The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 337

Chapter 337: 181 The Father and Son Meet (Part Two)

The only suitable candidate was the Young Marquis, but he was already dead.

“It couldn’t possibly be a bastard son of the Marquis of Xuanping, could it? Hahaha…” Zheng Siye suddenly choked on his laughter, falling into a faint!

The Marquis of Xuanping left the Guozijian and boarded his carriage.

Chang Jing was holding the terrified Qin Chuyu, who was speechless from the rooftop-trotting scare: “My Lord, what should we do with him?”

The Marquis of Xuanping was too unsettled to decide: “Take him back to the palace!”

Chang Jing thought for a moment: “Okay.”

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Since the Marquis didn’t specify how to bring him back, Chang Jing started another round of rooftop trotting with Qin Chuyu in his arms.

Qin Chuyu couldn’t even muster up the strength to cry!

His Uncle’s punishment was too horrifying!

He would never cause trouble again!

After boarding the carriage, the Marquis of Xuanping struggled to calm his emotions for a long time. His eyes were cold, his fingers trembling: “What happened?”

He was asking Steward Liu.

Steward Liu lifted the carriage curtain and climbed in, speaking sheepishly: “My lord, what do you want to know?”

“Is he Yun’s son?”

“Yes, sir.”

“How did you find him, tell me everything!”

“…Yes, sir!” Steward Liu began to recount the story of how he found Xiao Liulang, starting from four years ago.

When Xiao Liulang and his older brother came to Capital City to acknowledge their relationship with the Marquis of Xuanping, he didn’t mention who he was, only saying that he was an old acquaintance of the Marquis with a matter to discuss.

There had been too many people attempting to build connections with the Marquis. Xiao Liulang was dressed in shabby clothes, not appearing to be of high status, so the gatekeepers did not bother with him.

There also happened to be a string of unsolved murders in the Capital City at that time. Despite the joint investigation of the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, the Emperor had to hand over the case to the Marquis of Xuanping.

The Marquis was incredibly busy and stressed.

By the time he had finally solved the case and received news of Xiao Liulang, Xiao Liulang had already left the Capital City.

After a lengthy sigh, the Marquis of Xuanping spoke in a deep voice: “I know all this, I was the one who told you. What I want to know is your journey to the county town to find him!”

Steward Liu was only transferred back recently.

Steward Liu said, “I first went to the county town and heard that he was a student of the Tianxiang Academy. Went to the Academy to find him, but he denied his identity. I didn’t relent, and then…ahem, thought of a trick. Applied both soft and hard measures, this young master, a true seed of the Marquis indeed. He stood firm! Of course, his scholarship is very real. With his top score, he got admitted to Guozijian.”

Many thoughts stirred in the depths of the Marquis of Xuanping’s eyes: “What happened to his leg?”

Steward Liu replied, “I asked about it, apparently, it happened a year or so ago when he was trying to save a classmate. He has been limping ever since. ”

Marquis of Xuanping: “Wasn’t it treated?”

Steward Liu: “It was, but for some reason, it didn’t seem to improve much.”

Returning to the Marquis Residence, the Marquis of Xuanping went into his study and pulled out a portrait from a secret compartment.

The portrait depicted a boy of thirteen or fourteen, warm like jade and extraordinarily handsome, with a mole under his right eye.

If he had lived to be eighteen…

The image of Xiao Liulang flashed through the Marquis of Xuanping’s mind.

…

Little JingKong had slept all the way home and woke up as lively as ever, bouncing all around like a loud trumpet again!

His first task was to go find Xiaojiu, seeing Xiaojiu safely in its birdcage, he let out a sigh of relief.

“Don’t celebrate too soon.” Xiao Liulang spoke from behind him, “Will you confess on your own, or should I tell Jiaojiao?”

Little JingKong wilted instantly.

In the end, Little JingKong chose to confess. Jiaojiao always said, leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist!

As soon as Gu Jiao came back, Little JingKong took the initiative to tell her about how he took his baby hawk to Guozijian to show off to his classmates, and ended up scaring one of them to the point of wetting their pants.

Gu Jiao didn’t scold him right away, instead she asked him why he did it.

Little JingKong seemed very upset: “Because they always laugh at me for being small, for not growing up, and for being a baby.”

He may be smaller than them, but the bird he raised was definitely the largest!

He often ran around the alley with chickens, and now also with dogs and baby hawks. He’d seen old men walking their birds many times and their thrushes, magpies, or mynas were all not as big as his Xiaojiu!