SFS Chapter 169: Living in the Qiao Family
Chapter 169: Living in the Qiao Family
On the day the barbarian delegation arrived in Beijing, Qiao Xi entered the small house where Qiao Chengwang lived through a secret passage.
During the days of Cao Ying's imprisonment, Qiao Xi never relaxed his interrogation of Cao Ying, and finally forced a possible way to restore Qiao Chengwang's memory from her.
It is said that it was probably because Cao Ying was expelled from the sect halfway through, and later relied on Yi Qing's teachings and experiments on living people to figure out a method to erase people's memories.
But she has no mature treatment plan for how to restore people's memory.
Lai Chijiao and Su Que followed her instructions and tried their best to cure the disease bit by bit. After more than a month of treatment, they finally saw some results. Today was the last acupuncture session.
Qiao Xi took advantage of the fact that the emperor's attention was focused on welcoming the barbarian delegation and came here early through the secret passage.
"Fourth brother, don't be afraid."
Qiao Xi held Qiao Chengwang's hand.
Cao Ying's torture of Qiao Chengwang not only caused memory loss, but also damaged his brain.
He often had headaches, but he endured them very well. It was not until the news of Mrs. Qiao's affair came out that he lost control of his grief. Only then did Qiao Xi realize that he had to endure the pain like needles pricking his head every day.
If the acupuncture is successful today, the headache will not recur. If it fails, the pain will most likely accompany me for life.
Qiao Xi was a little nervous.
Looking at his sister's trembling hands, Qiao Chengwang held her hand and said, "Don't worry, with the treatment of Doctor Lai and Miss Que, I can already remember some things. Even if it doesn't work this time, I will remember them slowly in the future.
As for the pain, it's actually not as severe as you think, so don't worry."
He was not afraid of headaches, but he hoped that he could remember the past, remember how he was taken away by Ji Chuan, and perhaps find evidence of the emperor's persecution of the Qiao family.
Su Que was quite satisfied when she heard him call her Miss Que.
Originally, Qiao Chengwang called her Miss Su, and she thought it was normal.
But ever since Su Yingqiu moved into the Qiao family, everyone called her "Miss Su".
She saw Su Yingqiu sticking to Su Heting several times without asking for money, and suddenly felt that this Miss Su was very irritating.
When he came back that day, he asked Qiao Chengwang to change his name and call her Miss Que from then on.
Qiao Chengwang is a gentle person and is very cooperative.
This made Su Que have a better impression of him, so he became more concerned about his condition, and never missed a day of medicinal baths and massage.
Seeing Qiao Xi's nervousness, Su Que also comforted her, "Yes, sister-in-law, don't worry, Dad and I will definitely cure him.
Even if I don't succeed this time, I'm only sixteen years old after the New Year, and there are still decades to come. I don't believe I can't cure him in this lifetime, just believe me."
The hand of Laibajiao, who was opening the needle bag, trembled.
She gave Qiao Chengwang massages and they were in physical contact every day. If other men knew about this, who would dare to marry her? What was the difference between what my daughter said and promising to be together for life?
Unfortunately, my daughter is still a little clueless.
He sighed quietly in his heart and met Qiao Xi's apologetic eyes.
Barefoot smiled and said, "Let's get started."
The princess couldn't be blamed for this. Her daughter took the initiative to offer to treat Qiao Chengwang's leg, so the princess naturally hoped that her brother would get better.
He walked up to Qiao Chengwang with the needle bag and thought to himself, it would be better to cure this man as soon as possible.
In order not to affect the treatment of the two, Qiao Xi had to go out and wait anxiously outside the door.
Inside the palace.
The Barbarian Queen Xia took out the friendship agreement between the two countries written by the new king himself.
The main content is that the barbarians promised not to send troops to invade Dayou within a hundred years, to clearly demarcate the border between the two countries, to reduce territorial disputes, to open borders for trade, to send envoys to each other for exchanges, and to deepen the friendly exchanges between Dayou and the barbarians.
After Xia finished reading the content in front of everyone, she said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, my Shatan clan is a family of military commanders. We are well aware that war is costly and extremely harmful to the people and the country.
Therefore, His Majesty the King sincerely hopes to establish friendly relations with your country, so he has sent me here with the Crown Prince to show his sincerity. I wonder if His Majesty Dayou is willing to do so?"
