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Chapter 12: Qian Xiao Qi, Don’t Go Past the Walls
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Song Liang Zhuo softly shook his head, reached out to straighten Xiao Qi’s tilted head, then turned around to speak to Chen Zi Gong with a smile: “May I ask what gongzi is here for?”
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Xiao Qi saw the faint smile of Xong Liang Zhuo’s face and her stomach flopped. Xiao Qi hurriedly covered her face with her hand while silently cursing the formidable might of a pretty boy’s face.
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Chen Zi Gong watched Song Liang Zhuo’s clear show of ownership and shook his head while the corner of his mouth hooked. Coughing lightly in order to attract Qian Xiao Qi’s gaze which was fixed on Song Liang Zhuo’s face, he spoke with a faint smile: “Then this Chen will leave now. Let’s continue on another day, Xiao Qi.”
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Qian Xiao Qi saw him turn around to leave and hurriedly stepped forward to chase after him, but was pulled back with one yank by Song Liang Zhuo. Xiao Qi became mad, and angrily said: “He took my thing!”
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Song Liang Zhuo, hearing this, lightly lifted his eyebrow. He handed the coarse cloth bag in his hand to Xiao Qi and took two steps forward, calling out: “Chen gongzi, wait a moment!”
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Chen Zi Gong turned around and Song Liang Zhuo quickly walked over, sweeping a glance over the clay red horse toy in his hand, asked: “Chen gongzi won’t yield it?”
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Chen Zi Gong shook his head with a smile: “Won’t yield!”
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“Haha. Then Chen gongzi should pay for it before leaving.” Song Liang Zhuo carelessly glanced again at the clay toy in his hand: “My wife is stubborn and mischievous and she never casually gifts people things. It’s best to keep things clear.”
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Chen Zi Gong faintly knitted his brow, his line of sight swept towards Xiao Qi who didn’t give off the slightest impression of being married, and shook his head, feeling it was rather a pity as he felt for a piece of silver and threw it towards the vendor booth Uncle’s chest.
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Qian Xiao Qi, seeing Chen Zi Gong throwing silver, strode over towards him with large furious steps, but before she got close, she was blocked by Song Liang Zhuo’s arm and held back.
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“He, he took my thing.” Qian Xiao Qi complained unhappily.
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“He paid money.”
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“But I was the one who fancied it first!” Qian Xiao Qi felt very wronged and, turning around, she said to the Uncle: “Uncle, wasn’t I the one who fancied it first?”
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The vendor booth Uncle said with a laugh: “It was magistrate’s wife who took a fancy to it first.”
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Qian Xiao Qi nodded repeatedly and glared at Song Liang Zhuo, fuming. With her cheeks puffed into bulges she looked extremely adorable. Song Liang Zhuo gave a smile as he said: “Xiao Qi just pick a different one.” Song Liang Zhuo picked up an identical black horse and passed it over: “Isn’t this one the same? Why must you have that one?”
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Qian Xiao Qi widened her eyes as she looked towards Song Liang Zhuo, her eyes filled with grievances and hurt, then she switched, fiercely speaking towards the vendor booth Uncle: “Who is the magistrate’s wife? I am Qian Xiao Qi, the third miss of the Qian clan! To hell with the magistrate’s wife!” After she finished speaking she flung the coarse cloth bag to Song Liang Zhuo and ran off, enraged.
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Wen Ruo Shui saw Qian Xiao Qi run off, then turned back to look at the clay figure with her appearance in the vendor booth Uncle’s hand, a bit reluctant to leave, and said in a soft voice: “Zhuo gege, how about we wait for this Uncle to finish making this one before going together?”
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Song Liang Zhuo retracted his gaze from Qian Xiao Qi’s back and gave a light nod. Lu Liu who was standing at the side waiting for Song Liang Zhou to give chase gave Wen Ruo Shui a glare before hurriedly chasing after Xiao Qi.
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Song Liang Zhou stood looking in front of the vendor booth for a while before asking: “You don’t have anymore of that kind of red horse from just now?”
