In the palace hall, Bai Shao knelt on the ground with an apologetic look on his face.
"I was incompetent and failed to find the person. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
"Shao'er, what is he doing? Get up quickly."
"That evil creature, this isn't the first time I've met him. It's okay, he'll eventually come out. I don't believe he can hide forever."
As long as people are still in the city, he can't escape.
Yang Wenli came back, and Jiang Xiaoyu also got some news from him.
What! Ji Xuan killed Princess Yunzhen! Because he couldn't get the love he wanted?
"Miss Jiang, why don't you move into the shop for a while? It's too dangerous for a little girl like you to be out there. If you run into that murderer..."
Jiang Xiaoyu looked terrified and his face turned pale.
"Okay then, but now that I'm here, what are you going to do, Brother Yang?"
There were only two rooms in the backyard of the shop, one for each of them.
Yang Wenli felt a little embarrassed.
"I don't have time to go home these few days. I have to go out of the city with Lord Bai."
Jiang Xiaoyu took the opportunity to express a few words of concern.
"Then Brother Yang, you must protect yourself when you are out there! Otherwise, I... no, Aunt Yang will be worried."
Yang Wenli said softly: "Okay."
He ran away without touching the ground.
"Host, you are bullying an innocent young boy."
"I was just concerned about him, how can that be considered bullying?"
I returned to the yard with the vegetable basket, but I didn't expect Ji Xuan to be there.
"Let's eat."
"Me! I won't stay here for too long. I'll leave when it gets dark."
"It's okay, I have a place to stay. If you don't mind, you can stay for a few more days."
After dinner, Jiang Xiaoyu cleaned his wound again.
Oh! This body, except for the face, is covered with scars everywhere, some new and some old. What kind of hatred or grudge is this?
The moon is very round tonight, and the two of them are sitting on the roof.
"Why are you, a little girl, here alone? Where are your family?"
Jiang Xiaoyu's tone was indifferent, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"I don't have any family! My adoptive parents said they found me by the river, so I'm called Jiang Xiaoyu. They originally took me home and wanted to raise me as a child bride."
"It's a pity that my brothers at home don't like me. So, someone gave them ten taels of silver and brought me out."
"So? Where's that person?"
"He just felt sorry for me, so he took me out and then went home."
Bai Shao said that I could stay with him and take care of him first, and when he grows up, he would take me as his concubine! Bah! Who cares!
Ji Xuanluo Mo's voice sounded:
"I don't have a home either. Ever since I can remember, I've always had a bunch of slaves around me, but I don't like them at all. They make me bark like a dog and ride me like a horse... If they were someone else's slaves, then I would be their slave."
"I don't know what home is, family. I have a mentor who treats me like his own son. He taught me right from wrong and taught me the power of self-preservation. He always said, 'When you grow up, you can go home.'"
"But before I grew up, he died, lying cold and bloody in my arms..."
Ji Xuan smiled bitterly.
"I'm sorry, did I scare you by saying this?"
He didn't mean it, but from childhood to adulthood, no one was willing to sit with him quietly like this, and no one was willing to listen to him talk.
"It's okay, I'm not afraid, I'm very brave."
After that night, Jiang Xiaoyu didn't see him again for a long time.
It wasn’t until a year later, during the Lantern Festival, that a group of soldiers shouted, “Stop, don’t run…!”
The bustling crowd fled in all directions. Jiang Xiaoyu struggled internally and decided to save them.
A smoke bomb popped out and he pulled Ji Xuan and ran away.
Keep running until you reach the city gate.
Another smoke bomb was thrown over, and the soldiers defending the city were thrown into chaos.
Jiang Xiaoyu pushed him out of the city gate.
Ji Xuan felt his palms were empty. He turned around and saw the girl mouthing, "Run!"
After watching him run away, Jiang Xiaoyu didn't dare to stay for a moment. He ran back to the market and squatted in a corner.
Looking at the large number of soldiers searching the city, Jiang Xiaoyu prayed in his heart, hoping that you could return home safely.
The city was not at peace during this period, with soldiers searching every day and business was not good, so Aunt Yang simply closed her shop.
"Xiaoyu, stay for dinner tonight. Auntie will go buy some meat. We'll have braised pork tonight."
"Okay, I'll go with you."
Jiang Xiaoyu went to buy vegetables, while Aunt Yang was still bargaining with the owner at the meat stall.
Finally, he succeeded in bargaining and was carrying the fresh meat with a happy smile on his face.
Aunt Yang has always been walking unsteadily.
“Ouch…!”
The pork in his hand flew into the arms of a noble lady.
"How dare you, a lowly person, to assassinate our princess?"
When Jiang Xiaoyu came back, Yang's face was no longer the same as before.
"Stop it, how can you hit people randomly?"
The noble lady glanced at her with contempt.
"Beat them! Beat them hard for this princess! Beat these two untouchables to death and drag them to the mass grave to feed the wild dogs."
Covering his mouth and nose again.
"Your worthless lives are just for feeding stray dogs, and even stray dogs find it dirty."
Just as the slap was about to fall on Jiang Xiaoyu and he was about to fight back.
Bai Shao came over in gorgeous clothes.
"Sister Yao, what are you doing?"
"Brother Shao, these two lowly people actually dared to offend me. You have to stand up for me!"
Yang Wenli had already helped Aunt Yang up.
"Mom, are you okay?"
Bai Shao said a few nice words, and the princess who had moved out of the household followed him with a smile.
Jiang Xiaoyu immediately asked the system to inquire about her.
Oh! It turned out to be the princess from the Western Regions. Strictly speaking, she came with Ji Xuan.
But the treatment these two people received was completely different.
Ji Xuan is a person that everyone wants to kill, while Jiang Shuyao is a noble and favored princess.
"The host's princess is actually the same age as you, and both of them have flower birthmarks? Even the location is exactly the same."
Birthmark? Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the small flower on his chest.
"Did you peek at someone taking a shower?"
Of course the system will not admit it.
"This is to find out her identity."
What identity? Isn't she just a princess sent as a hostage by the Western Regions?
The system is still unsure and has been staring at Jiang Shuyao without blinking these days.
Unexpectedly, it heard a lot of good news.
Jiang Xiaoyu did not associate this matter with himself.
Aunt Yang finally asked her if she was willing to marry Yang Wenli again.
"Xiaoyu, I really like you, but I don't know if you are willing to become a family with me."
Jiang Xiaoyu didn't pretend to be confused.
"This, Brother Yang...?"
"Don't worry, Auntie will go talk to Li'er."
My son must also like little fish. He is my own son, and I know him well.
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