There are few people in the prime minister's mansion.
This is the time to rest.
After Li Shengyi and Qin Songmo quietly entered the kitchen, Qingfeng also lit the candlestick.
"Dad, what shall we make?"
The kitchen is not particularly big. In the past, when there was no young master in the prime minister's mansion, the master Qin Songmo ate very casually. At the simplest time, he only needed half a bowl of plain noodles to fill his stomach.
It is hard to imagine that the Prime Minister of Great Chu has such a simple diet on a daily basis.
Qin Songmo rejected Qingfeng's idea of going forward to help. He skillfully tied up his sleeves and opened the wooden lid of the water tank. He glanced at the water in the tank and said, "Let's eat something simple. How about noodles?"
The man turned his head, and the flickering candlelight shone on his face, making his facial features look even more profound.
Seeing his little daughter, who was not even as tall as the stove, he curled his lips and said, "If Shengyi doesn't like it, we can also make dumplings. It just takes some time."
Li Shengyi counted the dumplings for a long time. Not only did he not feel sleepy at all, he was also hungry.
Hearing him say that he wanted to make dumplings, she shook her head and said, "Daddy is tired all day, let's cook some noodles."
Qin Songmo's eyes darkened at his little daughter's cleverness and understanding. He bent down and scooped a ladle of water into the pot. Qingfeng, who was hiding behind the stove and secretly lighting a fire, turned his head slightly to look at the two masters who were busy in front.
Qingfeng has followed Qin Songmo for so many years. As his personal bodyguard, he clearly feels that his master is lonely.
But he was just a personal bodyguard, and it was not his place to interfere in his master's affairs.
Now there is a little master in the mansion, and he is such a lively and lovable little master, and the master's mood has also improved.
You know, he has followed his master for so many years, and he has never heard his master say that he is hungry and wants to eat something at night.
A feeling of relief emerged in his heart, and he threw the firewood in his hand into the kang. A smile appeared on Qingfeng's face.
Although Li Shengyi was not as tall as the stove, she washed the vegetables while her father was kneading the dough.
It was a cold winter day. When she raised her little hands from the sink, her usually white and tender hands had already turned red from the cold.
Qin Songmo's hands were covered in flour. Seeing his little daughter's hands red from the cold, he frowned and said in a deep voice, "Just sit aside, are you frozen?"
Li Shengyi raised his head and grinned at him, "Without Daddy, Shengyi likes to help Daddy, and I have never done these things. Daddy, if you spoil me like this, you will spoil me to the point of lawlessness."
A child's voice with a hint of cuteness and tenderness sounded in the kitchen.
The cold wind was howling outside the kitchen, but it wasn't that cold inside because there was a fire.
Just like Qin Songmo's heart.
"I said, you are my daughter, and it is my duty to pamper you."
"I just want to spoil you, so that you don't have to do dirty work. When you grow up and look for a husband, you can be more picky."
Li Shengyi was embarrassed for a moment.
She wrinkled her nose, stretched out her cold little hand, stood on tiptoe and poked his cheek.
Seeing him frown because of the cold fingers poking him, she chuckled, "I only live with my father."
She ran to the chopping board and stood there, poking the dough that hadn't risen yet. "Daddy, please don't say those words about dying sooner or later. I have good intentions, and I'm sure you'll live a hundred years."
Qin Songmo couldn't help but let out a chuckle when he heard this. "Shengyi is a little immortal, so how can he know that Daddy will live a hundred years?"
"Of course! Not only do I know that Daddy will live a long life, I also know that Great Chu will definitely usher in a new wise ruler. In the future, Great Chu will surely become a powerful nation, and Daddy and you will surely be remembered for eternity!"
The plot has been reversed, and she doesn't believe that Qin Songmo and Meng Jiuan, whom she protected, would become short-lived ghosts.
"Even if the King of Hell comes, I will give him a good beating and ask him to keep Daddy by my side and let Daddy stay with me forever."
Li Shengyi looked up at the man who had stood behind her without her noticing when, and her eyes curved with a smile. Even though there were only two candles lit in the kitchen, her eyes were still bright.
Qin Songmo took in her playful look.
His throat rolled, and after a long while, he raised his hand and pinched her cheek, "Well, as long as Daddy is still here, I will protect Shengyi for a day."
"Shengyi, don't be afraid of anything. Just know that Daddy believes in you and will protect you forever. You are Daddy's only child in this life."
The temperature of the cold fingers was almost the same as Li Shengyi's own fingers.
She retracted her head and turned around, reaching out and grabbing his big hand. "No matter what happens in the future, Shengyi will definitely stand in front of Daddy and protect him."
The firewood in the kang was crackling.
Qingfeng watched as the water in the pot had already boiled, but the father and daughter were still looking at each other affectionately.
After enduring for a long time, he finally couldn't help but speak and broke the warm atmosphere, "Well, sir, the water is boiling."
Qin Songmo responded when he heard the voice.
He released his grip on his little daughter's hand and began rolling and cutting the dough with very skillful movements.
Before he was granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister, his life was hard.
On ordinary days, it is a luxury to eat a bowl of hot noodles.
Now he has been sitting in the position of Prime Minister of Great Chu for many years, but he still sticks to his past ways.
In addition, his skill of making Yangchun noodles was also taught by an old friend, and he has never forgotten it over the years.
After eating plain noodles, Li Shengyi, who was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his back, sat on the chair and burped with his hands covering his mouth.
Qin Songmo doesn't have a big appetite, so it was a pleasant surprise for him to have an extra meal tonight.
He only ate half of a bowl of plain noodles before putting down his chopsticks.
"Go wash up, then go back to your room and sleep."
Seeing his daughter burping after eating, Qin Songmo would not even look at such an action if it happened to someone else in the past.
However, the one doing this was his beloved daughter. After watching his little daughter covering her mouth and burping, her eyes kept rolling in her sockets as if she was afraid that others would discover her lack of manners.
He just felt cute.
He could no longer go to the room reserved for Meng Jiuan in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Qin Songmo was just about to call Lu Xing and take his little daughter back to Shuiyunju to rest.
Suddenly, he felt a warm palm covering his hand on the table. He turned around and saw his little daughter looking at him with her bright eyes.
"What? Still can't sleep?"
Li Shengyi shook his head, "Daddy, I want to sleep with you."
"Don't worry, I sleep very well. I can even tell you a bedtime story. I will never disturb Daddy."
Li Shengyi was almost ready to raise his hand and swear.
She looked at the person in front of her eagerly, her eyes full of pleading.
Qin Songmo took her gaze in, and his heart moved. He should have refused on the grounds that 'men and women should not touch each other', but as if possessed by some unknown force, he nodded.
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