Quick wear: cannon fodder is a bit strong

Upon hearing this, Sun Bailu's eyes lit up again.

Yaozu’s words are very clever.

With such a humble attitude, even if Qu Xiaoxiao was as hard-hearted as a rock, she couldn't refuse him, right? As long as Sun Yaozu could enter this courtyard in the future, she could follow him in.

Humph, when the time comes, let’s see how she can snatch Situ Zhige from the hands of that country bumpkin Qu Xiaoxiao.

Unfortunately, Qu Xiaoxiao simply wouldn't take such a cheap trick.

She chuckled and said:

"I've said it before, those two aren't servants in the mansion, so how can I make the decision about their affairs? Young man, you're asking the wrong person!"

After saying this, he said nothing more, turned around and told the maid to close the door.

Soon, the two pitch-black doors of Jingyuan slammed shut again in front of everyone. The onlookers felt bored and dispersed in twos and threes.

The three members of the Qu family and the Sun siblings looked at each other, all dejected. No one had expected that this trip would be in vain, with no benefit gained at all.

However, after closing the door to her house, Qu Xiaoxiao still felt unsatisfied. She felt that Qu Zhongliang's family must have eaten too much, which was why they had the energy to come to her place and cause trouble.

So that night he took advantage of the night to go to the house rented by Qu Zhongliang and put all the jewelry that Yunniang brought, as well as all the banknotes and loose change into the space.

After counting, the total amount is actually more than one thousand taels.

I don't know where a concubine got so much wealth. But on second thought, Yunniang and her son sold the small courtyard in the capital to get it, so this can explain it.

Fortunately, these people came and caused such a scene today, otherwise she would have almost forgotten about this family of three.

If she really went to the capital, leaving the family of three here to live a happy life, wouldn't that be unlucky? Then think about the fact that since she arrived in Xinyang City, there has been no progress in the mission.

I simply asked Mao Tuanzi to show me the way and teleported to Chen's house.

When Qu Xiaoxiao arrived at the Chen family, she happened to catch the second son of the Chen family holding a meeting with his three children, asking them to trick a little girl from the village who they usually played well with to come home the next day.

He had already made arrangements to sell the little girl to a brothel for money.

The three children were very happy to hear this plan, and they all rushed to talk about what they would do when the time came. Their words did not take the fate of a child of the same age seriously at all.

Qu Xiaoxiao took one look and thought, "Great! This Chen family is rotten to the core. She shouldn't have shown mercy in the first place." She didn't care about the big guys or the small guys. She simply pulled out her sword from the space and struck each of them with a blow. With that, the Chen family was completely wiped out.

Then, Mao Tuanzi's report came from the space:

[Congratulations, host. The original owner has completed 75% of the mission. Keep it up, host!]

Qu Xiaoxiao: “…” Damn, it’s too late to do this.

I wanted to visit the Sun family again.

On second thought, the Sun family is now penniless, and death would be a relief.

Now that she has pulled out the straw that was Yunniang's nemesis, it would be better to put it aside for now and see what happens to the hero and heroine in the future.

. . .

Three days later, the emperor sent someone to pick up Situ Zhige's troops. After a simple reception at the Xinyang Palace, Situ Zhige and his entourage set off early the next day with light luggage.

There isn't much to bring.

Although he had lived in Jingyuan for several years, most of his belongings belonged to the Xinyang Palace. As for the servants he had purchased later, those who had taken the loyalty pills had gone with him.

For those who had not taken the loyalty pill, Que'er helped distribute severance pay and asked them to find other places to go.

She had made up her mind to follow her young lady. Qu Xiaoxiao had originally not planned to take Que'er with her, but seeing her loyalty, she gave her a pill and let her take it with her.

Moreover, Qu Xiaoxiao took Zhuang Xianyu and the Chen siblings away as well.

Zhuang Xianyu was a great scholar, so he couldn't be stupid. He naturally understood the major issues of state and family. Although Situ Zhige was only a nominal disciple, he was still considered his disciple. If that day ever came, he would surely be the emperor's tutor.

Naturally, we must do our best to assist.

As for the rest of the Chen family, they had no where to spend the monthly allowance they had saved in Jingyuan over the past few years. At this point, renting a small courtyard in Xinyang City was no problem for them to make a living.

Situ Zhige was escorted by a team of imperial guards sent by the emperor, totaling 21 people including the leader. This small number of people would not be enough to fill the gaps between teeth if they really encountered bandits or powerful assassins.

In addition, there were two palace ladies-in-waiting who behaved in a very strict manner. They were very respectful along the way and took the opportunity to explain various palace etiquette, the background of the concubines, and court affairs to the two of them.

The route they took was completely different from the one they took when they were exiled or fled famine. It could be said that they took a straight line from Xinyang City to the capital, taking a shortcut.

The advantage is that it takes less time.

The downside was that it was extremely unsafe. Along the way, they encountered mountains, rivers, and bandits, and before they had even made half of their journey, only three of the 21 imperial guards were left.

The two female officials were so frightened that they gradually dared not to speak, and this was the result of Qu Xiaoxiao's protection.

As for the remaining few people, Qu Xiaoxiao simply fed them Loyalty Pills. After all, they were sent by the emperor himself. If they were all killed while they had no casualties, it would not look good anyway.

Besides, keeping these people can prove Situ Zhige’s identity, right?

If the first half of the journey involved many bandits, then the remaining half was filled with endless assassinations and plots.

Most of them were sent by the Empress and the Cheng'en family behind her. Their purpose was self-evident: they naturally did not want Situ Zhige to survive and reach the capital to seize the position of the eldest prince's lineage.

It can only be said that wanting to divert attention was just the idea of Emperor Situ Qing alone, not the intention of the Queen and the Cheng'en family.

In the eyes of the Hou clan, anyone who wanted to take away their family's interests must die. Moreover, Situ Zhige had no power or influence, so they didn't take him seriously at all.

Why not just kill them halfway? Even if the emperor knew about it, what could he do to them?

However, their skills are not enough in front of several puppets with powerful strength.

Later, Qu Xiaoxiao lost her patience and teleported to the capital under the cover of night. She threw the queen directly into the Cheng'en Mansion and looted all the property there.

Finally, he rewarded the Cheng'en Mansion with a few thunders from the sky.

In the following days, the group finally calmed down.

On this day, the carriage finally entered the imperial city.

At Qu Xiaoxiao's suggestion, the group dressed in a miserable state, their clothes tattered and covered in dried blood.

Emperor Situ Qingbaichao came to receive him personally and even arranged a grand welcome ceremony to show people how much he valued and treated his nephew with courtesy.

But when he saw this look, he was immediately at a loss, and his doubts about Situ Zhige were also reduced by a little.

Yes. Although the emperor knew that what happened to the Empress and the Cheng'en Mansion had nothing to do with Situ Zhige.

But because he was the beneficiary, he could not help but suspect Situ Zhige. Seeing them injured, weak, like frightened birds, he saw a group of people.

The last bit of doubt in my heart disappeared.

From then on, he began to train Situ Zhige seriously and occasionally took him to participate in government affairs.