The emperor and the eunuch

The battle ended very quickly, and the troops returned to the court in less than a month.

After returning to the palace, Ruan Yuan applied to the Department of Etiquette for approval of a single courtyard. The people above all knew that Ruan Yuan was favored, so they gave him an empty courtyard facing the sun. This courtyard is only separated from the Hall of Yangxin by two walls. When I got to the yard, I twitched my eyebrows so much that I could kill a fly, but the yard is well lit and quiet, so it's suitable for children to live in.

He weighed the pros and cons with his little hands, and finally moved in reluctantly.

Ruan Yuan was Li Yan's personal eunuch, and according to the rules, he could not leave the emperor's side for a moment, but the emperor showed kindness and demoted him to become a night watch eunuch.

Although the salary is reduced now, but he has time to take care of the children during the day, Ruan Yuan feels very happy in an instant, and even the depression he had just formed has disappeared.

After working hard all day and returning home, looking at Bai Tuanzi sleeping peacefully on the bed, the softness in his heart was about to overflow, Ruan Yuan lay on the bedside and poked Bai Tuanzi's little face with his fingers, giggling beside him.

"Stop laughing!" Just as he was having fun, he suddenly got kicked on the buttocks, and was about to turn around and kneel down when he heard a depressing crisp voice, it wasn't Li Yan.

Ruan Yuan turned his head slowly, and saw Eunuch Lai standing behind him with his hands in his hands.

"Auspicious, what are you doing?" Before Ruan Yuan finished speaking, Lai Jixiang interrupted him sharply, "You have no brains, do you! You went out to do errands, and you didn't know how to send the child to me, just like this Leave it here, if I come later, your son will be buried alive!"

As soon as the last word was pronounced, Ruan Yuan's pupils suddenly dilated, and he collapsed on the ground with a "bang", his mouth trembling and unable to utter a word.

Seeing that Ruan Yuan was terrified, Lai Jixiang hurriedly stepped forward to help him up. Perhaps his legs were too weak, and he tried to stand up several times without success. Lai Jixiang simply sat on the ground with him, holding his hands beside him. look at him.

Ruan Yuan tried several times, and finally made a trill from his throat, "Really...really?"

Lai Jixiang limply leaned against the bed, and said casually, "Of course it's true. After you left, I was worried and wanted to move here with you. As soon as I arrived at the door with my luggage on my back, I saw Xu One of the imperial concubine's servants is holding your son, and a little eunuch next to him is also carrying a shovel, apparently," he didn't dare to finish speaking, fearing that Ruan Yuan would faint from fright.

Ruan Yuan hadn't gotten over the backlash yet, he just felt that something was blocking his throat, making him uncomfortable, his heart was about to rush out, and he couldn't make a sound with his mouth open.

"Don't worry, we'll watch in two shifts later, as long as there is someone around the little guy." Lai Jixiang comforted him while stroking his back.

Ruan Yuan curled up and stared blankly at the ground, before opening his mouth to say thank you to Lai Jixiang Nunuuo, then as if he couldn't figure it out, he asked him weakly, "Ms. Concubine Xu, she, she Why would you, would you, kill my son?"

As if he had heard some joke, Lai Jixiang chuckled twice, and teased, "Because you are favored! Women have very small minds. This concubine Xu is not afraid of death. The emperor asked you to bring it back. Dare to touch, let's be careful in the future, we can always protect this little guy."

Ruan Yuan frowned, with an aggrieved look on his face, Lai Jixiang saw that he was being silly and thought it was fun, reached out and pinched the flesh on his face, and comforted him, "Don't think about it, just save some time later." Helping him on the bed, the two of them sat on both sides of the little guy, staring at the soft ball. After a while, Lai Jixiang asked him abruptly, "What's the name of this kid? I haven't seen you call him by his baby name before."

Ruan Yuan now had tears in his eyes, and when he heard someone talking to him, he pursed his mouth and stared at Lai Jixiang aggrievedly.

"It's endless, isn't it? Stop staring, let me ask you what's the name of this child?" Lai Jixiang spoke in a low voice for fear of waking up Ruan Tuanzi, and the scolding tone reached Ruan Yuan's ears a lot Some love.

Ruan Yuan imitated him and whispered, "No name."

When Lai Jixiang heard it, he became very angry. The children couldn't read it, and they couldn't name it. How can there be such a father?

"Did you raise this child before? Can you raise it so well?" Lai Jixiang asked him angrily.

Ruan Yuan buried his head, shook his head slightly, and muttered, "General Lu and Zuo Envoy Liu helped me bring..."

Lai Jixiang was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time, suppressed the anger for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "OK, let's think of one now."

Ruan Yuan couldn't help naming it, Wu Qiqi rolled his eyes, and opened his mouth to spit out two words, "Ruan Shao'er."