Lu Bolin withdrew his troops, and Xiao Yuan naturally led his troops back.
This war is meaningless to the imperial court. It is simply a waste of money and food.
But for Xiao Yuan, it was of great significance.
This is not a matter of winning or not, but a matter of facing the imperial army and the generals under his command, but respecting him as the master and breaking with the imperial court.
This is a qualitative change.
To put it simply, the current officials in Qinzhou are no longer officials of the imperial court, but ministers of Xiao Yuan.
Prefect's Mansion.
At the moment, there was a huge chaos, and many servants and guards were carrying buckets and heading towards the kitchen.
Because for some unknown reason, a fire was igniting there.
"Hurry! Hurry up!" Chu Ning, as the housekeeper, was hurriedly giving instructions from the side.
Not long after, Zhong Duoduo also ran out coughing.
Seeing her, Chu Ning hurriedly stepped forward and asked fearfully: "Oh, Miss Zhong, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Zhong Duoduo shook her head. There were still black stains on her little face, and she said even more depressedly:
"This fire... is finished..."
Here, everyone was busy, constantly going back and forth to carry water, and finally the fire was suppressed without affecting other houses.
Such movement naturally alerted Xiao Yuan. When the latter came here and saw the fire and the messy scene, he couldn't help but frown and asked coldly:
"what happened!?"
The maids did not dare to respond and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Xiao Yuan. Chu Ning also swallowed her saliva carefully.
"I'm asking you a question!" Xiao Yuan's voice became a little louder.
His majesty was undoubted. Seeing his anger, everyone was so frightened that they knelt on the ground, but they still did not dare to speak.
At this time, Zhong Duoduo couldn't hide anymore. She took two steps forward and said weakly:
"Yes... I did it accidentally..."
"You!" Xiao Yuan was extremely angry and scolded him angrily: "You have been naughty and troublesome all day long! Why don't you go to the kitchen to play with fire when you have nothing to do! If something happens to you, what should you do?"
He was actually a little scared, of course because he was afraid that something might happen to Zhong Duoduo.
When the latter heard this, he also lowered his head and said with full of grievance: "I...I was not careful..."
"Hmph!" Xiao Yuan was still angry and couldn't help but said: "Keep fooling around! I'll tell you a family tomorrow and marry you off!"
He didn't mean to say this, and he regretted it as soon as he said it, but it was obviously impossible to take it back.
When Zhong Duoduo heard this, she who had lowered her head in aggrieved manner suddenly raised her head and stared at Xiao Yuan. Tears instantly filled her beautiful eyes.
She felt aggrieved, her nose was sore, and tears welled up in her eyes. After a moment, she turned around and left without saying a word.
As she left, she was carrying Xiao Yuan on her back, still wiping her tears with her sleeves.
"Here!" Xiao Yuan stretched out his hand, wanting to call her, but sighed again, and then ordered the servant: "Quickly put out the fire!"
The fire in the kitchen did not last long, and was quickly put out with everyone's efforts.
In the study, Xiao Yuan was looking through the bamboo slips.
Chu Ning first stopped outside the door, and after receiving Xiao Yuan's signal, she walked in with tea.
She put down the tea, but waited aside. Instead of bowing and retreating as usual, she moved the corners of her mouth to say something.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, put down the bamboo slips and said, "Is something wrong?"
"Young Master." Chu Ning called out first, and then said: "The fire in the kitchen before was really an accident. Miss Zhong learned that the Young Master was back and wanted to make soup for you with her own hands, and it is your favorite. She has been... They all studied very seriously..."
After hearing what she said, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but be stunned.
"This girl!"
After saying this, he immediately stood up and looked for Zhong Duoduo's residence.
I thought it was her willfulness that caused trouble, but unexpectedly, I wrongly blamed her.
Thinking of her aggrieved look, Xiao Yuan's heart tightened, and an inexplicable sour feeling hit his heart.
Didn't he always regard her as his sister? Why did he have such feelings?
Walking quickly to Zhong Duoduo's residence, Xiao Yuan raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Duoduo, it was my fault just now. Are you in there?"
No one answered.
Xiao Yuan shouted a few more times, then frowned and pushed open the door.
There is no trace of Zhong Duoduo inside.
Damn it! This girl!
Xiao Yuan suddenly panicked, and began to order the guards in the mansion to search everywhere, turning the prefect's mansion upside down.
As for the guards, most of them were busy putting out the fire just now, and no one saw Zhong Duoduo.
After some searching, someone began to report: "My lord, Miss Zhong is not in the house. Why don't you humble yourself and go to General Ye to ask for his assistance."
"Forget it." Xiao Yuan waved his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Then, he went to Zhong Bai's grave alone.
From a distance, I saw the girl kneeling there, wiping her tears and crying silently.
"Hey!" Xiao Yuan sighed secretly. After stepping forward, he first bowed to Zhong Bai, then took Zhong Duoduo's little hand and said softly: "Duoduo, go home, it's getting dark. "
"Don't worry about it!" Zhong Duoduo was unwilling to do so. Feeling aggrieved, he threw away Xiao Yuan's hand and cried, "I will leave Qinzhou tomorrow, so you don't need to worry anymore!"
"Silly girl, what are you talking about?" Xiao Yuan pulled her up and said in a judo voice: "It was my fault before, I apologize to you, don't be angry."
"I know, I'm just an outsider. The promise you made to my brother before was just out of necessity. Whether I marry or not has nothing to do with you!"
She continued to cry and struggle.
"Keep talking nonsense!"
"You are so cruel to me, so cruel to me..." Zhong Duoduo shed more tears, it was really aggrieved.
"It's my fault, it's my fault." Xiao Yuan comforted her, not allowing her to break away. He stretched out his other hand, wiped her tears gently, and said gently: "Look, this little painted face is so ugly..."
"I want you to take care of me..." She was still in tears and wanted to break away.
Xiao Yuan hugged her into his arms.
"Let me go! Let me go!" She started beating him.
But Xiao Yuan ignored her struggle. Instead, he picked her up and walked away: "Go home."
She continued to cry, but she was not as strong as Xiao Yuan.
It wasn't until a while later that she calmed down, but she was still sobbing softly, not to mention how sad she was.
In this way, Xiao Yuan carried her back to the prefect's mansion.
The person in his arms was probably tired from crying and had already fallen silent.
"Lord..." In front of the mansion, a guard came to greet him.
"Shh!" Xiao Yuan stopped quickly, looked down at Zhong Duoduo in his arms with a warm smile, and said in an inaudible voice:
"Asleep..."
The guard understood and quickly and carefully let him pass.
When he returned to Zhong Duoduo's residence, Xiao Yuanteng gently opened the door, and then carefully put her on the bed.
Seeing that her beautiful face had turned into a small face, her long and thick eyelashes were still wet, and her red lips still looked aggrieved and deflated.
Xiao Yuan was speechless, gently stroked her hair, and covered her with a quilt.
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