The road of the king, the minister and the husband

Xiao Lizi led Xiao Yiran out of the gate of the main hall and turned into the side hall. There is a spring in the backyard of the side hall. The water there is drawn from the mountain spring outside the palace, and it is warm in all seasons.

There is a spring in each hall of the palace, which is used to bathe the nobles in the palace to relieve fatigue.

It stands to reason that Xiao Yiran shouldn't be brought here to take a bath, but just now the master said, let him wash this dirty person quickly, now it's too late to boil the water, so I had to bring him here.

"Young Master Xiao, do you need a slave to wait for you to take a bath?" Xiao Lizi bent down and asked Xiao Yiran softly, with a very respectful expression.

Xiao Yiran grabbed the hem of his clothes with his small black hands, pressed his lips tightly, and shook his head gently from side to side.He doesn't like being touched by people, especially strangers.

Although the little eunuch in front of him seemed to be very respectful to him, he knew that this person looked down on him just like everyone else, even the people in the general's mansion looked down on him, and so did his mother. For outsiders to see, except that he didn't lose his food and clothing, he didn't give him anything else.

His five-year-old child is acting like a baby with his parents, what about him?At a young age, he had to learn to pretend. His originally fair and delicate face was painted with black ash, avoiding getting along with other people, making himself less and less status in the general's mansion, and even his mother rarely got close to him. .

Taking off his clothes and going into the water, Xiao Yiran took up the warm water with both hands and put it down again.

"Do you really want to be a companion in the palace?" He murmured softly, paddling the warm water with his arms, watching those gray and black hands slowly turning pink in the water, and his little face also With a smile.

It's been a long time since I took a bath so easily, and it's been a long time since I saw people cleanly. After a while... I guess the prince will be scared.

Pushing the water-soaked long hair sticking to his cheeks behind his ears, he took a deep breath and slowly dived into the warm water.

About half an hour later, Xiao Lizi, who was waiting outside, walked in softly, and reminded him in a low voice through the screen, "Master Xiao, it's getting late, and I'm still waiting for you to come over and say hello."

The white water mist in the pool surrounded the surroundings, making it difficult to see clearly. If it weren't for the slight sound of splashing water, Little Lizi might feel that he was talking to the air.

"You go out and wait." Xiao Yiran lightly frowned his slender eyebrows, although his voice was soft and soft like a child's, but there was a sense of indifference for no reason.

Little Lizi shivered for no reason, and retreated respectfully.He also didn't understand how the kid who looked like a bully just now changed so much after taking a bath.

After another quarter of an hour or so, Xiao Yiran changed into a light blue brocade robe, and his long black hair was tied behind his head with a dark green headband, and the tips of the hair were still dripping with water.

Turning around the screen and standing in front of Xiao Lizi, his frivolous eyelids and those big peach eyes glanced at Xiao Lizi lightly, "Let's go, the Third Prince is probably waiting impatiently." If he needed to hide again, he might not be able to go back to the General's Mansion. If he wanted to survive, he had to hug the big tree of the Third Prince, at least he couldn't be strangled when he was still a young seedling.

With a brush in his little hand, Yin Tianqi lowered his head and practiced calligraphy on the rice paper.This is the homework he must do every day. The Taifu only asked the princes to practice calligraphy for one hour, but he practiced calligraphy for three hours a day. Otherwise, he would not have been praised by the emperor for his good handwriting at a young age.

"Master, Mr. Xiao is here to greet you." Xiao Lizi opened the heavy curtain and entered the study from the outside, bowed her waist and said softly.

"Well, bring it in." Yin Tianqi didn't lift his head, the pen tip kept moving on the paper.

Xiao Yiran entered the study with his head down, knelt on the ground respectfully, kowtowed and saluted.

"Slave Xiao Yiran pays respects to the third prince." His voice was light, and the childish soft tone of speaking such formal words was funny.

"Get up." Putting down the pen, Yin Tianqi took the wet towel from Xiao Lizi and wiped his hands lightly, then walked up to Xiao Yiran who was standing with his head down, frowning.

"Are you ashamed to see people?" After taking a shower and changing clothes, she was much cleaner.

"If you go back to the third prince, the servant dare not look directly at the master's true face, please forgive me." Usually at home, he rarely sees other people except the nanny who takes care of him, and he can talk to people so freely It's already not easy, why should he raise his head openly and look directly at people!Besides, even if he has never been to school, he knows that masters have eccentricities. Who knows if you will be charged with some crimes because you raised your head and spoke without his permission.

This answer made Yin Tianqi raise his eyebrows, which was similar to when he got along with his father, "You raise your head, Lord, let's see what you look like, a little skinny monkey, so as not to admit your mistake in the future."

Xiao Yiran could hear the teasing in his tone, he pursed his bright red mouth, and slowly raised his head.

Two slender and long eyebrows are very delicate, under the straight bridge of the nose are unstained and bright lips, the thin chin is completely the edges and corners of the bones, some are thin, the skin is white, tender and smooth, especially in the pair of black peach blossom eyes Shining with watery light, people will be deeply attracted if they look at him.

A few large characters flashed through Yin Tianqi's mind - male and female faces.

No wonder the kid paints himself black like a dirty cat, because he really doesn't want people to see him so pretty.

Xiao Yiran pursed his lips, slightly dodging his substantive gaze, a layer of pink slowly crept up on his fair face.

It's rude for this person to look at himself that way.

Seeing Yin Tianqi's hand reaching over, as if he wanted to touch his cheek, he stepped back half a step, frowned and avoided it sideways, then lowered his head to look at his toes, his thin lips parted slightly, and his voice was cold : "Third Prince, please respect yourself."

Yin Tianqi came back to his senses, and glanced angrily at the little chestnut who had been huddled in the corner to install the stone statue. Seeing that he didn't look at his absent-minded behavior just now, the anger in his heart subsided a bit.

But for Xiao Yiran's words, he also pretended not to hear, stretched out his little hand to pinch his chin, and frowned.

Look thin, feel even thinner, it is skinny!Did the General's Mansion treat their young master like a kitten or dog before feeding them?

Forced to raise his small face, Xiao Yiran blinked his big eyes in fear and looked at Yin Tianqi.There was a cold air in those long and narrow eagle eyes, but he could feel that the air was not directed at him. This man... what is he doing?

"What's your name?" The seven-year-old child grew very tall because of practicing martial arts at a young age. As a prince or the emperor's favorite son, Yin Tianqi's aura is naturally much stronger than ordinary people.He leaned over to look at the little child who only reached his neck, but his voice was softer than before.

"Slave, my slave's name is Xiao Yiran." Being pinched by him was a little painful, Xiao Yiran raised his small hand to grab the hand he was pinching his own, and secretly slandered: Didn't I already said it just now, and I came to ask him what to do.

His little hands were cold, and the back of Yin Tianqi's warm hand felt the warmth even more. He pursed his mouth, and raised his eyes to look at Yin Tianqi, feeling unreal.

He just...

It seems that there is a trace of pity in the eyes of the third prince, is it for himself?He is still young, he doesn't understand the meaning of pity, but he is very sensitive, he can feel that this third prince is different from when he just met.