"Princess, what's wrong?"

Dulan walked in carrying candied fruit and saw Harigana in a daze. She waved her hand in front of Harigana and said, "Princess!"

"ah?"

Coming to his senses, he looked at Dulan, his eyes darting around: "Come here!"

He whispered a few words in her ear: "Go quickly!"

Dulan looked shocked, swallowed hard, and wanted to try to persuade him, but in the end he kept quiet.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine."

Emperor Kangxi has been very busy these past few days, and Harigana is bored all by herself. In the past, she could have gone to see the Empress Dowager or Saienjiya, or at the very least, she could have played with her two children.

But Saenjiya and the Empress Dowager have been out of town for several days with the baby and Beibei, and she doesn't even have anyone to talk to.

She didn't know when it started, but looking at the sketchbooks no longer held any appeal for her.

"Yes, this servant will go and prepare it right away."

Harigana nodded, and after everyone left, he hurried to his study.

In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Kangxi had just seen off Prince Kang and confirmed the departure date for the expedition. He was thinking of reviewing the memorials, but something felt off.

After thinking for a moment, he stood up and returned to Qingxi Palace.

"emperor?"

Dulan hurriedly ran into the inner hall carrying a pile of papers, and saw Kangxi walking in through a small door.

"This servant greets Your Majesty!"

The sound was so loud that Emperor Kangxi frowned.

Ignoring him, she lifted the curtain and went inside.

"Xuan Ye?"

Harigana ran out of the study, not expecting him to return so early.

She walked over, grabbed his arm, and pulled him into the inner hall.

"Aren't you busy today?"

Looking at her delicate expression, Kangxi knew there must be something in the study that she didn't want him to know, otherwise she wouldn't be in such a hurry.

"Okay! I'm done with work."

Li Dequan didn't hear those words, otherwise he would have been furious.

The memorials in the Imperial Study are being smeared by the Emperor, who is now lying through his teeth and deceiving the Empress without batting an eye.

"Oh! Okay!"

Harigana wants to cry!

I finally managed to research something fun, but who knew he'd already finished with all that work.

"Jiaojiao, what's wrong?"

Kangxi couldn't help but look disappointed.

He's not busy anymore and has time to spend with her, yet he has this kind of expression.

It doesn't sound like anger, it's more like disappointment.

Could it be that he looks too old and Harigana no longer likes looking at his face?

"It's okay, it's good that you're not busy."

Never mind, let's do it when he's busy later.

Kangxi's ulterior motives were even more serious; now they were even starting to give him perfunctory answers. Could it be that he was really getting old?

"Jiaojiao, shall I take you to fly a kite?"

Harigana nodded. He was bored anyway, so he could do whatever he wanted.

"Shall we go to the Imperial Garden?"

Kangxi was genuinely confused; this didn't seem like he was tired of it at all.

Feeling a little curious, I thought for a moment and decided to ask, "Jiaojiao, what were you doing in the study just now?"

Harigana stiffened, and Kangxi's heart skipped a beat.

"Um, if I tell you, can you not be angry?"

She straddled his lap, clutched his clothes, and looked at him cautiously: "Please!"

"Okay, when have I ever been angry with you?"

Harigana lowered his head and whispered, "I... I'm writing in my sketchbook."

Kangxi was taken aback. A sketchbook?

Is this because there's nothing left to watch, and people are tired of seeing the same things, so they've started creating their own?

But if you're just writing in your sketchbook, why are you making that face?

"Let me see, okay?"

Harigana wanted to shake his head, but finally nodded: "You promised not to get angry, absolutely not."

Kangxi nodded, then picked the person up and carried them to his study.

"Wait, wait, you'd better not look at it."

Clinging to the door frame and not letting go, his guilty look suggests something is amiss.

Kangxi's heart was stirred by her charm, how could he possibly give up?

He pretended to bend down to kiss her, but she promptly covered his mouth with her hand and took the opportunity to quickly go inside.

"You scoundrel!"

Harigana clung to his neck, determined never to let go.

Kangxi held the person in one arm and flipped through the white paper underneath, where he saw the title.

"Harigana!"

Veins bulged on his forehead as he tried to pull her off, but she was holding him so tightly that he didn't dare to use force, so he could only slap her buttocks twice.

"You said you wouldn't be angry, but you dared to hit me."

She held him tightly, but her words were a counter-accusation, which made Kangxi even angrier.

"Get down, I'm not angry."

Harigana shook his head: "No, no, no, this is comfortable, I like to hold you."

As she spoke, she took the opportunity to climb up a bit more, found a comfortable spot, and became even more reluctant to come down.

Emperor Kangxi was amused and annoyed by her little actions: "Heh! Jiaojiao, are you not sure?"

"Mmm! No, this feels comfortable."

"Okay! Hold on tight!"

As he spoke, Kangxi wrapped her legs around his waist, turned around, and walked out of the study.

"Jiaojiao, I just said I'd take you to the Imperial Garden to fly kites, let's go now."

Harigana's eyes widened, and she tried to let go of his arms, but almost slipped off.

"No, Xuan Ye!"

Seeing that he had already walked to the entrance of the outer hall, he seized the opportunity and grabbed the door frame again: "Xuan Ye, I'm not going!"

Kangxi's hand was always gently supporting her, but she didn't feel it.

Besides, she was in a bit of a hurry at the moment and forgot that Kangxi would never let her fall, so she crossed her legs tightly.

"Jiaojiao, let go. How can you go back on your word? You promised, right?"

"It can be changed, it can be changed!"

Harigana exerted force on his hands and legs, fearing that he would walk out like that and she would lose face.

Now that the baby and baby can walk on their own, they can walk on their own. But when the mother was carried by Emperor Kangxi to the Imperial Garden, in such an awkward posture, was that appropriate?

"It cannot be changed. I am the emperor, and my word is as good as gold. How can I go back on my word?"

Li Dequan had already told his servants to turn their backs, but they couldn't cover their ears.

Therefore, their conversation was clearly heard by everyone in the courtyard.

Dulan and the others were fine; they were already used to the Emperor and Empress being all lovey-dovey. But the servants outside were seeing the Emperor like this for the first time, and they were extremely nervous.

“You are someone else’s emperor, but you are my husband, right? It can be changed.”

Kangxi still disagreed: "No, a real man should not lie."

How dare that little girl slander him? He needs to be taught a lesson.

"you!"

Harigana was speechless with frustration, his hands and feet were starting to lose strength, and in anger he bit the neck: "Go back!"

"hiss!"

Kangxi gasped, but the others didn't hear it; only Li Dequan felt a sharp pain.

But why do I feel somewhat pleased to hear that the Emperor has been humiliated?