The Dingguo Duke's Mansion is still surrounded by many people. Not only the Dingguo Duke's Mansion, but also the residences of many nobles and important officials.

After seeing Xiao Changdun, the old lady took Zhou Tong to the next door.

"Tongtong, are you going back to Baoding Mansion?" The old lady asked with concern. She had asked someone to prepare a lot of precious medicinal materials and supplements, and wanted Zhou Tong to bring Xiao Li back.

Zhou Tong did not intend to hide it, and said directly: "I won't go back first. I will bring someone out of the palace, Jiao Shengqi's niece. The Jiao family's house in the capital has long been sold, and she has no other relatives and cannot show up. I want to go to Luoyang first and hand her over to Jiao Shengqi."

The old lady frowned and asked, "Jiao Shengqi's niece? By the way, I remember that Jiao Shengqi had a niece in the palace, but she was not at a high position. Is it a beauty or a talented person?"

"It's a beauty, Jiao Meili. That's a fool. He was almost silenced in the palace and saved by me. Now the palace thinks she was burned to death. Although the emperor is in great success, her identity cannot be expressed. She can only send her to Jiao Shengqi, and with Jiao Shengqi's ability, she can protect her." Zhou Tong said.

The old lady's brow locked deeper. She thought for a while and said, "Your child is also kind. In such a dangerous situation, you have to save an irrelevant person. Alas, if the second master is alive, he will definitely like it. He will do such a thing."

The second master mentioned by the old lady is Xiao Ren's father Xiao Changhou.

Zhou Tong smiled and said, "I am not that kind. I just met Jiao Shengqi several times, so I will have a favor. However, when I met Xiaoqi in the future, the old lady wanted to talk to him about the second master. He had no impression of the second master and had always felt regret."

The old lady patted Zhou Tong's hand and said, "Okay, I remember. But this good thing you did may not really save the woman."

"Why?" Zhou Tong was puzzled.

The old lady sighed: "Although the emperor is in great prosperity, Meiren Jiao's identity can be seen? No, but she will never be able to do so. Since the palace thinks that she is dead, she can only be a dead person. Even the old woman who doesn't have much contact with the Jiao family knows that the Jiao family has an aunt in the palace, so her identity cannot be hidden. The overall situation is clear now that the Qin Prince must be going to Beijing. Since Jiao Shengqi has followed Prince Qin and has heavy troops in his hands, he cannot escape a title. Prince Qin is a descendant of the Zhou family. After he ascended the throne, he will not only not belittle the Emperor of Daxing, but will instead praise the Emperor of Daxing as a benevolent and wise king. Think about this, does this Miss Jiao still have a way out?"

Zhou Tong was stunned. She really didn't think about this: "The Jiao family is her parents' home."

The old lady said, "I hope I'm thinking too much, but don't forget that the Mao family is still the mother's family of Concubine Mao. Think about how Jiao Shengqi climbed to his current position? He is different from the prince. Everything he has now depends on himself. Such a person is cruel. Before Jiao Shengqi surrendered to the King of Qin, his wife committed suicide. From then on, the court had no more than anything to control Jiao Shengqi. Perhaps his wife was willing to commit suicide, but it was also for him. If he hadn't sent someone to hand her to the wife in advance, and his wife was far away in the capital, how could she know that he was going to surrender to the King of Qin? So, this is a cruel."

Zhou Tong was silent. She thought it was a good thing to send Jiao Meiren to Luoyang to Jiao Shengqi, but she did not expect that Jiao Shengqi would be willing to accept a living niece.

She thought for a while and said to the old lady: "Since she was rescued, there is no reason to send her back. I asked someone to send her a letter to Jiao Shengqi, and said that his niece was still alive. In my hands, I would like to ask him for more money. It was this person, and I would find a place to raise him."

The old lady laughed, she was trying to find Jiao Shengqi to make money!

"You decided?" asked the old lady.

Zhou Tong nodded and said, "I decided, there is nothing wrong with it. My mother's family has been a bandit. Isn't it common for bandits to tie up people and ask for money? He pays money and I raise her niece for her. Even if it's known, it doesn't matter. He just wants to say he doesn't know. Anyway, his niece was not rescued by him from the palace, nor was he kept in his family. He has the full affection of being an uncle, nor will he be implicated. How good? Things that can be solved with money are not a big deal."

The old lady smiled. This little niece-in-law was so in line with her wishes. Whether Jiao Shengqi would be cruel to her niece or not, it didn't matter.

At most, they will never meet each other for a lifetime, but isn’t it difficult for Mei Mei to stay in the palace to meet each other for a lifetime?

Not long after, the old lady heard the news from the palace that Shuning Palace had flown away from the night. Although it was Ding's man who set fire to the fire, it was the emperor who did not let the fire be put out. The emperor wanted to burn the palace where the Qin king's biological mother lived, and to burn Jiao Shengqi's niece to death.

Meiren Jiao was ordered to be executed by the emperor.

Of course, this is a later story.

Now the old lady doesn't know about this. She thought about it and said to Zhou Tong: "You and Xiaoqi have not gotten married yet. It is also a burden to take such a burden. Let's leave her to me and I'll find a place to settle her. If one day she wants to marry again, let the prince get her a new identity and find a good man to marry her."

Zhou Tong felt that this was good, so he said, "When I ask for money from Jiao Shengqi, I will send it here."

The old lady laughed and said, "Isn't it just to raise one more person? The Xiao family can still afford it. You and Xiaoqi will keep the money for yourself."

The next day, Zhou Tong asked Mrs. Jiang and second-mei Jiang to send Meiren Jiao over. The old lady found a remote and empty yard for Meiren Jiao to live in. After this time, she would find another place for her to live.

Zhou Tong asked Xu An and Luyou to go to Luoyang, and Jiao Shengqi met them.

On the third day after Zhou Tong brought Jiang's sister Jiang Ermei and the others back to Baoding Mansion, Xu An and Luyou came back, and they brought back 10,000 taels of silver given by Jiao Shengqi.

Zhou Tong took five thousand taels out and asked the cake to be delivered to the capital and handed it to the old lady, and collected the other five thousand taels himself.

She asked Xu An: "Have Jiao Shengqi said what?"

Xu An smiled and said, "Jiao Shengqi asked me to thank the girl on his behalf, and also thank the Duke Dingguo Mansion. He also said that he had recorded this favor."

"He didn't say he wanted to take his niece to Luoyang?" Zhou Tong asked.

Xu An's smile became deeper: "No word was mentioned."

Zhou Tong sighed, and indeed the old lady said it was right. Fortunately, she didn't send the person directly. Otherwise, not only would she not be able to get ten thousand taels of silver, but Meiren Jiao's life might not be easy. It is hard to say whether she could die of illness or not?
Chapter completed!