Wishful Things

Seeing the girl eating seriously, an inexplicable sense of accomplishment rose from the bottom of Wu Chao's heart.

Xiao Qi was also careful, and did not forget to prepare the Tianmu portion—a plate of soft and rotten beef stewed in white water.

After Xu Mingyi finished eating, he put down his chopsticks, and Wu Chaoshi said, "I'll bring you breakfast tomorrow."

While talking, looking at Big Bird who had already eaten all the beef on the plate in front of him, but still had no intention of giving up his seat, and even dozed off with peace of mind, Wu Chao lifted the bird up, dropped on the ground.

The big bird, who was full, didn't express any dissatisfaction, and fell asleep comfortably at Xu Mingyi's feet.

"Aren't you going back to Beijing tomorrow?" Xu Mingyi asked Wu Chao.

"I have talked with the prince in private. I will stay here. If something happens, I can deal with it in time."

What's more, he was worried that she was here alone.

"What reason do you want to stay? Don't attract the attention of interested people." Xu Mingyi said cautiously.

"The scenery of Lingshan Mountain is pleasant. As a grandson of the Dingnan Prince's Mansion who has nothing to do, it is not surprising that I want to stay for a few more days to enjoy the scenery."

Xu Mingyi felt that this was true, so he nodded and said, "If you can stay, the prince can feel more at ease."

Regarding the matter of the Empress Dowager, His Royal Highness Yan Wang must be the one who worries the most, but as the vassal who is most taboo by the emperor, his every move is under the close attention of everyone. It is undoubtedly impossible to be around the queen mother.

And in this situation, it's time for them, the juniors who act relatively freely, to contribute.

Wu Chao looked at her and said, "I can do very little, but you are really troubled this time."

She was pretending to be a maid, and she couldn't get enough to eat, and she had to cheer up all the time.

"It's only natural to eat people's food and eliminate disasters with others." Xu Mingyi put the plate back into the food box and said in a relaxed tone.

There was a smile in Wu Chao's eyes when he heard this, and he said softly: "I asked Xiao Wu to lead people to guard near this mausoleum temple. If anything happens, they will show up in time."

As for why not Xiaoqi——

The food box in front of me has already explained everything.

Xu Mingyi nodded, and then said: "I haven't found anything unusual yet, but don't worry, I will pay attention to it."

With that said, he stood up and said, "I have to go back, you should go too."

On the queen mother's side, she was worried that she would leave for too long.

Wu Chao then stood up, "Okay, take care of everything."

Xu Mingyi agreed, and bent over to hug the sleeping bird.

"You don't have to be so spoiled with it." Wu Chao said in a low tone.

"It's okay, and you can still hug it."

In that dream, at least she helped her guard the tomb for so long, so she should try to coddle her a little bit.

Seeing that Wu Chao persuaded her not to move, he didn't say much, he just stood outside the pavilion and watched her go away.

Seeing the girl's figure disappearing completely without turning back to look at him, the boy resigned himself to his fate and turned around, empathizing with his father's situation more and more.

Xu Mingyi returned to the monastery, and after placing the Tianmu in the room, he cleaned his hands and face, tidied his clothes and hair, and after Shi Shi checked to make sure there was nothing wrong, he went to knock on the Empress Dowager's room. Door.

When she came back just now, she saw that the lights in the Empress Dowager's room were still brightly lit.

"Come in." Zhiyue's voice came from the room.

Xu Mingyi pushed the door open and entered.

Indoors, the Empress Dowager is sitting behind a small case and is copying scriptures. Nanny Lan trims the candle wicks on the case with red rope scissors, and Zhiyue stands aside.

At this time, the three of them subconsciously looked up at her.

Zhiyue doesn't know her identity.

At least it seems so.

Xu Mingyi turned his body slightly, and said softly: "The servant girl is ordered by the princess to come to serve Mo for the empress dowager."

"This child is quite caring." The Empress Dowager smiled and nodded, "Come here."

Xu Mingyi answered "Yes", walked over, knelt down on the cattail mat beside him, rolled up his sleeves, rubbed the ink carefully with his downcast eyes, and didn't say much.

The Empress Dowager always had a faint smile on her face.

Others don't know, but Nanny Lan is very aware of the reason behind her queen mother's smile.

Seeing that the Queen Mother had finished copying another page, and glanced at the hourglass, Sister Lan reminded softly: "Your Majesty, it's time to enter, why don't you copy tomorrow."

"Since you are praying for blessings, you must be sincere. If you don't do your best, how can you talk about sincerity." The queen mother smiled and said, "I don't feel tired or sleepy, so let's copy for a while."

Sister Lan sighed inwardly.

With Miss Xu at the side, I am afraid that the more you copy the scriptures, the more energetic you will be, and the empress may not feel sleepy after copying until dawn.

Nanny Lan had to let Zhiyue go down to rest first, and Zhiyue had to arrange things during the day, so she didn't have to do the night watch.

Zhiyue glanced at Xu Mingyi as if she didn't know anything, then bowed and retreated.

At this time, Concubine Sun just came in from the outside.

"I know you are still copying."

Concubine Sun came over with a tray in her hand, and said softly, "The concubine made you a cup of lily pear soup."

"Can you put rock sugar in today?" The Queen Mother asked with a smile.

Since leaving the palace, this pear soup was stewed by Concubine Sun every day.

"Of course it's added, it's worth a few bucks." Concubine Sun took the soup cup off the tray, lifted the lid, and steam came out, "Drink it while it's hot, and drink it in small sips, it's the most nourishing to the lungs." The concubine heard that your cough these two days has finally improved a lot, so it can be seen that it is still of some use."

this...

She thinks it's a good prescription for her future granddaughter-in-law.

The queen mother thought so in her heart, still nodded with a smile on her face, and said: "You put it away first, and wait for Ai's family to finish copying these two sentences. You have been tired all day, and you still have to cook soup for Ai's family. It's time now, let's go back and rest."

Concubine Sun said with a smile: "The spirit of my concubine is not bad, I will stay with you for a while."

Xu Mingyi's grinding movements paused, and he raised his eyes slightly, looking at the cup of pear soup.

Is she in trouble again?

She remembered that when she followed Jiaojiao to the Empress Dowager's place several times, Concubine Sun would often send soup there, and there was no problem.

The queen mother finished copying a paragraph and put down her pen.

Concubine Sun moved the scriptures and other things aside, and slowly pushed the soup cup to the Empress Dowager.

The queen mother picked up the spoon and stirred it slowly a few times.

All these movements seemed to slow down again and again in Xu Mingyi's eyes.

And just when the clear yellow soup in the spoon was about to be taken into the mouth by the old man, the ink stick she was holding tightly slipped in the inkstone, slipped out of the inkstone, and a wisp of ink was splashed in front of her eyes— —

"...Miss, be careful!"

As if afraid that the ink splashed on the queen mother would cause punishment, the girl leaned over in panic and raised her hand to block it. Because of her panic, when her arm swept over the desk, she accidentally knocked the cup of pear soup to the ground ——