Shen Wan smiled, her mood even brighter than the sunshine in the sky.
She and Xie Jingyan walked towards the Imperial Study.
However, they had only gone halfway when a young eunuch came up and said, "His Majesty still has state affairs to attend to and will ask you to go in half an hour."
Shen Wan looked up at the sun overhead. In another half hour, it would be lunchtime.
Your Majesty, please don't do this on purpose.
Xie Jingyan didn't have the patience to wait. He went to the Empress first, and now he went to the Imperial Study, but the Emperor wouldn't see them.
The father and son were locked in a fierce fight, and she was caught in the middle, which must have been very difficult for her.
The Emperor knew that Xie Jingyan was impatient to see him, yet he did it on purpose. Just as Shen Wan was thinking this, she heard Xie Jingyan say, "Since Your Majesty is not available, let's come another day."
Xie Jingyan took Shen Wan's hand and headed towards the exit of the palace. Shen Wan dared not wait. She was unwilling to wait even a quarter of an hour, but the Emperor wanted them to wait for half an hour. If she was unwilling to wait for half an hour, she didn't know how long she would have to wait to see the Emperor next time.
How could their thin arms possibly twist the emperor's thigh?
Shen Wan pulled Xie Jingyan back, her voice soft and slightly coquettish, "It's been about half an hour since we came here, let's wait a bit. The Imperial Garden isn't far from here, come with me to admire the flowers there."
Xie Jingyan has almost never refused any of Shen Wan's requests. Now that she is looking at him with her clear eyes, he wouldn't refuse even if she wanted to move the Imperial Garden back to the Ling Prince's Mansion, let alone just accompany her for a stroll in the Imperial Garden.
"Let's go."
Xie Jingyan led Shen Wan forward.
Shen Wan asked, "Where to?"
"Aren't we going to stroll through the Imperial Garden?" Xie Jingyan asked.
"But you don't go this way to get to the Imperial Garden."
"Are you more familiar with the palace, or am I?" Xie Jingyan countered.
"..."
Shen Wan shut up.
Although she had lived in the palace for several years, Xie Jingyan had grown up there; she couldn't compare to him.
Shen Wan let Xie Jingyan lead her forward, a strange feeling rising in her heart, like a babbling brook flowing from her heart to her limbs, making her forget everything around her, only the person in front of her.
Xie Jingyan led her along a path that Chen Wan had never taken before, leading directly to the northwest corner of the Imperial Garden. She remembered that there was a red-crowned crane there, very beautiful, but it never allowed anyone to get close. She wondered if she would be able to see it today.
Thinking this, Shen Wan saw the proud red-crowned crane from her past life, flapping its wings and flying towards them. Just as they were about to collide, Shen Wan was terrified and turned pale.
However, the red-crowned crane stopped in front of them and affectionately nuzzled Xie Jingyan with its head. Xie Jingyan stroked it and said, "My wife is timid, don't scare her."
daughter in law……
These two words made Shen Wan's ears burn.
The red-crowned crane glanced at Shen Wan and called out to her.
Shen Wan couldn't understand it, but let's just assume it was apologizing.
She looked at Xie Jingyan and the red-crowned crane, the two of them standing by the lotus pond, a picture of beauty.
However, the red-crowned cranes did not stay long before flying away, skimming over a pond of lotus leaves and making cheerful calls.
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan, "You raised it?"
Xie Jingyan said, "I used to feed it often when I was in the palace. I didn't expect it to still remember me."
He took Shen Wan's hand and walked forward.
Shen Wan looked at him holding her hand. Even though it was only the first time he had held her hand while walking today, it was as if it had become a habit, so casual and natural.
Walking forward from the northwest corner of the Imperial Garden, it took about half an hour to exit the Imperial Garden, and the two headed towards the Imperial Study.
The eunuch guarding outside the Imperial Garden saw them approach and informed the Emperor. When they reached the Imperial Study, the eunuch came out and bowed, saying, "His Majesty invites you in."
As Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan stepped inside, they saw the Emperor sitting on the dragon throne, drinking tea.
Shen Wan bowed respectfully and greeted the Emperor.
The people around her were much more perfunctory, only calling out once, "Father."
They were shouting with such reluctance.
However, the Emperor was probably used to it and didn't seem angry. He simply assumed Xie Jingyan wasn't there and asked Shen Wan, "Did you come to the palace to see Father Emperor about something?"
Shen Wan shook her head. "Father Emperor bestowed a lot of gifts upon Wan'er and even appointed a royal chef. The Prince accompanied Wan'er to the palace to thank Father Emperor."
The Emperor smiled and asked, "Are you settling in well at the Prince Ling's residence?"
Shen Wan nodded, "The prince is very good to me."
“They’ve all lost weight,” the Emperor said.
"..."
real.
That's a bit hard to follow up on.
She said Xie Jingyan treated her very well, and the Emperor said she looked thin. The Emperor's words must not have been casual; was he suggesting she report Xie Jingyan?
Shen Wan didn't know how to respond, so she could only raise her hand to touch her face. At this moment, a young eunuch came in and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial meal is ready. It's time for lunch."
The Emperor looked at Shen Wan, "Would you like to have lunch with your father?"
...Do you dare say you're unwilling?
Shen Wan nodded obediently.
Xie Jingyan said unhappily, "Let's go back and eat."
The emperor ignored him and got up to have lunch.
Xie Jingyan wanted to take Shen Wan away, but did Shen Wan dare to leave? She asked why the Emperor wanted them to come back in half an hour. It turned out that the Emperor wanted them to have lunch with him. She had never seen such an awkward father and son. The father wanted to have a meal with his son, but he didn't say it directly. He approached it indirectly from her point of view. Was the Emperor so sure that Xie Jingyan would stay for lunch for her?
Could she say that she didn't really want to dine with the Emperor either? She felt like she wouldn't be able to eat properly even before they sat down at the table.
She had no choice but to accept it; the emperor's decree was hard to disobey. Shen Wan dared not defy the emperor and could only beg Xie Jingyan, "I dare not eat with my father alone. Please come with me. Before we entered the palace, you said that if it was too late, we would eat in the palace."
Eating in the palace and eating in the imperial study are worlds apart.
He couldn't take back what he had said, and with Shen Wan shaking his arm and acting coquettishly, Xie Jingyan was helpless. Seeing that his brows had relaxed, Shen Wan decisively pulled him toward the dining table.
On the dining table covered with bright yellow silk, there were forty-nine imperial dishes, including everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, and swims in the water.
The Emperor sat to one side, Xie Jingyan sat opposite the Emperor, and Shen Wan sat next to Xie Jingyan.
As soon as they sat down at the table, Xie Jingyan put food on Shen Wan's plate.
After placing some food into Shen Wan's bowl, the man glanced at the plate of food. Shen Wan understood his meaning perfectly and silently placed some food into his bowl as well.
Back and forth.
The sight made Eunuch Yuan's mouth almost twitch.
The Emperor wants Prince Ling and Princess Ling to have lunch with him, not for them to feed him dog food (a Chinese slang term for public displays of affection).
Can't we go back to the Lingwang Mansion to be all lovey-dovey?
They were oblivious to everyone else, completely ignoring the emperor.
Eunuch Yuan cautiously glanced at the Emperor's expression. Seeing that the Emperor wasn't angry and seemed to be in a good mood, Eunuch Yuan was relieved.
During the meal, neither of the two men spoke a single word to the Emperor, nor did the Emperor utter a sound.
After lunch, the two took their leave, and the emperor did not ask them to stay.
Eunuch Yuan was genuinely surprised that the Emperor had finished a whole bowl of rice for lunch and even had half a bowl more. "Is the Emperor in a good mood?"
The Emperor was indeed in a good mood, saying, "My son has a weakness."
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