Today the lanterns are bright and lively, so several men in the Lin family suggested bringing Kang An out to play and see the fun. Princess Changtai agreed, thinking that her son was too well-behaved and quiet, and it would be good for him to walk around more and be more lively.

　　The young master of the Lin family, especially the great-grandson that Emperor Kang Jing loved the most, went out on the street, accompanied by a large group of old women and guards. However, the main street of the imperial city was also bustling with many people and carriages. Young masters and young ladies from every family went out, and there were jugglers and parades with floats. The crowds dispersed when there were too many.

　　Li family courtyard.

　　Mother Lan came back and made a midnight snack. It was nothing complicated. She just made noodles in soup, and some braised duck, offal, cabbage, tofu, etc. A handful of noodles and the hot soup made you sweat while eating.

　　Li Zhouzhou said that the noodles should be cooked softer and without adding duck offal or other meat.

　　”The child is young and his spleen and stomach may be weak. It is not good for him to eat too much at night and cause indigestion.” said Li Zhouzhou.

　　After a while, Mother Lan came over with hot water.

　　Li Zhouzhou took off the child’s clothes. The child was very well behaved and sat quietly by the bed without crying or making a fuss. When he took off his shoes and socks, he touched them and they were all wet.

　　”Are you cold?”

　　If the child is slow, he will just nod but won’t speak.

　　The couple each took care of a child, wrung out a hot towel, and cleaned the child. Gu Zhao first tucked Fubao into the bed, and then let the child go in to warm up first.

　　After a while, Mother Lan brought the second bucket of hot water.

　　Gu Zhao asked Zhou Zhou to wash quickly. They had just gone into an alley to catch someone, and there was snow piled on both sides of the road. He didn’t know if Zhou Zhou’s shoes and socks got wet.

　　”I’ll take care of him, don’t get cold.”

　　Li Zhouzhou washed his hands and face and soaked his feet first. Gu Zhao undressed the child, leaving only the child’s clothes, and said, “I don’t have any clothes you can wear at home, so you’ll have to make do with them tonight.”

　　As for sleeping, it was also convenient. We couldn’t let this rich and noble young master and Lan’s mother sleep in front, right? Gu Zhao and Zhou Zhou had discussed it. Fubao would sleep on their bed tonight, and the young master would sleep on Fubao’s bed. Anyway, it was a big deal at that time.

　　The child is well-dressed, and the Jinwu Guards are also paying attention to him. They will probably take him back tomorrow.

　　It was almost time for supper, so Gu Zhao let Zhou Zhou and his father eat first. He wrapped the little master in Fubao’s quilt, fed him two mouthfuls of noodles and a few more sips of hot soup to warm the child up, but he didn’t dare feed him more.

　　He had fed the child, and Zhou Zhou had also finished eating. He came in and said he would watch.

　　Gu Zhao went to the main room to finish his midnight snack, rinsed his mouth, and told Lan’s mother not to clean up today, and to wait until tomorrow morning, and go to bed early. It was probably almost midnight after all the hard work.

　　As soon as he enter the house, Gu Zhao asked the child if he wanted to pee. Without waiting for a reply, he took the child and put on his clothes to go to the side room to relieve himself, and then came back and stuffed the child into Fubao’s bed.

　　Seeing that the child was rubbing his eyes, he guessed that he was sleepy but still didn’t want to sleep, so he took out Fubao’s toys and stuffed a cloth tiger into his mouth.

　　”Go to sleep. When you wake up, I’ll take you to find your father and mother.” Gu Zhao said.

　　The child closed his eyes.

　　Li Zhouzhou got off the bed and looked for a while. Gu Zhao whispered that he was asleep, so let’s go to sleep too. Li Zhouzhou reached into the quilt and touched the child’s hand, and whispered, “Not asleep yet.”

　　His baby Fubao couldn’t fall asleep even after adapting to the new bed, so how could this child fall asleep as soon as he was told to in a new place?

　　”I’ll watch for a while, then I’ll coax him into bed.” Li Zhouzhou asked his husband to go to sleep first.

　　Gu Zhao knew that Zhou Zhou was soft-hearted. He was also a father, so he naturally understood these things, but he felt even more sorry for his wife. Zhou Zhou would stand next to the crib downstairs, accompanying the child to sleep.

　　”…Forget it, just bring him to our bed and squeeze in. I’ll go get another blanket.”

　　”Okay.” Li Zhouzhou smiled and agreed decisively.

　　Gu Zhao looked at his Zhou Zhou suspiciously, “Zhou Zhou, were you pretending to be pitiful just now?”

　　”Really?” Li Zhouzhou bent down to hold the child in the crib and said with a smile, “I learned from my husband.”

　　Gu Zhao groaned and said, “How could I? I’m just an innocent little green tea boy here with Zhou Zhou.” Then he got on the bed with the quilt in his arms. The two children slept in the middle, and Gu Zhao slept on the outside to keep watch and prevent the children from falling. They just had to make do with it like this.

　　The child appears to have his eyes closed, but he is not actually asleep.

　　Li Zhouzhou patted him gently and coaxed him, “Don’t be afraid. If your family doesn’t come to find you tomorrow, we will take you to find them.”

