The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(137)

He sighed deeply, and said to Xiaobao as if he was talking to an adult: "He is upset, and great-grandfather knows it. But thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor, and we, as ministers, have to accept it... The emperor is very clever, and the position of a prince has caused the separation of the grandparents and grandchildren, the uncles and nephews in my Shen family, and the only two families left are like enemies..."

As he said this, he laughed, but to Xiaobao, it looked more like crying than laughing.

Xiaobao reached out and patted the back of Ningguogong's hand. Seeing his serious look, Ningguogong was amused by him and rubbed his little head with his hand: "Great-grandfather said you are smart, you are really a little clever ghost."

Xiaobao rubbed his nose and face with his chubby hands a little embarrassedly, which made Ningguogong laugh, and all his worries and troubles disappeared.

"Come on, great-grandfather will take you to see the military books I have hidden!"

The next day, Shen Tailai asked to see Ningguogong.

He entered the house and knelt down in front of Ningguogong, crying and admitting his fault.

Ningguogong had a complicated expression and said after a long time: "Forget it, even if you know you are wrong, grandfather can forgive you. But you need to know that as a son of my Shen family, you are destined to bear more than others. You are the eldest grandson of my Shen family, and you have several younger brothers. You should set a good example as an elder brother and make them proud of you."

Shen Tai fell to the ground and cried: "Grandfather, I know I was wrong. I will never make the same mistake again. I will practice martial arts well and not let grandfather down."

"Get up."

Shen Tai didn't dare to get up. An old servant next to him went over and helped him up after Ningguogong signaled.

After that, Ningguogong talked to him about the principles of dealing with people and things before letting Shen Tai leave. After he left, he ordered people to shorten his daily martial arts practice time.

In fact, Duke Ningguo didn't really expect Shen Tai to become anything. It was too late for him to practice martial arts now, but martial arts can temper one's temperament. He hoped that his grandson's temperament would be more stable.

After all, he was the eldest grandson.

After this grandparent-grandson competition, Shen Tai seemed to have really changed.

In the past, he had to be urged and chased by people behind him every day, and he complained a lot. In the past two days, the complaints were gone, and he became diligent. Although he was exhausted every day and had to be carried back by servants, he never saw disgust and hatred on his face again. He also became closer to Duke Ningguo, and would come to him every day to ask him for advice on martial arts and military tactics.

Duke Ningguo smiled more and more, and Xiaobao even couldn't help wondering, could it be that the death of his great-grandfather in the previous life had nothing to do with Shen Tai, but he had thought about it wrongly?

On this day, Shen Tai asked Duke Ningguo for advice as before, and the grandfather and grandson talked happily in the study.

Although Shen Tai was a bit of a rotten wood that could not be carved, Ningguogong still taught him happily. Whether he learned well or not was different from whether he was willing to learn or not.

Xiaobao was also there. He sat on the Luohan bed under the window, and a tabby cat was lying on the window sill next to him. This tabby cat was the favorite of Ningguogong's wife. It ran around the whole mansion happily and came to the Tiger Hall from time to time. Xiaobao could always see it.

Shen Tai looked at the baby and the cat bathing in the sun, and couldn't help saying to Ningguogong: "Grandfather, Xiaobao doesn't understand these things. Will he be bored? Why don't you let the servants take him out to play?"

Ningguogong glanced at Xiaobao, "Can a baby distract you? Xiaobao is very well-behaved and doesn't make noise. Come and tell grandfather what this passage means..."

Shen Tai seemed to have been told about his own affairs. He scratched his head embarrassedly, lowered his head to look at the military book on the desk, and stumbled out the meaning of the passage that Ningguogong pointed out.

After speaking, he looked at Ningguogong a little nervously.

Duke Ning looked at his grandson's face and sighed in his heart, "He has improved a lot compared to before. You watch first, grandpa will go to the Gongfang." He patted Shen Tai's shoulder and stood up and walked out.

The study became quiet, with only two people and a cat.

One of them was a baby, and the cat was also ignorant.

Shen Tai, who had been reading with his head down, suddenly moved. Xiaobao looked over from the corner of his eye and saw him take out a bag of something from his arms.

The tabby cat also looked over and meowed.

The cat's cry scared Shen Tai so much that he trembled. He hurriedly poured the contents of the paper bag into the teacup next to him, staring at Xiaobao and the tabby cat at the same time, lowering his voice and saying: "What are you looking at? If you look again, I will dig out your eyes!"

Chapter 110

Shen Tai's eyes were bloodshot, full of excitement.

He stared at Xiaobao and the tabby cat, a bloodthirsty impulse came to his heart, and he wanted to step forward and crush these two things that he didn't care about.

The tabby cat seemed to feel threatened, its fur stood up, its soft back was tense and arched, and it let out a threatening whine from its throat.

