Wen Jiaojiao was lying on the bed, holding her chin and putting together the building blocks. When she put together one block, Zhao Yan would quickly find a suitable building block for her without even comparing them.
"Ayan, have you played with this set of building blocks?"
Zhao Yan shook his head: "My father and the Tutor never let me play with these things. This is my first time."
Wen Jiaojiao thought to himself, this is too smart. Zhao Yan is a genius and deserves to be a prince.
Zhao Yan saw that Wen Jiaojiao had been lying down, so he brought her a soft pillow and handed it to her, "Jiaojiao, the queen mother said that you have a heart disease and it is not good to lie down like this."
Zhao Yan couldn't help but call Aunt Wen Jiaojiao, so he called her name along with Xiao Qingyu.
Wen Jiaojiao took the soft pillow in his hand and stuffed it underneath, "It's okay, I'm lazy and like to lie down."
"You have to move more, or you'll turn into a little pig."
The emperor's voice came from the side. Wen Jiaojiao looked around and saw Zhao Yelin coming again. He hadn't even had time to change out of his court clothes. He looked like he had just come down from court.
When Xiao Qingyu saw him, she picked up the book placed aside and started reading. She was too lazy to greet him.
"Father."
When Zhao Yan saw the emperor, he immediately stood up and saluted him.
Wen Jiaojiao wanted to get up, but these days she was used to seeing the emperor every day, so she sat up slowly, bowed her head to the emperor and saluted, "Join the emperor."
Zhao Yelin looked at Wen Jiaojiao amusedly, thinking that she and the queen were indeed sisters. After a while, the salutes became more and more perfunctory.
Zhao Yelin took a snack box from Feng Liang and put it on the small table beside Wen Jiaojiao. Wen Jiaojiao took a look and saw that it was her favorite snack.
Wen Jiaojiao looked at the emperor, then at Sister Qingyu, then stood up and walked out with the snack box in her arms. Zhao Yan followed her out.
Xiao Qingyu looked at Wen Jiaojiao's leaving figure and said to the emperor: "You are good at pleasing Jiaojiao. She has a pure temperament. The emperor does not want to deceive her with sweet words."
Zhao Yelin sat next to her and said: "She is very smart. I have been coaxing her for so many days, but she took my pastries and left. You know I didn't want to get rid of her."
Xiao Qingyu's hand holding the book tightened, "Zhao Yelin, what do you mean?"
Zhao Yelin took off Xiao Qingyu's hand, held her hand, and gently rubbed her palm that would stiffen when she was nervous, "Only if she is here, can you talk to me properly."
But the little girl just wanted to leave the occasion to them and didn't want to get involved among them.
Xiao Qingyu took his hand out of Zhao Yelin's hand and said, "It's been so many years. Your Majesty doesn't have to act in front of me like this. There is nothing to say between us."
Zhao Yelin: "Have I not always treated you like this? Why do you think I am acting now?"
"Is it because Makino died and you finally saw me?"
Zhao Yelin's tone was cold and calm, directly piercing the window paper between them.
Xiao Qingyu's expression froze slightly, she closed her eyes, and a fire in her heart quickly emerged and extinguished quickly. She and Zhao Yelin knew each other's worst sides, but Makino was the one in Xiao Qingyu's heart.
No one can mention Root Thorn, including Zhao Yelin, who will never mention him.
Zhao Yelin knew everything. If Xiao Qingyu hadn't been forced to become the queen, she might now be a free-flying eagle in a distant foreign country.
But he just wanted to break her wings and confine her to him.
Even if his father had not issued this decree, he would have asked his father to grant him a marriage, and he would have used all means to marry Xiao Qingyu.
He knew all the means to keep her by his side, including the secret order.
If Xiao Qingyu didn't want to live and take good care of his body this time, he would tell her this secret order directly.
But seeing how quickly Xiao Qingyu recovered, someone from the Xiao family must have informed her.
That little girl is her Achilles heel, as long as she is around, she will live well.
When Zhao Yelin came out of the main hall, he saw Wen Jiaojiao and Zhao Yan sitting on the swing in the yard.
Wen Jiaojiao held the snack box he gave her and said while eating: "Ayan, if you don't want to call me aunt, then you can call me sister, okay?"
With that said, Wen Jiaojiao picked up a piece of snack and stuffed it into Zhao Yan's mouth.
Zhao Yan doesn't like sweets, but every day when she comes to play with Wen Jiaojiao, she always stuffs a lot of snacks into her stomach.
Zhao Yan swallowed the cake in his mouth and shook his head: "Not good."
Wen Jiaojiao: "Why not? I am your elder!"
Zhao Yan looked at the girl in front of him for a long time: "Let's call Jiaojiao."
"Little Qilin~ Just call me aunt, or sister. Just call me once."
Zhao Yan raised a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, "No."
Seeing Wen Jiaojiao shaking her legs in frustration and grabbing pastries to eat, his eyes fell on her hand holding the pastry box. He stretched out his hand to hold it, but finally touched it with his fingers, "Don't be angry.
"
Of course Wen Jiaojiao would not be angry over such a trivial matter, "Forget it, no matter what, I am still your aunt."
The smile on Zhao Yan's lips faded and she did not answer Wen Jiaojiao's words.
"Ayan, you go down and push me, I will push you later."
"good."
Zhao Yelin stood aside and looked at the two children for a long time. The backs of the little girl and Zhao Yan seemed to overlap with those of them back then.
"Are you the little prince from the capital? I see you are so thin. If you follow me from now on, you will not be able to withstand the training of my brothers and the others."
"What's your name? There won't be any princes when we get to the border. We don't follow the rules in the palace."
"Zhao Yelin."
Xiao Qingyu looked at the silent and indifferent young man in front of him, and wanted to tease him, "Do you have any nicknames? For example, the deputy generals next to me are called Goudan and Erzhu. They sound so friendly. If you don't have one,
How about I get one for you?"
Zhao Yelin looked at the sly smile of the girl in front of him and said, "My mother-in-law calls me Qilin."
"It turns out to be a Qilin. Then I will call you Qilin from now on. What a domineering name."
"Qilin, why don't you just call me Ajie? Otherwise you'll be behind me all day long and won't tell me what you want to do. If you call me Ajie, just call me Ajie if anything happens."
"Don't shake your head. I'm older than you, so you should call me Ajie. Are you trying to show off as a prince and don't want to call me Ajie?"
The young Zhao Yelin looked at the girl wearing armor and holding a spear in front of him. She was like a warm fire, bright and dazzling, burning away all the gloom in his heart.
"If you call me Sister, I will let you follow me every day. If your father and brother don't let you go outside the Great Wall, I will take you there. With me here, I will keep you safe. Let's go see the sunset and the eagle outside the Great Wall.
How about it?"
"good."
[Author's digression]: Let me see which little baby hasn't voted for Shengsheng yet!
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