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A few days after Qian Youyu was captured, Li Mingbei came to Lu Mansion again.

Xie Qiao looked at him still dressed in white, with a smirk on his face, as if it was someone else who just passed a life-threatening calamity.

Xie Qiao said, "Has Qian Youyu been captured?"

Li Mingbei nodded sadly: "I caught it, and all the nails buried in the city by the Qian family have been cleaned up."

Xie Qiao had never met Qian Youyu himself in his previous life, so he was a little curious at this moment, so he asked casually, "What kind of person is Qian Youyu?"

Li Ming smiled sadly, and said: "He is just someone I should get rid of for His Majesty—maybe he is also a lunatic. That's all."

Xie Qiao felt a little funny pity for this man whom he had never seen before for no reason: that man was born noble and thought highly of himself, but in the end he fell into the hands of Li Mingpei again and again. The most pitiful thing was , he regards Li Mingbei as an opponent and obsession that must be defeated, but in Li Mingbei's eyes, the opponent is just a stumbling block and hidden danger that needs to be eliminated, not even an opponent.

Xie Qiao's sympathy is like the morning dew on an autumn morning, it comes and goes quickly, it is not worth mentioning, so the thought and emotion just passed in his mind, and then disappeared without a trace.He raised his head slowly and said: "This matter is over, what are you still doing in Lu's residence?"

Li Mingbei bent down and leaned over, looked at his face, and said: "Well, you don't have black eyes today, have you reconciled with Lu Huaiyu?"

Xie Qiao glared at him and said nothing.He and Lu Jue didn't quarrel at all, so how could they reconcile.What he struggled with in those days was whether Lu Jue knew his intentions in the last life. The 16-year-old Lu Huaiyu can hear his friendship from a happy song. How could the 30-year-old Lu Huaiyu who is more proficient in rhythm in the previous life not be able to?

However, later he thought about it: if he knew what to do, so what if he didn't know, Lu Jue only had his brother in his heart, and even if he knew, it would only be a bit more disappointing and alienating to him.

Seeing that Xie Qiao stared at him without answering and didn't care, Li Mingbei smiled and said, "Qiao Er, since you saved my life, I'm here to repay your kindness today. I'll go to see His Majesty tomorrow and bid you farewell to His Majesty." Teacher, what do you think?"

Xie Qiao was shocked by the address he said, so he said with a straight face, "Don't call me that, lest I have nightmares at night." Nine years old—no, ten years old after the new year The body of a ten-year-old child is very fragile.

After he finished speaking, he paused and said: "Of course that's fine. But—" Xie Qiao had a smirk on his face, and continued: "You go to my brother to ask for resignation, and when you explain the reason, you can only say yourself I can't teach me with little talent and learning, so don't say, 'This son is stupid and blind, I can't bear to teach'."

Li Mingbei, who was told the thoughts in the center without saying a word: "..."

After a moment of silence, Li Mingbei still smiled and nodded: "Okay. I promise you."

Only then did Xie Qiao feel much happier.

……

On the second day, Lu Jue got off the court and went into the yard. He picked up Xie Qiao without even changing his court clothes. Xie Qiao was squatting in front of the wintersweet plant, resting his chin and thinking about something, and sighed several times. Yiyi was taken aback by being picked up.

"Brother Huaiyu?" Xie Qiao blinked his black and white eyes.

Lu Jue freed one hand, pinched Xie Qiao's round and fair face as usual, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "From today onwards, I will be your teacher for the time being."

Xie Qiao thought that Li Mingpei was quite interesting this time, while stretching his arms around Lu Jue's neck, a smile appeared on his face, and there was a little light in his dark eyes: "I am willing to let Brother Huaiyu teach me all the time, I only recognize Brother Huaiyu Be my teacher."

