Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Of course three people need to buy three strings."

After saying that, he stuffed one of the strings into Xiaoxing's hand and said, "This string is for you."

Xiaoxing immediately reached out to take it, and she took a string with one hand and said, "This string is mine."

Then, he handed the remaining string to Li Bushang: "This string is for you."

“…”

Li Bushang looked at her, then looked at the string of red candied haws that came to her eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I don't want it."

Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "I know you are carrying him on your back and not holding it."

“…”

"It's okay, I'll take it for you."

“…”

"I'll just deliver it to your mouth when you want to eat."

Li Bushen said coldly: "No need."

After saying that, he turned around and continued to walk forward.

Although he was cold, perhaps because of the child walking back, Xie Jiaojiao saw that his heart was not completely frozen, and Xie Jiaojiao would not be repelled by his attitude. Instead, he grabbed a string of candied haws with one hand and followed him with a smile, saying, "Don't go so fast, I can't keep up. Xiaoxing, you eat it, I'll have it here after I finish eating."

Xiaoxing looked at her, and then saw Li Bushen.

Then he carefully sent the candied haws to his mouth and bit off the first largest hawthorn. The rock candy cracked in his mouth, and then the sweetness and sour taste of the tongue made his eyes narrow.

This child smiled for the first time.

Seeing him like this, Xie Jiaojiao also took a bite and then delivered the string of candied haws to Li Bushu's mouth.

"You can take a bite, too."

"I don't want it."

"Take a bite."

"Need not."

"What to eat."

“…”

Li Bushen turned his head to look at her silently, and Xiaoxing on his back also looked at him carefully. After a while, he still said coldly: "You eat, I don't want it."

After saying that, he continued walking forward with Xiaoxing on his back.

Seeing him like this, Xie Jiaojiao felt a little disappointed, but he still followed with two candied haws.

The pedestrians passing by did not know who they were. They only looked at these two beautiful young men and women, with a child and a candied haws in their hands, which looked like a young couple taking their children out to play.

They laughed and said, "It's so loving."

At this time, a little eunuch who was walking on this road who was leaving the palace to do business happened to see this scene.

As for the scene where they were used to Commander Li’s indifferent appearance, they suddenly saw him carrying a child, a young lady, and eating candied haws on his back, as if they were seeing a fantasy.

The little eunuch returned to the palace and handed over some gadgets that Ruoshui and the others had asked him to buy from outside the palace to Ruoshui.

Then he told her about this scene.

When Ruoshui heard this, she opened her eyes widened and hurriedly ran back to Yonghe Palace.

It was already evening at this time. Because Zhu Feng was still busy with work in the imperial study room, he said that he would not come tonight, so Nanyan took Xinping and Cheng Jun to have dinner. After someone took them down, Ruoshui walked in and said with a smile: "Empress, there is something new, do you want to listen?"

Nan Yan smiled and said, "What new things have you heard?"

Ruoshui leaned into her ear and told her about it.

"real?"

Nan Yan opened his eyes wide in surprise and said, "You can't read it wrong, right?"

Ruoshui said, "I saw it when Xiaodouzi left the palace to buy it. He was so smart, how could he read it wrong?"

“…”

"But I don't recognize who that child or that lady are."

“…”

"But anyone who looks at it looks like a family, and they are intimate and warm."

Nan Yan thought for a while and said, "That lady should be Xie Jiaojiao, the lady of the Xie family. The child I heard that the little beggar who had previously sent messages to their Jinyiwei seemed to have been going to work in the Li Mansion afterwards. Maybe it was that child."

As she said that, a smile appeared on her face.

Ruoshui said: "What is the Empress laughing at?"

Nan Yan said: "Since I brought Bushen back from Yongzhou, this child has always looked cold and has never been very close to anyone."

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment.

Ruoshui also glanced at her.

Although Ruoshui didn't know what happened in the days when the imperial concubine disappeared on the way back to the capital from Jinling, even she could see that Commander Li was different from others in his treatment of the imperial concubine.

Even if it is cold, that kind of cold is a deliberate restraint.

It's not like he's close to people.

But the people he wants to get close to, and cannot let him get close to.

Nan Yan seemed to remember something, but immediately said, "I didn't expect that he would be so gentle to protect a child, and he took Xie Jiaojiao to stroll on the street and bought candied haws."

As she said that, she smiled and said, "Even the Emperor will not do this."

Ruoshui immediately smiled and said, "The Emperor would not have done this."

"Yes, looking at me, I was so happy."

"Are the Empress so happy?"

"certainly……"

Nan Yan said, sighing lightly, and said, "What I hope most is to see that he can have the person he loves, his own home, and his own happiness. The premise of all this is that people need to have a gentle heart."

“…”

"It seems that he already has it."

“…”

"Then next, everything will be fine."

Ruoshui looked at her with joy and emotion, and said softly: "The Empress is so worried about Commander Li."

Nan Yan whispered: "This is just a drill."

“…”

"There is also a princess and a prince at the knee of this palace. They will grow up slowly and mature slowly in the future."

Ruoshui said: "Then, where is the King of Wei?"

Nan Yan smiled and said, "King of Wei, it's already very good."

“…”

"This child is just too gentle. Sometimes he seems too kind and makes people feel worried about handing over major issues to him. What he lacks is rigidity and responsibility."

“…”

"But now it seems that he has done much better than before. When his mourning period is over, he can get married."

“…”

"After getting married, boys become men, and if they have to take responsibility, they will become more mature."

“…”

"By that time, I will feel more at ease."

Ruoshui said, "Did the Empress hold such hope for Commander Li?"

Nanyan nodded gently.

She smiled again and said, "When the time comes, the time is right and their relationship is more stable, maybe I can consider their marriage."

“…”

"This child has suffered a lot over the years."

“…”
Chapter completed!