182 Old Accounts
◎ "In this world, you, Xie Qi, are the most stingy."◎
The next day, before Xie Qi had time to accompany his wife and daughter, he was called away again due to military matters.
After he stood up, Xu Qinghe also woke up quickly.
She was awakened by the heat.
I called the housekeeper to get some ice, only to find out that in such a big Xie Mansion, there wasn't even an ice cellar.
"The general didn't come home often, and there weren't many people in the mansion, so I decided not to bother making that thing, and it made the princess suffer. I'll go and get someone to buy some ice."
Xu Qinghe nodded.
She herself was afraid of heat, not to mention her young daughter, the frail Jing'an, and the injured Qi Sheng.
After breakfast, she first went to see Jing'an and his wife, and then went to see her daughter who was still sleeping soundly, before returning to her room and sitting down. The doorman said that he had received several invitations.
Xu Qinghe opened the post and saw that they were all from old friends in Lanzhou who wanted to visit.
It seems that I really can't leave Yingzhou for the time being.
Not long after, the sound of a maid welcoming the general was heard outside.
Xu Qinghe put down the letter sent from Lanzhou and looked out the window.
Then he saw Xie Qi, dressed in armor, striding out of the courtyard.
The sun was now shining brightly, giving his silver-white armor a layer of golden light. This man was extremely tall, but not thin. His long legs rose and fell in the blink of an eye. In just a few steps, he walked with great majesty.
He had been frowning, but unexpectedly his eyes met hers through the window, and subconsciously a wanton smile appeared on his lips.
It looks just like when I was young.
"Haven't you seen enough?"
In the blink of an eye, the person was in front of her.
Seeing that she was not wearing a veil, he moved closer to her and looked into her eyes.
Xu Qinghe immediately covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and put his other hand on the man's silver armor on his chest, which was still a little hot.
"Stay away from me."
Xie Qi raised his arm and sniffed it, a little embarrassed: "I walked too fast on the way and I'm sweating. Wait for me to clean up and I'll come over."
Finally, she let him get close to her only after the clean-cut man changed into a moon-white robe.
"I thought it would take a few days for the swelling to go down, but I didn't expect it to be healed today?"
Xu Qinghe applied eye mask for a long time when he got up in the morning, and after a whole day yesterday, his eyes were naturally healed now.
Xie Qi immediately looked at her cheek. Fortunately, the girl's face was still soft and tender, without any teeth marks from last night.
Xu Qinghe asked someone to set the table and then ordered someone to call the young lady to come and eat.
As for Jing'an, her eyes immediately turned red when she saw the injured Qi Sheng that day. She thought that the young couple wanted to be alone together, so she just asked the housekeeper to bring them food.
Who would have thought that Ping An would come running over first, whimpering.
As soon as she came in, she took off her shoes, got on the bed, and snuggled into her mother's arms.
"What's going on?"
She looked at the maid who came with her daughter.
"Princess, the young lady thinks my hair is not good-looking and wants to ask the princess to comb it for her."
Xu Qinghe pinched her daughter's nose and asked, "What did I do that would make you unhappy?"
The little girl looked up, her beautiful black hair spread behind her head, her eyes were watery, and her rosy mouth was pouting.
"It's just that the comb is ugly."
He held her arm and acted coquettishly with her.
By the time Xu Qinghe had combed the little girl's hair to her satisfaction, dinner was already served in the main room.
There was ice in the room, so it was very cool. His parents were around, which made Ping'an in a good mood and had a good appetite.
While eating, she suddenly let out a slow "ah".
"Ping An has something else that I forgot to mention."
Xu Qinghe didn't like to talk while eating. He was about to tell his daughter that they could talk about it after dinner, but when he saw his daughter's serious face, he gave up the idea and asked her what was the matter.
Xie Qi also looked at his daughter.
Ping An said, "When Ping An was captured that day, the people who captured him said something. Ping An remembered it and wanted to tell his mother when he got back."
But later she was frightened and her father disappeared again. She then went to Jizhou with her mother, and now she came to Yingzhou. After going around in circles, she forgot about this matter.
The little girl repeated Wang Peng's words that day in a serious tone: "Today, I have a noble person to help me. When Nanyi attacks Daying, I will be the king of Lanzhou."
She didn't say the second half of the sentence because it was disrespectful to her mother.
After the fire that day, Xie Qi disappeared. Not long after, the governor Wei Ming came to ask for a meeting with him.
"A fire completely destroyed the restaurant, leaving behind several unrecognizable bodies. The coroner examined the bodies and confirmed that the man with the broken arm was Wang Peng, the original owner of the restaurant."
Wei Ming guessed that he was probably holding a grudge against her for cutting off her business, so he was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.
Even Xu Qinghe thought so.
Now she looked at Xie Qi, but found that he was not very surprised.
"You already knew about this?"
Xie Qi shook his head. "I just found out after a visit to the military. That day, besides Wang Peng, there were dozens of highly skilled black-clad men lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike. Judging from their skills, they weren't just any ordinary assassins you'd find on the market. I felt something was amiss, so I sent someone to investigate, and we just got the results this morning."
"It is true that people from Nanyi Country are colluding with Wang Peng to harm our daughter."
After dinner, Xu Qinghe asked carefully, "Who brought Wang Peng and the Nanyi people together?"
Xie Qi didn't answer. She glanced at her daughter sitting in her arms and coaxed her softly, "Ping An, do you want to go take a break first?"
Ping An blinked.
"This matter is related to peace, and peace also needs to be listened to."
Xu Qinghe agreed.
Xie Qi then said bluntly, "Do you remember I told you a few days ago that there was a spy in the army?"
It wasn't long after this happened, so Xu Qinghe naturally remembered it.
