Chapter 933 Forcefully Encouraging Childbirth (Second Update)
"You mean, the people from Sword Pavilion might kill Jiao Jiao?"
In the study, after listening to his son's account, Marquis Xuanping was not unsurprised, but he did not feel it necessary to say that his son had fabricated the story.
Xiao Heng said seriously, "Jiaojiao's dreams are always very accurate. When you almost lost your life in the mudslide, it was thanks to her seeing the rainstorm and mudslide in her dream beforehand."
Confucius said, "I do not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits." Marquis Xuanping was a man who risked his life. Everything he had was earned through his own martial prowess. He would have scoffed at anything else.
However, since it concerned Gu Jiao, he was very cautious.
"Those bastards from Jianlu are all dead." He was somewhat annoyed. If he had known this would happen, he would have spared a few survivors.
Xiao Heng said, "Those are all outer disciples, and their understanding of the inner sect is limited. They are not as valuable as Mingyue."
Marquis Xuanping said thoughtfully, "I'll arrest that guy and interrogate him another day."
Xiao Heng did not object.
Don't say that you should be kind to others; sometimes being kind to your enemies is being cruel to yourself.
"Father, have you ever seen any master from the Sword Pavilion wearing this mask?" Xiao Heng handed the sketch paper he carried with him to Marquis Xuanping.
Marquis Xuanping took it, examined it carefully, and shook his head: "No. Why would the people of Jianlu wear masks?"
Xiao Heng and Gu Jiao were taken aback by the question.
Since it was an established fact, neither Gu Jiao nor Xiao Heng questioned the irrationality of this phenomenon.
Marquis Xuanping, however, was an observer with keen insight and immediately noticed that something was amiss.
Xiao Heng quickly came to his senses and said, "You almost misled me. Both Dark Soul and Heaven Slayer are wearing masks. I guess it's only when inner disciples come out to carry out missions that they do so."
Marquis Xuanping nodded: "That makes sense. I will investigate. You can focus on preparing for the upcoming exams."
Xiao Heng looked at him in confusion: "Did I... tell you I had an exam?"
Marquis Xuanping snorted, "Just because you don't tell me doesn't mean I won't ask."
He is now a father who knows how to care for his son, and he will not ignore or pretend not to care about his studies.
Xiao Heng chuckled, "Thank you, Father."
Marquis Xuanping said with an unruly expression, "Why are you thanking your own father? If you really want to thank someone, give Yiyi a little nephew to play with."
Xiao Heng: "..."
There are two things in life you can't escape: pressure to get married and pressure to have children.
Little Yiyi was going to sleep, so the two bid farewell to Princess Xinyang and Marquis Xuanping and returned to their own courtyard.
As soon as he entered the house, Xiao Heng asked, "My mother didn't say anything strange to you, did she?"
"What strange things did you say?" Gu Jiao asked.
Xiao Heng said, "For example, urging you to have a big, healthy son?"
"No," Gu Jiao said.
Xiao Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Before he could even catch his breath, he heard Gu Jiao say, "She gave me a bowl of medicine to help me conceive."
Xiao Heng: "...!!"
As expected of a mother, she's even more ruthless than a father.
Xiao Heng was both amused and exasperated: "I'll talk to Mother tomorrow and tell her not to do these things anymore."
Gu Jiao said, "It's nothing. It's just some herbs that replenish qi and blood. It won't do any harm to drink it."
Xiao Heng thought for a moment and said, "That's fine too." It's better than telling his mother that they don't plan to have children for the time being.
"Do you want a baby?" Gu Jiao asked him.
The two had never discussed this topic in depth until Gu Jiao, after getting drunk, brought out some contraceptives, which they seemed to accept without much hesitation.
Xiao Heng smiled and said, "You're still young. It's not too late to have children when you're older."
Gu Jiao lowered her eyes: "What if I never want to have children?"
A hint of surprise flashed across Xiao Heng's eyes. He didn't hesitate for long, looked at her steadily, and said, "Then let's not have any more children. Anyway, we still have my brother. At worst, he can carry on the family line."
Gu Jiao stepped forward and pressed her forehead against his chest: "Pat your head."
Xiao Heng smiled gently and tenderly touched her head.
Gu Jiao felt his comfort, the intimacy she had never received from her parents in her childhood.
After a long silence, she said softly, "I am a little monster, and I'm afraid that if I have a baby, it will also be a little monster."
This was the first time she had ever told him she was afraid.
She was never afraid of anyone or anything; she never showed the slightest fear of war, bloodshed, plague, or death.
Xiao Heng's heart clenched, and he hugged her tightly with heartache: "You're not a little monster, you're my darling."
Gu Jiao didn't say anything, she just quietly leaned against him.
She knew that Xiao Heng was not her parents in her previous life, nor was she; they would not treat their own child that way.
However, there are some subconscious shadows that she cannot control.
She can endure all the pain in the world, but she doesn't want her baby to be hurt and scarred as well.
"It hurts a lot."
She said.
"They don't want me."
"It really hurts."
...
The Duke's Mansion.
It was late at night, but Duke Anguo was wide awake. He went to Xuanyuan Qi's courtyard.
Xuanyuan Qi always goes to bed early, and unsurprisingly, the light in his room was still on.
