Yuan Qi went straight back to the Jiang residence. She covered the fox with her Taoist robe, and no one in the Jiang residence saw the fox enter the house.
At Peony Residence, Green Bamboo and Redwood were watering flowers in the courtyard when they saw Yuan Qi return, which surprised them.
Green Bamboo released the sluice gate and water ladle, and followed Yuan Qi into the house.
Yuan Qi hurriedly entered the room, placed the fox directly on the chaise longue, and then removed his Taoist robe.
Green Bamboo and Red Fir, who followed in, stared in astonishment at the nine-tailed fox. Green Bamboo stammered, "What...what is this?"
Yuan Qi did not answer, but instead ordered, "Pour a cup of water."
Green Bamboo gave an "oh" sound. She had never seen an animal with nine legs before. This was the first time she had ever seen one. Her master had personally carried it back, so the animal's identity must be extraordinary. Perhaps her master didn't want to say. She patted her mouth and left with Red Fir.
Wen Zhujun was in her bedroom sorting through the spirit beast skins that Huang Zhong had sent, trying to see if she could sew a body out of them. Hearing the commotion outside, she put down the spirit beast skins and came out.
Although she had never seen Tu Shanli's true form, she saw the nine-tailed fox and instinctively judged that the fox was Tu Shanli.
"What happened to him?" Wen Zhujun asked with great concern, and reached out to pry open the fox's front legs, trying to see the extent of Tu Shanli's injuries.
Unexpectedly, the sleeping fox suddenly woke up, scratched Wen Zhujun's hand, and glared at her with its teeth bared.
Yuan Qi pulled Wen Zhujun back, then patted the fox's head: "Don't be like that, she's just worried about you."
The fox continued to bar its teeth at Wen Zhujun. He didn't want others to see him in such a disheveled state, especially women, except for Yuan Qi.
The Peony Residence has a spirit-gathering array, and the fox is much more comfortable here, but it cannot transform into human form yet, so it can only remain like this.
Yuan Qi said, "Go to the main kitchen and ask the cook to make him something to eat. Hmm, stew a chicken."
Wen Zhujun dared not go any closer, for fear of angering the fox and worsening its injuries. She stood three steps away, maintaining a safe distance.
She just wanted to stay here and watch over Tushanli; she didn't want to cook.
But the fox was still baring its teeth at her, so she had no choice but to leave.
Yuan Qi criticized the fox in a low voice: "That's enough. They live here. You're on my turf. We'll run into each other all the time. Why bother? Don't give them attitude."
The fox turned its head away unhappily and closed its eyes, clearly disagreeing with Yuan Qi's words.
Green Bamboo brought over a bowl of warm water, which Yuan Qi took and carefully fed to the fox with a spoon.
The fox drank half a bowl of water and then fell into a deep sleep.
When Wen Zhujun returned with the stewed chicken, Tu Shanli had already woken up from a nap and was much more energetic, but she could still only be a fox.
"Tu Shanli, have something to eat." Wen Zhujun looked around and, seeing that no one was around, carefully picked up a piece of chicken and fed it to Tu Shanli.
Although the fox didn't open its eyes, it still opened its mouth and ate the piece of chicken.
Wen Zhujun was overjoyed and continued to feed them.
Foxes love to eat chickens, so Wen Zhujun fed a whole chicken to Tu Shanli and even drank the chicken soup.
Yuan Qi ordered Green Bamboo and Red Fir to guard outside and not allow anyone to enter.
In the evening, Jiang Junjing and Jiang Junyu arrived. Neither of them knew anything about what had happened in Tushan, nor did they suspect that Yuan Qi was hiding a fox in his house.
Wen Zhujun, who was staying in Tushan, went to the kitchen again, thinking about making something delicious for Tushan.
Jiang Junjing was in a good mood today. He met Zheng Hongxiu at the Bai family's house. The two chatted for a long time, and he felt more and more that Zheng Hongxiu was a very good woman and would definitely be a good wife in the future.
Jiang Junyu was not happy. He didn't say a word to Bai Zhiyan. Not only that, he also thought Bai Zhiyan was delicate and cried after a few words from others. He thought she was pretentious and didn't like her at all.
The two came for no other reason than to hear that the seventh young lady of the Jiang family had already left, so they came to ask what had happened.
"Xiao Qi, is it that you don't like the Bai family?"
Yuan Qi lowered his head to draw talismans and answered without looking up, "No, the Bai family treated me very politely and took good care of me."
Jiang Junyu nodded, still puzzled. He sat down and watched Yuan Qi draw talismans as smoothly as flowing water, drawing them quickly and well.
"I saw you leave with Bai Youhui with my own eyes. Did he do something to you, or bully you?"
Yuan Qi rolled his eyes at him: "Third Brother, who can bully me?"
Jiang Junjing pursed his lips and hummed in agreement, recalling the scene of Yuan Qi's battle with the water ghosts in Tushan: "Not bad, it's good enough that you don't bully others, so why did you leave so early? Did something happen?"
Jiang Junyu looked slightly curious: "After I came back, I asked the steward, and nothing happened in the manor, so Xiao Qi, why did you leave so early?"
“A friend of mine got into some trouble, so I went to help and got into a fight.”
"oh……"
"oh……"
The two suddenly realized, "Oh, I see."
The two of them carefully examined Yuan Qi, but they couldn't see any injuries. It seemed that their sister had won again.
"Who's in trouble..." Jiang Junjing asked curiously.
Jiang Junyu, who was standing to the side, stopped him, shaking her head at him and not letting him ask.
Jiang Junjing dismissed it: "What's wrong with asking? We're not outsiders, are we?"
Yuan Qi stared at the two of them with a half-smile: "A friend."
Jiang Junjing raised an eyebrow: "Fine, don't tell us then. Since you're alright, we're relieved. You don't know, something happened at the women's table today. Jiu Lu got into a fight with someone, and she's in a bad mood. You'd better go and comfort her."
Yuan Qi frowned slightly and asked without hesitation, "Is it because of the Sixth Young Master?"
Jiang Junjing gave a wry smile: "You really know her well. It's all because of the Sixth Young Master. The Sixth Young Master's cousin, Chen Xiwei, said that her family had already made arrangements with the Bai family to arrange her engagement to the Sixth Young Master. Everyone was looking at them with envy, but Jiu Lu said that Chen Xiwei was not good enough for the Sixth Young Master, saying that she was ugly and had no talent."
Jiang Junyu clicked her tongue: "Tell me, what does it have to do with her who the Sixth Young Master is engaged to? The jealous look on her face just shows that she likes the Sixth Young Master too, doesn't it? When we went to see, she was already fighting with him. It was quite a scene."
Jiang Junjing was extremely annoyed. He and Jiang Junyu had tried to pull his sister away, but they almost couldn't manage it. Jiang Jiulu had even said things like, "Only fairies are worthy of the Sixth Young Master." Bai Fujun was at a loss for what to do.
Fortunately, Bai Fujun immediately stated her intentions, saying that she would not marry any so-called cousin, and the two did not discuss marriage.
Yuan Qi looked at the two of them helplessly: "How do you know I can persuade her? She's just eager to get married and wants to get married as soon as possible, not... no, she may like Bai Fujun, but she also knows that with her status, she is probably not good enough for Bai Fujun. She just doesn't want to give him away to someone else."
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