75 News from the father of the child
Chi Li looks like this, I believe that if everyone else is here, they all have to look at him and drool, but Qiu Xiaobei resists all his charm: "If you don't say it, I'll leave now, and you think about it, I gave you a reward, if you don't give me the 'goods' you deserve, I can claim compensation from you." β
She stood up, pulled out a dagger, and stuck it directly on the windowsill.
"Don't be angry, be careful of the cubs...... Watch out for the baby! He stretched out his hands to protect her belly.
Qiu Xiaobei snorted, sat down again, and stared at a pair of eyes and urged silently.
"Say, I say." Chili sighed, crossed one leg on the chair, and the rude movements were still beautiful when he did them, "Isn't it just the heart lamp fruit, I know where it is, but you may not be able to get it so easily." β
"Where?"
"There is a ravine in the mountains, and it is there." Chili said with a smile, "That place, the people of the Great Fan Dynasty can't easily step into it, and it's not just a little difficult to get the Heart Lantern Fruit." β
Qiu Xiaobei furrowed his brows: "Are you sure there is there." β
"Didn't you get the Heavenly Mourning Leaf, I am trading in good faith here."
"Okay."
Qiu Xiaobei nodded, his expression was firm, and he got up and prepared to leave.
"Hey ......"
"I don't have time to talk to you."
Thinking that he was going to call Qiu Xiaobei, who was talking to him again, he refused.
"No, I'm asking you, do you really want to pick the heart? You don't know how dangerous that is? It's for your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, right? Does he deserve you so much for him? β
"It's not worth it for you to say, I think it's worth it."
She turned to leave, but heard him say, "But your Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to take a wife, and when he has a wife of his own, you little slave can only stand aside, right?" β
At least in the eyes of Chili, who knows that she is a daughter and is still pregnant with cubs, Qiu Xiaobei is the existence of Fan Shenxi's bed warmer, otherwise, why can't she be given a name, let her continue to be a slave and serve people while she is pregnant with a child?
Either he didn't want other women to stand in front of the concubine, or this slave was simply dispensable to him.
Qiu Xiaobei stopped suddenly.
Seeing this, Chili seemed surprised but asked sarcastically: "Don't you know, the wedding date has been set, that is, the sixth day of the next month, if you do the math, there are only eight days left, you don't know?" β
Qiu Xiaobei's body shook, but he still steadied, his fingertips clasped his palms, and he used pain to make himself strong: "Of course, of course I know." β
"Then you still ...... You are a capable person, and you don't need to rely on a small prince like those women who tend to be rich, why should you. β
"I believe him." Qiu Xiaobei didn't look good at the moment, but her voice was very firm, "I believe him!" β
Chi Li felt ridiculous: "Fan Shenxi, a mortal, what kind of ecstasy soup did you pour into you?" β
She lowered her head slightly, as if muttering to herself: "You don't understand, even if he wants my life, I will give it to him." β
No longer waiting for Chili to say anything, she took heavy steps and left without any strands.
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When Fan Shenxi returned to the East Palace, he found that his little minion did not come out to greet him.
"What about people?"
Li Gonggong said: "It's in the pharmacy." He paused, but still reported the truth, "I went out after lunch, and when I came back, I was nestled in the pharmacy, and I haven't come out yet." β
Fan Shenxi nodded, Ying Wei reported to him, she went to the Inner Ting Division today to see the all-knowing Chili, who was named "Bai Xiaosheng" by Qiu Xiaobei, should have asked for medicine, so he hurried back.
"Did she come back hurt anywhere, and how did she look?"
You remember that the first time she went to ask for medicine, she sent a lot of blood out, and it was best not to let him know that she was injured this time, or what she sent stupidly.
Gonggong Li thought about it: "It's all fine, she greeted me with a smile when she came back, and she didn't see anything wrong." β
"Hmm." Fan Shenxi was still not very relieved, "Bengong will go to see her, you will prepare dinner." β
"Yes, Your Highness."
When Fan Shenxi entered the pharmacy, Qiu Xiaobei was hammering the medicine in the stone mortar with a pestle, and he looked serious.
