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The midday sun melted the loneliness of winter and made the cold days a little warmer.

The charcoal fire made a sound from time to time, adding a little fire light to the silent room.

Ji Qingning's hands were roasted on the charcoal fire. After he finished roasting, he rubbed his hands again, only to find the towel Sujuan had prepared earlier.

The table was clean and shiny, and the dishes on the plate were neatly arranged, like soldiers who were ordered to sit on the plate.

Occasionally, one of them would be sentenced to death without hesitation and thrown into the fire by Ji Qingning.

Compared to the food that Zhuang Qiu ate in the General's Mansion, the food cooked by Ji Qingning's own cook was a bit too delicate, so delicate that Zhuang Qiu didn't feel ashamed to eat it.

"Why, the general doesn't like it?"

"No. I just can't bear to let such a good dish be eaten and wasted by a rough person like me."

"The general is not a simple vulgar person, but you are a great hero who has made great contributions to protecting the country of Ji. If you ask me, these dishes should be more sensible, and you should line up and jump into the general's mouth by yourself."

Although Ji Qingning's words were still sarcasm, Zhuang Qiu couldn't help laughing.

It's also cute to mock people.

If it wasn't for Sujuan being in the way, Zhuang Qiu would have patted Ji Qingning's head up and down.

I always feel that at this time, Ji Qingning's tail should be raised to the sky.

However, Ji Qingning probably didn't understand Zhuang Qiu's smile, he asked back: "My words are very funny."

"No, I—" Zhuang Qiu was thinking about finding an excuse, when he suddenly saw Sumei coming back from the side.

Zhuang Qiu immediately changed the topic, seemingly casually said: "Sumei, your new clothes are pretty good, wear more red, so festive."

Ji Qingning glanced at Sumei's red dress, and then at Zhuang Qiu who was smiling.

The unprovoked fire intensified.

"It seems that the general is not hungry, so I will eat first."

As Ji Qingning said, he picked up the chopsticks on the side, picked up a large piece of fish, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Zhuang Qiu looked at Ji Qingning in astonishment. The latter was chewing the fish with vicious eyes, as if he was eating people.

Zhuang Qiu thought to himself, how did I offend him again, is it okay to praise your servants for their beauty?

But Ji Qingning eats like an angry little hamster.

I'm used to seeing Ji Qingning who chews and eats slowly, so it's cuter this way.

Zhuang Qiu just stared at it, forgetting that he also ate.

After watching for a long time, when Ji Qingning looked up after eating [-]% full, he saw Zhuang Qiu looking straight at him.

He froze for a moment, subconsciously lowered his head again.

Then he realized why he bowed his head.

Immediately, Ji Qingning looked back and asked, "Why is the general staring at me without eating?"

"Beauty fills the stomach and fills the stomach."

Ji Qingning's eyes widened, his heart skipped a beat, and he scolded angrily, "General, why are you talking nonsense? Could it be that he chatted too much with those prostitutes outside, and he tried to humiliate me with this sentence!"

"I'm done eating, the general can do as he pleases." After speaking, Ji Qingning turned the wheelchair, and Sujuan behind her immediately went to push Ji Qingning's wheelchair.

"Hurry up." Ji Qingning whispered to Sujuan.

The wheels were spinning fast, as if they were escaping from something.

Zhuang Qiu behind him looked at the almost untouched dishes, looked at Sumei beside him and asked, "Can I pack it up and take it home to eat?"

"If the general needs it, of course."

"Does your master usually eat so fast?"

Sumei recalled how her master usually ate slowly for an hour, looked at Zhuang Qiu again, and shook her head firmly.

"Then I'm afraid your master hasn't had enough. I brought that thing over and put it on the table in the outer courtyard. Remember to bring it to your master."

"Yes."

"Put things in food boxes."

……

Back in his small courtyard, Ji Qingning turned his head to look, but did not see Zhuang Qiu chasing him.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sumei's red dress is really so pretty?" Ji Qingning asked Sujuan beside her.

Sujuan felt that this should be a question that could lead to death if she failed to answer it.

