Chapter 104 The Token
"When I was caught yesterday, I vaguely heard that they would enter from the secret tunnel, and sent it to the outside city. I don't know where the secret tunnel is, but if there was one, it was useless to just surround that house."
Su Jiuyue couldn't tell him that she knew it from her dream because other people wouldn't believe her as her grandmother.
Mu Shaoling seriously looked at the girl who always kept her head down, "You...raise your head."
Su Jiuyue couldn't decline him and raised her head timidly. Mu Shaoling saw her extraordinary beautiful face.
Mu Shaoling was shocked by her appearance and speechless for a while.
Su Yi was dissatisfied due to Mu's reaction. Although she knew that Su Jiuyue was beautiful, she was still shocked after Su Jiuyue cleaned her face.
Mu Shaoling gradually came to himself with a bit of pity in his mind. Although Su Jiuyue had a pretty appearance, he liked Su Yi more than her because of her timidness.
In addition, Su Jiuyue didn't grow up, and with her unfashioned dressing, Mu Shaoling, who had been accustomed to beauties, didn't have the strong urge to claim her for his own. He just thought that it was fine for her to stay with him.
"Do you want to be a maidservant in my palace?"
This was a great honor for the ordinary, but Su Yi was not willing to do it.
She heard from his father that the Prince of Yan was a bad guy, and her friends had no reason to do the serving job.
She frowned slightly and tried to find a way to refuse Su Jiuyue. Su Jiuyue herself kowtowed, "Reply to the Prince of Yan, I've been married, so it's not suitable to serve you by your side."
Mu Shaoling frowned, and he felt bored when he saw her face. He waved his hands, "You just leave."
Su Yi and Su Jiuyue came to the side hall and waited for Su Zhuang to pick them up. Only when there were the two of them left in the room, Su Yi pulled a stool to Su Jiuyue's side and whispered in a low voice, "You are so bold that you dare to coax Pince of Yan."
Su Jiuyue did not understand, "When did I coax him?"
"Then why did you tell him that you've been married?" Su Yi looked at her with her slanted eyes, waiting to see how she would explain.
Su Jiuyue felt helpless, "I've been married. We were unlucky this year, so my family couldn't even live. The whole family was almost starved to death, so my parents made a marriage for me."
She did not want to say that she was sold, but from Su Yi's perspective, it almost meant that.
Feeling heartbroken, Su Yi wanted to scold her parents, but she felt that it seemed to be unkind to scold her parents in front of her.
Su Yi took her handkerchief and bit her lips. She sulked for a while and pulled Su Jiuyue's hand piteously, "You're so piteous. What kind of family will you be married to in such a hurry? Do they treat you well? Otherwise, I'll let my father withdraw the marriage for you."
Su Yi was kind to her, but she couldn't disobey her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. Even if Su Zhuang was a Phyllis General, he couldn't interfere with the family affairs of others.
Su Jiuyue shook her head. Her husband's family was much better than hers! The parents-in-law defended her, and her husband treated her even better, so she didn't want to withdraw from the marriage at all!
"No, no, no, I'm fine in my in-laws' house, and they all love me very much."
When she thought of how Xiyuan treated her without reservation, a sweet smile appeared on Su Jiuyue's face. She hadn't seen Xiyuan for a few days, so he should have missed her.
Su Yi was good at reading people's words, and knowing that what she said was true, she was relieved and took off a jade pendant and gave it to her, "Jiuyue, since we both have the same family name and have such a destiny, I should call you my sister. Take this jade pendant, and in the future, if you have any difficulties, take this jade pendant to find me, I will find a way to help you!"
She dared to give it, but Su Jiuyue dared not to accept it.
Since ancient times, there was an old saying that gold had values, but jade was invaluable. Such a jade pendant should value a lot!
She waved her hands in a hurry, "Sister Yi, I would go to you for help if necessary, but I can't accept this token. I am a fickle person, so if I lost it, I would be heartbroken."
Su Yi knew what she was thinking about, "Even if it's valuable, it's nothing but a simple thing. It can't be compared to our friendship. You just take it and keep it well. Don't have to say anything."
Su Jiuyue knew that she insisted on doing that, so she had to accept it. After thinking for a while, she took off a purse from her waist and handed it to Su Yi.
"Sister Yi, I don't have anything valuable, and I'm afraid I may not be able to help you in the future. I made this embroidered purse, and there is a peaceful blessing I asked for when I was young at the Xiang Shan Temple. I give it to you in the hope that you will have a peaceful and prosperous life."
Su Yi didn't decline, nor did she resent it, and graciously accepted the token she handed over.
"You are handy with a needle. I can't do it at all. My mother has taught me so many times, but I can't learn it well, and I don't have the patience to learn it."
There is a difference between people. Some people learn this just for killing time, while Su Jiuye learned this for making a living.
"You do not need to learn these, and you should just wait for others to make it for you."
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When they were talking, a sturdy man rushed in with big steps, "Sister Yi!"
He wore armor and a helmet with a red tassel, a large sword hanging from his waist. He was beard-stubbled, but the worry in his eyes was like the water in a spring pond, full to overflowing.
Hearing the words, Su Yi immediately looked up. Her father had come.
She hurriedly stood up from the stool, and jumped into the arms of his father, like a bird into the forest. She had been scared for a whole day, and she whimpered as if she could no longer stand this grievance.
"Daddy, you finally come here. I'm almost scared to death!"
The sturdy man patted her gently as if he was afraid of scaring her. He even spoke much more gently, "It's daddy's fault. Daddy came late. Did they ever bully you? Daddy will take revenge for you, and I will shatter them...will beat them up!"
Even Su Jiuyue felt the anger from the man's words in a distance, and she was a bit envious of it.
Her father never defended for her like this.
Su Yi stopped crying. She remembered that there was a little sister watching, and embarrassingly wiped off her tear with a handkerchief, "Jiuyue, forgive me."
Su Jiuyue shook her head and did not speak.
Su Yi introduced Su Jiuyue to her father and also told the story of how they escaped.
After listening, Su Zhuang gave a boxing ceremony to Su Jiuyue, "Thank you for saving my daughter, Miss Su!"
Su Jiuyue dared not to accept his salute. She quickly turned to the side and waved her hand, "You do not have to. Sister Yi also helped me, and we would not escape successfully without her."
Although she said that, Su Zhuang still prepared a large number of gifts for her.
Hearing that Su Jiuyue had gone into the city to buy herbs, he had prepared many valuable herbs for her, and there was a hundred-year-old mountain ginseng inside.
The father and daughter warmly invited Su Jiuyue to their home for a few days, but Su Jiuyue politely refused.
"My mother-in-law and husband must be very worried about me. Sister Yi gave me a token, so if I come to Yongzhou City again in the future, I will pay a visit."
At dawn, before the city gate opened, Su Jiuyue left the city with her cart of gifts under the privilege of Su Zhuang.