After leaving the yard, Wan Xi finally stopped holding back and burst into laughter, making Qian Jiujiu look confused: "Aunt, what are you doing? What's so funny?"
Wan Xi glanced at Qian Jiujiu and patted Qian Jiujiu on the shoulder: "Since you are a fellow practitioner, I will share it with you reluctantly. It is not a martial arts secret book, but a fire avoidance map. Hahaha."
Qian Jiujiu finally understood what Wan Xi was laughing at. Xiao Man could make fun of her for many years for mistaking the fire avoidance diagram for a martial arts secret manual. She patted Wan Xi on the shoulder and said, "Aunt, you are so loyal. I am looking forward to the excitement when Aunt gets married."
Wan Xi's face froze instantly. Oh my god, she forgot that she was not married yet. She was so drunk that she glanced at Qian Jiujiu, who smiled and said, "It's getting late. My husband and I have to go back to rest. Good night, aunt."
After saying that, she happily pulled Mu Yexiao away. Only Wan Xi looked at Lin Zezhi with a smile on her face: "I feel like I'm shooting myself in the foot. What should I do?"
Lin Zezhi didn't know what to say at all. He coughed twice and said, "Go to bed early. I'll take you back to your room."
In the bridal chamber, Gu Xiangning watched the last few people leave and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around to look at Xiaoman and discovered that Xiaoman had already opened her martial arts secret book and was reading it with great interest.
Gu Xiangning couldn't help but twitch his lips, and pulled Xiaoman into his arms: "Since you are so interested, let's practice it?"
Xiaoman raised his head and glanced at Gu Xiangning: "Huh? You were so shy just now, but now you've changed your face. Are you getting thicker-skinned?"
She stretched out her hand and tugged at Gu Xiangning's cheek a few times, with a look of sudden enlightenment on her face: "I understand, you knew that my aunt and the others were there just now, so you wanted to lure them out, right? My husband is so smart."
Gu Xiangning reached out and took the martial arts secret book away: "Don't change the subject, we can have a good chat now. When and where have you seen other martial arts secret books?"
As soon as the words "Martial Arts Secrets" came out, Xiaoman was stunned. Oh my god, she seemed to have done something stupid: "What should I do? I will definitely be laughed at by my sister, and finally let her succeed."
Gu Xiangning saw Xiaoman was a little flustered, and even bumped into his arms. He couldn't help but hold her in his arms: "It's okay, the jokes tomorrow will be on me."
Xiaoman remembered that thanks to Aunt Wanxi, she narrowed her eyes and said, "So you plan to do the next one?"
As soon as I finished speaking, I felt dizzy: "No, I want to be the one above, dear..."
He leaned over and blocked Xiaoman's words before she could say them. After all, Qian Jiujiu was right: a night of spring is worth a thousand pieces of gold.
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The next day, Qian Jiujiu opened her eyes and saw Qing Ye bringing in water: "Princess, are you awake?"
Qian Jiujiu hummed and looked at Qingye: "Qingye, good morning, why are you here this morning?"
She remembered that every morning, it was Lingling who brought water in. Why did someone else change this morning? Qing Ye frowned and said, "Princess, I didn't see Lingling this morning. It was late, and I thought that the princess should get up, so I brought water in. The prince and the princess have come to pay their respects."
As soon as the words fell, Nanbeibei's voice reached the door: "Is mother awake yet? We are here to pay our respects to her."
I made my mother angry yesterday, so I should behave better today and try to please her. When Qian Jiujiu heard the voices of the two little guys, he knew what they were planning.
After quickly washing up, he asked someone to let the two little ones in. He also wanted to pay attention to Lingdang's matter: "Qingye, call Lingdang over."
Qingye saluted and turned to leave to call for help. However, after searching the entire island owner's mansion, he still couldn't find Lingdang. A bad feeling arose in his heart, and he quickly returned to Qian Jiujiu.
"Princess, I didn't find the bell. Should I ask more people to look for it?"
Qian Jiujiu hesitated for a moment. Lingling was a girl after all, so it would not be good to look for her in a big way. "You should have someone look for her secretly. By the way, you'd better go and see if the owner of the teahouse is still there..."
After telling the princess about Lingling's going out yesterday, Qingye knew what the princess meant as soon as he heard it. He bowed, turned around and left, and arranged for people to look for Lingling.
After Qing Ye left, Qian Jiujiu looked at her two little babies and said, "Come on, mother will take you to have breakfast."
When she walked into the dining room, she found that the Queen Mother and others had already arrived. Qian Jiujiu's mouth twitched. She seriously suspected that these people saw that she did not come for breakfast, so they asked the children to call her.
Thinking of this, Qian Jiujiu glanced at Mu Yexiao, and Mu Yexiao smiled at Qian Jiujiu: "Jiuer, come and sit."
Qian Jiujiu smiled and greeted the Queen Mother and the others: "Mother, Father, Mother, good morning."
