Chapter 160 'I'
Chapter 160 'I'
Xie Yunshan did what he said and ordered the butler to bring all the girls in the mansion to the main hall in the front yard. Two large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were also sent to the main hall.
Jiang An pulled her father's sleeve and followed Xie Yunshan, insisting to see what these twenty-eight constellations... no, these twenty-seven girls looked like.
Before they even stepped into the main hall, they could hear the girls asking the butler in soft and tender voices what had happened, why they were called here, and what the purpose of the gold and silver was.
The butler took a step back silently, frowned and lowered his head, "The young master will be here soon."
If you have any questions, ask him, don’t come to me, it’s a headache!
"Is the General back?"
The one who was speaking was a beautiful woman who was holding a handkerchief in her slender hands and gently stroking her chest. She had a petite figure and was wearing a smoky blue dress, which made her look adorable.
"Is the General back?"
The girls touched their soft faces, straightened their hair, and prepared to greet their 'golden master' in the best possible condition.
Xie Yunshan, who was hesitating outside the door, touched the tip of his nose, took a deep breath, and took this step like a warrior ready to die.
Jiang An followed behind him and followed closely.
After not seeing each other for several months, Xie Yunshan looked like meat fallen into a wolf's den in the eyes of these twenty or so girls, very tempting.
"General~"
This sound…
Jiang An rubbed the goose bumps on his arms and quietly poked his head out from behind Xie Yunshan.
At first glance, it is not as colorful as I had imagined.
These girls have pretty faces and are polite in every smile and frown...
Fragile, cold, lively, innocent...in short, each has its own characteristics.
"Cough cough..."
"General, Rou'er hasn't seen you for many days. Are you okay?"
The girl in the long smoky green skirt has eyes full of attachment to her lover. She takes two steps but stops again. Her trick of playing hard to get makes people's hearts itch.
The more lively girl secretly curled her lips and almost tore the handkerchief in her hand.
Xie Yunshan's fingers hanging at his side rubbed...
Which handsome young man doesn't want to write a story about a talented man and a beautiful woman, or a confidante, like in the storybooks?
Xie Yunshan: "This general..."
"cough."
Jiang Jichen coughed, interrupting the affectionate conversation between Xie Yunshan and Na Rou'er.
His nose twitched and he found an empty seat by the door and sat down.
The whole room was filled with the smell of rouge mixed with the girls' incense, which really made him uncomfortable.
Meeting Xie Yunshan's gaze, the prince said indifferently, "Why are you looking at me? Go and do your thing."
He came here just to accompany his daughter...
The king?
Rou'er looked at Jiang Jichen. This man was tall and had an imposing aura. There was arrogance between his brows, and he seemed to have a murderous aura as if he was the only one in the world.
His right hand seemed to be injured, and he was not very skilled in scraping off the tea foam with his left hand.
To be able to call yourself that in Chongzhou...
Jiang Jichen is a man of character. When he felt the probing gaze, he raised his narrow eyes slightly.
After just one glance, Rou'er timidly looked away and retreated back to the other girls.
The other party withdrew a loving look~
Xie Yunshan withdrew his empty hands and grinned slightly in embarrassment.
"Rou'er has met the prince of the state and the eldest lady."
After she spoke, the remaining girls knew who Jiang Jichen was even if they had never seen him before. They all retracted their green eyes and saluted obediently.
Jiang Jichen did not respond to them. He didn't know what was so beautiful about the green bamboo outside the hall. Could it be more beautiful than the color of a beauty?
Jiang An's eyes curved, and he couldn't wait to throw himself into the arms of the beauty, "Hello, sisters~"
She stood up and tilted her head, "Have the sisters had breakfast?"
"Sisters are so beautiful~"
The little girl's simple and straightforward praise instantly captured the hearts of these girls. If it weren't for the evil god Jiang Jichen, Jiang An would have been surrounded long ago.
Receiving the kind smiles from her sisters, the little girl quickly blended into their group, not even giving Xie Yunshan a chance to catch the person.
He raised his hand and hesitated, "That..."
The girls were so amused by Jiang An that they kept laughing and had forgotten about him.
General Xie scratched his head, "Whose mansion is this?!"
……
After waiting for a long time, Tuanzi finally got a lot of rewards, and even someone left a red lipstick mark on her face. The slight reluctance in Xie Yunshan's heart had long disappeared.
He stood up and clasped his hands on his waistband. It was finally the general's turn!
He coughed twice to clear his throat, "This general has decided to disband the backyard!"
"These two boxes contain your severance pay, which will ensure that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life..."
The girls who had smiles on their faces couldn't smile anymore and were about to cry.
Who wouldn't like a handsome young general, a young master from a noble family in Kyoto!
