It is clear that the Third Princess's messy hair was largely due to her own actions.
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Qingyin chuckled as she secretly slipped back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the evening.
"Hey, she's so smart. By now, Third Sister must have finished approving the papers, so she'll be back just in time."
Suddenly, a plaintive, cold female voice came from the dark entrance of the palace.
"What is Your Majesty laughing at? Why don't you tell Jingyao as well?"
Qingyin's body stiffened.
Turning his head, he looked innocently at Xia Jingyao, who was guarding the door, and said cautiously:
"So Third Sister hasn't gone back yet."
Xia Jingyao stood at the door, looking at Qingyin with a resentful expression.
"Your Majesty has so many memorials to submit. My abilities are limited, and my speed is slow. How could Your Majesty not know that I'm still here?"
Qingyin: "......"
"Ahem, Third Sister is too modest. With Third Sister's talent, this memorial is nothing to mention."
"stop!"
"Don't try to confuse me. From now on, you'll be responsible for approving all the memorials yourself."
"Third sister~" Qingyin looked at Xia Jingyao with a wronged expression.
Xia Jingyao covered her ears and closed her eyes as well.
No, I won't listen.
"I'm leaving now. I need to catch up on my sleep tomorrow."
Qingyin: "......"
Sigh, my third sister is good in every way, except that she's a little too calculating.
It's just a little memorial to the throne, isn't it?
It's really just a tiny bit, about the thickness of a modern dictionary.
Qingyin thought guiltily.
Third sister is getting harder and harder to coax; she'll have to find a new way to appease her.
Qingyin waved goodbye to her "working-class" third sister and returned to her bedroom.
The memorials on the desk had already been reviewed and stacked by her third sister, so she didn't need to do anything else. She asked Li De to call for water, and prepared to take a bath.
Inside the sleeping quarters, a specially constructed bath was filled with clean, warm spring water.
Qingyin waved the others away.
A man, having just finished showering and with his long, wet hair disheveled, changed into his pajamas, sat on the bed, reviewing the memorials he had approved.
Because of the original owner's unique gender, the bedroom was empty, with maids and eunuchs guarding outside the door.
A tall man wearing a mask suddenly appeared beside the bed, kneeling on the floor with his head bowed.
"Your subordinate greets Your Majesty."
Qingyin was not surprised by the presence of the man. This man was Liu Yi, the leader of the secret guards left by the late emperor to the original owner. He naturally knew the original owner's true gender.
The special growth-inhibiting drug that the original body used was also delivered to him every month.
"Your Majesty, would you like to take your medicine?" Liu Yi dared not look at His Majesty's increasingly radiant face and asked respectfully with his head bowed.
The deep male voice finally made Qingyin focus her attention on the man kneeling below.
Qingyin asked in surprise, "Has it already reached the end of the month?"
Liu nodded, nervously gripping the white medicine bottle in his hand, his voice even a little hoarse from the tension.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Qingyin looked at him, a slight smile playing on her lips.
"Oh, then you don't need to send this medicine anymore. I won't take it anymore."
Hearing this, Liu Yi couldn't help but suppress his shock. He looked up and saw a young man—no, actually a young woman—with long, flowing black hair and delicate features under the candlelight.
Your Majesty is getting more and more handsome.
Liu Yi couldn't help but drift off into a daze.
There's a saying: "A beautiful woman looks more beautiful under the lamplight."
Moreover, this applies to Qingyin, whose appearance is already exceptionally beautiful.
Looking at that face, Liu Yi even had the illusion that his own eyes were being burned by His Majesty's incomparably beautiful face.
He was stunned.
Qingyin called out to him again, "What is it? Is there something else?"
Liu Yi lowered his head in a disheveled manner, "It's alright, I deserve to be punished."
Qingyin was already used to Liu Yi's dazed expression; she was used to the way people outside were stunned by her appearance and lost in thought.
She waved her hand, "It's nothing, you can go now."
Hearing His Majesty's gentle words, Liu Yi blurted out something without thinking.
"Your Majesty, it's not good to have wet hair."
"Oh? Then could you wipe it for me?"
Qingyin trusted her bodyguards who had always been loyal to her.
Since someone was helping her dry her hair, Qingyin let him do it.
...
Liu Yi hadn't reacted from the moment she spoke until His Majesty asked her to help him dry his hair. Now, seeing His Majesty with his back to her, revealing a full head of smooth, black hair, she finally came to her senses.
Looking at that head of smooth, black hair, this usually well-trained, cold-blooded, and serious leader of the secret guards didn't know what to do.
Seeing His Majesty intently flipping through the memorials, Liu Yi still didn't want His Majesty's hair to stay wet for too long.
He carefully reached out and took a clean cotton handkerchief to meticulously wipe Qingyin's hair, but the way he was doing it made it look like it would take at least two hours to finish.
Seeing Liu Yi's movements through the mirror, Qingyin said helplessly, "It's alright, you can move a little more vigorously, my hair isn't that fragile."
Liu Yi's face, framed by a mask, had his ears turning a subtle red. He pursed his slightly dry lips, feeling somewhat fortunate that he was wearing a mask; otherwise, His Majesty might have seen his flushed face completely.
After being reminded by Qingyin, Liu Yi's movements became a little stronger, but still unusually gentle.
Qingyin could see it clearly through the mirror.
It used to take two hours to dry, but now it only takes one hour.
Qingyin: Oh well, let's just leave it at that. Anyway, someone else will be wiping her.
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