At noon, Shen Li put lunch in his courtyard. When Ye Jinqing hurried to the scene after changing her clothes, the meal had already been laid out.

This morning, Ye Jinqing's toss also took a lot of effort. At this time, when I saw this table of my favorite dishes, I suddenly felt hungry.

"Isn't it still the same smoke-blue this morning, why didn't I see it in the morning, so I changed to goose yellow again." Ye Jinqing's mind was already on those delicacies, and when she heard Shen Li's question, she didn't want to bother thinking about it anymore.

"Mother, Jin'er is really hungry, you see the slightly tight clothes I usually wear, and my waist is loose." Ye Jinqing rubbed Shen Li's side as she spoke.

This daughter usually follows her father's appearance, she is very precocious, and it is even more rare to be coquettish. At this moment, looking at Ye Jinqing's slightly pale slap-sized face, Shen Li still remembered what to ask, this heart was about to melt in her daughter's soft and glutinous coquettishness.

"Drink a bowl of soup first, don't worry." Shen Li stretched out his hand and personally served Ye Jinqing a bowl of matsutake pigeon soup. Xu is really hungry, Ye Jinqing actually used half a bowl more than usual, if it wasn't for Shen Li to stop her, she would still want to eat again.

After lunch, Shen Li saw that Ye Jinqing looked drowsy, so he hurried her back to her room to rest. Ye Jinqing had to wait for Shen Li to rest before he was willing to go back. Shen Li had no choice but to go to the bathroom first to change into looser clothes. When he came out again, he saw Ye Jinqing already lying on the edge of the bed and falling asleep.

Seeing this, the big girl next to Shen Li, Poria, just wanted to step forward and carry the sleeping Ye Jinqing back to her bedroom, but Shen Li pointed to her bed. Shen Li approached gently, sat on the edge of the bed, and looked at the sleeping Ye Jinqing.

This winter should be the season of growing meat, why don't you see my daughter's little face rounded. Shen Li hadn't watched her daughter sleep so quietly for a long time, and after looking at it carefully, her daughter's little face had also grown a lot. As soon as the pair of eyes that were very similar to Ye Qingyuan closed, Shen Li found that her daughter's appearance was more similar to herself.

Poria stood not far away, watching her wife hold the bulging lower abdomen with one hand, and gently pulling the broken hair next to Ye Jinqing's cheek behind her ear with the other hand. Compared with the beauty before pregnancy, the warm aura shrouded in Shen Li's body at this time, and her bright facial features on weekdays have softened a lot. Although it is not as glorious as before, it is more moving.

Jinyang, Qinfu

The New Year will end in a few days, and the Qin Mansion has already hung red lanterns in accordance with the occasion, and even a few trees in the garden have been tied with red ribbons to add joy. Although there are all the things that should be there, there is not much excitement in the entire Qin Mansion. The huge Qin Mansion is such a serious master as Qin Mu, and there is no hostess to manage it, so there will naturally be less movement of each family.

Qin Mu didn't want a girl to serve, after coming to Jinyang, he only bought a few diligent boys, and the inner courtyard of the entire Qin Mansion was useless, and Qin Mu simply stayed in the outer courtyard.

At the end of the corridor, Uncle Wei hurriedly walked over, still holding an invitation with a red background ironed with gold edges.

"Master." Uncle Wei was waiting at the door of the study.

"Come in." Hearing this, Uncle Wei pushed the door in, and the cold wind outside the door also poured in, and Qin Mu couldn't help but cough a few times.

Hearing the suppressed cough, Uncle Wei hurriedly closed the door. Although the time for taking medicine has become once every three days in recent times, the medicine that was drunk too much in the past few years still hurt Qin Mu's body in the end.

Uncle Wei looked at Qin Mu sitting at the desk, it had been three years since he left the Northwest Fiefdom with the little master, and the little master was now sixteen years old. Compared to when he first came three years ago, Qin Mu's figure was much taller, but he was also thinner, and his skin was slightly sickly pale.

"Ahem" Qin Mu's right hand was clenched into a fist and covered in front of his mouth. On the bony hands, the green tendons twitched with a violent cough, and the light purple of the nails was even more shocking against the pale complexion. Those eyes were not as bright as they were three years ago, and even a little dim.

Qin Mu's left hand was still holding a book and looking at it intently, not affected by the violent cough in the slightest, as if he had long been accustomed to this kind of muffled cough coming out of his chest.

Seeing Qin Mu's appearance, Uncle Wei's nose couldn't help but sour.

"Master, that person's body is already strong, I'm afraid it won't last long, why do you have to drink those medicines again, and waste your body in vain."

"Uncle Wei." Qin Mu put down the book in his hand and slowly raised his head, there was not much emotion in his eyes, only the forbearance of the suppressed cough.

"Be cautious".

Uncle Wei lowered his head and was silent and said no more.

"Uncle Wei should know when the beast is most vigilant, a beast that is approaching the limit is for his cubs, no one knows what he will do. But the end is indeed certain, the beast will die, and under his dying counterattack, who can survive depends on his ability."

Because Uncle Wei lowered his head, he didn't see that when Qin Mu was saying this, the brilliance in his eyes soared, his eyes changed, and his whole person's momentum also changed suddenly. is still emaciated and pale, but people dare not think of him as a long-term sick person.

It's just that after saying these few words, Qin Mu's whole person's expression seemed to be withdrawn, and he returned to the sick spirit he had before. At this point, Qin Mu didn't continue.

"Master, this is an invitation to the palace New Year's banquet sent by the queen." After the words fell, Uncle Wei took a few steps forward and put the invitation that had been holding in his hand on the table in front of Qin Mu. Qin Mu didn't go to get the invitation right away, and tapped the index finger of his left hand on the table a few times.

Qin Mu frowned unconsciously, although this year's banquet is held every year, this year's is destined to be not peaceful. In previous years, he had been absent from a New Year's banquet on the grounds of his health. This year, he closed his door early and recuperated quietly in the house.

After the imperial doctors in the palace came to ask for the pulse a few times, those in the palace also gave a lot of supplements. Thinking of this, Qin Mu picked up the bright red post, but still didn't open it.

Still can't avoid it, he pulled the corners of his mouth self-deprecatingly, "Where else do you have such invitations?" ”

"One of the princes' families does not fall, the Su family, the Wang family, the Li family, the Zhou family, the Sun family, and the Ye family." The first few were all expected by Qin Mu, and when he heard the last one, his expression changed slightly.

Ye family, Ye Qingyuan was called to the army, and his wife and daughter were left in the Ye Mansion. A small face suddenly appeared in Qin Mu's mind, the facial features of that little face were already a little blurred, but he still remembered those eyes very clearly. She must have been nine years old. I don't know what will happen to her after this New Year's banquet.

Realizing that he actually cared about a little girl, Qin Mu smiled helplessly, and then put his eyes on the invitation in his hand. These invitations sent by the queen are actually more of an honor.