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After giving these orders, Jing Yan went out to get a copper basin and a hot towel in the rain, walked lightly, and walked to Qiao Yu's room.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the lights of the paper lanterns were faint, unable to light up the whole room. Except for this small place by the bed, everything else was shrouded in dim shadows.In the past, Qiao Yu didn't feel that there was anything to be afraid of, but now it was different. When he closed his eyes, he seemed to be able to feel that his entire face was tightly covered by mulberry paper, and his nose was full of alcohol, but he couldn't feel it. breathe.He tugged on the quilt because he was so frightened that the usual method of covering his head to deceive himself and others could no longer be used. He shivered a few times on the bed and encouraged himself for a long time before jumping out of bed. Placed glass lamps.

It was given to him by Jing Yan, there is no candle, it contains kerosene, the whole room is lit up, Qiao Yu knows it is precious, so he is reluctant to use it.

When Jing Yan came in, Qiao Yu was climbing on the chair to reach the glass lamp, holding it tightly with both hands, for fear of slipping through the cracks in his arms, and then slipped down cautiously.He didn't wear shoes and socks, revealing a pair of bare feet, the size of a palm, with white skin, which was particularly obvious in the gray clothes, as if shining.Probably because the ground was too cold, she was on tiptoe, moving towards the bed in small steps.

Jing Yan gave a rare sigh, put the things in his hands on the ground, walked to Qiao Yu's side in three or two steps, hugged him in his arms, touched his ankles and toes, they were colder than his own hands, he wanted to I learned a lesson, but I was afraid that the little crying bag who had just rested would cry again, so I had no choice but to say: "Winter is coming, you are not allowed to run on the ground without wearing shoes and socks, and when you catch a cold, you have to take medicine and you can't taste the food." smell, it's useless to cry."

Qiao Yu is ticklish. Although Jing Yan just touched it casually, he felt as if he had been electrocuted. He couldn't help shrinking with the force of his fingers, and couldn't even stay in Jing Yan's arms. He was staggering, not hearing what was being taught, but complaining, "Your Highness, don't touch my feet, it's so itchy, I can't even catch the glass lamp."

In his eyes, the glass lamp is the most important thing now.

Jing Yan could probably guess what he was afraid of, so he didn't say any more. He put Qiao Yu on the bed, his feet were covered with dust. While swinging back and forth, the quilt was lifted by Jing Yan and covered, only the soles of the feet were faintly exposed.

He took the glass lamp by hand, lit it with a torch, and hung it on the hook beside the bed, swinging it, lighting up the whole room.

Qiao Yu was overjoyed all of a sudden, and raised his finger to trace the colorful glass lamp wall, as if he was very interested in the painting method of the woman above, which he had never learned before.

Jing Yan turned around and twisted the hot towel, and said softly: "I used to lie to you that the lamp oil was all in the lantern because I was afraid that you would light the lamp every day for fun. In fact, there is still a pot, and I will bring it when it is used up."

Qiao Yu looked up at the lantern, turned her head in surprise when she heard this, thought for a while, but said timidly, "Is it all right? Do you want to keep the lamp oil for later use? Is it too wasteful for me to light it for fun?"

He likes many beautiful and novel things, but when he looks at Jing Yan, he is the only one in his eyes, just like his heart can only be filled with Jing Yan.

Jing Yan didn't take this seriously, walked towards Qiao Yu, and said with a light smile, "These are all foreign objects, why is it important that you like them?"

Qiao Yu was wronged at first, and wanted to be an obedient, sensible, and well-mannered boy, so he endured the fear and desire in his heart and made that request, but Jing Yan's words made him lawless again.

He tilted his head, his brows and eyes were crooked with a smile, "Oh! You are so kind!"

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, the roof of the dilapidated house is about to be toppled, many tiles have fallen, and the branches of dead trees are slapping on the windows, like ghosts, and it seems that they will puncture the window paper in the next moment. Reach out into the house.

Jing Yan leaned down, told Qiao Yu to close his eyes, and gently wiped his tear-stained face, the corners of his eyes blushing, the tip of his nose red, his chin and neck stained with mud and paper.

Qiao Yu was very ticklish, giggled, and instinctively hid to the side, but Jing Yan forcibly held her shoulders, and stood there dumbfounded.

After wiping these, Jing Yan wiped his hands again, finally squatted down, put Qiao Yu's feet on his knees, wiped off the dust bit by bit carefully, twisted it again, and put Qiao Yu's feet on his knees. Yu's cold feet were wrapped in a hot towel, and after the heat dissipated, Qiao Yu also became warmer.

They had never had such closeness in the East Palace before.No matter how good Jing Yan treated Qiao Yu, he was still a prince under one person and above ten thousand people. He was naturally distinguished from other people, so caring about Qiao Yu's life was just paying more attention to him and giving instructions to his attendants.But after arriving at the Taiqing Palace, it was different, everything had to be done by oneself, they faced each other day and night, and everything they did to each other was true and visible.

Jing Yan had never served anyone before, but he was very familiar with taking care of Qiao Yu, as if by instinct.

Probably because of getting in touch with him more, Qiao Yu didn't have any thoughts at first, and didn't notice anything wrong, so he just accepted it normally.

