He Miaomiao hadn't been speaking much lately, but this time she did, she hit Old Man Qiao right where it hurt.
There are also Joe II and Joe III:
"Father, in my opinion, we should do this: Qiao San and I will make the trip and take our sister there. Didn't General Sun say the other day that they're in Qu'a right now? Let's take our sister to General Sun. That should show us our sincerity, right?"
If Sun Ce is in a good mood, he might even reward him and Qiao San with a job!
Qiao Manman watched as the men discussed their plan.
She truly agreed in her heart.
But from a personal perspective, can her older sister really be treated like this by these people?
The abacus beads immediately struck Qiao Manman's head.
"Manman, the first task is assigned to you. You are the first link in the key mission. Sister will definitely not let us manipulate her. If she can listen to this, she will not have refused in the first place."
So, you'll host a banquet tonight and invite your sister to drink. Once she's drunk, tie her up. Qiao San will hire a carriage, and we'll send her away that very night, without anyone knowing.
It was several days later when Prefect Liu found out.
Doubling the grain supply in Lujiang City was just a scheme. It was clearly Prefect Liu who wanted to make things difficult for our family; our actions were merely a temporary measure to escape. Prefect Liu arranged this elaborate plan and personnel perfectly.
They're all so realistic they're indistinguishable from the real thing.
But don't take it seriously!
All things considered, Qiao Er's brain works really well.
Even Old Man Joe tacitly approved.
Qiao Manman was forced to entrust this important task.
She knows Qiao Jingjing quite well.
In the evening, she specially prepared delicious side dishes, according to Qiao Jingjing's taste. She used garlic and Sichuan peppercorns as seasonings, added some soybean oil to the eggplant, and it was especially delicious. She also mixed some peas and sunflower seeds, braised chicken wings, chicken feet, and duck feet in salt water, and boiled a few duck eggs that had been pickled the day before.
It is euphemistically called:
“Sister, I see you’ve been looking troubled these past few days. Let me keep you company and have a drink with you.”
This liquor was made from plums that just grew on the tree this year, so it's perfect timing.
Qiao Jingjing originally had nothing on her mind.
The rest of the Qiao family were preoccupied.
But Qiao Manman's attitude, these exquisite dishes, plus the moonlight and gentle breeze at this moment, are quite beautiful.
"Just the two of us?"
Qiao Manman nodded.
Thinking that Qiao Manman was thinking of her Zhou Lang and needed someone to comfort her, Qiao Jingjing gladly accepted the invitation.
She and Qiao Manman were drinking and having a good time.
She's the type to figure things out as they come. So what if she rejected Yuan Shu? So what if she rejected Cao Cao? So what if she rejected Sun Ce? Her head is still on her shoulders right now!
As they drank, Qiao Jingjing became intoxicated by the wine, her eyes squinting as she leaned back in her chair.
She looked at Qiao Manman with a smile.
"younger sister!
My dear Manman, this dish tonight is absolutely amazing…
The tongue then becomes unresponsive, and the person closes their eyes and falls asleep.
Unaware that she was drunk, Qiao Jingjing had her hands and feet tied up by her younger sister, and then her younger brothers carried her onto the carriage.
They left Lujiang City in the middle of the night and headed towards Qu'a through Fengtai Gate.
Qiao Manman watched the carriage clatter away into the distance.
Suddenly I feel so melancholy.
She personally sent her sister away. Is that even acceptable?
Her older sister had always protected and shielded her, always putting herself first and protecting her. Now, she was sending her sister off in this way. Wouldn't her sister blame her?
Standing behind Qiao Manman, He Miaomiao suddenly felt a sense of relief.
With Qiao Jingjing gone, the overwhelming feeling of pressure suddenly disappeared. The non-bloodline suppression that Qiao Jingjing exerted on her suddenly vanished.
He Miaomiao temporarily forgot about the time she had robbed Qiao Manman with Li Zhu. She told herself to forget about the two people who had been beheaded by Sun Ce. No one else knew about this except Liu Ajiao.
Wasn't Liu Ajiao banished to Shouchun?
He Miaomiao finally felt a sense of relief.
Old Man Qiao's expression remained unchanged; in his view, he didn't seem to think he had done anything wrong. The way he married off his daughter was a bit strange, but that was because his eldest daughter had been different from others over the years.
In extraordinary times, what's wrong with using extraordinary methods to deal with extraordinary people?
I don't know how much time passed.
Qiao Jingjing woke up in the bumpy carriage.
Her head was still a little dizzy, her mouth was dry, and she wanted to drink water. Qiao Jingjing felt that the bed was too hard. When did the bed become so hard? Was this bed a sequela left after Sun Lao Er and Sun Lao San slept in it?
When she opened her eyes, she saw Qiao Er and Qiao San's two big heads.
These two younger brothers also came to drink with her? And they even stayed with her overnight after she got drunk?
Something's not right. I can hear the sound of a carriage axle.
The canopy over her head looked like a moving carriage.
Then I noticed her hands and feet were bound with rope. Had her house been burgled again?
A shiver ran through my body.
She looked closely and saw that Qiao Er and Qiao San didn't have any ropes tied around their hands!
What happened?
Qiao Jingjing kicked Qiao Er's butt with both feet: "What are you doing? What are you doing?"
Qiao Er and Qiao San, who were dozing off, were suddenly startled awake by Qiao Jingjing's kick, their faces filled with fear and trepidation.
"Sister...you...you...you're awake?"
Qiao San's tongue was not fluent, and Qiao Er looked embarrassed.
Qiao Jingjing asked fiercely, "Where are we going? Why did you tie me up?"
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