24. Tent lights in the dark

For the first time, Pei Nianyu saw a look called "depression" on Li Han's face, and couldn't help feeling very distressed:

"Uh, this..."

Since the steamed buns are to be steamed, a lot of them can be steamed in one pot.But now that Li Han came all the way to watch here for so long without his share, Pei Nianyu felt a little bit sorry.

However, he also knew that Li Han would only obey Pei Niancheng's orders, and if Pei Niansheng refused to let him eat, he would definitely not move a bite.

"Take this cage back first, and I'll treat you to it next time you come over with other tasks. Can Xiaosheng give you this order every time?"

"It's okay, I'm not hungry."

Li Han was noncommittal, took the food box and went back to the palace.

………………………

Pei Niancheng was dealing with political affairs, and just as he put down his pen and rubbed his brows, a smell of meat came from the tip of his nose.

The fragrance was fresh and rich, and it almost dispelled the unhappiness he felt when he was reviewing papers today.

"what?"

Li Han appeared from the shadows, put the food box on the table, and then the eunuch brought dishes, chopsticks, water and towels for cleaning hands.

Pei Niancheng couldn't wait to open the food box:

"It's actually Xiaolongbao! Brother, you can do it."

One by one, the cute little steamed buns lay quietly in the food box, each no more than the size of a palm, crystal clear and steaming, which melted Pei Niancheng's heart.

On the other hand, Li Han saw that the owner was staring at the food box intently, without giving him a glance, and didn't seem to give him any instructions, his heart was slightly darkened, and after bowing and saluting, he turned around and wanted to hide in the darkness.

In fact, since he disobeyed his master that day, the master never said a word to him, and even the order to let him go to the palace was conveyed by other shadow guards in front of him.

He naturally knew that his master was angry with him, but he didn't know how to calm him down.He is not good at explaining and trying to figure out the master's mind at all, he will only admit his mistakes.

However, he asked for punishment several times, but the master ignored him. He reported the matter to the master, but the master just listened to him, but did not answer him.

It was as if there was no one around him.

At this moment, Li Han's stomach growled quietly.

Finally, Pei Niancheng could no longer deliberately ignore him. He looked at Li Han and frowned:

"You didn't eat on time?"

Li Han quickly knelt down, bowed his head and said: "...Yes. This subordinate should not disturb the master, this subordinate..."

Pei Niancheng turned his chopsticks over and smacked them on the table, angrily said:

"Why don't you eat well!"

It was a pair of ivory chopsticks inlaid with silver lacquer and turquoise. When Pei Niancheng slammed them with half-strength, the white ivory at the end of the chopsticks immediately broke into several cracks.

He didn't let Li Han eat what his brother made, it was just a little prank as a punishment, but he didn't let him stop eating at all!

He has always attached great importance to the clothing and food of the shadow guards, and martial arts practitioners can't eat food, how can they have the physical strength to guard if they don't eat well.

However, it has been a whole day since he came back yesterday, Li Han is undoubtedly ruining his body like this.

Li Han was reprimanded by his master, his eyes trembled, he just looked at the ground, hesitated for a moment, but did not answer.

"Ask you something!"

Li Han still lowered his eyes and said after a while:

"...can't eat it."

Even though he smelled the steamed buns very temptingly in the palace, if there was no such prohibition, he would not be in the mood.

Then he closed his eyes, as if he was waiting for his master's anger to subside.

Pei Niancheng was stunned all of a sudden, and his tone involuntarily slowed down a lot:

"Why? Are you angry with me?"

"The subordinates dare not."

Pei Niancheng immediately understood that Li Han was not angry with him, it was obviously him who was angry with Li Han, and then Li Han felt uncomfortable, so he didn't think about eating or drinking.

He frowned again, picked out a few of the steamed stuffed buns with chopsticks and put them on the plate, with the remaining half inside.

"come over."

Li Han stepped forward as promised.

Pei Niancheng pushed the food box in front of him, with a troubled expression on his face:

"These, here you are."

The steamed buns were only the size of one bite, and Pei Niancheng reluctantly gave up half of it, which made him feel a little distressed.

Li Han froze for a moment, seemed a little unbelievable, slowly stretched out his hand, and then...

He took the food box in his arms.

Pei Niancheng: "..."

He sighed:

"Forget it, I won't quarrel with you, let's not make an example. Next time... don't torment yourself like this again."

Li Han pursed his lips, and finally there was some light in those cold and silent eyes:

"……yes."

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This room, Pei Nianyu, has been busy all afternoon, dealing with the affairs of the mansion accumulated over the past month.

It's business, but it's just some friendship.Naturally, he doesn't care about the daily money and mundane affairs of daily life, and Gao Tong takes care of everything.

As for external affairs... Although he has an official position, he is still the so-called counselor regent who can "rule the ministries" in name. However, since Pei Niancheng took the throne for three years, he has not even been to the court meeting, so naturally he has no official status.He needs to worry about business matters.

What he has to deal with is nothing more than the visits of several friends who are familiar with him during this period, but they were all blocked back by "the prince is ill".But now he needs to set the date of the meeting one by one and send someone to report it.

Lou Yefeng went back to his room to practice his inner strength all night without mentioning it.

It was night, the lights and candles in the main courtyard of Hanqiu Pavilion had been extinguished, and the surrounding maids also returned to their rooms.Pei Nianyu was about to go to bed, but suddenly thought of something, and sat up from the bed again.

Jiang Xue asked with her eyes, Pei Nianyu waved her hand to signal that she didn't have to follow, then put on a coat, went out, and walked lightly to Lou Yefeng's yard.

