"Hmph, you're so unambitious. What's so interesting about those notebooks? You've been reading them for years, don't you get tired of them?"

Hearing that Kangxi's tone had returned to normal, Mingxiu knew that she had coaxed him, so she said in a very light tone: "No, how could that be? They are all different stories, okay? I never read a storybook a second time after I finish it. I just buy a new one. I never get tired of it."

Mingxiu said that, but she was already fed up with it. At this point, the stories she read were just the same few kinds over and over again, but she had her own space, so she read other things in her space.

I never get tired of watching any kind of thing, but I can't really explain it, so all I can say is that I never get tired of it.

Kangxi looked at Mingxiu's self-righteous manner with great helplessness. This person really hasn't changed at all after all these years.

"Chenghuan, why didn't you come up with me?" Kangxi didn't want to talk about this with Mingxiu. He glanced at the door, thinking that the princesses should sit with their mothers.

Mingxiu smiled awkwardly. Could she say that she tricked Chenghuan into taking the carriage so that she wouldn't be discovered while watching TV, and had Luzhu and the others accompany her?

Before Mingxiu could say anything, Kangxi could already sense it from her expression and helplessly tapped her forehead.

Even though she's already a mother, she's still so unreliable.

Mingxiu snuggled against Kangxi's chest, somewhat reluctantly. Kangxi had been very busy arresting people in the palace since before the New Year.

So he rarely enters the harem anymore. He's still a young man in his twenties, and since he hasn't had any release in a long time, he naturally has some reactions. Now that Mingxiu is rubbing against him like this, he gets aroused immediately.

Mingxiu was snuggling against Kangxi when she suddenly felt something pressing against her from below, which made her feel uncomfortable.

She reached out and tried to throw the thing on top of her, but the moment Mingxiu grabbed the warm thing, Kangxi suddenly groaned.

Mingxiu lay in Kangxi's arms for a moment, stunned. When she realized what she was holding, her face turned bright red. She quickly let go of the object and prepared to step out of Kangxi's arms.

However, he was pinned to the ground in Kangxi's arms and unable to move.

Mingxiu nestled awkwardly in Kangxi's arms, unsure of what to do: "Your Majesty, please help me up."

Kangxi squinted at Mingxiu in his arms, not letting go but holding her even tighter. He wouldn't do anything like that inside the carriage.

After a while, once his impulsive emotions subsided, Kangxi released Mingxiu and allowed her to sit up again.

Mingxiu sat up, touched the stray hairs that had fallen off her face from the struggle, and glanced at Kangxi with a half-smile.

The awkward moment had passed, so Mingxiu no longer felt awkward.

Kangxi felt somewhat embarrassed by her alluring gaze, and then looked at Mingxiu threateningly.

"What, you don't want to sleep tonight?" he said, then switched to the Kangxi style of scanning Mingxiu's upper and lower body.

Mingxiu froze for a moment at his words, then was stunned by them.

Seeing Kangxi's smug expression, she felt a little embarrassed but didn't want to admit defeat, so she continued to provoke him: "Your Majesty should rest well, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep up later."

Kangxi's face darkened instantly upon hearing Mingxiu's words, and he sneered, "Very well, I'd like to see who's the one who's out of his depth tonight."

Mingxiu shivered, stubbornly refusing to back down; she would never admit defeat.

Kangxi's eyes darkened slightly as he looked at her defiant attitude, and he let out a cold snort.

As it turned out, Mingxiu was all bark and no bite except for her stubbornness. On her first night at Changchun Garden, Kangxi kept her in bed so much that she couldn't get up. But Kangxi wouldn't let her admit defeat, so Mingxiu finally couldn't take it anymore and called out for her father.

Then she was tortured even more, didn't sleep all night, and in the end, Mingxiu couldn't tell whether she was awake or unconscious.

When Mingxiu woke up and opened her eyes, she saw the dark sky outside, which clearly indicated that it was going to rain, which perfectly matched Mingxiu's current mood.

Moving her aching body, Mingxiu felt like cursing Kangxi to death.

My whole body felt like it was falling apart. Sure enough, a man can never say no, not at any time.

Mingxiu lay on the bed for a while to recover, then took out some spiritual spring water from her spatial storage and drank it, finally feeling somewhat better.

Green Bamboo, who was constantly listening to what was happening inside, quickly pushed open the door and went in when she heard her mistress calling her.

Mingxiu let Lvzhu dress her. Actually, she didn't want to get up, but then she thought that if she really didn't get up, she might be so tired that she couldn't get out of bed.

Mingxiu felt ashamed to face the elders of Jiangdong just thinking that everyone knew what had happened in the room and why she couldn't get out of bed. Besides, she was indeed hungry. After all, she had fought fiercely all night and slept all day, so the little food she had eaten had long been digested.

So even though she didn't want to get out of bed, Mingxiu painfully crawled out of bed.

After I finished tidying up, I went downstairs and found that the food was already laid out on the table: sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried pork with green peppers, shredded pork with sweet bean sauce, and stir-fried bean sprouts—all of which were Mingxiu's favorite dishes.

Knowing that Chenghuan had already eaten and was now out having fun with others, Mingxiu started eating in large chunks. She was really hungry, so she finished all the food on the table to the astonishment of the people around her.

Patting her round belly, Mingxiu let out a satisfied burp, took a comfortable sip of tea, and considered that dinner was done.

By the time Mingxiu finished her meal and sat down to digest, a light drizzle had started to fall outside. Lvzhu then led a group of people to find Chenghuan.

Mingxiu wanted to go too, but she had just eaten too much and was not fit for strenuous exercise, so she could only let Lüzhu take the others there.

I sat in the house to digest my food and wait for the other person to come back.

Soon after, Mingxiu saw someone come to deliver a message, saying that it was raining heavily outside, so Princess Chenghuan should stay with His Highness the Crown Prince for now, and be sent back when the rain subsided.

Mingxiu recognized the eunuch beside Yinreng, readily nodded, and only let him go after making him drink a bowl of ginger soup.

After all, they're here to deliver a message; it wouldn't be good if they got sick because of it.

Knowing where the person was, Mingxiu wasn't in a hurry and enjoyed the rain outside.