Xiliang, Xiangning Prefecture.
In a farmhouse courtyard in Dongbai County, a beautiful woman is tending to the peonies in the yard.
The courtyard was filled with peonies, not only in vibrant colors, but also in pale yellow, snow-white, and pea-green hues—each color representing a different variety. Anyone knowledgeable in the field would be astonished to find such rare and precious peonies in such an unassuming farmhouse courtyard.
However beautiful these peonies may be, they cannot compare to the beauty of the woman standing among them.
When Granny Shang came out of the small kitchen, she saw Bai Fuya still tending to her peonies and asked helplessly, "Your Highness, it's almost dark, why isn't the little prince back yet? Where did Master You take him this time?"
The little prince has been out all day, but the Empress isn't worried at all.
Bai Fuya said without turning her head, "Xiao Bao is greedy. He's probably gone to a restaurant in the city with You Yi again."
Upon hearing this, Granny Shang sighed helplessly once again.
The little prince is greedy for food, which is all because the empress always makes some terrible dishes for him, making him very afraid to eat the food at home now.
In addition, Master You himself is greedy and has to take the little prince with him wherever he goes to eat. How could the little prince not become greedy because of him?
Bai Fuya wasn't worried about Xiaobao being in danger outside. Even without Youyi following him, Xiaobao's current martial arts skills meant that ordinary people couldn't hurt him at all.
Besides, Xiao Bao is so cute, who would have the heart to hurt him!
Bai Fuya looked up at the sky, frowned and said, "It's probably going to rain tonight, so let's move all these flowers inside first."
"Yes," Granny Shang replied, and immediately went to move the flowers.
Taibai Tower is the largest restaurant in Xiangning Prefecture.
A middle-aged man, dressed in a gray robe, carrying a gourd of wine, with a baby face and a goatee, was carrying a little baby who was fair-skinned, delicate, and adorable.
The two were wolfing down the food at the table in the very center of Taibai Tower, devouring it in a flash.
Perhaps it was because the little baby was too cute, or perhaps it was because the middle-aged man looked too strange, or perhaps it was because the way the two of them ate was too unseemly, but in any case, this strange combination attracted the attention of all the diners in the restaurant.
Even the female manager of Taibai Tower noticed the two of them and said to the waiter serving dishes, "Go and get two more good dishes."
When the waiter saw that the shopkeeper was staring at the table in the middle, he immediately understood what was going on and went back to the kitchen.
Actually, this wasn't the first time these two had come to Taibai Tower, and the innkeeper had noticed them for a long time as well.
Based on his observation, the little child was definitely not the goatee's son. He wondered where the goatee had gotten such a cute child.
When the waiter brought the dishes, the manager took them and personally delivered them to the table in the middle.
Youyi and Xiaobao were enjoying their meal when they suddenly noticed two more main dishes on the table, and they were momentarily stunned.
After a while, Youyi came to his senses and looked at the female shopkeeper: "Did we order this? We didn't order it, did we?"
As Youyi spoke, she looked at Xiaobao again.
Xiao Bao shook his head like a rattle-drum, indicating that he didn't order anything either.
The shopkeeper looked at Xiaobao with burning eyes and said with a smile, "This is a gift from me to you."
These words instantly put Youyi on guard. Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious!
"Why should we let you deliver it? Don't we have our own money?"
As You Yi spoke, he reached into his pocket to take out some silver, but he couldn't find a single copper coin, no matter how he looked inside or outside.
Xiao Bao watched Youyi touching things here and there, speechless.
Master went out without any money again!
Seeing You Yi's appearance, the innkeeper knew he couldn't afford to pay, so he immediately said, "If you can't pay, that's fine. This meal is on me. And these two dishes are also on me. Eat them while they're hot!"
The shopkeeper's unusually enthusiastic manner made You Yi even more wary: "Who asked you to treat me?"
He couldn't produce any more silver. He glanced at himself and realized that apart from the wine in his gourd, which might still be worth some silver, he had nothing else of value on him.
Youyi had no choice but to turn his attention to Xiaobao. He knew that Xiaobao was wearing a jade lock around his neck, and reached out to take it off.
Xiao Bao seemed to have anticipated this move, and covered the jade lock on her chest in advance, glaring accusingly at You Yi.
Not again?
His master had mortgaged everything he owned.
The jade lock around his neck must not be touched again. It was left to him by his ancestor from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and he cannot let his master pawn it away so easily.
Youyi felt a little guilty under Xiaobao's glare, but there was nothing he could do.
Since he didn't have anything valuable on him, we could only borrow his things for now. Once he got the money, he could come and redeem them for us, right?
Youyi was determined to take Xiaobao's jade lock, but Xiaobao refused.
Seeing that Youyi was bullying Xiaobao, the shopkeeper couldn't stand it anymore and immediately said, "I already said we don't need any money. What are you doing? If you can't afford it, why are you making things difficult for the child?"
...The shopkeeper's words instantly put the boat on the water.
Seeing that all the guests were looking this way, Youyi didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of causing a misunderstanding.
The shopkeeper stared at Xiaobao expectantly: "This child isn't your biological son, is he?"
You Yi didn't want to pay any attention to her, but the shopkeeper looked You Yi up and down and said, "Judging from your appearance, you can't afford to raise this child. Why don't you leave the child with me and you can live a more comfortable life?"
"What did you say?" Youyi stared at the shopkeeper in shock, hardly believing his ears.
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