Qin Mubai hugged Li Mingda and sat there all night.
The little girl hugged his neck tightly. Qin Mubai tried several times to put her on the bed to sleep. As soon as he put her down, she woke up. He refused and had to hold her in order to fall asleep peacefully.
At dawn the next day, Li Shimin, who was rushing to go to court, took a detour to Penglai Hall first. When he walked into the palace gate, he saw Qin Mubai holding Li Mingda dozing off, his eyes closed but his head tilting up and down like a pendulum clock, trying hard to hold himself back from falling asleep.
"Mu Bai, I'm really sorry for you..." Li Shimin walked forward quickly and whispered.
"Your Majesty... please forgive me for the inconvenience of getting up and being unable to salute." Qin Mubai hugged Li Mingda and said awkwardly.
"It doesn't matter." Li Shimin sat down next to him and looked sideways at the sleeping Li Mingda. A loving yet sad smile bloomed on his face, and he chuckled, "She has grown so big and has never been in my care. I slept in my arms! I didn’t expect you to sleep like this all night.”
"Wei Chen is also helpless." Qin Mubai said with a smile, "I tried to put the princess down several times, but she would wake up as soon as she was next to the bed and would not sleep until she was held in my arms."
"Hey... Sizi, this is really heartbreaking. It's not just me, it's also you." Li Shimin said with a hint of guilt.
"Father..." Li Mingda didn't know when he woke up and called softly.
"Sizi, my Sizi... come on, let father hug you!" Li Shimin smiled happily and extended his hand to Li Mingda.
"My child, don't... My father is going to court, don't wrinkle the dragon robe." Li Mingda was still lying on Qin Mubai's shoulder, grinning with a pair of small tiger teeth, and said with a naughty smile.
"You girl!" Li Shimin happily came up and kissed her little face.
"Oh, my father's long beard tickles me so much!" Li Mingda chuckled, then held Li Shimin's cheeks with his left and right hands respectively, kissed him on the face, and said, "Father, hurry up and get up. Oh my God, I’m going to be late!”
"Father is not going to court today! Father wants to accompany Si Zi!" Li Shimin said half-jokingly and half-seriously.
"No, my father!" Li Mingda touched Li Shimin's face and said with a smile, "My mother always said when she was still alive, the king has to go to court. There is nothing more important than national affairs. My father cannot do it alone for the sake of his son. , not going to court."
"You are really my good daughter, my sweetheart - come here, let your father kiss you again, and your father will go to court!" Li Shimin laughed heartily and kissed Li Mingda's pink face.
"Giggle, it's so itchy! Father, please go quickly!" Li Mingda waved his little hand, signaling Li Shimin to leave quickly.
"Okay, the father is gone." Li Shimin stood up with a smile, nodded to Qin Mubai, "Mubai, I will leave Si Zi to you. I will return to the harem immediately after I have finished handling the affairs of the court. . Please hold on a little longer and wait for me to come back.”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Please go to court with peace of mind. As long as there are minor ministers here!"
"Good go, Father!" Li Mingda waved his hand and smiled brightly.
Li Shimin left, and Li Mingda was still nestled in Qin Mubai's arms. He raised his head and blinked at him with a pair of smart eyes, and asked curiously: "Village Chief, don't you want to sleep?"
"Of course the village chief wants to sleep too!" Qin Mubai said with a smile, "Why do you ask that?"
"But, you hugged me all night last night, so you definitely didn't sleep. Are you very sleepy now?" Li Mingda said a little worried.
"Village Chief, I'm not sleepy. I actually fell asleep yesterday, just when you were asleep." Qin Mubai said with a smile.
"Really?" Li Mingda blinked, "But how can a sleeping person hug someone else? He will definitely be thrown to the ground!"
"Haha, because I am the village chief, so I am different! Even if I fall asleep, I will not throw you down!"
"Wow! The village chief is great! From now on, I will be hugged by the village chief to sleep every night, so I won't be afraid of anything!"
"..." Qin Mubai was speechless and could only laugh twice and said, "Princess, are you hungry?"
"I'm not hungry, I just want... to..."
"Come here!" Qin Mubai quickly called a palace maid and asked her to take Li Mingda there for convenience. Only then did he finally let out a sigh of relief.
I really feel sore in my back, sleepy and tired!
Taking advantage of this moment, Qin Mubai lay down on the couch to relax his sore back. Unexpectedly, he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
When Li Mingda came back, he saw Qin Mubai asleep. He put his little finger to his mouth to silence the palace maids and eunuchs, and lowered his voice as if whispering: "The village chief is asleep, you all." Don't make any noise!"
"Yes, Your Highness Princess!"
"Everyone get out, everyone get out!" Li Mingda drove everyone out of the palace and let Qin Mubai sleep quietly inside.
An hour and a half later.
Princess Gaoyang ran to Penglai Hall in a hurry and charged into the palace. Naturally, the palace maids and eunuchs did not dare to stop her, but they were stopped by the Baiqi sergeant outside the palace.
"Your Highness, please stay!"
Princess Gao Yang remembered what happened last time, held back her temper, and said, "Where is your General Qin?"
"In this palace."
"How is Princess Jinyang?"
