Pursing her lips, Liu Nianru continued to move in the direction of the palace, the lively streets that were originally full of stalls and vendors are now closed, and the pedestrians outside can be counted with one pair of hands.

On the side of the street, a little beggar covered in tatters huddled on the corner of the street, stuffed his thin body into the corner, and buried his head in his arms, not knowing if he was asleep.

This is the only person Liu Nianru saw who was not in a hurry after walking for a long time.

Now that it is autumn, the cold wind is whistling and people are adding clothes, but the little beggar is only wearing a thin and torn robe.

In curiosity and compassion, Liu Nianru walked over, only approaching a distance of about one meter, the beggar raised his head suddenly, a pair of black eyes were full of vigilance, like a little lion waiting to attack, this aggressive look made Liu Nianru pause, and a strange thought rose in his heart, this child is simply a natural 'wolf'!

The desire to train people in Liu Nianru's heart sprouted in the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't suppress it anymore.

She cautiously approached the little beggar and said softly, "What's your name?" ”

The little beggar arched his body, kept stepping back, and said vigilantly: "You go away, I'm not sick!" ”

This sentence made Liu Nianru raise her eyebrows, and the illness he said should refer to the 'plague'.

Could it be that this child has been ostracized by others because of the plague? What causes such an aggressive personality?

"I know, I'm not sick, I just want to ask your name?" Liu Nianru smiled, trying to make her expression look kinder.

After all, she used to be the kind of person who scared crying children! No way, who let her have that character? It's cold to everyone, as if it's going to kill.

"What do you want to do? I don't have anything for you! The little beggar still looked cautious, and there was a faint light in his dark pupils, as if Liu Nianru was about to pounce on him when he took a step forward.

Liu Nianru pursed her lips, and instead of stepping forward, she took two steps back, "You've been here for a long time, haven't you?" I don't have any friends? Would you like to follow me? I don't have anything good to say about a little beggar, I just appreciate the light in your eyes? Follow me, and you'll be fine in the future! ”

Admire the light in his eyes, the light that would rather die even if he falls off the cliff, the light that contains the thirst for life!

She was not a virgin, but she felt that this child was very much like herself, and she thought that if a pair of hands were willing to reach out to her when she was so old, she would not hesitate to grab it.

"I still have something to do, I don't have a lot of time to persuade you here, the opportunity is given to you, you can think about it yourself." After speaking, Liu Nianru turned around and left, she was still busy looking for Duan Bailan, this little beggar was just a soft-hearted person she met on the way.

Liu Nianru walked towards the palace, and after a while, there was a murmuring sound behind her.

"My name is Wei Ming." The hoarse voice of the little beggar rang out.

The corners of Liu Nianru's mouth unconsciously hooked.

"Okay, Wei Ming."

Liu Nianru didn't stop to wait for Wei Ming, but continued to walk towards the palace, she didn't bring anyone with her, and she couldn't settle him immediately, so she could only take him to the palace together.

The red palace wall appeared in front of him, and there were five or six guards guarding the palace gate, all standing tall and pine, as if the plague in the outside world had nothing to do with them.

Liu Nianru swaggered over and handed over the waist card given by Duan Bailan.

The soldiers on guard immediately became respectful.

"Miss Liu, please come in."

Wei Ming was stunned by this scene, watching Liu Nianru's gaze change, and then dimmed again.

This is the Royal Palace? This woman is from the palace?

Liu Nianru looked back at Wei Ming's reaction, and was satisfied, after all, this kid is just a beggar, used to living a poor life, if he is a scheming person, then he will definitely take the initiative to curry favor with him when he sees this scene, but he didn't, which means that he doesn't care about this, which is not bad.

Stepping into the palace, everything around is quieter, and the number of palace maids and eunuchs who often drive on the palace roads has decreased a lot, and the atmosphere of the entire palace is a little sluggish.

Liu Nianru felt a thump in her heart, her footsteps became hurried, and she hurriedly walked towards Duan Bailan's dormitory.

Wei Ming, who was behind him, saw Liu Nianru suddenly run up, and he also ran, and the two figures shuttled quickly within the palace wall.

Approaching the dormitory, Liu Nianru finally saw a familiar person, that person was guarding Duan Bailan's dormitory with a big thorn, his pine-like figure was motionless, like a door god, this person was Duan Bailan's leader, Wang Shuo.

"Miss Liu? You, why are you here? Aren't you ......" Wang Shuo saw Liu Nianru first, his shocked eyes were about to fall, and the most unlikely person actually appeared, didn't he say that Liu Nianru was infected with the plague and is not well yet?

"What about the emperor?" Liu Nianru directly crossed Wang Shuo's figure and looked at the closed door behind her, she didn't have the heart to catch up with Wang Shuo now.

Liu Nianru's words were like a basin of cold water splashed on Wang Shuo's body, his expression sank, and he pushed away half a step.

"The emperor has been overworked in the past few days, and he fainted directly in the morning, but the imperial doctor said that it is not a big problem, as long as he rests well." Wang Shuo said it easily, but in fact, he knew that the situation was serious, the reason why Duan Bailan was tired was because the court could not miss him, because his throne was forced to come to the palace, although most people agreed with his throne, but there were still some impure people who wanted to take advantage of Duan Bailan's position to do things.

Therefore, every minute Duan Bailan rested, he gave those chaotic ministers and thieves an extra minute of chance.

"What?" Liu Nianru shook her body, strode towards the palace, and only remembered Wei Ming who followed her when she entered the door, so she instructed Wang Shuo: "This is my person, you take him to clean up." ”

After speaking, he entered the emperor's dormitory.

The dim light shone on the blanket floor, the candle flame beside the bed swayed in a slight arc, and behind the bright yellow curtain was a faint figure, the familiar figure lying motionless on the bed.

Liu Nianru's eager steps suddenly slowed down, as if she was afraid of alarming the people on the bed.

Slowly walking to the bed, Liu Nianru gently opened the gauze tent, revealing the handsome man on the bed.

It is obviously a familiar face, but it is visible to the naked eye that he has lost a lot of weight, and the bottom of his eyes is even greener, and he has stayed up all night at a glance.

Duan Bailan is a person who practices martial arts, and his spiritual qi is much better than that of ordinary people, and he will not fall down easily, but now he actually collapsed due to overwork.

As a modern person, Liu Nianru has heard many examples of overwork and death, and also knows that many ancient emperors are majestic on the surface, but in fact they live the life of social animals, and they are not allowed to rest for decades, and they have to review a lot of twists and turns every day.