The world is broken, the cubs mend it

Yuanyuan dreamed that her old father chopped off her head and turned her into a headless monster.

"..."

Pei Zhiyan listened to her whispers again and again, and felt as if a hole was torn in his heart.

He raised his hand and rubbed her frowning brows. When her brows relaxed, he pushed her to the side, stood up, straightened his clothes, and went downstairs.

Wu Xian brought all the memorials over and placed them on the desk in order.

The emperor was licentious and immoral, spending all his time in pleasure with his concubines. All memorials to the emperor were approved and sealed by Pei Zhangyin.

"There was a flood in Quzhou, and the people were displaced. The local governor requested funds for disaster relief. Your Majesty also wanted to rebuild the ancestral temple, and the national treasury was empty..."

"Let's respond to the emperor's request first and allocate some of the disaster relief funds first."

Pei Zhiyan lowered his eyes and looked at the memorial, like a seated Buddha statue, but he did not have a holy heart that had mercy on all living beings.

"Master Seal, once this imperial edict is issued, the impeachment memorials against you will probably pile up like a mountain. People outside will say that you..."

Wu Xian wanted to say something but stopped himself, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him again.

"What did you say about me?"

Pei Zhiyan's eyes fell on him, and he dipped the pen in his hand lightly into the ink in the inkstone.

"..."

Wu Xian remained silent, not wanting those words to disturb his peace.

"I know it even if you don't say it. If you don't like my behavior, you can tell them as well."

"Master Seal, I have absolutely no such intention."

Wu Xian knelt down and kowtowed to him. He had sworn to be loyal to him all his life.

He had done the wrong thing that year and was beaten with twenty boards by Liu Bingbi. He lay in the palace corridor in the heavy snow and almost died.

It was he who saved his life. At that time, he was not Pei Zhiyan, but the chief eunuch Liu Pei who entered the palace in a disguised appearance.

Since then, I have followed him and have been promoted to my current high position, and I am no longer bullied.

He had no way to repay such a great favor, so he was willing to entrust his life to him and protect him until death.

"Get out!"

Pei Zhiyan looked at his bleeding forehead and waved him away.

When Yuanyuan woke up, there was no one beside her. She rolled over on the bed and got up. She put her little feet into her embroidered shoes and walked downstairs.

It was much cooler in the afternoon. The breeze blew Pei Zhiyan's white hair hanging behind him, and from a distance he looked like a painting.

The old man is still very beautiful when he doesn't speak.

"Who taught you to wear shoes like this?"

Pei Zhiyan glanced at the embroidered shoes that had a corner broken off by her stepping on them, and his brows unconsciously furrowed.

Where did you learn these bad habits?

"what are you doing?"

Yuanyuan walked to his side and stood on tiptoe to see what he was writing, but unfortunately she was too short to see.

"Put on your shoes..."

Pei Zhiyan held down her head as she tried to raise it, and felt uncomfortable just looking at her shoes that were not properly put on.

"I'm dressed."

Yuanyuan lifted her feet and shook them. They were worn so well that they didn’t fall off.

"Whose shoes are worn like you?" Pei Zhiyan squatted down and lifted up her heels, saying coldly, "Next time you step on your heels, I'll chop off your feet and feed them to the dogs."

“My feet don’t taste good…”

Yuanyuan was so scared that she put her feet together and moved back a little.

"The dog doesn't care whether your feet are delicious or not, as long as they are edible."

Pei Zhiyan saw that she was afraid, so he concealed the murderous intent in his eyes and raised his hand to press her head again.

"..."

Yuanyuan tilted her head a little to the side and ran out with her short legs.

Xiao Fuzi and Caizhi were waiting outside, and when they saw her come out they followed her to serve her.

She had already visited Wangyue Tower thoroughly and took Caizhi's hand to ask if there was anything else fun.

"Why don't we go to the Imperial Garden? The lotus flowers are in full bloom now. We can pick some and put them in the room." Caizhi suggested.

"Then I'll go get the kite so we can play with it for a while before it gets dark."

Xiao Fuzi was only fourteen years old and still a little playful, so she let them go first and followed them later.

The child was still young and got tired after walking along the palace path for a while, so he reached out to Caizhi to hold him.

The scenery of the Imperial Garden was at its most magnificent, but the palace maids passing by all lowered their heads and walked in a hurry, not daring to stay here for long.

"Sister Caizhi, are they walking so fast because they have something urgent?"

Yuanyuan raised her hand to greet the passing palace maids, but no one paid any attention to her.

"Ugh……"

Caizhi sighed. The palace maids were all good girls from honest families before entering the palace.

Women entered the palace originally hoping to earn a good future and marry off in style.

But who knew that entering the palace was like stepping into a den of tigers and wolves? If a woman with a little bit of beauty was seen by the emperor, she would not escape the fate of being raped.

If you are lucky, you can be crowned a beauty, but if you are unlucky, you will die miserably on the spot.

But there's no point telling this to a three-year-old.

"Don't be unhappy, I won't ask anymore."

Seeing her sad face, Yuanyuan raised her hand and patted her shoulder.

"Um……"

Caizhi smiled at her and her heart felt warm.

The lotus flowers in the Imperial Garden are in full bloom, and the faint fragrance wafts in the wind.

Soon, Xiao Fuzi followed with a kite in hand.

He took Yuanyuan to fly a kite in an open area, while Caizhi went to pick some lotus flowers and lotus pods to put in a vase.

"Girl, look how high our kite is flying."

Xiao Fuzi asked the child to hold the kite spool, and she squatted behind her to control the kite string.

"..."

Yuanyuan looked at the eagle kite flying high in the sky and felt that she had flown a kite like this before.

But the child didn't think too much and soon started laughing along with Xiao Fuzi.

"Who is flying a kite ahead?"

Concubine Jing walked on the path lined with roses, raised her hands to block the sun and looked at the kites in the sky. She could faintly hear the laughter of children.

"It should be a little prince from some palace. I will help you go over and take a look."

The master and servant followed the sound and saw an ordinary-looking child and a little eunuch.

"Which palace are you from?"

The old nanny looked at the girl and felt that her facial features were too ordinary, she didn't look like the emperor's child.

"I pay my respects to Her Majesty Consort Jing. I am from Wangyue Tower."

Xiao Fuzi quickly put down the kite, leaned over and knelt down to kowtow to Concubine Jing, and tugged at Yuanyuan's clothes, motioning her to salute.

"What are you doing lying on the ground?"

Yuanyuan squatted down and looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant.

"So she is the one next to the seal holder. Where did this girl come from? She looks unfamiliar to me."

Concubine Jing raised her hand to ask him to stand up and answer, looking at the child in front of her.

"Reporting to the queen, she is the new adopted daughter of the Master Seal."

"Come here and let me take a look." Concubine Jing waved at her.

Yuanyuan took two steps towards her and looked up at her.

The woman in front of me had her hair tied up with a hairpin, was wearing a plain dress, and had a kind face.

"What is your name?"

"Yuanyuan!"

"That's a good name. Would you mind walking with me?"

Concubine Jing took her hand and looked at her facial features carefully.

Although it looks a bit ordinary overall, it is still exquisite upon closer inspection. I believe it will be quite good when it grows up.