Immortal, save me!

Here Baishi is still working under the Prime Minister. At this time, Yiren is more than a year old and can walk easily. Because of his busy schedule, Baishi rarely has time to accompany her, and the people of Daqi are mostly afraid and disgusted with half-demon, so he has been delayed No one could be found to take care of her.

He specifically asked his neighbors and found out that most children over one year old could walk and learn to speak. He didn't notice this at first until he saw a child about the same age as Yi Ren practicing walking accompanied by his elders on the road and making cooing sounds. Only when he called her "mother" and "daddy" did he realize the difference between her and her.

Yiren was quiet, neither crying nor fussing, nor laughing. Compared with other children of the same age, he was a little different. He even wondered if Yiren was half-demon that was why she was like this?

Pushing open the door, Yiren was sitting on the bed playing with her fingers. She looked at him when she heard the noise, and then opened her short arms to hug him.

Bai Shi walked over and hugged Yi Ren in his arms. He lowered his eyes and looked at Yi Ren's beautiful green vertical pupils. There was some joy in seeing him in those eyes, but no more, but he felt that Yi Ren was very different inexplicably. Her His eyes were clean but deep and calm, not at all like a child of this age.

But how is it possible? Maybe he thought too much.

"Yiren, let me teach you how to speak."

He carried Yiren to the desk and wrote the word "Yiren" on the paper.

"Yiren, to be a human being, you must first learn to be yourself. Let's start with your name."

Bai Shi pointed at the words on the paper and read slowly, then taught Yi Ren to read along.

Yi Ren tilted her head to look at him, then opened her mouth as she watched the shape of his mouth: "Yeah."

Bai Shi looked at Yi Ren in a funny way, gently turned her head back, pointed at the two words with his fingertips, and said: "Yi Ren."

Yiren looked down at his fingertips and opened her mouth: "Yi——ah!"

Shiraishi didn't give up and corrected him over and over again. Soon Yi Ren learned the lesson and called his own name in a long voice: "Yi Ren!"

Shiraishi was very happy and felt a sense of accomplishment. He picked up a pen and wrote the word "Daddy" on the paper, and then taught her: "Dad - Daddy."

This time Yiren stopped talking and looked at him with her mouth closed.

Bai Shi was confused: "What's wrong? This word is too difficult?"

He tried teaching Yi Ren several more times, but Yi Ren wouldn't open her mouth, which made him a little frustrated.

"Why don't you call me daddy?"

Yiren sat in his arms and said nothing, just looking at him with focused eyes, her red mouth opened: "Bai, Bai..."

Bai Shi was slightly shocked: "Yiren, what did you just say?"

Yiren grabbed his clothes with her little hands and opened her mouth: "Bai, Bai, Bai..."

"White? What white?" Bai Shi was puzzled.

Yiren pursed her lips and her cheeks swelled slightly, as if she was unhappy.

"Shiro, Shiraishi!"

Bai Shi's heart beat for a moment, and he was a little excited. Yi Ren actually called his name without him teaching her! Although it wasn't the "Daddy" he wanted to hear, he was happy enough.

"Yiren is so smart, she can even call daddy by his name!"

Hearing the compliment, Yiren pursed her lips and smiled.

Baishi continued: "I call you daddy - daddy."

Yiren stopped talking again.

Seeing this, Shiraishi felt helpless: "Well, if it's so difficult to learn, then we'll learn it later. Let's learn other things first."

Next, Shiraishi taught Yiren many vocabulary words, and Yiren quickly learned them all, except for the word "father" that she couldn't say.

After two days, Baishi rarely took a break, so he decided to take Yi Ren out for a walk.

He found a small cloak to cover Yiren's whole body, and carried her out of the house.

Compared with other places, Yu is much calmer and peaceful. There are not so many wandering beggars, and there are not so many people who have been harmed by the Yu Kingdom.

A young couple was strolling on the street. The woman was pretty, with one hand protecting her slightly swollen belly. The man was thin, tall, and handsome. He was half-hugging his wife to avoid being bumped into by the crowd. Looking at them from a distance, they just felt very warm.

Bai Shi passed the two of them with Yi Ren in his arms, and vaguely heard the man's gentle voice in his ears: "Madam, do you like this style?"

The woman snorted softly, "I don't like it."

Yiren lay on Bai Shi's shoulder, looking under the cloak with no expression on her face.

She stretched out her little arms to hug Shiraishi's neck, put her head against his, and then turned to stare at Shiraishi.

Shiraishi stopped and looked up at the dazzling array of small toys on the stall.

"Master, let's see if you see anything in this photo. Everything here is carefully made and I guarantee there will be no problems!"

Bai Shi hugged Yi Ren and showed her: "Yiren, what do you like?"

When Yiren heard this, she looked over, not wanting anything, but looking at Bai Shi's eager expression, she had no choice but to turn her head and point at a toy.

Baishi said with some joy: "It turns out that Yiren likes bamboo dragonflies!"

Baishi paid the money, then took the bamboo dragonfly and handed it to Yiren, then walked her around the street with her in his arms, took her to watch a sideshow, and finally went home.

I met the young couple again on the road. The woman looked calm, as if she was angry, while the man coaxed her with nice words: "Madam, it's not a bad thing for my father-in-law to resign. Leaving here will also help you raise your child."

The woman's voice was sweet and arrogant: "You have lied to me. Why did my father leave after finally returning to Yudu?! I want to go find my father..."

