Chapter 380 General's Childhood Sweetheart 32
Song Jiao looked at Pei Lin's expression which gradually improved and knew that she had coaxed him into submission.
Then he struck while the iron was hot and said a bunch of good things.
Even if Pei Lin was angry, she had made him lose his temper. He held her in his arms and said with a smile: "Okay, stop flattering me."
I will act like a spoiled child.
Song Jiao rolled his eyes speechlessly at the beauty in his heart. She obviously liked him so much, but he said one thing and meant another.
But she naturally wouldn't say this out loud. She reached out and poked Pei Lin's chest: "Brother Lin..."
Pei Lin: "Hmm?"
Song Jiao was confused for a moment, but still asked: "Did I cause you any trouble?"
Song Jiao saw the look in Emperor Tianqi's eyes before he left.
Although she was only returning all the means that Princess Xiyue had prepared for her, she was the daughter of Emperor Tianqi after all, and her identity was there.
"No." Pei Lin thought of what happened today, and his eyes darkened.
It was his negligence. He knew that the palace was full of dangers. Even if he was called away by Emperor Tianqi, he should have made arrangements for Song Jiao first.
If Song Jiao hadn't been smart, she would have been the one to bear all that today.
Just thinking about it, Pei Lin felt a lingering fear.
"You did nothing wrong, and there's no need to blame yourself." Pei Lin met her gaze, his voice clear and deep: "Song Jiao, no matter where you are, I hope you can always do what you did today, and protect yourself first."
He will take care of the rest.
Song Jiao nodded.
Pei Lin rubbed her head and said, "I have to go out in two days and won't be back until the next day. Can I go out with you tomorrow?"
Song Jiao threw herself into his arms, rubbing her head against his chest, and said softly, "Okay."
As Pei Lin said, the next day he took Song Jiao out for a good time to wash away all the unpleasantness that happened in the palace.
On the third day, Song Jiao got up early and saw Pei Lin out.
She took the food box and stuffed it into the man's arms: "This is the pastry I asked the kitchen to make. If you get hungry on the way, you can eat it."
She had tasted it and it was delicious.
Pei Lin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. As a grown man, how could he like to eat pastries? But seeing Song Jiao's eager look, he didn't refuse and accepted it.
"Okay." He reminded: "Be careful at home by yourself, be good and don't go out. I'll take you out to play when I come back."
Song Jiao nodded.
"General, it's time for us to leave." Qu Ziming popped his head out from the side and reminded him.
Song Jiao greeted him with a smile, then said to the man, "Go quickly."
Pei Lin nodded and immediately mounted the horse, his posture neat and handsome.
Watching Pei Lin's leaving back, Song Jiao stood there for a long time without moving.
Liu Bo thought Song Jiao was reluctant to leave Pei Lin, so he comforted her, "Miss Song, the general is just out on some business and will be back tomorrow."
She naturally knew that Pei Lin would be back tomorrow.
But she forgot to tell Pei Lin to bring her food and new clothes when he went to another place.
never mind.
Song Jiao turned around: "Let's go back."
Uncle Liu: "Yes."
There are very few things to entertain ourselves in this era. Fortunately, when I went out with Pei Lin yesterday, I bought a lot of storybooks, which are equivalent to novels in the 21st century.
Just as Song Jiao was in the garden, basking in the sun and sipping tea, watching with great interest, Feicui suddenly ran in: "Girl..."
Song Jiao put down the book in his hand, looked at her, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Girl, it's Miss Xiaoqi who's back."
Hearing this, Song Jiao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Then, she picked up the notebook again and said lazily, "Let her in."
Although Feicui was puzzled as to why Xiaoqi didn't come back with Song Jiao the day before yesterday, she didn't ask any more questions: "Yes."
After a while, Xiaoqi walked in with Feicui.
"Miss." She walked forward and poured Song Jiao a cup of tea.
Song Jiao didn't look at her, but said to Feicui: "You go down first."
Jade: "Yes."
After Feicui left, Song Jiao raised his eyes to look at Xiao Qi and said slowly, "Why did you come back?"
Xiao Qi's face froze, and the hands at his sides tightened.
After a while, she asked in a hoarse voice: "Girl..."
Song Jiao looked at her calmly and said, "You said it yourself. I saved you back then. This time you told me about the mandarin duck wine pot in advance. Consider it your repayment."
"Since you have your own master, you don't have to pretend in front of me anymore. Leave now."
In fact, if Xiao Qi had not told her about the mandarin duck wine pot in advance, she might not have been able to avoid Princess Xiyue's trick so easily.
