Although the breeze blowing across the lake was refreshing and the faint fragrance of lotus flowers lingered around us, the summer heat was still intense, and as it approached noon, the heat was almost unbearable.
So the three of them, no longer wanting to linger on the beautiful scenery of the lake, returned home.
In the past few days, besides getting up early every day to go for a run and practice the Five Animal Exercises, the children who stayed in the Yuanmingyuan Garden also often went to Jiuzhou Qingyan to dine and chat with Lanqin and the Fourth Prince.
After the group stayed at Yuanmingyuan for a few days, Fourth Master and Lanqin decided it was inconvenient for them to stay there too long, so they sent them back. After they returned, Yuanmingyuan returned to its usual tranquility.
On this day, Ji Changming, the head of the Imperial Supervisory Office, rushed to the Yuanmingyuan Garden after receiving the imperial edict from the Fourth Prince. He was then led to the Jiuzhou Qingyan banquet by the servants who were waiting in front of the garden.
Fourth Master and Lanqin, who had just finished lunch, were waiting for Ji Changming at the Jiuzhou Qingyan Restaurant.
"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty and Your Highness the Empress Dowager." Ji Changming bowed to the Fourth Prince and Lanqin as soon as he saw them.
"Get up." Fourth Master waved his hand to let Ji Changming get up, indicating that he should sit down. Then he turned to the maid beside him and said, "Serve tea to the warden."
"Yes," the maidservant beside the Fourth Master said respectfully, and then went to Ji Changming's side to pour him a cup of Longjing tea.
"What business does Your Majesty wish to instruct me to attend to?" Ji Changming asked immediately after sitting down, his mind filled with doubts, without even taking a sip of tea.
A few days ago, when Ji Changming was observing celestial phenomena at the Imperial Palace, a servant suddenly came in to report that the Emperor had ordered him to rush to the Yuanmingyuan immediately. Without any hesitation, Ji Changming hurriedly arrived there, and on the way, he also encountered Prince Bao and his entourage who were returning to the capital.
"Has anything unusual happened to you lately?" Fourth Master asked, taking a small sip of tea from the teacup on the table.
Ji Changming paused for a moment, then said after a moment's thought, "Your Majesty, I have been observing the celestial phenomena at night recently, but I have not found any unusual signs."
"Was there any connection between the events of the past few days and the elephant from thirty years ago?"
"This..." The Fourth Master's question stumped Ji Changming, the head of the Imperial Censorate. He had no idea what the Fourth Master wanted to ask.
Lanqin, sitting to the side, knew that the Fourth Prince was just flustered by concern when he asked this, so she coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty..."
Fourth Master thought for a moment and realized he had spoken out of turn, so he simply said to him, "Ask him if there are time tunnels in this world, and whether a person can suddenly travel from the present to another time and space."
"Soul transmigration..."
"Time tunnel..."
Upon hearing Fourth Master's words, Ji Changming was completely dumbfounded. He had no idea what a time tunnel was. He paused, pondering for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what Fourth Master meant.
"Your Majesty, please forgive my incompetence, I do not know what this is."
When Fourth Master saw that Ji Changming couldn't answer anything, he knew he had asked in vain, so he warned him, "You are not allowed to reveal even a trace of today's conversation, or you will be held responsible."
Upon hearing this, Ji Changming immediately agreed, "Your subject will absolutely keep your mouth shut and will not reveal a single word."
"You may leave," Fourth Master waved his hand, knowing that Ji Changming wouldn't get any information from him if he stayed there.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I shall take my leave." Thus, Ji Changming, who had rushed over before even having a sip of tea, took his leave from the Yuanmingyuan Garden in less than half an hour.
Seeing that she hadn't gotten any information, Lanqin comforted the Fourth Prince, whose expression was full of disappointment, "Anyway, I won't be going back, so Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about it."
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