embroidered handkerchief
It's late at night.
The lamp in front of the table illuminated several strands of silk thread. The man's rough fingertips gently gripped the needle, but he wasn't particularly careful when sewing. Perhaps his eyes were focused only on the lady in pink who was dozing off with her face in her hands.
Ren Beixi said calmly: "If you are tired, go and rest. I will go get some water."
Gui Yao opened her eyes drowsily, feeling helpless under her long eyelashes, and pushed his wrist.
"Didn't I just wash it..."
She simply pulled the man's wrist towards her, rested her thin chin on his pulse, shook her head, and listened quietly to the good night breeze. Then she pulled herself together: "I have to go back to the Queen."
But all I heard was the man's muffled laughter.
"What are you laughing at?"
"It's midnight, aren't you afraid of encountering ghosts in the palace?"
Gui Yao suddenly thought of what Shen Yuan had said before about how lively the former dynasty and the harem were.
She nodded, and suddenly remembered that she had traveled through time and space, so why should she be afraid of ghosts? She stared at Ren Beixi's almond-shaped eyes and blinked again.
Just as she was about to say the word "I'm not afraid", she saw the man trying to put the black clothes he had just mended back on.
She leaned forward slightly and reached out to stop him.
Ren Beixi's eyes darkened. He lowered his eyes and saw his wife shaking her head vigorously. He didn't know what she was shaking about, so he had no choice but to hold her slender hand that was resting on his chest, interlocking their fingers.
"Looks good?" the man asked in a deep voice.
Gui Yao felt that he asked too many questions tonight. First he asked her if she missed him and if she wanted to stay. Then he asked her half-heartedly and rudely if she liked him and if he had arrived. Now he even asked for such a simple answer.
She stared at Ren Beixi's muscular body with smooth texture without blinking. The candlelight at night made his abdominal muscles look even more lustful. His chest muscles seemed to be heated by her gaze. She raised her eyes and was frightened by the depth in the man's eyes.
Gui Yao pinched his chest muscles again when she pulled her hand away.
"If I don't go back, my aunt and the little bird will worry about me," she said seriously.
Ren Beixi thought about it particularly seriously.
"Then I'll take you back."
"How can that be possible... If you were seen walking around the palace in the middle of the night, they would think they were seeing a ghost."
Gui Yao felt a little aggrieved, especially when she found that the man held her hand again but had no intention of leaving the table. She simply pulled her hand away and held it to her chest.
I don't want to bother with anyone anymore.
This man now likes to tease her more and more.
It was clearly her who teased him in the past. When Gui Yao thought of this, she had some bad ideas in her mind.
She looked at Ren Beixi with her curved eyes, and the next second she pushed him towards the bed in the hall.
She took advantage of the candlelight to see the soft pillow that had been placed under her waist, and finally understood where General Ren's needlework skills came from.
For a moment, I couldn't bear it anymore.
Gui Yaoning glanced at the embroidered handkerchief she had handed back, put one hand on the man's chest, and whispered something behind his ear.
The night wore on, and she had no intention of returning home. She only listened to the man's muffled groans as he was tied to the chair. "Didn't you want to leave?" The handkerchief in her hand was indeed interesting. The man panted and asked her if she could still listen to his voice.
Gui Yao told him that he could temporarily turn off the ability to read people's minds.
He took advantage of her distraction while she was explaining and scolding him, and it was already late at night when Ren Beixi was finally released.
Guiyao rubbed her hands and went to fetch water.
Then he saw the man who had just begged for mercy carrying the basin of water with one hand back into the inner room.
When she realized that there was not only satisfaction in Ren Beixi's eyes, but also another meaning, she was already so sleepy that she curled up in his arms and couldn't open her eyes.
What bad intentions could my husband have?
My husband just wants Yaoyao to stay.
...
The next day, when Gui Yao woke up, she vaguely heard the sound of Ren Beixi practicing martial arts in the yard.
The sun overhead was clearly at noon.
She was indeed a very heavy sleeper.
I haven't been able to sleep well these past few days in the Queen's Palace. I've had long dreamless nights, which has been a long time since I last did.
In front of the courtyard, Ren Beixi saw that she had woken up, so he put away his sword, walked over, held Gui Yao's hand, and took her to sit at the table in the courtyard.
Guiyao swayed around.
He asked, "Didn't the little bird come to see me?"
The man's hand pouring tea paused slightly.
Gui Yao followed his gaze and saw that the empty birdcage in the yard was now closed, and the little green bird inside was curled up and sleeping.
"Why lock her up?" she asked confusedly.
