The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 584 Take Her Flying

Qin Huai returned to Fengyu Palace and intended to go to the small hall next to it, but saw Ayu sitting on the stone steps in front of the palace gate, resting her chin on her hand, waiting for her.

The little girl was gazing intently at a corner of the eaves when she heard Qin Huai's light footsteps. She tilted her head, her eyes sparkling.

The well-behaved little girl looked over, her voice lowered but unable to hide her excitement: "Brother Ayou."

Qin Huai's furrowed brows relaxed the moment he saw A Yu.

The boy quickened his pace, walked over and helped her up, then took out a handkerchief and gestured for her to pat the dust off her clothes.

"Why are you awake so soon? Why didn't you sleep a little longer?"

"I couldn't sleep, so I came out for some fresh air," Ayu replied casually, then raised her chin. "Brother Ayou, look, this palace is so big, and there are people everywhere, but apart from footsteps and breathing, you can't hear anything else."

Apart from the Imperial Garden and the inner courtyard, it is difficult to see even a single tree in the palace. If you do see a few, they are so small that they are almost invisible.

In springtime, when everything should be reviving and all sorts of snakes, insects, birds, and ants should be out and about, making the nights very lively, the palace was eerily quiet.

Ayu slept in the space. Although she usually falls asleep quickly, she couldn't sleep soundly tonight, so she simply left the space, got dressed, and left the room.

When she arrived at Qin Huai's door, she didn't hear any breathing from his room. Tuanzi told her that Qin Huai had gone out, and Ayu waited obediently.

Qin Huai patted Ayu's head and tidied her stray hairs before saying, "Well, the palace isn't fun. Let's go back tomorrow."

"We'll find someone connected to you by the same Gu tomorrow. Do you think it will be your mother?" Ayu thought so, but then thought it might not be.

She mainly felt that the Soul-Sharing Gu was an evil thing, but Madam Qin gave her the feeling that she was a very righteous person and shouldn't be involved with such a thing.

"Ayu, I don't want to talk about her right now." Qin Huai wasn't in a good mood; thinking of that woman filled him with mixed feelings.

Over the years, he and Ayu and a few others have been studying abroad. Watching Ayu send letters home one after another, he had considered it himself, but in the end, he put down his pen.

She'll find out anyway, so what's the point of writing it down or not?
He was just a teenager, and even if he was incredibly intelligent and resilient, it wasn't something that could be understood simply by knowing him.

Even if you understand it, you may not be able to accept it.

He already knew a lot when he investigated his own identity.

The reason she has been so strict with herself all these years is simply because she thinks that if she can survive one day, she must take on her own responsibility—the responsibility of being a child of the Qin family.

Even if one is not destined to become the emperor, even if one is merely a prince, one must not be mediocre.

This is something she has to uphold herself; it is the pride of the Qin family in Jiangnan.

Qin Huai couldn't understand why the Empress Qin valued the Qin family of Jiangnan so much, since they were clearly just the Emperor's maternal family, not hers.

However, he couldn't get these answers from them, nor was he particularly interested in investigating them further. What good would it do even if he found out?

Ayu tugged at Qin Huai's little finger, her voice filled with worry: "Brother Ayou, is something bothering you? Tell me about it, and let me cheer you up."

Seeing how earnest Ayu was, Qin Huai found himself unable to confide in her.

He was never one to be outspoken.

“If you don’t want to talk about it, then let’s practice martial arts. Master Chijia said your lightness skill has improved a lot, but mine isn’t very good. Could you give me some pointers?” After saying that, Ayu slapped her head. “Look at me, I forgot that your body hasn’t recovered yet, so you probably can’t fly, right?”

Qin Huai glanced at her, pretending not to see the slyness that flashed in A Yu's eyes, and said, "...It can fly."

He squatted down, leaning forward slightly, revealing his increasingly broad back.

"Come up."

A figure flew out of the Fengyu Hall in no time.

An inner palace expert tried to stop it, but suddenly felt something flying towards him. He quickly caught it with his fingertips, only to find that it was not a hidden weapon, but a piece of silver.

