Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 195 Bad Premonition

Late at night, the city was still as lively as ever, but Xiao Mo was already sleepy.

Qi Minxiu suddenly had an idea and said he would carry her back. She refused at first, but after walking for a while, she thought the suggestion was quite good.

"Amo, let's go out more often in the future. Can I carry you back like this often?"

"My legs and feet are fine. You are cursing me in disguise by doing this." Xiao Mo propped herself up speechlessly, with a hint of resentment in her tone.

Qi Minxiu smiled and turned his head to touch her: "Please don't say such spoiling words during such a romantic moment, okay?"

"Cut~"

"Amo, how many children do you think we should have after marriage?"

"Well, whatever..." Xiao Mo lay on her back and responded lazily.

Qi Minxiu looked forward to the future, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.

"I think it would be best if I had two children, a boy and a girl. The girl would look like you, and the boy would look like me."

Xiao Mo closed her eyes and moved her body: "What if both are boys or girls? Should I continue to have children?"

"They say giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. My father told me that my mother almost had a dystocia and a hemorrhage when she gave birth to me.

So we don't want too many, whether all boys or all girls, two is enough

If we only have one child, he will be lonely when we are old without brothers or sisters to keep him company, Amo..."

Qi Minxiu was discussing this topic seriously, and gently turned his head to call her, but the only response he got was gentle and even breathing.

He shook his head gently and laughed indulgently.

"Amo, do you know when I started to like you?"

He paused, pretending that the person behind him responded to him, before continuing.

"When you found me at the entrance of the mountainside cave, I was just a child.

I am a few years older than you, so I am naturally heavier than you, but you carried me up the mountain by yourself. At that time, I only felt grateful to you.

After returning to the palace, I often have nightmares. In my dreams, the person who saved me was always you, just like the scene when you saved me in Qinshan.

Later, I had time to go to Qinshan to see you. You had grown up a bit, and your facial features had also developed.

It was after that time that I understood a word, called the beginning of love.

Ah Mo, do you know how happy I was when I heard that the emperor would issue an edict to allow you to come back?

Qi Minxiu was explaining the past events to himself. He thought Xiao Mo had fallen asleep, but unexpectedly she chuckled softly and a lazy voice slowly sounded.

"I didn't expect you to be such a devoted person."

Qi Minxiu was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I thought you were asleep."

"I was asleep at first, but you talked too much and woke me up."

"Now that you're awake, answer me a question."

Xiao Mo blinked in confusion and rubbed her body upwards: "What's the problem?"

Qi Minxiu pursed his lips and glanced at her sideways: "When did you start to like me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Mo pretended to fall asleep on his back, and even deliberately increased the volume of her breathing.

He smiled helplessly and continued, "I've wanted to marry you since I was a minor.

But after my leg injury, I rejected this idea. Maybe our fate was destined since birth.

When I was both happy that you were back and worried that I wasn't worthy of you, you actually healed my leg. Isn't this a match made in heaven?"

Xiao Mo half opened her eyes and wanted to respond, but she opened her mouth and kept her composure.

It’s not that she didn’t want to answer Qi Minxiu’s question just now, but she didn’t know when she started to like him.

Maybe, just like him, I had a different feeling for him when I was a child.

It was already past midnight when they returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion at a leisurely pace.

Qi Minxiu didn't know that Xiao Mo was awake, and wanted to send her back to her room. But before she even entered the door, she murmured "wake up".

"Are we home?" She rubbed her eyes, looked around, and pretended to get off him.

He quickly stopped her: "Don't move, I'll take you back to your room."

"No need. You still have to go to the palace to pay your respects tomorrow morning. You'd better go back and rest early."

Xiao Mo jumped off his back and yawned: "Be careful when you go back."

Qi Minxiu looked at her back, not knowing whether he should call her. After hesitating for a moment, she had already walked away.

The next day, all officials came to the court to see the emperor. In the court, Xiao Mo was about to leave after paying her respects when the emperor called her back.

She thought the emperor had something to tell her, so she knelt down respectfully again.

Unexpectedly, the emperor's first sentence left her a little confused.

"General Xiao, who has nurtured you during these eighteen years in Qinshan?"

Xiao Mo frowned, looked up at him in confusion, and was extremely confused.

Hearing the emperor's question, he seemed to already know about Nie Changyuan's existence.

If she didn't answer truthfully, I'm afraid...

"There is a master living on Qin Mountain, and he is my master." Xiao Mo answered lightly.

The emperor frowned and asked, "What kind of master is that? Does he have other disciples?"

"My master was a man who had fought against the barbarians together with General Murong of Hanqueling during the reign of the previous emperor.

Later, he resigned from his post due to a serious injury. Although he was smart, his body was no longer as good as it used to be.

As for the few disciples he accepted, they had already completed their training and left the mountain long ago."

Xiao Mo didn't know why the emperor asked her these questions, but she was afraid that he had investigated them beforehand, so she didn't dare to make up stories.

However, it was indeed her fabrication that she resigned due to serious injuries, because the emperor had no way of checking this.

The emperor looked at her quietly for a while, then suddenly smiled.

"Qinshan is cold and arduous. Now that your master is old, I intend to summon him back to the court and give him a leisurely position to spend his remaining years. What do you think?"

Xiao Mo's pupils widened, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in her heart.

She was silent for a moment, then replied with a trembling chin: "First, I would like to thank the Emperor on behalf of my master.

But Master has always loved peace and quiet. Qinshan is where he has lived for decades, and living out his days there is what he truly desires."

The emperor half-closed his eyes, his face expressionless and without any extra expression.

"He raised such a formidable general for me, who has defended my country time and again. Shouldn't I reward him?"

Although his words were meant as praise, his tone was chilling.

Xiao Mo swallowed and thought quickly about countermeasures in her mind.

"As citizens of the Nanyao Kingdom, it is our duty to share the emperor's worries and defend the country. The emperor does not need to reward us separately."

The emperor has always been aware of her sharp tongue.

But the matter discussed today made him very disgusted with her eloquence.