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“I don’t, this batch only fired about ten or twenty, there’s only one of every type.” The vendor booth Uncle continued to shape the clay figure as he lifted his head to ask: “Official daren also took a fancy to that red one?”
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Song Liang Zhuo gave a smile, then said: “Yes, may I ask when will be the next time you fire some?”
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Haha, isn’t this up to me? If daren likes, one of these days I can just add an additional kiln.”
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Song Liang Zhuo’s gaze swept towards that clay figure with its hands on its hip and its chin arrogantly raised and couldn’t help but curl the corner of his mouth. He asked: “Can this type of clay figure also be fired?”
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“It can. With an additional layer of clay when it’s fired it’ll look even more smooth than clay goods.”
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“Then fire it. You can set a time and I’ll come pick it up.”
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“Official daren is too polite, one of these days I’ll send it to your residence for you.”
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“Then send it to the government office.” Song Liang Zhuo fished out some pieces of silver. Seeing that the vendor booth Uncle’s hands were covered with clay, he proceeded to set it down on the booth: “This is the down payment, when the time comes you can set the price.”
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The vendor booth Uncle knew that this young official never takes other people’s things for free so he didn’t try to be polite and just nodded: “This will be fired in just a few days.”
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Wen Ruo Shui looked at the clay figure with Xiao Qi’s appearance and said with a pout: “Then I want to fire mine too, Uncle must make it even prettier.”
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“Haha, ok!”
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Song Liang Zhuo strode out, Wen Ruo Shui reminded the vendor booth Uncle again before hurriedly following. Seeing his hand was still holding on to a coarse cloth bag, and it even faintly carried the smell of blood she asked with a frown: “What is Zhuo gege holding?”
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“Chicken bits.”
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“What’s it for?”
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“To eat.”
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Wen Ruo Shui’s eyes sparkled: “Is it tasty?”
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“For Ha Pi to eat.”
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Wen Ruo Shui pouted and ran to the other side to hold Song Liang Zhuo’s empty hand, Song Liang Zhuo didn’t shake her off either, he just spoke warmly: “I’ve already sent a letter to Uncle Wen, presumably in a few days someone will come.”
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Wen Ruo Shui unhappily hung her head: “Zhuo gege, can’t you let me play here forever?”
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“An unmarried young lady……”
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“Then Zhuo gege should go back with me. Xiao Qi said before that she’ll yield Zhuo gege to me.”
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Song Liang Zhuo frowned: “Ruo Shui, how could such a big thing like marriage be treated as a game? Not to mention that I’ve already married Xiao Qi, but even if I hadn’t married, our relationship is still only that of siblings.”
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Song Liang Zhuo pulled away his hand and gave Ruo Shui’s head a pat as he said in a warm tone: “Brother Yu Ming Xuan has already said that he’ll come to pick you up in a few days.”
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“Zhuo gege!” The rims of Ruo Shui’s eyes turned red: “Is Zhuo gege still longing for that Zi Xiao?”
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The faint smile of Song Liang Zhuo’s face dispersed, his face turned expressionless. Wen Ruo Shui pursed her lips and timidly continued: “She has already entered the palace for two years, she might have even given birth to a little prince by now.”
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“It has nothing to do with her.”
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“Then why doesn’t Zhuo gege want me?”
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Song Liang Zhuo turned around to look at Wen Ruo Shui’s slightly upturned face, suddenly smiled and said: “Ruo Shui, I heard Brother Ming Xuan say that Brother Heng Zhi treats Ruo Shui rather well? Brother Heng Zhi’s character isn’t bad!”
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Wen Ruo Shui’s face darkened and said with a pout: “Can a person who only knows how to irritate you all day be counted as having a good character? That guy really needs a spanking!”
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Song Liang Zhuo smiled and shook his head.
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Xiao Qi ran for half a block, the anger in her heart didn’t increase or decrease. At the mouth of the street she suddenly saw that man who had snatched her little red horse just now. The man probably also saw her, his line of sight paused for a moment, but he acted as if he didn’t see her and turned to leave.