At first glance, it seems that there is no problem, but ...... Fan Shenxi's gaze moved to the side, there was already a large pile of hammered grass foam, which was enough to last for a long time, and it was still the same herb.
Imagine a person sitting here for half a day, pounding constantly, what does it mean?
Fan Shenxi didn't reveal anything about her, pushed the wheelchair to her side, and held her hand holding the medicine pestle: "Don't hammer, rest for a while." β
Qiu Xiaobei turned his head, saw that it was Fan Shenxi, and gave him a big smile: "Your Highness, are you back?" β
He had been in and looked at her for a while, and she had only realized it at this point.
Taking a closer look at the little face, Fan Shenxi reached out and pinched it: "Did you go to see that Chili today?" β
"Yes," Qiu Xiaobei generously admitted, "He told me where to get the Heart Lantern Fruit," she sighed as she said this, "It's just that the location is relatively special, it's not easy to get your hands on, and the minions are annoying." β
Just because of that?
Fan Shenxi asked: "Where is it, tell me about it?" β
"Does Your Highness know that you don't win the mountain?"
Fan Shenxi nodded: "That is the junction between the Great Fan Dynasty and the Bauhinia Kingdom, it is a natural barrier, and it can only pass through the narrow passage under that ravine, and the Bauhinia Country is the country where the Li Taifei in the Bixin Palace was born." You ask this, is the heart light fruit there? β
Qiu Xiaobei nodded sadly: "That's right, so the slave is worried, how can I get this, so far, can the slave take a long leave?" When she asked the last question, she looked at him with a blank eye.
"I can't." He refused without thinking about it, pinched her cheek again, and used a little force, "You are a pregnant woman, and you still want to go to the mountain without winning, you are really capable, right?" β
"It hurts, it hurts, the slave doesn't dare, the slave just asks." She deliberately screamed loudly, indicating that she was really in pain.
Fan Shen snorted coldly, but still let go of his hand: "This palace will send someone to investigate, as for you, stay honestly and don't go anywhere." β
Qiu Xiaobei sighed deliberately exaggeratedly, and then hugged his arm and leaned on his shoulder: "Yes, the little one obeys orders, he must stay by your side hard, sticking to you, the kind that can't be torn off." β
"That's what you said." The other masters may have been angry because of this, but Fan Shenxi couldn't wait, "If you can't do it, this palace will sew you on this palace." β
"Yes, the minions won't give you that chance." Qiu Xiaobei coaxed him handily, his head had already habitually rolled on his shoulder, and after rubbing for a while, he quietly lay on his shoulder, "Your Highness, the slave is sleepy." β
Fan Shenxi's voice was soft: "I'll have dinner in a while, and I'll go to sleep after eating." β
She hummed like a pig, she couldn't afford to rely on him, and Fan Shenxi didn't urge, holding her gently with one hand to prevent her from rolling herself down.
He didn't know that when the little Beizi was lying on his shoulder, his hidden eyes were complicated and sad.
She originally thought about whether she should take advantage of the Buying Mountain to pick the heart lamp fruit and avoid the time of his wedding, so that she would not have to watch him marry another woman with her own eyes.
Even if she is willing to believe that he will not have anything to do with Wei Qing, as long as she thinks that he and other women are standing on the wedding hall, worshipping the church with the blessing of everyone, and becoming a legitimate husband and wife, her heart will twitch in pain.
But she didn't know what else she could do, she had lost her temper with him before, she just wanted him to coax herself, but she had already asked him to promise that Wei Qing was just occupying a name, what more could she ask for?
Ask him not to marry?
How is it possible, he is willing to promise her, and the emperor will not agree.
In this way, what's the use of her making trouble, it will only add trouble to His Highness, and perhaps, she will also find her annoying. Since she can't change it, she would rather laugh and get along with him, and she can't add any more blockage to His Highness's heart.
Qiu Xiaobei, she is a person who can usually care about herself, she is casually coquettish and willful, and even has a temper tantrum to be coaxed, and she is so sensible that she is distressed in major matters, at least here in Fan Shenxi, he is already distressed.
