"Where are the big mosquitoes coming from now?"
Xiao Lingyu rolled his eyes and took the ointment, "It's better to apply it thicker."
"I'll apply it for you."
As Su Xingyi spoke, he scooped up a large amount of ointment with his fingers and spread it evenly on Xiao Lingyu's neck.
Xiao Lingyu took out another can of powder from her dressing table and handed it to him, "Apply another layer of powder, it's almost covered."
Su Xingyi continued to apply the paint, and after a moment he said, "It really can't be seen anymore."
Xiao Lingyu looked at himself in the small glass mirror and turned around. "Don't kiss my neck anymore. I remember I told you before, but you forgot."
"I haven't forgotten." Su Xingyi snatched the small glass mirror and took three steps back. "It's mainly because you didn't remember to bite my neck first, that's why I..."
"Oh! I was wrong. I forgot. Please forgive me."
Xiao Lingyu opened his mouth. "Louder!"
Su Xingyi quickly shut his mouth and rubbed his bitten shoulder. "I've got a new wound. What should I do if Xiao Xier asks me? Should I say I bit myself?"
Xiao Lingyu gathered his clothes and asked, "Could it be that you still want to sleep shirtless?"
"No, sleep with clothes on!"
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "Then it won't be visible. Let's go to the lotus pond to pick up Xiao Xier."
"Bang...bang...bang"
Lotus roots were thrown out from the lotus pond one by one.
There is someone in the lotus pond!
The couple looked at each other and walked over quickly.
Under the moonlight, in the lotus pond, Suning'an, with his bare chest, holding a sickle, was digging lotus roots while sweating profusely.
Thinking that he could eat lotus root stewed with pork ribs tomorrow, Su Ning'an dug very hard and didn't even notice the two people standing on the lotus pond.
"Cough cough cough..." Xiao Lingyu coughed lightly a few times, but Su Ning'an seemed not to hear and continued digging.
"Anger."
"Ah! Who is that?" Su Ning'an was so frightened that he raised his sickle and hugged it to his chest. "Mom and Dad, why are you here?"
Su Xingyi reached out and pulled him out of the lotus pond, wrapping the clothes on the ground around him. "It's so late and so cold, why did you come here to dig lotus roots?"
"I……"
Under the couple's coercion and inducement, Su Ning'an spoke the truth, "...I just couldn't sleep in bed, and was thinking about what to eat tomorrow. My mind thought of the lotus pond here and the lotus root stewed with pork ribs, so I came over to dig some. Fortunately, no one had dug it before, and there was still a lot left, which would last for a long time..."
As Xiao Lingyu dressed him, he said, "From now on, let the servants in the mansion do this kind of rough work. Don't do it yourself. You are the eldest son of the county lord's mansion and the eldest son of your princess mother. You are of noble status. You must protect your hands. They are used for painting."
"Yeah, I see."
"Go back quickly, take a hot bath and then go to sleep..."
"Daddy, Mommy, I'm back."
At this time, Xiao Xier's cheers came from above.
"younger sister!"
Su Ning'an looked up and saw a big fiery red bird flying low towards the lotus pond with Xiao Xier on its back.
Soon, Xiao Xier landed safely with a small bag on her back.
"When did you... go to heaven? How come I don't know?"
"Hahahaha... Big Brother, there's still so much you don't know!"
"Can Huanghuang fly to the sky with me on her back?"
Xiao Xier glanced at Su Ningan's plump little body and said, "You are too heavy. Huanghuang can't carry you."
“You’ll know if you can memorize it only if you try!”
After saying this, Su Ning'an pounced on Huanghuang, who quickly spread her wings and flew away.
"Hey! Huanghuang, don't run! If you don't carry me, how do you know you can't carry me?"
Huanghuang: Only a fool would carry him on his back!
"Okay, kids, it's late, we should go back to bed."
Su Xingyi took the bag from Xiao Xier and picked her up with one hand.
"Ang'er, let's take you back to Wutong Garden first."
"No, I'll go back by myself."
After returning to the main courtyard, Xiao Lingyu took Xiao Xier to the bathroom and said, "Tell mother, have you been happy these past few days in the Nankun Palace? Are your father and mother reluctant to see you return?"
"Mom, you don't know!" Xiao Xier lay on the edge of the bathtub as if she had been relieved of her stress.
"What's wrong?"
"I've only just realized how exhausting it is to make up lies and then cover them up. I originally wanted to secretly visit Mother and use aromatherapy to heal her, but I didn't expect the Empress to find out so early. Justifying my sudden appearance has taken a lot of thought..."
Xiao Lingyu laughed out loud when he heard this. "I think you succeeded in covering up your lie, didn't you?"
"It was a success. If it hadn't been, I would have really followed my grandfather back to Beiyi in a carriage."
"So you're going to fly back tomorrow?"
"In half a year, I will take a carriage back to recognize my ancestors. During this time, I will find the murderer behind the scenes. Otherwise, I will not feel at ease when I return to Nankun."
"Then how are you going to find the murderer behind this? Do you have any clues?"
Xiao Xier shook her head. "No, my mother told me the day she gave birth. She said I was born with insufficient Qi and blood, and my body was weak. I was not well-nourished in the womb, and I died a quarter of an hour after I was born."
Xiao Lingyu: "Who was in the room at that time?"
"It was Aunt Qiao and the others who attended to my mother's delivery. They are trustworthy. Father and my sister were also present."
"Is your sister here too?"
"Yes, my father and sister both came in to see me. They placed me at the head of my mother's bed, and when they went to pick me up, I was already dead. I asked them carefully, and they didn't seem to be lying. Everyone saw me being buried in the imperial mausoleum. I guess the murderer was the one who dug me out and threw me to Beiyi."
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