Chapter 113: The Sprout of Love

  "Really?" Xiao Ming looked at him suspiciously, "But big brother only mentioned her to me as a woman..."

  "I admit I appreciate her, but only appreciate, just like you like green chrysanthemum, understand?" Xiao Qi felt that discussing this kind of thing with a young brother who was not worldly and had an emotional quotient of "0" was truly overwhelming.

  "But the books don't say that, do they? The rich young masters and princes who fall in love with famous courtesans, abandon their promising futures, and give up their luxurious lives for them are truly moving!"

  "What kind of nonsense books have you been reading all day?" Xiao Qi's head hurt, a good young man with a pure heart and mind, how had his thoughts been poisoned like this?

  Xiao Ming hummed, somewhat disgruntled. "I'm not someone you can keep cooped up at home all day. If I don't go out, won't I suffocate?"

  "...Xiao Qi's face didn't show anything, but in her heart she had already quietly decided that when she went back, she would burn all of his books."

  "...Then...if Zuihuatang really falls, what will happen to Mo Feng?" Xiao Ming asked again.

  Xiao Xi gave him a white eye, "The Drunken Flower Building will not collapse, it has the Second Prince backing it up, for now it's not time to confront the Second Prince directly, however... this matter can indeed be used to teach the Second Prince a lesson, and then we can sit back and enjoy the show."

  Xiao Ming nodded, "Well, at least it wasn't a waste of getting beaten up."

  Xiao Qi glared at him again, to be honest, when he first heard that Xiao Ming was beaten, he thought it was a trick by the Crown Prince and Princess, but after careful consideration, it didn't seem possible. After all, it was Xiao Ming who got beaten, not him. Would the Crown Prince and Princess spare no effort?

  "Right, big brother!" The 15 or 16-year-old boy quickly changed the subject, "The one who saved me is the third miss of Chengnan Bo's mansion, Zhou Jingyu. When I'm better, can I go visit and thank her?"

  "This requires asking the queen mother." The Chengnan Bo Mansion was a newly risen noble family. They didn't have much to do with the Xiao Wang Mansion, and he didn't know if the Xiao Wangfei would be willing to let Xiao Ming get involved with their family's daughter.

  "Ah?" Xiao Ming looked down with some disappointment, "Will Empress Dowager agree?"

  Xiao Xi couldn't help but laugh at his gloomy expression. Had he really fallen in love?

  He thought again and suddenly remembered the deep affection in Zhou Jingyu's eyes when she looked at him, and his eyebrows slightly furrowed. If his intuition was correct, then that Zhou Jingyu couldn't become a good match for Xiao Ming. It seemed he had to dispel Xiao Ming's thoughts.

  Thinking of this, he said: "There are also two ladies from the Jian'an Marquis's residence who saved you, do you only think of thanking Lady Zhou San?"

  "Jian'an Marquis's residence?" Xiao Ming was perplexed, clearly knowing nothing. "Last night my consciousness was a bit fuzzy, and I vaguely heard several people's voices, but the first person to come out and rescue me, then send me to the medical pavilion, was only Miss Zhou of the Zhou family. So, I only remember her..."

  "You mean Miss Zhou who brought you to the hospital on Wednesday?" Xiao Qi's eyebrows furrowed slightly, somewhat perplexed.

  Yesterday was clearly Lin Si who brought Xiao Ming over, she admitted it herself. Zhou San also said the same on Wednesday, so why did Xiao Ming...

  Could it be that Xiao Ming had a crush on Lin Si? But he mistakenly fell for someone else?

  Xiao Xi was startled and suddenly felt something was wrong.

  "What? Isn't it Miss Zhou on Wednesday? But I heard her say with my own ears that she is the third miss of Chengnan Bo's mansion, Zhou Jingyu." Xiao Ming hurriedly asked back, afraid that he had mistaken the person.

  "You didn't misremember, it was indeed the third young lady of the Zhou family who saved you." Xiao Qi did not want Xiao Ming to have any involvement with Lin Zhao Yan. He had once said that Xiao Ming was the only person he did not wish to scheme against in this lifetime. Indeed, he also did not wish to scheme against his woman, or else it would lead to brothers becoming enemies.

  He has lost too much already and really doesn't want to lose this brotherly relationship.

  Nor did I want to become unrecognizable myself.

  Xiao Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, "I told you, I wouldn't remember wrong."

  "Do you remember what she looks like?" Xiao Qi asked tentatively again.

  "This... " Xiao Ming racked his brains for a while, shaking his head in distress. "I only remember that there was a pair of eyes brighter than the stars on a night sky, flashing and shining, but as for anything else, I don't remember."

  Xiao Xi let out a sigh of relief, it's better if you don't remember, it's better if you don't remember.

  As for those bright eyes, there are too many beautiful eyes in this world, and Zhou Jingyu is no exception.

  "All right, after I get back I'll talk to Mother about it and see if we can't arrange for you to go to the Chengnan Bo estate yourself to thank Miss Zhou San personally."

  Xiao Ming smiled with satisfaction, "Then let's go back now!"

  "Are you feeling better?"

  "I'm fine, just a minor injury. I slept for a night and felt much better." Xiao Ming waved his hand nonchalantly, now he only had one thought in mind - to see Zhou Jingyu as soon as possible.

  Xiao Qi didn't dare take the risk, "Let's ask a doctor instead."