　　”Yes, look at my son Fubao, he is sleeping soundly. Children need to go to bed early so that they can grow taller.” Gu Zhao said from the side.

　　The child clung to Fubao’s small body, smelling of milk and soft, and soon closed his eyes.

　　Gu Zhao guessed that the child’s family would come to look for him the next day. However, not long after he fell asleep, probably less than two hours, there was a loud knock on the door. Gu Zhao got up, put on his clothes, and lit the oil lamp.

　　Li Zhouzhou also woke up, and Fubao was crying.

　　”I’ll go check what’s going on. Don’t be afraid. Comfort Fubao.” Gu Zhao returned and kissed Zhou Zhou on the forehead, saying soothingly, “I guess it was the young master’s family who came looking for him. They are worried because their child is missing.”

　　Li Zhouzhou’s heart suddenly settled back into his stomach, and he hugged Fubao to comfort him.

　　The young master woke up at some point and came over to look at the crying Fubao.

　　Gu Zhao patted the child’s head and went out to see what was going on. As soon as he went out, he met his father, and the two of them walked out. Gu Zhao told his guess, and when the second door opened, Mother Lan was holding a lantern, and she was very nervous and scared. Even Fang Liu was a little scared and said, “Master, there are a lot of people knocking on the door outside–“

　　”I’ll go check it out. Mother Lan, go to the yard through the second gate and locked the door first.”

　　Mother Lan quickly took the lantern and went into the inner courtyard and locked the door.

　　Gu Zhao then asked Fang Liu to open the door. When he saw the situation, he was shocked. There were a lot of people outside. The ones guarding the periphery with torches were the Jinwu Guards. The ones leading the way were the escorts, who were tall and strong. Behind them were the old women and maids dressed in rich and gorgeous clothes, surrounding a young couple. The man was holding his wife’s shoulders, and the woman had an anxious and worried look on her face.

　　”Are you here to look for your child?” Gu Zhao got straight to the point and said, “I have a child at home too, he’s still young, please be gentle with him.”

　　The guard leading the charge shouted, “We are from the Grand Tutor’s Mansion—”

　　”Don’t be rude.” Lin Hao reprimanded the guard and said, “Thank you, Lord Gu, for saving my child. I wonder where my child is? How is he now?”

　　Gu Zhao: “I wonder if he is your young master.” He invited a few people in.

　　The guards, old women and maids came in in a circle.

　　Following the master’s orders, Mother Lan opened the second door. She had never seen such a scene before, so she stepped back in fear. Gu Zhao led the couple into the inner courtyard, told them where the child was found, what he looked like, how he was dressed, and asked if his son was quiet and didn’t like to talk.

　　”Yes, Kang An is not talkative.” Princess Changtai said immediately, finally finding Kang An.

　　Gu Zhao actually guessed that it was most likely that they were looking for a child. Now it was confirmed that the child was from a prominent family. He nodded and said, “My child is less than two years old. There is only one coachman and one woman in the family, so your son will sleep in the same room with my husband and me. Please wait in the main room.”

　　How could Princess Changtai, who loves her son so much, sit down? Lin Hao held his wife’s arm, meaning they should wait for a while. Lord Gu said that her husband was in the inner room, and it would be bad for them all to rush in. It would be disrespectful and violate the rules.

　　Inner room.

　　Li Zhouzhou was dressed, and when he heard the noise he came out and said, “I’m fine, the child’s shoes and socks are wet and haven’t dried yet—”

　　”Yes, we brought new clothes.” The personal nanny beside Princess Changtai said, and asked in a very kind manner if she could go in and help the young master change his clothes.

　　Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou naturally agreed.

　　This woman’s attitude was not like that of an ordinary servant. At this time, Gu Zhao didn’t know much about the personnel structure of the Grand Tutor’s Mansion, so naturally he didn’t know that this woman was a maid who served Empress Yuan before.

　　The maid lit the candlestick, took the young master’s clothes and went in with the head nanny. Li Zhouzhou followed. His Fubao was still in bed. He just came out to answer the call anxiously, fearing that these people would embarrass his husband.

　　When the people from the princess’s mansion went in, they found that the room was very small and simple, without even a single decoration.

　　But it’s also clear at a glance.

　　The head nanny asked the maid to stay two steps away from the bed and not to get close to it, to be careful not to scare the young master. She stepped forward and said, “Young Master Kang An, don’t be afraid. Nanny is here.”

　　As she got closer, she saw that not only was her young master sitting on the bed, but there was also a pretty, chubby child next to him. The child had fair skin and a little red at the corners of his eyes, and that was the little brother.

　　The young brother was babbling and waving his fists, almost hitting the young master.

　　”Your father will be here soon.”

　　The head nanny was unhappy at first, but when she took a few steps forward, she heard the young master talking. She was stunned for a moment. The young brother stopped waving his arms, and the young master reached out and patted him on the back. The head nanny knew at a glance that this was the pat she would give to the young master when she usually coaxed him to sleep, and the young master still remembered it.

　　”Just be good and don’t move.” Lin Kangan said.

　　The young brother giggled at the pat and fell on the young master.