"No need, I feel much better now." Qi Yuan shook his head, but cleverly hooked his finger around Lin Wanyue's.
Lin Wanyue noticed this, but didn't take it too seriously. Her two little eyebrows clung together like caterpillars.
He frowned, pondering what exactly was going on.
Qi Sichen touched Qi Yuan's forehead and found that the fever had indeed subsided. Relieved, he gently rubbed Lin Wanyue's head and comforted her, saying, "Don't worry too much. The fever has subsided now, and there are two imperial physicians guarding outside. Nothing will happen."
Lin Wanyue didn't recognize these imperial physicians, but she figured their medical skills wouldn't be too bad.
Qi Yuan held her soft little hand, a secret joy welling up inside him. He was already feeling tired from his illness, and holding Lin Wanyue's soft little hand made him feel even warmer and safer. His eyelids fluttered twice, and then he slowly drifted off to sleep.
"Wanwan, why don't you sit here for a while? I'll take you back later. Let him rest for a bit, okay?" Qi Sichen asked Lin Wanyue tentatively in a low voice.
Even though he knew in his heart that a child as young as Lin Wanyue shouldn't stay up late, Qi Sichen still hardened his heart.
After all, in his heart, Qi Yuan was more important than anyone else.
"Okay." Lin Wanyue didn't pay much attention to these things. Instead, she thought that Qi Yuan was clinging to her because he was sick. She nodded, which was considered an agreement.
With only two people guarding the emperor in the vast palace, Lin Wanyue couldn't help but feel a little bored. She touched Lin Diaodiao, who was lying on her knee, with one hand, and looked around with her eyes.
She has a very good memory; after looking at it a couple more times, she noticed something was wrong!
Where did the talismans in this palace go?!
Lin Wanyue was startled and looked around more carefully. There wasn't a single talisman to ward off ghosts in the palace.
This is clearly wrong!
She had toured all the palaces the emperor frequented, and even the Imperial Garden was covered with talismans to ward off evil spirits. Some of these talismans were carved into small wooden figures and hung in various places, supposedly for the purpose of praying for blessings.
The palace maids and eunuchs dared not touch the things that the emperor had personally bestowed upon them, and Lin Wanyue saw them when she went to stroll in the Imperial Garden.
But this time, there wasn't a single talisman in the palace!
"Wanwan?" Qi Sichen noticed that Lin Wanyue's expression was a little off, so he asked in a low voice, "Did you discover something?"
Qi Sichen felt a bit scared, thinking that some ghosts or monsters had appeared again, and he looked around warily.
Apart from the tall shadows of the night guards cast on the windows, and the sounds of a few eunuchs yawning outside, there were no other noises.
Everything around was normal.
Lin Wanyue nodded and said, "Godfather, it seems that none of the talismans we set up in this palace are left."
"Really?" Qi Sichen stood up and searched around the places where the talismans were kept, but there really wasn't a single one.
The people serving the emperor were all carefully selected by him and had been instructed not to touch anything Lin Wanyue sent.
But all of these things have disappeared?
A cold smile appeared on Qi Sichen's lips. "It seems the person hiding behind there couldn't hold back any longer and made a move so quickly."
Lin Wanyue looked at Qi Sichen with a hint of confusion in her eyes.
"Wanwan." Qi Sichen didn't intend to explain to her. Instead, he squatted down in front of Lin Wanyue and asked her softly, "Godfather knows that Wanwan has always been the most obedient and clever. But this time, someone is hiding in the shadows, trying to hurt your brother Yuan'er. What your brother Yuan'er saw just now was probably real, but he has now escaped. Do you have any way to help him avoid these things? Godfather will definitely not treat you unfairly."
Lin Wanyue looked at her godfather and it was as if she saw a glittering gold nugget!
She nodded obediently, took out a purple talisman from her sleeve, and told her godfather, "Godfather, if we put this in this room, no ghost will be so foolish as to come and die. However..."
"But what?" Qi Sichen quickly pressed for an answer.
Now that Lin Wanyue has come up with a solution, she will surely be able to resolve this matter. As for the potential consequences, we'll have to wait and see.
Lin Wanyue's two small eyebrows furrowed again: "But I don't have many of these talismans. What if someone steals them again?"
The enemy is in the dark, while we are in the light.
Even if they have many talismans, they can't keep an eye on them all the time. If someone secretly takes them away or switches them, they won't be effective and could still hurt Qi Yuan at any time.
Qi Sichen pondered for a moment, then said, "Wanwan, don't worry, we just need to hide the things, right?"
"But where can we hide it?" Lin Wanyue asked.
This is the palace, not the Lin family's place.
The Lin family had few servants, most of whom were busy with the shops. Only two or three were responsible for opening the doors and keeping things clean. They were not allowed to go out, and it was easy to keep an eye on things if they moved around inside. However, in the palace, there were people serving almost all the time, so there probably weren't as many eyes watching.
"Oh." Qi Sichen laughed. "Don't worry about that. I have a way of handling it."
As he spoke, he pulled a short blade from his boot and flicked it against the floor tiles above the emperor's bed.
It couldn't be pried open...
Qi Sichen: "..."
Qi Sichen moved the cabinet next to him, and with great effort, finally pried open the floor tiles underneath before putting the talisman down and moving the cabinet back.
No one would have guessed that there was a talisman hidden underneath.
If any ghost dares to barge in, it will only be destined to be annihilated.
Lin Wanyue tried to quietly pull her hand back, but as soon as she moved, Qi Yuan seemed to notice and twitched his eyelids, so Lin Wanyue had no choice but to stop making any rash moves.
"Sigh..." She watched Qi Sichen painstakingly hide the talisman and sighed like a little adult: "This isn't a solution."
Qi Sichen found her amusing and couldn't resist reaching out to touch her hair. Lin Wanyue wasn't having it and pushed him away.
"Your hands are dirty!" Lin Wanyue covered her head with one hand, her round eyes staring at Qi Sichen, clear, clean, and with a touch of childlike innocence.
Qi Sichen laughed and said, "What's there to worry about? Since their plan failed, they'll naturally have to come and see how it goes. We'll wait and see; the fox will surely show its tail. I don't believe we can't catch them."
“When the time comes…” Qi Sichen revealed a cruel smile.
Lin Wanyue looked at him, hoping to hear his arrival, but after waiting for a long time without hearing Qi Sichen speak, she had no choice but to ask herself, "What will happen when the time comes?"
"I will die." Qi Sichen smiled gently. As for what he would encounter before he died, he didn't need to explain it to a little girl who was only five or six years old.
If he scared his goddaughter, his nephew would probably make a scene.
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