Morbid pet

The two hands clasped tightly, the two hearts slowly came closer, and finally became one, and infinite warmth spread throughout their limbs.

Qin Zipei never knew that he had such a happy feeling.

She looked sideways at Li Mu. The handsome young man looked at her with a smile, and his dark eyes were intoxicating.

They stayed in the Huxin Pavilion for more than half an hour, during which they danced a few more dances. It was not until night fell, the banquet ended, and everyone left, that Li Mu and Qin Zipei walked out of the Huxin Pavilion.

I happened to meet Li Yu who came out.

"Second brother, where is the jade pendant I gave you?" Li Yu started looking around as soon as he came out.

"Lost." Li Mu lied casually.

"Oh." Li Yu nodded as if he understood, "Will the second brother give me a gift in the future?"

Li Mu promised without hesitation: "Okay, second brother, I will rely on you in everything."

"Great, thank you, second brother." Li Yu hugged Li Mu's arm excitedly, "Second brother, the jade pendant you gave me is the most beautiful jade I have ever seen. I like it very much."

Li Mu touched her head and said dotingly: "I bought that jade to honor my wet nurse. She is old and always talks about when I can buy her a set of jewelry."

Li Yu tilted her head and thought for a while, "Just leave the jade pendant to the nanny, and give me the rest of the scraps. I don't mind that it's cheap."

"Pfft~"

Li Mu almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, and knocked her forehead in a fit of laughter, "What nonsense are you talking about? That jade pendant is not made of scrap materials. It is worth adding up. It is not an ordinary jade pendant. I'll give it to you." Put it on."

Li Mu took off the necklace from her neck, hung it around her neck, and warned, "Don't drop it."

"Okay." Li Yu smiled sweetly, "I will take good care of it."

Seeing her well-behaved appearance, Li Mu sighed with relief.

"Okay, go back home quickly, I will teach you swordsmanship tomorrow."

"Okay, goodbye, second brother."

"Well, go back, be careful on the road."

Li Mu waved his hand.

Li Yu ran towards the door of the mansion with a bounce, while Li Mu walked home along the road back to the mansion with a relaxed and comfortable pace.

After walking for a moment, he stopped and looked back at the location of the Qin Mansion, with a complicated and unspeakable light shining in his eyes.

Will Qin Zipei become his wife?

It is not impossible.
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The next day.

The new royal garden.

Changle and Xie Zhao live in a newly built garden by the royal family. The ecological environment is very good. Of course, the location is relatively remote. It is located on the mountains outside Chang'an City. The good thing is that it is quiet and no one disturbs it. It is not noisy. Enjoy family time quietly.

Li Yu has been living here with his father and mother since yesterday and after the Hairpin Banquet. This morning he received another rare visitor.

Li Mu is also here.

Along with him came a carriage full of gifts, all for his parents.

When it comes to filial piety, Li Mu said he was second and no one dared to say he was first. The reason was that he was too naughty when he was young. He was really too naughty. He was simply a replica of Xie Zhao when he was a child. He was a demon king.

The royal family generally cannot raise such a demon king, because there are strict dogmas in the palace to control the thoughts and behaviors of these offspring. No matter how bad it is, the board will always be afraid of three points.

But Li Mu doesn't have these constraints.

He has lived a carefree and unrestrained life since he was a child, doing whatever he wants. Except for some bottom-line issues that cannot be broken through, the rest are very casual.

Xie Zhao originally didn't want to spoil him, but Chang Le did. It turns out that this child is also a conscientious person. Since puberty, his personality has gradually calmed down and he is no longer as naughty as before.

But he still doesn't like studying. This is something that Changle can't change.

Especially when it comes to becoming an emperor, there is an inexplicable feeling of rejection.

That's all.

Chang Le then let him go to Jiangnan and learn how to manage a financial group from Qian Sen. He was smart and good at calculations, so he was a good candidate for this field. Qian Sen wrote to Chang Le excitedly on more than one occasion that she had a successor.

Changle also smiled and passed it by. She didn't expect her children to do anything for her. She paid without expecting anything in return, so she was reaping rewards along the way.

It was only now that Li Mu finally realized how much his parents had given up in the past ten years to take care of their brothers and sisters.

Li Mu would often wake up crying when he dreamed about it at midnight. Those stupid things he did as a child, if he could go back in time, he would definitely not do such stupid things again.

So now I just have to make up for it.

