Gan Qiongying has a dignified appearance, yet she is not.

Hearing Gan Lin say this, Gan Qiongying thought that he was blaming himself for being so incompetent that he was afraid she would disown him as her younger brother.

I had no idea what Gan Lin meant by "want".

Under Gan Lin's sacrificial gaze, Gan Qiongying reached out and touched his face: "Don't overthink things all day. How could I not want you?"

"I don't need anyone else in this world, but I will never abandon you." After saying that, Gan Qiongying took her foot off Gan Lin's leg, grabbed his arm, and forcibly pulled him up from the ground.

"The dignified ruler of a country..." Gan Qiongying laughed halfway through her sentence. She looked at Gan Lin and said, "Even if you are not the ruler of a country, you are still a man. How did you study the classics? A man's knees are worth gold. Don't kneel down to people casually. At least pay attention to your image. Look how scared you have the imperial physician."

"Is this Physician Xiao? Come and take a look at my foot, the sole of my foot is in excruciating pain..."

Gan Lin turned his head away, wiped the tears from his face, and quickly went to Gan Qiongying's side to examine her injuries with the imperial physician.

It's not serious.

The porcelain shard wasn't deeply embedded. Although it was sharp, the wound was shallow, and it healed within a few days as long as the foot didn't touch the ground.

Doctor Xiao cleaned Gan Qiongying's wound again and then bandaged her foot. Gan Qiongying leaned against the bedside, feeling a little sleepy.

It's not a matter of lateness, it's that dawn is just around the corner.

The imperial physician and Eunuch Li both left, leaving only the siblings to talk for a while. They mostly comforted each other, and after tonight, their relationship had become much closer again.

At least that's what Gan Qiongying thinks.

Strictly speaking, this palace banquet was the second time she had met Gan Lin, but at this moment, she looked at Gan Lin as if he were a younger brother who had been embedded in her life since birth and whose soul was already connected to hers.

"Sister, don't move. I've already told the maids not to bother you."

While Gan Qiongying was drowsy, Gan Lin was unable to rest.

With the help of his attendants, Gan Lin changed back into his dragon robe and put on the crown symbolizing his imperial status. When he turned around and saw that Gan Qiongying was lying down, he took over the maid's job and, wearing his elaborate dragon robe, bowed to tuck the blanket around Gan Qiongying.

Gan Qiongying was very sleepy and tired, but her mind and body seemed to be separated. Her mind had not completely calmed down, and her excessive activity caused her a headache.

Hearing the soft tapping of the crown on Gan Lin's head, Gan Qiongying opened her eyes and saw Gan Lin tucking her in.

Gan Qiongying smiled and said, "I forgot you had to go to court. Luckily, I was the one who was injured, otherwise you would have had to be carried there by a eunuch today..."

"With Eunuch Li's round, bun-like appearance, how could he possibly carry someone as tall as you?"

Gan Qiongying wanted to make Gan Lin laugh because she saw that his expression was too serious.

Gan Lin curled her lips into a smile but ultimately couldn't manage to laugh. Anyone who had experienced what happened yesterday would find it difficult to laugh immediately.

"Go ahead. The Regent should not be in court today. As long as he is not in court, no one will dare to make things difficult for you."

Gan Qiongying snuggled under the covers, yawned, and said, "I'll take a nap. We'll have breakfast together after you finish court."

"Mm," Gan Lin replied.

Gan Lin left quietly, and the maids in the bedchamber also moved as silently as ghosts.

Perhaps because it was too quiet, Gan Qiongying couldn't fall asleep at all.

She couldn't even hear the rain anymore. After tossing and turning for a long time, she finally sat up and called her maid in.

Has the rain stopped outside?

"Your Highness, it has been stopped for half an hour."

Gan Qiongying simply got out of bed. She was helped to the window and opened it. The sky outside was dim, but a golden sun was already half-hidden behind the clouds on the horizon, like an egg yolk that had not yet been peeled.

Dawn is approaching.

Gan Qiongying turned back into her bedchamber and asked her maid to prepare paper and pen for her. She also lit two more lamps, which completely illuminated the area around the table.

Gan Qiongying dipped her brush in ink, her posture perfectly executed.

I picked up my pen and wrote: "A single night apart feels like three autumns; my longing for you is intense, and my dreams are filled with thoughts of you..."

Although Gan Qiongying had the memories of Princess Duanrong, she did not have the princess's literary talent. She racked her brains for a long time but could not compose a poem like a real ancient person and hide her longing in the poem.

So she decided to be straightforward, since she and Li Hua were husband and wife anyway.

The whole page is full of cheesy words, interspersed with a few corny love phrases, and the more it goes on, the more colloquial it becomes.

Gan Qiongying herself blushed a little, after all, this was the first time in her life that she had written a love letter to someone.

When it came to the final signature, she thought for a long time, then changed her brush, dipped it in ink again, and carefully sketched the design. She drew a small figure of the God of Wealth in the signature area, and then replaced it with a devout believer kneeling and bowing in worship.

They are all simple line drawings, without any skill involved, but they are very expressive and interesting to look at.

After Gan Qiongying finished writing, she dried the paper, read it twice more, took a brush and crossed out a typo, then folded it with great satisfaction and put it into the envelope handed to her by her maid.

Afterwards, Gan Qiongying sent the maid away and said to the empty space, "Where is Yingyi?"

Since receiving Gan Qiongying's order last night that they must not show themselves unless summoned, Yingyi has been very worried about Gan Qiongying.

Gan Qiongying openly confronted the Empress Dowager, while her brothers secretly grew anxious.

Fortunately, everything turned out alright in the end, and Shadow One sent Shadow Three and Shadow Four to rest.

After landing, he kowtowed to Gan Qiongying and said, "This servant is here."

"Get up quickly, you must have stayed up all night last night, right?" Gan Qiongying personally stepped forward and helped Yingyi up.

"In the next few days in the palace, we will still need to rely on you few to be vigilant and keep an eye on the Empress Dowager's movements."

"I would gladly die for the princess." Yingyi, unable to kneel due to Gan Qiongying's restraint, bowed her head and said.

"You can go and rest for a while. You can take turns resting. I am very safe for the time being."

It will take some time for that old hag to confirm the Regent's condition. Even if she were to cause trouble again, it would never be this frequent.

Moreover, those two mouthfuls of blood last night should give that old hag a good rest. She might collapse and die soon.

Yingyi responded in a deep voice.

Gan Qiongying then handed the letter to him: "Send someone out of the palace and give this to the prince consort."

Gan Qiongying said in a serious tone: "This letter is very important, so it's best to send it as soon as possible."

"But please be sure to pay attention to safety."

Yingyi took the letter and left quickly.

As dawn broke, Gan Qiongying walked to the window again, letting the sunlight fall on her face. Her expression carried a bright smile, like the morning glow.

I wonder what Li Hua's expression was after receiving that letter, given her shy personality.

It's such a shame we can't see it.