"It's not that I have to stay in Miaozhou, I just feel that it's far away. Since you say so, after I recover from giving birth, I might move somewhere else."
Gao Yao didn't feel relieved at all when she heard this. Instead, she became even more worried: "How many months have you been pregnant now? Even after giving birth, it will take several months to recover. Doesn't that mean you have to live in Miaozhou for at least half a year? There are too many variables. I always feel unsafe."
The person behind him suddenly spoke up: "Actually, as long as Miss Gao doesn't tell anyone, we'll be fine for now."
Gao Yao frowned and turned sideways to look back. How could the lover that Second Miss Xu found be of such a character? He didn't look like a good person.
"So you can't even tell Xueyan?"
Xu Yixing smiled. "It's not that I don't trust her, but his father and brother are probably all in Miaozhou. If the Wu family finds out, it will cause unnecessary trouble."
Gao Yao agreed with this statement. She and Wu Xueyan had lived together for a long time, and even now, Xueyan hadn't lived with his parents. There must still be a gap between them. "Okay, then. I won't ask you where you live. You know my address anyway. If you need anything, you can send someone to find me."
"Thank you very much."
Gao Yao put on the curtain and opened the handkerchief she had just held. Inside was some copper coins. It seemed that she planned to say she left the money at home if she made a mistake, as a backup plan. "Then I'll be leaving. If there's any news about Master Xu, I'll find a way to tell you."
"good."
After Gao Yao left, Xu Yixing also left quickly. This place was very weird and who knew who he would meet next.
The courtyard Yingwu rented was remote, but not desolate. A small clinic was a short walk away, making it very convenient. Furthermore, the courtyard was very neat, with a large main room, two side rooms, a kitchen, and an east toilet, all looking freshly cleaned. It was no wonder the clinic charged such a high price.
"Ying Wu, do you think Xu Yiwen has been caught now?" After entering the main room, Xu Yixing sat down and moistened his throat before carefully thinking about the news he had just received.
"Probably not. Besides, Master Xu doesn't know what happened to you. Even if the emperor catches him, he won't be able to say anything."
"Tsk, he's such an idiot, insisting on running back! It gives me a headache..." This time it was a real headache. She pressed her temples hard, looking very disappointed. "Ying Wu, after the sealing plan you mentioned is launched, will everyone be unable to find each other?"
Ying Wu was delighted when she mentioned the sealing plan. If he hadn't left in such haste and misjudged the situation, he wouldn't be so isolated and helpless now. "If the master wants to gather everyone, there is certainly a way. Do you think we can all come to Miaozhou?"
For a moment, Xu Yixing really wanted to get all the shadow guards to his side, but wouldn't that go against his original intention?
She hesitated for a while, then shook her head: "Forget it. Lu Anyuan probably won't be very nice to me now. If something happens in the future, you will still be implicated by me. It's better to wait until I have a child. If I decide to leave Daxia, I can take you all away at that time."
"Leaving... Daxia?" Ying Wu paused. Is the master so ruthless? He can't even gain a foothold in Miaozhou, and he's already thinking of fleeing to other countries? He couldn't help but sigh that the master had never experienced any hardship. If it were anyone else, he wouldn't run away just when he was about to ascend the throne.
However, these thoughts were not expressed out loud. Ying Wu stuffed the newly bought bedding into the house and moved to the side room. At the moment, it seemed that the master was still in need of a maid. However, such a maid with a clean background, who did not need to be taught the rules and who also had to keep her mouth shut, was not something that could be found in a short time.
Xu Yixing didn't think about these things at all. Without a maid, she did it herself. Fortunately, she still had money, so she wasn't too poor. It wasn't that she didn't know how to make money. On the contrary, she had a good business mind. It was just that she didn't have that much capital to squander right now. She should wait until the child was born before she could think about those things.
Moreover, in Xu Yixing's imagination, she wanted to travel all over the country and become the most extraordinary woman in Daxia. Now, such a small predicament could not be a problem for her.
Time passed, and the weather in Miaozhou grew colder after August. Gao Yao was a man of her word, and no one had bothered Xu Yixing during these days. Ying Wu went out every day to prepare the supplies needed for the birth. He also spent five taels of silver to buy a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl with a straw tag on her head from the roadside to do some personal work for her master.
The red charcoal for heating alone filled an entire woodshed, and animal skins, cotton, and other cold-weather items had been prepared long ago. Xu Yixing looked at the piles of things that filled half the yard and joked that he was worrying too much and was too nervous.
The little girl's name was Jun He, a name that even Xu Yixing thought was very elegant, so he didn't change it. She was now at the age of being greedy, and she was very similar to Si Qin when she was young, just not very talkative. She just followed orders and did her work, which was very worry-free.
Facts proved that Ying Wu's preparations were not superfluous. Just as September arrived, Miaozhou was hit by a heavy snowfall, and the weather suddenly became unbearably cold. Xu Yixing was already advanced in age. He used to be able to hold Jun He's hand and walk around the yard every day at noon, but now he could no longer do that and could only lie in bed every day to recuperate.
Looking at the sky outside, which was darker than the bottom of a pot, I felt completely lost. "Junhe, is this the weather like this in Miaozhou? Doesn't that mean everyone won't even see the sun this winter?"
"Yes, in the twelfth lunar month, the wind will sound like a wolf howling, and some flimsy houses will be blown down directly."
"This..." Xu Yixing began to regret her choice of place. No wonder her father had fought so hard to climb the Bai family's ladder just to be transferred to the capital. Miaozhou was indeed too harsh. "I remember that many of the houses west of the city were thatched. If that's the case, wouldn't those people have nowhere to go?"
Jun He didn't feel any sympathy for those people. While adding charcoal to the charcoal basin, he said indifferently: "Those people are all sinners. Who cares whether they live or die?"
"You can't really say that. Many of them were implicated by their families."
"Even if they were, they used to live a good life. Who made their family make mistakes? They deserve it."
Xu Yixing turned his head away. This girl's family was so poor that they had to sell her to feed the others. She must not understand why those in power would make mistakes. So even if they suffered, it was their own fault. Hey? Why did it feel like he was being spoken of?
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