Those pitiful eyes stared at him, and he couldn't refuse her request no matter what, so he could only compromise again and again.
Fortunately, he didn't give her too much each day, and he also fed her some cooling snacks, otherwise the little girl would definitely have gotten a sore throat.
"Okay then, we'll just take a day off?"
Seeing the man's firm tone, Chen Nian relented and held out his hand to indicate a slight distance.
"What about the crystal cake you brought me?"
Thinking back to what Ertai had said on the field, he looked up at the person above him and asked.
She can't eat pumpkin seeds anymore, and she's feeling a little emo. She needs something else to comfort her and soothe her emo mood.
"Wait, I'll go get it for you after I've finished applying the medicine."
Ertai sighed again. His thoughts were jumping around. He quickly applied the medicine to the person and resignedly went to get the crystal cake.
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Chen Nian, who had originally planned not to go to the Imperial Study, gave up the idea after being persuaded by Ertai.
Fine, fine, let him go.
It's just attending classes. She can just try her best to get by. She managed to get by for more than ten years in her previous life, and she doesn't believe she can't get by in this life.
Besides, with Little Swallow in front of her to shield her, how could she be more cowardly than Little Swallow?
Fortunately, she had gotten to know everyone well, so she wasn't fighting alone in the Imperial Study; she had people helping her.
She and Xiao Yanzi are about the same level, so neither of them can laugh at the other.
However, most of the time inside was spent either dozing off or whispering to each other, quietly complaining about how boring the class was.
The class passed by in a flash.
After school, Qing'er would pick me up; life couldn't be more wonderful.
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Back at Cining Palace, I chatted with the Empress Dowager and Qing'er, acted coquettishly, and went for a walk; and the day was over.
They would occasionally visit Shufangzhai to play with Xiaoyanzi, eat melons, and the five of them (Chen Nian, Ertai, Xiaoyanzi, Yongqi, and Benjamin) would bicker.
Enjoy Ertai's perfect and thoughtful care, and the two of them eat some melons together.
As for Ziwei and Erkang, they always had endless sweet nothings to say to each other.
Both of them were talented, and their sweet nothings were never the same.
As for her and Xiao Yanzi, who were both academically challenged, they couldn't stand listening to their pretentious, literary talk.
The two preferred straightforward conversations, chatting about interesting folk tales they knew and occasionally teasing the other three.
If there's something fun, Chen Nian won't forget Qing'er and will drag her over too.
The group chatted about everything under the sun; entertainment was scarce in the palace, and chatting was a rare treat to relieve boredom.
As for the delicious food, Shen Nian would bring some back for Qing'er and the Empress Dowager. Over time, the Empress Dowager's impression of Xiao Yanzi wasn't too bad.
When Chen Nian was around, Xiao Yanzi would occasionally go to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager when she went to see him.
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The gears of fate continue to turn as the original story unfolded.
Just like in the original drama, the Empress Dowager went to the Emperor to discuss Qing'er's marriage. Then she saw the painting, which deepened her suspicions about Ziwei. The Empress Dowager then took Qing'er to Shufangzhai.
Even with everyone's attempts to stop her, Ziwei couldn't resist her desire to impress the Empress Dowager and chose to go to the Imperial Kitchen.
After returning, neither the Empress Dowager nor Qing'er mentioned such a trivial matter to Chen Nian.
As for why Chen Nian didn't go along, it's because she caught another cold, and she didn't know why.
When the Empress Dowager and her entourage arrived, Chen Nian was recuperating in the Cining Palace, reading the storybooks that Ertai had collected for her.
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