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Qian Xiao Qi put her hands on her hips as she gasped for breath. She squinted her eyes and glared at Chen Zi Gong’s back for a good while, originally planning to furiously charge over to demand it back but thought better of it. She gave a sneer and when Chen Zi Gong turned around to look a second time she dodged into a different alley taking a detour to return to Song fu.
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Pretty much all the jade on the jade artifact booth has already been felt once by Chen Zi Gong but Qian Xiao Qi still hasn’t arrived to quarrel with him. Chen Zi Gong turned around to look again, but where was there still a trace of her! Chen Zi Gong shook his head, rather regretful. With a glance he saw Song Liang Zhuo and Wen Ruo Shui walking this way together and the corner of his mouth hooked almost imperceptibly, then he turned back around and entered the crowd.
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Xiao Qi rushed back to the Song fu, first going to her room to change into women’s clothes, then hurriedly rushed to the kitchen to steal something tasty for Ha Pi to eat. The last few days Song Liang Zhuo was not home during noon so she could feed Ha Pi however she wanted but this time it definitely wasn’t the case.
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Xiao Qi simply got some chicken bones that weren’t scraped clean yet from Auntie Feng and ran back to the room again to hide them below the bed, preparing to give them to Ha Pi to gnaw on at night.
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Xiao Qi had just finished preparing when Lu Liu returned, panting and out of breath. She supported her waist and gasped for half the day before saying with a bitter face: “Miss, why did you disappear halfway? You made Lu Liu look everywhere!”
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Xiao Qi poured a cup of tea and passed it over to Lu Liu, who lifted her head and drank, she then said angrily: “That Miss Ruo Shui is too much, to actually hang on to guye to buy clay toys. Guye as well, why did he stick his elbow out?”
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“Uh-huh, that arm is oppressively long.” Xiao Qi humphed mystifyingly.
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Lu Liu said with a smile: “But Miss shouldn’t get angry either. Just now I saw that guye was right behind and is almost back too. Guye didn’t accompany Miss Ruo Shui for long either.”
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Xiao Qi humphed again. Lu Liu saw that she still had her male style bun and stood up to release it. Just as she combed smooth that head of long hair, Song Liang Zhuo strode in. Seeing Xiao Qi, draped with loose hair, aiming her wide eyes in a glare towards him like that, he went into a daze for a moment.
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Women for the most part are all beautiful, whether gentle and tender like Zi Xiao, naughty and clingy like Xiao Qi, adorable and simple like Ruo Shui, dignified and virtuous like Mother, each one had their own type of beauty that waited for a person who could understand to appreciate.
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Song Liang Zhuo hadn’t even finished sighing when Qian Xiao Qi already puffed up her cheeks and demanded: “What did you come in for? Can’t you see I’m currently changing?”
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Qian Xiao Qi spoke self-confidently and righteously, and even carried a faint trace of rage. Song Liang Zhuo gestured at Lu Liu, waiting for her to withdraw before picking up the comb himself, wanting to comb Xiao Qi’s hair for her, but Xiao Qi tilted her head and avoided it, frowning: “What are you doing?”
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Song Liang Zhuo handed the comb to Xiao Qi, slowly walking to the side to sit down, and casually asked: “Why didn’t you bring manservants when you headed out?”
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See! Just knew it would be like this! Xiao Qi pouted and didn’t reply.
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“In the future you are the Magistrate’s wife, don’t run off like that again.”
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Xiao Qi’s mouth turned down as she said: “How many times have we already talked about this, I don’t want to repeat it again. I’m Qian Xiao Qi, I’m not your wife, I have a divorce papers!”
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Song Liang Zhuo slightly knitted his brows: “Then, at least during the time you’re at Song fu, act like a presentable Magistrate’s wife.”
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Xiao Qi blinked, then nodded: “Alright, I just won’t go out in the future. You better work faster, don’t stifle me alive in this courtyard.”
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Song Liang Zhuo gave a smile: “If you’re bored just tell me, I’ll take you out for a stroll.”
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Xiao Qi patted the pit of her stomach and said: “Forget it, you can just accompany your Ruo Shui meimei, I’ll even be a bit more at ease by myself.”
