Chapter 2653: Xiao Jiu

Zi Xia: "Indeed! The Emperor’s actions only make life harder for the common people."

Xuexue put down her chopsticks and bowl, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped her mouth, saying, "And the Prince too."

"Yes! Although the Prince hasn’t gone to war, the enemy has already infiltrated the Capital. In order to track them down, the Prince is extremely busy."

These past few days, they haven’t even caught a glimpse of the Prince. Zi Xia is filled with emotion; not only does the Prince have to investigate the enemy, but he also has to prevent their hidden attacks. It’s really not easy for him.

Xuexue: "Zi Xia, inform the steward that during these days, the Mansion is not to take in any newcomers."

The number of spies in the Prince’s Mansion is already too many. Xuexue doesn’t want any more spies from Wei Country sneaking in to cause chaos.

Zi Xia: "Yes, Miss, this maid will go and notify the steward right away."

Xuexue: "Don’t wait, go now."

Zi Xia responded and turned to leave.

These days, there are especially many matters in the Capital, especially the fact that spies from Wei Country have set their eyes on the Prince. It makes many people nervous. As the saying goes, don’t fear thieves stealing, just fear them eyeing. The Prince is being eyed by others, and any day, he might accidentally fall into a trap.

Guarding the War Prince’s Mansion has increased again. Due to the large population within the mansion, it’s impossible to ensure that everyone is loyal to the Prince, especially since there are spies from the Emperor mixed in.

However, the matter of spies is of great importance. No matter how capricious the Emperor is, he understands that at this time, he cannot act recklessly. If he were to harm Long Rui now, he would be aiding the enemy country, and his Dynasty might be doomed.

Although the Emperor’s words do not admit the enemy’s fear of Long Rui, after learning that the Wei State Preceptor specially came to harm Long Rui, he dispatched his own Hidden Guard, unprecedentedly to protect Long Rui for the first time.

"Tweet tweet tweet...! Master, Master, I’m back!" Just as Zi Xia walked out, Xiao Jiu flew back.

Xuexue greatly admired it; just having escaped from the enemy’s hands, it dares to fly around without fear.

"Oh dear, such courage, aren’t you afraid of being captured again?" Xuexue turned her head to look at Xiao Jiu perched on her shoulder and asked.

Xiao Jiu pecked at its feathers with its long bird beak, saying, "What’s there to fear? I was unprepared last time, that’s why the bad guys caught me."

"Where did you go?"

"To Big Worm’s place!"

"Aren’t you two arch-enemies? What did you go there for?"

"To have a quarrel!"

"Alright, I’m impressed."

"Big Worm is really pathetic; such a big creature, without even a tail, sigh!"

"Why would a person need a tail?" Xuexue thought conversing with a bird was really exasperating, practically an insult to her intelligence.

"For beauty!"

"...!"

"What’s wrong? Did Xiao Jiu say something wrong?" Xuexue rolled her eyes continuously, and Xiao Jiu expressed confusion about what it said wrong.

"Do you think humans would look better with an extra tail?"

"It’s great! In the forest, we Qin Birds have a tail beauty contest every year. You humans are so stupid; if you had an extra tail, you’d definitely be smarter."

Xiao Jiu pecked at the feathers of its tail with its beak, proudly speaking.

"Oh goodness, the weather’s nice today, I’ll go for a walk outside." Xuexue felt that continuing the conversation would be an internal injury and decided to avoid this fool. If they kept talking, she’d worry she couldn’t resist strangling it, so she found an excuse, stood up, and walked outside.

"Master, I’ll come too!"

"You better stay; your tail is important, make sure to groom it here!"