In the palace, early this morning, before Eunuch Mu Ru got up, the eldest prince came over with hot water, saying that he wanted to help him wash up.
He thought he heard wrongly, "Is it right to ask the old slave to wash you up?
Okay, old slave, get up right now."
He was very happy, thinking that the prince and princess had grown up and no longer needed him to serve him. Unexpectedly, he came over with hot water for him to serve. Oh, he is not old yet. He is still needed by the prince. This feels really good.
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As soon as he lifted the quilt, the second prince also came in, holding a cup of tea in his hand and said: "After you freshen up, take a sip of tea first, while your third brother and sister are making breakfast for you."
"What?"
Eunuch Mu Ru trembled with fright, "The princess and the third prince are making breakfast?
How to make it happen?"
How could his delicate princess go to places like the kitchen?
He immediately put on his shoes and was about to go out. Baozi grabbed him and said, "Father, please wash your face first."
After Tang Yuan put down the teacup, he took his outer clothes and asked to help him put them on.
"No need, I will do it myself."
"Father, you don't have to do anything today, we will take care of you."
Baozi said with a smile.
"I'm an old slave, how can I ask the prince to serve me?"
Eunuch Mu Ru was frightened and hurriedly backed away, as if his eyes were about to fall out of his eye sockets.
"Father-in-law!"
Baozi put down his things, went over to hold his arm, and stretched out his hand to touch Eunuch Mu Ru's gray hair. Looking at the wrinkles at the corners of his eyebrows, Baozi suddenly realized that his father-in-law was already very old. He had served them for so many years, but he had never shown any affection to them.
He said a word of thanks, "Sit down and let us serve you today. You know, we have never treated you as a servant in the palace. We respect you as an elder. You can fulfill our filial piety."
Eunuch Mu Ru looked at the eldest prince with tears in his eyes. These words really made him willing to die.
"But... where can the master serve as a slave?
This is not a rule..." Eunuch Mu Ru was moved, but he always felt that it was inappropriate.
"There is no master, no servant, you are our father-in-law."
Baozi couldn't help but lead him to sit on a chair, and took a comb to comb his hair.
Baozi had no one to take care of him in the army, so he did all the daily living by himself. He was very skilled at combing his hair and dressing up.
There was a small bronze mirror in the father-in-law's house. The old man in the bronze mirror had tears in his eyes, his lips moved a few times, and he allowed the prince to comb his hair.
Combing his hair here, handing him a hot towel to wipe his face, Eunuch Mu Ru followed the prince with his eyes, and when he saw him, he collected water for rinsing his mouth. How could he do this dirty work?
Now he was about to get up again, but Baozi forced his shoulders down, "Don't move, I haven't combed my hair yet."
Eunuch Mu Ru sighed, and said with joy and fear: "It is the old slave who is supposed to serve the master, how can it be the other way around?
Doesn’t this violate the laws of heaven?”
"What way of heaven?
You have always taken care of us, and now we repay you by serving you as a matter of course. Our family does not have so many rules."
Baozi pulled up his hair, tied it up, and scraped his neck a few times with his fingertips. Because he had just touched his neck, he found that the back of his neck was very stiff, so he knew that the blood vessels in his neck were not smooth, so he used a lot of force.
, Eunuch Mu Ru felt very comfortable and closed his eyes unconsciously.
Here, after freshening up and dressing neatly, Zeelan came in carrying breakfast.
Seeing the charming princess carrying things in person, Eunuch Mu Ru felt heartbroken, "How can you do this?
Those things that are invisible to the eyes are not afraid of the princess falling, and they are becoming more and more unruly."
Zelan put the breakfast on the table and said with a smile: "Father, I was just carrying some breakfast, how could I drop it?
When I was in Ruodu City, I was still fetching water myself."
Eunuch Mu Ru's eyes suddenly turned red, "My poor princess, why is there not even a person to serve you?
The emperor is so cruel that he is willing to ask the princess to go to such a far place to endure hardship."
"Don't talk so much, come here and try the wontons I made. I made them myself, filled with shrimp and meat."
Zelan's cheeks seemed to be dyed with Jinxia, and with a smile on her face, she scooped the wontons into a small bowl with her own hands and brought them to Eunuch Mu Ru, "Have a quick taste and scald them carefully."
Eunuch Mu Ru saw the white steam coming out of the bowl, fearing that it would burn the princess's delicate hands, so he quickly took it, and under the gaze of the princess's black grape-like eyes, he scooped up a wonton, took a bite, and felt the taste in his mouth.
Very fragrant.
He was so excited that he almost cried, "I have never eaten such delicious wontons in my life. Not only wontons, but any other dish can't compare to this."
"Really?
Then I will do it for you every day."
Zelan said happily.
Eunuch Mu Ru was almost scared out of his mind, "That won't work, that won't work."