To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 263 Casual Studies

  In Qiao's mansion, the atmosphere was solemn.

  Qiao Siqing drank tea with a gloomy face, listening to Mrs. Qiao reprimanding her second daughter.

   "Er Niang, are you stunned? A lady from everyone actually ran to the street and knelt down to beg for help!"

  The second Miss Qiao knelt in front of her parents, and the humiliation she had just endured broke out at this moment: "Mother, my daughter went to the palace today to see my sister, and found that my sister was so thin that she was a bone. My daughter really felt sorry for my sister..."

   "You are so impulsive, you have completely embarrassed the Qiao family, and you have confirmed those rumors!" Madam Qiao felt a little distressed when she heard her daughter's words, but she was even more angry.

   "Mother, others are not fools. Who doesn't know that my sister's disfigurement is real. Otherwise, why are some people in the family so eager to make trouble?"

   Mrs. Qiao was stunned: "Er Niang, where did you hear these words?"

  The news of the disfigurement of the Crown Princess really moved some people's minds, but they wouldn't tell Erniang a little girl about these things.

  Ms. Qiao Er lowered her head and admitted honestly: "That day when my daughter came to see you, I overheard what you and my father were talking about."

   "You girl!" Mrs. Qiao slapped the table angrily.

Miss Qiao Er raised her head, her face full of tears: "Mother, my daughter is willing to kneel down and beg for help in public, all because of my sister. My sister's face can only be healed by a miracle doctor, but you and your father can't ask for a miracle doctor. My daughter just wanted to risk her face for an interview, even if it doesn't work, it's worth it..."

Mrs. Qiao was still waiting to scold, Qiao Siqing put down the teacup and sighed: "Forget it, Erniang is impulsive, but there is still room for redemption. If you spread the news of the deep love between Miss Qiao and the princess and concubine sisters, at most it will fall into disrepair." This little girl's reputation for impulsiveness and frankness will fade after a long time."

   "But when Erniang talks about marriage in the future, being impulsive is not a good reputation—"

Qiao Siqing sneered: "If Yuanniang can restore her appearance and secure her position as the crown princess, who will care about such a flaw in the future? If Yuanniang can't secure her position as the crown princess, what good will Erniang have no matter how good her reputation is?" use?"

   Mrs. Joe was silent.

  Qiao Siqing looked at Miss Qiao Er: "Er Niang, get up, and remember not to be so impulsive in the future."

  The second girl Qiao got up, nodded with tears in her eyes: "Daughter wrote it down."

   "Then what Miss Luo said—" Mrs. Qiao thought about what her daughter asked from Miss Luo, and felt unreliable.

  Qiao Siqing smiled wryly: "No matter how true what Miss Luo said, you have to give it a try. Right now, you can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor."

   Qiao Siqing is not the only one who wants to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, but people soon find that it is too difficult to find the pills developed by the genius doctor.

   This is not surprising. Almost all the patients who want to ask for a miracle doctor have stepped into the gate of hell. If there is a life-saving elixir, who doesn't want to take it quickly.

  People searched for nothing, and in the end they could only sigh again: Miss Luo is really lucky.

  The news reached Wei Qiang, and Wei Qiang appeared in front of the princess with a sullen face.

  The Crown Princess hadn't seen Wei Qiang for some days, and hearing the servant girl report that the Crown Prince was coming, it was hard to avoid some disturbances in her heart.

   "Crown Princess, you really have a good sister!"

  The waves in the princess's heart suddenly froze into a pool of stagnant water, she lowered her eyes and bent her knees: "I don't know what the second sister did to make His Highness so angry?"

  The second sister left that day, and she kept looking forward to the good news, but no letter came in for a long time.

   "Don't the princess know? Then I'll tell you."

  After hearing Wei Qiang's speech, the Crown Princess turned pale: "Second sister actually did this?"

  Second Sister really didn't disappoint her, but it's a pity that she still didn't hire a genius doctor after such a mess.

  The princess suddenly felt a burst of despair.

   Could her face never recover?

   Now that the entire capital knows about her disfigurement, how long can the royal father tolerate it?

   Seeing the princess concubine bursting into tears, Wei Qiang was disgusted and at the same time felt a bit of pity, and said coldly: "Forget it, you remember to restrain your mother's family in the future."

  Walking out of the princess' bedroom, Wei Qiang was not in a relaxed mood.

  The disfigurement of the princess concubine caused an uproar, but the royal father did not see any reaction.

  What on earth is his thoughtful father thinking?

  If he was the father's own flesh and blood, I'm afraid the father would have already ordered to choose another princess, right?

   Wei Qiang walked forward with a lot of worries, but was stopped by Dou Ren: "Your Highness, did you go the wrong way?"

   Wei Qiang paused in his footsteps, only to realize that it was the road to Yulangzhai when he came back to his senses.

   Yulangzhai is the residence of Chaohua.

  Realizing this, Wei Qiang's face became even more ugly.

  For so many years, he would go to Chaohua to relax whenever he felt bored, but now, that place that can make him relax is gone.

  He couldn't help but look in a certain direction.

   That is outside the palace, in the direction of Qingxing Street.

  Qingxing Street is still bustling, especially in the evening market, it is full of people.

  The bearded man left the restaurant at the same time as usual, and went to the school to pick up Xiaoqi from school.

  The sky is not yet completely dark, but the sunset has dyed half of the sky red, which looks gorgeous and solemn.

  At this time, the bearded man is in a happy mood, and he can't help humming a ditty on the way to school.

  He doesn't know those elegant tunes, he hums Shibamo.

  The bearded man was humming, feeling sad at the same time: Otherwise, he still has to go to school. For someone like him who doesn't know a lot of Chinese characters, he can only hum 18 touches if he wants to express his happy mood.

  No way, I really don’t know anything else, I suffered from lack of knowledge.

   Xiao Qi is so lucky, he found his aunt, and from now on he can take care of food and live, and he can still study and practice martial arts.

   It's decided, Mr. Today will say that Xiaoqi is dozing off in class, and beat that kid up, so as to calm down his sour mood.

  The bearded man stood outside the school for a long time, watching the students leave one by one, and there was no sign of Xiao Qi.

   "Are you waiting for Xiaoqi?" Finally a student stopped and asked.

  Considering Xiao Qi's poor foundation and her status as the nephew of a chef in a restaurant, the private school that Xiao Qi was sent to was run by a scholar, and most of the students who came to study were ordinary families with a little better off.

   Because of this, Xiao Qi didn't encounter any bad things like being despised or isolated.

  The bearded man gave the student a friendly smile: "Yeah, have you seen my Xiao Qi?"

  The student couldn't help but take a step back, Xindao Xiaoqi, the uncle, laughed a bit fiercely.

   "Xiao Qi left a long time ago."

   "What, Xiaoqi is gone?" The bearded man immediately put away his smile, looking even more fierce.

  The student held back his timidity and said: "Xiao Qi has a stomachache, so the teacher allowed him to leave school early."

   "How long did you leave early?"

  The student thought for a while and said, "It's been more than half an hour."

  The bearded man frowned, and whispered: "This brat, did he go somewhere to play?"

   No, it’s risky to play outside with a stomachache.

   Thanked the students, and the bearded man hurried back to the restaurant.

  Thank you for the book friends who voted and rewarded, see you tomorrow.

  (end of this chapter)