"It... it just smells normal," Jing Xinche said, his heart in turmoil. How could Qier's nose become so sensitive after she got pregnant?
"Stay away from me," Mu Fengqie said, forcing herself to hold back the nausea in her stomach as she looked at Jing Xinche.
Jing Xinche had no choice but to move away silently. He stood to one side, looking at Mu Fengqie pitifully.
Mu Fengqie rolled her eyes at him and ignored him. After Jing Xinche moved away, she clearly felt better in her stomach.
"Qier..." Jing Xinche called out to Mu Fengqie, but received no response. Helplessly, he had to take another bath. This time, he took three baths, rubbing his skin red. If Mu Fengqie were to vomit again, he would really be depressed.
Thankfully, Mu Fengqie showed no reaction this time. Jing Xinche instantly let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that the problem wasn't his body odor; it must have been the strong smell of blood just now.
Jing Xinche busied himself around Mu Fengqie, taking good care of her. Meanwhile, in the Medicine Master Valley, when Mu Haifeng learned that Mu Fengqie was pregnant, his first reaction was to overturn the table in front of him.
"You scoundrel! That Jing Xinche is a complete scoundrel! I've always said that he's not reliable. Look, they're not even married yet, and he's already gotten Jin'er pregnant!"
The elders and other people sitting beside him twitched their mouths. Master, doesn't your face hurt? When the conflict between Jin'er and Jing Xinche was resolved, you didn't say that. You even praised Jing Xinche from head to toe.
However, they didn't voice their thoughts. They just silently watched Mu Haifeng go crazy.
"No, I have to get Jin'er back. What if she's bullied?"
As he said this, he was about to write a letter. Then he thought it wasn't a good idea. What if that grandson Jing Xinche got hold of the letter? He'd better go there in person. He'd feel more at ease if he brought Jin'er back himself.
The elders beside him quickly stopped the eager Mu Haifeng from going out.
"What are you in such a hurry for? Weren't you still praising Jing Xinche as a good son - in - law a couple of days ago?" the Third Elder said, looking at Mu Haifeng.
"You said it was a couple of days ago. Can't I change my mind now?" Mu Haifeng directly admitted what he had said a couple of days ago without the slightest bit of embarrassment. He didn't even care about his own self - contradiction.
"Come on. Since Jin'er had someone tell us about this, it means she has her own thoughts. We'd better not interfere. What if our good intentions turn out to be a bad thing?"
The Great Elder thought for a while and dispelled Mu Haifeng's idea of going to pick Jin'er up.
Mu Haifeng sat in the main hall, sighing. The other three people beside him twitched their mouths. They had never seen someone contradict themselves so quickly. However, since Jin'er was pregnant, she really needed more attention.
They'd send more people to take care of Jin'er when they got back. They also had to find some good midwives and supplements. There were too many things to prepare. They couldn't just sit here.
The four of them each found an excuse and left in a hurry to prepare things for Mu Fengqie as a pregnant woman.
Here, Jing Xinche borrowed a few people from Yuan Yuhan and took the second - in - command of the bandits into the mountain. Whether what they had said before was true or not would be revealed this time. Maybe the second - in - command was really intimidated by Jing Xinche, because the places he mentioned were all correct.
The people who entered the mountain soon reached the bandits' lair. Since all the bandits in the stronghold had gone out that day and been captured by the Regent Prince, the whole stronghold was now empty.
Guided by the second - in - command, they found the record book they had mentioned. Jing Xinche quickly flipped through it. After confirming that there was no problem, they searched the place carefully, and they really found something.
Looking at what they had found, the veins on Jing Xinche's forehead bulged. This wasn't just a bandit den; it was more like a local emperor's place. The things here were almost comparable to those in the palace.
There was a whole room full of gold, silver, and jewels, and two rooms full of grain, which was even divided into coarse and fine grains.
After Jing Xinche reported this matter, Yuan Yuchuan ordered the encirclement and suppression of the bandits in Wupianshan and confiscated all the things in the bandit den. However, he never mentioned Jing Xinche's contribution, as if this incident had never happened.
"Zhanzhi, the emperor is really too much. How could he conceal your contribution?" Yuan Yuhan sat with Jing Xinche and said dissatisfiedly.
"Let him be. Anyway, I didn't intend to claim credit for this," Jing Xinche said, completely indifferent to Yuan Yuchuan's actions. After all, it wouldn't be him who would be in trouble if this matter was exposed. So what did it matter?
"What about the encirclement and suppression of Wupianshan?" Yuan Yuhan didn't dwell on this matter anymore.
"Of course, let the emperor find someone on his own. Anyway, I didn't participate in this matter. What does it have to do with this marquis?" Jing Xinche shrugged.
Yuan Yuhan immediately understood what Jing Xinche meant. This wasn't indifference at all; it was clearly a well - planned pitfall.
If the people the emperor found could take down Wupianshan, then there would be no problem. But if they couldn't, in the end, they would still have to turn to Jing Xinche. However, whether Jing Xinche would take on this task at that time was another matter.
However, looking at the entire Qin Dynasty, there was no one who could take down Wupianshan without knowing anything about it. So in the end, they would still have to find Jing Xinche.
Yuan Yuhan glanced at Jing Xinche. He said he didn't care, but in the end, he still dug a pit for Yuan Yuchuan, a pit he couldn't climb out of.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you. The King of the Grasslands will be going back in a few days." They had delayed him for so long, and it was time to let him go.
"Yeah, how's Tule Haojia doing?" Jing Xinche asked.
"Everything is going smoothly for him. He has completely taken control of the grassland tribes. As soon as the King of the Grasslands goes back, he'll surely receive a big surprise," Yuan Yuhan said gleefully.
"We still can't let our guard down. I don't think this King of the Grasslands is that easy to deal with. Moreover, I always feel that his power is more than what it seems," Jing Xinche said, frowning. He always felt that what Tule Haojia said about the inevitable attack on the Qin Dynasty was true.
If that day really came... he would definitely protect the people he cared about well and would never repeat the mistakes of the past.
"Okay," Yuan Yuhan understood Jing Xinche's concerns. It was always right to take precautions.
In the not - too - distant future, they were glad they hadn't let their guard down against the King of the Grasslands. This man was truly unfathomable.