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Song Liang Zhuo looked straight at Qian Xiao Qi, seeing that her eyes didn’t contain any traces of jealousy or affection, dropped his eyes and said: “How many times have I already said this as well, I only think of Ruo Shui as a little sister.”
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Xiao Qi humphed: “Then you can go accompany your little sister, it’s all the same anyways.”
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Song Liang Zhuo gave a soft sigh, lowering his head he saw Ha Pi who had at some unknown time trotted here on those four short legs.
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Ha Pi whined as he circled Song Liang Zhuo’s legs and sniffed for quite a while, perhaps the chicken blood from the chicken bits had dropped onto his shoes because Ha Pi chased his legs and wouldn’t let go. Song Liang Zhuo lifted his foot to dodge twice, then Ha Pi suddenly with one chomp bit onto his pants and started climbing and sliding.
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Song Liang Zhuo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry slightly lifted his leg and extended it towards Xiao Qi: “Take him off.”
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Xiao Qi pouted and didn’t move, leisurely gathering up her hair. Seeing Song Liang Zhuo’ face turning more and more unsightly, her eyes shone with laughter: “You’re afraid of dogs? Haha, a big man being afraid of this kind of thing, aren’t you ashamed!”
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Song Liang Zhuo’s complexion was slightly mocked, he grinded his teeth as he said: “I’m allergic to this thing.”
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“Allergic?” Xiao Qi bent down and picked Ha Pi up: “You’re allergic to Ha Pi? Do you get a rash?”
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Song Liang Zhuo nodded, begrudging words like gold spoke: “Itch.”
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Xiao Qi imagined Song Liang Zhuo being covered with rashes, thinking of his expression of frustration made her grin and laughed mischievously. Song Liang Zhuo knitted his brows, seeing Xiao Qi laugh heartlessly and her thoughts wandering off, he couldn’t resist lifting a finger give her forehead a flick.
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“Aiyah!” Xiao Qi rubbed her forehead and blurted out, mad: “Song Liang Zhuo, you’re too much, how could you hit me!”
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Really such a child! Song Liang Zhuo gave a sigh and stood up to go to the study.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Sonia
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Chapter 12: Qian Xiao Qi, Don’t Go Past the Walls
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Song Liang Zhuo softly shook his head, reached out to straighten Xiao Qi’s tilted head, then turned around to speak to Chen Zi Gong with a smile: “May I ask what gongzi is here for?”
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Xiao Qi saw the faint smile of Xong Liang Zhuo’s face and her stomach flopped. Xiao Qi hurriedly covered her face with her hand while silently cursing the formidable might of a pretty boy’s face.
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Chen Zi Gong watched Song Liang Zhuo’s clear show of ownership and shook his head while the corner of his mouth hooked. Coughing lightly in order to attract Qian Xiao Qi’s gaze which was fixed on Song Liang Zhuo’s face, he spoke with a faint smile: “Then this Chen will leave now. Let’s continue on another day, Xiao Qi.”
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Qian Xiao Qi saw him turn around to leave and hurriedly stepped forward to chase after him, but was pulled back with one yank by Song Liang Zhuo. Xiao Qi became mad, and angrily said: “He took my thing!”
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Song Liang Zhuo, hearing this, lightly lifted his eyebrow. He handed the coarse cloth bag in his hand to Xiao Qi and took two steps forward, calling out: “Chen gongzi, wait a moment!”
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Chen Zi Gong turned around and Song Liang Zhuo quickly walked over, sweeping a glance over the clay red horse toy in his hand, asked: “Chen gongzi won’t yield it?”
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Chen Zi Gong shook his head with a smile: “Won’t yield!”
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“Haha. Then Chen gongzi should pay for it before leaving.” Song Liang Zhuo carelessly glanced again at the clay toy in his hand: “My wife is stubborn and mischievous and she never casually gifts people things. It’s best to keep things clear.”
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Chen Zi Gong faintly knitted his brow, his line of sight swept towards Xiao Qi who didn’t give off the slightest impression of being married, and shook his head, feeling it was rather a pity as he felt for a piece of silver and threw it towards the vendor booth Uncle’s chest.
