When Gu Huaiyu returned home, Duan Wanqing was pacing anxiously in the main room, and when she saw Gu Huaiyu, she picked up a feather duster and called Huaiyu.

"Where did you go crazy?"

Gu Huaiyu knew that she wouldn't really beat herself, so she pouted, stood on tiptoe, and softly hugged Duan Wanqing's waist.

"Mother, I won't dare next time~~"

Duan Wanqing's anger was vented at once, and he gently touched Huaiyu's head: "Today is your birthday, don't you know?" Why is it a day to run out, and it is easy for the family to find it, and your father is still looking for you outside. ”

"I was wrong." Huaiyu replied obediently, "I went to Zhao Yan to ask for a birthday gift, but I stayed outside for a day, and I didn't see his figure, mother, I'm so hungry now." ”

Duan Wanqing smiled: "I know that I am hungry, you eat some snacks to cushion your stomach first, and when your father comes back, we will have dinner, and my mother will make longevity noodles for you." ”

"Uh-huh." Huaiyu picked up the snack on the table and stuffed it into his mouth.

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When Gu Yanhe came back, Huaiyu had already obediently washed her hands and sat at the dining table waiting for dinner, and after she weakly called "Dad", she didn't dare to speak.

"Why don't you speak?"

Gu Yanhe sat down next to her: "I see that you are really spoiled by me, wait a while, I will send you to the Feihong Pavilion and see how you still run around." ”

"Really, really, really?" Huaiyu excitedly took Gu Yanhe's hand, and asked with sparkling eyes, "Can I really go to the Feihong Pavilion?" ”

Gu Yanhe smiled dotingly: "It's true, why did Dad lie to you?" ”

Duan Wanqing came in with longevity noodles and put them in front of Huaiyu: "No, this is Huaiyu's noodles, after eating this bowl of noodles, Huaiyu will be seven years old, it's time to go to Feihong Pavilion to study hard, your father can't control you at home, go to Feihong Pavilion and hand it over to the masters." ”

Speaking of longevity noodles, Huaiyu remembered that he hadn't received a gift from Zhao Yan: "Dad, do you know where Zhao Yan went today?" I didn't see him all day. ”

Gu Yanhe paused slightly: "The eighth princess came back from Xishan Lushou Temple yesterday to pray for blessings, and Zhao Xiaoshizi was probably detained at home and couldn't come out." ”

"The Eighth Princess is back?" Huaiyu pursed her lips and was worried, "As long as the eighth princess is in the palace, Zhao Yan can't leave the palace, and the eighth princess is too hateful!" ”

"Huaiyu!" Duan Wanqing glared at Huaiyu and said sharply.

Gu Huaiyu was silent, shrunk his head, and ate noodles quietly.

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In the quiet yard, there was not a single maid, a few hibiscus trees were swaying in the wind, and a tall pear tree was bare at the moment, making it impossible to tell that this was a pear tree.

Zhao Yan was lying on the bed, sweating profusely, his face was pale, and his delicate brows were furrowed, as if he was having a terrible dream.

He was not born to the eighth princess, and he had never seen his mother, but he heard that his mother was just a folk woman, and she was born very well, and she was deeply loved by the eighth prince, so she brought it into the house, but died of dystocia during childbirth.

Eighth Princess Wang Ruoyun's dislike for Zhao Yan is not only in secret, but also on the surface.

The eighth princess is the prime minister's daughter, and when she saw the eighth prince at a banquet, she secretly agreed. The old prime minister took pity on his daughter and begged the emperor, and the emperor gave her to marry the eighth prince.

This is a happy marriage, the girl married with the shyness and tenderness of her daughter's family, thinking that she would meet a lover in this life, but the eighth prince did not like this marriage at all, and was polite and alienated to her, cold and indifferent, but she was gentle and petty and pampered by a woman brought back by the people.

How could she swallow this breath!

She didn't dare to sprinkle all this anger on the Eighth Prince, so she sprinkled it on Zhao Yan.

In all the memories of eight-year-old Zhao Yan, most of them were staying alone in the remote courtyard in the corner of the palace, and there used to be a nurse, and then the nurse was gone.

He rarely saw his so-called father, but he often dealt with the eighth princess.

The day before yesterday, the eighth princess returned to the house, I don't know what made her angry, she took a dry mother-in-law and maid to Zhao Yan's small courtyard, whipped Zhao Yan several times, and locked him in a small black house where no one was seen.

Early this morning, a subordinate carried him back to the courtyard and put him on the bed, and no one cared about him.

So Gu Huaiyu came in over the wall and sneaked into Zhao Yan's room, what he saw was Zhao Yan's weak appearance lying on the bed.

She knew that it must have been a good thing done by the eighth princess, and she was very angry, but she couldn't do anything about it.

She made a basin of water, carefully rubbed Zhao Yan's sweaty forehead, put the water bag to Zhao Yan's mouth, and fed him water to drink.

"Gu Huaiyu."

Zhao Yan opened his eyes and called her softly.

"Hmm." Gu Huaiyu also responded softly, and took out the pastries brought out from his arms, "This is hibiscus cake, do you want to eat it?" ”

Zhao Yan laughed: "Yes." ”

"You didn't give me a gift for my birthday yesterday." Gu Huaiyu complained while feeding the pastry into Zhao Yan's mouth.

"I was wrong, I ......"

"Forget it, I'm a big man, forgive you." Gu Huaiyu patted his chest and said arrogantly, "I'm going to Feihong Pavilion next month, and now, I'll see how Wang Zhao makes fun of me." Zhao Yan, when will you go to the Feihong Pavilion, so that the eighth princess will not be able to control you, I think she is a vicious stepmother......"

Zhao Yan closed his eyes and didn't speak.

Gu Huaiyu stopped chattering: "Zhao Yan? ”

"Huh?"

"You're wounded, aren't you? I stole my father's ointment, and I'll give you the medicine. ”

Zhao Yan suddenly opened his eyes and shrank at the foot of the bed: "No need, you give me the medicine, I'll come by myself." ”

Gu Huaiyu laughed: "Are you shy, it's not like I haven't seen ...... before" Saying that, despite Zhao Yan's objections, he began to take off Zhao Yan's clothes, but Zhao Yan couldn't stop him, so he had to shrink his head into the pillow.

Gu Huaiyu looked at the whip marks on Zhao Yan's back, and her tears couldn't stop flowing: "Does it hurt?" ”

"It hurts." Zhao Yan buried his head in the pillow, "Don't cry, your tears flow to my back, and it hurts even more." ”

Gu Huaiyu hurriedly wiped a handful of tears and gently applied medicine to Zhao Yan.

"Gu Huaiyu, don't tell others."

Gu Huaiyu was stunned: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else, not even Xu Xiaopang." ”

Only then did Zhao Yan turn his head, laboriously get dressed, closed his eyes weakly, and showed a relaxed smile.

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When Zhao Yan woke up, it was already completely dark, he looked out the window, it was pitch black, thinking that Gu Huaiyu was probably gone, so he silently closed his eyes again.

Suddenly feeling something pressing on his feet, he lifted his legs: "Gu Huaiyu? ”

"You're not leaving?"

Zhao Yan laughed happily, he got up, and with the help of the lights outside the corridor, he vaguely saw Gu Huaiyu lying on the edge of the bed sleeping soundly, and the horns of his mouth were about to flow to his sleeves, he smiled helplessly, took out a handkerchief, and wiped out saliva for her.

Zhao Yan didn't wake up Gu Huaiyu, just looked at her quietly.

In such a dark night, the girl in front of her is the only light.

No, she's more than a lamp, she's a moon.