Chapter 217 Frightened Horse
Chapter 217 Frightened Horse
Zhou Sisi and the other two walked out of the girls' school, only to see Song Tingye parked next to his car. Yunxiang hurriedly took Zhou Sisi's bag and got into the car first.
Zhou Sisi raised her eyes to look at Song Tingye, the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised, "Why are you here?"
Song Tingye stepped forward and said softly, "I have a day off today, so I came to see you. How are you? Are you adapting to the girls' school?"
Zhou Sisi's voice was crisp and clear, with an indescribable hint of cuteness in it. "It's OK. There are one or two annoying people, but everyone else is fine."
Seeing her adapting well, Song Tingye was also pleased. "I'll help you get in the car. We'll talk when we get back." He took Zhou Sisi's hand and helped her onto the car. He then mounted a tall black horse and followed beside the car. Zhuang Xinyan and Gu Yuwen, who had come out from behind, happened to see this scene.
"Bitch!" Zhuang Xinyan clenched her fists in anger.
Gu Yuwen didn't recognize Song Tingye and asked, "Who is that man? Why is he so intimate with Zhou Sisi?"
Zhuang Xinyan gritted her teeth, "Song Tingye, the prince of the Duke's Mansion!"
Gu Yuwen hissed. Although she didn't know him, she had heard of him. Song Tingye, the son of the Duke's Mansion, was one of the three most handsome men in the capital. Since he turned sixteen, many girls had considered him their ideal husband. Unfortunately, no one was interested. There were even rumors that the young master of the Song family was gay.
Unexpectedly, he fell deeply in love with Zhou Sisi.
Gu Yuwen saw that the carriage and the people in front had gone far away, but Zhuang Xinyan was still angry, so she advised: "Sister, don't be angry. It's not worth it to get yourself hurt by anger."
Zhuang Xinyan gritted her teeth, "I didn't expect that someone would like her, a peasant like her!"
Why did Zhou Sisi receive such favor? She had once deliberately appeared in front of Song Tingye, but he didn't even look at her.
Gu Yuwen's eyes rolled and she whispered in Zhuang Xinyan's ear: "Sister, maybe we can do this..." After hearing this, Zhuang Xinyan showed a sinister smile on her face.
Inside the car, Zhou Sisi opened the curtain and looked at Song Tingye riding a horse outside, feeling quite sweet in her heart. In modern times, she had her father to pick her up from school, and now in ancient times, she had her fiancé to pick her up, which felt pretty good.
After arriving home, Song Tingye helped Zhou Sisi get off the carriage when two little people in the yard jumped out and shouted, "Sister is back!"
Cheng Yunxiang had brought the two children back. Usually, Uncle Fu would pick them up after the scheduled time. Today, school ended early, and Uncle Fu didn't know about it. And Master Chen was in class and couldn't leave. So, Cheng Yunxiang volunteered to bring them back.
Not long after he left, Zhou Sisi and Song Tingye came back. When the two little people returned home, Chen Xiuying had not come back yet. Now that she saw Zhou Sisi coming back, she became particularly attached to her.
The two men each held one of Zhou Sisi's arms and rushed to talk to her sister.
Zhi Ge'er: "Sister, how long will it take for Daddy to finish his business trip?"
Heng Ge'er also said: "Heng Ge'er misses daddy too."
Zhou Sisi...how would I know? School is finally over, but I still have to look after the kids.
Song Tingye looked at the three siblings and felt a warm feeling in his heart. He squatted down, touched the two little guys' heads, and said, "Your father will be back soon. During this time, your brother will play with you, okay?"
Zhi Ge'er and Heng Ge'er's eyes lit up and they shouted in unison, "Good!"
Zhou Sisi couldn't help but be curious when she heard him say that. She asked him, "How do you know this?"
Song Tingye smiled and said, "Several senior ministers mentioned it on the way back from the court."
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On the other side, Chen Wang was happily saying goodbye to Zhou Dajiang, "Dajiang, I'm leaving first." The medical team successfully completed the rescue mission, and what remained was reconstruction and repair.
The reconstruction is done by Prefect Lin, so he is not needed; the dam is repaired by Zhou Dajiang, so he doesn't have to worry about it.
So, he took the opportunity to write a memorial to Emperor Jiayou, reporting the situation here to him. He also mentioned that he was no longer needed here and asked if he could go back with the medical team.
This was the first time since Emperor Jiayou ascended the throne that he felt so relieved after a natural disaster. When the court ran out of money, the empress led the way in donating; when local areas were hit by floods, others offered advice; even when grain production declined, high-yield seeds were available.
He had truly relieved himself of a lot of worry, even having enough energy to start a bad-faith plot with the Empress. Although he hadn't succeeded yet, the Empress had finally nodded in agreement to forgive him. So, at this moment, everything made him feel good! Of course, he had also approved the Imperial Uncle's memorial with his imperial red ink.
After receiving the letter from Emperor Jiayou agreeing to his return, Prince Chen did not hesitate for a moment. He immediately had his luggage packed, said goodbye to Prefect Lin and Zhou Dajiang, and then left.
In addition to the medical team, he also returned with a group of soldiers from the Divine Army Camp. They also successfully completed their mission and packed up their belongings to return to the team.
Quan Dali naturally returned with the military camp. Before leaving, he came over to greet Zhou Dajiang, "Dad, I'm going back with the military camp first. Take care of yourself."
Zhou Dajiang nodded and told Dali to be careful on the way. He told him to go home and see his mother and tell them that he would be done with this in a month or so and that they shouldn't worry about him.
Quan Dali nodded, indicating he'd made a note. Since there was no rush on the return trip, the military camp followed Prince Chen's lead. By the time Quan Dali got back to the camp, packed up, and headed back to the Zhou residence, it was Zhou Sisi's day off.
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Zhou Sisi had invited Qi Xinrui and Yuan Youyou to come over on her day off, so she started making arrangements early in the morning.
First, she asked Nanny Sun to arrange the kitchen and prepare the ingredients for lunch; then she asked Yunxiang to cut a lot of paper for her. She also had wire rings and a hole puncher at home, so she filled a loose-leaf notebook for Qi Xinrui and Yuan Youyou.
Then she went to the door and waited, hoping to lead them to her small study as soon as the two arrived.
Qi Xinrui arrived first. After getting out of the car, she was still exaggerated and hugged Zhou Sisi tightly, "Sisi! I'm here to eat at your house again!"
Zhou Sisi had no choice but to pull her hand away: "Since you are here to eat for free, don't stand at the door, come into the house first!" Then she invited Qi Xinrui and her maid into the house.
After arranging for someone to come in, she had tea and snacks served. She asked Qi Xinrui to wait for a moment until she brought Yuan Youyou in, and then the three of them would start talking.
Qi Xinrui naturally agreed. She asked Zhou Sisi to go to the door quickly, as Yuan Youyou might have already arrived by then.
After Qi Xinrui said this, Zhou Sisi also hurriedly jogged a few steps. When she reached the door, she saw Yuan Youyou getting off the carriage, so she went forward to greet her, "Youyou, welcome."
Yuan Youyou smiled, but before she could say thank you, the horse in the carriage suddenly became frightened for some reason and charged towards Zhou Sisi and Yuan Youyou.
"careful!"
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