Upon hearing this, Qiu Su suddenly turned over, lifted the carriage curtain to peek out, and exclaimed in surprise, "Mountain Lord?"
The mountain lord was standing in front, playing a game of cat and mouse with the horse, when he heard Qiu Su's voice and suddenly jumped onto the carriage, startling the driver so much that he instinctively lashed out with his whip.
"Don't hit my dog!"
Qiu Su raised her hand to protect him, but the man quickly withdrew his hand. Pei Yuan instantly pounced on Qiu Su's side and hugged her head. The whip cracked in the air, narrowly avoiding Qiu Su's head and striking the horse's belly instead.
The horse neighed and suddenly pulled the carriage forward, causing Qiu Su, who had just caught the mountain lord, to fall backward onto the mattress. The mountain lord, straddling Qiu Su, began licking her face, but before his dog tongue could even touch her mouth, Pei Yuan grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and pulled her up.
Pei Yuan pointed to the back of the carriage, "Sit tight."
The mountain lord looked at Pei Yuan, whose face was dark, and then at the spot where Pei Yuan was pointing. He was reluctant to lick it again, but his head was being pulled down and he couldn't bend it, so he had to give up.
"Um?"
As soon as Pei Yuan uttered that strange "hmm" sound, the mountain lord obediently got up and squatted down against the back of the carriage.
In a good mood, Qiu Su leaned over and patted the mountain lord's head. The mountain lord glanced at Pei Yuan and subtly moved closer to Qiu Su.
"Mountain Lord, are you really willing to part with Blue Eyes? Alas, how will you manage on the road with the little mountain lord?"
"Woof woof!"
How did you get out?
The mountain lord tilted his head to the left, squinted his eyes, and patted his front kick up and down, looking all cocky and making Qiu Su laugh heartily.
The area around Pingcheng is mostly mountainous, and the roads outside the city are not easy to travel. The bumpy ride made Qiu Su feel nauseous. After the initial excitement, the mountain lord was also in a bad mood, listlessly slumped at the back of the carriage, squinting and feeling dizzy.
Pei Yuan glanced at Qiu Su and then at the mountain lord, sat up, lifted Qiu Su's head onto his lap, and rubbed her temples, saying, "You get dizzy in a carriage? You might as well ride a horse."
Although there was no real progress between them, their interactions became increasingly casual. Qiu Su adjusted herself to a comfortable position, frowning and clenching her teeth, trying to hypnotize herself into forgetting her churning stomach.
"My lady, are you perhaps pregnant?"
Qiu Suqing opened her eyes with a pale face, frowned and looked at Pei Yuan for a while, then suddenly got up and leaned against the car window to vomit.
The carriage gradually came to a stop. Pei Yuan knelt beside her, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He had intended to distract her, but he hadn't expected that one sentence would make her vomit.
Pei Yuan waited until she stopped vomiting, then lifted the car curtain and helped her out of the car. He Zhuo had already run over there and was very worried when he saw Qiu Su's pale lips.
Qiu Su drank a few sips of water, then sat listlessly on the ground, unwilling to get into the car. The calm demeanor of the village chief had long since vanished.
Pei Yuan looked around, sat down next to her, and said with a smile, "You drive the carriage for the second half of the journey."
He Zhuo frowned. "She's pregnant and you're still making her work so hard! If I had to say, we shouldn't have come to Beijing. Su Su, let's go back."
He Zhuo reached out to pull her up, but Qiu Su shook her head. "Take a break. Also, I didn't..."
"Susu, don't be afraid. We haven't gone far. I'll carry you."
Huang Tao pushed past He Zhuo and offered him a few dried plums as if presenting a treasure, saying with a smile, "Miss didn't even say anything. It's really not good to travel like this."
Qiu Su's lips twitched, and before she could explain, Pei Yuan had already helped her up. "Don't worry, my wife, I won't make you suffer anymore."
"You have a way?" He Zhuo asked in an unfriendly tone.
"Of course the son-in-law has a way, otherwise what would he do?"
He Zhuo retorted angrily, "Stop picking on me! It's just that I ate one of your rabbits, is it really that big of a deal?"
Huang Tao put her hands on her hips and said, "Young Master He Xiaolong, you must have a bad memory. You didn't just eat one, you ate two! You even killed my little Huang!"
"Who killed your Little Yellow? Who is Little Yellow?"
"A dog!" Huang Tao's eyes blazed with anger. "The golden retriever I'm looking for."
"Tch, a golden retriever? Why not a silver retriever?" He Zhuo scoffed. "Besides, a good man doesn't argue with a woman. I'll give you one back another day."
Qiu Su had a headache from the noise, so Pei Yuan made her sit on the edge of the carriage and found Qi Xiu, who was still sitting in the carriage pretending not to exist, to take her pulse.
Qi Xiu took the pulse for a while, stroked his mustache, and opened his eyes. "What does the young master want me to see?"
Wow, the village is full of awful characters. I don't know what he was looking at, but he was holding his wife's wrist for ages, trying to take advantage of her?
Pei Yuan rubbed his temples. "Think of a way to make her journey easier."
Qi Xiu nodded, raised his sleeve, and waved his hand under Qiu Su's nose. Qiu Su instinctively held her breath, but still caught a whiff of the sweet, cloying fragrance. Qiu Su was annoyed. She had always thought that the person who dared to use Peach Blossom Intoxication on her hadn't been born yet; it turned out they were all old men by now! It was simply…
"Don't be angry, don't be angry." Qi Xiu calmly supported Qiu Su's head and pressed a certain acupoint. Qiu Su's vision began to blur, and then she felt someone speaking in her ear, seemingly very angry and loud, but what she heard was a buzzing sound. Then she was embraced by a warm hug and got back into the car, and then, she was in a dream.
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Qingfeng Theater:
Huang Tao: He Zhuo is becoming more and more childish.
He Zhuo: That Huang Tao, I wish I could hang her from the tree by the neck. How can there be such a petty woman? Huh?
Pei Yuan: Qi Xiu is courting death! How dare he drug my wife!
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17. A beautiful dream...