So don't even think about "temporarily".It was hard for him to bear it for so many months, how could it be just a "temporary".In his previous life, because of his background, he couldn't read a word until he was nine years old. It was Lu Jue who held his hand and patiently taught him word by word, and he never got bored.In this life, he naturally wants Lu Jue to pour all his patience, tenderness, tolerance, and time on him.

These are all his, and only his, and no one can take them away.

Lu Jue was so teased that he laughed loudly. He nodded Xie Qiao's shallow vortex, and jokingly said, "Do you like me that much?"

Xie Qiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded seriously, he looked at Lu Jue's radiant and smiling eyes and said, "I just like Brother Huaiyu so much." I like it even more than you can imagine.

Lu Jue smiled even more heartily, he strode into the study with Xie Qiao in his arms, and said loudly: "Then I must teach you well!"

……

From that day on, Xie Qiao occupied part of Lu Jue's time again. He was naturally very satisfied, but he couldn't help worrying about Lu Jue.

Counting the days, his elder brother should already be in love with the Tingtong girl from the Zhao family.Lu Jue should be very upset now, but every day when he came into the yard and came to him, he always had a smile on his face - he never brought his own sadness and sadness to him.

Xie Qiao felt even more distressed when he thought of this, but he was just a child who had just turned ten years old, so there was no way to comfort him.Even if he played twenty ditties a day, he couldn't really heal the wound in his heart.

Xie Qiao was worrying about these things, and after a few days, the emperor's carriage stopped at the gate of Lu's residence.

The emperor came in a low-key manner today, and even the carriages were only ordinary ones, and he did not use the emperor's ceremonial guard.When Lu Jue carried Xie Qiao to the door, the emperor lifted the curtain of the car, took Xie Qiao over with a smile, and Lu Jue got into the car.

When Xie Qiao saw the overly bright smile on his brother's face, he felt a "thump" in his heart, screaming inwardly that something was wrong.

He subconsciously glanced at Lu Jue, Lu Jue met his eyes, smiled at him, and then coughed lightly for some reason.

"Huaiyu, are you in good health?" the emperor asked.

Lu Jue smiled and shook his head: "No problem, I think it's just some wind and cold, don't worry about it, it will be fine tomorrow."

Xie Qiao looked at Lu Jue with worry in his eyes, Lu Jue smiled and rubbed his head when he saw it, and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Xie Qiao thought how could you be fine, you might die of pain waiting in your heart.

Because he already guessed where his brother was taking them now.

In order to confirm his thoughts, Xie Qiao asked, "Brother, where are you taking me?"

The smile on Xie Zheng's face was even wider, he rubbed Xie Qiao's head vigorously, and said somewhat mysteriously: "Gu will take you to meet someone."

So Xie Qiao knew that he didn't need to ask who it was, he guessed right, his brother was going to take him to see Zhao Tingtong today.

Xie Qiao glanced at Lu Jue again, seeing that he was still smiling, he felt even more distressed.

Xie Zheng saw that he kept glancing at Lu Jue, so he lifted Xie Qiao to his side, tapped his forehead with his fingers, pointed to Lu Jue and said to Xie Qiao rather sourly: "I said you live with him, and you will see him every day. Can't you see enough? Gu is your brother, why don't you know how to see Gu more after I haven't seen you for a few days?"

Xie Qiao: "..."

Lu Jue smiled at the side and rolled his eyes, Xie Qiao was even more worried when he looked at him.

……

After a short distance, the carriage drove into an alleyway. The alleyway was clear and cold, and even the green bricks on the ground were covered with moss, which showed that this place was not a busy city.

There were a total of two or three families in the alleyway, and the carriage stopped at one house, and they got out of the carriage.

After getting off the car, Xie Qiao looked up, and sure enough, he saw the word "Zhao Mansion" written on the plaque on the front door of this family.Xie Qiao subconsciously held Lu Jue's white jade-like fingers beside her hand. Lu Jue felt that her fingers were being held, thinking that Xie Qiao had guessed some uneasiness, so she smiled comfortingly at Xie Qiao.