Ren Beixi raised his wrist.
She lowered her eyes and looked carefully, only to see that the man's sleeves had been pecked several times. It seemed that General Ren would have to work overtime sewing clothes tonight.
Guiyao was a little reluctant. She was reluctant to let him be pecked, and she was also reluctant to let go of this beautiful dress.
She was thinking about how to reconcile Shen Xiaoyuan and Ren Beixi, and casually took a bite of the peach blossom cake handed to her by Ren Beixi. It was delicious, but she still wanted to eat some rice.
Just thought of this.
Two figures suddenly appeared in front of the door in the distance.
Ren Hui walked in with a smile, carrying two food boxes.
Pin Yue followed behind him, holding a sword, with no expression on his face, but he looked even colder than usual.
He must be angry about Jiuchong's sword.
Thinking of this, Gui Yao mentally told the system to pause its mind-reading skills.
"Okay." The system completed the instruction.
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly asked again, "Host, do you think Pinyue likes Jiuchong?"
"You seem to have always cared about both of them."
Gui Yao was chewing another piece of chestnut cake handed to her by Ren Beixi. She couldn't see what the system looked like, nor could she recognize it. The idea that had been hidden in her heart for a long time could only be explored through the system's words.
System: "Host, please note that the main quest, Bird Raising, has reached 11% completion."
Guiyao directly dismissed the system that was trying to change the subject.
So the four of them sat in the yard and started eating. The food Xiao Hui brought should have come from the imperial kitchen, the same food box she had asked for a few days ago.
The food in the imperial kitchen is indeed delicious.
She suddenly remembered that the queen didn't like to eat much and was frail. With this main task weighing on her mind, she was still a little hesitant.
There were noises in the yard, and the little bluebird that was sleeping comfortably in the birdcage woke up.
Gui Yao used her elbow to grab Ren Beixi, but the man next to her held out his sleeve to her, making her earlobe a little red. She put down her chopsticks and wanted to rescue Shen Xiaoyuan.
Unexpectedly, she couldn't reach the birdcage even if she stood on tiptoe.
The young lady felt very aggrieved. She raised her head slightly but it fell against the man's strong chest. He reached out and pulled away the wooden stick, and the bird in the cage was about to peck him angrily again.
Guiyao made a quick decision and hugged the bird.
Shen Yuan's inner voice called out: "Yaoyao! I wanted to fly in to see you this morning! Who would have thought that General Ren would not let me in! I'm a bird, what can I do if I go in to take a look! Didn't I see those two hugging each other in the Pepper Room before! "
Gui Yao rubbed her little face with her fingertips, and the helpless and angry little bird finally sat back on Gui Yao's shoulder obediently.
The little green bird said nothing, but its stomach was rumbling.
Guiyao smiled and scooped out the beans from the food box for her, watching the dog peck at them cutely.
Ren Hui curiously tried to tease the beautiful bird.
Just as he was about to go over and talk to Pin Yue, he suddenly felt scared and turned his head to look at the general curiously: "When I followed the general before, I knew that he attracted small animals. Now that I see the lady, I know that there are people who are better than you. The general is not like the lady."
Guiyao smiled and asked him to eat more.
Shen Yuan looked at the two new people at the table curiously, and his big eyes suddenly met the gaze of Pin Yue, who had her hair tied up and looked quite heroic.
The bird's body trembled!
Pinyue looked away first and said calmly, "Dalang used to like birds too. There are still many rare birds on Shuxi Mountain, but none of them are as beautiful as this bluebird."
Shen Yuan thought she was praising her, so she flapped her wings and flew over to get close to her.
"Beautiful things don't last long."
"Isn't that Dalang?"
Pin Yue drank a few drops of wine from his cup, stood up, bowed to Gui Yao and said, "My dear, I will go to the Imperial Master's residence to look after him for the next few days. I'll take my leave now."
Gui Yao was a little stunned. Looking at her back as she walked very fast, she quickly stood up and trotted over.
"Sister Pinyue, can I ask you something?" She hadn't run far when she was supported by Pinyue, who had stopped walking. Her eyes were filled with pity and tenderness. Guiyao was too embarrassed to tell her that she had recovered, so she just looked at her and nodded before asking, "Sister, can you tell me why my brother likes birds?"
Pinyue paused.
"In the past, Jiuchong used to like to tease Dalang about being the reincarnation of a fairy cat. If he had both legs, he would definitely go for a stroll and write three thousand poems."
She frowned.
In a trance, I saw on the red painted palace wall, the young man Ren Zhong, who was like a happy knight in the past, leaning in the shade of a tree.
