The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!

Chapter 1041: Ferghana Horse

Yun Jiao sat in the room, quietly sobbing, and Jiang Youzhi gently held her in his arms.Eaglets will always have to leave their parents’ protection and spread their wings to fly; this is only the first step the children take on their journey through life.

After a long while, when Yun Jiao’s sobs had finally subsided, he said, "The road up to now is still peaceful enough."

"It’s just that things in the southern border are a bit more complicated. I’ll write to my eldest brother-in-law right away and send it by express over eight hundred li, have him send people in the southern border to meet up with the two children."

Yun Jiao pushed him. "Then why aren’t you hurrying off?"

Jiang Youzhi laughed and lowered his head to kiss her. "Now that our sons are gone, you’re feeling lonely, aren’t you? Then shall we have another one?"

Yun Jiao shook her head. "Forget it, three children aren’t headache enough for me?"

Although Ruru was her younger sister-in-law, she’d raised her from childhood; there was no difference from a daughter of her own.

She had two sons and a daughter; she didn’t feel any lack, so she didn’t want to have more.

Jiang Youzhi smiled. "If you don’t want more, then we won’t. Anyway, in a few years we’ll be bringing up grandchildren."

Hearing "bringing up grandchildren" only filled Yun Jiao with horror. Had she really reached the age to be looking after grandchildren?

She was only in her early thirties!

Then she thought about it: Qi Er was already fifteen. Among the nobles of Great Chu, boys generally married at eighteen, girls at sixteen. It really wasn’t that many years away.

Jiang Youzhi went off to write the letter.

Qi Er and You Er were at this moment galloping along the official road on horseback.

The first two days, afraid of being caught by people sent from home, they only slept two hours in the wild and then kept hurrying on without rest.

The horses following them were exhausted.

After two days, when they saw no pursuers, their mood relaxed as well. They gradually stopped rushing so much; when they came to a town, they would stop to have a meal, buy some dry rations, or look around a bit.

That day, near dusk, with the sun about to set, they were still in a place with no village ahead and no inn behind.

The group sped up, and when it was already dark at last they saw an inn by the roadside.

Lanterns hung outside the inn. The inn’s Shopkeeper was sitting behind the counter yawning; suddenly seeing so many people arrive, he perked up at once.

Looking more closely, the two young masters in the lead were wearing thin brocade jackets embroidered with exquisite patterns, while the four attendants behind them were all in matching black satin short outfits.

The Shopkeeper’s eyes flickered; he turned toward the back and called out loudly, "We’ve got guests!"

Before long, two men in their twenties came out.

The Shopkeeper instructed, "Go help the guests lead their horses to the shed and feed them some fodder."

You Er asked, "Do you have beans?"

The Shopkeeper smiled. "We do, we do. Does young master want to feed the horses?"

You Er nodded. His and Qi Er’s horses weren’t ordinary horses; they were汗血宝马—one light-golden, one black. Both horses were a little over two years old and almost fully grown, and the Duke had spent a great price to get them from the Western Regions.

These two horses had in fact been bought by Lin Shuo in the Western Regions half a year ago, and then sent to Xiang City through various means.

You Er and Qi Er cherished these horses very much. The Duke had once said that if they took good care of them, the horses could accompany them for twenty or thirty years at least.

You Er took some soybeans and went out together with Qi Er to feed the horses.

The two waiters stood by the door watching.

Even with only a single wind lantern hanging in the stable, they could still see that the two horses’ coats were sleek and glossy, like the finest satin.

It was the first time the waiter had ever seen a light-golden horse. This horse was tall and long-limbed, its height surpassing even that of the two young masters—an extraordinary, magnificent beast.