Chapter 122: Hidden Things
"Sorry, you come and mash these boiled red beans."
"Is that so, the Queen Mother?"
"Yes, I did a good job, be careful with your hands, don't hurt yourself."
"Hmm!"
Si Nanyue taught slowly step by step, and after their pastries were steamed, they found that the afternoon had passed in such a hurry.
"Queen Mother, this red bean cake is so fragrant, it looks better than what is sold in the milk fruit shop, the queen mother is really amazing!"
The little girl sat on a high chair, her two little short legs couldn't step on the ground, and she dangled in the air excitedly.
"If you like it, eat more, and tomorrow the queen mother will take you to make other pastries."
Si Nanyue sat beside Regret, gently touched her soft hair, and looked at her happy appearance, and she was very pleased.
"Really! Great!" The little girl's eyes were shining, and she said, "Father should come back after a while, and Regret will wait for Father to eat together, and also, Regret Er wants to send a few pieces to Mrs. Lian and Regret Er for a while, in the past, Mrs. Lian often invited Regret Er to eat delicious food, and Auntie, she didn't seem to have eaten or drunk there, she must have ...... there."
Regret danced and said, but suddenly she was silent, she covered her mouth tightly with her hand, as if she said something that should not be said.
"Why didn't you speak?"
"Uh......"
"Regret just mentioned Lady Lian and Auntie, they must be very good to Regret, why don't you accompany the queen mother to thank them tomorrow?"
"Good...... Okay."
Seeing her like this, Si Nanyue had doubts and asked, "Mrs. Lian should be your father's concubine, who is the aunt in her mouth?"
"Huh?" The little girl's eyes purred, "The queen mother heard it wrong, I regret that I didn't say anything about my aunt."
As she spoke, she jumped down from her chair and ran out without looking back, "Queen Mother, go and see why your father hasn't come back!"
Si Nanyue watched her disappear as soon as she slipped away, thinking that this girl's reaction was really strange, and she didn't know who the "aunt" she was talking about just now was.
Could it be that he still has blood sisters in this palace? But if that's the case, why doesn't the repentant keep his mouth shut?
Don't...... Could it be that there is something hidden?
I don't know why, Si Nanyue's heart suddenly seemed to be suddenly grabbed by a big hand, the pain was uncomfortable, and she was unsettled, she just sent someone to call the regret back, and wanted to ask for an understanding, when she saw Helian Jue walking in from outside the dormitory.
"See the king." She stopped and bowed.
Helian helped her up, looked at the steaming pastries on the table and smiled, "As soon as you woke up, regret pestered you to do this and that, tired, come, sit down and rest."
As he spoke, he took Si Nanyue and sat down at the table.
Si Nanyue is a little restrained, Helian Du is a very oppressive person, although he is very good to himself, but Si Nanyue for some reason, he always feels a little afraid of him, as soon as he sees Helian Duel, he feels that his whole heart is in his throat, and he can't be as relaxed as when he is with Regret.
She slowly withdrew her hand and lowered her eyebrows, "It's also boring for the concubine to lie in the dormitory, thanks to the penny son's company, the concubine can pass some boring time."
"If you like it."
Helian Duel's smile was far-fetched, he seemed to be a little lost, Si Nanyue didn't know what to say, the corner of his eye skimmed the pastries on the table, and said, "Can the king taste this red bean cake still be palatable?"
"Your cooking is naturally delicious." He responded, and said, "Regret should be very fond of eating these things, why didn't Lone see her?"
"The princess just said that something was wrong, and ran out."
As soon as Si Nanyue's voice fell, the maid who came in from outside reported: "Your Majesty, Queen, the princess said that she was tired, so she won't come to dinner tonight."
"Huh?"
Si Nanyue felt that something was wrong, why did she seem to be deliberately avoiding her......
She was full of doubts, and then heard Helian duely laugh and said, "It's rare for her to go to bed so early, it seems that she has no taste for these pastries
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As he spoke, he leaned forward as he could, and a warm snort sprayed on Si Nanyue's face, which shocked her to come back to her senses immediately, her face was flushed again, and her body was just about to move back, and Helian Jue took her hand.
"Your Majesty, Your ......"
"Hey Lone."
"Huh?"
He raised an eyebrow, tilted his head in the direction of the table, and his large, slightly rough hands grabbed her wrist and placed it next to the pastry, smiling very softly.
"Gu wants to eat the pastries made by Nanyue herself, and she also wants Nanyue to feed Gu by herself."
Si Nanyue's face turned even redder, and her white neck showed a faint pink, and her heart was beating wildly when she was looked at by his undisguised burning gaze, and she picked up the piece closest to her finger and handed it to Helian Duel's lips.
"Your Majesty, please use it."
She tried her best to hide her nervousness, Helian decided to fill the small and delicate pastry into her mouth, and as if she was deliberately teasing her, she gently bit the slightly cool fingertips with her teeth.
A burst of numbness passed from her fingertips to her body, and Si Nanyue withdrew her hand like an electric shock, stood up at a loss and took a few steps back, distancing herself from Helian Duel.
"I...... Concubine ......"
"Don't be afraid." He said with a smile, his voice was leisurely and slight, "Gu said that before you accept Gu, Gu will not embarrass you, you have no jokes, sit down, and dine with Gu."
"Yes."
She sat back down at the table, but deliberately stayed away from Helian Duel, and the maids brought the meal one after another, but she didn't have the heart to eat.