Ping An looked up and asked, "Mother, what is a spy?"
Xu Qinghe said, "They are Nanyi Kingdom's enemies. They pretend to be one of us to deceive us and take the opportunity to send intelligence to Nanyi Kingdom to help them harm us."
The little girl clenched her fists and said indignantly: "They are so mean!"
Xie Qi smiled and pinched his daughter's chubby little face, but when he was about to get down to business, he put away the smile.
"That man is someone I rescued from a bandit's den a few years ago. His name is He Yu."
Xu Qinghe remembered this person.
"Is that the young man who was with you when you met again in Lanzhou? When you returned to Lanzhou later, you didn't bring him with you. Did you realize something was wrong then?"
Xie Qi nodded slightly. "He's involved in the smuggling of weapons and war horses over the years. I'm still investigating, so I haven't arrested him yet."
But unexpectedly, it frightened her daughter.
"It's just Ping'an. Daddy still has great use for him. I won't be able to avenge Ping'an in a short time..."
Ping An doesn't care about revenge or not.
What her parents said was too boring. She listened to half of it and then began to feel drowsy.
Now she has already fallen asleep holding her mother's arms.
Xu Qinghe glanced at her daughter who was sleeping soundly, then looked at the man opposite her and said quietly, "Since you said that keeping him is still useful, what else can we do to keep him safe?"
She was holding her daughter in her arms, but Xie Qi suddenly stood up and picked up her and her daughter together.
"You still have so much strength. I guess your injuries have healed."
She said coldly again.
The mother and daughter lay together on the large step-out bed, and Xie Qi followed suit.
The family of three lies together, so harmonious.
Xu Qinghe was held by Xie Qi's hand, and heard him apologize in a low voice: "I am sorry for my daughter, and I am sorry for you."
She was angry and didn't want to pay attention to him, so she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
While pretending, I actually fell asleep.
When I opened my eyes again, there was only Ping An sleeping in my arms, and there was no one beside me.
But the bed was still warm.
Through the curtains outside the bed, a vague figure can be vaguely seen in the side room.
Xu Qinghe stood up, opened the curtain and walked out.
Xie Qi is putting on armor.
Before she came, the mansion was full of servants, and now of course they were not allowed to enter to serve, so he had to do it himself.
Xu Qinghe had helped his parents put on this thing many times when he was young, so he naturally knew how to do it.
But she didn't want to touch the heavy thing, so she just helped Xie Qi hold it up when his wound was about to be torn.
"Why are you leaving again?"
Xie Qi glanced into the inner room and saw that his daughter was still sleeping, so he bent down and kissed her lips.
Before our lips and tongues could intertwine, she pushed me away.
His daughter had just caught him yesterday, so Xu Qinghe would not indulge him today no matter what.
Xie Qi didn't dare to get angry, and whispered, "Let's take care of the military affairs in the next two days, and then I'll spend more time with you and our daughter."
Xu Qinghe had walked the road from the military camp to the city several times. Even if he rode at full speed, it would take more than half an hour.
She wanted to say that there was no need to go through so much trouble, as she probably wouldn't have time in a few days. But before she could open her mouth, the man had already stepped out the door.
In the blink of an eye, the figure disappeared.
Therefore, when he hurried back at night, Xu Qinghe immediately showed him a table full of visiting cards.
Xie Qi picked up a few and looked at them, dumbfounded. "How come I never knew you had so many relatives and friends in Yingzhou? All the uncles and aunts have come out, but I remember that the prince didn't have any brothers."
Xu Qinghe was sewing and said without even looking up, "My father doesn't have it, but my mother does."
Princess Nan'an has a straightforward personality and loves making friends the most. She often takes in a few brothers and sisters and drinks with them.
"Since they are relatives on the princess' side, shouldn't they be aunts and uncles?"
Xu Qinghe said: "A woman is indeed an aunt, but a man cannot be an uncle."
Xie Qi subconsciously asked why.
I realized belatedly that every time the princess wanted to recognize a brother, the prince would always be the first to recognize one himself.
He smiled and hugged her from behind.
"Don't ever call me stingy again. Compared to the prince, I'm far inferior."
"But then again, when will I change my tune and call you father-in-law?"
Xu Qinghe struggled with him: "I'm sewing, please move aside."
Instead of letting go, he snatched the embroidery frame from her hand.
"Bamboo brings peace? Are you going to embroider a sachet for me? You've never made anything like this for me before."
Even Sister Yueying, who was used to using swords, once used an embroidery needle to embroider a few sachets and handkerchiefs for her second brother.
When he saw it, he ran to ask the girl for it.
What did the little princess say at that time?
Oh, she looked at him with disdain and raised her chin slightly: "Handling needles and thread is too tiring, I don't want to do it. If you want it, go find someone else."
"Are you unwilling to do it because you feel tired? Why are you moving your embroidery needle again?"
Xu Qinghe snatched the thing back from him.
"The past is the past, and the present is the present. Besides, didn't I say this was for you? Stop flattering yourself."
Xie Qi snorted, "If not me, who else can you give it to? To that Wei governor of Lanzhou?"
If it weren't for her manners, Xu Qinghe really wanted to roll her eyes at him.
"You still dare to say that you are not stingy? Who in this world can be more stingy than you, Xie Qi? This happened so long ago, it's not worth bringing it up."
Xie Qi rested his chin on her shoulder, and his entire weight was on her.
"But I see he hasn't forgotten you at all. He chased me all the way from Kyoto to Lanzhou. If I had come a step later, would he have come to my daughter's house and become her stepfather?"
Xu Qinghe: ...
She doesn't speak.
Xie Qi was shocked and gently turned her face.
"He really told you this?!"
【Author’s words】
Separation tomorrow [rainbow fart]
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