  The young doctor was soon called into the house by Xiao Qi, and he looked at the successive appearances of people like big men, his face was stiff with excitement, and he didn't even bother to treat the illness. At the first time, he made a self-introduction, "This young master, I am Xu Yu, don't look at my age, I have been traveling in Jianghu for ten years, treating illnesses and saving people countless times, and I have rich experience in all aspects."

  "......" Xiao Qi was again deceived by a scammer, how come he couldn't meet a normal person?

  Xu Yu saw Xiao Qi's expressionless face and felt a bit uneasy in his heart. Based on his many years of experience in observing people's words and expressions, he knew that this was probably a sign that the big shot was not satisfied with him.

  Everything has its own degree, and going beyond that is as bad as falling short. He was extremely intelligent and immediately got to the point, "May I ask what this young master has summoned me for?"

  "...... Can he walk now?" Xiao Qi asked.

  A great opportunity to show off your talent has arrived!

  Xu Yu's face lit up with joy, and he hastily stepped forward to take Xiao Ming's pulse. After pretending to examine it for a while, he said thoughtfully: "Young Master seems to be much better than last night, his vitality has recovered quite a bit, as long as he doesn't exert himself too much, walking should not be a problem."

  "Hmm." Xiao Qi saw that he was sincere and her heart felt a few more points of goodwill.

  Most doctors like to make a mystery out of things and don't seem to be able to show off their medical skills unless they can make the patient sound hopeless. This small-town doctor, on the other hand, has some integrity. Last night when Xiao Ming first brought you in, he didn't exaggerate or make a random diagnosis just to charge more for the consultation.

  Regardless of whether the medical skills are reliable or not, at least this kind of medical ethics is rare and precious.

  "In a little while we will be leaving, how much is the medical fee?" Xiao Qi planned to probe him again.

  Xu Wei was like a sharp-minded person, good at casting long lines to catch big fish, with a far-sighted gaze that wouldn't be swayed by immediate small gains. He waved his hand and said, "No need, no need! The young lady from last night has already paid in full!"

  He was referring to Lin Zhao's words.

  Xiao Xi was taken aback, with an inexplicable feeling in her heart.

  Xiao Ming naturally took this girl as Zhou Jingyu, and his heart was even more disturbed.

  He didn't understand love and had never loved anyone before, but he felt his heart beating extremely fast, and there was a strange kind of wonderful feeling.

  He thought, perhaps this is what they call love in those storybooks!

  As morning light broke, warmth gently spread, a delicate glass-topped, blue-walled carriage slowly entered the Xiao Wang Fu.

  A beautiful woman wearing a large red, gold-embroidered, double-layered, long-tailed phoenix robe stands on the white jade steps of Han Dynasty. The sunlight filters through the mist and shines brightly on her peerlessly beautiful face, which should have been soft and gentle but instead appears cold and stern, revealing a hint of desolation.

  Several maids standing behind her grasped their sleeves tightly, not even daring to breathe loudly.

  Even the air is filled with suffocating oppression.

  In a moment, a maid in green rushed over and said with some trepidation: "Your Highness, the Eldest Young Master and Second Young Master have returned."

  Xiao Wangfei's lips curled up with a chilling intent, "Returning together?"

  "Yes, Your Highness."

  "Very good!" The face of Xiao Wangfei, shrouded in the morning mist, became even more mysterious. Her fingers, clad in three-inch long gauntlets, dug deep into her palm. "He didn't escape, he's really grown up!"

  Everyone knew who "he" was in Xiao Wangfei's mouth, and her back had already broken out in a cold sweat.

  Xiao Wangfei's personal maid, Tang Ya, secretly wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes as she recalled how in the past, whenever the young master made a mistake, he would hide like a startled kitten and no one could find him.

  It's just that the queen's punishment methods are really... gruesome, and even outsiders who see them can't help but feel terrified.

  Soon, under the morning light, two slender and handsome figures slowly walked in from outside the Moon Cave.

  The slightly thin one is Xiao Er Gongzi Xiao Ming.

  The one standing upright with his back straight is indeed Xiao Da Gongzi Xiao Qi.

  He saw Xiao Wangfei standing on the jade steps with a group of people, her face expressionless, not even a hint of surprise, as if she had expected this all along.

  It was Xiao Ming beside him who was stunned for a moment, and even opened his mouth with a hint of panic, "Empress Dowager, how did you end up here?"

  Xiao Wangfei didn't say anything.

  Xiao Ming's heart became even more flustered, fearing that Xiao Wangfei had discovered something. Subconsciously, he said: "Mother, I didn't sneak out last night, I was in big brother's study the whole time!"

  Xiao Wangfei and others waited in Xiao Ming's bedroom, while Xiao Qi's residence was separated from his by several hanging flower doors.

  Xiao Ming's words had a bit of the meaning "this place has no silver three hundred taels", but Xiao Wangfei believed him, and gently beckoned to him, "Ming'er, you be good, look at how dirty your clothes are, let Huanbi and the others accompany you to go wash up." As she spoke, she gave a signal with her eyes to the maid beside her.

  She was startled, and understood that Princess Xiao wanted to get rid of the second young master so that she could deal with the eldest young master without any scruples. She felt a little uneasy in her heart, but still didn't dare disobey Princess Xiao's intention, and hastily agreed before going to support Xiao Ming.

  Xiao Ming retreated a few steps back and said with great repulsion: "No need, I'd rather have big brother accompany me."

  Although he was not seriously injured, he was still hurt, his body was covered with purple bruises, and if they were discovered by Biyu and the others, they would definitely inform Xiao Wangfei.

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