How can I not detect that her emotions are wrong, and what can make her so, for now, is just one thing.
He hugged her tightly: "Dinner is prepared for your favorite food, after eating, if you are still sleepy, you can sleep, you have to be energetic, this palace will take you to Xingyue Tower to see, you don't always think about it." β
Xingyue Tower is a viewing tower in the palace, especially at night, where you can see the scenery that cannot be seen elsewhere.
Passing by the Xingyue Tower before, she asked, and he told her, she got up and said that there was a chance to go up to see, it would be daytime, and she would come over that night, and then she got busy, and she didn't mention it again, but he remembered.
"Okay." Qiu Xiaobei packed up all his emotions and looked excited, "Then let's go after eating, the slave won't be sleepy now." β
"You." Fan Shen pinched her nose helplessly, "Eat more later." β
After the meal, Fan Shenxi took her to the Xingyue Building as promised, and at the top, two reclining chairs were prepared, so that she could lie comfortably on it, watch the stars, the moon, and watch the lights of thousands of homes.
There are still refreshments on the table, and the body is covered with a small quilt to protect from the cold, which can't be more comfortable.
"Your Highness, this place is so beautiful!" Qiu Xiaobei sighed, and the two overlapping feet were still shaking from side to side.
"The wind is still a little stronger, and in another month, it will be colder, and then you won't be able to come."
"Is it just because it's cold that you can't come?"
Fan Shenxi glanced sideways at her: "Otherwise, what do you think?" β
I'm afraid that you are a newlywed Yan'er, and you are a little minion who has no time to accompany you!
But if there are too many such words, Qiu Xiaobei doesn't want to say it anymore, for fear that he will be as smelly and long as the grandmother's footwrap.
So these words only turned in Qiu Xiaobei's heart, and she didn't say it, she smiled at Fan Shenxi and said: "Don't be afraid when it's cold, the slave has a way, and it can come when it's cold." β
"Oh?" Fan Shenxi cooperated and showed interest, "You can talk about it." β
"I can't express it clearly, can Your Highness allow the minions to show you?"
"Okay, Hongu agreed."
He was thinking about what the little minion was trying to do again, but he saw her lift her little quilt and run straight to him, and climb onto his chaise longue as fast as a loach.
The recliner is not spacious, and there is still a little room for one person, but it is crowded to lie for two people.
"What nonsense."
Fan Shen scolded in his mouth, but moved his body to make room for a little side, so that she could lie down beside her, and then pull up her little quilt and wrap her in.
The two had to huddle together, next to each other.
Qiu Xiaobei lay on his chest and looked up at him and smiled: "Does Your Highness think this method of a slave is good?" In this way, no matter how cold it is, you will not be afraid. β
Fan Shenxi couldn't help her, shook his head, and lay back relaxedly, holding half of his body in one hand and pressing his little eunuch, looking up at the starry sky.
Indeed, it was much warmer than it was just now.
"Your Highness."
"Hmm."
"Next month, you'll bring your minions here to see the stars, and we'll stay like this if it's cold."
"Okay." It's a big deal to have people hang windproof curtains here and prepare thicker quilts.
"Next month, too." She wants to occupy all the time of His Royal Highness, so that Wei Xiaosan has no chance to hook up with her Highness.
"Okay."
"Next next month, next next month......
"You should stop the meeting, you should be born at that time, don't you want to be born here, right?"
"That's not going to work," she chirped, "it's for both of us, and the baby can't participate." β
Fan Shen pinched her cheek angrily and funny, feeling tender and smooth, and couldn't help but pinch it twice more.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the night before the prince's wedding.
The whole East Palace was extremely busy, with red lanterns hanging high, red thick strips decorating, and large and beautifully cut Double Happiness stickers.
Everyone seems to have a smile on their faces, after all, who doesn't like festive things, especially those people in the outer circle of the East Palace, one by one are more positive than ever.
