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Gu Jinyu spoke with her face full of bitterness, "I really envy sister. Mother and brother can stay with you even after your marriage. I still don't know what kind of family I will marry into. Grandmother is choosing a marriage for me… but in the end, I won’t be as comfortable as sister."
"Is that all?" Gu Jiao asked.
Gu Jinyu wasn’t surprised by Gu Jiao's indifference. She smiled wryly and said, "I heard that brother-in-law has become the Zhuangyuan. I’d like to congratulate sister and brother-in-law."
"Thanks."
Gu Jiao said and continued to go out wearing her back basket.
Gu Jiao, with a heart of iron, got into the carriage to go back.
While waiting outside for Gu Jiao, Little San chatted with the young man and several children of the child care residence. He didn't know that the patient inside was Gu Jiao's nominal sister—— the daughter who had been carried back by mistake and was mistaken as Gu Jiao since childhood.
While they were idle on the road, Little San told Gu Jiao the news he had heard, "That young miss is said to be the daughter of a prominent family, and she came to the child care residence to do charity incognito. If she hadn't fainted today and was helped into the room by the kitchen staff of the child care residence who found her token then, they wouldn’t have known that she was a person of status. However, she didn't say her specific identity."
Gu Jiao lifted the window curtain and enjoyed the scenery by the roadside.
Little San continued, "That child care residence doesn't receive much money every month, so the children don't have enough food and clothing. It's that young miss’s arrival that made the situation at the child care residence better. She bought new clothes for all the children and filled in some monthly budget for food. Nowadays, there aren’t many young ladies with such kind hearts..."
After that, Little San continued to babble on, but Gu Jiao heard nothing of it as she had fallen asleep.
Meanwhile, Xiao Liulang finally cleaned up the mess created by a certain little monk and came out of the Imperial Academy with a gloomy face.
He held Little Jing Kong by the hand.
Despite his hand being held by him, Little Jing Kong's small head was drooping and his little body expressed infinite resistance, just like a poor thing being dragged away by some human traffickers.
Xiao Liulang sneered when he saw the little guy's reluctance, "Heh, I won't cover for you this time!"
He figured out now that his fearlessness stemmed from the fact that he always covered for him.
Last time, he made Teacher Sun cry with anger. This time, he shaved the head of half of the class half bald.
He actually dared to shave people’s heads ah!
Little Jing Kong grunted in grievance, "I told you it’s them who wanted me to shave them. Aren't classmates supposed to help each other and be friendly and united? What's wrong with me helping them? Instead of praising me for my broadmindedness and not caring about them becoming smart and competing for the first place with me, you plan to tell JiaoJiao about my petty deeds. You’re unreasonable!"
"You like being reasonable, right? Fine, let’s talk about it." Xiao Liulang stopped walking. In the quiet alley, he looked at Little Jing Kong seriously. "They asked you to shave their heads, so you shaved their heads. Then, if they asked you to take the last place in the exam, would you take the last place?"
Little Jing Kong pursed his tiny mouth and mumbled, "I... I would like to! But my intelligence won’t allow it!"
Xiao Liulang: Hehe.
Xiao Liulang continued, "Also, isn’t it forbidden to carry sharp objects within the Imperial Academy?"
Let’s see you try clearing your name with this one, try it for me.
Little Jing Kong couldn’t clear his name this time.
He was completely caught red-handed.
However, if hard tactics wouldn’t work, then employ the soft ones.
Little Jing Kong looked at him with an adorable expression while twisting his little body, "Big bro~ can you not tell JiaoJiao?"
Xiao Liulang trembled all over. Stop acting cute!
What he did this time was truly a big disaster. In the State of Zhao, men were not allowed to have their heads shaved after reaching the age of twelve, but most people stopped shaving their sons and grandsons’ heads at the age of two or three, unless they were injured or ill.
Among them, the imperial family had the strictest rules, and yet, the first one he shaved today was an imperial prince!
If it wasn't for Qin Chuyu himself crying and insisting to have his head shaved, he would have been taken into the palace to be questioned.
But also because he shaved the head of an imperial prince that those officials and other parents were afraid to say anything.
What else could they do? Imagine they rushed to complain when the Emperor had yet to stand up for his son——
What? Were their children more noble than an imperial prince?
Little Jing Kong’s cute act failed.
He sighed and reluctantly accepted the fact that his bad brother-in-law was going to tell on him.
When they got home, he found that Gu Jiao made a house visit.
Xiao Liulang pointed to the inner wall of the front yard and said, "Reflect on your actions here while waiting for JiaoJiao to come back."
Little Jing Kong lowered his head and obediently stood by the wall.
Marquis Xuanping went out of town to handle a case today, and passed by Bishui Alley on his way back to the estate, so he stopped by to have a look.
The courtyard gate was open.
As soon as he crossed the threshold, he saw a miserable little bean with his little face against the wall and his little finger poking it while looking particularly wronged.
Oh, wasn't this the little guy who beat up the State of Liang's little envoy with Qin Chuyu and Minister Xu’s youngest son in the palace last time?
Marquis Xuan Ping hooked up the corner of his lips as he walked over and poked the little guy’s tiny shoulder from behind.
Little Jing Kong turned around and looked at Marquis Xuanping with bitterness, "What?"
His angry look was adorable. Marquis Xuanping suddenly became interested in bullying the little guy. He slightly raised the right corner of his lips and chuckled, "Are you in trouble again? Tell me about it, I'll give you some ideas."
Little Jing Kong was also a proud person, so he would never admit in public that he was punished for getting into trouble, "Who are you? Are we familiar?"
Marquis Xuanping smiled and said, "Oh, you cried so hard last time that you got your snot all over me. It’s only been a few days and you refuse to recognize me already."
Having mentioned this, Little Jing Kong got really a bit embarrassed.
Although he wanted to save face, he was also reasonable.
He had saved handsome uncle, and handsome uncle had helped him. They already had an excellent friendship.
Little Jing Kong's expression eased a lot and he asked, "My name is Jing Kong. What's your name?"
Finding Little Jing Kong quite interesting, Marquis Xuanping rarely didn’t put on airs. He answered truthfully, "My name is Xiao Ji(萧戟 | Xiāo jǐ)."
Little Jing Kong stared wide eyed at him, "A chick(小鸡 | xiǎojī)? You’re a baby chicken?"
Marquis Xuanping's smile froze. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's Xiao Ji… Nevermind, forget it if you don't get it. You can just call me Marquis Xiao(萧侯 | Xiāo hóu)."
At least it wasn’t as unfamiliar as Marquis Xuanping.
How could he expect Little Jing Kong's eyes to widen even more? He cast him an inexplicable look and said, "How come you suddenly become a baby monkey(小猴 | xiǎo hóu)? Are you a chicken or a monkey in the end?"
What chicken!? What monkey?!
Marquis Xuanping's teeth rattled, "It's Monkey Xiao—"
Fuck!
He’d been led astray!
He clearly wanted to say Marquis Xiao!
Marquis Xuanping said with a toothache, "Forget it, let's go with Xiao Ji!" [T/N: In raw, there is a sentence particle at the end here, which when combined with the word xiao ji, creates the word ‘little penis’ or ‘little eighth chicken’ when spoken.]
Little Jing Kong’s expression was even more indescribable.
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