After returning to his residence, Li Zihan was already asleep.
Li Zian carried her into the room and handed her over to the maid. He turned to Shen Tianshu and said, "Are you tired? Go back and rest early."
However, Shen Tianshu hesitated and did not move, and glanced hesitantly at Li Zihan's room.
"What's wrong?"
"The princess said during the day that she wanted to dye her nails with impatiens. She originally agreed to dye her nails at night. It just took one night and the color would be available tomorrow..."
Shen Tianshu didn't want to break his promise, but it was too late, and he was afraid of disturbing Li Zihan's rest.
"I'll do it for you." Li Zian said, "Just wrap it up for her quietly later. She's fast asleep and can't be woken up."
Li Zian carried a lantern, and Shen Tianshu carried a small basket and went to the yard to pick impatiens flowers.
Shen Tianshu originally thought that children's nails were small and they couldn't pick as many as they needed.
But Li Zian was holding a lantern in one hand and picking flowers with the other hand very quickly. In a short time, she almost filled the small basket in her hand.
"Enough is enough, we don't need this much."
"You should also dye it with her!" Li Zian said, "She will be as happy to see her nails as you are when she wakes up tomorrow morning."
Shen Tianshu actually had no plans to dye his nails, but after hearing what he said, he immediately hesitated.
Li Zian took the opportunity to pick another handful of petals. He estimated that it would be almost enough, and then returned to the room with Shen Tianshu.
I washed the impatiens flowers in water. I didn’t have time to wait for them to dry now, so I found some clean and absorbent cotton cloths, spread the flowers on them, gently absorbed the moisture on the surface, and finally added a little alum. Mix together and mash.
Then the two men took the pounded things and quietly entered Li Zihan's bedroom.
Li Zihan was lying on his side on the bed, with only a thin towel on his stomach, rising and falling with his breathing, sleeping soundly.
Shen Tianshu put the things on the ground and simply sat on the footstep beside the bed.
Li Zian stepped forward and held up Li Zihan's hand to make it easier for Shen Tianshu to move.
The two people carefully applied pounded impatiens mud to all ten of Li Zihan's nails, then covered them with leaves, wrapped them with soft cotton cloth, tied them with thin thread, and then gently put them back.
Fortunately, Li Zihan was indeed sleeping soundly. She was not disturbed at all by his actions, and she even snored in her sleep.
Li Zian couldn't help but smile and said softly: "It seems that I am really tired from playing today."
Shen Tianshu also thinks Li Zihan is too cute like this.
After the two people packed their things and came out of Li Zihan's bedroom, Li Zian blinked and asked tentatively: "You can't do it yourself, can I help you?"
"Don't bother me, Prince." Shen Tianshu immediately shook his head, "I'll just go back and ask Xiu'er to help me."
"There are many lights in the flower hall, so it's bright. Why don't we do it here!" Li Zian took a step back and suggested.
Shen Tianshu thought about it. The lights in the room were dim and it was more convenient here, so he called Gao Xiuer over and asked her to help him apply impatiens mud.
Unexpectedly, Li Zian didn't leave either, just sat aside and watched.
Seeing him, Shen Tianshu's fingers almost stopped obeying him. He could only stand stiffly in the air and let Gao Xiuer move.
After finally waiting for all ten of them to be applied, Shen Tianshu immediately stood up and said: "It's getting late, the prince should go back and have a rest early."
After she finished speaking, she immediately left the flower hall with Gao Xiuer.
When Gao Xiuer walked out of the flower hall, she couldn't help but look back.
Just when he saw Li Zian staring at Shen Tianshu's back, he saw her turn around and cast a meaningful look.
Gao Xiuer's heart was beating fast at this sight, and she always felt that the prince's attitude towards Shen Tianshu was different from before.
But what exactly was different, she couldn't tell.
If Mingyu had followed today, he would have been buzzing by now.
After all, Gao Xiuer had only been with Shen Tianshu for a year, so he could only think about it secretly in his heart and did not dare to mention it in front of her.
Early the next morning, Shen Tianshu had just finished washing and sat in front of the dressing table to comb his hair when he heard a pattering of footsteps in the outer room, and then saw Li Zihan trotting into the room, giggling with laughter.
"Sister, were you the one who dyed my nails last night?" After speaking, Li Zihan saw Shen Tianshu's expression of surprise and immediately asked, "Can I just call you sister from now on?"
This was the first thought that came to her mind after she woke up early this morning and saw her dyed nails. The more she thought about it, the smarter she felt.
Sometimes it’s troublesome to call me Sister Shen, sometimes it’s troublesome to call me Sister Tong. It’s better to just call me Sister A, which is simple and seems close.
Shen Tianshu was a little afraid to agree for a while. Even though she now knew that Li Zihan was not the biological child of Prince Rui and his wife, she was still the princess who married the royal family Jade Butterfly.
The one who can be called sister by her must be the daughter of a prince, even if she is not a princess.
But the child's thoughts were pure and precious, and she couldn't bear to refuse.
She finally rubbed Li Zihan's little head and said, "I'll ask the prince later. If the prince agrees, then call him like this!"
Li Zihan immediately smiled: "Don't worry, big brother will definitely agree."
Even if he doesn't agree, we have to make trouble until he agrees!
Of course, there is no need to say the next sentence to let Shen Tianshu know.
After Li Zihan showed off his nails that were dyed red by impatiens, he saw that Shen Tianshu's nails were also red.
"Sister! You dyed your nails too!"
"Yes!" Shen Tianshu said, stretching out his hand side by side with hers and showing: "We are the same, do you like it?"
"I like it!" Compared to nails, Li Zihan felt that he liked the same feeling as Shen Tianshu more.
Shen Tianshu combed his hair, stood up and took Li Zihan out and said, "Let's go have a meal first, and then go pick hibiscus leaves after dinner, okay?"
"I saw hibiscus in the yard yesterday when I was picking impatiens. Can I pick it back and wash your hair?"
"Okay!" Li Zihan actually didn't know what hibiscus leaves were, but as long as she was with Shen Tianshu, she would be happy no matter what she did.
As soon as Shen Tianshu came out of the house, he saw many water basins scattered around the yard, where the maids put them to dry the water.
If the water in the basin is left in the sun for a day, a thin film will form on it, and it can be used for acupuncture and divination at night.
It is said that there are a lot of things to pay attention to when drying water. Where you put it, the length of time it will be exposed to the sun will vary.
That's why these water basins were placed here and there. It was probably the maids who chose the "feng shui treasure spots" themselves.
Li Zian was not there during breakfast, and there were only Shen Tianshu and Li Zihan.
After dinner, Li Zihan urged Shen Tianshu to pick hibiscus leaves.
The two of them walked out and bumped into Li Zian who had just come back from outside.
He didn't know what he was doing early in the morning, and there were still traces of dew on his clothes.