Even so, she would not keep her any longer.
Song Jiao took a sip of tea, looked at Xiao Qi who hadn't left yet, and said, "What? You're not leaving yet?"
Xiao Qi's face turned pale. She pursed her lips and said, "I'm sorry."
Song Jiao's eyes were cold: "You don't have to apologize to me."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Qi knelt down in front of her.
Song Jiao did not help her as usual, but just looked at her coldly.
Xiao Qi looked up at her, her eyes red: "Miss Song, I didn't mean to lie to you, but I have no choice..."
Song Jiao didn't say anything.
But she knew that many people in this era were helpless, especially those of low status who were not born equal.
So she wouldn't blame her, but the two of them had no relationship from then on.
"My sister and mother are in the hands of Princess Xiyue. If I don't do as she says, Princess Xiyue will kill them..."
"Ms. Song, you have been the best person to Xiao Qi. You have never looked down on me for who I am and even took me in and taught me the ways of the world. I have failed you in your trust. I am so sorry..."
Xiaoqi kowtowed to her and kept apologizing.
Song Jiao looked at the tears on the ground and frowned. After being together for so long, it would be a lie to say that there was no affection between them.
But this did not make Song Jiao soft-hearted. She would not keep a dangerous person by her side anymore.
Xiaoqi also understood what Song Jiao meant. She wiped her tears and prepared to stand up.
Maybe her legs were numb from kneeling for too long, but she staggered and was about to fall back to the ground.
Song Jiao subconsciously reached out to help her, but before he could pull her, Xiao Qi grabbed his wrist.
Before Song Jiao could react, Xiao Qi raised the handkerchief that had been drugged.
Song Jiao inhaled, and in the last second before closing her eyes, she caught a glimpse of Xiao Qi's guilty and panicked eyes, and cursed a lot in her heart.
Hold! !
One second he was apologizing to her and saying he didn't mean it, and the next second he was playing with her feelings!!
Haha, woman.
So fucking cold and heartless!!
Xiao Qi supported the unconscious Song Jiao, his fingers trembling: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
If she didn't, Princess Xiyue would kill her sister and mother...
She had no choice...
Just when she was about to take Song Jiao away, she heard a few swish sounds.
In the blink of an eye, she was surrounded by people. They looked at Xiao Qi and said in a cold voice: "Let her go."
Xiao Qi looked at the logo on their clothes and recognized that they were Pei Lin's men. They were probably arranged by Pei Lin to protect Song Jiao.
She didn't let go of Song Jiao, but whistled.
As the whistle sounded, more than a dozen men in black descended from the sky. The leader looked at Xiao Qi and said, "Take her away. We'll take care of the rest."
Xiao Qi nodded, looked at the people who were already fighting with the men in black, and quickly took Song Jiao away.
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Song Jiao was awakened by a basin of cold water.
The cold water flowed down my cheeks, into my neck and into my inner clothes, chilling me to the bone.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she met a pair of eyes full of sneer and resentment.
It was Xiyue who had been imprisoned by the emperor before.
Behind him was Xiao Qi, who had her head lowered, not daring to look at Song Jiao.
Princess Xiyue looked at her and sneered, "Song Jiao, why do you look like that? You don't seem very happy to see me."
"Princess, you're worrying too much." Song Jiao raised his eyes and looked at her calmly: "Come to think of it, I haven't congratulated you on your upcoming marriage yet."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a snapping sound.
Song Jiao's face was slapped hard and twisted to one side.
Her cheeks swelled up quickly, and one could imagine how much effort Princess Xiyue had put in.
"You're about to die, and you still dare to be stubborn with me!" Princess Xiyue pinched the woman's face and curled her lips coldly: "It seems like it's time to show you some power!"
Princess Xiyue glanced at Xiaoqi beside her and said, "Go and get those utensils for me."
Xiao Qi naturally knew what Xiyue was talking about, and his face turned pale: "Princess... I'm afraid she can't bear those things——"
"Pa——" There was another crisp sound, and Xiao Qi was slapped to the ground.
She knelt on the ground, trembling and terrified: "Princess, spare my life..."
"What? I can't order you around anymore, right?" Princess Xiyue looked down at Xiao Qi on the ground and narrowed her eyes. "Or maybe she's been your mistress for a few days now, and you've become too soft-hearted to let her go?"
Xiao Qi quickly shook his head: "No..."
"That's good." Princess Xiyue sneered, "Don't forget that your sister and mother are still in my hands. If you dare to have second thoughts, I will immediately make sure they are killed without a burial place!!"
