Li Shengyi was still thinking about her little glutinous rice balls before going to bed.
That was her first pet. The parrot was well-behaved and listened to everything she said.
When she thought of it flapping its wings and flying out of the courtyard to find her in the heavy snow, she couldn't help but bury her head in the quilt and feel sad.
This was the scene Qin Songmo saw when he was invited to Shuiyunju.
The little girl curled herself up in the quilt. Maybe she was too stuffy, so she quietly opened the quilt a little to let some fresh air in.
Lu Xing was currently watching the young master's every move in the room with a frown on her face.
When she turned around and wanted to tell the Prime Minister that the young lady had been in this state for more than half an hour, she saw that the Prime Minister's brows relaxed.
It looks like... he's smiling?
Noticing Lu Xing's gaze on him, Qin Songmo suppressed the smile on his face and asked her in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"After dinner, the young lady returned to the courtyard. She seemed to be in a depressed mood and even covered herself with the quilt when she slept."
"It's freezing outside, and the young lady is frail. Even though there's a charcoal brazier in the room, if she catches a cold..."
By then, the prime ministers will probably be heartbroken again.
Lu Xing served her young lady for half a year.
Although this eccentric young lady was sometimes out of tune, she would always envy her every time she saw her standing up for the Prime Minister.
Not only do I envy the young lady's innocence, I also envy the Prime Minister for not choosing the wrong person. The young lady's arrival has really changed a lot in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
It was a turbulent winter in the capital during this period. Lu Xing had watched the young lady disappear in front of her eyes several times, and she always blamed herself.
As time went by, Lu Xing went from being a maid who had to watch the young lady grow up helplessly to a nagging maid who couldn't help but nag no matter what the young lady did.
Just like tonight.
If Li Shengyi knew that Lu Xing would invite her father over, he would definitely stop Lu Xing.
Lu Xing was really worrying too much. Her father doted on her so much that if he could pick the stars from the sky, he would bring them to her.
Ever since she returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion from the villa, a charcoal basin has been burning in her room all day long. The silver charcoal never goes out, and the whole room is as warm as late spring.
She couldn't get cold at all.
Unfortunately, she was worried about whether Tangyuan would freeze to death in this cold winter, and she didn't notice that there was an extra person in her room.
After listening to Lu Xing's concerns, Qin Songmo nodded slightly and said, "I understand. You can go down and rest first."
With the Prime Minister here, the young lady would listen to him the most. Lu Xing breathed a sigh of relief and then went back to the couch in the outer room to take a nap.
When Qin Songmo lifted the door curtain and walked into the inner room, he happened to see his little daughter's chubby little hand sticking out from under the quilt.
Perhaps hearing the noise of the door curtain being lifted, a muffled groan came from under the quilt.
"Lu Xing, I told you, I want to be alone."
The room was silent. After Li Shengyi finished speaking, he wiped the corners of his slightly red eyes with the corner of the quilt after waiting for a long time for "Lu Xing" to respond.
"Why aren't you saying anything? You're such a small bird, Tangyuan'er. Why is he running around in the middle of winter instead of staying in the courtyard?"
"The capital is so big, and it's not a dog, and its sense of smell isn't very sharp, so how could it find me?"
"If it freezes to death, then should I copy the Rebirth Sutra for it and send it on its way?"
Qin Songmo's heart tightened when he heard his little daughter's crying voice.
Just as he stepped forward and was about to lift the quilt to hold his little daughter in his arms to comfort her, he heard the words "Nirvana Sutra" from her mouth.
The corner of his eye twitched slightly, and he took a deep breath, suppressing a smile and said, "If Shengyi is reluctant to part with it, we can just raise another one."
"It's different. Tangyuan is Tangyuan. No one can... Dad? Why are you here so late at night?"
Li Shengyi finally realized that something was wrong and pulled back the quilt covering him.
Seeing the thin figure standing beside the bed in the candlelight, she quickly kicked off the quilt and made a gesture to get out of bed.
Qin Songmo was worried that she would get cold, so he went forward and held her in his arms, then covered her with a blanket. "You're running around barefoot in the middle of winter, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"
"How could that be? I have charcoal burning in my room all day long, and it's not cold at all."
Li Shengyi sat in her father's arms and sniffed.
Qin Songmo saw the tears glistening in the corners of her eyes. He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears with his calloused fingertips. "Because of a bird, you secretly hid under the quilt and cried alone at night?"
"Sheng Yi has really grown up?"
Being ridiculed, Li Shengyi raised his eyes and glared at him, "What's wrong with me crying? I'm just being loving!"
"Daddy, can Tangyuan really survive the cold winter? What if it freezes to death?"
"Every year, birds freeze to death, and countless animals also freeze to death in the mountains. We can't cry over them all with our good intentions. What if someone cries like a blind little man?"
A deep voice came from his chest.
Li Shengyi pursed his lips and muttered, "It's different. I raised Tangyuan."
Qin Songmo smiled and raised his hand to pat her head twice, "Tangyuan'er is as smart as you, maybe he is hiding somewhere to avoid the cold."
"Maybe it will come back next spring."
Even though she knew that her father was just trying to comfort her, Li Shengyi still lay in his arms and nodded.
[Wow, my little Tangyuan, you died so miserably——]
[It's my fault for not protecting you. If you come back to me in your next life, I will definitely protect you and never let you freeze to death again.]
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