What do you mean?

Cui Xingzhou looked at Old Mrs. Cui with a puzzled expression.

Why let him go secretly?

Grand Tutor Cui had a sullen face, and Old Madam Cui's eyes were red.

"Uncle and Aunt, what's wrong?" Cui Xingzhou had never seen the two elderly people like this before...

Feeling a little anxious, she got up and knelt down next to Old Mrs. Cui, whispering, "Auntie..."

Grandma Cui patted her grand-nephew's head. "Your aunt's dowry maid secretly sent a message back saying that Prince Liang often beats your aunt in private..."

"What?" Cui Xingzhou jumped up.

He exclaimed in disbelief, "Didn't they say that my aunt and uncle had an unbreakable bond and were deeply in love? How could this be..."

Even though his aunt only gave birth to a daughter, his uncle did not take a concubine. It was only because the emperor was afraid that his little uncle would have no descendants that he forced someone to be given to him.

She later had a son, who was still raised by his aunt.

how come?

Grand Tutor Cui instructed, "Don't let your parents know about this beforehand. Go and investigate first, and take Chen Qian with you..."

His nephew and niece-in-law both have fiery tempers, and he's afraid that if they find out, they'll beat him up without saying a word.

In terms of composure, they were not as good as their son.

“Okay, Uncle and Aunt, don’t worry. Uncle Qian and I will go before dawn and make sure we get to the bottom of this.”

This night.

Cui Xingzhou tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

So what if they are royalty? So what if they are rich and powerful?

How could you hit his aunt!

Jiang Miaomiao slept in late, and when she woke up, only she and Aunt Xiuxiu were left.

She stretched out her little hands, letting Aunt Xiuxiu wrap her up into a little ball.

That's how it is in winter; family members always wrap the little baby up very warmly.

There's a kind of coldness that only your parents feel.

There's a saying that babies have three fires on their bottoms, but they're not actually as cold as people think.

However, it is still necessary to wear more clothes, since even a slight cold can easily kill a person.

My aunt told me that this winter, the cold has taken the lives of several elderly people in Taoxi Village.

Jiang Miaomiao was a little sad.

She had developed a close bond with those old men and women. Although they were a bit gossipy, they would still hold her hand, pinch her cheeks, and stuff homemade dried fruit into her little cloth pocket whenever they saw her.

I'll never see them again.

Perhaps the human soul can reincarnate and cycle in another way.

No matter how many times they cycle through, they will never be the same people again.

The little girl seemed a bit down.

With its head down, it walked slowly like a goose, and before it knew it, it tripped over its own feet and fell flat on its face.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

She rarely cries when she falls, but this time she cried especially hard.

Xiuxiu quickly picked up the little cotton ball from the ground, thinking that she had fallen and hurt herself, but then she thought that it shouldn't be like that, since she was wearing so many layers.

"Where did Miaomiao fall? Does it hurt?"

I coaxed him for a while.

Jiang Miaomiao clung to Aunt Xiuxiu like a koala and refused to get down. The two of them strolled around the garden.

The mansion in Jiangzhou was also large; including the Cui family mansion, it was even larger than Taoxi Village.

After visiting the Lu residence, we went to visit the Cui residence.

But all the flowers, birds, insects and fish in the house seemed to look the same, the shrubs were trimmed to the same size, and the fish in the pond were all the same size.

Even the pebbles on the ground are exactly the same.

The pavilions and towers look so similar that it's easy to get lost.

Most importantly, the village has Jiang Xiaobai, but this place doesn't.

"Auntie, I want my Jiang Xiaobai..." Jiang Miaomiao didn't want to leave or be carried anymore, so she rubbed against Xiuxiu and blinked at her.

"Hmm... Jiang Xiaobai... We'll see him when we go back to Taoxi Village in the spring." Xiuxiu patted her head and straightened the little bun that had been tilted to one side.

Jiang Xiaobai is lost.

But no one dared to tell Xiao Miaomiao.

After they arrived in Jiangzhou, the little white wolf stayed at home for three days without eating or drinking, and then secretly slipped away in the middle of the night.

Jiang Xiaobai is intelligent; it probably ran away because it thought its family didn't want it anymore.

It was inconvenient for the wolf to come to Jiangzhou, but the villagers in Taoxi Village were used to it, and even the village dogs and chickens were used to it.

But the people of Jiangzhou were not used to it.

A wolf's howl in the middle of the night can be enough to scare someone to death.

Perhaps when they return to Peach Creek Village, Jiang Xiaobai will also return...

"Auntie, let's go find Mommy and Daddy." Little Miaomiao sat down on a small stone stool, feeling bored.

Mother took my brothers to the grassland to ride horses.

In ancient times, nobles not only studied the Four Books and Five Classics, but also learned the Six Arts: rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics.

While Cui Taifu could teach the others, the important tasks of archery and charioteering fell to Chen Qian.

When Uncle Qian had a mission, this task fell to Mother.

Mother went to see the lambs and took the opportunity to teach her older brothers how to ride horses and shoot arrows, especially the second brother, whose basic skills were very poor.

Although everyone has their own strengths, Mother did not require them to be proficient in everything, but they should all be able to do a little bit.

It's easy to find three armies, but hard to find a good general.

A general's strength lies in strategy, not courage. Courage is not as valuable as wisdom, and wisdom is not as valuable as learning.

What scholars seek is to cultivate themselves, manage their families, govern the state, and bring peace to the world.

Mother hoped that her eldest brother wouldn't become a reckless man who was illiterate, lest he be framed by someone if he wasn't careful.

The second brother did not want to be a powerful minister who was too weak and unable to protect himself, because being a powerful minister was very dangerous and he could easily be assassinated.

Entrusting your life to someone else is never as reliable as entrusting it to yourself.

My mother's request was so straightforward, full of a mother's most simple and honest wishes.

"Miaomiao, are you ready? Auntie's about to set off." Xiuxiu held the baby as she rode on the back of the tall horse Jiang Xiaohei.

Jiang Miaomiao was wrapped up in Aunt Xiuxiu's arms, her cloak pulled up, and in the pitch black, she couldn't see anything.

"Alright, let's go..."

A childish voice came from inside the cloak.

She hugged Chiu Chiu, opened the gap to let her little eyes peek out, then closed them again.

When she peeked out through the crack again, she was already outside Jiangzhou City, and the cold wind was howling.

Just then, two people on horseback galloped past them; their backs looked so familiar.

“Auntie, it’s Cui Guoguo…it’s Cui Guoguo…” Xiao Miaomiao recognized him at a glance.

"Should we chase after them?" Xiuxiu asked, holding the little girl in her arms with one hand and pulling the reins with the other.

"Chase!" Jiang Miaomiao said without hesitation.

She thought it was Aunt Xiuxiu who wanted to pursue him and was having an addiction, since tracking people and gathering information was her forte.

Xiuxiu glanced at the little one in front of her chest, then spurred the horse's flanks. "Miaomiao, hold on tight... Giddy up..."

In less than fifteen minutes, Xiuxiu caught up with Cui Xingzhou and walked alongside them.

They were startled.

Cui Xingzhou looked surprised. "Aunt Xiuxiu! How could it be you? Where are you going?"

"Brother Cui, it's us...hehe..."

Suddenly, two small heads popped out from under the cloak, one human and one bird.

The little girl smiled so wide her eyes disappeared.

Riding a Pegasus is so exciting...

Note [1] is from Feng Menglong's "Romance of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms".

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