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Qian Xiao Qi, seeing Chen Zi Gong throwing silver, strode over towards him with large furious steps, but before she got close, she was blocked by Song Liang Zhuo’s arm and held back.
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“He, he took my thing.” Qian Xiao Qi complained unhappily.
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“He paid money.”
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“But I was the one who fancied it first!” Qian Xiao Qi felt very wronged and, turning around, she said to the Uncle: “Uncle, wasn’t I the one who fancied it first?”
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The vendor booth Uncle said with a laugh: “It was magistrate’s wife who took a fancy to it first.”
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Qian Xiao Qi nodded repeatedly and glared at Song Liang Zhuo, fuming. With her cheeks puffed into bulges she looked extremely adorable. Song Liang Zhuo gave a smile as he said: “Xiao Qi just pick a different one.” Song Liang Zhuo picked up an identical black horse and passed it over: “Isn’t this one the same? Why must you have that one?”
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Qian Xiao Qi widened her eyes as she looked towards Song Liang Zhuo, her eyes filled with grievances and hurt, then she switched, fiercely speaking towards the vendor booth Uncle: “Who is the magistrate’s wife? I am Qian Xiao Qi, the third miss of the Qian clan! To hell with the magistrate’s wife!” After she finished speaking she flung the coarse cloth bag to Song Liang Zhuo and ran off, enraged.
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Wen Ruo Shui saw Qian Xiao Qi run off, then turned back to look at the clay figure with her appearance in the vendor booth Uncle’s hand, a bit reluctant to leave, and said in a soft voice: “Zhuo gege, how about we wait for this Uncle to finish making this one before going together?”
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Song Liang Zhuo retracted his gaze from Qian Xiao Qi’s back and gave a light nod. Lu Liu who was standing at the side waiting for Song Liang Zhou to give chase gave Wen Ruo Shui a glare before hurriedly chasing after Xiao Qi.
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Song Liang Zhou stood looking in front of the vendor booth for a while before asking: “You don’t have anymore of that kind of red horse from just now?”
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“I don’t, this batch only fired about ten or twenty, there’s only one of every type.” The vendor booth Uncle continued to shape the clay figure as he lifted his head to ask: “Official daren also took a fancy to that red one?”
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Song Liang Zhuo gave a smile, then said: “Yes, may I ask when will be the next time you fire some?”
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Haha, isn’t this up to me? If daren likes, one of these days I can just add an additional kiln.”
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Song Liang Zhuo’s gaze swept towards that clay figure with its hands on its hip and its chin arrogantly raised and couldn’t help but curl the corner of his mouth. He asked: “Can this type of clay figure also be fired?”
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“It can. With an additional layer of clay when it’s fired it’ll look even more smooth than clay goods.”
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“Then fire it. You can set a time and I’ll come pick it up.”
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“Official daren is too polite, one of these days I’ll send it to your residence for you.”
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“Then send it to the government office.” Song Liang Zhuo fished out some pieces of silver. Seeing that the vendor booth Uncle’s hands were covered with clay, he proceeded to set it down on the booth: “This is the down payment, when the time comes you can set the price.”
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The vendor booth Uncle knew that this young official never takes other people’s things for free so he didn’t try to be polite and just nodded: “This will be fired in just a few days.”
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Wen Ruo Shui looked at the clay figure with Xiao Qi’s appearance and said with a pout: “Then I want to fire mine too, Uncle must make it even prettier.”
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“Haha, ok!”
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Song Liang Zhuo strode out, Wen Ruo Shui reminded the vendor booth Uncle again before hurriedly following. Seeing his hand was still holding on to a coarse cloth bag, and it even faintly carried the smell of blood she asked with a frown: “What is Zhuo gege holding?”
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“Chicken bits.”
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“What’s it for?”
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“To eat.”
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Wen Ruo Shui’s eyes sparkled: “Is it tasty?”
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“For Ha Pi to eat.”
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Wen Ruo Shui pouted and ran to the other side to hold Song Liang Zhuo’s empty hand, Song Liang Zhuo didn’t shake her off either, he just spoke warmly: “I’ve already sent a letter to Uncle Wen, presumably in a few days someone will come.”
