Hearing the amazing girl's cry again, Murong Xiao couldn't help but smile. The next moment, Pei Mengting's mouth was tightly covered by her father.
"You little bitch, why are you yelling so loudly? These doors and windows aren't very soundproof! If anyone knows your father left you in the army, you'll pack up and return to Beijing immediately!"
When Pei Mengting heard this, a hint of fear instantly appeared in her eyes. She covered her mouth with her hands and shook her head like a rattle.
Pei Zhong glanced at Murong Xiao, who was not much older than Pei Mengting, then looked at his thoughtless daughter. He shook his head, sighed, and confessed to Qian Yeming:
"Your Highness, please calm down. This is my daughter, Meng Ting. Because she rarely returns home, I and her mother have spoiled her since she was a child. A few months ago, I suddenly received a letter from home saying that the girl had run away from home and came to the northern border town to find me.
This girl had never been out of the house before, didn't know the treacherous nature of human nature, and only had a few mediocre martial arts skills. She had been away for many days but still couldn't reach the border town, which really worried me to death. Fortunately, she arrived at the border after half a month. Only then did I know that this girl had just left the house and was kidnapped by bandits around the capital. She almost became someone's concubine.
This girl caught me off guard. I wanted to send her back to the capital, but the border was already short of manpower, and I… I was also worried about leaving her in the hands of a few soldiers, so in the end I had no choice but to keep this troublesome thing with me.
"Dad, how did I become the one who caused trouble? What trouble did I cause you? Did I ask you to pay a ransom to save me? In the end, didn't I solve the matter myself?"
"Hmph, if your benefactor hadn't rescued you, would you and your two maids have been able to escape? I'm afraid that by the time I find you, you'll already have the son of a bandit!"
"..." Pei Mengting narrowed her eyes and waited for Pei Zhong. Her father was a rough man who didn't care about girls' feelings at all when he spoke.
"Tsk—if my benefactors hadn't left and I didn't know where they were, I would have followed them to rob the rich and give to the poor instead of coming here to see you! Such good intentions go unrewarded!"
Qian Yeming and Murong Xiao were helpless as they watched this playful father and daughter. Qian Ye Mixue, standing nearby, was the only one who was filled with envy at the two who, despite their initial bickering, displayed a profound father-daughter bond. Her eyes dimmed slightly, her long eyelashes masking a moment of frustration.
"You little bitch! The Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and Princess Mixue are here. Don't act so impertinently!" Pei Zhong yelled at Pei Mengting. Seeing her wink at him, Pei Zhong immediately smiled and looked at Qian Yeming and explained:
"Your Highness, please forgive me for making fun of you. Ever since this little girl was rescued from a bandit's lair by a group of unidentified men in black, she has been obsessed with robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and she often talks about her benefactor. I have been staying in this northern frontier for many years and am not very familiar with the situation in the capital. I wonder if Your Highness knows who the Emperor has assigned to suppress the bandits?"
When Pei Zhong said this, Qian Yeming and Murong Xiao were stunned. Suppressing bandits? Wasn't that what Kuang Feng and the others did?
"The Emperor gave the mission of suppressing bandits to the Third Brother. However, when the Third Brother led his men to suppress the bandits, someone else had already gotten there first."
Seeing Pei Zhong and Pei Mengting's disappointed expressions,
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