Chapter 30 Acacia

The atmosphere at the dinner table was strange. Mrs. Xie kept asking the maid to add vegetables to Jingcha, Jingcha kept picking up vegetables for Qiu Yao, and Qiuyao kept eating.

After lunch, Qiu Yao was finally kicked out of the house by Mrs. Xie. Jingcha looked at Qiu Yao with an embarrassed face but a slight smile. Seeing that she was finally about to open her mouth, he took her hand first.

"Don't worry, madam, I will definitely send Yaoyao back before sunset."

Yyaoyao......

When Qiu Yao came to her senses, she had been walking on the street. The winter wind hung on her face so painful that she kept shrinking her neck. She wanted to pull back her tightly clenched hand, but the palm of the poor seemed to be warm all year round, which made people reluctant to let go.

"Where are we going?" Qiu Yao looked at the sparse crowd and turned to look at the man holding her beside him. The purple dark blue narrow-sleeved robe and E Guanbo belt stood in the crowd and looked outstanding. When he was with him, there was always a faint smile on the corners of his mouth, like a warm sun in the new moon.

"Here." Jingcha stopped and stared at Qiu Yao, who was shrinking her neck in front of him with a smile.

Qiu Yao turned around and saw that it was the previous teahouse behind her. She couldn't help saying with a black line on her face, "Do you think I was not excited enough before?"

"No," Jingcha slowly led her into the teahouse, which soon attracted the attention of many people. "I just want to remind you that you promised me here."

"What did I promise you?" Qiu Yao is a little confused.

"The kindness of saving your life should be promised with your body." Jingpa lowered his voice, but his hand nodded Qiu Yao's nose irregularly, "You restless little girl always makes me feel at ease."

"..." Qiu Yao listened to his slightly ambiguous and angry, and her face couldn't help blushing a little. Looking around, everyone looked in their own direction, and their faces were even more red.

Just as she was about to refute, a man in a short shirt suddenly ran into the door and came to Jingcha's side breathlessly, with a hurried face, "Sir, the master asked you to go back immediately... Mrs. Bai... Mrs. Bai is going to give birth prematurely..."

Jingqi stood up from his seat with a "teng" sound, and then looked at Qiu Yao, who was still stunned, and seemed a little hesitant.

He brought Qiu Yao out today, not to have tea with her.

Jingqi frowned and looked at the little man who was passing the message around, "Are you new here?"

"Yes, the prince came back half a month ago. He just came the day before tomorrow."

"Well... You go first. I'll just wait and go back by myself." Qiu Yao got up and looked at him unconsciously, and her heart was inexplicably uncomfortable.

Jing Chai hesitated for a moment and said to the little boy beside him, " Be sure to send Miss Xie back to home", and hurried out of the teahouse.

Qiu Yao squeezed her lips and sat down again. She looked at the two tea cups on the table and stood up again, "Go back."

Jingcha called the car to go back as soon as possible, but the more he thought about it, the more wrong it was. Just as he felt a little clue, the carriage had arrived at the door of Jingfu and jumped out of the carriage. He went straight to Bai Zhi's yard and opened the door, but saw Bai Zhi sitting on the edge of the bed quietly embroidering a piece of clothes.

"Why did you suddenly come back, I..." Bai Zhi stood up in surprise and joy, but stopped halfway through the words. He clearly saw Jingcha sink his face at the moment he saw him, and then ran out without looking back.

Suddenly, it became hazy in front of him. He clenched the baby's clothes in his hand with his slender fingers, and two lines of tears suddenly fell from his beautiful face.

Jingchao rushed out of the door anxiously. How could the man recognize himself if he really came to work in Jingfu when he was not at home? How could he not even find such a simple flaw!

At this time, it is a critical juncture. At this time, it is either the Qin people who intend to take Qiu Yao away...

Jing Chai jumped out of the carriage, and when he entered the teahouse, he heard that Qiu Yao immediately left the teahouse with the little man after she left, and his heart suddenly felt cold.

At the same time, on the second floor of the inn opposite the teahouse, a man looked at what was happening opposite and then left the window.

Qiu Yao opened her eyes in a daze. The first thing she saw was a gorgeous purple curtain. She rubbed her sour temples and got up and looked at the strange environment around her. Qiu Yao was suddenly speechless.

Is she... abhorred again?

However, compared with the small room full of sour taste last time, this gorgeous room with incense made her feel much more comfortable.

She only remembers that she was ready to go home with the little man who reported to Jingcha. When she walked aside, she suddenly smelled a strange fragrance, and then she didn't remember anything.

"Squeak--" The door was pushed open from the outside. Qiu Yao swallowed her saliva and looked at the person nervously.

The person came in a luxurious purple dress, which looked shining in the candlelight. Qiu Yao looked at the face that was not outstanding and suddenly felt that the person in front of her was a little familiar.

"Are you?"

"In Yunmeng Mountain, the girl once had a relationship with me." Xia Hou walked to the bedside with a smile, and Qiu Yao was a little uncomfortable with his eyes.

Yunmeng Mountain? Are you the one who helped me wash my handkerchief? Why did you take me here? Don't tell her that he is going to say the nonsense next, "I fell in love with the girl at first sight, and I specially let people stun the girl to relieve the pain of lovesickness."

