nucmednet Chapter 1159: Duke Zhao, please stay.
Chapter 1159: Duke Zhao, please stay.
When Changsun Wuji left the palace, it was almost dusk.
He walked alone on the Imperial Road with a gloomy face.
"Hmph! Uncle Wuji, robbery!" - Just as Changsun Wuji was still pondering in his mind whether Emperor Li II's words "Just agree" were sincere or just a remark made in anger, a little girl in a sky blue skirt suddenly jumped out from the palace alley nearby and scared him.
But when the frightened Duke Zhao subconsciously wanted to lose his temper, he just looked up and saw Dugu Baoer, the eldest daughter of the Dugu family, standing there with her arms folded across her chest, looking like a master. However, the piece of maltose in the girl's mouth made her look a bit "silly".
"Oh..." Zhang Sun Wuji was stunned at first, then he smiled and said, "Are you being punished by the teacher to stay after class again?"
"Uncle Wuji, I'm not happy when you say that!" Dugu Baoer saw that Zhangsun Wuji had exposed her past right away, so she immediately said in shame and anger: "It's obvious that the teacher thinks highly of me and thinks I'm his most proud student, so he kept me after school and taught me amazing knowledge."
"Huh?" Zhang Sun Wuji was about to continue speaking when the little girl reached out her hand, took out the candy from her mouth, and handed it to Zhang Sun Wuji from a distance: "Uncle Wuji, do you want to eat it?"
"I am already an adult..." Zhangsun Wuji burst into laughter upon hearing this, but then he seemed to remember something, so he said to Dugu Baoer in a gentle voice: "But Baoer, your kindness is appreciated by Uncle Wuji..."
"Uncle Wuji, my birthday is coming soon. What gift are you going to give me?" Dugu Baoer has always been good at taking advantage of others. However, she is a smart person who sometimes does not know how to do things, and her cute and adorable personality makes it difficult for anyone to dislike her. "I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Chu gave you a Ferghana horse that year..."
"Little Bao'er, what do you want the Ferghana horse for?" Changsun Wuji, who was always cunning, showed a rare sincerity when he was with the innocent girl Dugu Bao'er: "Don't mention your dream of becoming a hero to your uncle - if your grandmother knew in the future that the horse you used to travel around the world was given by Uncle Wuji, I'm afraid she would come to your house to destroy it..."
"My grandmother is so kind and reasonable, she would never do that." When Dugu Baoer heard what Changsun Wuji said, she immediately felt that this matter might really work, so the little girl quickly ran to Changsun Wuji, stretched out her little hand and pulled his arm and said, "Uncle Wuji, you are the best! Promise...promise!
I gave you candy!"
"Uncle didn't accept it." Changsun Wuji had expected this.
"Uncle Wuji, didn't you just say that you appreciate my gift?" Dugu Baoer blinked when he heard it: "Isn't 'appreciating with your heart' not considered 'accepting'?"
"..." At this moment, Changsun Wuji saw the shadow of his bastard nephew in the little girl Dugu Baoer.
He once thought it was his own illusion.
"It's a courtesy to return the favor, Uncle Wuji." Seeing that the other party didn't say anything, Miss Dugu added: "Everyone in Chang'an City knows that Uncle Wuji loves the younger generation the most..."
"..." At this moment, Changsun Wuji has confirmed that this is not an illusion at all. The little girl's quick wit and talent for saying strange things in a sincere tone are definitely not inferior to her idol - His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
"What 'gift' do you want?" After a brief moment of shock, Changsun Wuji came to his senses and decided to fulfill the little girl's wish. Of course, the prerequisite for the gift still existed: "Except that I can't give you a Ferghana horse, I can agree to everything else."
"Really?" Dugu Baoer didn't expect that Uncle Wuji would be so easy to talk to today, so she thought about it and then asked excitedly: "Can you help me beat up Brother Changsun Chong?"
"What?" Changsun Wuji never expected that the little girl would actually make such a request: "Baoer, did that kid Changsun Chong bully you?"
"No." The little girl shook her head when she heard that.
"Then why did you let me beat him?" Changsun Wuji asked somewhat puzzled.
"Because..." The little girl thought about it and decided to tell the truth: "Everyone says that you are a man of your word, so I want to know if it is true."
"Who is this 'everyone'?" After hearing Dugu Baoer's words, Changsun Wuji's mouth twitched slightly. He had a premonition...
"I can't tell you." The little girl covered her mouth and said, "I won't betray my friends!"
"Okay..." Duke Zhao knew how to break the impasse: "Bao'er, come, let's talk about the Ferghana horse..."
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After promising to give Dugu Baoer a Ferghana horse and five top-quality fishing rods, Changsun Wuji finally won the praise of the little girl Baoer - at the same time, he also verified his ominous premonition.
Li You and Li Yin, these two bastards...really...Alas!
"Uncle Wuji, you are such a nice person!" As they spoke, the little girl and Changsun Wuji walked through the Suzaku Gate together. Outside the Suzaku Gate, the Dugu family's carriage was parked alone in the square, waiting for their "not very hardworking, but very competitive" Miss Baoer to return home.
"Bao'er, why aren't you coming over yet?" - When the old lady of the Dugu family drew aside the curtains and saw her granddaughter and Zhangsun Wuji talking and laughing all the way, the thoughtful old lady frowned immediately.
"Grandma!" Dugu Baoer saw that it was her grandmother who came to pick her up today, so she happily ran towards the carriage: "Baoer worked very hard today, Master Huang even praised me - he said I was more diligent than His Royal Highness the King of Chu back then!"
"..." Zhang Sun Wuji, who had been watching the little girl run away with a doting look on his face, almost collapsed when he heard the little girl say this: That bastard Huang Qi... really knows how to encourage...
"Bao'er..." Old Madam Dugu got off the carriage. She first pinched her granddaughter's rosy little face, and then said gently: "Are you hungry? There are cakes that your grandmother brought for you in the carriage."
"Grandma, I'm not very hungry..." Dugu Baoer patted her belly in embarrassment, "You know, the Queen likes me very much - so when she knew I was staying in the hall, she asked Sizi to bring me dinner."
"Okay, then you go wait for grandma in the car. Grandma has something to say... to Duke Zhao." Looking at her lovely granddaughter, the old woman's eyes were full of love.
"Okay," Dugu Baoer didn't think much after hearing that, and got into the carriage with the help of the maid.
After she got in the car, Madam Dugu slowly turned around and set her eyes on Zhangsun Wuji who was about to leave: "Duke Zhao, please stay!"