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Wen Ruo Shui unhappily hung her head: “Zhuo gege, can’t you let me play here forever?”
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“An unmarried young lady……”
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“Then Zhuo gege should go back with me. Xiao Qi said before that she’ll yield Zhuo gege to me.”
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Song Liang Zhuo frowned: “Ruo Shui, how could such a big thing like marriage be treated as a game? Not to mention that I’ve already married Xiao Qi, but even if I hadn’t married, our relationship is still only that of siblings.”
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Song Liang Zhuo pulled away his hand and gave Ruo Shui’s head a pat as he said in a warm tone: “Brother Yu Ming Xuan has already said that he’ll come to pick you up in a few days.”
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“Zhuo gege!” The rims of Ruo Shui’s eyes turned red: “Is Zhuo gege still longing for that Zi Xiao?”
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The faint smile of Song Liang Zhuo’s face dispersed, his face turned expressionless. Wen Ruo Shui pursed her lips and timidly continued: “She has already entered the palace for two years, she might have even given birth to a little prince by now.”
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“It has nothing to do with her.”
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“Then why doesn’t Zhuo gege want me?”
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Song Liang Zhuo turned around to look at Wen Ruo Shui’s slightly upturned face, suddenly smiled and said: “Ruo Shui, I heard Brother Ming Xuan say that Brother Heng Zhi treats Ruo Shui rather well? Brother Heng Zhi’s character isn’t bad!”
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Wen Ruo Shui’s face darkened and said with a pout: “Can a person who only knows how to irritate you all day be counted as having a good character? That guy really needs a spanking!”
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Song Liang Zhuo smiled and shook his head.
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Xiao Qi ran for half a block, the anger in her heart didn’t increase or decrease. At the mouth of the street she suddenly saw that man who had snatched her little red horse just now. The man probably also saw her, his line of sight paused for a moment, but he acted as if he didn’t see her and turned to leave.
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Qian Xiao Qi put her hands on her hips as she gasped for breath. She squinted her eyes and glared at Chen Zi Gong’s back for a good while, originally planning to furiously charge over to demand it back but thought better of it. She gave a sneer and when Chen Zi Gong turned around to look a second time she dodged into a different alley taking a detour to return to Song fu.
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Pretty much all the jade on the jade artifact booth has already been felt once by Chen Zi Gong but Qian Xiao Qi still hasn’t arrived to quarrel with him. Chen Zi Gong turned around to look again, but where was there still a trace of her! Chen Zi Gong shook his head, rather regretful. With a glance he saw Song Liang Zhuo and Wen Ruo Shui walking this way together and the corner of his mouth hooked almost imperceptibly, then he turned back around and entered the crowd.
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Xiao Qi rushed back to the Song fu, first going to her room to change into women’s clothes, then hurriedly rushed to the kitchen to steal something tasty for Ha Pi to eat. The last few days Song Liang Zhuo was not home during noon so she could feed Ha Pi however she wanted but this time it definitely wasn’t the case.
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Xiao Qi simply got some chicken bones that weren’t scraped clean yet from Auntie Feng and ran back to the room again to hide them below the bed, preparing to give them to Ha Pi to gnaw on at night.
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Xiao Qi had just finished preparing when Lu Liu returned, panting and out of breath. She supported her waist and gasped for half the day before saying with a bitter face: “Miss, why did you disappear halfway? You made Lu Liu look everywhere!”
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Xiao Qi poured a cup of tea and passed it over to Lu Liu, who lifted her head and drank, she then said angrily: “That Miss Ruo Shui is too much, to actually hang on to guye to buy clay toys. Guye as well, why did he stick his elbow out?”
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“Uh-huh, that arm is oppressively long.” Xiao Qi humphed mystifyingly.
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Lu Liu said with a smile: “But Miss shouldn’t get angry either. Just now I saw that guye was right behind and is almost back too. Guye didn’t accompany Miss Ruo Shui for long either.”
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Xiao Qi humphed again. Lu Liu saw that she still had her male style bun and stood up to release it. Just as she combed smooth that head of long hair, Song Liang Zhuo strode in. Seeing Xiao Qi, draped with loose hair, aiming her wide eyes in a glare towards him like that, he went into a daze for a moment.