The sound gradually disappeared into the mansion not far away. Bai Shi looked over and saw several large gilded characters on the plaque - Minister's Mansion.

Why didn't he hear that any of the ministers were resigning? Maybe you can ask the Prime Minister about it.

The next morning, the emperor was furious again. The ministers were trembling and no one dared to speak.

Marquis Baishi watched the civil and military officials walk out of the palace with lingering fear. Only Prime Minister Yan Mo looked tense and serious.

"grown ups."

Yan Mo looked at him and sighed, then got into the carriage.

"Go back."

The horses' hooves clattered as they drove slowly towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In the carriage, Yan Mo frowned and raised his hand to pinch the center of his eyebrows. He was about to reach the age of seventy. He originally planned to resign and return to his hometown to retire, but due to the situation in Daqi, he had to stay in the court. He still had life. Danger.

Not long ago, Queen Hu Sheng did something that angered His Majesty and was thrown into the cold palace.

This is an opportunity for them. If they seize it, they can drive away the wolves, tigers and leopards who covet Daqi. If they fail to grasp it, Daqi will be trapped in the mud and unable to be saved.

Back at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Bai Shi and a group of staff followed the Prime Minister into the study. Everyone was still discussing the situation in the court, trying to find a way to completely defeat the Queen Hu Sheng's party.

Baishi sat quietly and did not interrupt rashly, but just listened thoughtfully to everyone's discussion.

When everyone finally left, he stayed in the study and looked at the prime minister and said, "Sir, have any officials resigned recently?"

The Prime Minister was a little surprised: "No."

Baishi lowered his eyes and said in a calm tone: "Yesterday, I met a young couple from the Vice Minister's Mansion on the street. I heard the lady said that her father had finally returned to Yudu but was resigning, so I asked this question. "

The Prime Minister muttered: "Servant... As for the minister who has just returned to Yu, the only one who has just returned to Yu is Yang Xu, the Minister of Rites."

Then Baishi learned something about Yang Xu, the Minister of Rites, from the Prime Minister's mouth.

About a few years ago, people from the State of Yu came and presented Hu Sheng to the emperor, and used this to request Daqi to open a trade route with the State of Yu and allow people from the State of Yu to do business in Daqi.

At this point, the court was divided into two factions. One faction headed by the Prime Minister was opposed, while the other faction supported the opening of trade routes with the State of Yu. During this period, the Queen Mother was still listening behind the curtain, and the Queen Mother also held objections, so the Emperor did not react. The matter was shelved.

After the spring hunting, the emperor suddenly changed his mind and couldn't help but take Hu Sheng away from the harem. He also insisted on opening up trade routes with the Yu State. This caused endless disputes in the court. Before the matter was settled, something happened to the Queen Mother and she was sent out of the palace to live in heaven. Year.

The emperor took full control of the political power and resolutely opened up trade routes. Yue Lin, the imperial censor, tried to stop the move but failed. He remonstrated and remonstrated. The emperor was furious. Yue Lin's son-in-law, Yang Xu, the Minister of Rites, asked himself to leave the capital, fearing that his wife and daughter would be implicated.

Not long ago, many "gods" appeared in Daqi's country, possessing unpredictable supernatural powers. Daqi took the opportunity to recruit them. Therefore, there was a national master in the court, and there was also a young man who was stronger and more mysterious than the national master. But that The young man didn't want to stay in the court, so he went to a border town in Xizhou and became a small county magistrate.

At that time, Yang Xu was still the county magistrate of that place. In order to retain the mysterious young man, the emperor ordered that Yang Xu be recalled to Yudu and reinstated.

After hearing this, Baishi understood some things. Therefore, the young magistrate he met in Yicheng before was from outside this continent. Yang Xu, the Minister of Rites, was the former magistrate of Yicheng, and the young couple he met yesterday The couple is Yang Xu's daughter and son-in-law, and now Yang Xu is resigning. It seems that the situation in the court is really not optimistic.

The relationship between the emperor and the empress has now broken down. If the good deeds done by the Yu State in the past few years are naturally revealed in front of the emperor, the relationship between the emperor and the empress will be completely irreparable. The emperor's tour incognito is the best way to achieve this goal.

Shiraishi then discussed with the prime minister how to let the emperor propose to go on patrol incognito, and took the opportunity to put the tragic experience of the people under the emperor's eyes.

However, there are fewer and fewer people available. Many sincere ministers have lost their lives in the past few years. The Prime Minister's favorite student Wen Xingzhi recently resigned and returned to his hometown to save his life. At present, the civil and military officials and the Prime Minister There were only a few members of one faction left, and the other officials were either from the Empress Hu Sheng's faction, or they were daily wallflowers who fawned over the emperor all day long.

After Shiraishi left, the prime minister sat thoughtfully in his study for most of the night, and went to court the next day in high spirits.

The morning court that day was still very lively. First of all, Yang Xu, the Minister of Rites, submitted his resignation to the emperor, saying that he was ill at home and did not come to the court. Secondly, an official accidentally mentioned that the emperor went on tour incognito. The prime minister sternly refuted the official's suggestion, and the queen Seeing that the prime minister was resolute, one group immediately sang the opposite tune in order to attack him, and tried their best to persuade the emperor to go on tour incognito.

The final result was that the emperor accepted the suggestions of most officials and decided to go on patrol incognito.