"Nanyue is not hungry? Lone remembers that you used to like to drink some soup the most, come, Lone will help you serve it, and drink it to warm your body."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
She looked at the milky white soup in the bowl, it was light and light, it should be delicious, but when she thought of her regret's reaction today, she had a lot of questions in her heart.
"Nanyue has something on her mind?" Seeing that she had no appetite, Helian Jue also put down his chopsticks, "Tell Gu."
"Your Majesty...... You said that the concubine is the eldest daughter of Zelu City, so are the concubine's parents still there?"
"It turns out that Nanyue is homesick."
Helian Jue's eyes were still filled with a smile, and he scratched the tip of her small nose affectionately, and said, "Nanyue's parents passed away many years ago, and now it is your Si family's younger brother who is in charge of Zelu City, Si Nanchen."
"Little brother......" she tried to remember with her eyes closed, but she still had no impression.
Helplessly, she grabbed Helian Du's sleeve again, looked at him and asked, "Does the concubine only have a younger brother?" But are there any other brothers and sisters?"
She saw that his expression changed significantly, and then coughed dryly twice, trying to hide Fang Cai's gaffe.
"Nanyue is an only daughter, there is only one little brother who is five years older than you, if you want to see him, every three years in the summer, there will be a holy meeting of the Lord of the Seven Cities to worship, this year is just the third year, then Nanyue can solve the lovesickness, I believe Nanchen will know that you wake up, and you will be very happy."
"Yes...... Is it?"
Si Nanyue lowered her eyes thoughtfully, she always felt that Helian Jue seemed to be hiding something from her, but since he didn't want to say it, she didn't ask any more.
"I've been tossing for a long time, I'm tired."
Seeing that she was not too energetic, Helian couldn't help but say, clasped her shoulders with one hand, put the other under her knee socket, and picked her up effortlessly.
"Your Majesty, I can walk through it myself......
She was at a loss for her hands and feet, her body writhed and wanted to come down, and Helian decided, "Lone just wants to carry you over, if you move again, Lone can't guarantee that you won't be impulsive."
The ambiguous threat made Si Nanyue dare not struggle anymore, and stayed obediently in his arms, not daring to look at him.
When Helian decided to fold the quilt for her, he sat in front of her couch again like last night, and said in a gentle tone, "Sleep in peace, I am alone here to guard you."
She adjusted her body in a restrained manner, and persuaded, "The king is working state affairs, and if he doesn't rest well at night, he may affect the Holy Body, and the concubine really doesn't want to go."
"Oh?" He lowered his head downward, the tip of his tall nose almost touching the tip of her nose, "Nanyue
Is it distressed and lonely? Want to share a bed with you alone?"
"That's not what the concubine meant!"
She hurriedly wanted to get up and explain, but Helian Jue held her shoulder, and he smiled: "Okay, okay, Lone is joking with you, since Nanyue cares so much about Lone, then Lone ......."
He raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the side room, and said, "Lonely is resting in the side room, if you have any problems, just let the next person pass it on."
"Yes."
After Helian left, she breathed a long sigh of relief, but the next day, Regret did not come to Fengqi Palace, and heard the maid say that when she was not awake, Regret Er left in a hurry after saying hello outside the dormitory.
Si Nanyue felt even more hidden, and was just about to go to the palace to find her in person, when she heard the little girl running outside and shouting, "Queen Mother, save it!"
As soon as the words fell, Regret ran in, and a little yellow bird with a blood-stained body was lying in the palm of his hand.
"Mother, it's injured, help it!"
Si Nanyue made a difficulty, she took a hard look and found that the little yellow bird's abdomen seemed to have been cut by something, the injury was not shallow, its eyes were closed, and it slowly opened a slit after a while, and the small beige pointed beak opened, but there was no sound.
"Mother, isn't it...... Isn't it hopeless......
The little girl was teary-eyed, the corners of her mouth were pouting downward, and before Si Nanyue could answer, a teardrop scrambled to fall from her reddish eyes.
"I don't want it to die, Queen Mother, save it......
Seeing that the little girl's tears couldn't be contained, Si Nanyue simply died as a live horse doctor, and coaxed: "Sorry, don't cry first, the queen mother is going to help the bird heal her injuries, you come to help the queen mother."
As soon as she heard that the bird was still saved, the little girl immediately stopped crying, and there were still crystal tears on her long eyelashes.
"Really...... Really?"
"Of course."
Sinan Yue ordered the maid to prepare hot water, stitched needles and threads, and gold sore medicine and other materials.
She gently scraped off the feathers from the bird's wounds, wiped the blood from the bird's body with hot water as if she were treating a wound, sutured it with needles and threads, and finally wrapped it in ointment.
The process was very fast, and Si Nanyue was also surprised by her proficiency in suturing, could she still be a doctor before?
It wasn't until her mother put the bird on the Jinpa that the little girl came out from behind the screen and asked with a heavy cry, "Mother, will the little yellow bird really wake up?"
"Perhaps, even if a person is seriously injured, it may not be able to be saved, let alone a bird."
Si Nanyue didn't want to lie to her, but looking at the worried appearance of Regret, she said again, "But the queen mother will try her best to save it."
"That...... The penitent came every day to feed the little birds."
"Okay, with the care of the repentant child, the queen mother believes that it will get better."
"Hmm!"