Zhao Changshi had been waiting at the door for a long time, seeing the emperor hurriedly wanted to salute, Xie Zheng hurriedly excused him, and he led the emperor into the gate of the Zhao residence.

……

Xie Qiao saw Zhao Tingtong in the garden of Zhao Mansion.The garden of the Zhao Mansion is like the gate of the Zhao Mansion, low-key and elegant. There are a few clumps of green bamboos planted in the garden. Under the shade of the green bamboos are a few peach blossoms that have just sprouted green leaves and formed one or two light pink buds. And the peach blossoms are not pruned deliberately, which is very natural and interesting.It can be seen that the man who tends the garden must be a man of refined taste.

Zhao Tingtong was dressed in green clothes, and stood under a peach tree waiting for them. When she saw Xie Zheng, her bright almond eyes shone like stars.

That is the joy that comes from meeting your sweetheart.Xie Zheng also had the same brilliance in his eyes.

Xie Qiao sighed secretly, and the hands holding Lu Jue's fingers tightened a bit.

"Qiaoer, this is Miss Zhao." Xie Zheng patted the back of Xie Qiao's head and introduced.

"Hello, Sister Zhao." Xie Qiao bowed obediently, showing some respect.It's not time yet, calling sister-in-law can only embarrass the girl, it's more appropriate to call sister.She was a good girl and his brother's sweetheart, they were a match made in heaven.Unfortunately……

"Hello, Your Highness." Zhao Tingtong saw Xie Qiao with genuine warmth and a smile on his face.

"You can call him Qiao Er." Xie Zheng said very generously - anyway, we will be a family in the future, so calling His Highness will be unfamiliar.

Zhao Tingtong cast a reproachful look at Xie Zheng, but changed her words. She took out a delicate purse and stuffed it into Xie Qiao's hand, with a gentle smile on her face, and said, "I don't know what Qiaoer likes, so I will I made some caramel by myself, and my mother-in-law in the country gave me some milk a few days ago, so I added some to this sugar, Joe, can you eat it? If you like it, I will bring you some more .”

Xie Qiao opened the bulging purse, took one out and stuffed it into his mouth, a rich milk frankincense melted on the tip of his tongue, he smiled obediently with candy in his mouth and said, "Thank you sister Zhao, this candy is very good eat."

Zhao Tingtong smiled even more when he heard it, and Xie Zheng was also smiling happily.Xie Qiao just held on to Lu Jue's fingers and sighed secretly.

……

On the carriage back home.

Xie Qiao hadn't finished the candy in his mouth, and after hearing him say it was delicious, Zhao Tingtong stuffed him with a bag full of caramel before he left.Xie Zheng saw Xie Qiao's bulging cheeks, rubbed his head, and asked, "What do you think of Miss Zhao?"

Xie Qiao glanced at his elder brother and said, "Sister Zhao is fine."

"Then if I marry her to be your sister-in-law, would you be willing?"

"I..." Xie Qiao paused, looked at Lu Jue secretly again, and said, "Of course I am willing."

After he finished answering, he glanced at Xie Zheng, and now because he had just met his sweetheart and was full of joy, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Brother, I know you are happy after seeing sister Zhao just now, but... your happiness Can't you restrain yourself?"

Xie Zheng looked puzzled, and said: "I am naturally happy to see Ting Tong, why should I restrain myself?"

Xie Qiao was anxious, and said, "You are happy to see your sweetheart, so some people won't be sad when they see their sweetheart go to see their sweetheart?"

Xie Zheng smiled "puchi", pulled his younger brother to his side, and said, "What are you talking about?"

Lu Jue was also amused when he heard Xie Qiao's words. He had a smile on his face, but he couldn't help coughing twice, thinking that he really caught the cold.Seeing this, Xie Qiao became even more anxious, and felt that her brother was simply the most heartless person in the world.