The group was already used to Qian Jiujiu's way of greeting in the morning. The Queen Mother smiled at Qian Jiujiu and said, "Hurry up and have breakfast."
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other and sat down next to Mu Yexiao. The two children also sat down, and the family’s happy breakfast began.
After breakfast, Qian Jiujiu found Qingye and said, "Qingye, how is it? Did you find the bell?"
Today was the second day after Gu Xiangning and Xiaoman got married. Qingye tactfully did not disturb them, but instead asked the steward of the island owner's mansion for help, so he searched almost the entire island in just breakfast time.
"Princess, I didn't find it. I asked the housekeeper to help me. Except for some forbidden places, I looked everywhere else, but I didn't see the bell. I went to the teahouse, but it was empty. There was nothing there."
In other words, it might really be Wang Ya who sent someone to do it. Qian Jiujiu narrowed his eyes and said, "I'll go look for it over there. Now go find my dad and check Wang Ya's background."
Thinking that Li Qiao and others on the island were actually the orthodox royal lineage of the previous dynasty, perhaps any surname on this island would be a great family outside. And now that the world outside is unified, those noble families are just two or three that have jumped out and been dealt with by the emperor and others. Who knows what the noble families that are still hiding in the dark are doing
It seems that if the royal family really wants to secure their hold on the world, they still have to defeat those aristocratic families, but it does not seem that easy.
Mu Yexiao sent all the elders to their respective courtyards and left the two children with Gu Xiong to continue their studies. Looking at Gu Xiangning, one could tell how excellent the children taught by Gu Xiong were. How could the two of them be willing to miss out
Seeing Qian Jiujiu frowning, Mu Yexiao suddenly felt distressed: "Jiu'er, what's wrong? You look troubled?"
Qian Jiujiu did not hide it: "Lingdang and Wang Ya disappeared together, let's go to the forbidden area to look for them now."
Apart from the island owner, only the young island owner, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao are qualified to go to the forbidden areas on the island, so they can only find them by themselves.
The so-called forbidden area was actually Qian Jiujiu's space. Of course, she just said that. After coming out and entering the fog, she began to ask the rabbit: "Rabbit, did you notice where the bell is?"
The rabbit was chewing on its carrot when it saw Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao come in. Both of them stared at it, and the rabbit was so scared that it quickly hid its carrot in its hand. "Who? Who's missing?"
Qian Jiujiu's mouth twitched: "What are you doing? Who would want your carrot? Besides, you are an elf. Let's not talk about this. I'm asking about Lingling, the maid next to me. Have you ever seen her having fun?"
The rabbit just didn't react for a moment, and laughed dryly: "I didn't notice it, is she gone? Should I look for her?"
He closed his eyes and felt the entire space, then opened his eyes and shook his head: "She is not on the island. Some animals saw her being taken off the island."
Take her out of the island? The world outside is so big, how can I find her? Thinking of this, Qian Jiujiu felt a little sick. She had never thought that someone would dare to take advantage of her maid. It was simply outrageous.
"Mu Yexiao, it looks like we need to go back quickly to Kyoto and ask our brother to help find someone."
The fastest way to find someone in the world is the emperor's imperial edict. Mu Yexiao naturally would not object: "When do you plan to go back? How about writing a letter to my brother first, and we can wait for Xiaoman and the others to return home in three days before leaving?"
This is fine. I can't not attend Xiaoman's three-day return visit just for a maid. "Okay, I'll listen to you. You're really thoughtful."
The two returned from the forbidden area, and the news of Lingling's disappearance had spread. Qian Jiujiu and others already knew that it was Wang Ya who led the people out.
Just in time to ask Gu Xiong about Wang Ya's origins, I walked into the hall and saw Gu Xiong playing chess with Wan Yin: "Dad, Mom, you are all here!"
Gu Xiong looked up at the two of them and asked, "Have you found the bell? Has anyone trespassed into a prohibited area?"
Qian Jiujiu shook his head: "No, there are people guarding the forbidden area, they dare not. But someone saw Wang Ya leaving Mingyue Island with the bell. Dad, who is that Wang Ya?"
Gu Xiong sighed, "This is one of the bad things about Mingyue Island. Everyone wants to go out, and they can come and go freely."
In the past, there was only one boat going out of Mingyue Island, and you had to report to the island owner before leaving, otherwise you couldn't leave. Now, after the birth of the world, it seems that Mingyue Island is fixed in one place, and any boat can go out without notifying the island owner.
Qian Jiujiu narrowed his eyes, thinking whether to seal Mingyue Island? Rabbit noticed Qian Jiujiu's thoughts: "No, I can't do it. I am only in charge of these passages and cannot close them."
Hearing this, Qian Jiujiu was a little angry: "Who designed these passages?"
Rabbit looked at Qian Jiujiu with some contempt: "Of course it's my former master. Look, we are both masters of the same space, why are you so useless?"
Feeling the disgust in Rabbit's tone, Qian Jiujiu was so angry that he widened his eyes and said, "Why can she do it but I can't?"