First, I poured the medicinal wine into my hands, then rubbed my hands together.

Then open it again, and place your hand on Xiaoxi'er's bruised arm to rub it.

Slowly massage in one direction for about fifteen minutes, then stop.

Qin Jue washed his hands and began to dress Xiao Xi'er and tie her hair.

"Daddy~, can I skip going to the palace school today?"

You need to go now.

"Hmph, I don't want it."

As she spoke, Xiao Xi'er ran into the other side of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, "Daddy~, where is the bell?"

"Put it in the box first."

Little Xi'er was also troubled when she saw so many boxes in front of her. "Those... boxes..."

"So many boxes..."

Upon hearing Xiao Xi'er's words, Qin Jue knew that Xiao Xi'er had not been found, so he went to her side.

At that moment, Xiao Xi'er casually picked up the topmost box.

Qin Jue narrowed his eyes when he saw the box, and then he thought of something.

This box was given to Xiao Xi'er by that brat Jun Qingzhi before they parted ways on the night of June 6th.

However, Xiao Xi'er was asleep at the time, so I just casually tossed it onto the carriage. Presumably, Sanhezi and the others saw it when they came to tidy up the carriage and took it back.

Seeing that it was about the same size as the box that held Xiaoxi'er's hair accessory, I put them together.

"Is it placed inside this box?"

Xiao Xi'er muttered to herself, and casually opened the lid. Inside were two pairs of bells, one pair of gold bells and one pair of silver bells.

"Wow--"

"Wow, you're amazing! You got it right in one go!"

"But which one should we bring?"

Xiao Xi'er looked at the two pairs of bells in the box in her hand, and was puzzled.

One moment she picks up the silver bell, the next she picks up the golden bell.

"They're both so beautiful!"

"Why don't we bring them all?"

Qin Jue reached out from behind Xiao Xi'er and picked up the silver bell from the box.

"Take these two silver bells with you."

"It matches your 'Changrong' color (a light shade of purple) clothes quite well."

"Okay~, I'll listen to Daddy."

Xiao Xi turned around, tilted her head back, and sweetly spoke to Qin Jue. After speaking, she turned her back to Qin Jue.

"Daddy~, please put this on me quickly~"

Seeing Xiaoxi'er's eager expression, Frequently reached out and gently tugged at Xiaoxi'er's braid.

"Look at you, so impatient!"

"Oh dear, Daddy, hurry up and put it on me!"

Hearing Xiao Xi'er's urging, Qin Jue didn't hesitate and put the silver bell in his hand onto his hairband.

"alright"

Hearing Qin Jue say it was done, Xiao Xi'er turned her head and heard the sound of the bells on her hairband.

"Thank you, Father."

"I'm going to look in the mirror now~"

After saying that, Xiao Xi'er ran to a full-length bronze mirror and looked at her clothes and the bells on her hairband.

After seeing Xiao Xi'er leave, Qin Jue bent down and reached into the box to pick up another pair of golden bells.

After looking at the pattern on the golden bell and finding nothing particularly interesting, he was about to put the golden bell in the box.

Just as he was about to put it into the box, Qin Jue caught a glimpse of a pattern resembling writing inside the bell out of the corner of his eye.

So he picked it up again, held it in front of him, and looked at it again.

This time, Qin Jue turned the bell around and looked inside. He did indeed see an icon.

Qin Jue looked at the box again, inside and out. Hearing Xiao Xi'er call him, he put the golden bell back into the box and closed the lid.

"What's wrong, Xiaoxi'er?"

"Daddy~, am I pretty?"

How could my daughter not be beautiful?

"whee"

"Mu ah"

Hearing Qin Jue say she was pretty, she happily hugged Qin Jue's neck as he squatted down and kissed him on the cheek.

"Daddy, hug me~"

Qin Jue picked up Xiao Xi'er in one go.

"Let's go to the Imperial Study and keep Father company while he reviews the memorials."

"Uh-huh"

And so, Qin Jue carried Xiao Xi'er to the Imperial Study.

After arriving at the Imperial Study, Qin Jue placed Xiao Xi'er on a small table and chair that had been specially prepared for her next to his main desk.

When Sanhezi saw that Xiaoxi'er was sitting in the chair, he had someone bring some pastries and place them on Xiaoxi'er's small table.

After seeing the pastries on the table, Xiao Xi'er picked up a piece and started eating it.

After eating for a while, Xiao Xi looked up and saw Qin Jue drawing something with a brush, so she looked towards the arithmetic table by the door.

"Count it, I want it too."

After Xiao Xi finished speaking, she turned to look at Qin Jue again, her eyes fixed on the calligraphy brush in Qin Jue's hand.

"Yes, this servant will go immediately."

When Suanshu saw Xiaoxi looking at the calligraphy brush in Qin Jue's hand, he understood what Xiaoxi wanted.

Soon they brought over a calligraphy brush and Xuan paper.

He spread the Xuan paper on the table, prepared the grinding stone for Xiao Xi'er, and then retreated to the outside of the Imperial Study to do the arithmetic.

Thinking of the way Zhang Shuo had taught her to hold the brush, Xiao Xi picked up the brush.

He dipped his brush in ink and began to paint on the rice paper.

Qin Jue thought of the patterns on the bell and the pattern that looked like words, and drew them on the paper. After finishing, he picked it up, examined it carefully, and then put it down again.

I'm still wondering what this pattern that looks like text is.

"Daddy~"

"Look, I've finished drawing!"

Xiao Xi'er took the rice paper she had finished drawing and walked up to Qin Jue.

Qin Jue took Xiao Xi'er into his arms.

Looking at the painting on the Xuan paper in Xiaoxi'er's hand

"Okay, sure."

"Straight lines are drawn straight, while circles are drawn flat."

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