Qiu Xiaobei looked at all this, feeling that she was an outsider, divided in two different worlds, surrounded by countless spikes around her heart, and she would be pierced if she moved a little, she was so painful that she couldn't squeeze out a smile, silently like a wandering spirit, passing through them without temperature when everyone was busy.
Somehow, I came to the garden to the west, sat on the swing rack, and swayed back and forth.
"Being in the emperor's house, this is no way," Xiao Jia hung on the rope of the swing and shook for Xiao Bei, "Look at the ancient times to the present, no matter how affectionate the emperor is, he can't marry a few more stable countries?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't help it, you better see for yourself, otherwise how can you survive this day. β
"That's it," Xiao Yi said kindly, "Now you are just marrying a wife that the prince doesn't like, if the prince really likes someone in the future, you can't stand it even more if you love and love in front of you!" β
"Shut up!"
Qiu Xiaobei covered his ears and yelled at them: "Your Highness won't take a fancy to others, no!" You don't know how much he loved me before, how much he cared about me, and he could work hard for me! β
"You also said, that was before, now is now, everything was in the past, and now he is the prince, and he doesn't remember your prince."
"No, no," she shook her head vigorously, "he doesn't remember, but he's still him, the same soul, how can he fall in love with different people!" β
"Little Beizi, you are too ......"
Xiao A and Xiao B also wanted to persuade her to look away, but she heard footsteps first, and the two souls quickly dispersed.
"Hey, Grandpa Pei, why are you here, the slave has been looking for you for a long time."
Jing'an hurriedly walked up to Qiu Xiaobei, carefully looked at and confirmed that Grandpa Pei was okay before he breathed a sigh of relief.
Qiu Xiaobei hung his head wiltedly: "Is there something wrong?" β
"Ouch, feed my father-in-law Pei, what time is it now, you haven't had dinner yet, aren't you hungry, go back with the slave maid, if you let Your Highness know that you haven't eaten yet, you will be angry."
Qiu Xiaobei hurriedly raised his head, and asked expectantly and fearfully: "Your Highness, ...... What's he doing? β
Jing settled down, and then reached out and touched Qiu Xiaobei's head, like a sister who comforted her younger brother, her eyes were full of pity: "Your Highness is naturally still busy, marrying the crown princess is not a trivial matter." β
Qiu Xiaobei's head hung down again: "So, it was you who came to me, not His Highness who asked you to come to me." β
Fan Shenxi probably didn't even know that she hadn't eaten yet, although this behavior was quite naΓ―ve, and she wanted to make him care about herself by skipping meals.
She laughed self-deprecatingly, but hot liquid rolled down from her eye sockets and dripped onto her arm, and she felt pain.
Your Royal Highness, I'm busy marrying the crown princess, and I can't take care of her anymore.
"Hey, Grandpa Pei," it was already dark, and Jing'an couldn't see her crying, but she could also feel that she was depressed, and persuaded, "Your Highness just wants to arrange it properly, so as not to make any mistakes in the future, that is, Your Highness has ordered the slave maid before, and you must take care of you, really." β
Qiu Xiaobei said "um", and after discovering the thick nasal voice, he didn't dare to make a sound.
"Grandpa Pei, you can go back with the slave, okay?"
Qiu Xiaobei nodded and secretly wiped away her tears.
She looks extremely well-behaved now, which makes Jing'an, who is a few years older, feel pity again, and can't help but reach out and take Grandpa Pei up.
On weekdays, let alone touching his head and holding hands, His Royal Highness is the last thing he wants to see anyone who has any physical contact with Gonggong Pei, and it is not possible to get a little closer, so he can only take advantage of this opportunity to occupy a cheap area.
She couldn't understand what was going on between His Royal Highness and Grandpa Pei, but she also knew that it was quite shocking for a male master to have that kind of relationship with a half-male eunuch, but she and her sister served by their side, and whenever they saw the prince and Grandpa Pei having a loving interaction, she couldn't help but show an aunt-like smile, which not only didn't hate or disgust, but also felt very good and liked it, and I don't know where it came from.