The person who helped wash the handkerchief... Xia Hou's eyes twitched, but he smiled randomly at Qiu Yao**, "Does the girl remember? I didn't know until today that the girl was the Miss Xie family who defended Song Yu in the teahouse. I have been looking forward to her for a long time. At the mention of Song Yu, Xia Hou felt that the qi and blood all over his body were surging up, but fortunately, now the woman is in his own hands, and Song Yu can't do anything if he doesn't want to throw a mouse after that.

"I asked you what you brought me here for. I want to go back." Qiu Yao jumped out of bed unhappily, picked up the cake on the table and stuffed it into her mouth... This guy called himself Benhou, and Bacheng is the infamous Xiahou or Zhouhou, right? Sure enough, he is a corrupt official who knows how to enjoy. Even the cakes for outsiders are so delicious...

"Does the girl remember that the king once said that he would let the girl see and receive the reward?" It's really a difficult master...

"Remember." After eating, Qiu Yao poured herself another cup of tea. Well, the tea was also delicious.

"I was ordered by the king to bring the girl into the palace."

Enter the palace? Qiu Yao's tea drinking action stagnated, "When?"

"Tomorrow morning." Song Yu, with this woman, how dare you fight against me so blatantly?

"...You have to inform my family first." This man must not have any good intentions. I guess it's impossible to go out from here. I don't know if there is a gap to escape when I enter the palace tomorrow... Wait, Song Yu seems to be accompanying the King of Chu in the Chu Palace these days. I haven't seen him for more than three months. I don't know how he is doing now.

"This must be. The girl will have a good rest here tonight. I will take the girl to meet the king early tomorrow morning. What tokens do you have on the girl's body? It's easier to explain it to the girl's family.

Qiu Yao nodded when she heard the words, took off the bracelet on her left wrist and gave it to Xia Hou. "Just show this to my father." She couldn't stand Mrs. Xie taking the bracelet and going to tell her in front of Xie's father.

"Good." Xia Hou narrowed his eyes and looked at the bracelet in his hand, and then raised a strange smile. "That girl has a good rest tonight. If you need anything, just tell her outside the door."

Qiu Yao made a grimace at Xia Hou's back when she went out. He wanted to say, "There are people outside the door. You can't run away."

Xia Hou walked out of the door, smeared with a gloomy smile on the bottom of his eyes, handed over the bracelet in his hand to others, and said leisurely, "Send this thing to Song Yu overnight, that is to say that it is the meeting gift for him."

At dawn the next day, Qiu Yao, who was still sleeping, was woken up, and then several maids fished in and quickly helped Qiu Yao change her hair. Before she was awake, Qiu Yao picked up a wet towel, wiped her face and took the cup and rinsed her saliva. She looked at a group of maids in silk clothes dressed up for her, and waited until she woke up completely. At that time, the face of a young woman with a childish face but beautiful makeup was presented in the mirror.

Is this... yourself? That Xiahou, did he take himself to see and receive the reward, or did he want to enrich the harem for the king of Chu?

"Girl, please come with me." The leading maid took Qiu Yao out of the door and led Qiu Yao all the way to a gorgeous car with two horses riding together. "Girl, please get in the car."

Qiu Yao was stunned and pointed to an equally gorgeous purple carriage in front of her. "That's Xiahou's car."

"If you go back to the girl, that's the nobleman's driving." The maid replied respectfully. Hearing this, Qiu Yao only felt goose bumps shaking on the ground and quickly got into the car and stopped talking nonsense with them.

The carriage drove slowly to the Chu Palace. After an hour, she entered the palace gate. Only then did Qiu Yao realize that she had been in Yingdu for a long time. However, Xiahou tried her best to bring herself into the palace. Is it really just to take her to receive the reward? Why does the credibility drop by more than one level when the same words are spoken from his mouth and from Jingcha's mouth?

"The girl will stay here first, and Rong Benhou will go in and report it." Xia Hou Yueran's words came from outside the car. Qiu Yao was even more uneasy. She was sure that Xia Hou had left, so she jumped out of the carriage. Just as she was about to leave, several attendants around the carriage stopped her without hesitation.

No, if she stays here, she will definitely fall into Xiahou's trick. Qiu Yao stood on the aisle and looked left and right, but she couldn't see a man other than the bodyguard, let alone Song Yu.

"This is..."

"The king's harem."

Qiu Yao's heart suddenly cooled down. Naturally, the reward should be in the hall. If you bring her here so secretly, Xiahou really has no good intentions!

Just as Qiu Yao was anxious, several maids of honor came out of a palace not far away. Seeing the two bright carriages on the aisle, she couldn't help looking at them and whispering something. Qiu Yao looked at the maids and thought about how to get out, but found that one of the maids stopped and her eyes were complicated. Lock it on your face.

Qiu Yao quietly watched the maid in purple approach her, and faintly heard several people behind the maid call her "Purple Yuan".

Ziyuan? What a familiar name, by the way, when she left the Orchid Palace, she used the identity of Ziyuan, that is to say, this Ziyuan is her own person?

Qiu Yao was overjoyed, but after being happy, she felt uneasy. The maid named Ziyuan slowly approached. What did she see from those eyes? Anger, despair, or desolation?

"What's the matter with this sister?" Several maids in Xiahou's house stepped forward and stood in front of Qiu Yao.

"I'm the maid of honor of Yaoji. Yaoji has a destiny to see this girl."