Duke Anguo pushed his wheelchair inside.
"Didn't you say you could walk?" Xuan Yuanqi pushed open the door and shoved him inside.
Duke Anguo laughed and said, "We can't go too far."
"Did you need something?" Xuan Yuanqi parked his wheelchair next to the octagonal table and sat down opposite Duke Anguo.
Duke Anguo said bluntly, "You seem to know Jiaojiao very well."
“We fought together,” Xuanyuan Qi said.
Duke Anguo recalled Gu Jiao and Xuanyuan Qi's battles against Gongsun Yu and the Jin army at Guishan and Pucheng, nodded, and said, "Is that so? But I feel that your understanding of her goes beyond that."
Xuanyuan Qi didn't respond to his question, but instead asked seriously, "Why do you speak so fluently?"
Duke Anguo fell off his horse and was in a vegetative state for three years, a much more serious condition than that of Xuanyuan Qi.
Duke Anguo laughed and said, "Because I'm clever."
Xuan Yuanqi's face darkened as he approached the door: "Goodbye."
...
Liao Chen returned to the Duke of Anguo's mansion in the middle of the night. After being chased for three days, he finally managed to shake off that guy.
He climbed over the wall back into the courtyard, and after three days he still didn't know if his father had gone out to look for him or if he was worried sick.
He immediately went to let his father know he was safe.
"Dad really didn't sleep. He seems very worried about me..."
Liao Chen knocked on the door.
"Come in," Xuanyuan Qi said.
Liao Chen pushed open the door and entered, seeing his father sitting by the window, carefully wiping a silver pendant inlaid with a wolf tooth with a handkerchief.
This pendant was his father's personal item, which he had worn for decades. It was said to be a birthday gift given to him by the first Lord of Shadows, and he had treasured it ever since.
He smiled and said, "Father, I'm back. I'm sorry I ran into some trouble these past few days and made you worry."
Xuanyuan Qi glanced at him, then decisively put away his pendant, as if afraid his own son would snatch it away.
Liao Chen was utterly speechless: "You don't need to be so wary of me, I won't steal it."
Xuanyuan Qi snorted: "Who knows?"
Liao Chen: "..."
Xuanyuan Qi said calmly, "I'm not worried."
Liao Chen was stunned for a moment before realizing that his father was answering his first question.
He expressed his confusion: "I've been missing for three days, weren't you worried?"
Xuanyuan Qi calmly said, "Qing'er said that you should go and pursue your wife, and told me not to look for you."
Liao Chen: "???"
Shangguan Qing, come out here! I promise I won't kill you!
Xuanyuan Qi was too skilled in martial arts. He woke up halfway through his drunkenness and, finding his son missing, went to find him. Shangguan Qing, on a whim, devised a plan to fool Xuanyuan Qi.
Under the guise of congratulating Xuan Yuanqi, they got Xuan Yuanqi drunk once again.
"Where is my daughter-in-law?" Xuan Yuanqi asked expectantly.
Liao Chen: "..."
...
On June 22, Xiao Jingkong and Shangguan Qing, having finished their three-day trip to the capital, finally returned to the Princess's residence.
As soon as he got off the carriage, Xiao Jingkong ran quickly toward Lanting Courtyard, and Shangguan Qing couldn't stop him.
Watching the little guy's bouncy back as he walked away, Shangguan Qing, who was already exhausted, sighed: "That's all I can do for you, little brother."
It's only been three days, and he's already driven to the brink of collapse. I really don't know how my younger brother managed to take this little guy from Zhao to Yan before.
Also, one new musket isn't enough; my brat needs at least three!
"Young Master!"
A servant spotted Shangguan Qing and hurried over to bow to him.
Shangguan Qing said stiffly, "Come here, help me up, I can't move."
The little monk drained him of all his energy!
As soon as Xiao Jingkong entered Lanting Courtyard, he was ruthlessly intercepted by his brother-in-law.
The wicked brother-in-law grabbed him and took him to the practice room.
"I want to see Jiaojiao," he said with a dark expression.
"Jiaojiao hasn't woken up yet. I'll take you to see her later," Xiao Heng said.
Xiao Jingkong looked up at her wicked brother-in-law: "Why isn't she awake yet? Is Jiaojiao sick?"
It's no wonder Xiao Jingkong asked that question; Gu Jiao's schedule is too regular. She's always the one who gets up earliest in the family, and she only gets up a little later when she's not feeling well.
Xiao Heng said calmly, "She's not sick, Jiao Jiao just goes to bed late."
"Why does Jiaojiao stay up so late?" Xiao Jingkong asked.
Xiao Heng, of course, could not tell him the real reason, so he could only say, "Jiaojiao is getting married and is a new bride. There are many things to do. For example, the luggage she brought with her to the wedding, her dowry, and so on all need to be sorted out."
"We did bring quite a lot of things for the wedding." Xiao Jingkong nodded seriously, then looked at Xiao Heng with disapproval, "Why didn't you unpack? Why did you have to let Jiaojiao unpack? You're so lazy! You didn't lift a finger! Xiao Bao is more diligent than you!"
Xiao Heng, who had been putting in a lot of effort all night: "..."
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