Although Xiaobai finished eating, he took it away and washed it again when he heard the rain, and when he came back, it was a white and soft one, and when he looked at people with blue eyes, he looked very harmless to humans and animals. But as soon as it got closer, Jin Yi smelled a burst of blood on its body, and the outstretched hand involuntarily retracted it.

It wasn't until he was about to fall asleep at night that Sima Yulou said: "The tiger is the king of beasts, and if you are close to people for a long time, you will be more humane." But if it can't retain its bloodthirsty nature, it will eventually lose its animal agility and become a pet like a cat or a dog. ”

Jin Yi thought for a moment after hearing this, then she felt relieved, and said with a smile: "If it were me, I would really raise Xiaobai into a fat cat, and I would still wait for it to become a tiger guard one day." ”

When she slept until the second watch, Jin Yi was awakened by the strange chirping of a nightingale outside the window, and opened her eyes in a daze, seeing that Sima Yulou beside her had already got up in clothes.

Seeing that she was awake, he said softly: "You sleep, I'll go out for a while and come back." ”

Jin Yi nodded, seeing him dodge out, the movement was very light, and Qiao Wei, who was sleeping outside the vigil, was not awakened.

The night in the mountains was a little cold, so he put on a lake-green luanwei robe, walked to the window and looked out, and saw Sima Yulou heading towards the front yard, listening to the rain following him, presumably the birdsong just now was made by him.

You can still faintly see the guards patrolling around, the twelve guards transferred during the day, together with Xie Weiran, there are only twenty people in total, and they don't make a solemn appearance, but they are really loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

These people in the palace, Sima Yulou rarely brings them out on weekdays, but they are all first-class masters. And the eight guards who followed Xie Weiran into Beijing exuded an iron-blooded and brave spirit.

Although the prince helped the Huan family calculate Xie Yingran during the day, if he dared to send someone at night, Jin Yi didn't believe it.

What could happen at such a late hour?

Sima Yulou only went for a while and came back, and when he entered the house, Jin Yi handed him a cup of hot tea, "Is there something going on outside?" ”

Sima Yulou took a sip, put down the teacup and said, "Huan Mozhi is here." ”

Jin Yi was shocked, and then thought that there was no big movement outside just now, and he didn't alarm the guards, but he just heard the rain come to wake him up.

Sima Yulou chuckled, and then said: "He is still the same, he refuses to say a word of nonsense, he secretly came over in the middle of the night, and only said 'I won't marry Miss Xie', and then left again." ”

Jin Yi thought for a while, "Although he only said one word, the sincerity of coming late at night is enough." …… He hasn't been in contact with you for a long time, has he? ”

"He has his own position, and I can't force it. But I can't mistake him as a person, although he was born in the Huan family, he is not an unscrupulous person. ”

His tone sounded very flat, but Jin Yi could sense the gloom in his eyes, and said softly: "I see that he is willing to be a four-grade staff leader in Zuo Lingwei, and he does not rely on the power of his family, and this time he has to help him, presumably he still thinks of friendship with you." ”

Sima Yulou sighed, "...... But after all, he is also surnamed Huan, this time he helped me, I'm afraid it won't be in the future. ”

Early the next morning, the guards came to report that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his party had gone down the mountain to return to the city.

Jin Yi first went to Xie Yingran's house to see her, and gave her medicine, the redness and swelling had disappeared, but her movement was still inconvenient.

Yunhui told her about yesterday's incident, told her everything Huan Yuanyuan did, and finally said: "In the future, when you see the people of the Huan family, it is better to stay away." ”

Xie Yingran rarely interacted with the ladies of the family when she was in Beisai, where had she seen such intrigues, and she was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time, "I saw that she was kind and talked interestingly, and I thought she was the same as Sister Nianjun, but who knew that she was ......"

Yun Hui sighed, "I don't think your temperament is suitable for staying in Jianye, so let someone send you back to Beisai in a few days." ”

Xie Yingran lowered her head and was silent.

Jin Yi comforted her and said, "It's not necessary, anyway, you will live here for a long time in the future." Originally, these things should have been told to you earlier, which people should be on guard, but we were too careless yesterday. When you are outside in the future, you must tell us everything and don't follow people at will. ”

Yun Hui glanced at Jin Yi and said to Xie Yingran: "Yes, I am to blame for this, and I didn't tell you about the Huan family in advance." ”

Xie Yingran took her hand and shook it gently, and whispered: "Sister-in-law, it's Ying'er who is not good, if I had told you first yesterday, the rest of the story would not have happened." ”

Yun Hui didn't shake her hand away, but put her arm around her shoulder, pointed at Jin Yi and said, "You should follow her more in the future, she has more eyes and can protect you a little." ”

Jin Yi knew that she was always unaccustomed to seeing Xie Yingran sticking to herself before, but now she said this because she was really worried about Yingran's safety, so she sat on the other side with a smile and took half of her shoulder, "Your sister-in-law is a dignified county lord, with her by your side, no one dares to bully you." ”

Xie Yingran looked left and right, and suddenly clapped her hands and laughed, "If you two protect me, then you won't be afraid anymore." ”

This clap touched the wound in her palm, and it hurt so much that she inhaled, and she almost cried out again, Yun Hui frowned at her, "You are also the daughter of Jiangmen, and you don't know how to raise this squeamish?" It's just a matter of scratching some skin, which also requires tears. ”

Seeing Xie Yingran pouting dissatisfiedly, she had to be patient and coax her with kind words, until she broke into tears and laughed, and then said: "Fortunately, I was born a son, if I raise another daughter in the future, I am afraid that I will die of a headache." ”

In the afternoon of this day, everyone went down the mountain and returned home, Xie Yingran sat in the carriage, still whispering that she had not caught the prey. In the car behind her, there sat a little white tiger and its lynx nurse.

After returning to Lingxi Tower, Jin Yi ordered someone to build a wooden house in the corner of the courtyard, which would be regarded as Xiaobai's residence in the future.

Originally, she thought that raising a tiger in the inner mansion was a bit unreasonable, and she was afraid that the concubine would blame her if she found out. But Sima Yulou insisted on letting Xiaobai live in Lingxi Tower, and ordered the small kitchen to prepare fresh raw meat every day.

Jin Yi couldn't help but worry about the flowers and plants he planted in the yard, such a wild and untamed little tiger would probably be spoiled by it.

Who knew that Xiaobai was very well-behaved, and often lay under the Danzhu golden cinnamon, stretching out his nose to smell the fragrance of osmanthus, and never scratching with his claws.

Qiao Wei looked at it and said with a smile: "I like to put it in the sleeve of the young lady all day long, and it turns out that it is also a smeller." ”

Jin Yi said: "It's better to make a sachet for it to hang around its neck, so as to cover the blood on its body." ”

In fact, every time Xiaobai eats, he runs to a pool specially built for it at the edge of the yard and washes the blood stains on his paws and mouth, as if he knows that Jinyi will dislike it because of this.

Such a humane act towards it made Jinyi love it even more. The maids in the yard saw that it looked like a big cat, and they were not afraid of it.

On a summer morning, Xiaobai lay down in the middle of the yard to bask in the sun, and people walked around it, sometimes thinking that it was in the way, they moved it away with their feet, and it lay lazily and did not move, allowing people to push it aside. (To be continued.) )