Hearing this, Xiao Qi opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
Didn’t the princess say… that as long as she could bring Song Jiao here, she would release her family?
"What are you still standing there for?!" Xiyue said impatiently, "Why don't you go and get those things for me!"
Xiao Qi's heart sank. No matter how stupid she was, she knew that Princess Xiyue had lied to her before.
But faced with such a situation, she had no way out and could not resist.
Xiao Qi replied yes and stood up to go out to get the equipment.
After a while, a pile of tools used to torture prisoners appeared in the hut.
Princess Xiyue picked and chose, then picked up a whip. She weighed it in her hand, and the next second—
A whip shadow passed by and landed heavily on Song Jiao.
It hurts!!
Song Jiao gritted his teeth and trembled all over.
Princess Xiyue laughed out loud at her appearance: "Does it hurt? Song Jiao, these things are all carefully selected for you..."
After saying that, she raised her hand again and hit him again.
After a few whip strikes, Song Jiao's clothes were already stained red with blood.
Her lips were pale, her forehead was covered in sweat, and she said nothing.
"Song Jiao, please beg me!" Princess Xiyue looked at her and curled her lips slightly: "Kneel down and beg me, maybe I will be willing to let you go!"
Song Jiao was not stupid, so she naturally would not believe such nonsense. She knew that Princess Xiyue just wanted to insult her, so she turned her head away.
Seeing her being so stubborn, Xiyue's eyes flashed with anger: "Okay! Let's see how much more stubborn you can be!!"
Just as she was about to change tools to torture Song Jiao, the wooden door of the shabby house was suddenly knocked.
She cautiously placed a sword on Song Jiao's neck, then asked, "Who?"
"Princess, it's me." A strange male voice said, "I've found the person you wanted."
Hearing this, Princess Xiyue put away her sword and sneered at Song Jiao: "Song Jiao, you caused me to lose my innocence and be forced to marry a lowly guard. Don't even think about having an easy life!!"
Did she harm her?
Didn't she want to harm her and then suffer the consequences?
However, Song Jiao did not say this because she no longer had the strength to refute.
Princess Xiyue ordered people to drag her out of the house. Only after she got out did Song Jiao realize that she was on the edge of a cliff, and the place she had just been in was also a small, dilapidated wooden house on the edge of the cliff.
The cold wind blew, and the pain of the whip wounds on his body became even more severe.
She looked up and saw a strange man rubbing his hands and smiling at Xiyue: "According to your instructions, we are looking for the dirtiest and smelliest beggars in the city."
Princess Xiyue glanced at the two beggars behind him. She could smell the disgusting odor on them from a long distance away. She frowned in disgust.
But then she thought about how she was going to serve Song Jiao, and her brows relaxed again. She took out a bag of silver and threw it into the man's hand: "You did a good job, you can go now."
The man held the heavy silver and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes!"
Xiyue looked at the two confused beggars and took out another bag of silver.
Seeing their eyes shining, Xiyue curled her lips: "Do you want it?"
The two beggars had never seen so much money before, so they nodded repeatedly.
She pointed at Song Jiao and said word by word: "Fuck her for me, she's yours!"
Song Jiao suddenly looked up and glared at Xiyue, and his hands tied behind his back suddenly tightened.
"Princess!" Xiao Qi's face turned pale with fear upon hearing this. She knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Song Jiao has been punished. She will definitely never dare to provoke you again. Please let her go this time..."
"Get out of here!" Xiyue kicked Xiaoqi away and said, "Who do you think you are? Are you qualified to teach me how to do things?"
She looked at Song Jiao's expression, and finally felt relieved: "Song Jiao, you dared to switch the wine glasses and harm me that day, and you should have thought about the consequences now..."
"Don't be so foolish as to expect Pei Lin to come and save you. He was sent by the Emperor to do something. Even if he knew you were in trouble, he wouldn't be able to come back now!"
After saying that, she looked at the two dirty and smelly beggars and asked, "What are you still standing there for? Don't you want this bag of silver?"
Upon hearing this, the two beggars dropped the broken bowls in their hands and rushed towards Song Jiao.
"Stop!" Xiao Qi, who was standing by, endured the pain and rushed to Song Jiao. She held a dagger in her hand and said, "You are not allowed to touch her!"
The two beggars were frightened by the dagger in her hand and dared not come forward.
Xiao Qi turned her head to look at Song Jiao, who was covered in scars, and finally couldn't help crying: "I'm sorry... I didn't know things would turn out like this -"
Before she could finish her words, a sharp sword pierced her heart.
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