Chang Le didn't take it seriously. She walked out, wearing an exotic short top, a pair of loose brown wood-colored bloomers, and a shawl embroidered with totems of different colors on the outside. "Muer, come here, why are you bringing so many gifts?" She spoke slowly, tainted with the slow atmosphere of the Jiangnan water town, and the whole person felt peaceful from the heart.

Li Mu must have asked for something when he came today. He smiled and said, "Mother, the clothes you are wearing today are really beautiful."

Changle then laughed and scolded: "Boy, have you done anything bad recently? Are you here to atone for your mother's sins today?"

Xie Zhao's eagle-like eyes glanced over sharply. Li Mu took two steps back and smiled guiltily, "Father, please don't be so scary, okay?"

Chang Le then raised his head to look at Xie Zhao beside him, and found that his face was a little nervous. He tugged on his arm that was still sweating after just exercising, and said gently: "It's okay, let's just make a joke, don't be angry with Mu Mu, okay?" good?"

Changle coaxed her husband, who had been with him for most of his life, like a child.

Li Yu suddenly said, "The love between father and mother is really enviable."

Xie Zhao likes his daughter more. If he is biased, he is indeed biased. When he was a child, Li Mu was careless and secretly made Chang Le angry and cried many times. Xie Zhao was always there to coax Chang Le, so he also felt guilty in his heart. Li Mu, who was extremely hateful and ignorant, loved Li Yu who had been a caring little cotton-padded jacket since she was a child. Hearing this, Xie Zhao picked up his daughter and walked inside. As he walked, he said, "You will also meet someone in the future." Beloved people stay together for a lifetime.”

Li Yu's tears fell down, "Really? Father." Xie Zhao hummed, placed his daughter on the soft seat in the flower hall, and strode out.

Changle and Li Mu were chatting.

Li Mu: "Mom, does my father just not like me? Look at him, his face turns dark every time he sees me. I'm so scared."

Changle smiled and comforted him: "It's not my fault that you were too naughty when you were a child, but now that you've grown up, you're fine. Just don't do anything to make us angry in the future."

Li Mu sighed and said sadly, "I wish I could turn back time!"

"You can't go back." Xie Zhao's cold words interrupted their tender whispers.

Li Mu then stood up straight and said, "Father, you're out."

Xie Zhao hummed and walked to the pile of gifts. The guards behind him moved forward to carry them knowingly. The heavy gift boxes in each person's hands were a little taller than the person.Xie Zhao seemed to have just realized that it was not good for him to treat his son like this. After all, he had done nothing wrong. He frowned and asked, "What did you buy?"

A word of concern came to life as a question in his stiff tone.

Li Mu said seriously: "Father, these are some little treasures that I met in Jiangnan or Chang'an City in the past two years. I bought them conveniently and planned to give them to you when you and your mother come back. But as soon as you leave, It’s been two years, and the last time we were in Jiangnan was a hasty farewell. Aren’t we finally looking forward to your return? I just thought about sending all the gifts that I had saved for two years. In the future, you will live in the Royal Garden permanently, so just take them together. It’s convenient to come here.”

Xie Zhao: "Yes."

Changle glanced at Xie Zhao angrily, then took his big hand and dragged him into the house, "Let's go, let's open the gifts. Whose eldest baby bought so many gifts for his parents? It turns out it's mine. Yes, hee hee."

Xie Zhao burst into laughter. He loved Changle so much that he immediately kissed the person on the cheek, and then whispered: "Chu Chu, how come the child is so old, but you still haven't grown up?"

Chang Le snorted, threw away Xie Zhao's hand and ran in like a butterfly, opening the gifts happily.

Changle's material desires have declined drastically in the past few years, and he rarely buys new things for himself. Even outside the Great Wall, he doesn't like to visit famous local markets.

Right now, so many gifts were enough to surprise her.

She opened the gift happily.

The first gift box is a dark green diagonally patterned gift box with an Aladdin-shaped cup wrapped in orange-yellow gold cloth. It is very cute and has a unique shape, but it is probably not good for drinking water. This kind of thing is used as a It’s for collection. It’s golden in color and has the unique warmth of gold in your hand. Changle asked, “Is this just pure gold?”

Li Mu turned his head and thought about it for a while, and then told the origin accurately, "Mother, this is a pure gold Aladdin's cup. It will contain dew, which will eventually turn into divine water. Drink it once a year, every time." You can make three wishes before drinking."

