allonlinenovel Chapter 281 Daily life
Chapter 281 Daily life
Chapter 281 Daily Life
"You all should go and have a rest." Su Tang played with the jade token in her hand, signaling Xia Mei and the others to leave.
This empress dowager's jade token may be useful in the future.
"Yes." Xia Mei and the others responded and led everyone in the yard out.
Normally when Qi Lingheng was in the palace, Xia Mei and the others would not enter the main courtyard where Su Tang and Qi Lingheng lived.
Watching the courtyard gate close, Su Tang released Thirteen from the space.
"This is for you. It will be more convenient for you to go to the palace in the future." Su Tang handed the jade token in her hand to Thirteen.
"Well, master, have you ever experienced the situation of suddenly falling into a coma?" Thirteen took the jade token and only glanced at it. He did not ask why he could enter and leave the palace conveniently with this jade pendant. He just asked about other things out of concern.
The last time Su Tang summoned him out, he stayed outside for a long time and did not see Su Tang suddenly fall into a coma. However, Su Tang herself said that such a special situation did happen.
"Since I went to Dahe Village, that kind of situation hasn't happened again. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about it. It's a bit strange."
"Well, I'm glad you're alright." Thirteen nodded, then asked in a deep voice, "The King of Qi is not here?"
"He went to Southern Xinjiang. There is an attack from Southern Xinjiang." Su Tang had not told Shisan about the invasion from Southern Xinjiang. After all, Shisan was a man of the world, and he didn't care about what was happening in the court. Even if she told him about it, he might not want to listen.
Unexpectedly, Thirteen asked about Qi Lingheng.
Seeing Su Tang raised her eyebrows and looked at him, Thirteen explained, "When he was here before, even if he was not in the mansion, there were more secret guards outside the yard than now. I guess he took some of the secret guards away."
Su Tang smiled and patted Shisan's shoulder. In her opinion, Shisan was also her family. Su Tang never thought too much about her family.
"You are quite considerate. I'll have to trouble you to stay outside these days." With Thirteen guarding outside, Su Tang naturally felt more at ease.
Although she was in Prince Qi's mansion, no one would come in to assassinate her. After all, so far, the only people who had a grudge against her were the Xie family.
But the Xie family are all people in the court. Even if they have some secret guards and death warriors, they are only slightly stronger than ordinary people. They cannot be compared with assassins like Thirteen who have been doing assassinations for years.
"Yes." Seeing that Su Tang didn't ask anything else, Thirteen responded and disappeared in an instant.
Su Tang had a faint smile on her face. She shook her head and turned back to her room.
She had spent a lot of energy today, so it was time for her to have a good rest.
After a good night's sleep, when Su Tang came out of the house the next day, she saw Shisan sitting at the stone table in her yard, eating breakfast slowly.
"Morning."
"Well, good morning." Thirteen didn't even turn around, but just responded softly.
Thirteen and Chunmei had met before, and they all knew about Su Tang's space. They were all Su Tang's confidants, so when Chunmei and the others entered the yard to sweep the floor early this morning, Thirteen showed up and asked Chunmei for breakfast.
Since following Su Tang, Shisan's diet has finally returned to normal, at least he no longer has to go without a meal for several days.
Thirteen doesn’t eat much. Maybe it’s because he has been hungry for a long time, so he has a very small appetite.
"Chunmei." Su Tang shouted outside the yard.
Chunmei, who was waiting in the outer courtyard, immediately responded, "Hey, Master, have you got your breakfast?"
"Ah."
Soon Chunmei and the others brought Su Tang's breakfast into the yard.
"Put it on the stone table over there." Su Tang said, pointing at the stone table where Thirteen was.
"Yes." Chunmei and the others looked at Thirteen who was still eating and responded.
"I'm done eating." Thirteen stood up and stood aside when Chunmei and the others brought Su Tang's meal and put it on the table.
"Sit down." Su Tang said immediately when Thirteen stood up.
"Yes." Thirteen didn't ask why and sat back at the stone table.
"You go down first." Su Tang waved her hand, and Chunmei led everyone to retreat immediately. Only Su Tang and Shisan were left in the yard again.
"You are so big, how can you only eat so little? Eat more and your appetite will grow."
Su Tang knew that Thirteen ate so little because he had starved himself in the past. But he was a martial artist, and even though he was not on a mission now, Thirteen would still find opportunities to exercise every day. He could not eat so little.
"I'm full." Thirteen said.
"Just eat when I tell you to. The food prepared by the chefs in the palace is quite soft. It won't be difficult to digest if you eat more." Su Tang said as she personally served Thirteen a small bowl of rice porridge.
Thirteen said nothing, picked up the spoon and started drinking, and soon he finished the bowl of porridge.
Immediately afterwards, another piece of rice cake appeared in the empty bowl in front of Thirteen.
Fortunately, the meals in the palace are all exquisitely prepared and beautiful. Even the steamed buns are small and cute, the kind that you can eat one in one bite.
Thirteen finished eating in silence again.
Su Tang picked up a few more pastries of different styles and put them in Thirteen's bowl. Thirteen ate them all in silence.
Fortunately, Su Tang did not intend to torture Shisan's stomach. After Shisan finished the piece of cake that she had just given him, Su Tang did not let him eat any more.
Seeing that Su Tang no longer allowed him to continue eating, Thirteen was silent for a while and then said, "Then Master, I will go to the dark place."
"You just finished eating, so you can go to a dark place to rest for a while. But you don't have to stay in the yard all the time. If there is anything you want to do, you can make your own arrangements."
Although Qi Lingheng left, he left a lot of secret guards for Su Tang. Of course, Qi Yan was also left behind, so Su Tang was not worried that anything would happen to her.
Besides, she didn't want to go out today. After walking around in the palace garden for a while, she would go to the Duke of Qi's Mansion to meet Old Madam Qi.
"Yes." Thirteen responded and disappeared in an instant.
In fact, what Thirteen didn't know was that no matter how well he hid, Su Tang could quickly find his hiding place by taking out modern infrared sensing equipment.
Su Tang finished her breakfast in silence and called Chunmei and the others to prepare the carriage. "I will go to the Duke of Qi's mansion in a while. Please send someone to let them know."
"Yes." Chunmei replied.
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The Duke's Mansion of Qi.
A cheerful laugh came from Madam Qi's room, "Haha, you are really smart, girl. That old guy was so happy when he left."
"I can't help it. Who made the Ministry of Revenue cry poor? Besides, I'm worried about Qi Lingheng and his men going to the frontline without supplies."
"Actually, I still have some personal money here. Emperor Jing also compensated me a lot for the previous confiscation of our property." Old Lady Qi smiled and patted the back of Su Tang's hand.
If the treasury really runs out and the Qi army has to go to war again, the Duke of Qi's Mansion will definitely not allow the Qi army to go to the front line without any supplies.
At least there should be sufficient supplies of food, fodder and medicine for marching and fighting.