Under the child's warm invitation, Pei Zhiyan still took a symbolic bite.
I don't dare to eat too much, for fear that she will cry again later.
Yuanyuan didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that he didn't like sweets, she ate them all by herself.
Candyman is very sweet, which is considered a good snack in such an environment.
The child is still very well-behaved when he is not making noises. He sits quietly on the soft cushion and eats snacks sent from the imperial kitchen.
Pei Zhiyan looked at her for a moment, then concentrated on studying the contents on the bamboo slips.
squeak--
The sound of a mouse suddenly appeared in the quiet room. He discerned the direction keenly and looked towards the child's position.
A mouse, about the size of an egg, is lying on the short shelf used to store pastries, eating pastry crumbs dropped by children.
Pei Zhiyan was twisting a silver needle between his fingertips, working with his internal energy to send the mouse to the west.
Unexpectedly, the child suddenly broke off a small piece of pastry and threw it under the table to feed the mouse.
The mouse was also very smart. He squatted at her feet and barked when he finished eating. He would not get too close to her.
"..."
Pei Zhiyan put down the hand holding the silver needle again, planning to wait until the child was gone to deal with it.
Rats carry the plague, and if they are accidentally bitten, the consequences will be disastrous.
Yuanyuan found this mouse yesterday. It was a very obedient little mouse, but it was a bit ugly with a hairless tail trailing behind it.
She named this mouse: Xiao Hui
After eating and drinking, Xiao Hui slipped away.
Pei Zhiyan took note of the mouse's direction and planned to kill it tonight.
At night, the child followed him back to the bedroom, and consciously crawled inside to lie down.
"It's not hot anymore. You should go back to your room and sleep. What's it like to be huddled together with me?"
Pei Zhiyan sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the child nestled in the quilt, with a somewhat helpless tone.
Children of wealthy families sleep in separate rooms with their parents, and are cared for by maids and grandmothers.
When they get older, they have to move out of their parents' yard and set up their own yard.
She is a eunuch, and she is in the same place with him. If word gets out, it will affect her reputation.
"I want to sleep with daddy..."
Yuanyuan's little hands were holding the quilt, and she felt very at ease sleeping here.
"I told you not to call me daddy, call me palm print."
"Palmprint Daddy!"
"..."
Pei Zhiyan was unable to correct her insistence on calling him daddy.
What was originally meant to be a shoo-in for her to go back to her house to sleep, somehow turned into telling a story.
The child said he couldn't sleep, so he came over to look at the books in his hand with his round eyes open.
Pei Zhiyan loved to study the objects and literary masterpieces left by the previous dynasty. When he was young, he also had a dream of obtaining fame.
Seeing that the child was interested, he told her some strange stories from the previous dynasty, most of which were fairy tales circulated among the people.
Yuanyuan was very interested in the monsters and ghosts he talked about. The more she listened, the wider her eyes opened, as if she had been injected with blood.
"Go to sleep and listen to the rest tomorrow."
The sound of the watchman could be heard from the palace road, and it was already midnight.
"Tell me one more thing and then go to sleep."
Yuanyuan raised a finger, her bargaining skills were perfected.
The biggest lie a child can tell is that she only listens to one lie, and this time Pei Zhiyan was teased by her three times in a row.
It’s really like eating one pit after another.
Faced with a child who was grabbing his clothes and rolling on the bed, yelling to listen to the last story.
Pei Zhiyan decided to give her a strong dose of medicine and read the ancient book in his hand.
The effects of boring anthologies and vivid ghost stories are completely opposite.
Within a moment, Yuanyuan felt dizzy and fell asleep in a daze.
When he went to court at Mao Shi, Pei Zhiyan stood in front of the palace wearing the python robe given by the emperor.
The emperor's eyes were black and green, and he slumped lazily in the dragon chair, as if his essence had been sucked away and only a shell was left.
The day before yesterday, Governor Qian's entire family was massacred. Officials from many ministries jointly submitted a petition asking Pei Zhiyan to be sent to prison, where he would be interrogated and dealt with according to the law in order to rectify the country's laws.
All the memorials were turned back. Even though they knew it was useless, they still persisted and performed their duty as a courtier.
"Retreat!"
In Pei Zhiyan's cold voice, the officials left dejectedly and returned to their duties.
After the morning court, Pei Zhiyan rode out of the palace and went to a street shop to buy some candied fruits and candies.
Yesterday I promised to provide for the child.
Everyone in the capital knows his identity, and the bald head of his youth is his symbol.
The stall owner looked at him with fear in his eyes, and his whole body was shaking when he handed him the candied fruit.
In the eyes of the people, he is a murderous devil, and he may lose his head if he is not careful.
"How much?"
"Sir, no...no money."
"..."
Pei Zhiyan took out the broken silver and placed it on the stall, then turned and left with the candied fruit.
Last night, I told the child the story of dragons, and he asked the vendor to draw sugar paintings with dragon patterns.
Back at Wangyue Tower, the child had just woken up and Caizhi was waiting for her to eat in the courtyard.
"Daddy!"
Yuanyuan saw the sugar painting in his hand at a glance, and her eyes lit up instantly.
The dragon-shaped sugar painting is larger than the rabbit and looks majestic.
"eat first!"
Pei Zhiyan touched her head, handed her the candy painting, and put the candied fruit in the cabinet.
It is not good for children to eat too much sweets, as they can easily damage their teeth, so keep it for two days before giving it to her.
Telling stories last night consumed him so much that he forgot about the mouse.
The mouse didn't know when it reached the first floor. When Wu Xian came to report something to him, he happened to catch it jumping under the desk and crushed it to death.
When washing up in the morning, Yuanyuan also introduced her new pet Xiao Hui to Cai Zhi and said that she could show it to her when she had time.
Caizhi didn't believe there was such an obedient mouse, so she just thought what she said was a joke.
Seeing that Caizhi didn't believe it, she went into the house to find her father, pulled his finger and asked him to accompany her to catch Xiao Hui.
"Is this the mouse the girl is talking about?"
Wu Xian raised his foot and pointed at the body of the rat that had been trampled into pieces on the ground. The strength of a martial artist's foot was not something that a young rat could withstand.
"..."
Just as Pei Zhiyan was about to ask him to get rid of the mouse, the child broke in.
And after these few days of getting along with each other, Wu Xian also included Yuanyuan in the ranks of his people.
He has always been honest with his own people. He just does what he does and won't hide it deliberately.
Yuanyuan walked to his feet and squatted down, looked at it carefully for a moment with her hands folded, and shook her head at him.
"This is not my mouse. My mouse has a round belly, not so flat."
As she said this, she gestured with her hand that this rat piece was not her Xiao Hui.
"Is there a possibility that it was caused by me..."
Before Wu Xian could finish his words, he was choked back by a knife in the eye.
"I'll take you to find..."
Pei Zhiyan followed her upstairs and signaled Wu Xian to throw away the mouse's body quickly.
If she came to her senses and knew that the mouse was dead, she wouldn't know how she would cry again.
Yuanyuan walked around the second floor, but couldn't find any trace of Xiao Hui.
"Dad, could that flat mouse just now be Xiao Hui?"
The silly boy finally came to his senses and looked up at him pitifully.
"No, rats are active at night. They sleep during the day and may come out at night."
"real?"
"Um…"
Pei Zhiyan looked at her with a normal expression, making it impossible to see any flaws.
