[Red House] But for the sake of the king

The second day's private visit on Weifu did not take place, and Jun Qi was caught up in trivial matters and couldn't get away.Lin Ruhai couldn't bear to let her daughter down, so she took Daiyu to the street.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the city of Jinan became hotter and hotter. Lin Ruhai was afraid of Daiyu's heatstroke, so he deliberately chose to go out in the morning when the sun was not so strong.The father and daughter are both dressed in mandarin jackets and long gowns, one is handsome and the other is delicate and pleasant, and they attract many eyes when they walk on the street.Fortunately, Daiyu often changed her clothes and ran out when she was at home, but she didn't mind, and followed Lin Ruhai openly.Just looking left and right along the way, it is obvious that he is full of curiosity.Even in the bazaar, there were not many pedestrians, only a few sparse vendors scattered on both sides of the street, which was completely different from the bustling and hustle and bustle of the capital.

The father and daughter walked for a while, planning to take a sedan chair to visit Daming Lake.Lin Ruhai was about to take Daiyu to the teahouse ahead to wait for the sedan chair to come, but Daiyu stopped at a corner.

It was a simple booth with two benches and a wooden board.There are a few large sheets of rice paper spread out on it, which are some calligraphy and painting groups.Behind the wooden board, a man in his thirties, wearing a Confucian scarf and a long gray gown, was writing vigorously.There is also a streamer leaning on his side, with four big characters written "writing letters on behalf of him".

It's not that Daiyu has never seen such a person, and there are also people in the capital. Most of them are scholars who have lost their reputation in Sunshan.The reason why I stopped to take a closer look was because of one of the paintings.

It was a young girl with a flower hoe in her hand and an apricot-colored silk bag hanging around her waist, looking back under the plum blossom tree.

Daiyu didn't know what was wrong, but when she looked at the painting, she suddenly felt sour in her eyes, and she burst into tears in a daze.As if she was the person in the painting, lonely and helpless, willing to protect the flowers but powerless.Watching the flowers blossom and fade, I had to try my best to protect the falling flowers so that they would not be tarnished.

It doesn't matter if she cries, but Lin Ruhai is in a panic.In this life, it was so easy to raise my daughter without illness or disaster, and since she was sensible, crying is even rarer, why is she crying on the street for no reason now.

"Yu'er, what's going on?"

Daiyu didn't speak, just dragged Lin Ruhai there, but her eyes kept staring at the painting.

Lin Ruhai followed her gaze, but it was just an ordinary painting, nothing unusual, and even more incomprehensible.

"Daddy," Daiyu choked up, "let's buy it."

Now Daiyu is afraid that she wants the moon in the sky, Lin Ruhai can find a way to pick it for her, let alone this painting.Yin asked the stall owner, "Sir, I want this painting."

The man didn't stop writing until he finished writing the last word, and looked at Ruhai and Daiyu slowly, a little dull.Lin Ruhai thought that although this painting was not considered a top-notch masterpiece, it could still show some character of the person who wrote it, but he did not expect that it was such a seemingly mediocre or even dull person.

"You are born too late, since this painting can catch the eyes of the young lady, let me give it to the young lady." The childlike voice scattered in the wind, which was very surprising.The man stopped talking after finishing this sentence. This ever-changing baby voice made him an outlier in everyone's eyes, and it was also a kind of shame as a man.

Lin Ruhai lost his mind for a moment, but soon came to his senses, "Thank you, sir." After speaking, he asked Song Mo who followed him to put away the painting, and took out two pieces of silver from his purse and put them on the table.

The man didn't pretend to be polite, grabbed the silver casually, and threw it into the bowl on the left.

The sedan chair came soon, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but look at the calligraphy and painting stall before the sedan chair, the man was still the same as before, with his head down, writing something, he didn't look like he was setting up a stall to make money.If you don't know, you may think that he is sitting in the academy studying.Lin Ruhai secretly thought that this child was really extraordinary, and wondered how Yu'er cried when he saw the painting.

And Daiyu at the back is carefully unfolding the painting to look at it carefully.She had seen many calligraphy and paintings of celebrities at home, but she had never seen such a painting that made her feel overwhelmed.Touching the dry corners of her eyes, Daiyu rolled up the scroll again and held it in her arms.

When the father and daughter arrived at the shore of Daming Lake, there was already a cruise ship waiting on the shore.Jun Qi, who was dressed in a black robe trimmed with gold thread, stood upright at the bow of the boat, and had been waiting for a long time.

Lin Ruhai didn't salute him when he saw him, and asked directly, "Why are you here?"

The smile on his face froze, and Jun Qi cried out in his heart, how could he still be rejected after coming so easily, "It turned out that I agreed to Xiao Yu'er, how could I break my promise."

But Daiyu curled her lips in her heart, without revealing anything, she stepped forward to pay her respects, "See Your Majesty."

Jun Qi hurriedly said, "If you come out to play today, you don't have to be so formal. Xiao Yu'er can also call me uncle."

Daiyu looked at her father's face, then tilted her head and thought for a while, "Then don't call your Majesty Xiaoyuer anymore, I am Lin Qi!"