"The princess is fine." Several sergeants murmured in their hearts: Ask General Qin first, and then Princess Jinyang... Are you here to see the princess, or are you here to see our general
"Oh... I'm here to visit a doctor. You go in and let me know. If it's convenient, let me in." Princess Gao Yang said with a kind smile on her face.
The sergeant who answered the question couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart: It's strange, when did this little girl change her gender, and she actually talks so kindly to a sergeant like me
After thinking about it, the sergeant went in to report.
At this time, Qin Mubai was still sleeping soundly, and his snoring could almost break the window paper. Li Zhi and Li Mingda were lying next to his couch, holding their chins together as they watched him sleep, listening to his thunderous snoring, and giggling softly from time to time.
The sergeant walked over cautiously and said, "Your Highnesses, Princess Gaoyang is here to visit me."
"Sister Seventeen is here?" Li Mingda grinned, "She's here to visit me? Please let her in!"
"Don't let her in!" Li Zhi hurriedly stopped his sister and whispered into her ear, "Sister Seventeen will wake up the village chief! After waking up, she will take the village chief away and let the village Go to Yushui Bridge and teach her how to play the pipa!"
"That won't work!" Li Mingda shook his head like a rattle, "The village chief didn't sleep all night, but he's too exhausted to wake him up. Sister Seventeen comes to visit, so I'll go out to see her!"
After saying that, Li Mingda got up from the couch and walked out.
When the sergeant saw this scene, he couldn't help but smile happily - our general and these two little kids really get along like family members!
Princess Gaoyang waited for a long time but did not see Qin Mubai come out, but saw Li Mingda coming out.
"Uh... Sizi, are you okay?" Princess Gao Yang squatted down, holding Li Mingda's shoulders with both hands and asked.
"I'm fine, my illness has been cured!" Li Mingda said with a smile, "Thank you Sister Seventeen for your concern!"
"Okay, okay, it's okay, sister, I'm relieved." Princess Gao Yang said absently, but her eyes kept glancing towards the palace.
"Sister Huang, are you here to see our village chief?"
"Village chief? What village chief?" Princess Gao Yang asked confusedly without knowing what was going on.
"The village chief is General Qin!"
"Him?... When did that guy become your village chief?" Princess Gao Yang was really dumbfounded.
"Sister Huang, let me tell you, the village chief didn't sleep last night! He was very sleepy and tired. He is sleeping now, let's not wake him up, okay?" Li Mingda said seriously, and after speaking, he was still eager. Looking at Princess Gaoyang, she seemed to be pleading.
Seeing Li Mingda's eyes and expression like this, Princess Gao Yang really couldn't think of any reason why she wouldn't agree to her. So he smiled softly and said: "Don't worry, Sister Huang won't wake him up. Sister Huang will come to see you and know that you are okay."
"Not bad, they are all my good daughters." Li Shimin's voice suddenly sounded, and then he walked over from the corner of the palace.
"Father!!" The two daughters hurriedly stepped forward to pay homage.
Li Shimin laughed loudly, bent down and picked up Li Mingda, and then said to Princess Gaoyang: "Ling'er, where have you been these past few days, and no one has been seen?"
"Father, do you still miss Ling'er?" Princess Gaoyang said pretending to be displeased, "You have been busy with state affairs all day, and you haven't even looked at Ling'er. Look, it's been so long since I came back from Taiyuan. I haven’t been able to sit down and have a good chat with you. Father, I dislike Ling’er more and more now!”
"Haha, what are you talking about?" Li Shimin said with a smile, "I have looked for you several times. You are either visiting from the East family or visiting relatives from the West family, or you have gone boating in Taiye Lake and played in the Imperial Garden. Polo, where can I find your person? I heard that you have been out of the palace these days, right?"
"Yes! I went to my fourth brother's house to stay for a few days, hehe!" Princess Gao Yang said with a smile.
"You went to Ke'er's house?" Li Shimin frowned slightly, "For no reason, why did you go to him?"
Princess Gaoyang was so smart. She knew that it was impossible to hide such a little thing about herself from the emperor, so she said bluntly: "I saw Qin Mubai on vacation, so I asked him to take me out to play! Then! He took me to my fourth brother’s house, and I stayed there.”
"Oh, that's right." Li Shimin stopped asking, but a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately smiled slightly and said, "I haven't seen your fourth brother for a few days. Is he okay?"
"Okay, the fourth brother is good now. He studies, writes, rides, rides and practices archery at home every day. He is no longer as excessive in gambling, drinking and hunting as before. Father, when will you bring the fourth brother to the palace? We brothers and sisters It’s nice to get together with others!” Princess Gao Yang said.
"You girl, you are saying good things to your fourth brother, right?" Li Shimin chuckled, thought for a moment, and nodded, "When it is announced that he will enter the palace on the Double Ninth Festival, let's go to the Daming Palace together. Longshou Mountain behind."
"Okay!" Princess Gao Yang clapped her hands happily.
"Okay!" Li Mingda also cheered, clapped his hands and chuckled, "I haven't seen Fourth Brother for a long time! Fourth Brother is the most handsome, so good-looking!"
"Haha! You know handsome!" Li Shimin was coaxed into laughing, and he hugged her with joy and kissed her several times on the face.
Princess Gao Yang laughed secretly from the side and thought to herself: Me, Fourth Brother, Shuang'er, Yao'er and that guy will all be good friends from now on, so I must help Fourth Brother!