Xie Zhao couldn't help but chuckle, "You kid, you are really good at buying gifts. Do you still have enough money?"

When Xie Zhao saw Chang Le happy, he became happy too, and he even liked this evil son.

Li Mu then smiled and said, "Father, I have enough money to spend. You have deposited fixed funds for me and my sister in every big commercial bank. Every month we have someone specially send money to us. This trick It's really convenient. My sister may not feel it, but I know it when I go out often. It feels really good to have money that can be spent at any time wherever you go. Now I don't need to bring banknotes when I go out of town. I can just find a cooperative bank. Or you can exchange money at cooperative shops.”

Chang Le also smiled, "This is what your Uncle Qian Sen persuaded me to do. I didn't expect it to be really useful. That's good. If you don't have money, you can just ask Uncle Qian Sen to get it. When a boy goes out, money means face." , Our Li family’s face cannot be lost, but mother didn’t ask you to go out and be extravagant and wasteful. No, although our family is not short of money, we can’t be extravagant and wasteful, especially don’t waste food, you know? You didn’t read it. After the natural disaster in Saibei, the people there were so vicious that they could even eat their own children alive. There was really no other way. Their place was too poor and they couldn't grow grains. The only option was to eat themselves and wait for death. My child, it is really a hell. Our Ming Dynasty is a country with the best conditions. There are no large-scale natural disasters and no wars. We should enjoy the comfort of the peaceful years, but the sweat of the people's hard work cannot be trampled on, you know? "

"Got it, mother."

Li Mu and Li Yu responded in unison.

Changle also sighed and continued to open her gifts.

She took a big red brocade box and opened it. Inside was an agarwood box. It was heavy and heavy in her hand. She thought for a while and then opened the box. Inside was an ice blue jade bracelet with a ring. The size just fits the hand, very suitable.

Changle let out a surprised gasp, then jumped up happily.

She has a big box of top-quality green to purple jade bracelets, and any one she takes out can be worth tens of thousands of gold. But this is the first time she has seen an ice-blue jade bracelet. It is very special and unique in shape. The cotton belt and some broken cracks make this ice blue jade bracelet even more broken, giving it a incomplete beauty.

Not expensive.

But special enough.

It also happened to hit Changle's heart.

Li Yu watched from the side and was very moved, and asked his brother: "Second brother, where did you buy this ice blue jade bracelet? Yu'er also wants to buy one."

Li Mu patted Li Yu's head, then pointed to the pink wooden box at Changle's feet and said, "Yu'er, the jade bracelet in that pink box was given to you by my brother, go and get it."

Li Yu screamed and ran over, opening the pink wooden box, "It's so beautiful, brother, this one is actually azure, with green in the blue, and the water type is also very good. It looks very full, like the sky. The mutated clouds are so beautiful.”

Li Yu admired absentmindedly: "Brother, thank you for giving us such a beautiful thing."

Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that they would look down on them. All these things together were not as valuable as his mother's bracelet, but it was also bought by Li Mu from treasure merchants in various places for two years. "It's fine if you like it. If you like it, it's fine." That’s fine, I’m afraid you won’t look down on me. After all, a bracelet from my mother can buy a bustling street in Chang’an City.”

Xie Zhao coughed and asked mischievously: "Mu'er, father doesn't have a gift?"

Li Mu smiled, pointed to the pile of blue and black indirect gift boxes in the corner and said, "Father, that pile is your gift."

Xie Zhao nodded and stepped to open the black box.

The whole family is enjoying themselves today because of Li Mu's arrival.

It was rare that Xie Zhaodu showed a smile to Li Mu today.

It just couldn't be better.

Li Mu felt that he had done all the work of laying the groundwork, and he began to tell a shocking news, "Father, mother, please sit down first. Mu'er wants to discuss something with you."

Li Mu rarely spoke to his parents with certainty, and this was almost the first time.

Changle immediately sat upright. At his sister's banquet yesterday, Li Mu brought in a beautiful slave girl. During the banquet, his eyes almost fell on her. Later, Changle sent someone to investigate. Only then did I learn that this young foreigner woman was called Le Ji, and she was a singer who played the huqin in Jiaofangsi.

Changle knows best what it looks like to like someone.

This time, Li Mu really touched her bottom line.

Changle can allow his children to marry a woman who has no power, but he cannot marry a woman who is from a different religion!

"Mu'er, tell me." Changle looked at his child and spoke with certainty.