They stayed in the backyard of the general's mansion, with food and drink and service.
Xie Yunshan was not a womanizer. He usually summoned them to play with swords, write sour poems, and say sweet words to each other. If they were more clingy, he would even give them some gold coins...
Na Rou'er's eyes immediately turned red and she bit her lips tightly, looking aggrieved and silent, which made people feel pity for her.
"But someone threatened the general?"
Jiang Jichen paused when he saw Zhuzi's figure, his eyebrows raised. Is this Yin-Yang?
Rouer's words seemed to turn on some kind of switch, and these girls looked at Jiang Jichen's back again and again.
This scene is very much like lovers being forced to separate.
As for Jiang Jichen, she is that evil mother-in-law!
The man's eyes twitched and he glanced murderously at Xie Yunshan who was watching the fun.
You'd better deal with it for me quickly!
Xie Yunshan felt a chill on his neck, "No! Absolutely not!"
Since the girls had already made up their minds, Xie Yunshan's "no" sounded like he was being threatened again.
Jiang An gave all the items in his arms to Niang Niang, misunderstanding her father. How could this be tolerated!
The little girl stood in front of Jiang Jichen, her eyes wide open, her face serious, "My dad didn't~"
She picked at her fingers and said, "General Xie said that the sisters are all in their prime, how can they be trapped in this square backyard for their whole lives?"
"Outside the house there is a vast expanse of land and sky, with pine lakes the same color as the sky, and golden wheat fields on the outskirts of the city..."
"There are spring willows in the south, and there are many young men like General Xie in Kyoto~"
Jiang An patted the two boxes of money and said, "As long as the sisters agree, all of this will be yours!"
"Buy a small courtyard, hire one or two maids, and be the master yourself, isn't that good~"
Her words outlined a different future for these twenty-something girls, a future they had never dared to imagine.
Even Xie Yunshan was moved by the little girl's words at one point.
Xie Yunshan is an idealist. This beautiful picture made him realize that there are better places for these girls to go...
"Just agree to it. If two boxes are not enough, I will add two more!"
The butler's heart was bleeding when he heard the young master's generous words.
If we add two more boxes, the general’s mansion will be emptied!
"I promise!"
The one who was speaking was a cold and aloof girl. She had originally been in the underworld, and now she was going back, which was where her heart was going!
"I agree too..."
"I promise…"
"... "
At this moment, in the main hall of the general's mansion, there was no concubine, no slave, only "me".
None of the twenty-seven girls chose to stay in the general's mansion.
Without the restraint of being a girl in the backyard of the general's mansion, they were as close to each other as real sisters. They gathered in groups of three or four to discuss their future, and their words were full of longing for their future life.
Who cares about Xie Yunshan who is standing next to him with a look of heartache on his face?
Xie Yunshan did not let them leave the general's mansion directly, but gave them enough time to settle down.
And they can take away all the jewelry and items in their courtyard...
Instead, he packed up most of the things in his yard and took them away, and moved directly to the King Zhenguo Palace.
In the carriage, Jiang Jichen looked at him with disdain and moved his daughter closer to him.
"Remember to pay for the food."
Xie Yunshan hugged himself and said pitifully, "I have no money..."
Jiang Jichen said casually, "Then I'll owe you the money first."
He leaned one hand on the window sill, "I don't keep idle people in my mansion..."
General Xie raised his hand, indicating that he could work to pay off his debt!
"In that case, go to the military camp with me tomorrow."
Xie Yunshan choked and asked tentatively: "Can't you just sweep the floor in the mansion?"
sweep the floor?
Given Xie Yunshan's status, who in his house would really let this young man sweep the floor? It would be enough for him to cause trouble.
The ruthless Jiang Jichen refused coldly, "No."
The little girl sandwiched between the two of them swung her legs, eating candy and watching the fun.
Just when she opened the second piece of candy and put it in her mouth, Jiang Jichen grabbed his daughter's wrist.
Xie Yunshan quickly snatched the candy from her hand and threw it into his mouth.
Jiang An: "An An's candy!"
She puffed up her cheeks and glared at General Xie, who looked nagging.
The old father glanced at him and quickly stroked the little girl's hair, "You can't eat maltose today, or you'll get a toothache."
Jiang An licked his still intact teeth and said aggrievedly, "Okay~"
The carriage had just stopped at the gate of the mansion.
The court physician was seen waiting there with his goatee raised and looking very proud, and standing next to him was Hu Yan, who was gloating over the other's misfortune.
Jiang Jichen was the first to get off the carriage. He turned the black jade ring on his hand and felt a little guilty when he met the old man's condemning gaze.
