I love you! You have to stay with me forever.

His head was buried in her chest, his voice muffled. His arms around her waist remained tight, suggesting he was feeling uneasy.

Harigana wrapped his arms around his neck and gently stroked his back: "Okay! I'll stay with you for life."

The two people had a great atmosphere, and the two people outside also got along very well.

"Eunuch Li, why can't we tell the master?"

Dulan whispered to Li Dequan, her eyes filled with doubt.

Li Dequan was helpless. Could he possibly talk about something like this?

Seeing her puzzled look, he helplessly reached out and flicked her forehead, which aroused Du Lan's strong dissatisfaction.

“Eunuch Li, if you don’t tell me why, I will go and tell the Emperor right now.”

Dulan's eyes were fierce as she threatened him, clutching her forehead, but her voice was very soft, only loud enough for the two of them to hear.

Li Dequan was amused by his appearance, sighed, and then glanced around to make sure that there was no one else besides Xiao Li who was guarding not far away before quietly explaining, "Are you stupid?"

We are both servants, and we shouldn't say much, but I said that the Empress was frightened and turned pale. Just now, Physician Zhao also reported to the Emperor based on what I said. The Emperor was so anxious at the time. Do you think I would still be alive if he knew that I did it?

Besides, Her Majesty is incredibly intelligent; she'll only wonder why Physician Zhao would help her, and won't suspect anything involving the two of us.

Li Dequan regretted his words as soon as he finished speaking. He shouldn't have been so soft-hearted. The girl was too naive. What if she were implicated one day when the truth came out?

"Dulan, I only told you this because I didn't want you to worry. Just know it yourself, turn around and forget about it. You don't know anything, understand?"

In the past, Dulan would have nodded and said she understood. But having been in the palace for so long, if she didn't even understand this little thing, she would truly be a pig-brain.

"Eunuch Li, thank you. I won't tell anyone, and I won't forget. I understand, so please don't worry."

Li Dequan felt helpless and didn't say much, but his eyes were full of heartache.

She was originally a simple and innocent girl, but she was forced to become worldly and cynical in the big melting pot of the palace.

Little Li tugged at his sleeve, looking pitifully at the two whispering figures.

Who exactly is his apprentice, and why is he so kind to Dulan?

However, no one knew about his little grievance. Before he could comfort himself, Li Dequan called him over to do some work. Seeing Li Dequan looking at him with a loving expression, he happily went to do his work.

He said that he must be the most important person in his master's heart. It seems that Dulan must have some questions to ask him, since his master is so amazing.

Dulan was taken aback by the smug look in Little Li's eyes at the end.

“Eunuch Li, has your apprentice been acting strangely lately? Why don’t you take him to see a doctor?”

Li Dequan was also baffled. What exactly did that look in his eyes mean?

“Dulan, Little Li is now one of your Qingxi Palace people. Even if you take him to see it, it will be you, the head maid, who will go. Why should I get involved?”

Little Li, still happily working, was unaware that Li Dequan and Du Lan had already disliked him. He was still directing the little eunuchs to work, his face full of smiles.

Inside the hall, Kangxi held Harigana for a while to calm his depressed mood. After straightening up, he once again exuded the aura of a ruler who reigns supreme.

"Jiaojiao, where did Granny Hu go?"

"The Empress Dowager said I recovered well, so I told her that you specially found the prescription for me, and I would send it to her after the greetings were over."

"It's the dietary prescription that Physician Zhao gave me before, but I didn't dare say that Physician Zhao specially prepared it for me." Harigana looked at him with a grin: "Physician Zhao is already very busy, I don't want others to go to him for treatment."

Kangxi smiled helplessly. His darling couldn't even lie; she just didn't want anyone else to use her.

"You clever little devil!"

He gently tapped the tip of her nose, his eyes full of affection: "So, was Consort Yi thinking this just now?"

Harigana nodded, her voice sounding somewhat aggrieved: "Why does she keep targeting me? I already told her that you specially found it for me and I can't give it to her, but she complained in front of the Empress Dowager, asking why it could be given to the Empress Dowager but not to her."

Tell me, isn't she joking? I can give it to whomever I want, what's it to her?

Besides, she wants to compare herself to the Empress Dowager? Can she even compare?

Thinking of Dulan's appearance, she then chuckled and glared at Kangxi with her charming eyes: "You too, why did you give Dulan the token? She's the kind of person who's fearless and doesn't care about anything except when she sees you."

"With your token, she's really putting on a show today. I'm even starting to suspect that you're her master."

Emperor Kangxi was unaware of the specifics of what had happened, and was somewhat surprised to hear her say that Dulan was powerful.

What happened to Dulan?

Harigana chuckled, then got off her and imitated Dulan's manner in the Cining Palace for Kangxi, but he couldn't replicate her firm tone at all, and his voice was soft and sweet.

Kangxi smiled as he watched the much more lively person. Before she could finish learning, he picked her up, placed her on the soft couch, and pressed down on her.

"Jiaojiao, Dulan did the right thing. You're just too easy to bully."

After they finished speaking, their lips met, as if they had said everything, yet it was as if they hadn't said anything at all.

However, what Kangxi was really thinking remained to be seen, depending on what he did next.

Consort Yi returned to Yikun Palace and sat on the ground with a blank look in her eyes, recalling everything that had happened in the past few years.

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