Tangled

"What do you want to ask?"

She didn't speak for a long time. After all, it was Gu Tingshu who couldn't help but speak first.

Shen Qiqi nodded and shook her head.

"What do you mean by nodding and shaking your head?"

"I originally wanted to ask, but I thought it wasn't important."

"unimportant?"

"Well, it doesn't matter. As long as my cousin is safe, the rest is not important."

She spoke seriously, her tone was very sincere, and there was no trace of falsehood.

I originally wanted to give her a chance to ask, but now it seems that I really don't need to.

She didn't ask any more questions, but Gu Tingshu was very satisfied.

"His Highness has returned to Kyoto first, so we have to spend a few days at night."

If we don’t hurry up, it will take a long time to get back to Kyoto.

After staying in Ningzhou for so long, it was time to go back, but when she thought of returning to that cage-like mansion, Shen Qiqi lost her good mood.

From the bottom of her heart, she didn't want to go back.

Although he didn't see her expression, Gu Tingshu could feel her loss. After thinking for a while, he patted her head gently.

"Don't think about it."

Shen Qiqi responded, but she was not much happy and her mood was still low.

She was not in a high mood, so the two of them didn't delay much. They stopped and stopped along the way, but they didn't delay for too long.

When they returned to the vicinity of Kyoto and were about to settle down, they met those handy beggars again outside the city gate.

The other party also recognized them, smiled sheepishly, scratched his head and got up.

"It turns out it's the young master and the young lady. Long time no see. How are you two?"

Shen Qiqi didn't expect that they would talk to her. Just when she was about to answer, the other party spoke again.

"What the girl said that day pointed out a clear path for us. Now we have found a job pounding stones, and we can earn an income of ten copper coins a day."

The other person seemed quite embarrassed as he spoke, and kept touching the back of his neck.

Shen Qiqi didn't understand. "Now that you've found a job, what are you doing?"

"Oh, that job is a bit hard after all, so I'll take advantage of the crowds to do my old job and rest for a few days before going to pound pebbles. This way I can earn money every day and won't be too tired."

After hearing this, Shen Qiqi was stunned. She really didn't expect that there could be such a willing person.

Even though he has found a job, he still has to be a beggar.

Maybe she was silent for too long, and the other party smiled and moved away.

"We are so lucky to be able to see the girl again. I would like to thank the girl for pointing out a clear path for us."

After being led into the city by Gu Tingshu, he even found Shen Qiqi in the waiting room before he came back to his senses. He pointed at himself and then in the direction of the city gate. He wanted to say something but was speechless for a moment.

She obviously didn't mean it this way.

Gu Tingshu had never seen such a person before. When he saw her face turned red, a smile flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, okay, everyone has their own way of living. As long as they don't commit crimes, just let them go."

His words didn't comfort her, but Shen Qiqi knew that she couldn't change anything, so she could only go in with her cheeks puffed up.

After walking for another two days, when we arrived in Kyoto, we saw a few familiar people standing at the city gate from a distance.

Shen Qiqi's eyebrows were filled with joy, and she patted Gu Tingshu's hand gently, signaling him to go faster.

"Girl, girl, I'm waiting for you to come back."

She got off the horse and before her feet could stand firmly, she was hugged by Jin Bao who rushed towards her.Although Yinbao was also very excited, he could still restrain himself. Seeing that Jinbao didn't know the importance of it, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab her.

"Sir, His Highness wants you to enter the palace immediately."

Shiyi came over and whispered in Gu Tingshu's ear while leading the horse.

The horse was not suitable for traveling long distances. When Eleven came, he brought the horse over. Gu Tingshu glanced at the three people chatting away and motioned for Eleven to send them back to the house.

"No one can enter Qingzhu Xiaozhu before I return home, not even the old lady."

Eleven bowed his head and accepted the order, "Yes!"

Gu Tingshu left on horseback, and Shen Qiqi didn't notice it for a moment. She didn't ask until she got on the carriage.

"The Marquis has entered the palace."

Enter the palace as soon as you come back.

Shen Qiqi pursed her lips and wanted to ask again, but her attention was attracted by Jin Bao's words.

"Girl, someone is coming from Jiangzhou."

"Anyone here?"

"Yes, a few days after the girl left, Master Shen led the other two young masters to the door."

"Young lady, you don't know how majestic Mr. Shen is. Even the old ladies in the mansion are pissed off by his words."

This is the first time someone from the Shen family has come to the Shen family in so many years. It is impossible to say that they don't care.

Shen Qiqi frowned and said nothing. If she had not gone out, she should have been able to see her when her elder brother came to the door.

"Girl, don't be disappointed. The eldest young master is still in Kyoto. He said that he will be in Kyoto from now on."

"Yes, yes, the Shen family even bought a house in Kyoto. I heard that some elders came here a few days ago."

There was no sign of coming to Kyoto before, so why did he come now?
Shen Qiqi was puzzled, so she expressed her doubts.

"Don't you know the girl? Because of the girl's marriage, the Marquis sent a letter to Jiangzhou. Mr. Shen knew about the girl's situation and planned to come to Kyoto."

"According to what we know, the eldest son came here after planning for a long time. As soon as he arrived, he came to the door and said he wanted to see the girl."

Jinbao thought carefully about what happened at that time, but her mind was not very bright and she could only look at Yinbao.

"Don't look at me. We were both in the yard at the time. The old lady doesn't know much about what happened in the yard."

All they knew was from what Nanny Lin said, and they still had to ask Nanny for some details.

"Girl, I don't know for sure. Grandma went to the old lady's yard at that time. Let's wait until we get back and let her explain in detail, okay?"

It just so happened that they also wanted to hear it again.

The eldest son of the Shen family, I heard from people outside, his appearance and bearing are not worse than those of the Marquis.

They talked about the matter in such a suspenseful way that even if Shen Qiqi could hold back when she heard about the arrival of Shen family members, she couldn't hold it back anymore.

She patted the carriage and signaled Eleven to go faster.

"Hey, if the Shen family buys a house in Kyoto, will the girl have to move out of the Hou Mansion?"

Jinbao was thinking about looking at Shen Qiqi's fingers when he suddenly said something out of nowhere.

The originally lively carriage fell completely silent because of these words.

Yinbao looked at Shen Qiqi, raised his hand and patted Jinbao, "Why are you saying this?"

Although they didn't want the girl to move away, if someone from the Shen family came, it would be unreasonable for the girl to stay in the Hou Mansion.

They were fine, but they didn't know if the Marquis would agree to it.

The Marquis regarded the girl as a pain in the eyes, and would come over to accompany her every day when he was in the house. If the girl moved away, he would not know how sad he would be.