Chen Tiantian and Chen Zhao finally left. Yingbao stopped crying and lay down to continue sleeping.
Chunniang glanced down at her daughter's face without shedding a tear.
"What happened just now?" Chunniang went to close the door and came back to ask her daughter.
Yingbao: "As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw her standing by the bed. It was so scary. Mom, that Chen Tiantian must be crazy. You must be careful."
"Yeah." Chun Niang touched her daughter's head, lay down on the bed with her, hugged her and gently patted her: "Mother will watch over you, go to sleep quickly, we have to travel tomorrow."
Yingbao nodded, hugged A Niang's arms, closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly.
No words were spoken that night.
At dawn the next day, someone knocked on the door: "Madam Jiang, we are about to set off!"
Chunniang agreed and quickly got up and packed.
Yingbao and A Niang washed up quickly, ate something, and got on the carriage.
Before getting on the carriage, she glanced at the carriage behind and saw Chen Tiantian with a circle of white cotton cloth wrapped around her forehead. She was looking at her with a deep gaze.
More than ten days later, the carriage finally arrived in the capital. After entering from the east gate, it went directly to the gate of Duke Weiguo.
Yingbao and A Niang got out of the car, looked up, and then followed Xiao Mo in through the side door.
Afterwards, they came to a courtyard with Doctor Li, his grandparents, and the Chen sisters.
This time, Yingbao and Chunniang lived in one wing, the Chen sisters lived in another, and Doctor Li and his second grandson lived in the wing opposite.
The servants brought in their luggage and a locked medicine box.
"I guess we'll have to live here for a while." Yingbao said to A Niang, "When I'm not around, please don't let the Chen sisters into our house."
"Mom knows." Chunniang packed her luggage and took out the things she would need immediately.
Soon, two maids, about thirteen or fourteen years old, came in with water and bowed to Chunniang: "My lady, I hope you are well. We will help you wash up."
Chunniang quickly returned the greeting: "Thank you, young lady. Let me do it myself." As she spoke, she took the basin of water and placed it on the basin rack. She then took the cloth handed to her by another maid and washed her daughter's hands and face first, then washed her own hands.
A maidservant said, "My name is Xiaoqing. From now on, if you have anything to ask, just tell me directly."
Another one also said: "My name is Xiao Dai."
Seeing this, Chunniang also introduced herself: "My name is Xu Chunniang, and this is my daughter Jiang Yingbao. We will trouble you two young ladies from now on."
Xiao Qing smiled and said, "No need to bother, you are our honored guest. The eldest son has specifically told us to serve you attentively."
Yingbao blinked and asked, "Excuse me, Sister Xiaoqing, what is your eldest son's name?"
"My eldest son's surname is Xiao and his given name is Chengde. He is the eldest son of the Duke."
"Oh." Yingbao quickly searched the contents of the book in her mind, but couldn't find the person.
That's a bit strange.
After all, he is Empress Xiao's nephew, so how could there be no description of him
Moreover, not only could she not find any description of Xiao Chengde in the book, she couldn't even find any description of Xiao Mo. This was too abnormal.
After washing, two maids went out with water and brought back breakfast a short while later.
Two bowls of white rice porridge, four side dishes, and two steamed buns.
Yingbao and A'niang quickly finished their meal under the watchful eyes of the two maids, rinsed their mouths, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they watched them take away all the dishes.
Chunniang was really not used to having someone standing by and watching her while she was eating. The feeling was really hard to describe.
Yingbao asked A Niang to stay in the room and not walk around, and she ran to the opposite room to find Doctor Li to inquire about the patient.
In the main courtyard of the Duke's Mansion, two officials from the Imperial Observatory, led by servants, walked into the study and greeted Grand Tutor Xiao.
Master Xiao asked the two to sit down, stroked his beard and said, "I invited you two here today because I want to predict the astrological fate of a child."
The Supervisor clasped his fists towards Grand Tutor Xiao and said, "Grand Tutor, please bring the person here so that we can have a look."
Grand Tutor Xiao nodded, turned around and told his grandson Xiao Mo who was standing behind him: "Go and bring the children here, and let them walk around the yard."
"Yes." Xiao Mo agreed and walked out of the study to pick someone up.
Grand Tutor Xiao then said to the two gray-haired officials of the Imperial Observatory, "There is a strange man beside my son who is good at divination. He has predicted that there is a little girl who can resolve the disaster of Ziwei Star and make the Great Qian Kingdom prosperous. Therefore, I invite the two of you to come here so that you can take a good look and see if she is the one who can resolve the disaster for the King of Dai."
The Chief Supervisor and the Deputy Supervisor bowed to the Grand Tutor and said, "We will do our best."
After a while, Xiao Mo led the three girls into the yard, but did not go into the house. Instead, he let the three of them look at the flowers and plants in the yard.
The chief supervisor and his deputy looked at each other, frowned slightly, and looked carefully at the three little girls outside, counting with their fingers.
One of the girls was only about six or seven years old. She had an unusual appearance, but there was a hint of hostility in her brow, a sign that she would die young.
The other two girls seemed to be of average age and had good looks.
But the man with the long face has a narrow forehead, thin and few lips, little fortune and luck, and is definitely not someone who can save people from disasters.
The other one is just the opposite. Her forehead is long and full, square and broad, which indicates nobility and wealth.
Her lower face is flat, full, upright and thick, indicating a fortune of wealth and fortune.
The person who can save the trouble must be her.
The Supervisor and the Deputy Supervisor discussed their opinions in a low voice, then bowed to the Grand Master and said, "I have calculated that the girl in green has good luck and fortune, and is destined to be rich and noble."
Grand Tutor Xiao nodded slightly, a look of joy on his face, and asked his trusted confidant to go outside and tell his grandson that he could take the girls away.
Then he took out a piece of paper and handed it to the two fortune tellers, "This is the birth date of the girl in green. Take a look and see if it conflicts with the King of Dai's birth date or is disadvantageous to him?"
The chief supervisor took the birth data and began to calculate it with the deputy supervisor, head leaning against each other.
Finally, it was concluded that this woman and the King of Dai were a perfect match, and the two complemented each other and were indispensable to each other.
"No wonder, no wonder." Grand Tutor Xiao was overjoyed. "No wonder the King of Dai has been ill for a long time. I'm afraid it's because he doesn't have this girl by his side."
After sending the two fortune tellers away, Grand Tutor Xiao immediately sent some clothes and accessories to the guest house for the girl named Chen Tiantian to wear. He wanted to bring her into the palace to meet his daughter, Empress Xiao.
He also asked Xiao Mo to inform the country doctor and ask them to follow him to the imperial city to treat King Dai.
Yingbao was taken for a walk and came back, feeling a little confused.
But she could feel that when they were in that big yard, someone was watching them in the dark.
Not long after returning, servants and maids from the Xiao mansion swarmed in and helped Chen Tiantian from next door to dress up.
This time even Chen Zhao was surprised. He thought someone in the Xiao Mansion had taken a fancy to my aunt's sister and wanted to take her as a concubine.
But that's not right. No matter how pretty Chen Tiantian is, she is only ten years old. Besides, they are good citizens. It doesn't make sense for them to be sold as soon as they arrive at the Xiao Mansion.
But who can say for sure
We are so weak and outnumbered, aren't we going to be slaughtered here
The more Chen Zhao thought about it, the more frightened he became. While no one was paying attention, he sneaked out of the house and ran to Chunniang's side.
"Oh no! This Xiao Mansion is a den of thieves who kidnap and sell innocent women. They actually want to sell my aunt. It will definitely be our turn next. Third Aunt Jiang, let's run away!"