"Dead cat!" Shen Tai cursed.

He lowered his head to look at the tea in the cup, and saw powder floating on the water. He hurriedly put his finger in to stir it, and smiled nervously at Xiao Bao who had been looking at him, "You little devil, do you understand what I'm doing? Do you want to try a sip? This tea is delicious."

Xiao Bao couldn't help but blink, wondering if this man had a problem with his brain.

But he knew not to provoke a madman casually, especially now that he was alone here, so he pretended not to understand and showed Shen Tai a four-tooth smile, then turned around and fiddled with the small table.

Shen Tai snorted and sat down proudly.

He seemed to be too excited and kept moving back and forth on his chair. He finally managed to calm down his excitement and read quietly with his head down as before.

The warm sunlight shines in through the window panes, making the room filled with light.

There was a naughty baby sitting on the Arhat bed under the window, a cat lying on the edge of the window, and a handsome young man who was reading a book with his head down.

The picture was so harmonious that people couldn't help but feel trance-like. A smile appeared on Ning Guogong's resolute old face and he walked in from the outside.

He patted the young man's thin shoulder and asked, "Do you have any more thoughts on what you just said?"

Shen Tai hesitated, and Ning Guogong smiled and said: "It's okay if you don't understand. Grandpa will explain it to you."

Ning Guogong sat down behind the desk, and then said this passage in his own understanding. Many of the understandings in this are based on his experience of leading troops for decades, which is very rare. Even if ordinary people want to hear it, I am afraid they are not blessed with this kind of thing.

"The grandfather is wise, and the grandson is educated."

Ning Guogong was very satisfied with Shen Tai's attitude. A young man who knows how to make progress should be like this. It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, as long as he knows how to ask for advice humbly. Being stupid is not scary. Just be afraid of being stupid and think you are smart.

While he nodded and stroked his beard, he picked up the tea next to him and drank it. He didn't notice that the seemingly respectful young man in front of him was actually looking at him from the corner of his eye.

Xiaobao also kept looking at Ning Guogong. When he saw him holding up the tea cup, he waved his little hand to a porcelain plate with pastries on the small table.

The porcelain plate fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Duke Ning Guo stopped drinking tea and looked over.

At the same time, with a meow, a shadow rushed toward Ning Guogong at a speed invisible to the naked eye, knocking over the tea cup in his hand.

The tea cup fell on the desk, and the tea inside spilled out. The tea cup rolled a few times, fell to the ground, and broke into flowers.

Everyone was shocked, including Xiaobao.

The civet cat's reaction was even more surprising later. It landed on the desk, flicked its legs again, and pounced on Shen Tai's face.

"Lihua!" Ning Guogong shouted.

With a miserable howl, Shen Tai fell to the ground, one hand kept touching his face, and the other waved desperately.

With the help of his strength, the civet cat bounced back onto the Arhat's bed, licked its paws, and lay down again with a lazy posture.

All this made Xiaobao think of one sentence——

When it's over, brush off your clothes and go away, hiding your merit and fame!

Could it be that this cat has become a spirit? Or did you live your life again?

The movement in the study shocked the people guarding the door. Ning Guogong frowned and directed people to help Shen Tai up.

But before he could help him, Shen Tai, who was on the ground, suddenly screamed miserably, struggling and twitching painfully on the ground. It only took more than ten breaths, that is, the seven holes were bleeding and there was no sound.

What happened was so surprising that the servant who wanted to help him was stunned and didn't dare to move.

"Master..."

Ning Guogong strode forward, squatted down and touched Shen Tai's neck: "Go and ask for a doctor! No, go and send a message to His Highness the King of Jin and ask him to borrow Dr. Liu Liang."

The house was in chaos, people were coming in and out constantly, and Mr. Shen also received the news.

"Dad, what happened?"

Immediately afterwards, Shen Tai was found lying on the ground in an extremely miserable state of death. Mr. Shen pointed at the body in disbelief and said, "This is Brother Tai? How, how did he..."

Ning Guogong had a solemn face and told the whole story. After that, the father and son looked at Xiaobao in unison.

Xiaobao wanted to blink his big eyes innocently, but thinking about Shen Tai's return, he stumbled and said: "Paper bag, tea..."

He pointed his chubby little finger at Shen Tai on the ground, and then pointed at the civet cat: "Huahua, don't drink..."

In fact, he could have spoken more logically and clearly, but the matter had been resolved, so in order not to arouse suspicion, it was better to keep a low profile. And this is how he always talks to Ning Guogong, so it shouldn't be difficult to understand.

Sure enough, Ning Guogong understood. He went to the corpse in person and looked through Shen Tai's sleeves and lapels and other places where things could be hidden. Sure enough, he found a crumpled paper ball.