"Someone come here," Jing Mo stopped looking at the Zhao father and son and ordered, "Send Prime Minister Zhao and General Zhao out."
"Father," Zhao Beicheng saw that Jing Mo had already started to chase people away, and his father didn't say anything, so he called Zhao Qiu Ming anxiously.
Zhao Qiu Ming bowed to Jing Mo and said, "Your Highness, I am also following the king's orders."
Jing Mo said in a cold voice: "Show him away."
"Lord Prime Minister Zhao, please," a guard stepped forward and raised his hand towards the courtyard door.
Zhao Qiu Ming said nothing more, turned around and followed the guard out.
Watching the Zhao father and son leave, the staff standing on Jing Mo's left whispered: "When the matter is exposed, they put the blame on the king. How can the court of Fengtian be good if such a minister is reused?"
Jing Mo sneered and said, "Does Xianzong have the reputation of being a wise ruler?"
"A foolish ruler and corrupt officials," said another aide, "this is actually a good thing for me, Zhuri."
"Master," a guard ran to Jing Mo, holding the unconscious Qingyu in his arms, and said, "I found Chuqiu behind the rockery."
Jing Mo glanced at the rockery the guard was pointing at and said, "Is she still alive?"
The rockery blocked Qingyu's path and prevented him from being hit by the collapsed wooden building. However, his face was as pale as window paper and he was held in the guards' arms without moving a single motion. It was impossible to tell whether he was alive or dead.
The guard replied to Jing Mo: "Still breathing."
Jing Mo said, "Throw her out." Seeing how Yu Xiaoxiao treated Gu Xinglang, Jing Mo knew that this slave girl had failed to complete the task, so why did he keep her around?
"Master," an aide suggested to Jing Mo, "Chu Qiu may know what just happened in this courtyard. Why not wake her up and ask her."
Jing Mo waved at the guards and said, "Find her a doctor."
"Yes," the guard took the order and left with Qingyu in his arms.
Zhao Qiuming and his son walked out of the winery's gate at this time. Standing in front of the winery, Prime Minister Zhao whispered to Zhao Beicheng: "You don't have to go back home, go to the palace to find the queen."
Zhao Beicheng said: "Why should I look for her? Father, what's the matter with this secret passage?" There is a secret passage in the house connected to Deyi Winery. How could it be possible that he, the eldest son of the Zhao family, didn't know about such a big thing?
As Zhao Qiu Ming walked towards the Zhao residence, he gritted his teeth and said, "You still have time to talk to me? We have offended Jing Mo!"
Zhao Beicheng said: "Can he still kill us in Fengtian?"
Zhao Qiuming only hated Zhao Beicheng for being incompetent, and said, "He will definitely attack the Sixth Prince, and you are still standing here talking nonsense to me?"
Zhao Beicheng was stunned for a moment, then realized that Jing Mo's best revenge on the Zhao family was to send Yu Ziming to Zhuri as a hostage.
"Go quickly!" Zhao Qiu Ming shouted at his eldest son in a low voice without any composure.
Zhao Beicheng raised his leg and was about to run.
"Wait a minute," Zhao Qiu Ming called his son down and said, "When you go to the palace to see His Majesty, tell him that a wooden building collapsed at Deyi Winery and I was frightened."
Zhao Beicheng said: "So I can see the queen?"
Zhao Qiu Ming said: "I was frightened and fell ill. The emperor will send someone to inform the queen. You must tell the emperor that it was the wooden building on the west that collapsed."
A servant led the horse to Zhao Beicheng.
If she said the wooden building in the west collapsed, Concubine Zhao would know what happened. It seemed that Zhao Weishan knew about the secret passage. A married daughter could know something, but her father kept it a secret from her. Zhao Beicheng was full of complaints, but now was not the time to talk about it. The eldest son of Zhao jumped on his horse, brought only three followers, and rode towards the imperial palace.
When Zhao Beicheng was running towards the Imperial Palace, Yu Xiaoxiao and his group arrived at the Dashi Bridge.
Dashiqiao is a very ordinary stone bridge in the capital. When the moon is shining brightly in the sky, the river reflects the moonlight, sparkling. From time to time, pleasure boats pass under the bridge slowly, and the oars paddling create ripples on the river surface.
When Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei were serving as secret guards beside Emperor Xianzong, they rarely had the opportunity to leave the palace. After being assigned by Emperor Xianzong to be guards for Yu Xiaoxiao, the two of them had no time to properly stroll around the bustling capital. After arriving at Dashiqiao, the two brothers lifted Gu Xinglang off the carriage and put him next to the table of the snack stand. Then they ran up the bridge and leaned on the bridge railing to look at the pleasure boats on the river. The woman on the pleasure boat was wearing a thin dress with a half-exposed breast. Her manners were so charming that the two brothers stared at her without blinking.
An old woman with white hair and a hunched back walked up to Yu Xiaoxiao and asked in a low voice, "What would you like to use, Madam?"
Yu Xiaoxiao asked Gu Xinglang: "What do you want to eat?"
Gu Xinglang said: "Don't you want to eat wontons?"
Yu Xiaoxiao affirmed: "I want to eat everything."
Gu Xinglang had no choice but to say to the old woman, "Grandma Wang, serve two bowls of wontons first, and then serve one bowl of each of the things you have here."
Yu Xiao: "One bowl?"
Gu Xinglang coughed and said, "If it's not enough, we'll call again."
Yu Xiaoxiao was finally satisfied and said to Wang Po, "I want a bigger portion."
Wang Po had been setting up a stall at the bridgehead for most of her life. Her ability in recognizing people was as good as her skill in making snacks. Knowing that the young couple was not short of money, she agreed and went to work.
There were many snack stalls at the bridgehead. Yu Xiaoxiao sat next to Gu Xinglang. Looking at these stalls, she was not only envious but also very hungry.
Gu Xinglang was worried that Yu Xiaoxiao might have an upset stomach. Just now at Deyi Winery, she finished a whole table of dishes by herself. Gu Sanshao advised Yu Xiaoxiao: "Let's eat again tomorrow. Eating too much is not good for your health."
Two pedestrians walked past Yu Xiaoxiao with steaming fried fish. The smell of fried fish made Yu Xiaoxiao unable to sit still any longer. She said to Gu Xinglang, "I'll be back soon."
At this time, Wang Po came over with two bowls of wontons.
Gu Xinglang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that these wontons should be able to keep his young wife here.
Yu Xiaoxiao picked up the wontons and walked towards the fried fish stall on the left.
Gu Xinglang couldn't walk, so he could only watch Yu Xiaoxiao slurping wontons and eating as she walked, without any demeanor of a royal princess.
When Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei returned to Wang Po's stall, Gu Xinglang had only eaten half of the wontons in his bowl, while Yu Xiaoxiao had already disappeared in the crowd at the night market.
"She went to buy food," Gu Xinglang said to Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei.
Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei were not worried about Yu Xiaoxiao's safety at all. It was not that they lacked the awareness of being guards, but the two brothers already believed that their princess's martial arts were the best in the world. Instead of worrying about the princess, they would rather worry about those unlucky guys who might be harmed by their princess.
"Please sit down," Gu Xinglang asked Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei to sit at the same table with him.
Xiao Wei sat down, and Xiao Zhuang shouted to Wang Po: "Two bowls of wontons here."
Before Wang Po responded, the people at a table across from Gu Xinglang and his friends suddenly burst into laughter.
"The young master from the Gu family was once said to be a general, but now he is just a waste. He relies on a woman to survive and becomes a general again. Damn it," the tall and strong man sneered at his companions, "Is he still a man?"
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