After deliberating for a while, she replied cautiously: "Maybe it's because red looks warm in winter."

Ji Qingning remained silent.

After he calmed down for a while, he always felt that the depression in his heart could not be resolved. He read the book for a while, and then asked Sujuan, "Has General Jiang left? It seems a little unreasonable for me to leave him there like this."

Sujuan immediately replied: "That's his own fault, who told him to tease the master. Both he and that Prince Su are not good people."

"Shut up!" Ji Qingning frowned, his eyes were full of indifference.

"Who gave you the courage to talk about heroes."

Sujuan knew that her master was angry, so she quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "It was Sujuan who said something wrong, please punish me, master."

Ji Qingning stared at him and knelt for a while before saying, "Get up, I don't need to hear you say this a second time."

"Sujuan will never talk about it again."

——Sujuan is very weird in her heart, and obviously her master doesn't like this Jiang Xu, and she still doesn't let her speak ill, isn't this very contradictory.Besides, the master herself scolded that Jiang Xu. Could it be that she misunderstood the meaning of the master, and the master was actually urging that Jiang Xu?

Sujuan, who guessed what Ji Qingning meant, was confused.

Sumei came in carrying a box.

Ji Qingning looked at Sumei's male red jacket and thought, it doesn't look good at all.

"Sumei, how long have you been wearing this dress?"

"Back to the master, I have worn it for six years. I haven't worn it for a long time, but because the clothes were wet before and the other one was washed, I put on this old one."

"Since it's old, don't wear it anymore, Sujuan, go get your silver and order new winter clothes for the two of you at the tailor shop. It's almost Chinese New Year, and you have to wear new clothes."

Sujuan's face was filled with joy, she knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you master, do you want to make one too, master?"

"I have enough, no need."

Sumei, who was not very talkative, put the box in her hand on the table at this moment.

"The gift that General Jiang brought to the master, he told me to give it to the master."

Ji Qingning glanced at the table, thinking that it should be a rare item from Chu State, or something like a night pearl. He could receive many such gifts on his birthday in the past.

He didn't let Sumei open it, but opened the box himself.

It is neither a luminous pearl nor a creation of Chu State, but cakes of various colors and shapes.

Ji Qingning pinched a rabbit's ear, put it under his nose and sniffed it.

Before Sumei could say the phrase "Slaves go for a drug test", Ji Qingning put it in her mouth

sweet.

Ji Qingning waited for the sweetness to disappear from his mouth, and then said with emotion: "He is used to please people."

Even Sujuan and Sumei didn't know that he liked sweet things, how did Jiang Xu know?

It's just that he saw it after having dinner with him once?

I say that I am a big boss, but my mind is so delicate, where is the roughness?

The indignation hidden in his heart melted a little along with the sweetness, Ji Qingning had a little smile on his face, and he said softly: "Go and send my can of Biluochun to Ziqiu."

"Yes."

……

Although the weather is getting colder and colder, it is also approaching the end of the year.

Therefore, there are more and more lively vendors on the street than usual.

Every holiday, Zhuang Qiu would lead the guards and Long Xing around in an open and honest manner.

Ji Guo is very small to Zhuang Qiu, but to ordinary people who cannot live without Ji Cheng for a lifetime, it is infinitely large.

Those whose ancestors have lived in Ji country for generations, probably have never been to Ji country even a hundred miles away.

To them, it was just the scenery of Ji Country, which could no longer be seen.

Walking through the streets and alleys, you can feel how much mortals attach importance to "Nian".

There is no such thing as a festival for cultivators, let alone use firecrackers to scare away the Nian beast like ordinary people.

Obviously, the Nian Beast has to become a pet when it arrives at the Taixuan Sword Sect.

"Look at the firecrackers. Handmade firecrackers are louder and brighter than those sold by others."

"This guest officer, it's better to stay at the hotel."

"Selling steamed stuffed buns! Steaming steamed stuffed buns just out of the pan!"

Zhuang Qiu walked to the steamed stuffed bun stall and asked, "Are there any steamed stuffed buns that look like hamsters?"

