When Wei Shao’s entourage entered the city, it was only two carriages with dozens of guards in front and behind them. It attracted the attention of passers-by but did not cause much commotion because they did not know the identity of the people who entered the city.

The people in Xindu saw that the Tantai Terrace, which had turned dark at night, was lit up with bright lights like the time the Marquis held his wedding, and only then did they know that the Marquis had entered the city.

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When Wei Shao entered the Xin Palace, Gongsun Yang and Pei Jian, the Xindu Protector, came to pay their respects at the last minute. Wei Shao naturally went to meet them.

Xiao Qiao was used to it, knew that he would not return in half an hour, entered her former residence of Sheyang, and settled in. The servants in the palace came to pay their respects.

After a while, Chun Niang informed Xiao Qiao that the dinner was ready. Wei Shao had not yet returned. Xiao Qiao ordered them to wait for him to return to eat together.

While she was waiting, Xiao Qiao sat down and sorted back through the letters that Da Qiao had sent earlier.

Half a year has passed since she returned from her south trip. Although Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao did not have the opportunity to meet again, they corresponded with each other sometimes.The road between north and south was long, passing through several territories, so it was difficult for them to write to each other.

In March, when Xiao Qiao was in Jinyang, she thought Da Qiao had given birth to a child. She asked about the baby and the war in the Huaishui area.

Two months ago, Xiao Qiao finally received a reply from Da Qiao. In her letter, Da Qiao said that she had given birth to a son at the beginning of the year, and Bi Zhi was ecstatic.

When she wrote to Xiao Qiao, her son was barely over a month old. Bi Zhi loved the child like a treasure and was devoted to her. She was doing well. But about the war situation that Xiao Qiao asked about, although Da Qiao’s tone was relaxed and only mentioned a few sentences, Xiao Qiao still read some of Da Qiao’s hidden worries.

Da Qiao said after the death of Xue Tai at the beginning of the year, Xue Tai’s eldest son, Xue An, came to take revenge and was defeated twice by Bi Zhi. The third time, the two sides retained each other for many days and finally fought in Pengcheng. When Bi Zhi was about to win the battle, Yang Xin suddenly led his troops to attack Lingbi from behind. He rushed back to defend Lingbi. Yang Xin, who was enemies with Xue Tai, seemed allied with Xue An this time.

However, Da Qiao also said that the good thing was that Bi Zhi was well-defended that Yang Xin and Xue An could not defeat him and finally withdrew their troops one after another. In the meantime, Yang Xin, Xue An, and Bi Zhi were facing each other in Huai Shui. They were fine and told Xiao Qiao not to worry.

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Now, a few months have passed.

Xiao Qiao read the letter from Da Qiao once more, while lost in thought, suddenly heard the sound of Chun Niang calling ‘Master’ outside, looked up, and saw Wei Shao striding in. She quickly put away the letter.“What are you reading?” Wei Shao came close to her.

Xiao Qiao did not want to say much, but when she saw his eyes staring at her, she thought there was nothing to hide, so she said, “A letter from my sister a few months ago. I read it again.” Xiao Qiao stored the letter back in the box.

Wei Shao looked at her face: “What did she say? I saw you lost in thought.”

“Nothing,” Xiao Qiao laughed, “My sister gave birth to a baby at the beginning of the year, and now he should be five or six months old. It’s a pity that it’s such a long journey. Otherwise, I will go to Lingbi to hold my nephew.”

Wei Shao slightly raised his eyebrows: “What good about holding other people’s babies? If you give me a baby, won’t you have something to hold?”

Xiao Qiao was displeased: “How can a sister’s child be someone else’s baby? He calls me Aunt!”

“Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing!” Wei Shao laughed.

“My sister’s letter also mentioned that Yang Xin seems to have allied with Xue Tai’s son and is attacking my brother-in-law from both sides. Yang Xin and the Xue family have been at odds for a long time. How come they are now in an alliance? Do you know anything about this, Husband?” Xiao Qiao asked in passing.

He knew it, naturally.

Wei Shao’s face did not change. “The head of the stragglers ……” He looked at Xiao Qiao and changed his tone: “Bi Zhi killed Xue Tai and made enemies in the Xue family. Xue An intends to take revenge and maybe seek Yang Xin’s helps.”

After saying that, he saw Xiao Qiao frowning slightly and touched his stomach, “Man Man, just now they dragged me to talking about a bunch of things. I’m hungry.”

Xiao Qiao knew that he had always looked down on Bi Zhi. Besides, on that previous occasion, when he picked her up, he and Bi Zhi had fought as soon as they met. When she saw that he didn’t want to talk about it, she didn’t force him to answer so that he wouldn’t get the wrong idea and thought she wanted him to help Bi Zhi. Xiao Qiao said, “I’m waiting for you to eat.”