Yuanyuan dreamed that she was beheaded by the old man and turned into a little monster without a head.
"..."
As Pei Zhiyan listened to her murmurings again and again, he felt as if something had torn a hole in his heart.
He raised his hand to rub her frown, and when his brows relaxed, he pushed her to the inside, got up, straightened his clothes and went downstairs.
Wu Xian sent all the memorials over and placed them on the desk in order.
The emperor was dissolute and immoral, and spent all day having fun with his concubines. All memorials were approved and sealed by Pei Zhang.
"There was a flood in Quzhou, and the people were displaced. The local chief envoy submitted a petition to allocate funds for disaster relief. His Majesty also wanted to rebuild the ancestral temple, and the national treasury was empty..."
"We must first respond to the emperor's request and allocate part of the disaster relief funds first."
Pei Zhiyan lowered his eyes and looked at the memorial, like a sitting Buddha statue, but he did not have a holy heart of compassion for all living beings.
"Palmprint, once this imperial edict is issued, there will probably be a mountain of accusations against you, and people outside will say that you..."
Wu Xian was about to speak but stopped, lowering his head and not daring to look at him again.
"What did you say about me?"
Pei Zhiyan's eyes fell on him, and he dipped the pen in his hand lightly into the ink in the inkstone.
"..."
Wu Xian remained silent, unwilling to let those words disturb his tranquility.
"I know it even if you don't tell me. If you don't like my behavior, you can tell them like them."
"Palm seal, this subordinate has absolutely no intention."
Wu Xian knelt down and kowtowed to him. He had sworn to be loyal to him for the rest of his life.
Back then, I had done something wrong and was beaten twenty times by Liu Bingbi. I lay in the palace corridor in the snow and almost died.
It was he who saved his life. At that time, he was not Pei Zhiyan, but Liu Pei, the eunuch in charge who entered the palace in disguise.
From then on, he followed him and was promoted to his current high position, no longer being bullied.
He had no way of repaying such a great kindness, but was willing to entrust him with his life and protect him to the death.
"Back off!"
Pei Zhiyan looked at his bleeding forehead and waved his hand to let him out.
When Yuanyuan woke up, her side was empty. She rolled on the bed before getting up. She stepped into her embroidered shoes and walked downstairs with her little feet.
It was much cooler in the afternoon, and the draft blew Pei Zhiyan's white hair hanging behind him, making it look like a painting from a distance.
When the old man is not talking, he is still very beautiful.
"Who taught you to wear shoes like this?"
Pei Zhiyan glanced at the embroidered shoes that were broken off by her step, and frowned unconsciously.
Where did you learn all these bad habits?
"What are you doing?"
Yuanyuan walked to his side and stood on tiptoes to see what he was scribbling just now, but unfortunately she was too short to see it.
"Put on your shoes..."
Pei Zhiyan held down her head as she tried to lift it up, and felt uncomfortable looking at her unworn shoes.
"I'm dressed."
Yuanyuan raised her feet and shook them. She was well-dressed and didn't fall off.
"Who wears shoes like yours?" Pei Zhiyan squatted down and lifted up the heels of her shoes, and said coldly: "Next time you step on the heels, I will chop off your feet and feed them to the dogs."
"My feet don't taste good..."
Yuanyuan was so frightened that she put her feet together and moved back a little.
"Dogs don't care if your feet taste good or not. Some of them are good to eat."
Pei Zhiyan saw that she was scared, so he put away the murderous intent in his eyes, raised his hand and pressed her head again.
"..."
Yuanyuan tilted her head to the side and ran out with short legs.
Xiaofuzi and Caizhi were both waiting outside. When they saw her coming out, they followed her to wait on her.
She had already walked around Wangyue Tower, so she took Caizhi's hand and asked if there was anything else interesting.
"Why don't you go to the Imperial Garden for a stroll? The lotus flowers are in bloom right now. You can pick some and put them in your room." Caizhi suggested.
"Then I'll get the kite and play some more while it's still dark."
Xiao Fuzi was only fourteen years old, but she was still a bit playful, so she asked them to go ahead and follow them later.
The child was still small. After walking along the palace path for a while, he got tired and stretched out his hand for Caizhi to hold.
The scenery of the Imperial Garden was in full bloom, but the palace ladies walking by had their heads lowered and were in a hurry, not daring to stay here longer.
"Sister Caizhi, is there something urgent that happened when they left so fast?"
Yuanyuan raised her hand to greet the passing maids, but no one paid her any attention.
"well……"
Caizhi sighed. The maids in the palace were all good girls from innocent families before entering the palace.
When I entered the palace, I originally wanted to earn a good future and get married in a glorious future.
But who would have thought that once you enter the palace, you will step into a den of tigers and wolves. If someone with some beauty is seen by the emperor, they will not be able to escape the fate of being ruined.
If you are lucky, you can be crowned a beautiful woman, but if you are unlucky, you will die miserably on the spot.
But saying this to a two-year-old child is of no use.
"Don't be unhappy, I won't ask anymore."
Seeing her frown, Yuanyuan raised his hand and patted her shoulder.
"Um……"
Caizhi smiled at her, and her heart warmed up.
The lotus flowers in the Royal Garden are in full bloom, and the delicate fragrance blows to your nostrils with the wind.
Soon, Xiao Fuzi followed with a kite.
He took Yuanyuan to fly a kite in an open place, and Caizhi went to pick some lotus pods and put them in bottles.
"Girl, look how high our kite flies."
Xiao Fuzi asked the child to take the kite spool, and he squatted behind her to control the kite string.
"..."
Yuanyuan looked at the eagle kite flying high in the sky, and always felt that she had flown a kite like this before.
But the child couldn't think too much and soon started laughing along with Xiao Fuzi.
"Who is flying a kite ahead?"
Concubine Jing was walking on the path among rose flowers, raising her hands to cover the sun and looking at the kites in the sky. She could still vaguely hear the laughter of children.
"It should be the little prince from which palace. I will help you go over and have a look."
The master and servant followed the sound and saw an ordinary-looking child and a little eunuch.
"Which palace are you from?"
The old mama looked at the girl. Her facial features were too ordinary, and she didn't look like the emperor's child.
"This servant pays his respects to Concubine Jing. This servant is from Wangyue Tower."
Xiao Fuzi quickly put down the kite, bent down and knelt down to Concubine Jing, and tugged on Yuanyuan's clothes to signal her to salute.
"What are you doing on the floor?"
Yuanyuan knelt down and looked at him doubtfully, not understanding what he meant.
"It turns out to be the person next to the palm print. Where did this girl come from? I look at Yan Sheng."
Concubine Jing raised her hand to ask him to get up and reply, looking at the child in front of her.
"Replying to your Majesty, she is Master Zhangyin's newly adopted daughter."
"Come here and let me take a look." Concubine Jing waved to her.
Yuanyuan took two steps in front of her and looked up at her.
The woman in front of her had her hair tied up with only a hairpin. She was wearing a plain dress and had a kind face.
"What is your name?"
"Yuanyuan!"
"It's a good name. Can you accompany me for a walk?"
Concubine Jing took her hand and looked at her facial features carefully.
Although it looks a bit ordinary overall, it is still exquisite when you look closely. It will definitely be the same when it is opened.