"Are you talking about mice? There are mice. Come on, sir?"

"let me see."

The stall owner lifted the lid on the top, and there were buns of various shapes in the cage inside.

There are tiger heads, there are puppies, there are monkeys...

In Zhuang Qiu's hand, there was a round bun with two ears and black eyes.

Holding the bun, he smiled to himself.

Long Xing on the side was puzzled and said, "General, are you so happy just eating a steamed stuffed bun?"

Zhuang Qiu had a "what do you know" expression on his face.

"Don't you think this bun looks like a person?"

"Who is it?" Long Xing looked at Zhuang Qiu suspiciously.

"Isn't it like our late national teacher?"

"..."

It was the first time for Zhuang Qiu to see the same expression on the faces of Wei Jun and Long Xing.

"It doesn't look like it, I think it looks like it." Zhuang Qiucai ignored these two mortals, how could they have the same insight as him.

Biting off one of the bun's ears, Zhuang Qiu continued walking happily.

Long Xing squeezed through the crowd to follow, pointed at Zhuang Qiu's steamed stuffed bun and said, "You bit off the ear of Master Guoshi."

"I even ate all the national teachers."

……

In the cold small courtyard in the suburbs, Ji Qingning sat beside the charcoal fire in the study and quietly looked at Hanmei outside the window.

This place is extremely remote and there are not many people.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the New Year in the lively center of the imperial city cannot be felt here.

Sujuan is showing off his new clothes with Sumei.

Su Bing, who was watching quietly in the dark, showed envy in his eyes.

Sumei said coldly: "Why don't you hang yourself on the city wall so that everyone can see how beautiful your new clothes are."

"If the master agrees, then I will go."

"Shameless."

"It's you who are too cold!"

The quarrel between the two of them attracted Ji Qingning's attention, and the latter shouted: "Sujuan."

Sujuan and Sumei hurried to Ji Qingning's side and asked, "What's the matter, master, what's wrong?"

"I'm fine, and His Majesty's is fine recently. It's almost Chinese New Year, and you don't have to stay with me here all the time. Go outside and have a look."

"Master, let's go out together, just like last time."

"I've had a lot of New Years, but you haven't enjoyed the New Year much, so don't think about me, go ahead."

"How can we leave the master alone at home? We are not at ease. Why don't I stay with the master and let Sumei and Subing go."

"I'll stay, you are rash, can you take good care of the master?"

"How dare I be rash, when you are not around, I will take good care of the master!"

"Okay!" Ji Qingning called them to stop.

"Prince Su has given up on the investigation. It's okay for me to go out now. Even so, let's go out."

……

The carriage finally reached the end, and Sujuan gave the groom a few copper coins.

A wooden plank was put on the ground from the carriage, and the wheelchair slid down the slope slowly.

The carriage ran back all the way, and they made an appointment to pick up people at midnight.

It's been a long time since I came to the bustling part of the imperial city, Sujuan looked very happy, Sumei was a little better than him, but after all they were young, so they couldn't help feeling novelty.

Pushing the wheelchair all the way and walking slowly, there are those who spit fire, some perform acrobatics with monkeys, and some have broken boulders in their chests.

"Why, you also want to learn how to crush boulders in your chest." Seeing that Su Bing's eyeballs were about to drop, Su Juan couldn't help teasing.

Holding the sword in her arms, Su Bing withdrew her eyes and said "I'm not interested at all".

Because they came out late, they didn't see the excitement in the morning, and it went directly to the afternoon.

At night, the night in the imperial city will be as bright as day.

Poor people who have saved for a year will also make new clothes and eat meat and vegetables at the end of the year.

In the evening, candlelight filled the entire city of Ji.

Outside the storytelling teahouse, a servant greets passing guests.

Sujuan has long heard how wonderful storytelling is, she watched it eagerly, thinking that it would be good to hear a sentence or two.

Ji Qingning glanced at her and said, "Go in and have a look."

So a group of four people went over the steps to go inside.

But Ji Qingning's wheelchair couldn't pass the threshold.

