Hearing this voice, Ji Xiu, who was talking about business with a serious expression, immediately softened his expression.
The door to the study room was pushed open by the servant guarding the outside, and a beautiful-looking girl in a purple dress with fair complexion walked in with her maid.
"Father."
The girl prayed to Ji Xiu, then looked at the young man aside and bowed slightly to him.
The young man lowered his eyes, raised his hands and saluted: "Miss Ji."
This girl, who looks to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, is Ji Xiu's only daughter, Ji Wanyou.
"Why haven't you fallen asleep so late?" Ji Xiu looked at his daughter and asked in a gentle tone.
"Didn't my daughter go out to watch the lanterns today, so she came back a little late?" Ji Wanyou said softly: "I heard that my father was still busy with business in the study, so I asked the kitchen to boil some ginseng soup and bring it to my father."
As he spoke, he glanced at the maid beside him.
The maid came forward and placed the soup cup on the desk.
Ji Xiu smiled and nodded.
It is naturally a good thing for a daughter to be filial.
But, are these two soup cups prepared for him?
"Father, drink it while it's hot." Ji Wanyou urged.
Ji Xiu responded "Okay" with a smile and picked up the spoon.
Seeing that her father didn't say much else, Ji Wanyou sighed in her heart - her father planned to drink both cups of ginseng soup by himself, right? Aren't you afraid of overdoing it?
While the girl was thinking, she quietly looked at the young man who sat back in the chair.
Due to his poor health, his figure looked a little thin, but his temperament became more clean and gentle.
Moreover, he has a handsome face with elegant eyebrows, but there is also a hint of contradictory alienation.
She could feel that he seemed to be hiding a lot of things on his mind.
However, if you think about his experience, no one would be able to let it go, right?
And if it were anyone else, they might not be as tenacious and forbearing as him.
She has always admired strong-willed people.
However, among the children in Beijing, even if they are not dandies, most of them have grown into useless embroidered pillows under the influence of pampering. Once these people leave the shelter of their homes, they may not even be able to eat.
Thinking about this, the girl felt more and more that it was very rare to see young people in her sight who were neither humble nor overbearing in their dealings with others.
The soup cup was put down, making a "bang" sound that was neither light nor heavy, pulling Ji Wanyou back from her thoughts.
She looked over and saw that both cups of ginseng soup had reached the bottom.
...Did dad really drink it all?
Girls' emotions are very complicated.
I hope my father won't have a nosebleed.
"It's getting late, go back and have a rest." Ji Xiu wiped his mouth with a handkerchief with satisfaction and said to his daughter.
Ji Wanyou responded "Yes".
She was blessed and left the study with her maid.
However, as soon as he crossed the threshold, his feet paused slightly, he turned around again.
In her sight, the young man sitting there always kept his eyes half lowered and never glanced at her from beginning to end.
People who come from scholarly families are all so polite, right?
"What's wrong?" Ji Xiu asked his daughter, "But is there anything else?"
"It's nothing." Ji Wanyou's eyes actually just glanced at the young man very quickly. At this time, she looked at her father and said with a smile: "My daughter just wants to say something to her father. You should go back and rest early. Don't be too aggressive."
When you are tired, your body is the most important thing."
"Okay, father understands." Ji Xiu urged with a doting tone: "It's cold at night, go back quickly."
Ji Wanyou nodded and then left with the maid.
The study door was closed again from the outside.
Having roughly said what needed to be said just now, Ji Xiu did not stay in the study for any longer.
The young man and Ji Xiu left the study one after another.
The man was walking under the cold and bright moonlight, and his face showed a strange and sickly paleness.
He had experienced a near-death experience before, and his body has not recovered yet.
He walked slowly, with a smile on his face.
As expected, the emperor still couldn't bear his temper.
Because of something that was not known to be true or false, when King Yan was about to return to the capital, he was about to start beating the Zhenguo Palace in a grand manner.
He was curious——
How will the town government react?
And this time, I wonder how Zhao Zhao will respond?
Will it impress him again?
He waited and saw.
Hopefully, there will be a lively enough show.
It would be better if it was lively enough to let Zhao Zhao taste the feeling of losing everything.
This is fair enough and can bring her closer to him, isn't it?
The vast clouds in the sky are like gauze, slowly blowing across the full moon, taking away the darkness of the night little by little, dyeing the sky into gray and blue.
The sky light appears, the gray and blue are also driven away, the golden sun rises, the morning light shines on the glazed tiles, making the cold frost disappear with warmth.
Cai Jin, wearing a foggy blue jacket, is sitting in the main room reading a book.
Since she found the right way to perform, Ms. Cai has become much more relaxed and comfortable.
Of course, it would be better if you don’t have to go every day to watch Mr. Xu’s confinement period.
At this time, Ah Li came back from outside with a letter in her hand and handed it to Cai Jin.
"Sent from the palace."
Cai Jin took the letter and his heart beat a few times.
Uninformed outsiders just thought it was a letter from her mother and sister, but in fact it was never...
Recently, she has made "progress" in the Zhenguogong's mansion, and it is expected that a letter will be delivered in the next two days.
Cai Jin quickly opened the envelope, took out the letter paper and unfolded it in front of his eyes.
There are only two lines in the letter——
However, these two lines of words made Cai Jin frightened and his face changed drastically.
Her hands shook, and the letter fell to her feet.
"Hey, is this letter hot or something?"
Ah Li glanced sideways and said with a smile on her face.
After saying that, his expression changed and he immediately pursed his lips.
How could she have forgotten that now there is no need to talk to Miss Cai like this in private?
Cai Jin didn't bother to listen. He quickly picked up the letter and read it again to make sure that he had indeed read it correctly. He calmed down and said to Ali: "Pack up the snacks I made this morning and send them to you."
Go to the girl."
Thinking of the snacks in the kitchen, Ah Li felt that she could continue to mock them for three days and three nights, but she still shut up and did it.
The food box containing snacks was quickly sent to Xiyuan.
Xu Mingyi sat at the table, opened the food box, looked at the strange snacks on the plate, and couldn't help but be silent for a moment.
She was finally lucky enough to see someone who made dim sum even worse than her.
The pastries in front of me, the color, flavor and fragrance have obviously completely gone away.
As for the taste——
Forgive her for not having the courage to try it.
At this time, a dark shadow landed steadily on the table, stretching its head to curiously poke into the food box.
It's like a picture - let me see what is delicious, let me see it quickly.
However, in the next moment, the big bird's eyes were widened, as if it was subconsciously avoiding something dangerous, and it took two steps back. Unexpectedly, its claws missed the point, and it fell to the ground with a scream.
Between the fluttering of its wings, a few more bird feathers fell off.
