The next day, the entire city of Luoyang was lifted, and the regent returned to Beijing.
When I was leaving, I looked back at the stupa behind the pomegranate tree, but saw the old abbot of Baima Temple standing outside the pagoda, chanting the Buddha beads in his hands, shaking his head and turning away, leaving a vague sigh It was sent by a sigh from afar, and it seemed to have a faint sympathy and sorrow.
I lowered my head and straightened the hem of my skirt, followed Xiao'er to the high line of the Regent.
The maid on the side rolled up the curtain of the car, I lifted the skirt and stepped on the last step and was waiting to enter, when I saw a pair of hands reaching out from the curtain and handing it to the front, behind was Pei Yanzhen's warm and warm face, a bit of a tight expression was listening My footsteps melted away silently, "Miao'er, you're here." Just as he was about to take my hand in, he was blocked halfway by a pair of small hands that stretched out diagonally. Xiao'er held my hand vigorously. With a full pull, "Mother, Xiao'er will lead you up."
I got on the chariot, but seeing Pei Yanzhen smiling faintly, with a little bit of doting on the child, he slowly retracted his hand and touched Xiao'er's heart. Xiao'er seemed to be displeased with his child-like behavior. She turned her head away without a trace, but didn't turn her head away for the next moment. I inadvertently took a look, and then I saw that Pei Yanzhen's other bird seemed to be placed in Xiao at random. The hand on Er's shoulder seemed to squeeze a little bit of Xiaoer's acupuncture point, so that Xiaoer couldn't turn his head, until he stubbornly stroking Xiaoer's heart was completely successful, and then let Xiaoer go. As soon as Xiao'er broke free, she pulled me and sat far away to the other corner of the car, glaring at Pei Yanzhen angrily.
After some small movements, I couldn't help but be a little stunned when I saw it. I never thought that Pei Yanzhen was so childish when he was no different from a naughty child.
"Don't stare at me, your mother is not healthy, you can't stand bumps, and you can't sit at the back of the car." Pei Yanzhen spoke slowly, as if his eyes were perfect, he seemed to see Xiao'er's every move.
As he said that, he took my hand, led me to a soft couch beside him and sat down, then reached out and touched the velvet cushion behind me, making sure that the surrounding area was tightly covered with soft cushions before retracting his hand, the next moment. He was about to wrap it around my shoulders, and for some reason, I instinctively shrank back slightly and got close to the wall of the car. Pei Yanzhen's hand froze in the air, and after a long time, his fingertips moved bluntly, slowly retracted, and frowned slightly.
At this time, Xiao'er sat beside me, inserted vigilantly between me and Pei Yanzhen, leaned against me and said, "Mother, don't be afraid of little uncle, Xiao'er is here."
Hearing this, Pei Yanzhen pursed the corners of his lips, and his face that was as smooth as suet slowly faded from the luster of the talent, and a dash of pallor came up. He lowered his eyebrows sadly, and slowly lowered his eyes.
For a time, there was a wordless embarrassment surging in the car, only to hear the sound of the horse's hoof stepping on the stone road in front of him, and the car swayed gently and moved forward slowly.
"Why does my mother keep staring at my uncle?"
"Uh… "
It wasn't until Xiao'er raised her little face and cried out in confusion, that I was surprised to realize that I hadn't left Pei Yanzhen since I got into the car. I turned my eyes away in a panic, but caught a glimpse of Pei Yanzhen's raised eyes. She was affectionate and met my flickering eyes. I was stunned for a while, and didn't dare to move until he called out softly, "Miao'er." I remembered him. Not seeing me, I felt a long sigh of relief, turned my eyes to the outside of the car, and stopped looking at him.
After that, the atmosphere inside the driver became more and more embarrassing. I looked at the scenery passing by outside the gauze curtain, but the back of my neck was like a awn on my back. Clear lacquered eyes.