The boy seemed to find the wheelchair novel and wanted to take a second look, but was blocked by Sumei.

Sumei said lightly, "Take the money well."

The smile on the boy's face suddenly became stronger, and he no longer cast a peeping gaze at Ji Qingning, but said enthusiastically: "Please come to the four of you!"

Su Bing has already lifted up the entire wheelchair and sent it to the other side of the threshold.

The first floor of the teahouse was already full of people.

Just as Su Bing and Su Juan were about to carry Ji Qingning's wheelchair to the second floor, Ji Qingning made a stop gesture.

"master?"

"Just here, don't bother."

"But it's all people, it's a mess."

"It's okay."

Ji Qingning just glanced at the high steps, then turned his gaze back, staring at a spot on the ground, wondering what he was thinking.

Sujuan and Subing looked at each other in blank dismay.

Sumei stepped forward and said, "Why are you so dazed, why don't you go find a place for the master."

In the end, Ji Qingning found a fairly good seat, in the middle, and paid a little more for tea.

The storyteller on the stage slapped the gavel and was talking about the ancestors of the Ji Dynasty.

"As for the fourth prince, Ji Qingning, he was born with divine bones, and was surrounded by visions when he was born. Even the people outside the imperial city heard the sound of dragons singing. It's a pity that fate played tricks on people. He was born unable to walk, and could only live for a long time. Sitting in a wheelchair. The fourth prince is generous and benevolent, and has never been gloomy because of his lack of limbs. At that time, the fourth prince was the most favored prince."

"Then why is the former emperor now enthroned?" Because it was already the previous dynasty, there was less pressure for everyone to discuss.

What's more, these people usually keep their heads down and have no chance to listen to books. Now that they are finally able to relax, they don't care about their past.

It's not talking about Prince Su and the current little emperor, so they won't be arrested after just a few words.

"Because the fourth prince was chosen by the fairy envoy, he ascended to become a fairy."

There was a sudden commotion among the crowd, that was a fairy.

Immortal means immortality, means extremely powerful.

Who would have thought that their little country of Ji would actually have a fairy.

Ji Qingning didn't think it was interesting, but the three children on the side listened with gusto.

After finishing this paragraph, the teahouse was over, and it was already night.

The candles in Jicheng lit up.

A moat passing through Jicheng flows with the expectations of ordinary people.

The vendors passing by are also looking forward to selling their goods at a good price in the coming year.

The endless stream of paper boats and candles is an arch bridge.

The wheelchair was pushed and slowly jumped onto the arch bridge.

Ji Qingning was stunned.

Zhuang Qiu on the opposite side also paused.

"It's General Jiang, what a coincidence." Sujuan looked at them in surprise.

Long Xing who was beside Zhuang Qiu asked doubtfully, "Why did the general stop?"

"You guys go back first, I'll go shopping by myself for a while."

"General?"

Zhuang Qiu ignored those two people and went straight to the other side of the bridge.

When passing by Ji Qingning, he lowered his voice and said, "I'll get rid of them first, and come back to you later."

Ji Qingning did not expect such a coincidence.

At least Ji Cheng said that there are [-] people.

It can't be such a coincidence, it just happened to happen.

"Master, what should we do? The one opposite seems to be General Jiang's subordinate. They don't know that you are still alive."

"It's okay, just walk over."

……

Zhuang Qiu walked around the moat, and then used his spiritual sense to determine Ji Qingning's location.

He passed through the crowd and quickly ran to Ji Qingning under the bridge.

"Why didn't you call me when you came out to play?" Zhuang Qiu asked with a smile.

The candlelight shone on Zhuang Qiu's face, and the crowd was very noisy, but Ji Qingning could accurately distinguish what Jiang Xu was talking about.

He had an illusion in a trance.

It seemed that he and Jiang Xu had known each other for a long time.

"I want to come out suddenly, I don't have time to tell you." Ji Qingning replied.

"You three, go play by yourself, I will stay with your master for a while."

Sumei immediately said: "We will follow the master."

Su Bing also held the sword vigilantly and nodded.

