The hall was eerily quiet, and the secret guard stopped breathing.
There was a sudden noise near the window. Pei Zheng looked over and saw the lazy black cat jumping in from the window.
Jiang Yubai was still talking, "It's better not to let the little prince know about this matter for now, I'm afraid he won't be able to accept it."
Pei Zheng stared at the window, stood up suddenly and walked out of the lobby.
It's already early spring, but it's unusually cold today.
Pei Zheng walked through the archway in the front yard and, as expected, saw a small figure standing under a tree, looking up at the sky.
He walked over slowly, lifted his robe and wrapped the person in his arms. Only then did he realize that the little person's entire body was shaking violently.
"It's cold outside, come inside."
Qi Changyi still raised his head. The body behind him was continuously transmitting heat to him, but he still felt so cold, cold to the bone.
"Brother Pei, look, it's snowing."
Sure enough, snowflakes were floating in the sky. The snow in early spring was stunning.
The little man reached out to catch it, holding it in his palm and looking down at it carefully.
The snowflakes were crystal clear, and the little palm was as white as snow, without any blood.
"Brother Pei, it's snowing, isn't Master coming back yet?"
Pei Zheng didn't say anything, but rubbed his chin on his hair.
"Master said that it won't snow in Guigu, so he wants to bring me to the Imperial Capital to see the snow. Master knows that I like to see the snow."
"Master said that I am her smartest disciple, and that I am the one she loves the most. She will always be by my side."
"Master also said that people should not be so kind. No matter what happens, I should put myself first. But why doesn't Master put herself first? If so, Master would not stay in the border."
"Patta, patta", a few drops of burning tears fell on the snow, scalding a large area of pure white snowflakes.
Pei Zheng knew that the little guy must have heard everything they said just now.
Shen Huan is a doctor. Her principle is that doctors save people, not kill them. In order to follow this principle, when she was in a foreign country, she would rather die than have her hands stained with blood.
But now, she actually followed other soldiers to the battlefield and fought together with them to kill the enemy. She had no training and no tactics. She must have been forced into doing this because she had no other choice.
The suppressed and repressed cry of the little one in his arms made him feel even more heartbroken. Shen Huan had been his only one for three years, and this was a feeling that no one could replace.
Pei Zheng turned his body around and kissed his tearful eyes.
"Cry, I'll stay with you."
The little girl snuggled into his arms, buried her head in his clothes, and burst into tears, unable to hold back any longer.
Until his tears were almost dry and his body was shaking from the cold, the little guy could no longer hold on and fainted in Pei Zheng's arms.
When I opened my eyes again, I was already lying in a warm bed.
I turned my head to look out the window and saw that the snow was still falling.
Qi Changyi suddenly remembered something and opened the quilt to get out of bed.
"Want to go out?" Pei Zheng brought a thick cloak over and put it on him, "Tell me where to go, and I'll let you go, okay?"
As soon as Qi Changyi opened his mouth, tears began to flow uncontrollably, "I, I want to go to the small building"
"good."
Pei Zheng held the umbrella in one hand and embraced the little person with the other.
Snowflakes fell on the top of the umbrella, on the shoulders, and on the ground.
The two walked across the snow and came to the small building in the back garden.
Qi Changyi ran to the bookshelf, looking for something in a panic. Pei Zheng stood beside him and helped him take down all the books on the bookshelf.
"I'll help you. I'll help you find it. Just tell me what you're looking for, okay?"
Qi Changyi looked suddenly enlightened, but he just frowned and lowered his head to search frantically among a pile of messy books.
After searching for a while, he finally found the book he was looking for. It was a medical book that he wanted to give to his master.
Qi Changyi hugged the book tightly to his chest and muttered to himself, "I almost lost it. I want to leave it for Master."
As he spoke, tears streamed down his cheeks, one by one hitting the medical book in front of his chest, but the little guy himself seemed unaware of anything.
Pei Zheng's eyes turned red, and he hugged him into his arms, "Okay, leave it to Master."
It was snowing heavily that day, and large flakes of snow were also falling in Guigu. Among the isolated mountains and valleys, there stood a lonely monument without any words.
There was no body in the tomb, only a tattered medical book.
Two figures stood in front of the tomb, with paper umbrellas covered with thick white snow.
After a long time, the figure left.
No one will ever come to this Ghost Valley again. The ghost doctor who was famous throughout the ages was able to return to his hometown while he was away from home.
On the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Qi Changyi remained silent and stopped crying.
These days, he cried almost all day every day. His tears had dried up and his heart was numb from the pain.
Pei Zheng held him and combed his hair bit by bit.
Outside the carriage came the hawking of a vendor selling candied haws.
Pei Zheng asked in a low voice, "Do you want to eat candied haws?"
