Harem Daily Life

Not to mention Shu Fei and Zhao Cairen, even Qi Yizheng and Qingfeng felt that Tao Cairen would definitely be reprimanded by His Majesty for personally leading a dirty little beggar back to the boat. He might even order someone to send the little beggar away directly, and then the two would have a big quarrel. Tao Cairen angered His Majesty and was demoted, and fell out of favor from then on.

Seeing Tao Yanyan approaching with the little beggar, Shu Fei couldn't help but remind him, "Tao Cairen, this child is of low status. It's not appropriate for you to bring him back like this. What if you anger His Majesty?"

Zhao Cairen hurriedly moved aside, covering her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and said, "That's right, Concubine Shu is kind and is reminding you kindly, but you'd better not be ungrateful. You'd better get rid of this dirty child as soon as possible. I'm afraid he hasn't washed for many years." Her disgust was evident in her words.

Xiaohuahua lowered her head a little awkwardly.

Tao Yanyan thanked Shu Fei and said, "Thank you for your concern, Madam Shu Fei. However, Your Majesty is also a kind person. Although this child is a little dirty, he has a pure heart. I think he is quite cute. I'm sure Your Majesty will not be really angry."

Then he said to Zhao Cairen: "The child will be white and tender if he is washed. This is my new brother. Zhao Cairen, please be more friendly to me when he is my brother in the future."

After saying that, he continued to take Xiaohuahua on the boat.

Mingyue stayed on the boat to take care of Xianglan, who was still unable to move. She had no idea what was happening outside. When she prepared hot water for Tao Cairen to wash and waited for him to come back, she was shocked by the scene in front of her.

Why, why did Tao Cairen come back with a little beggar?

Mingyue understood her helplessness and looked at Qingfeng. Qingfeng looked hopeless: Don’t look at me, I feel dizzy too.

"Mingyue, give Xiaohuahua a bath first. Qingfeng, go ask the kitchen to make two bowls of noodles with meat, eggs and vegetables." Mingyue's heart was pounding when she heard Tao Cairen's instructions. She felt helpless when she saw the dirty child.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister." Xiao Huahua thanked her sensibly.

Mingyue was immediately melted by the baby's voice and forgot for a moment that the child was a little dirty. She took the child from Tao Cairen and went into the inner room.

Tao Yanyan went to wash her hands and stretch her arms and legs. Qingfeng went to the kitchen to get noodles, and since he was not there at the moment, she went to look for clothes herself, hoping to find something for the child to wear temporarily.

But after searching through the clothes, I couldn't find anything suitable. I thought I could only wrap the child in a blanket first and send someone to buy some clothes tomorrow morning.

But what she didn't expect was that Eunuch Zhang personally brought two sets of clothes and shoes and socks for the children, and also brought the imperial physician to examine Xiao Huahua's body.

Eunuch Zhang was the emperor's personal eunuch, and his every move represented the emperor's will. So Tao Yanyan was happy to ask the imperial physician to wait for a while, and he took his clothes and went into the inner room.

Mingyue was quick and skillful and washed very carefully. In a short while, she had changed three basins of water.

Seeing the talented lady Tao coming in, she replied, "Talented lady, just wash it with this basin of water, but his hair is seriously tangled and I'm afraid it can't be combed neatly. I can only clean it temporarily."

Tao Yanyan put down her clothes, thought for a moment and said, "Why not just shave it? New hair will grow in a few months. Xiaohuahua, sister will help you shave your hair and let it grow again, okay?"

Xiao Huahua nodded obediently: "I will listen to you, Sister."

I have to say that the white little Huahua is really cute, although she is severely malnourished, very thin, and her ribs are a little protruding, which is easy to see. But her big eyes seem to be able to speak, and she is very well-behaved.

Tao Yanyan couldn't help but pinch his little face, thinking that she must feed him well and try to raise him into a plump white baby boy as soon as possible.

Tao Yanyan dressed Xiao Huahua, while Mingyue went to borrow the razors that the guards usually used, and quickly shaved the child's head.

The head is round, the eyes are twinkling, and the white little flowers make it even more adorable.

Mingyue packed up the buckets. Tao Yanyan picked up Xiaohuahua and couldn't help but kissed his face: "Now he's a sweet little brother. Let's go eat noodles."

As soon as he walked out of the inner room, he found that the emperor had come and was sitting at the table with three bowls of fragrant noodles on the table. Qingfeng was looking at him with a smile on his face.

Tao Yanyan: “…”

After all, Tao Yanyan had not yet had time to report the matter of secretly picking up a child to the emperor in person, so she was still a little nervous, so after putting Xiao Huahua on the seat, she bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I secretly adopted a little brother without your consent. This child may be an orphan, wandering on the streets. I really couldn't bear it, so I brought him back. Please don't blame me, Your Majesty."

He Linzhang took a look at the little bald guy. Apart from being too thin, he was actually quite good-looking. He said, "Since you have already recognized him as your relative, you can keep him in your care from now on. But..."

Tao Yanyan looked at the emperor with big eyes: "But what? He is your brother-in-law, so why don't you pay?"

He Linzhang narrowed his eyes. Why did he read the word "stingy" in the eyes of the young genius?

Putting aside his doubts, He Linzhang said, "But after returning to the palace, we still have to find a place for him to live. You are a woman who has not given birth, and you don't know how to raise a child."

Xiao Huahua immediately grabbed Tao Yanyan's hand, with worried tears in her eyes: "I, I won't leave Jiejie. Don't leave."

After saying that, she jumped off the stool again, trotted to He Linzhang, and looked up at the man in front of her who was extremely tall even when sitting: "I am easy to take care of, white rice without vegetables, one meal a day is fine. I don't want to leave my sister."

He Linzhang suddenly felt sad. He raised his hand awkwardly and gently touched the thin bald head of the child in front of him: "Okay, then you will live with your sister for the next few years." Boys and girls should sit at different tables after eight years old. The child looks like he is only three years old, so let him live with you for five years.

Xiaohuahua smiled happily and blinked a few times to hold back her tears: "Thank you. Um... who are you?" The round little head tilted, looking cute and adorable.

He Linzhang: “…”

"This is your brother-in-law, but you can't call him brother-in-law. You have to call him His Majesty." Tao Yanyan explained.

"Sister Jie, Your Majesty?" Xiao Huahua pointed at Tao Yanyan and then at He Linzhang.

He Linzhang suddenly thought that calling him "brother-in-law" might not be a bad idea. No one had ever dared to call him that.

"Yes, Xiaohuahua is really smart. I am the elder sister and he is His Majesty. Remember, don't call him the wrong name." Before He Linzhang could speak, Tao Yanyan decided on the title.

"Come, let's eat noodles first. Xiaohuahua, can you use chopsticks? Do you want your sister to feed you?" Tao Yanyan gave each of the three a bowl of noodles, paying attention to the children the whole time.

"No, I can do it." It must be said that the orphan Xiaohuahua is very good at using hands. She is very skilled in using chopsticks and eating is very easy to do. She eats the whole bowl of noodles neatly without any haste and even drinks up all the soup.

Tao Yanyan didn't care about He Linzhang. She had been catching bad guys at night, which exhausted her brain cells. She also talked for a long time, which consumed a lot of energy. Only a bowl of noodles could soothe her heart.

Seeing the two people, one big and one small, busy eating noodles opposite him, He Linzhang had no choice but to calmly finish his bowl of noodles.

Qingfeng and Mingyue looked at the three people and found it strange that they were so harmonious, like a family of three.