But reality is reality after all, the prince must marry a woman back, this should be taken for granted, this will look at Qiu Xiaobei like this, and he feels that God is not kind.
"Grandpa Pei, don't be sad, Your Highness only lets the slave and maid serve you, for the slave and maid, the master of the slave and maid is not the crown princess, it is you."
Qiu Xiaobei nodded at her gratefully, perking up a little.
But as soon as she returned to the dormitory, looking at the colorful arrangement of the lights, her eyes were pantothenic again.
"Jing'an, I don't want to eat inside, I want to eat in the pharmacy."
Although the crown princess has another bedroom, Fan Shenxi also arranged her bedroom in the farthest place from the prince's bedroom, but tomorrow's wedding, will the princess still welcome the princess into the prince's bedroom, right?
And in the future, this will be the bedroom of the princess's husband, and she can come at any time...... Then how can he, the little eunuch who warms the prince's bed, continue to stay here?
She thought to herself, the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't stay, and without waiting for Jing'an to agree, she turned around and ran out, all the way into the pharmacy.
Pharmacy...... The layout is millions of times more comfortable than the pharmacy of the Tai Doctor in the Tai Hospital, spacious enough, and the shelves and cabinets where bottles and cans are placed are also exquisitely built, which can be completely classified without confusion, and the tools she needs can be brought to her immediately as long as she speaks.
And there is a soft couch for her to take a rest, there is food and drink, and there is something for her to play in her leisure and boredom...... The important thing is that this is the space that the prince has prepared for her, a space that belongs to her alone, is hers, and will not be snatched away by another woman.
She crouched down, feeling so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable, that she was about to ...... I can't hold it anymore......
Fan Shenxi rubbed his temples and returned to the dormitory: "How is it?" β
Li Gonggong said: "Everything is ready, you only need to ...... tomorrow"
"Bengong asks you, how is Xiaobeizi!"
Father-in-law Li was stunned and said kindly: "In the pharmacy, dinner was also eaten there, Jing'an watched over there and said that it was ...... I slept there at night and didn't come back. β
When it came to the last sentence, Gonggong Li was a little apprehensive, everyone is a slave and needs a master, and he has to do all kinds of things to prove that he is needed by his master.
As for His Highness, he is eager to do all kinds of things to prove that he needs a certain minion, and he can't leave for a moment, and now that a certain minion has the audacity to say that he can't come back, he is a little worried that His Highness will be angry.
But Fan Shenxi was only silent for a while, and actually said: "Take an extra quilt over, and prepare for supper, don't let her freeze hungry." β
Gonggong Li was surprised: "Your Highness, how could you agree ......?"
Fan Shen closed his eyes with a headache and leaned back: "Forcing her to come back here now will only make her uncomfortable, let her be quiet there." β
He was also afraid that he would soften his heart when he saw her sad appearance, and then do something unplanned.
Gonggong Li sighed in his heart, and had to say: "The old slave immediately ordered to go down." β
"Your Highness," Xiao Shunzi came in to report, "the lady of the content division has sent the last modified wedding dress. β
"Let it go." Fan Shenxi said lightly, not caring at all about what the wedding dress to be worn tomorrow would look like, and there was no expectation in his eyes.
"Your Highness, do you want to try it, if there is anything wrong, you can ...... it while you still have time"
"No, you can go down."
Yi Niang didn't dare to disobey, so she had to bow down and retreat, and even Gonggong Li withdrew together with a very good eye.
As soon as they left, a shadow guard came down: "Your Highness, the father of the child in Gonggong Pei's womb, there is a clue." β
Fan Shenxi immediately sat up straight......
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Qiu Xiaobei woke up to the sound of gongs and drums.
She sat up and looked at the quilt covering her, her face blank.
She also thought that if she insisted on staying in the pharmacy and not going back, Fan Shenxi would be angry, but as a result, she only waited for a plate of exquisite supper and a quilt that was warm enough, and Jing'an deliberately coaxed her.
She was going to stay at the pharmacy and not go back, but when he agreed, she felt even more uncomfortable.