Qi Changyi's face had no expression, neither sad nor happy. He shook his head slowly, then leaned against Pei Zheng and closed his eyes.
The little guy has had no appetite recently and eats little. He looks thin and looks even thinner when I hold him in my arms. He didn't have much flesh to begin with, and now he looks even thinner.
Pei Zheng held him in his arms, adjusted his position to a more suitable position, and let him sleep peacefully in his arms for a while.
The carriage traveled for a long time and then slowly stopped.
Seeing that the people inside were silent, Li Yu called out softly from outside, "Sir, Your Highness, we have arrived at the mansion."
A bony hand stretched out from the car window, and the slender hand waved.
Li Yu bowed his head and replied, "Yes."
The coachman drove the carriage directly around the back door of the prime minister's residence and stopped in the backyard. Then everyone else quietly withdrew.
The little guy slept for such a long time, rarely, without having nightmares, talking in his sleep, and not crying and calling "Master". Pei Zheng couldn't bear to wake him up, so he let him continue to sleep in his arms.
It was not until it gradually darkened that the little guy opened his eyes hazily and realized that he was still in the carriage, with a soft and warm body under him.
He moved his body slightly and was then circled by an arm and moved upwards.
A hoarse voice came from above my head, "Awake?"
Qi Changyi supported Pei Zheng's chest with his hands and looked up at him, "Brother Pei, have you always held me while sleeping?"
Pei Zheng kissed his slightly pouting lips, "Yeah."
"Are you tired? Let me massage your shoulders."
Qi Changyi reached out and gently pinched Pei Zheng. Pei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed his little hand.
"Don't move."
Being held tightly together and rubbed from time to time, Pei Zheng had endured this torture for nearly two hours. Now he had to continue to be teased by this ignorant little guy.
Pei Zheng suddenly picked the person up and got off the carriage.
I walked all the way to the small building in the back garden and put the little man down.
"I'll have someone make something to eat, and then go to sleep."
Pei Zheng turned around to leave, but his fingers were grabbed.
Looking back, the little guy who was fine just now, now has red eyes again, and holds his fingers tightly with grievance and pity, with tears in his eyes.
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"Brother Pei, don't leave"
Pei Zheng sat back on the bed, wiped away his tears with his fingers, and said in a gentle tone, "I'm going to take care of something and will be back soon. Let Li Yu have dinner with you. Just be good, okay?"
"No, no." Qi Changyi shook his head, let go of his hand, and instead hugged Pei Zheng's neck, moving his soft lips forward.
"Brother Pei, don't go." The little guy was extremely insecure at the moment. He kissed Pei Zheng a few times randomly and rubbed his neck. "Stay with me. I want you to stay with me. Don't leave me."
Pei Zheng patted his head gently and said, "Okay, I won't leave. Get up first."
"No," Qi Changyi said sullenly, "Brother Pei doesn't like me anymore? Why don't you sleep with me anymore? Do you want to leave me too
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Pei Zheng laughed, "Haven't I been sleeping with you these days?"
Qi Changyi shook his head, "It's not like sleeping like this, it's like before, without clothes, kissing me and hugging me."
Pei Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he slid his fingers into his waist and gently kneaded it twice.
"Like this?"
Qi Changyi's ears blushed and he nodded.
Pei Zheng took a deep breath, "Do you know what you are saying?"
The little guy has been too sad these days and has become more fragile and helpless. Pei Zheng stays by his side every day, giving him all his patience and tenderness.
The little guy's eyes are bright and clear.
"I know"
As soon as he finished speaking, his chin was suddenly fixed by someone, and then his lips and tongue were firmly occupied.
The room was in chaos, filled with blushing and heart-pounding sounds.
The dim candlestick shook twice and went out, and the night wind blew and shattered the candlelight all over the ground.
The heavy snow is still falling. The snow in early spring is heavier than that in winter.
Li Yu brought a few servants to the small building to deliver food. As soon as he stepped onto the steps, before he had time to knock on the door, he quickly withdrew his hand and hurried down the steps.
The other servants asked worriedly, "Butler Li, Butler Li, what's wrong? What happened?"
Li Yu blushed and straightened her back.
"Why are you asking? Take the food away first. If the master summons you, just send it back!"
Then, no one dared to step into the back garden for the whole night.
It was not until the next day when the sky was bright and the snow stopped, and the sky outside was clear and sunny.
Li Yu brought a few people with him and brought in some food.
After the servants had left, a hand slowly stretched out from behind the thick curtain. The hand was slender and white with a faint pink hue. It grabbed the edge of the curtain and tried to lift it up.
The other hand stretched out entangledly, forcefully squeezed into the fingers of the small hand from behind, then retracted into the palm of the hand and pulled back into the curtain.