Jun Qi was taken aback for a moment, then remembered that this was her real name, and said yes with a smile.Daiyu fulfilled her wish, and said that she was tired from walking just now, so she went to rest in the cabin for a while.Jun Qi praised her for her wink, although this time it was to coax Daiyu, it is also a good thing to have more opportunities to be alone with Ruhai now.It's a pity that Lin Ruhai didn't appreciate it. Seeing the sun getting bigger, he also went back to the cabin.

Daiyu leaned against the window, twisted a piece of lotus cake, it was cool and sweet, sweet but not greasy, waxy but not sticky, it was worthy of being made inside.There are continuous waves of lotus outside, occasionally dotted with one or two pink flower buds, and occasionally one or two lotus flowers that bloom first.Looking at such a scene in summer is the best way to cool off, and it is even more delicious when paired with lotus leaf tea and lotus cake.

Jun Qi and Lin Ruhai sat opposite each other and drank, substituting tea for wine, very comfortable.Lin Ruhai watched Daiyu all the time, for fear that she would fall out of the window accidentally.Seeing her breaking up the pastry and throwing it into the lake, she hurriedly reminded, "Yu'er, be careful, don't stretch your hands out."

Daiyu turned around and said, "Father, I can't see clearly from here, my daughter wants to go outside."

Lin Ruhai naturally refused, "No, you are small, stand on the bow and be careful not to fall."

"It's not so dangerous," Jun Qi smiled and patted him, then walked to Daiyu's side, "Come on, Xiao Yu'er, your father is tired, uncle will take you out."

Daiyu blinked obediently, and said to Lin Ruhai, "Then Daddy is resting inside, and Yu'er won't disturb you, so I'll go out with Uncle." After speaking, she took the initiative to pull Junqi's clothes and walked out.

At the bow, two people, one tall and one short, looked at each other for a long time.Jun Qi rubbed his neck, it was really sore, he simply lifted his robe and sat on the floor.

"Xiao Yu'er, do you have something to tell me?"

Seeing him just sitting down like this, Daiyu couldn't help frowning, how dirty it was.It's just purposeful to pull the emperor out.But Daiyu didn't know how to speak, the person in front of her was the emperor after all, the person her grandmother said was the last person she should not offend.Rubbing the Buddhist beads through her purse, Daiyu felt her heartbeat not so fast, "Your Majesty, you..." Hey, I really can't say these words.What if the emperor becomes angry from embarrassment and comes to chop all over the house, what should we do?

Jun Qi was completely unaware of the twists and turns in Daiyu's heart, and seeing her hesitate to speak like this, he thought that Daiyu was still young and a little afraid of him.Yin changed his smiling face again, and slowed down his voice, "Xiao Yu'er, you can say what you want to say boldly, don't treat me as an emperor, how about just treating me like an ordinary uncle?"

Daiyu finally plucked up the courage to ask, "Uncle, do you hate Daddy?"

Jun Qi was stunned, what did he say, "Why do you ask that?"

"That day, I went to see Daddy, and I saw you there, beating him." Daiyu's eyes turned red, and she tried hard to tell herself not to cry, not to cry, but when she thought of the scene at that time, she couldn't help the tears in her eyes. Sour.She never knew that the tall, mighty and omnipotent father in her eyes would look like this in front of the emperor.Reminiscing how many times her father was rushed into the palace by the emperor, Daiyu couldn't help but wonder that maybe her father had been enduring such pain all along.She didn't know why the emperor did this, but she felt sorry for her father, no matter what the emperor would do to her, if she could do something for her father, she would be satisfied.

Jun Qi thought for a while in a daze, and then realized that he was probably joking with Ru Hai that day and Yu'er saw it.But it's hard for him to explain this. He can't say that I'm flirting with your father.But Daiyu caring about Ruhai so much is not in vain for Ruhai's love for her.Yin said, "My dear Yu'er, uncle didn't really hit your father, he was just playing with your father."

Daiyu didn't believe it, she shook her head again and again, and cried out at him, "No, no, you lied. You always ask daddy to enter the palace, and sometimes daddy has scars on his neck. Grandma is sad, but she doesn't tell me. You are all lying, and daddy said it was for business, and neither sister Pingting nor sister Piaoxu's daddy is so busy. Don't bully daddy, okay?"

Jun Qi hurriedly squatted up and hugged Daiyu in his arms, patted her on the back lightly, "My dear Yuer, don't cry, don't cry, let your father think I bullied you. I really didn't bully you." Your father, stop crying, can we talk properly?"

Daiyu couldn't stop at this end, thinking of her father's many strange whereabouts in recent years, even sometimes he had to laugh and tease her and her younger brother when he obviously couldn't even walk properly, and felt pain in his heart.She even felt a bruise on her knee when she bumped it a little bit, how painful it must be if Dad's neck was red.Daiyu, who had already established the prestige of the official lady in front of the servants, cried and fell into Jun Qi's arms like a child who didn't know what to do.

Lin Ruhai heard crying inside, and ran out quickly, shaking the boat twice.Daiyu hadn't seen tears for many years, today she shed tears twice in one day, and she cried more and more, how could he not feel distressed.He snatched the child and held her in his arms, and coaxed her skillfully like Daiyu when she was a child. It took a quarter of an hour before she gradually stopped crying.

Lin Ruhai glared at Jun Qi, not knowing how he provoked Yu'er and made the child cry like this.Jun Qi had a bitter face and couldn't say anything. What Daiyu said made him understand that the matter was serious.