EBE Chapter 9 Dragon and Tiger Energy Soup
Chapter 9 Dragon and Tiger Energy Soup
Thinking of this, the suffering she had endured over the past two days seemed insignificant. Xu Biyun straightened her back, as if she had already tasted the joy of being the mistress of the Qiao family, and felt instantly delighted.
With the Second Master's return in sight, Xu Biyun's spring will finally arrive.
On the morning of the seventh day after his death.
Mr. Ye has already performed five Buddhist rites at the Bai family's Jinxiu Hall.
Qiao Qingshu personally led a group to deliver breakfast to Mr. Ye.
After taking a sip of rice porridge and a bite of mixed eight-treasure vegetables, Mr. Ye casually began to speak.
“Miss Shu, for the sake of your maternal grandfather’s Bai family, I’ll play along. I’ll only accept five hundred taels for your trouble; the rest has already been sent to your estate in the outskirts of the capital.”
Qiao Qingshu nodded slowly and smiled slightly, pushing the oil-cured bamboo shoots in front of Mr. Ye.
"Thank you for your cooperation, sir. I will definitely visit you in person another day to express my gratitude."
Ye Qingqiu gave a helpless smile.
"You little brat, scheming against your father and grandmother like this, you're even surnamed Qiao, why bother?"
Qiao Qingshu raised her eyebrows and coldly gritted her teeth,
“Mr. Ye, you are skilled in divination and can see the hearts of men. You must have seen that the Qiao family is a heartless and rotten family. If I don’t kill them today, they will scheme to kill me in the future.”
Mr. Ye saw clearly, his deep eyes flickered slightly, and he said no more.
However, he did not do such a big favor for the eldest daughter of the Qiao family simply because of the Bai family's reputation. What he valued was Qiao Qingshu's noble and imposing phoenix eyes.
This woman is no ordinary person; she has the countenance of an empress.
He glanced at his apprentice Xiao Zhijie, who was busy outside. Although his apprentice's birth chart was extremely auspicious, it was dull and lacked luster, indicating that he was destined to lack a benefactor.
A pearl covered in dust is unlikely to rise to prominence and may even perish prematurely.
Knowing that fate is hard to defy, Ye Qingqiu had long given up. Unexpectedly, he met Qiao Qingshu again, which made him feel like the clouds had parted and the sun was shining. A strange hope ignited in his heart.
This eldest daughter of the Qiao family might just be Zhijie's benefactor.
In her previous life, Qiao Qingshu had no contact with Ye Qingqiu. After Xiao Zhijie died in battle, this great Yin-Yang Master quickly left the capital and went into seclusion in the mountains, disappearing without a trace.
Unbeknownst to everyone, the gears of fate had already been rewritten at a certain moment.
Suddenly there was a commotion outside the house, and the servant could be heard shouting.
"The Second Master is back! The Second Master is back!"
Qiao Qingshu immediately got up, bid farewell to Ye Qingqiu, and went to the front courtyard.
When Qiao Qingshu arrived, Qiao Jizhou was already at Liufang Garden, leaning against the coffin, weeping bitterly and crying for his parents. His relatives couldn't pull him away.
Qiao Jizhou is in his early forties, of medium build, and has gained weight in recent years.
Although one can still see some of the youthful handsomeness in his eyes, his demeanor is no longer that of a boy; it has become murky and mercenary.
Despite being a civil official, he exuded the shrewdness of a merchant.
"Chanzi, you've suffered so much! You haven't had a single good day since you came to my Qiao family. It's all because of my incompetence, Qiao Jizhou! I've wronged you! You're so beautiful but have such a short life. How am I supposed to live now!"
That heart-wrenching wail, filled with tears, made everyone who heard it exclaim that the Second Master loved his wife dearly.
Qiao Qingshu watched this ridiculous scene with cold eyes, feeling nauseous. In her past life, she had cried bitterly in her father's arms, and her father was her greatest support.
Completely unaware that her own father was a beast in human form, and with her mother's body barely cold, he made Xu Biyun his legal wife, spouting nonsense like "the Qiao family cannot be without a mistress for a day."
Qiao Qingshu couldn't bring herself to step forward in this life; she felt nauseous even just looking at her father.
The crowd below tried to persuade him again and again, and it took half an hour before they finally stopped and sent Qiao Jizhou back to his study to rest.
As Qiao Jizhou was changing his clothes, a soft, delicate voice came from outside the door.
"Erlang, are you inside?"
As soon as Qiao Jizhou opened the door, a soft, delicate body rushed into his arms, hugging him and rubbing against him.
Upon hearing that Qiao Jizhou had returned home, Xu Biyun immediately put on makeup and dressed up beautifully, wearing bright red under her mourning clothes, and happily went to meet her lover.
Qiao Jizhou hurriedly closed the study door and scolded in a low voice,
"He started acting recklessly as soon as he got back. What kind of impression would that make if others saw him like that?"
Xu Biyun immediately pouted and looked aggrieved.
"Erlang, you're already yelling at me as soon as you get back. Look at my face! Your daughter beat me up like this. I'm so upset!"
Upon seeing that swollen and red face, Qiao Jizhou felt extremely distressed and began to comfort and coax her.
"Good heavens, what happened? How did your face get so badly injured?"
Xu Biyun gritted her teeth and added fuel to the fire, accusing Qiao Qingshu of all her actions to Qiao Jizhou, hoping he would stand up for her.
Qiao Jichang sighed and coaxed,
“You’ve only been dead for a short time and you’re already causing trouble. How can I help you? You’d better wait a while. After Bai’s burial, I’ll talk to the old lady about making you her legal wife. You’d better keep quiet for a while.”
After saying that, he took out a fine jade hairpin from his pocket and inserted it into Xu Biyun's hair, then pinched her cheek.
"Look, even while I'm on a business trip south, I still think of you. I specially found some fashionable jewelry from Jiangnan for you. Do you like it?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Biyun was overjoyed. She cupped Qiao Jizhou's face and kissed him, beaming with delight.
"Good Erlang, with your kindness, I am willing to endure any hardship."
Upon hearing Qiao Jizhou's promise to make her his legal wife, Xu Biyun felt reassured. Her previous grievances and displeasure vanished instantly, replaced by a sense of excitement.
Once she becomes the matriarch of the Qiao family, even that little hussy Qiao Qingshu will have to respectfully bow and call her "Mother" whenever she sees her.
There would be plenty of ways to punish and torment her, and she wouldn't be afraid of not being able to avenge today's humiliation. Thinking of this, Xu Biyun was overjoyed.
She twisted her body and snuggled into Qiao Jizhou's arms, calling him "darling" and "sweetheart" all over the place.
Qiao Jizhou had rushed back from Jiangnan, exhausted from his journey day and night. He had just cried for a while and had no strength left. He pushed her away and said...
"You troublesome little devil, let me rest for a while. Come find me tonight while I keep vigil, and I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget."
Xu Biyun blushed and twisted her waist excitedly. After lingering for a while, she reluctantly slipped out of Qiao Jizhou's study through the back door.
When Wanqiu returned, blushing, she recounted to Qiao Qingshu the lewd talk she had overheard under Qiao Jizhou's window.
The other two maids in the room, Xia Zhi and Lin Dong, blushed with embarrassment and lowered their heads, pretending to be busy.
Qiao Qingshu tapped the table lightly with her index finger, nodded with satisfaction, and turned to say to the people outside,
"Call in the Spring Equinox."
A moment later, a maid with delicate eyebrows and eyes, wearing a light purple jacket with butterflies, walked in through the curtain.
"By the Spring Equinox, is the ginseng soup I asked you to make ready?"