"I like birds. It's a comfort."
Gui Yao thanked her, looked at her neat and tidy back, and suddenly put down the hand that she had just held next to her ear.
She was sure she only heard Pin Yue say these few words, but in her mind just now...
Clearly, many voices have entered my mind.
Pinyue never speaks easily, and Guiyao didn't let the system open up to her just now.
"sorry."
Gui Yao listened to the system's gentle apology and said, "If there's anything else you want to hear next time, tell me first, okay?"
"I can answer your question just now. Pinyue cares about Jiuchong, but he cares about someone else even more."
In the distance, Ren Beixi stood in front of the palace gate, dressed in black and holding the bird in one hand.
Gui Yao just lowered her eyes and rescued Shen Xiaoyuan back to her palm, and then asked in her heart, "Do you still want to ask me whether Jiuchong likes Pinyue?"
The system only said: "I just miss you a little."
Guiyao vaguely understood.
But she didn't understand clearly enough. Perhaps, she needed a side quest to find the truth, but the system didn't seem to be planning to release any more side quests.
She sat on a small wooden stake in the yard and read a book.
The scene was crystal clear under the sunlight, but Guiyao was looking at the mind-reading notebook that she had not read for a long time.
/Xianyu City Side Quest/
Completed:
Cats kill ladies 100%.
Phoenix Drink 100%
Unlocked: ????????
/Xiaohe Village Side Quest/
Completed:
Loose ink without trace 100%
Turtle's life span is 100%
/Wuhua City Side Quest/
Completed:
100%
Unlocked: ????????
/Mind Reading Notes Main Quest/
Completed:
marry
Go to Beijing
In progress: Bird breeding
In the past, she thought that this unlocked item was available in every chapter, but after collecting Xiaohe Village, and with Wuhua City as a reference, it can be seen that Xianyu City and Wuhua City still have at least one side quest left.
System, is your secret hidden in it?
And I and Shen Yuan.
Why did I fall into this world?
Ren Beixi walked out of the inner room with his hands behind his back.
Gui Yao closed the book in her hand and looked up at him as he approached.
Xiao Hui was still taking notes.
Seeing Ren Beixi nod, Gui Yao answered seriously, "I was standing high up at the time, and I saw that the man in purple on the far left was very concerned about Mr. Qiu."
"I don't know if it's because I'm shortsighted, but I always feel like the official man who hasn't spoken yet is looking at the man standing in the middle, his gaze lingering between Elder Qiu and Censor Li."
"However, the man in white on Mr. Qiu's right, when he saw Mr. Qiu fall, didn't want to help him at all."
When their eyes met, Gui Yao told her what she had read in a different way.
With this, the events at the banquet came to a temporary end.
"Will General Ren not blame us?"
"Um."
Gui Yao heard Ren Hui and Ren Beixi asking and answering each other at the door. When she looked up, she saw Ren Beixi turning back and waving as if he had sensed something.
She casually put the book on the table, walked over and asked him curiously what was wrong.
Just see that in the distance.
The emperor stepped down from the dragon chariot first and, before everyone could salute, he spoke solemnly, "Ren Beixi, a kumquat lamp and two boxes of red dates have been stolen from my imperial presence. And today, the roots of the narcissus flowers, the queen's favorite, were bitten off."
"I suspect it was you who did it."
Ren Beixi: ...I don’t understand but I want to hold Guiyao’s hand first, but I see my wife happily going to chat with the queen behind. We hold hands and meet each other under the flowers.
"I have never done this."
"Really? This is an even greater crime. I don't believe it, but considering our long-standing friendship, I will allow you to retrieve the stolen goods in the palace. Before that, you are not allowed to leave the palace."
After the emperor finished speaking, he threw the token on his body to Ren Beixi and turned to leave.
However, he found that Ren Beixi had not touched the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone that he had sent to him not long ago.
Now Gao Shun was really angry.
Just as she was about to say something, Li Jiao, who had just finished speaking, grabbed her arm and asked softly, "Is Sister Yaoyao going back with us?"
Before Gao Shun left, he left behind this decree: "I promise the Lady of the Gui family to assist General Ren in handling the case!"
Ren Beixi watched the emperor and empress leave with dozens of palace maids, then lowered his eyes and saw Gui Yao's brows furrowed.
He asked her what was wrong.
Gui Yao was still thinking about the request the Queen had just made to her. When her face was pinched, she raised her head and shook her head at Ren Beixi inattentively.
The little bird above her head was still lying on her head.
Her big eyes were filled with curiosity after hearing the conspiracy between her two sisters-in-law.
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