Chapter 287 Little Girl
The young nurse discovered that her boss was not in good spirits today. He kept yawning and looked very sleepy. It was strange. He had not been particularly busy these two days. Why was the boss so tired?
Yu Zhan made himself a cup of coffee to refresh himself, but his mind couldn't help but think of the somewhat absurd dream he had last night.
He dreamed that he traveled through time and space to ancient times.
At that time, he was still wearing pajamas, but the surrounding environment suddenly changed from his bedroom to a place similar to a palace. Looking around, there was nothing modern around him, and he was completely stunned.
Several palace maids in ancient dresses walked over from a distance. Thanks to his girlfriend being a Hanfu goddess, he could tell at a glance that the clothes they were wearing were Hanfu. It seemed that this era was the Han Dynasty.
The strange thing was that the maids seemed to not see him and walked past him without noticing him. Then, a group of patrolling soldiers came over with weapons in hand. He was a little scared when he saw the long swords in the soldiers' hands. He wanted to hide but there was nowhere to hide. He was ready to die, but the soldiers still didn't see him.
It was indeed a dream, Yu Zhan thought, otherwise how could the palace maids and soldiers not sense his presence?
But it’s also good this way, he can walk around and see the world without any worries.
Yu Zhan was like a tourist, leisurely walking along the stone road, visiting one palace after another. He first saw the majestic main hall and could not help but turn in. The emperor was a man in his thirties, who was sitting inside, meeting with ministers. Yu Zhan could not understand what they were talking about, so he left and went to the queen's palace, called the Pepper Room. The Pepper Room was equally gorgeous and luxurious. The queen dressed herself up with the help of the palace maids. She looked a little younger than the emperor, and her appearance was not very beautiful, but very dignified. Yu Zhan had no interest in the queen, so he quickly visited the Pepper Room and left.
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The entire palace was huge, and Yu Zhan's feet were sore from walking, so he leaned against the wall to rest. At this moment, he vaguely heard the cry of a child coming from the other side of the wall.
Being kind-hearted, he couldn't help but go around the city wall to see what was going on.
There was a little girl, estimated to be about four years old, sitting on the ground, crying loudly. Even though he knew that the other party couldn't see him, Yu Zhan still walked up to her and said, "Poor little girl, are you lost?"
Unexpectedly, the little girl raised her head, and he saw a pair of red eyes from crying, looking at him with fear.
Yu Zhan was sure that she could see him, and he comforted the little girl, "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."
The little girl wiped her tears and said in a childish voice, "You look like a bad person. My aunt said that only criminals have no hair."
Yu Zhan: “…”
"I have hair, but it's a little shorter than the people here." Yu Zhan pulled out a bunch of his hair to show her, "If you don't believe me, you can touch it."
The little girl reached out her hand doubtfully and touched the short, wiry hair.
She tilted her head and asked,
"Why is your hair so short?"
Yu Zhan inexplicably felt that the child's little movement of tilting his head was a little familiar.
"I'm from somewhere else, and men there all have short hair."
"Oh," the little girl looked at his clothes again, "your clothes are weird too, are they what people in your area wear too?"
"Yes, I do."
The little girl stopped crying. Yu Zhan found that she was very cute, with a delicate face and almond-shaped eyes. Because she was young, her eyes looked round and big, so adorable.
Children who appear in the palace are generally princes and princesses.
Could this little girl be some little princess?
But the clothes she wore were shabby and ill-fitting, and the palace maids' clothes were better than hers.
Yu Zhan simply squatted down, level with the little girl's eyes, and asked her gently, "You haven't told me yet, why are you crying?"
"I got lost and forgot where my home is," the little girl said to herself with a look of annoyance, "I shouldn't have sneaked out. If my aunt knew, she would definitely spank me, and Madam Xu would also scold me."
"Then you must go back quickly before they find out," Yu Zhan said, imitating her tone.
"But I can't go back. These roads and walls are all the same. I can't tell which is which."
“What is your home like?”
The little girl thought about it carefully and said, "The windows are blue and I can't see the sun at all. The patterns carved on the door are blurred. The gold on the rafters is peeling off. The grass in the yard is all withered and yellow. Oh, there is also a big banyan tree in front of my house."
Having just witnessed the luxurious life of the emperor and empress, Yu Zhan felt that the place described by the little girl did not look like a palace.
"Do you live in the palace?"
"Yes, of course, I am a real princess!" The little girl straightened her chest and spoke in a proud voice, but a trace of loneliness flashed across her childish eyes.
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