Driving all the way to the capital, apart from talking to Xiaoer occasionally, Pei Yanzhen and I hardly ever talk to each other, and occasionally a sentence or two is nothing more than—
"Miao'er."
"Um."
"I remember these snacks as your favorite. Would you like to try them?"
"Not hungry."
"Are you cold?"
"not cold."
Extremely short and rusty. Even if it was so simple, the corners of his mouth would always be slightly raised after he got it, and a soft light glowed in his eyes, which made me see what it was like in my heart, so I could only turn my face away and not look at him.
After entering Beijing, I was placed in the palace by him.
So far, I know why I have never heard of any rumors about the blindness of the Regent, because few people know about it, except for the people who serve closely every day. However, how much can it really get close to? Moreover, they are all servants who have undergone rigorous training and are more stern-mouthed. The prince doesn't show much in public. When he shows up, he is surrounded by words and deeds, and his eyes are flawless, so that outsiders can't detect it at all.
If I hadn't seen it in person, I wouldn't have believed it. After living there for a few days, I realized what kind of aggressiveness and stubbornness in his gentle face, in addition to being full of shrewd calculations.
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He can't see, but he never wants to do anything personal for him with the hands of others, wash his face, change clothes, eat, and do everything himself.
The first time I had dinner, the servants neatly arranged more than 20 dishes. I thought that a maid would serve him. However, unexpectedly, he served the dishes by himself. Although his movements were slow but precise True, the slightly slower movement made him look more elegant and noble.
After a few meals, I found out that the order of the arrangement of these dishes is fixed. He has already memorized it, so even if he can't see it, he can still pick it up. However, although the chopsticks and chopsticks can be accurately inserted into the plate, there is no guarantee that they will be picked up. What is it, such as stewed chicken with shredded ginger, a chopstick is inserted, sometimes it is shredded chicken, sometimes it is shredded ginger, and he frowned suddenly.
Fortunately, he is not a person with extreme appetite, and he is not very picky about eating. As long as it is not greasy and thick meat, he can eat it. The cook knows his taste, the dishes are mainly fried and steamed, and only a lot of braised meat dishes are placed in front of me.
There is a dish that must be placed in front of Xiaoer every day, whether it is steamed anchovies, or West Lake vinegar fish, or squirrel perch. Erding hates eating fish, but Pei Yanzhen doesn't like his picky eater. He must have a meal with fish every day. He didn't force Xiao'er to eat, so he let the servants put it in front of him like this. If he ate Xiao'er, he wouldn't say anything. Words, only in the evening, there is no supper to eat, and it is not allowed to eat until the next day's dinner.
After I saw it, my brows furrowed, and my heart was very sad. It turned out that he treated Xiao'er like this during the two years I was away. Xiao'er has been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child. In the past, in the Shen family, it was too late for everyone to pamper him. Why did he force him to do anything? Apart from not eating fish, Xiao'er is an impeccable child. He is never arrogant and arrogant like other children, but is sometimes too sensitive and intelligent, so caring that people pity his precocious puberty.
Hunger in the child, pain in the mother's heart.
Last night, Xiaoer was dismissed for two more meals because he was determined not to eat the braised mandarin fish. It was not until this evening that Pei Yanzhen asked her maid to bring Xiaoer to dinner. I saw it in my eyes. Although I was very angry, I didn't want to argue with him. I only let them all go down when the servants were serving dishes, and I personally put the dishes on the table one by one.
As usual, Pei Yanzhen waited until he heard that I had eaten the first bite of the meal, but when he saw that he picked up his chopsticks and picked up a dish in front of him, the maid on the side looked very anxious, and was about to make a sound. Sweeping, he bowed his head obediently and closed his mouth.
Pei Yanzhen put the chopsticks into his mouth naturally, and without a second, his brows frowned, he put down his chopsticks, his slender eyebrows lifted slightly, and without questioning and censure, the entourage who was waiting on the side had all knelt down.
