He took it and handed it to the little beggar.

He said, "Give it to you first."

“…”

The little beggar seemed to be a little unbelievable, and looked at him with wide eyes. After a while, he carefully reached out, but Li Bushen did not let go immediately. Instead, he grabbed the box, stared at the little beggar's eyes, and said coldly: "I'll give you something, but you owe me."

“…”

"After giving your mother something to eat, come back to my house to do things."

“…”

"If you want to eat in the future, you can just do something to pay for it, do you know?"

The child held the box in both hands and looked at his eyes. His already thin body was inexplicably shorter, as if he had been curled up by his eyes. After a while, he said softly: "Yes."

Li Bushen let go of his hand and said, "Let's go."

The child glanced at him, put the box in his arms, turned around and ran, stopped after running for a while, looked back at Li Bushen, and ran away.

It was not until his small back disappeared at the end of the long street that Xie Jiaojiao walked to Li Bushu's side with some doubt.

He said softly: "Aren't you afraid that he won't come back?"

“…”

"You don't even know what his name is and where he lives. What should he do if he doesn't come back?"

Li Bushang stood at the door, his eyes still looking at the end of the long street.

He said lightly: "If you don't come back, it's up to him."

“…”

Xie Jiaojiao looked at him strangely, then looked ahead, and said, "But you are a commander of the Jinyiwei, a very big official. His Majesty the Emperor is so nice to you. Even such a big house is for free. Are you still stingy with such a small box of pastries?"

“…”

"Isn't it over to give that child? Why do you have to let him come back to do things?"

“…”

Li Bushu turned around and looked at her and said, "You can drive away wolves on the grassland. How do you treat those wolves in normal times?"

"ah?"

Xie Jiaojiao didn't expect that he would suddenly talk about this.

He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's just good to those wolves."

“…”

"Don't look at them as fierce as they appear to be, they actually have a gentle side. As long as they are good to them, they will know."

“…”

“It’s enough to be good to them.”

“…”

Li Bushen was silent for a while, then said lightly: "It is not enough to be good to it."

"ah?"

Xie Jiaojiao was stunned by his words again. After thinking about it, he was about to say something, but Li Bushu had already walked out.

Xie Jiaojiao looked at his back and fell into deep thought.

In the next two days, she still sat in Li Bushang's mansion as before, as she had time, even if she was free, she sat with him and had tea. Sometimes she talked, and although Li Bushang seemed to be not listening, sometimes she asked him, he could answer one or two.

And the little beggar actually came back.

Li Bushang asked someone to change him into a dress, and gave him a broom to sweep the floor in the garden. Although the gardener here had cleaned the floor, the child still swept the broom taller than him for most of the day.

Before leaving, Li Bushang asked someone to give him a box of food.

Then he said, "Come again in two days."

The child looked at him and thanked him softly. Li Bushen said coldly, "I have something to eat when I come here to do things. Thank you for yourself, it has nothing to do with me."

The child left with his head down.

In the following days, he would come every other day or two, sometimes sweeping the floor and sometimes washing clothes, but Li Bushu never let him go back empty-handed.

However, one day, after he left with a box of pastries, he did not show up again for the next few days.

Xie Jiaojiao and Li Bushang were sitting in the pavilion in the garden drinking tea, and said softly: "That child, will he not come."

“…”

Li Bushun paused for a moment when he was about to reach out to the teacup.

Then he said, "If he doesn't come, he will be there."

Xie Jiaojiao originally thought that he was seeing the little beggar wanting to take care of the other party, but he didn't think he meant this.

She said in confusion: "Then, why do you want?"

Li Bushang took a sip of tea with a tea cup and did not answer this question. Just as the two of them were sitting quietly, the housekeeper Wang Sheng walked in and reported: "Master, Commander Fang is here, saying that the message from the palace is passed on, and you will come to the palace to meet the emperor immediately."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Li Bushu immediately put down his teacup and stood up.

He dresses very neatly at home every day and rarely wears casual clothes. At this time, he just tidied up his clothes and said to Wang Sheng: "Just say I'll go out right away."

"yes."

Wang Sheng turned around and left.

Xie Jiaojiao also stood up, looked at Li Bushen, and said with a smile: "What are you busy with these days? Why did the emperor tell you to enter the palace several times?"

“…”

"Yes, are you busy with that day?"

“…”

"It was the day when the kid suddenly called you away."

Li Busan glanced at her.

Then he said, "It has nothing to do with you."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

Xie Jiaojiao stood there, looking at his far away back, and laughed softly, but then, a faint look of darkness appeared on his face.

That night, Zhu Feng was busy until very late before returning to Yonghe Palace. Nanyan had already fallen asleep.

After taking a shower, he gently lifted the quilt and went to bed. Although he was light, as soon as he lay down, a familiar and soft body still crawled into his arms.

Zhu Feng looked down and smiled and said, "Didn't you sleep?"

"I've all slept and woke up again,"

Nan Yan said in a daze: "Why did the emperor go to bed so late? Didn't you say that you need to take good care of yourself?"

“…”

"Another way, I want to find Polygonum multiflorum to soak in water for the emperor."

Zhu Feng smiled bitterly and said, "I am really afraid of you."

As he said that, he pulled the quilt up and covered it tightly, and then said, "There are a lot of things today. There are more people in Bailong City, and some problems need to be solved. Moreover, in Shu, Liu Yueze's memorials have also been uploaded. He is doing things there and needs someone to help him."

“That’s all?”

Nan Yan glanced at him and smiled and said, "I went to bring tea to the emperor in the evening. I clearly saw several commanders of the Jinyiwei who entered the palace."

Zhu Feng said: "You saw them."

Nan Yan said: "I saw it from afar, so I didn't go into the imperial study and asked my father-in-law Shun to send the things."

“…”

"The emperor is really. He said before that he would give Li Bushang and the Miss Xie family a chance to get along with them. As soon as he entered the palace, he was busy until midnight. Where did he get time to spend with him?"

Zhu Feng laughed and said, "I also heard Fang Buyuan joke with Li Bushen when he left. It seemed that when Li Bushen left home, Miss Xie was drinking tea at his house."

"oh?"
Chapter completed!