The Regent's Tender Darling

Hearing what Xuemei said, Lin Jiaojiao had an idea. It seemed that Li Maonian and the people from the Wild Dog Gang got along pretty well.

"I'm tired today. You can take care of the opening of the wine shop. I'll go take a look tomorrow."

"Yes." Xuemei was happy to run an errand. After all, it was an errand. After finishing the errand, she could still go to the teahouse and listen to a book for a while. Maybe she would be lucky enough to meet Little Loach.

Although Xiao Niluo hangs around in Yujie, sometimes it's really hard to find people. She has known him for so many years, and she doesn't even know where Xiao Niluo lives.

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―――At night.

The crescent moon has just climbed into the night sky, and the snowy plum has just returned in the cold windy night.

When Xiaoyun came out to pour water, he saw her and couldn't help but ask: "Sister Xuemei, why are you back so late?"

"Going to do some business." Xuemei said perfunctorily.

In fact, she should have been back long ago, but she was too late to listen to the book. She walked around the Royal Street today and couldn't see the little loach.

When he heard that he was doing something, Xiaoyun naturally didn't ask any more questions and said with a smile: "Come in and warm yourself up, it's freezing at night."

At this time, all the maids were in the dormitory, and Lin Jiaojiao read to them a book of stories she bought outside on a whim.

And these girls were sitting on embroidery stools one by one, listening very seriously.

"Mother, please come back." After entering the house, Xuemei first surrendered to Lin Jiaojiao, and then hurriedly approached the stove.

Lin Jiaojiao just raised her eyes and said nonchalantly: "Bring a stool to sit on."

When she was young, she liked to play games with Xuemei, pretending to be storyteller and tea host, and would often pull Yan Sihan to listen to books.

Probably because of this, Xuemei liked listening to books since she was a child.

Xuemei moved an embroidery stool and sat on it. Dongxue saw Xuemei's hands that were red from the cold, so she took the initiative to reach out and hold Xuemei's somewhat cold and biting hands.

Then they shivered together, and the two girls rubbed their hands with each other and gradually warmed up.

Lin Jiaojiao was reading the painting book by herself. She started to read as she read. It was probably because Xuemei had gone to do some work earlier and Yan Sihan was busy with official duties, so she felt bored.

Then all the girls in the courtyard were called in.

None of the girls below dared to speak, for fear of disturbing the lady who was reading the painting book seriously.

This picture book was very thin. After reading it, Lin Jiaojiao noticed the girls below who were staring at her blankly.

Obviously, these girls were a little stunned. She asked suspiciously: "Don't you understand?" She also thought this story was quite good.

There was silence below. Xuemei was the first to react and quickly cheered: "This story is good."

Then everyone responded, except Qingtao who stared at a few people with a puzzled look on his face, clearly not hearing anything.

Xuemei took advantage of Lin Jiaojiao's gaze on Dongqing and whispered to Dongxue next to her: "Just get used to it."

She is someone who has been here before. As for why she likes to listen to books outside, it is also because listening to the empress talks about books is equivalent to not listening at all.

Although the storytellers outside talk about it several times, at least they don’t become silent while talking.

Dongxue had a look of understanding on her face. In fact, it was nice to sit here and accompany her. It was warm, and there were pastries and tea that she couldn't usually eat.

Except for the fact that the "storyteller" was silent from time to time, they really looked like they were in a teahouse listening to books for fun.

At this time, Lin Jiaojiao rubbed her forehead. She was a little tired now. She took a sip of the tea next to her and said, "It's getting late. Let's go back and rest."

The girls quickly stood up and said submissively: "Yes."

After all these girls left, Xuemei came over, hugged Lin Jiaojiao's legs habitually and started to rub them, and then said: "Your Majesty, I heard something outside today."