Wishful Things

"Your Majesty, Tianfu is back..."

Mother Jiang walked into the inner hall with the heavy cat in her arms.

The queen in the couch put down the scroll in her hand and reached out to take the cat.

The longevity lock is still...

Mother Jiang whispered from the side: "Perhaps I didn't go to the dark court today, but went to have fun elsewhere..."

The queen nodded slightly.

Maybe so.

Of course she wanted to know the result sooner, but after all, Tianfu was just a cat, entrusting a cat to do things, she had to show more patience.

"After running outside for a day, I must be hungry." The queen stroked the cat's fur and said softly, "Bring Tianfu some food."

She likes watching Tianfu eat the most.

It is a very pleasant and satisfying thing for her to watch the cat eat up the prepared food.

Nanny Jiang responded and told the maid to fetch the cat food.

The queen still smoothed Tianfu's hair for Tianfu, but she did not move for a while, obviously a little absent-minded.

Her eyes subconsciously fell on the silver lock around Tianfu's neck.

Did Tianfu really not go to the dark court, or did he clearly go, but the people inside didn't realize the specialness of this longevity lock?

She is naturally more willing to believe the former...

While the queen was thinking, her eyes suddenly moved slightly.

In the line of sight, there seems to be something strange in the gap between the hollow and carved silver lock pattern, as if something is blocking it...

The queen immediately took off the silver lock from Tianfu's neck.

This longevity lock is exquisite in workmanship, with a hollow pattern carved on the front, and it is hollow inside, and there is a buckle at the bottom. With a slight twist, it will be separated from the bottom——

With a soft "click", something fell out of it!

The queen immediately picked up the small thing, it was a small note folded, after unfolding, there were words on it, the words were also very small, but the handwriting was very clear...

What was written on the note was only two short lines—who are you, and where did this lock come from? Is the owner of the lock present?

After reading these two lines, the Queen's eyes sparkled.

Tianfu really went to the dark court!

And this lock was indeed noticed by the other party!

And the most important thing is... since the other party risked sending out this note, it can be seen how eager and concerned he is. This alone is almost enough to determine the identity of this person!

A Yuan said in the letter that this lock was made by a special craftsman Qiao Bingying in the year his son was born. But my father must be able to recognize it...

Therefore, the person who was hidden in the dark court was probably Qiao Bingying!

And the remaining one or two points must be confirmed by his son Qiao Tian himself...

The queen smoothed the note carefully, put it flat in the envelope, and sent it out of the palace overnight.

...

The next day, Qiao Tian went to Beijing again.

This time he came a little later, and it was nearly noon when he arrived at the Zhen Guogong's mansion.

"But there is a result?" Qiao Tian asked impatiently as soon as he entered Xu Yun's study.

And I probably knew that my friend didn't have the right to speak. Although I asked this question, I didn't expect to get any answer. I just looked around and asked, "Where is Miss Xu?"

"Not at home." Xu Yun put down the teacup.

"Then... I came too late?" Qiao Tian hurriedly said, "Can you send someone to invite Miss Xu back?"

"No need." Xu Yun had already stood up: "Today we are going to meet outside, you have come to my place frequently recently, staying for most of the day, it may make people think that we are secretly plotting some shady things ...Go, go to the Pingqing Hall, people are waiting for you there."

Pingqing Pavilion?

This place is quite in line with the temperament of him and his friends——

But... is it convenient to talk outside?

Qiao Tian was a little worried that the walls had ears, but this was obviously not the idea of ​​a friend, after all, a friend is not qualified to make decisions, so that can only be Miss Xu's idea——

Thinking of this, Qiao Tian knew that there was no need to say more, so he nodded immediately and went out with his friends.

"Second Uncle and Mr. Qiao... went out to the Pingqing Pavilion together?!"

When Xu Mingshi heard the news, his hand holding the pen trembled, and four large characters suddenly popped up in his mind - out double in right.

Undoubtedly, Mr. Qiao has been coming too frequently recently. Could it be that because of the second uncle, even the teaching work will be abandoned?

And the second uncle, who couldn't pull out a few cows all the year round, actually went out for Mr. Qiao?

Not to mention that the second uncle seems to be much more energetic these days. Not only has he shaved his beard and trimmed his sideburns, he has also started to get up on time...

What kind of force is driving this?

Thinking about it this way, the boy couldn't help but wonder if his second uncle's so-called disclosure of the fact of cutting his sleeves as a countermeasure for refusing the marriage was simply to take the opportunity to express his true thoughts...

And in this way, the second uncle has been depressed for many years, unwilling to marry a wife, and the mystery that Mr. Qiao has been single until now seems to have a reasonable explanation...

Now that he looks like this, is he finally mustering up the courage to break through the shackles of the world?

One is his second uncle...

One is a teacher he respects...

If there really is such a day... Should he give blessings?

...

When Xu Yun and Qiao Tian came to the Pingqing Hall, the hall was in the midst of excitement, and a group of scholars and literati were reciting poems and eating wine, and they were very excited.

Someone recognized the two of them, and after a few rumors, the two quickly became the focus of the museum.

One is a well-known calligrapher and painter, and the other is Qiao Juren, who failed twice and made many people lose their money.

Even if the two appear alone, they will attract people's attention, let alone coming together at this time.

After all... Even if you haven't read the book, everyone has heard of some things... If you don't know the hottest things in the circle, wouldn't you be unable to keep up?

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xu Yun and Qiao Tian didn't stay in the front hall for long, and went directly to the private room in the backyard.

This made everyone's eyes set off a wave of gossip.

There's even a spying eye that shines -- the stuff to create again!

The two of them don't care about this, they are true bosom friends and they are not afraid of the eyes of the world.

"Please, both of you." The man stopped in front of an elegant room, made a "please" gesture, and said in a low voice, "Miss Xu has been waiting here for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Tian nodded calmly to the clerk and said, "Thank you."

Just as the clerk left, Qiao Tian was about to raise his hand to knock on the door when he saw that the door had been opened from the inside, and the person who opened the door was Ah Zhu dressed as a servant.

"Mr. Qiao, Second Uncle." Seeing the two of them coming in, Xu Mingyi stood up and saluted.

Wu Chao got up from the chair together with her: "Mr. Qiao, Second Uncle—"

Xu Mingyi couldn't help turning his head to look at him: "...?"