Palace expert: "?"

What does this mean?
Someone in the know patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, accept it. This is what the higher-ups want."

As he spoke, he looked at the broken silver coin with a hint of envy. This was money the emperor allowed to earn, practically free!
Palace expert: "..."

Qin Huai flew with A Yu for half an hour, circling one corner of the Imperial Garden, and then returned to Fengyu Palace.

When the palace maids who were responsible for serving them woke up, they found that the people inside were gone, and they almost fainted from fright.

Seeing them return safely made my heart pound even harder.

How dare they fly around in the inner palace!
The fact that they haven't been defeated by those hidden masters means what? It means that the Heavenly Court tacitly approves.

In addition, Aunt Qingye, who served the Empress Dowager, had instructed that she should be served well.

These two people must be extraordinary individuals.

With this in mind, they served the important person even more carefully, for fear of offending them.

Ayu had a blast riding on Qin Huai's back, and kept thinking to Tuanzi, "Brother Ayou is so amazing! Even if he doesn't become the top scholar in the civil service exam, he can still become the top scholar in the martial arts exam!"

Tuanzi was a little jealous: "If you go into my space, I can take you flying too, for as long as you want."

"I know, I know, our little elf is the most powerful, even Brother Ayou isn't as powerful as you." Ayu was telling the truth.

She didn't say what came after that, but an elf is an elf, and Brother Ayou is a mortal; they can't be compared.

Tuanzi felt a little better. After Ayu and Qin Huai said goodbye and returned to their respective rooms, Tuanzi said, "He already knows who the Fate-Binding Gu is connected to, but he doesn't really want you to know. Are you still going to go with him to look for it tomorrow?"

Ayu blinked: "Why don't you want me to know? Is it because knowing will be bad for me?"

"Baby, you're very smart." That's all Tuanzi could say.

Qin Huai's thoughts were similar to those of Grandma Wang; they both wanted to protect Ayu's innocence as much as possible and didn't want her to be exposed to these things too early.

She's still too young; if she learns too much, her mind will easily become confused.

Tuanzi actually thought the same thing.

The outside world is too chaotic. In its opinion, the cub should grow up directly in its own space. It will be responsible for telling her stories and teaching her culture. It won't be any worse than the female teachers outside!
Qin Huai flew around and was quite tired when he returned. He fell asleep on the bed shortly afterward.

Ayu, however, kept her eyes open, held her breath, and asked Tuanzi, "Is Brother Ayou asleep now?"

[Asleep.]

"That's good," Ayu said. "Brother Ayou hasn't been very happy since he woke up. Let him get tired for a while today and burn off some energy. He should be able to fall asleep soon."

She knew Qin Huai well; even ordinary calming soups and teas couldn't put him to sleep.

On the contrary, if I spend more time with him, he can go to bed peacefully.

“Brother Ayou must be very sad. His mother put a curse on him that caused him to die together.”

Ayu has already concluded that the person who used the Gu poison was Madam Qin, but this conclusion is clearly not suitable for confirming with Qin Huai.

By universal standards, his mother isn't a bad person and wouldn't harm him.

“I’m not worried that his mother will harm him. He’s very sad right now, probably because he’s worried about his health and that he might take his mother with him. Although Brother Ayou never says it, I know that he actually loves his mother very much, just like I do.” Ayu thought for a while, then stopped thinking about it and just covered herself with the blanket. “I still have to go to his mother tomorrow and ask her for Brother Ayou.”

She thought that Brother Ayou's mother must be someone in the palace.

Because she had just smelled a familiar fragrance on Brother Ayou, a fragrance that Madam Qin had once carried.

It's not incense; it smells more like herbs and trees.

Moreover, now that she has come to the palace and met the highest official in the land, she naturally wants to find a powerful backer for her girls' academy.

She didn't know what the Tian family wanted her to do tomorrow, but since the Tian family had asked her for something, it must be something important. If she could handle it, it meant it wasn't a big deal.

Once things are settled, she'll take the opportunity to ask the Emperor for some nice things!
(End of this chapter)