Since the founding of Dayou, the barbarians have never stopped harassing the border. Now the new barbarian king has taken the initiative to seek peace and agreed to a hundred years of friendship.
Unlike the private cooperation between him and the old barbarian king, this agreement was written in black on yellow silk and read out in public, so the future king of the barbarians would not be able to renege on it.
The emperor naturally agreed.
Moreover, Su Heting had already told him the truth, that the mutual dispatch of envoys was aimed at Qiao Xi.
In order to avenge their past grudge, the barbarians want to take Qiao Xi away.
The Qiao family had been fighting against the barbarians for many years, and he knew too well the barbarians' hatred for the Qiao family. If Qiao Xi went to the barbarians, he would have no chance of survival.
The emperor smiled and said, "I naturally hope that the two countries will have good relations and the world will be at peace."
The barbarian scourge was quelled during his reign, and this will be recorded in history books as one of his achievements as a king.
In this way, when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he will no longer have to regret his hasty elimination of the Qiao family.
In the past, some officials hoped to profit from war, but the years of barbarian invasions frightened everyone.
In addition, the northern part of the border is in the hands of Su Heting, who has recently been quite favored by the emperor and is also a person who does not play by the rules. None of the officials dared to have any other thoughts and they all agreed to negotiate peace.
In this way, the two countries agreed to formally sign a peace agreement at a palace banquet three days later.
After finishing the business, the emperor asked Su Heting and the fourth prince to be responsible for receiving the barbarian delegation and accommodating them in the Sifang Pavilion under the Honglu Temple.
Unexpectedly, Queen Xia said, “Your Majesty, the Qiao family and the Shatan family have been fighting for many years, and my king has always regretted that the Shatan family has never defeated the Qiao family.
Now that the two countries are on good terms, I have the honor to come to the capital of Dayou. I have heard that Qiao Xi, the daughter of the Qiao family, has inherited the family's martial arts and is an outstanding martial artist.
This concubine shamelessly wishes to go to the Qiao family to see for her husband. I beg Your Majesty to grant this request."
"Mother, everyone loves to exaggerate. Who knows if her martial arts skills are just exaggerations?"
The little prince, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, "When I get to the Qiao family, I will personally kill the Qiao family girl's prestige."
He is only nine years old this year, and his tone is arrogant, as if he doesn't take Qiao Xi seriously at all.
It also seemed that he wanted to defeat Qiao Xi and avenge Shatan's repeated defeats at the hands of the Qiao family in the past.
Xia scolded, "My prince, you must not be rude."
The little prince curled his lips and didn't take it seriously.
"Please forgive me, Queen. The Qiao family home has not been occupied for many years. The King and Princess only moved in recently, so it has not been renovated."
Su Heting refused, "Your country has come all the way here, and it's really unfair for you to stay at the Qiao family.
The Sifang Pavilion has been prepared early to receive your country. Please invite the Queen and the eldest prince to move to the Sifang Pavilion.
As for the reception, I arrived in Beijing only a few years ago and am not very familiar with the city. Moreover, as a man, I am not the best person to receive the Queen."
The news about the barbarians' visit was first given by Su Heting. The emperor was always worried that Su Heting had connections with the barbarians, so he sent the fourth prince to receive the barbarians with him.
After hearing Xia Ya's request, the emperor subconsciously refused, worried that Xia Ya wanted to live in the Qiao family because she had some private deal with Su Heting.
Now that he heard Su Heting's refusal, his suspicions were somewhat alleviated.
In addition, the eldest prince looked like he was going to settle the score with Qiao Xi, so after thinking about it, he agreed.
"Father, the Qiao family has been vacant for many years and is not suitable for receiving distinguished guests."
Su Heting was very resistant.
Xia said, "Your Highness is worried, I am just trying to see for you what kind of family the Qiao family is.
If it is truly unsuitable for living, I will not subject myself and the prince to such hardship."
"Qiao Xi is the only one left in the Qiao family now. Besides, the Qiao family rarely lives in the capital. I'm afraid the Queen won't be able to see anything..."
"All right."
The emperor interrupted Su Heting and said, "Just do as the queen says. Don't be stingy."