A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 479: Not Becoming an Ugly and Lame Waste

"Thank you, King Zhao, for giving Jiang Xi a ride."

King Zhao's carriage drove slowly towards the inner city. Inside the carriage, Liu Jiangxi bowed slightly to Gong Liangzhao and expressed his gratitude.

Since she had been caught by King Zhao, she could not stay in the outer city alone, so she had to accept King Zhao's invitation and go back to Liu's house with him.

"You and I are senior and junior brothers and sisters, so there is no need for you to be formal with me, Sister Xi. Although we have seldom interacted with each other over the years, I have often heard the teacher mention you. If Sister Xi wants to recognize me as your senior brother, you can just call me Brother Zhao in private." Gong Liangzhao smiled gently at Liu Jiangxi. Seeing her dressed like a pretty young man and feeling uneasy in front of him, he found it amusing. She concealed her self-righteous arrogance and acted more obediently, although he also guessed that there was a reason for her obedience at this moment.

"Brother Zhao, can you please not tell father that I'm going out today?" Liu Jiangxi didn't dare to refuse after hearing his words. Thinking that King Zhao would also go home to see his father soon, he looked up at him and begged without caring about the strangeness.

Although Liu Jiangxi had heard her father mention this student of her father, the Sixth Prince Gong Liangzhao, several times, she had only seen him briefly in the mansion before and had no impression of him. Later, he followed her father's suggestion to attach himself to the Crown Prince, and she had even less interest in paying attention to him. However, recently, she heard that Prince Zhao had gone out of the capital alone to suppress bandits and made great contributions. Liu Jiangxi actually admired him for this. He was young and promising, with lofty ambitions, but it was a pity that he was a member of the Crown Prince's party.

Seeing her suddenly calling him so intimately, Gong Liangzhao came back to his senses after a while, and then he laughed jokingly, "Why? Did you really come out today to see that shopkeeper Mu?"

He naturally knew that a talented and arrogant woman like Liu Jiangxi would never fall for the shrewd shopkeeper Mu.

"Brother Zhao, please don't talk nonsense. How could an unmarried woman like Jiang Xi secretly meet a man outside? I just felt bored at home, so I secretly came out to relax. It was just a coincidence that I ran into Manager Mu when I went to the teahouse. Since we knew each other, we naturally exchanged a few words of greeting." Liu Jiangxi immediately frowned and lowered her eyes guiltily, pretending to be shy and shook her head and replied.

"Come out alone to relax?" Gong Liangzhao's eyes flickered slightly, as if he was smiling.

Prince Zhao, who is now favored by the emperor, is no longer the self-deprecating Sixth Prince. His handsome and refreshing face is full of energy and his every move is that of a powerful prince, but there is still a hint of unfathomable cunning in his eyes.

In the past, he was of humble status, so he felt inferior in front of a talented woman like Liu Jiangxi who was smart, unworldly but arrogant. Due to his inferiority complex, he was quite dissatisfied with her. But now that he is in power, he is in a superior mood and his mood is different from before.

"It's easy to be alone when you're outside, but it's easier to stand out when you have someone with you," Liu Jiangxi replied perfunctorily.

"Okay, I'll do as you say this time, but don't be so willful next time. After all, you are still an unmarried girl, and it's not good for you to be alone outside. Your teacher is old and you are his only daughter. Don't make him worry." Although Gong Liangzhao didn't believe the far-fetched explanation of his junior sister, he didn't intend to continue to embarrass her, so he pretended to be a brother, patted her on the head gently, and advised with a smile.

"Thank you, King Zhao." Liu Jiangxi was not used to King Zhao's closeness to him, so he turned his head slightly to avoid him, then bowed to him to express his gratitude.

"What? After I asked for favor, you turned against me?" Gong Liangzhao was unhappy to see that she suddenly distanced herself from him again. However, as a prince now, he would not bother with a girl like her. He just shook his head and sighed, pretending to be helpless.

"Thank you, Brother Zhao." Liu Jiangxi had no choice but to change his words.

While the two were talking, the carriage had already arrived outside the Liu Mansion. Liu Jiangxi naturally couldn't let her father see her in this state, so she hurriedly said goodbye to Gong Liangzhao and quietly went to the back door of the Liu family.

Looking at her pretty figure, Gong Liangzhao couldn't help but smile again, but his eyes were still deep and unfathomable.

Liu Jingxing, who had just returned home, was about to ask someone to go to the backyard to call his daughter, but he saw the housekeeper coming back to announce that Prince Zhao was here for a visit. He immediately turned around and went to the front door to greet him.

"Now that you can participate in the council before the Saint, you have finally got what you wished for and have the opportunity to realize your ambitions!"

In the study, Liu Jingxing was sincerely happy for his student. In the past, he was worried that the Sixth Prince would be led astray by the Crown Prince. However, these years, he saw that the Sixth Prince did not learn to be as greedy for beauty and obsessed with women as the Crown Prince, but instead became more independent and sober, working hard towards his ambitions step by step. Liu Jingxing was very pleased.

"I am grateful to my teacher for his constant teachings and advice for me to be where I am today." Gong Liangzhao bowed respectfully to Liu Jingxing and smiled modestly.

"That's because you made yourself proud." Liu Jingxing smiled.

"Now I am favored by my father, and my mother is also treated well in the harem. It is the happiest thing for me to see that my mother has finally overcome all the hardships." When Gong Liangzhao talked about his mother, his eyes inadvertently revealed true emotion.

"Yes, you have done a good job. All the suffering that Concubine Wen has endured over the years has not been in vain." Liu Jingxing also nodded and sighed with emotion.

"Sister Xi is already in her prime, but teacher is not in a hurry to find a husband for her?" After a moment's silence, Gong Liangzhao smiled again.

"What's the point of me being anxious? This girl has a bad temper and her standards are too high. If she doesn't agree, I dare not go to a matchmaker!" When talking about his daughter's lifelong event, Liu Jingxing shook his head with a headache.

Hearing the teacher say this, Gong Liangzhao smiled without saying a word and just glanced out the window.

The next day, Liu Jiangxi saw that her father was still as friendly as usual and gave her a few instructions before leaving. She felt relieved and grateful for King Zhao's confidence in his words. Half an incense stick of time after her father left the house, she took Hong Qing to the courtyard in the outer city.

At this time, Mu Liang had already been waiting in the courtyard. When they arrived, they were surprised to find that Hong Qing's embroidery had been made into ornaments that could be placed on the table for people to admire. The cluster of lifelike red plums suddenly became elegant under such decoration.

Hong Qing was so happy last night when she learned that Jiang Xi and Liang had found a job for her that she fell asleep peacefully late at night. Being able to live independently with her own hands without relying on anyone's charity, she felt that she was still a useful person and had not become an ugly, lame waste.

Seeing Hong Qing absorbed in learning how to make accessories from Mu Liang, Liu Jiangxi couldn't help but smile, and he saw again the fighting spirit she had when she danced so gracefully.