Chapter 56 Love You for Him

In the southern study, a cup of freshly brewed Jingting Green Snow was served, with a faint fragrance.

The emperor took a few sips from the celadon teacup and asked, "Has Yang Qianxing returned to Beijing?"

While he ordered a grand celebration for Yang Shangyi's birthday, he also sent someone to urgently recall Yang Shangyi's father, Yang Qianxing, back to Beijing.

"Yes, I have reunited with my family at Yang's residence. I will go to the palace early tomorrow morning to congratulate Yang Shangyi on her birthday."

Chang Ying's face froze from smiling flatteringly. She really had not expected that her own emperor would one day be so interested in a woman.

The emperor reigned for more than ten years, but never held a birthday celebration. He didn't care about his own birthday and thought it was a waste.

The same goes for the prince’s birthday. At most he would take a day off from work and eat a bowl of longevity noodles, and it would be over.

Thousands of thoughts were swirling in Chang Ying's mind.

He felt more and more guilty that he should have checked all the concubines one by one when he was searching for the young palace maid favored by the emperor.

At the time, he only thought that the seven girls on record were all selected by the Queen Mother herself, and most of them were noble ladies, so there would definitely not be any palace maids, so...

"Go to Wenyuan Pavilion." The emperor put down the red brush and strode out of the hall with his hands behind his back.

Chang Ying came back to his senses, picked up a thick silk snow-proof umbrella, and trotted after him.

At the same time, Yang Manyan sat by the window in Wenyuan Pavilion, flipping through ancient books that he had never had the chance to read before with great interest.

Wenyuan Pavilion is located behind Wenhua Hall. It was built in imitation of Tianyi Pavilion in Zhejiang Province and adopted the construction method of "two visible and three hidden". From the outside it looks like a two-story pavilion with double eaves, but in fact there are three floors in the pavilion: upper, middle and lower.

Xingyun suddenly came over in a panic, and the ivory fan in her hand was shaking with her hand.

"Master, someone from the Palace of Heavenly Purity has come to pass on a message that His Majesty will soon be at Wenyuan Pavilion."

Yang Manyan was stunned for a moment, and an inexplicable thought popped up in her mind: Is the emperor coming for her?

She turned slightly and looked out from the half-open window, and saw a tall and upright figure in dark color, surrounded by dozens of eunuchs and guards, striding towards them.

Yang Manyan swallowed quietly.

Should she leave quickly? It seemed too late. Once she left, she would run into...

But she didn't have time to hesitate, as the emperor had already arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion.

The man's hawk-like sharp eyes swept over him, and Yang Manyan's heart skipped a beat. He quickly stood up and saluted.

He said in a deep voice, "No need for courtesy," and then lowered his eyes to look her up and down.

The girl had her hair tied up in a bun, and was wearing a lychee-colored palace dress with a cloud pattern. She had a light amount of makeup on, and her cheeks were round and smooth, with skin as smooth and delicate as snow.

The emperor knew that she was beautiful, but it was the first time he realized so clearly and intuitively that she was exactly what he wanted.

Otherwise, given his personality, she would have had no chance to get close to him on the night they first met.

After a moment's silence, the emperor waved his hand to dismiss his attendants, "I am only here to look for a few volumes of my collection of books. Yang Shangyi, there is no need to be restrained. Just do as you did before."

Yang Manyan raised his head in surprise, and happened to meet a pair of deep and bottomless black eyes, and his heart trembled slightly.

The emperor always...when he saw her? Why did he suddenly change his mind today?

Without waiting for her response, the emperor turned sideways and walked towards the bookshelf, as if he was really there looking for a book.

There was silence all around in the Wenyuan Pavilion. Half an hour passed, and the two emperors were each reading ancient books, and everything was peaceful.

She raised her eyelashes and calmly looked at the burly man standing motionless in front of the large bookcase.

Dark dragon patterns embroidered with gold thread could be vaguely seen on his black brocade robe, which glowed brightly in the sunlight.

"This volume of the Book of Documents written in ancient Chinese at the end of the Han Dynasty is very different from the Book of Documents presented to the court by Mei Ze during the Jin Dynasty. It has never been published and is kept here. If Yang Shangyi is interested, you can take a look at it."

The emperor noticed that she was reading only history books, so he tried to please her and took out this treasure that was kept privately in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Yang Manyan was stunned for a moment, his face full of surprise.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the "Book of Documents" presented by Mei Ze in the Jin Dynasty is a fake book, but after the Yongjia Rebellion, many ancient books were completely lost, and there is no way to verify the authenticity.

Unexpectedly, there is a "Book of Documents in Ancient Texts" written in the late Han Dynasty, which is very different from the book presented by Mei Ze!

Yang Manyan was surprised and delighted. He carefully took the ancient book and opened it reverently for a trial reading.

Before I knew it, dusk fell outside the window and clouds rolled in the sky.

A group of palace servants and eunuchs filed in, lit every palace lantern in Wenyuan Pavilion in an orderly manner, and then left again.

Because the Wenyuan Pavilion contains rare books, in order to avoid fire, the palace lanterns used for lighting are all specially made hard glass lamps.

Only then did Yang Manyan realize that an entire afternoon had passed, and he hurriedly stood up to take his leave and return to the East Palace.

However, she sat still for a long time and when she stood up suddenly her legs went weak and she staggered forward.

Just when she was about to fall face first to the ground, the man quickly grabbed her by the collar.