A worker with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan travels back in time to ancient times and becomes a pri

When Xia Taoyuan came out, he settled the bill and ran away with Yu'er. After Qingyun Longyan came out, he followed them from a distance and did not catch up with them. He only left after seeing the two of them safely entered the prime minister's residence.

After returning to Yingyuan, Xia Taoyuan fell headfirst onto the bed, exhausted, physically and mentally. Not long after, she fell into a deep sleep.

Yu'er was talking to the three maids about what happened today. Her description was so thrilling that the three maids were stunned. But they were happy to hear that the bitch Gu Xixi was dead.

Xia Taoyuan slept for more than an hour, got up, changed into men's clothes, called Zhu'er, gave her twenty taels of silver, and asked her to give it to Changsheng and others to share.

She sat down to drink tea when she heard the sound of someone running upstairs. She looked over and saw it was Wei Qing.

Wei Qing ran to her side and looked around. Seeing that she was fine, she hugged her and cried, "Sister, I'm glad you're okay. I was scared to death."

Xia Taoyuan pushed her away and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I just found out that my sister was kidnapped a few days ago. My mother asked me to come and see her." Wei Qing said with concern.

Xia Taoyuan thought of the beautiful Madam Zhao, and was grateful. She stood up, turned around, and said, "I'm fine. Look, I'm fine now."

Wei Qing hugged Xia Taoyuan again and said, "I was scared to death. Just now, the maid Yan'er went out to buy rouge and heard people on the street say it."

This sentence made Xia Taoyuan puzzled. They learned about the affairs of the mansion from outside. Could it be that they had no communication with the people in the mansion on a regular basis?

Then Wei Qing added: "I'm sorry, sister, we just found out about this."

Xia Taoyuan patted her and comforted her warmly: "It's okay, I'm very happy that you can come to see me."

Xia Taoyuan was sincere. The last time she saw Wei Qing, she felt that this child was not a bad person and was very simple. Later, she asked Zhu'er why the mother and daughter usually stayed in their own small yard and rarely went out.

Zhu'er said that Mrs. Zhao had always been like this, only occasionally taking a walk in the garden and usually never leaving the courtyard. On the first or fifteenth day of every month, she would occasionally take Wei Qing out of the house to go to Guanyin Temple to burn incense.

After Xia Taoyuan met Madam Zhao in the garden last time, she was puzzled. Why would such a beautiful person be willing to be a concubine? She felt that there must be a reason. This matter was probably only known by Prime Minister Wei and Madam Zhao.

Xia Taoyuan talked to Wei Qing for a while and even invited her to have dinner. Wei Qing was very happy. After Wei Qing left, it was already dark.

Xia Taoyuan was bored, so she called Zhu'er and Cui'er to read a storybook to her. Seeing that the maids were just yawning, she asked Yu'er, who said it was already 11 o'clock in the morning, so she let them go to rest.

She had taken a nap in the afternoon, but she was not sleepy yet. She lay on the bed and looked at the moon outside the window. The moon was very big and round tonight. The maids forgot to close the window. She got out of bed and walked to the window. Just as she was about to reach out to close the window, she saw a white figure jumping up from downstairs and onto the cherry tree outside the window. A familiar sandalwood scent drifted over.

Xia Taoyuan saw that it was Chu Xingluo in the moonlight, and was delighted. She whispered, "Are you done?"

"I'm done." Chu Xingluo raised his foot from the cherry tree and stepped onto the second-floor window sill and jumped in.

There were no candles in the room. The two looked at each other in the scattered moonlight, and no one spoke.

After a while, Chu Xingluo took out a jade pendant from his bosom and put it in Xia Taoyuan's hand. Xia Taoyuan gently stroked the jade pendant, which still had Chu Xingluo's residual warmth. She looked at the jade pendant carefully in the moonlight. It was semicircular and engraved with patterns. It looked like a duck, moon-white in color, which was very suitable for the moment.

Xia Taoyuan was delighted and whispered, "I like it very much, but why is there a duck here?"

Unexpectedly, Chu Xingluo took out another jade pendant. Xia Taoyuan took it and saw that it was exactly the same as the one in her hand.

Chu Xingluo said: "This is not a duck, it's a lovebird." Xia Taoyuan felt his face burning when he heard that, feeling embarrassed for his ignorance.

"Oh, I see. You take one and I take one?" Xia Taoyuan asked knowingly.

"Well, these two pieces can be put together." Chu Xingluo put his piece together with Xia Taoyuan's piece. With a click, the two jade pendants were put together to form a round jade pendant.

There is a small mechanism on the jade pendant, which is a small protruding button. When you press it, the original jade pendant will split into two. Chu Xingluo gave one of the pieces to Xia Taoyuan.

Xia Taoyuan was holding the jade pendant in her hand. She wanted to put it away first, but before she turned around, Chu Xingluo grabbed her into his arms.

Xia Taoyuan said nothing. She put the jade pendant in her arms, silently responded to Chu Xingluo, and opened her arms to hug him back.

Time passed by little by little, and the two of them just hugged each other. Xia Taoyuan enjoyed Chu Xingluo's embrace. Chu Xingluo, who had lived for twenty years, hugged someone for the first time after his mother died. This feeling was warm and happy for him. He had never felt this way since his mother died, when he was only six years old.

He was reluctant to let go. Xia Taoyuan's embrace made him feel calm and peaceful, and he felt that his heart had found a home.

After a long while, Xia Taoyuan raised her head, her eyes twinkling, and whispered, "It's getting late, you should go back."

Chu Xingluo had no intention of letting her go, and whispered in her ear: "I'm fine tomorrow, I'll pick you up to go to the palace in the morning."

"Okay." Xia Taoyuan replied softly, then she gently pushed Chu Xingluo away. She knew that if she didn't push him away, he would not let her go for a while.

Chu Xingluo refused to leave, so Xia Taoyuan chased him away.

"I won't leave until you fall asleep."

"I can't sleep with you here." Xia Taoyuan pouted: "I slept too late and can't get up tomorrow. If I can't get up, I can't go to the palace."

"Okay, I'm leaving." Chu Xingluo hugged Xia Taoyuan tightly and left reluctantly.

Xia Taoyuan closed the window, lay down on the bed, and stroked the jade pendant in her hand. How could she sleep? Her heart was filled with joy.