When Wei Ruyi brought the plum blossom cake in, she saw that Bai Yu'an had already propped himself up.
Wei Ruyi's lazy look made Wei Ruyi blush again. She bit her lip and brought the plate to Bai Yu'an.
Bai Yu'an lowered his head and looked at the plate. There was a dab of red date paste in the middle of the snow-white pastry. It looked like white plums. It was very delicately made and smelled of fresh fragrance.
She couldn't hold back, so she stretched out her fingers, took a piece, and took a bite. The plum blossom cake softened as soon as she entered it, and the sweetness filled her mouth. It was a taste she hadn't tasted in a long time.
A Tao looked at Bai Yu'an and asked with a smile: "Master, is it delicious?"
Bai Yu'an took another bite and said, "Ah Tao, please prepare a few more pieces next time. I can eat them even if I'm hungry at night."
Wei Ruyi couldn't help but laughed: "If you like it, I can just cook it for you next time. Why spend money to buy it outside?"
Bai Yu'an looked at Wei Ruyi in surprise: "You can also make snacks."
When Wei Ru noticed Bai Yu'an looking at her, he smiled and said, "I was the one who cooked at home when I was a child, but later there was a flood and I was sold to Lichun Courtyard by a gangster."
"When I was young and didn't take on customers, I helped in the kitchen and learned a lot of pastry recipes."
Bai Yu'an couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable when she saw Wei Ruyi talking about these experiences so casually.
Although she had mentioned these experiences in one word, if she had been involved in them, any of them would have been a tragedy.
Bai Yu'an wanted Wei Ruyi to live a good life in the future and asked her to follow Gao Han, so she should ask Wei Ruyi what she thought.
She looked at Wei Ruyi silently: "What are your plans for the future?"
Wei Ruyi was stunned, obviously not expecting Bai Yu'an to suddenly ask this question.
Seeing Bai Yu'an's serious expression, she felt panicked and couldn't help but whisper: "I want to be like A Tao and follow you all the time."
In fact, Bai Yu'an didn't mind letting Wei Ruyi follow him all the time, but after a long time, there was no guarantee that Wei Ruyi would not find out his identity.
After all, Wei Ruyi is not someone who has followed her since she was a child and knows everything. Moreover, Wei Ruyi is a bit weak-tempered and thinks things simply. Sometimes she doesn't know what is being said, so there is no guarantee that it will not be leaked.
Bai Yu'an sighed, looked at Wei Ruyi and said seriously: "Do you want to follow Mr. Gao?"
"Gao Han's family background is from the Earl of Changping Palace. I asked Gao Han to let you be the eldest girl in his courtyard. You can also get some monthly money, and you can also save some money for security."
"A wealthy family in the Earl's Mansion won't embarrass the girl too much."
When Wei Ruyi heard this, she burst into tears: "Do you really don't want me to stay with you?"
Seeing this, Bai Yu'an was helpless and persuaded in a low voice: "It's not that I don't want you to stay by my side, it's just that I want you to be more secure in the future."
Wei Ruyi shed tears: "Since the time when the master bought the slave, the slave has planned to follow the master for the rest of his life."
"This slave only wants to serve you, your master, and then your wife. I beg you, please let Ruyi stay."
Wei Ruyi was born bright and beautiful, and looked pitiful when she cried, while Bai Yu'an couldn't bear it.
She almost wiped her tears and sighed: "This matter has not been decided yet, and I haven't asked Brother Gao yet."
"Stop crying now, let's talk about it later."
A Tao saw that Bai Yu'an was soft-hearted, and she repeated this situation several times. Every time Wei Ruyi cried, she couldn't bear it. It was strange that she could send people away like this.
She sighed, glanced at Wei Ruyi and said helplessly, "I'm still crying even when I'm talking to you. Are those tears free of charge?"
To be honest, A Tao really admired Wei Ruyi. Her tears came at every turn. Most people really couldn't do what she did, at least she didn't have that ability.