Sure enough, the lights were still on in the three rooms, Pei Nianyu opened the door and went in, but he didn't see Lou Yefeng's person.

"Ye Feng?"

There was a sound of water behind the screen, and Pei Nianyu realized that he seemed to be taking a bath.

He paused, and said again:

"I seem to have come at the wrong time..."

However, in just two sentences, Lou Yefeng had already put on his clothes and turned out of the screen, only his hair was still slightly damp:

"Master, this subordinate has neglected you."

Pei Nianyu smiled: "You've always moved so neatly."

Lou Yefeng looked at the shirt on his body, he was once again facing his master in such a private image, he couldn't help but feel a little at a loss.

He first welcomed the host into the door, then turned around and took a tea set, and cooked tea.

Pei Nianyu sat a few tables away from him, didn't make a sound, just looked at him quietly.

Lou Yefeng felt a little uneasy, pursed his lips, lowered his head and asked:

"I don't know if the master will come at night..."

Pei Nianyu looked away, instead of looking at him, but turned to staring at the dancing flames in the fire, with a leisurely tone and a slight warmth in his eyes:

"It's nothing, I just... suddenly wanted to come and see you."

Lou Yefeng's heart trembled, and he hurriedly looked away.

Since the master expressed his heart to him, he was not surprised that the master would do this.

However, he could clearly hear the master's tone, there was really only a touch of care, and there was no urgency or eagerness.

He closed his eyes.

The host has always been so gentle, even caring and greetings are so slow and gentle.

In fact, he hoped that the master would be more direct, such as... that kiss today.

Regarding his master's feelings for him, although he was not sure how to respond more appropriately, he didn't mind if the master was more straightforward.

Whether it's light care or strong desire, no matter how the master treats him, he likes it.

If the master wants something from him, he should take the initiative to bear it.However, with such gentle treatment now, he was a little dazed.The heart in it was too warm, and he was afraid that he would be immersed in it bit by bit, would involuntarily crave this warmth, and eventually be unable to control his delusional thoughts.

He settled down and poured tea for his master silently.

Pei Nianyu took the teacup, felt his heart swell with just one glance, and said with a slight smile:

"Baihaoyinzhen, you really have a heart."

It's already late autumn, and although there are still a lot of seasonal teas such as Longjing that are harvested in spring every year, Lou Yefeng knew that Pei Nianyu would feel that they were not fresh, so he brewed other than spring tea for him.The cellar tea that Pei Nianyu has always loved to drink.

On weekdays, even Jiang Xue was not sure what tea to drink every day, but Lou Yefeng could cut it straight to his heart based on his experience.

Lou Yefeng was touched by his master, and he didn't know what to say, so he remained silent.

Pei Nianyu put down the teacup and asked him:

"Have you changed your wound medicine today? Let me get it for you."

Lou Yefeng was even more embarrassed, out of habit but he would not hide it from him:

"Shang, not yet...Master, the subordinates can do it themselves."

"Nonsense again, how can you reach the wound on your back? Go, lie on the bed."

Lou Yefeng had no choice but to do as he was told.It's just that when Pei Nianyu took the ointment and came over, he was still struggling for the last time:

"Master, this subordinate... really doesn't look good..."

As if he had never heard of it, Pei Nianyu tore off his clothes neatly:

"I've seen it all, are you afraid that I'll watch it a second time?"

Pei Nianyu lifted his clothes off quickly enough, but after he opened them, he involuntarily paused.

——It’s not a problem that he doesn’t look good, but it’s true that he feels distressed every time he sees his injuries.

Seeing that he was embarrassed, Pei Nianyu gently applied the ointment for him, and asked casually:

"Are you a little tired today? I shouldn't have let you start teaching me martial arts so early."

"It's just some trauma, it's alright now, just wait for a while, and the wound will fade away. Master, it's good if you want to learn martial arts, and your subordinates should teach you with all your heart. If you learn it as soon as possible, you can have some self-confidence.Bao Zhili, the subordinates also... feel more at ease."

Pei Nianyu nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but he told himself to take it easy when practicing martial arts tomorrow.Ye Feng managed to sneak some time to rest and recuperate, so don't let him continue to worry about it.

After a while, Pei Nianyu finished applying the medicine, closed the quilt for him, and tucked the four corners.

"You rest, I'm going back."

That obviously meant that he was not allowed to get up and deliver.

Lou Yefeng stared at the quilt, hesitated for a moment, and asked aloud:

"Master, if not...can you send someone to serve you?"

Pei Nianyu smiled and said, "Why, Mr. Lou is going to be pampered and spoiled by the first grace?"

Lou Yefeng knew that the master was teasing him again, so he just looked at the master fixedly, with a slight dissatisfaction in his tone:

"But...the work of serving people...you can't always do these..."

Pei Nianyu blinked:

"Why, the king and the concubine are deeply in love with each other, how can there be any reason to entrust others with the trivial matters between the beds?"

Then he suddenly leaned down, looked into Lou Yefeng's dark eyes, and smiled:

"Princess, call your husband to come and listen?"

Lou Yefeng was so embarrassed that he grabbed the quilt subconsciously with his fingers, and his heart became even more nervous. However, seeing that the master didn't intend to let him go, he could only hesitate for a long time:

"Husband... Husband..."

Pei Nianyu was overjoyed, and leaned over, kissed him lightly on the cheek quickly.

"Good night."

Only then did he return to the house, and fell asleep contentedly.