After taking care of everything, Jing Yan brought out the contents of the food box, and the food was already completely cold.Using the cover of his wide sleeves, Jing Yan opened the small bottle he brought, poured some powder into the bowl, and used that bowl to serve Qiao Yu's rice, took the chopsticks, and put one of Qiao Yu's favorite foods into his mouth Lisong, to feed him.

Qiao Yu pretended to refuse, "I'm already 12 years old, how dare I ask His Highness to feed me."

His appearance is very serious, but in fact it is not. His neck stretched out, his eyes were fixed on Jing Yan's hand, and he only hoped that the food could be delivered to his mouth as soon as possible.

Jing Yan knew that he was young and had a lot of face, so he didn't expose it, so he sent the food forward with a smile, and made up many reasons for Qiao Yu, so that he could eat with peace of mind.

He said: "Xiaoyu is only 12 years old, not to mention that he is still a child. Today, he was hit again, wronged, and injured his arm. He can't hold his job securely. How can he eat well?"

Qiao Yu took it for granted. Although the food was cold, it was extraordinarily sweet and delicious than any other meal in the past.

He couldn't stay idle while eating, and the rule of not talking when eating or sleeping was thrown out of the blue. He had to talk to Jing Yan before he swallowed the food in his mouth, and stammered: "You just said, wait until you are in a hurry. One number, I waited for a long time, and counted a lot."

Jing Yan has always known his small temper, greedy and stingy, he wants as much as he can, never too much.But it was originally intended to coax him, no matter how many, Jing Yan would help him fulfill his little wish, and even at that moment he had already thought about what to engrave to get 100 and [-], which is one hundred and eight of the Water Margin Will it be the monster subdued by Monkey King in Journey to the West?

He picked one of Qiao Yu's favorite dishes, and said casually, "How many did Xiaoyu count? Have you decided what you want?"

Qiao Yu blushed from her earlobes to her cheeks, and she was obviously a little shy. After Jing Yan asked a few more times, saying that it didn't matter how much, she said in a soft voice, "I've made up my mind. Do you remember, Your Highness? The first time I The painting painted with red bricks in the Taiqing Palace, I want a statue like that, the one where His Highness held my hand when we met for the first time, and the one where I held a firefly lantern."

Jing Yan was startled, and even dropped the piece of meat caught on the chopsticks, he half-closed his eyes, and his tone was calm, but it seemed to be hiding something, "Didn't you want a lot of what you want, and you said you want to count a hundred? "

This time it was Qiao Yu's turn to be dumbfounded. His little face was stunned. He was poked by Jing Yan before he realized it. He looked innocent and stupid, "Ah? I was just joking, just thinking about it. It's too much effort for His Highness to carve so many gadgets. It's so cold now, you should put your hands under the blanket to keep warm."

He added seriously, "I don't want His Highness to have cold hands."

This reason is too silly and naive, he doesn't want to make Jing Yan feel uncomfortable just because he wants to satisfy his own desire, this is the cutest thing about him.

At least Jing Yan thinks he is extremely cute.

He raised his eyebrows, with a smile in his eyes, and said unhurriedly: "It doesn't take much effort to carve these, and you can move your fingers. I will carve a whole set of gadgets for you in the spring of next year."

Qiao Yu didn't know how big the so-called set was, so he didn't ask any further questions, and agreed with a smile.He ate a few more mouthfuls, and became more and more sleepy, unable to keep his eyelids open no matter what.

Jing Yan put down his rice bowl, and softly coaxed him to sleep.

Qiao Yu, on the other hand, was holding on to Jing Yan's sleeve, and her words were vague, as if she came from a dream, "I'm very scared. If Ah Ci stays with me, stay with me all the time, I won't be afraid." .”

"Well, stay with Xiaoyu."

Jing Yan leaned down and whispered promises beside Qiao Yu's earlobe.

Qiao Yu seemed to hear these words clearly, and finally fell into a deep sleep.

Jing Yan stayed quietly by Qiao Yu's side like this, looking at his face under the light, and even had the leisure to count how many long eyelashes he had, until there was an unusual noise outside the door.

He stood up, slowly peeled off Qiao Yu's hand, and walked outside the house.

In the end, he left a sentence, "Xiaoyu, don't be afraid, there will be no more nightmares like today."

Xiao Shishi was already drenched, and he was standing in the corridor when he saw Jing Yan kneeling on one knee, his voice was almost drowned out by the rain, "Your Highness, the matter has been clarified, it is the one who committed the crime of treason and injustice against Young Master Qiao. The three eunuchs of Shenyun Palace and the Imperial Dining Room. All the blessings of Shenyun Palace have been brought to the backyard, waiting for His Highness to dispose of them."

In fact, in the palace, the higher the position and the more powerful the people, the easier it is to investigate. And even if those insignificant little maids and eunuchs died in some remote corner, they couldn't find out why.There was almost no connection between Qiao Yu and Defu Dequan, and Xiao Shishi used a lot of tricks to find out the ins and outs of this matter.

In the darkness, Jing Yan's expression was gloomy, Xiao Shishi couldn't figure out anything, he could only hear him say: "There is one more, let's save it until tomorrow, and take Gu to see them."