When A Tao said this, Wei Ruyi knew that her crying was annoying, so she didn't dare to cry anymore and just wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
Seeing that Wei Ruyi stopped crying, Bai Yu'an felt relieved and took another piece of plum blossom cake from the plate.
She asked Ah Tao to get some tea, took a sip and asked, "What time is it now?"
A Tao said: "It looks like it's almost midnight."
Bai Yu'an nodded, took another piece of plum blossom cake and thought about something.
A Tao sat on the edge of the bed and gently pressed Bai Yu'an's back, and asked carefully: "Master, does it still hurt here?"
Ah Tao has applied medicine here twice today. If it doesn't get better again, what will happen tomorrow?
The main reason is that her young master's skin has been well maintained since he was a child. He stays in the house reading every day and never goes out to be exposed to the wind and sun. How can his skin withstand the beating of the cane?
When she first glanced at it, it looked horrifying.
Thirty sticks is not too much, not too much.
Naturally, it still hurts a little when I press it. It's still in the same place and I can't sit or walk. Bai Yu'an can only think about getting better tomorrow morning.
After eating the cakes, Wei Ruyi went to fetch water to scrub Bai Yu'an. When she saw Bai Yu'an was about to get up again, she couldn't help but hurried over to help him: "What are you doing, sir?"
Bai Yu'an slept a lot in the afternoon and couldn't fall asleep now. He walked over and stood in front of the desk and asked Wei Ruyi to study ink. Then he said: "I can't sleep."
A Tao finished his work outside and came in to see Bai Yu'an writing on the desk again. He couldn't help but go over and said to Wei Ruyi: "You go to bed first, I will accompany the young master."
Wei Ruyi looked at the inkstone at hand, and then nodded and moved away without saying anything.
A Tao stood where Wei Ruyi was, looking at Bai Yu'an holding a brush and looking attentively, she couldn't help but frowned and said: "Young Master, it's so late, what are you writing again?"
"You spent the whole night writing yesterday. I see that you have no energy today. Is it possible that you have to stay up all night again tonight?"
Bai Yu'an flipped through the memorial given to her by her teacher, intending to write a new one and submit it.
The tip of her pen was stained with ink. After listening to A Tao's words, she just smiled and said, "It's just a note. It won't take long."
A Tao was startled when he heard this, and quickly held Bai Yu'an's hand and said, "Sir, please stop writing notes. There are so many officials in the court, and you won't miss a note."
Bai Yu'an smiled: "Then it won't take any time to read one more of my brochures."
Bai Yu'an's excerpt did not directly write about the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and the Hot Spring Villa, but just a few suggestions from the official officials in a tactful way.
The shortcomings of official governance are especially the greed for ink.
She wanted to see Shen Jue's attitude.
Seeing this, A Tao simply stopped grinding, took the pen from Bai Yu'an's hand, and said angrily: "Master, if you don't want to think about yourself, you also want to think about the master and his wife at home."
"If something happens to you again, I won't want to live anymore."
Seeing that A Tao thought of this matter so horribly, Bai Yu'an quickly explained, "This time it won't be the same as last time. Your young master is not that stupid."
A Tao looked at Bai Yu'an in disbelief: "Young Master, are you serious?"
Bai Yu'an smiled helplessly: "Of course I take it seriously."
A Tao then went over to grind again and asked, "Have you decided on the name I asked you to give your nephew?"
"Young Master, you have to think of a good name. In the future, just like the Young Master, you will also get a good name."
Bai Yu'an smiled: "Isn't it born after a young age? Besides, how do you know it's a boy?"
A Tao snorted: "This slave just knows."
Bai Yu'an had no choice but to obey, smiled and began to write seriously on the paper.
This writing took me until midnight.
There is only a wall between Shen Jue's yard and Bai Yu'an's yard. Standing on the three-story attic and looking down, you can roughly see the scenery of Bai Yu'an's front yard.
The top light in the attic was not lit, only Changsong stood far away in the corner holding a warm yellow lantern.
Shen Jue stood on the fence outside the attic, her dark eyes calm and cold, looking at Bai Yu'an's house quietly.
