Hehehe…

"My beloved concubine, you may return now."

Qin Jue had already begun to urge Yang Jiaojiao to leave. After Yang Jiaojiao left, Qin Jue went into the inner hall to prepare for his afternoon nap.

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The three women led Granny Lu to a small room. The most eye-catching thing inside was the 'Yao Huang Peony', while the others were some more common flowers.

As soon as Granny Lu entered, she spotted the 'Yao Huang Peony' among all the flowers.

I couldn't help but walk up to the 'Yao Huang Peony' and exclaim in amazement, "This is a Yao Huang Peony?"

"Granny Lu has a good eye; this is indeed a Yao Huang peony."

Just as Granny Lu was about to look away and put down the Wei Zi peony, she noticed a red tinge in the center of the Yao Huang peony.

His eyes widened immediately, filled with disbelief.

"This...this peony from the Li family of Jiangnan, is it?"

Granny Lu pointed to the Yao Huang peony and looked at the three of them, asking...

"This servant doesn't know." / "Granny has a good eye."

The voices of San Shu and Chun He reached Granny Lu's ears at the same time.

Granny Lu looked at Chunhe as she walked in and asked eagerly, "Is this really the same peony from the Li family in Jiangnan?"

"Yes, Granny."

That's right, after Xiao Xi'er brought the Yao Huang peony back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation...

The more Chunhe looked at the 'Yao Huang Peony', the more she felt it was the same potted plant Xiao Liyan had brought back from Jiangnan. She investigated further and discovered that Consort Jun had long ago thrown it away; Chunhe had no idea how the flower had survived three long winters.

At this moment, having received confirmation, Granny Lu quickly walked up to Chunhe and asked, "How did His Majesty obtain this pot of Yao Huang Peony?"

Granny Lu thought to herself, "The Li family of Jiangnan isn't the type to obediently give His Majesty the Yao Huang Peony just because he wants it."

You see, their matriarch traveled to Jiangnan four times for this pot of Yao Huang peonies; the second time, she stayed there for half a year. But the Li family simply refused to give it away or sell it.

Seeing the eager look on Granny Lu's face, Chunhe slowly spoke, "This pot of Yao Huang peonies did not belong to His Majesty."

"Who obtained it?"

"It belonged to Her Majesty the Empress."

"The deceased Empress?"

"Yes, when Her Majesty the Empress first became Empress, she learned that there were Yao Huang peonies in Jiangnan and went to Jiangnan twice, which is how she was fortunate enough to obtain one from the Li family."

"I see, I see."

"No wonder when the old lady went to Jiangnan for the fourth time, the Li family said that the Yao Huang peonies had already been given away."

"At first, the old lady refused to believe it, but after learning that she had indeed given the person away, she reluctantly returned to Guangchen."

Chunhe simply smiled, "I heard that Granny is here to teach us how to care for Wei Zi Mudan."

"Yes, seeing how beautifully the Yao Huang peony has been cultivated, the old lady can now rest assured to place the 'Wei Zi peony' in the palace."

Chunhe took the purple peony from Granny Lu and placed it next to the yellow peony.

The two potted peonies seemed to sense each other, facing each other as if greeting a new friend.

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After his afternoon nap, Qin Jue groggily opened his eyes and saw Xiao Xi'er pouting and smacking her lips, then drool dripping from the corner of her mouth.

"You little rascal, you're probably dreaming about eating delicious food while you're asleep."

Look how much you've been craving it!

Qin Jue smiled and reached out to poke Xiao Xi'er's cheek, then stood up.

After seeing Qin Jue get up, Sanhezi immediately came over and began to help Qin Jue change his clothes.

There was no court session in the afternoon. Sanhezi brought Qin Jue a 'moon white' (a light blue) robe embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns.

After getting dressed, Qin Jue went to the imperial study to review memorials, and saw the phoenix seal on the desk.

Squinting, he tapped the desk with his index finger.

"Sanhezi"

"Your servant is here."

"Take the Phoenix Seal to the Purple Bamboo Pavilion and give it to Consort Wan."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Sanhezi stepped forward, covered the phoenix seal with the box, and then left the imperial study with the seal.

Not long after Qin Jue arrived at the Imperial Study, Xiao Xi'er slowly woke up.

When Xiao Xi'er woke up and saw that Qin Jue had already gotten up, she didn't cry or fuss. Instead, she climbed out of bed and walked out of the inner palace.

When San Shu saw Xiao Xi'er walking out barefoot, he quickly went over and picked her up, calling out to Chun He.

After Sanshu put Xiaoxi'er on the bed, Chunhe came in.

"Sister Chunhe~"

Chunhe was charmed by the call of "Sister Chunhe" and walked over to Xiaoxi'er.

"Princess, why are you walking barefoot on the ground again? You'll catch a cold."

"Laughing"

Xiao Xi'er pulled at her lower eyelids with her hand. She stuck her tongue out at Chunhe.

After Chunhe came in, Sanshu went out. A little while later, Xiaju came in carrying Xiaoxi'er's clothes.

Chunhe picked up the clothes and dressed Xiaoxi'er. After dressing her, she put on a pair of embroidered shoes of the same color.

As soon as she finished dressing and combing her hair, Xiaoxi couldn't wait to climb out of bed.

"Sister Chunhe~, Sister Xiaju~, let's go out and play!"

"good"

Chunhe and Xiaju followed Xiaoxi'er out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

When Xiao Xi'er reached the outer courtyard of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she did not see Sha Ting.

He ran to the inner courtyard behind the Hall of Mental Cultivation to find Sha Ting.

"Kitty~, big kitty~"

"Kitty~"

When Sha Ting heard Xiao Xi'er calling him, he didn't want to get up from his den of tigers, so he pretended to be asleep.

But it was no use. Little Xi'er slowly ran to the entrance of Sha Ting's tiger den.

Seeing that Sha Ting was sleeping, he grabbed Sha Ting's tiger ears.

Then, bringing its mouth close to the tiger's ear, it said, "Kitty, wake up! Grandpa Sun is shining on your bottom!"

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