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Women for the most part are all beautiful, whether gentle and tender like Zi Xiao, naughty and clingy like Xiao Qi, adorable and simple like Ruo Shui, dignified and virtuous like Mother, each one had their own type of beauty that waited for a person who could understand to appreciate.
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Song Liang Zhuo hadn’t even finished sighing when Qian Xiao Qi already puffed up her cheeks and demanded: “What did you come in for? Can’t you see I’m currently changing?”
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Qian Xiao Qi spoke self-confidently and righteously, and even carried a faint trace of rage. Song Liang Zhuo gestured at Lu Liu, waiting for her to withdraw before picking up the comb himself, wanting to comb Xiao Qi’s hair for her, but Xiao Qi tilted her head and avoided it, frowning: “What are you doing?”
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Song Liang Zhuo handed the comb to Xiao Qi, slowly walking to the side to sit down, and casually asked: “Why didn’t you bring manservants when you headed out?”
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See! Just knew it would be like this! Xiao Qi pouted and didn’t reply.
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“In the future you are the Magistrate’s wife, don’t run off like that again.”
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Xiao Qi’s mouth turned down as she said: “How many times have we already talked about this, I don’t want to repeat it again. I’m Qian Xiao Qi, I’m not your wife, I have a divorce papers!”
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Song Liang Zhuo slightly knitted his brows: “Then, at least during the time you’re at Song fu, act like a presentable Magistrate’s wife.”
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Xiao Qi blinked, then nodded: “Alright, I just won’t go out in the future. You better work faster, don’t stifle me alive in this courtyard.”
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Song Liang Zhuo gave a smile: “If you’re bored just tell me, I’ll take you out for a stroll.”
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Xiao Qi patted the pit of her stomach and said: “Forget it, you can just accompany your Ruo Shui meimei, I’ll even be a bit more at ease by myself.”
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Song Liang Zhuo looked straight at Qian Xiao Qi, seeing that her eyes didn’t contain any traces of jealousy or affection, dropped his eyes and said: “How many times have I already said this as well, I only think of Ruo Shui as a little sister.”
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Xiao Qi humphed: “Then you can go accompany your little sister, it’s all the same anyways.”
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Song Liang Zhuo gave a soft sigh, lowering his head he saw Ha Pi who had at some unknown time trotted here on those four short legs.
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Ha Pi whined as he circled Song Liang Zhuo’s legs and sniffed for quite a while, perhaps the chicken blood from the chicken bits had dropped onto his shoes because Ha Pi chased his legs and wouldn’t let go. Song Liang Zhuo lifted his foot to dodge twice, then Ha Pi suddenly with one chomp bit onto his pants and started climbing and sliding.
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Song Liang Zhuo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry slightly lifted his leg and extended it towards Xiao Qi: “Take him off.”
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Xiao Qi pouted and didn’t move, leisurely gathering up her hair. Seeing Song Liang Zhuo’ face turning more and more unsightly, her eyes shone with laughter: “You’re afraid of dogs? Haha, a big man being afraid of this kind of thing, aren’t you ashamed!”
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Song Liang Zhuo’s complexion was slightly mocked, he grinded his teeth as he said: “I’m allergic to this thing.”
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“Allergic?” Xiao Qi bent down and picked Ha Pi up: “You’re allergic to Ha Pi? Do you get a rash?”
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Song Liang Zhuo nodded, begrudging words like gold spoke: “Itch.”
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Xiao Qi imagined Song Liang Zhuo being covered with rashes, thinking of his expression of frustration made her grin and laughed mischievously. Song Liang Zhuo knitted his brows, seeing Xiao Qi laugh heartlessly and her thoughts wandering off, he couldn’t resist lifting a finger give her forehead a flick.
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“Aiyah!” Xiao Qi rubbed her forehead and blurted out, mad: “Song Liang Zhuo, you’re too much, how could you hit me!”
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Really such a child! Song Liang Zhuo gave a sigh and stood up to go to the study.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Sonia
