After Xiao Qiao returned, she sat down and kept lost in thought, motionless. She met with Zong Ji in the corner courtyard by the side door and asked questions about the battle in Lingbi. Chun Niang was on the side and finally understood what had happened.

Zong Ji said that when he was leaving, Yang Xin was attacking Xiaodi, and Xue An’s army arrived upon hearing the news. But he asked the Lady not to worry too much. Xiaodi was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Bi Zhi had many unconventional plans.

Zong Ji also said he came here yesterday to deliver a letter to the Marquis from Bi Zhi. But the Marquis did not reply to the letter. Although he didn’t know the content of Bi Zhi’s letter, it must be related to the battle of Lingbi. He was still expecting a reply from the Marquis, so he asked her to help him ask the Marquis again.

The news made Chun Niang very worried. Although Zong Ji said that Lingbi was safe for the time being, even Chun Niang also felt that Lingbi’s security nowadays has been in danger.

When the Lady read the letter, her reaction was so strong that she must be worried about the war situation in Lingbi. Chun Niang guessed that the content of the letter written by Bi Zhi to the Marquis should be a request for help. The letter that Da Qiao wrote to the Lady should be the same.

After Xiao Qiao returned, she sat there stiffly. Chun Niang was even more worried and said, “Don’t worry about it. Master helped us when Xue Tai attacked Yanzhou. Now, if you talk to him, he will help you to solve the problem. ……”

“Chun Niang, call Mr. Jia for me!” Xiao Qiao suddenly said.

Chun Niang’s words were interrupted. She looked at Xiao Qiao. Her face seems to have calmed down a lot. After a slight hesitation, she answered and went out.

After Chun Niang left, Xiao Qiao closed her eyes and took a long breath.……

Mr. Jia heard the sudden summons from the Lady and hurried over. He waited for some time under the outer steps of the inner door of her residence. He began to feel anxious when he suddenly heard a slight rustling of footsteps.

Raising his eyes, he saw a familiar figure coming from the other end of the corridor. His heart jumped slightly, not daring to look any closer, looking down.

Xiao Qiao stopped at the doorstep. She waited for Mr. Jia to salute her, and then her eyes fell on his face without saying a word.

Mr. Jia’s heart thumped as she looked at him. His heart felt weak and his forehead was sweating.

After a long time, he finally heard her voice from above his head: “General Jia, I haven’t received any reply from the letter I asked you to send to Lingbi last time. Maybe the letter was lost on the way. Because of the importance of the matter, I wrote another letter. Please help me deliver it again, General Jia.”

Mr. Jia first breathed in relief. Guilt flooded his heart. He saw the Lady hand over the letter tube to him, then he stepped forward and took it with both hands.

“Thank you, General Jia.” Xiao Qiao smiled faintly at him and turned around.

Mr. Jia saw the Lady’s back fading away while squeezing the hot letter tube. His mood suddenly became incomparably low when he remembered her smile just now.

……Wei Shao returned in the evening. After dismounted from his horse and entered the house, Mr. Jia greeted him.

Mr. Jia’s father, a former general under Wei Jing, died in battle. At the age of sixteen, Mr. Jia joined the Tiger Army. Two years ago, Wei Shao appointed him as a lieutenant of the Tiger Army, showing his trust. When he saw Mr. Jia, he entered and casually asked, “Is there anything today?”

“My Lord, there is nothing today ……”

Wei Shao nodded and stepped forward.

Mr. Jia watched the back of the Marquis in turmoil. Sweat stained his palms when he suddenly remembered the loyalty oath he took ten years ago when he first joined the Tiger Army. He finally took a few steps after him and said, “There is only one thing. Lady asked me to send another letter to Lingbi.”

Both hands finally presented the letter tube.

Wei Shao paused. His eyes fell on the letter tube, took it, entered the Sheyang residence, and went straight to the study.

He naturally read the last letter he intercepted.

In the letter, his wife mainly asks about the battle between the head of stragglers, Yang Xin and Xue An. Then, about the couple’s daily routine and the baby. Wei Shao automatically ignored all of these. What attracted him was a paragraph she wrote in the letter about her daily routine, mentioning him.

She said, “…… Xindu was the place my husband and I first met and got married. Now I am revisiting the same place. I am feeling emotional and quite happy. My husband and I once climbed to Tantai Terrace at night. The stars shone brightly, reflecting the dome. That scene was unforgettable ……”

It was these few lines that Wei Shao repeatedly read several times. He ordered Mr. Jia to intercept his wife’s letter because he did not want her to know what he was doing behind her back to her brother-in-law. He cut off her correspondence with the other side, lest she knows the details and to avoid future problems. But unexpectedly, he read such a paragraph in the letter. At that time, he felt excited to peek into his wife’s innermost secrets. She would never talk to him about this. He originally planned to burn her letter. In case she sees it later, it will be a problem. But because of this paragraph, he could bear to burn it and hid it in the study instead.

Today another letter from her was intercepted. Wei Shao’s mood at the moment was curious. He was wondering what she wrote in the letter this time.

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