I looked at the bowl of oily, shivering festive soy sauce-colored Dongpo Pork, and said indifferently, "It's the dish that I set, it's better to eat more meat." After that, I added another piece of fat to his bowl. Greasy elbow meat.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I put down the meat, my hand was not retracted, but he held it in the palm of his hand. In front of so many servants and maids in front of Xiao'er, I was a little annoyed for a while. , only gently rubbed my palm back and forth with my thumb and let me go, I retracted my hand, just as if nothing had happened, but I was annoyed, but when I looked up, I saw him "looking" at me, his face was soft and nostalgic, and his brows were raised. Faintly flattered joy.
"Miao'er said that it is good to be good."
After speaking, he raised the chopstick again and ate the fat without changing his face. Not only did he not frown, but he also gently cast his "eyes" on me from time to time.
I wanted to teach him a lesson for Xiaoer. The so-called do not do what you want to others. Xiaoer doesn’t like fish, just like he doesn’t like greasy food. He doesn’t want to have a meal, but he not only eats smoothly, but also It's comforting and joyful, and the action I just held for him seemed to put him in a good mood. After the meal, he got up and walked over, and he quietly grabbed my hand under the table, and quickly withdrew before I pushed and refused, which made me even more annoyed.
Xiaoer learns quickly by analogy. The next day at lunch, as soon as I sat down, I saw Pei Yanzhen in front of Pei Yanzhen a dish of cabbage and crucian carp, and a vegetable dish that was often placed in front of him was replaced by Xiaoer. I was stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered that Xiaoer seemed to be a little early, and he must have replaced it.
Just this fish...
Before he could stop it, Pei Yanzhen had already swallowed it, and his face changed slightly, as if he had been stung lightly by a wasp's tail needle. The crucian carp has many thorns.
"You..." I blurted out, turned around and wanted to call the maid to bring the vinegar, but after a second thought, I felt suffocated by subconsciously being so attached to him, so I forcibly swallowed the words from my mouth.
The servant girl on the side hurried up to remove the crucian carp, but was stopped by him. Seeing this, another servant stepped forward to help him pick out the thorn, but was shocked when he touched Pei Yanzhen's suddenly cold face and retreated. down.
Seeing that he put another chopstick of fish into his mouth, and then carefully used his tongue to scrape out the fishbone before eating the meat. Only then did I realize that he was so strong that he was almost paranoid. Tired of tough refusal.
Although the tongue can be used to pick the thorns, the crucian carp not only has many thorns and is complicated in horizontal and oblique sizes, but the softness in the mouth will inevitably be pierced. I really can't see him being so stubborn, so I gently picked up the fish in the bowl and picked off most of it. After stabbing it, gently put it back on the plate in the direction close to him. If he wants to eat it, he must take it from the nearest place.
Who would have thought that after he was about to take two bites, he put down his chopsticks, made a soft "snack", raised his eyebrows slightly, and his expression was relieved, and said coolly, "Who picked the thorns?"
There was silence for a while, and no one dared to speak.
Hearing no one replying to admit it, but when I saw his brows creased immediately, a faint smile appeared on his lips, like a yin wind, just when I thought it was a precursor to his anger, the eyebrows slowly opened again, and his face was full. There was actually a thin layer of pale pink on it, like embarrassment, embarrassment, like secret joy? That mysterious expression was fleeting, and in a split second, I saw him regaining a gentle and drizzle complexion, no longer looking into it further, and he picked up the bowl and continued eating as if nothing had happened. I couldn't help but stare at him.
In the next few days, the fish were all placed in front of Pei Yanzhen, either crucian carp, grass carp or stingray, all spiny fish. I was surprised that I didn't see Xiao'er move his hands or feet... Out of benevolence Heart, I had to help him tick off the thorns quietly like last time. Although he ate something strange and mysterious, he no longer cared about why the fish had no thorns.