After saying that, she picked up the luggage that Jiang Yu had prepared for her and mounted her horse.
"Goodbye, Brother Yu, Brother Jiang Ming, sir."
Xiangxiang said goodbye to everyone, then spurred her horse and rode away.
Watching Xiangxiang's departing figure, Qi Nuan was still somewhat disoriented. She hadn't expected the farewell to come so quickly and so suddenly.
Will they ever see each other again? Qi Nuan didn't know. She gripped the handkerchief tightly, the one Xiangxiang had used to wipe her sweat earlier, embroidered with Xiangxiang's favorite little yellow flower.
After a while, Qi Nuan finally came to her senses and said to Jiang Ming, "Brother Jiang Ming, please take me back. Sister Ahua and the others don't know that Xiangxiang is leaving yet."
"I'll take you back; Jiang Ming has other things to take care of."
Qi Nuan glanced at Jiang Yu, then looked at Jiang Ming, who nodded and said, "I have something to discuss with Zhang Liao."
Jiang Ming looked at Zhang Liao, "Sir, right?"
Zhang Liao nodded, and was then pulled away by Jiang Ming.
"Jiang Xiaosan, what are you doing? This pulling and tugging is indecent. Do you think I'm such an rude person?"
“Hey, I’ve noticed that Mr. Zhang has been acting a bit strange lately!” Jiang Ming said, looking at Zhang Liao.
The two voices faded into the distance.
"Let's go, I'll take you home."
Jiang Yu said and left first, so Qi Nuan had no choice but to follow.
The two walked slowly and leisurely.
Are you angry?
Jiang Yu's words carried a hint of uncertainty.
Qi Nuan looked up, wondering why he asked that, but still shook her head, "No."
Jiang Yu stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Qi Nuan was puzzled.
“I already knew that Xiangxiang was leaving, and I had also investigated Grandma Mo’s matter before. She came from Miao territory and had always been by Xiangxiang’s side, but she rarely appeared. I saw her when we were in the dilapidated temple.”
When Qi Nuan asked him to investigate people, he had a feeling and secretly went to see the people.
Just as he expected, he recognized her at first glance, because her appearance was no different from a few years ago, with a full head of white hair and deep wrinkles on her face.
"Although I don't know why I've been hiding my identity, I've always been a law-abiding person. I just never expected that I would be so greedy as I was about to leave, and even try to harm you."
At this point, his voice changed from gentle to cold.
"It's absolutely unforgivable."
Qi Nuan was somewhat surprised. She didn't know why she wanted to see her. They had only met a few times, and there was no grudge between them.
However, when she thought about how she looked at her with such vicious eyes when they first met, she wasn't so surprised anymore.
There are always a few people in the world whose thought processes are different from others, so there's no need to force them to understand.
The two entered the city gate, and the streets had returned to their usual bustling state.
Jiang Yu reached out and took Qi Nuan's hand.
His voice became much lower and hoarse, "She was once a maidservant to the Holy Maiden, and later she married the Miao King of Miao territory along with the Holy Maiden, but the Miao King fell in love with a woman from the Central Plains..."
He paused for a moment at this point.
Qi Nuan asked, "Is that woman from the Central Plains Xiangxiang's mother?"
Jiang Yu nodded, looking at her, seemingly curious about how she knew.
What's so hard to guess? That's how it's written in stories. There must have been some love-hate entanglement between them. The Holy Maiden turned evil, Grandma Mo fell in love with the Miao King, and in the end, Xiangxiang's mother left for distant lands, while the Miao King was in great pain.
Finally, unable to bear the Miao King's suffering, Grandma Mo volunteered to go to the Central Plains to find Xiangxiang.
Of course, Jiang Yu had no idea what Qi Nuan was thinking, so she continued, "Later, an internal strife broke out in the Miao tribe. Xiangxiang's mother took advantage of the chaos to escape, but on her way out, she rescued the injured Mo'a Granny. This is one of the reasons why she later came to the Central Plains."
"Internal strife, escape, so Xiangxiang's mother was forced by the Miao King?"
Jiang Yu nodded, "According to Grandma Mo, the Miao people are divided into the White Miao, Flower Miao, and Poison Miao... It's not a harmonious community. At that time, the Flower Miao, which is the Miao tribe where the Holy Maiden was, wanted to seize the throne of the Miao King. The Holy Maiden poisoned Grandma Mo in order to poison the Miao King. She succeeded, but she didn't succeed either."
Jiang Yu's words were somewhat incoherent, but Qi Nuan still understood them.
It seems he misunderstood what she was focusing on.
"Was Grandma Mo's current state caused by the poison given by the Holy Maiden?"
Jiang Yu nodded, "So she betrayed the Holy Maiden, or rather, she hated the Holy Maiden, which is why she wanted to harm you."
At this point, his eyes turned strange.
Qi Nuan looked puzzled. What was the connection between the two?
"She said you look a lot like the saint, and every time she sees you, she thinks of the saint."
Wait a minute, isn't this an undeserved disaster? If it weren't for the fact that she had memories of her past life since birth, she would have doubted her own origins.
Unfortunately, she was born ordinary.
Jiang Yu also found this reason utterly absurd, but after several rounds of interrogation, he still gave the same answer.
Jiang Yu had no choice but to believe him.
"As for why I let Xiangxiang know, I know you and she have always had a very good relationship, and she grew up with us."
His tone rarely carried a hint of emotion, "She's about to leave, and I don't want her to leave with hatred, nor do I want any rift to form between you."
He looked down at Qi Nuan and said, "I never intended to hurt her."
Qi Nuan's heart skipped a beat.
"I know you won't hurt her, I... I'm just a little worried..."
But what is there to worry about?
Qi Nuan asked herself this question in her heart.
She lowered her head, "I'm sorry..."
Jiang Yu stroked her soft hair, lifted her face, and the two looked at each other. Jiang Yu could see the guilt in her eyes.
Qi Nuan could also... no, she couldn't understand the emotions in Jiang Yu's eyes.
"You don't need to apologize. I know you want to trust me."
Jiang Yu's voice was gentle, "I know you. You are very sincere and easy to understand."
"I'm willing to be honest with you, just like you are. There's nothing I can't or shouldn't let you know."
He paused and saw the person in front of him thinking.
"So feel free to ask me any questions you may have. There shouldn't be any secrets between us."
His voice was deep and seductive, and Qi Nuan nodded unconsciously as she listened to him.
Seeing her nod, Jiang Yu smiled.
Are you scared in the dungeon?
Qi Nuan shook her head. She was only focused on finding them at the time and didn't have time to be scared. Besides, they weren't exactly inexperienced either, and she wasn't a real child.
She knows everything she should and shouldn't know.
She knew far more than Jiang Yu had imagined.
If Jiang Yu is afraid of him because of this, then he doesn't need to be.
After all, she already knew what kind of person he was.
And her moral standards don't seem to be that high either.
"You don't need to hide it from me. You know I'm not afraid of you because of these things."
Her gaze was exceptionally firm and bright as she looked at him.
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