The tea on the tea stove boiled but no one moved.
It was already dark outside, and a heavy snow had just fallen. The courtyard was completely silent, and even the birds were resting under the eaves, making no sound at all.
Li Shengyi was lying on the soft couch, just like he was in the Prime Minister's residence, flipping through the difficult-to-understand book in his hand. The candle on the candlestick beside him was already half burned.
Qingfeng had knocked on the door twice before. It was already late. According to their usual schedule, the masters should have gone to bed long ago.
However, neither the father nor the daughter in the study mentioned going to rest.
Qin Songmo is still dealing with the recent events in the capital.
He was thin and sat at the desk, his posture as straight as a pine tree.
Where Li Shengyi couldn't see, the man who was supposed to be working seriously at his desk would raise his head from time to time to look in the direction of Yanruan.
Only when he saw that the person on the couch was still there did he relax his frown, then lower his head and continue to work.
Qingfeng knocked on the door for the third time, and a gentle voice sounded outside the door, "Master, it's time to rest."
Li Shengyi blinked his sore eyes, moved his stiff limbs, and then slowly sat up from the couch.
"Dad, there's no end to official duties. Let's go and take a rest first."
The breeze outside the door called three times but failed to make the man working at his desk raise his head.
The moment the child's tender voice sounded, he raised his head and easily put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand, "Okay."
With sharp ears and eyes, I stood at the door and felt the cool breeze:…
Li Shengyi yawned, and his little face no longer looked as haggard as it did in the palace.
Even though she had only been in the same room with Qin Songmo for two short hours, her little face still looked energetic.
Seeing the thin figure standing up and walking towards her, she raised her arms consciously.
The next moment, she was embraced in a cool embrace filled with sandalwood.
A feeling of peace of mind instantly filled his chest. Li Shengyi raised his hand and patted his thin back, saying, "I want to have breakfast with Daddy tomorrow morning."
"I want lunch, snacks, and dinner."
"Daddy, you are too thin. You have to protect me until I grow up. If I am so thin, I will become a fat boy when I grow up. How can you protect me then?"
Qin Songmo had a slight smile on his face. When he heard his little daughter mumbling on his shoulder, he said, "No."
"If Shengyi grows up to be a little fat boy, he will stand in front of Daddy and protect him."
Li Shengyi immediately raised his head, his almond-shaped eyes widening as he said in disbelief, "You're my father...never mind, it's my duty to protect you."
"I still have to provide for your retirement."
She swallowed the words halfway through her mouth.
Lying on his shoulder again, she tapped his shoulder with her fingers from time to time, "I protected you when I grew up, now you have to protect me."
"So you have to take your medicine well. Only when you are well can you protect me and be protected by me."
"And Meng Jiuan... Daddy, how is he?"
Assassinating the prince is no small crime.
Meng Jiuan was arrested last night. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only said that he was in good condition, but he did not tell her how he was in good condition.
The villa is not big. When Li Shengyi was sent back just now, Qin Songmo arranged for Qingfeng to vacate a new small room.
The room was not cold because charcoal had been burned in advance.
The mere journey from one room to the other had chilled both the father and the daughter.
Li Shengyi was carried to the bed by Qin Songmo and sat down on the edge of the bed, swinging his short legs. He raised his head and looked at his father who was kneeling on one knee to take off his shoes.
As she finished speaking, Qin Songmo paused in taking off her shoes.
After a long while, he finally whispered, "I won't die."
Upon hearing this, Li Shengyi pursed his lips.
The candlelight illuminated her eyes, and the moment Qin Songmo raised his head, he saw a hint of anger hidden in her almond-shaped eyes.
The corners of his lips couldn't help but rise. He raised his hand and patted her head, smiling, "Why are you still angry? There's no getting away from this..."
"You all say your lives are not lives. You are all knives, knives that maintain the peace and prosperity of the Great Chu."
"But have you ever thought that you are also a living being, and when you were born, you were also highly anticipated."
"You have saved so many people in Da Chu. Your status far exceeds your imagination."
A crisp sound rang out in the small room.
Li Shengyi didn't even move his short legs.
She raised her hand and slapped away the big palm on her head, "And Daddy, you just took off my shoes and you're touching my head!!!"
[Where's your cleanliness? Did the dog eat it?]
Qin Songmo laughed in silence.
His little daughter's words shook him slightly. After a while, he sighed softly, "Did Chang Xiao tell you all this?"
Li Shengyi looked embarrassed and turned his head away from him, "That's right, you guys never take yourself seriously."
"Even if the people don't think highly of you, in my heart, you are all very powerful and amazing."
How bad could the paper man that Li Shengyi knocked over with her iron will be!!!
The bed beside me sagged a bit.
Li Shengyi could smell that the sandalwood at the tip of his nose had become slightly stronger.
She lowered her head and played with her nails, refusing to make any further statement about what she had just said.
She didn't think she said anything wrong.
"Actually, Changxiao is not wrong." Finally, Qin Songmo spoke in a low voice.
"Chang Xiao may be impulsive, but his thoughts are clear. He said his life wasn't worth living... because he should have been killed along with his family 20 years ago."
Meng Jiuan’s real name is not Meng Jiuan, but Liao Song.
The youngest child of the Liao family was only six years old before the Liao family encountered trouble. He should have been at the most carefree age, chasing cats and playing with dogs.
However, due to the incompetent emperor, Liao's father said something wrong in the court, which led to the extermination of the entire family.
"When I learned that the Liao family's youngest son was still alive, he had changed his appearance and joined the frontier military camp."
"I learned that he wanted revenge, so I gave him a letter and taught him how to defeat the enemy."
"Thanks to him, even though he wasn't very bright, he was willing to listen to my advice. After a few attempts, the enemy was defeated by him, and he rose from an unknown soldier to a great general protecting the country."
On a snowy night, the cold wind howled outside the window.
The room was warm with the burning charcoal brazier.
Li Shengyi sat on the edge of the bed and listened to the person next to her softly telling about Meng Jiuan's life story. Perhaps because it was too soft, she was a little dazed for a moment.
She raised her head and looked at the people around her, and saw her lips parted slightly, "If that's the case, why not just eliminate the tyrant in one fell swoop?"
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