Of course he was very impressed with Zhuang Qiu, he didn't go through three tricks with his men on the opposite side, how could such a dangerous person be allowed to be by his master's side.

Sujuan thought to herself: A bunch of idiots, it's about bad masters.

"Listen to Ziqiu." Ji Qingning said flatly.

Sumei and Subing's expressions changed at the same time.

Sujuan: Let's see, let me tell you.

Sumei wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ji Qingning's glance.

The three can only be obedient.

Before leaving, Sumei said to Zhuang Qiu: "Zishi's carriage will be waiting at Jinwu Street. It is a carriage with a red top and blue satin."

"Don't worry, your master is safer with me than with you."

Sumei thought the same, if anyone in this world could hurt the master from Jiang Xu, then they would naturally be unable to protect the master.

Rest assured, the three of them walked away step by step.

Seeing them like this, Zhuang Qiu sighed, "They are loyal."

"They are all the children I picked up. They were raised by me all the way. They can be regarded as half of my adopted daughter."

Zhuang Qiu sighed again: "It's just to prevent me from being like a wolf."

Ji Qingning smiled lightly: "Maybe you look like a bad guy, they are afraid that you will hurt me."

"Then you are not afraid?"

"I don't think you will."

"That's not sure." Zhuang Qiu approached Ji Qingning, with a smile in his eyes, raised his eyebrows and said: "I have always had poor self-control, and I usually look at people like dogs because I don't have a chance. I am alone and widowed, but there is no guarantee that I will do bad things."

"We are not lonely men and widows. First of all, you are not a woman. Secondly, Ziqiu, look at how many people are around. It seems that there are not enough people. Since these two conditions are not met, why not be sure? .”

"You're used to saying it, but I can't say no to you." Zhuang Qiu stepped back a little, keeping a safe distance from Ji Qingning.

"Don't you want to stay with the two of me? If you get rid of the three of them, what do you want to tell me?"

"Your Majesty has received the support of more than half of the officials. These days, they have seen His Majesty's deeds. To them, orthodoxy is more important."

"Also, Prince Su can't sit still anymore. I'm afraid that he doesn't want to give His Majesty a chance to grow up, and will change in the palace in the near future. Although this is a bit risky, it is obvious that after a few more years, he will be even less likely to control His Majesty."

After Zhuang Qiu finished his information, when he looked at Ji Qingning, he found that the expression on his face was very strange.

As if to say: This is it?

Zhuang Qiu suppressed the weird thoughts in his heart, and said again: "What do you think?"

"If you can let His Majesty grow up for a few years, then the National Congress will definitely be more stable, but now it seems that Prince Su understands this matter. If this is the case, then we can also advance our plan."

Zhuang Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, Prince Su would strike ahead of time, not only because he felt threatened, but also because of Zhuang Qiu.

Zhuang Qiu's heart was overwhelmed by the danger of monsters, and he wanted to solve Ji Qingning's affairs as soon as possible.

So he used a little trick to interfere with Prince Su's judgment.

After talking about the business, Ji Qingning asked, "What did you do shopping today?"

Zhuang Qiu suddenly thought of something, he said a little funny: "Today I just went shopping at a stall on the street and ate a bun."

"What kind of buns made you happy like this."

Zhuang Qiu replied, "A bun with ears."

Ji Qingning frowned for a while before arriving: "You mean the buns made into animal shapes, I didn't know you were so childlike and liked that very much."

"Like, like the ones with hamster ears."

"Then I'll ask the cook to make a cage for you some other day."

"Okay, then I'll just wait."

While speaking, there was a bit of wind.

The candlelight flickered on the boat, and the blowing made people's heads feel cold.

Zhuang Qiu took off his cloak and put it on for Ji Qingning.

"I've worn enough clothes when I came out today. You still have old wounds on your body, so don't let me take them off."

"I'm hot."

"I don't believe it, you must be lying to me."

Zhuang Qiu suddenly reached out and touched Ji Qingning's face.

Ji Qingning thought for a moment in a daze: Ziqiu didn't lie to him, he was really hot, very hot.