sour they made him shudder, and his scrunched-up face was filled with pleasure.
These people really took good care of Chiu Chiu.
Prince Ning couldn't help but exclaim, "You all treat Qiuqiu so well."
They were so thoughtful that they even prepared hawthorn pills to aid digestion; he felt inferior to them! They didn't seem like bodyguards; they were more like a group of doting fathers.
The relationship between the Shadow Guards and Chuchu is a two-way street. Chuchu's concern for them stems from her treating them as equals. Otherwise, their relationship would be purely that of a cold employer and employee.
Xiao Liu gave Prince Ning a warning look: "I hope Your Highness Prince Ning will take good care of our Qiuqiu."
Thirteen raised his voice: "Have you guys tricked people again? We've told you we can't just hit people."
Chiu Chiu: "Yes, hitting people is wrong."
Xiao Liu rubbed her soft, fine hair: "I didn't hit anyone." She just wanted to teach those who didn't know their place a lesson; she'd been holding back for a long time!
Prince Ning: You're targeting me! You're definitely targeting me!
If he doesn't take good care of Qiuqiu, will he also be covered in a sack and beaten up?
The fact that these two are playing the good cop and the bad cop is definitely hinting at him!
"Rest assured, both of you, I will take good care of Qiuqiu!"
From today onwards, Chiu Chiu is his life!
Thirteen gave Prince Ning a deep look, his words carrying a hidden meaning: "Be nice to Qiuqiu, it will do you good."
Those who are bad for Chiu Chiu are going to have a really bad time!
Prince Ning: "Mmm, mmm, mmm, good, good, definitely good!"
Thirteen: "..." He's just a piece of wood!
With two quick rustling sounds, Thirteen and Sixth Brother vanished without a trace, and even the shadowy guards on the roof beams disappeared.
Prince Ning craned his neck and peered around for a long time until his eyes ached. He finally figured out where they had gone.
Chiu Chiu tugged at his clothes, "I won't look, I can't find it."
If he can find it, then it's not just a shadow.
Two more cities and we'll reach Cangcheng Pass.
Reaching Cangcheng Pass marks the true border of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The landscape is desolate, just as its name suggests.
The border war is escalating, affecting several border cities. Years of war have numbed the local populace, their eyes vacant, but a closer look reveals a glimmer of hope.
It is a desire for life, and an expectation for the country.
Prince Ning was driving his carriage, and Qiuqiu carefully tiptoed to peek out the window.
There were many children on the street who were about the same size as her, thin and bony, and you could almost see their ribs through their thin clothes.
Their gazes followed the carriage as it disappeared from sight until it was out of sight.
Chuchu's nose tingled with sadness, "I'm so sad!"
Zha Zha stepped forward and hugged Qiu Qiu, patting her back to soothe her emotions, just like Yun Jinglan did.
The chubby orange cat just flicked its tail, not taking it seriously.
"Meow."
That little brat just doesn't know enough!
It sniffed, [and then it understood!]
[King of Knowledge!]
The chubby orange cat instantly bristled, "Meow!" I'm a story cat who roams around teahouses. The storyteller said these kids don't live long; they'll eat and vomit when they're hungry!
It puffed up white and chubby and meowed, "Meow!" It's a baby that hasn't been weaned yet!
Chirp punched the carriage with a loud bang, "Chirp, quit!"
"You, you brat too."
The chubby orange cat stretched its soft body and yawned, "Meow!" I'm a big cat now.
So you can come here to protect the baby fish and recruit some underlings along the way!
Before Qiuqiu could say anything more, Ning Wang's warning voice came from outside: "No arguing!"
Once they entered Cangcheng Pass, things changed. Why weren't they nervous at all? And they still had the mind to bicker at a time like this.
Be on alert!!!
Prince Ning and Qiuqiu secretly sneaked into Cangcheng Pass, and now the biggest problem is how to get into the General's Mansion.
If they revealed their names directly, they would be exposed, which would be detrimental to their later infiltration into the Turkic territory. However, if they did not reveal their identities, the general's mansion, with its tight security, would likely drive them away immediately, and they might even be arrested and interrogated severely.
Prince Ning sighed repeatedly: "I don't know if my brother had informed General Yun beforehand."
He guessed that it wasn't.
The two men were sneaking around in front of the general's mansion, followed by a monkey and a cat—a truly bizarre combination.
The border residents were very vigilant and immediately went to the patrol camp to report the two men.
Before they could find the deputy general Xue Shan, who had just entered the mansion, he led his men to surround the two men and two animals.
"Sir, they are the ones loitering in front of the General's Mansion. Judging from their weasel-like faces, they are definitely not good people!"
Chirp: "Who?!"
Who are you calling a monkey with a pointed chin?! I'm so pretty, how could I have a pointed chin and monkey cheeks!
I'm beautiful! The most beautiful!
If Prince Ning hadn't painstakingly held down the restless chirping chirp, she probably would have already pounced on him and scratched his face all over.
Prince Ning looked displeased; their statuses were not to be mocked by others.
"This gentleman used some rather harsh words. My daughter, Qiuqiu, loves beauty, and what you said has hurt her feelings."
The person who spoke scratched their head, and looking at Qiuqiu's angry, flushed face, suddenly felt inexplicably guilty. But does a little kid like that have self-respect?
What is self-esteem? Can it compare to the security of the border?
Xue Shan frowned, looked Qiu Qiu up and down, and then took out a tattered portrait from his pocket and compared it with Qiu Qiu one by one.
Prince Ning was dumbfounded: "Chirp chirp, all the people you've offended have come to the border?"
Is this considered a kill order from the martial arts world?
So exciting!
Chiu Chiu rolled her eyes and swallowed hard. "Nonsense!"
She's a friendly person who never makes enemies, so why would anyone wait to beat her up in this godforsaken place?
Three-headed, chubby, and at first glance looks silly...
Xue Shan was overjoyed: "Young Miss! You really came!"
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