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A feeling even more powerless than drowning filled my heart...
Di Shaoze flipped through the incident as if he were quietly reading a book. This frivolous and casual attitude made Lin Huai'en even more sad than the contradiction itself.
Seeing Lin Huai'en's attitude, Emperor Shaoze was also annoyed. He ordered the palace attendants, "Go to the national treasury and get the Complete Poems of Spring Dusk."
The palace maid bowed and said, "Yes."
Lin Huai'en curled up into a ball. Under normal circumstances, if he could get the Complete Poems of Spring Dusk, he would be happy for half a month, but he was not in the mood at the moment.
After the palace maid presented the poetry collection, Emperor Shaoze used it to coax Lin Huai'en several times, but failed to make her happy again. After a long time, Emperor Shaoze stood up and was about to leave, but he felt a slight tug and found that the end of his sleeve was quietly pinched by Lin Huai'en's hand.
Lin Huai'en's personality can be said to be naughty, but also three parts well-behaved. It can also be said to be well-behaved, but also seven parts naughty.
Di Shaoze lost his temper and stayed.
Lin Huai'en was upset about this unfair punishment and found it hard to swallow. What was even more annoying was that he found that the light punishment of house arrest could not scare Fox Princess at all.
Fox Lady was never at peace, asking palace maids to pass messages and spreading rumors, trying all kinds of ways to please Emperor Shaoze and regain his favor.
What's more, Fox Princess also won over a close eunuch, and when serving tea in the imperial study, she offered Emperor Shaoze a kind of tea unique to Zhenghe Hall, trying to evoke Emperor Shaoze's memories.
Lin Huai'en observed Di Shaoze's expression as he drank tea, and his brows seemed to soften.
The days passed slowly until the Lantern Festival. As usual, Emperor Shaoze went to the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion to reminisce about the past. Hu Ji slipped out of the palace, taking only one or two palace maids with her, and secretly followed the procession out of the palace.
A female official noticed something was wrong and hurried to report it to Lin Huai'en. Lin Huai'en gritted his teeth and followed the man out of the palace incognito, determined to either arrest him or catch him committing adultery.
On the Flower Street, Fox Princess strolled around holding some candy, glancing towards the Zhenbei Palace from time to time, waiting for Di Shaoze to come out of the palace.
It's true, at such a tender age, Fox Princess can smile with joy at just a small piece of candy. This innocent look is the most likely to touch a man's heart.
Lin Huai'en stood two meters back and didn't immediately go to capture Fox Lady. Perhaps it was a sting operation. Rather than seeing Fox Lady's seductive methods, he wanted to see Di Shaoze's attitude.
"His Majesty……"
Emperor Shaoze and the King of Zhenbei left the palace together. Fox Ji's eyes lit up, and she shouted, rushing forward, but was stopped by the surrounding guards. Fox Ji's fox eyes suddenly turned red with grievance and were about to shed tears.
Di Shaoze frowned slightly, but didn't blame her. With a wave of his hand, the King of Zhenbei let Fox Ji into the circle. Then, Di Shaoze and the King of Zhenbei strolled through the flower streets, while Fox Ji followed them eagerly, occasionally acting cute.
Behind them, Lin Huai'en wanted to get closer to them, so he bought a mask from a stall, covered half of his face, and pretended to be an ordinary passerby.
Halfway through the walk, King Zhenbei said goodbye, leaving only Hu Ji and Di Shaoze still strolling around.
"Your Majesty, Fox Princess has been working so hard copying Buddhist scriptures these days... her hands are already covered in calluses..."
"Fox Princess misses His Majesty..."
"Your Majesty, Kitsune really wants to eat chestnuts. Can you sell some to Kitsune?"
Fox Lady's sweet voice, heard by Lin Huai'en through four or five passersby, was just the usual words Shuang'er would say to her husband...
But Lin Huai'en and Di Shaoze would not be like this.
Di Shaoze walked into the crowd and went to the stall selling chestnuts.
Emperor Shaoze once again indulged Fox Lady's actions. Lin Huai'en couldn't hide his disappointment. It was like he had brought shame upon himself, and he witnessed the result he had already guessed.
Lin Huai'en put down the hairpin he was 'selecting' and walked away from the carriage with extremely difficult steps.
Before he had gone far, a piece of cloth with a golden dragon embroidered on its chest stopped Lin Huai'en. Lin Huai'en raised his dejected head and looked directly into Di Shaoze's narrow phoenix eyes.
Di Shaoze handed the bag of chestnuts to Lin Huai'en. Lin Huai'en held the warm chestnuts in his hand and stared back in the direction he had come from, only to find that Fox Ji seemed to be gone...
Could it be that... Emperor Shaoze mistook him for Fox Princess?
"Let's go."
After saying this, Di Shaoze walked forward first. Lin Huaien hesitated for a moment, then followed him. For Lin Huaien, this was a rare opportunity to fully understand how Di Shaoze felt about Fox Lady.
There were many people on Flower Street, and Lin Huai'en's body was bumped from time to time. He could only hunch his shoulders as much as possible, looking a little pitiful. Di Shaoze noticed it and gradually walked back, protecting Lin Huai'en's body in his chest.
Pedestrians crowded over again, but they could only bump into God Shaoze's shoulders, while the tiny Lin Huai'en in his arms was safe and sound.
Di Shaoze asked, "Why aren't you talking?"
Lin Huai'en shook his head and didn't explain. Fox Lady was always talkative, and he couldn't imitate her.
In order to cover up the suspicion of not speaking, Lin Huai'en lowered his head and started eating chestnuts, stuffing them into his mouth one by one, until he became a chipmunk with bulging cheeks.
Di Shaoze slightly curved his eyes and asked no more questions.
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