He turned around and wanted to reach out to hug his daughter...
Jiang An still remembered that her father had an injury on his arm. She pushed Jiang Jichen away with her fat claws, "An An, do it yourself!"
After saying that, the little girl jumped down like a little butterfly.
"Eh? Old fox, why are you here~"
She smiled, ran over and surrounded Hu Yan.
Hu Yan was in poor health and would stay in the barracks when he had nothing to do. He did not come to the palace very often. The little girl was very happy to see him.
Hu Yan reached out and took An An in his arms, looking at his friend, and said in a teasing tone, "I came to visit Uncle Sun, and by the way, I learned that our prince went out today without changing the medicine."
"I'm just waiting here for the prince to come back and show some concern..."
"What big thing has tripped up the prince?"
Yin and Yang, he knows Yin and Yang.
This one sentence made both Jiang Jichen and Xie Yunshan very embarrassed.
General Xie coughed lightly and shrank his neck. "Well, I still have some things to move. I'll leave first~"
If you don’t run now, then when will you wait?
He didn't even look at Jiang Jichen, and rushed into the palace at a quick pace.
The prince was left standing alone in the wind, disheveled. Facing the gazes of the old man and the young man, he pursed his lips and said nothing. After a long while, he finally said, "Next time... I will be more careful."
"Humph!"
The court doctor was carrying a medicine box and spoke in a very yin-yang way, "Your Highness doesn't care about his arm. I guess one arm can repel the enemy a hundred miles away on the battlefield."
One arm?
Jiang An wrinkled his tiny eyebrows and quickly hugged the court doctor's thigh.
The little girl raised her head and said, "No~"
"How can Daddy hold An An with just one hand?"
"Then no one will write a big character sticker for An An!"
"Uncle Zhang~"
"..."
The court doctor was amused by her and smiled, "Okay, okay, I will definitely cure the prince!"
Hu Yan and the court doctor walked in front, while Jiang Jichen followed behind, holding his daughter's hand.
He pinched the little girl's soft cheeks and said, "Ask the kitchen to add more food tonight!"
If it weren't for his daughter, the old man would probably be sarcastic to him for the next few days.
Jiang An opened his eyes wide in surprise and raised his paw, "Roasted lamb leg!"
Jiang Jichen smiled indulgently, "Okay."
Whatever she says, that's what it is!
"Yeah~"
After eating a delicious dinner, Jiang An lay on the bed with her round belly. She turned over lazily, her eyelids drooping.
When she fell asleep in the middle of the night, she dreamed that her father's right sleeve was empty, and she woke up with fright.
She got out of bed barefoot, her underwear askew, opened the door and was about to run out.
Jiang Sixiu appeared on the beam, picked her up with both hands, and put her back into the house.
Hearing the noise, Niang Niang also came over.
The little girl was confused and hadn't realized how she got back to the house yet. She stretched out her foot again...
"Miss…"
"what happened?"
Hearing Nianniang's question, she pouted in grievance, "Looking for dad..."
At last,
The old father, who was also wearing his inner clothes, sat beside the bed, staring at the little girl who was brought to the main courtyard in the middle of the night.
He touched his daughter's forehead which felt a little cold. It was the coolness caused by sweat that soaked and dried.
Jiang Jichen said in a very light voice, "Did An have a nightmare?"
The little girl pursed her lips and curled her toes, "Hmm!"
She picked up her old father's wide sleeves and said, "I dreamed that my father had no arms..."
"what…"
Jiang Jichen quickly held her in his arms and patted her back to comfort her, "It's okay, Dad won't lose his arm, the court doctor was just trying to scare us."
"Really?"
"real."
The little girl curled up in her father's arms like a kitten, "Okay~"
Jiang An, who believed her father verbally, glanced at Jiang Jichen's arm from time to time in the next few days.
Zhang Bo's words "one arm" kept lingering in her little head.
The first thing she did every day when she opened her eyes was to run to her father's hospital to urge Jiang Jichen to change the dressing.
Jiang An got up very early to practice martial arts, but the court doctor was not awake yet!
After a few days of tossing and turning, the blue under the old man's eyes was almost falling to his chin.
One day, he gave a prescription to Butler Sun and asked him to go out and get some medicine.
Steward Sun frowned and asked in a worried tone, "Young Master is ill?"
The court doctor froze in his tracks, staring, "She's not sick!"
"I'm sick!"
Forehead…
"And you...?"
The court doctor said: "I got up too early, didn't sleep well, and my heart is not getting enough blood!"
Butler Sun thought of the young master's recent behavior of knocking on the door of the palace doctor before dawn, and smiled awkwardly.
"I'll send someone to get the medicine right away!"
Grab the big portion!
SFS