Gu Jingyan quickly walked to Li Shushu and stretched out his big hand. Li Shushu obediently put her small hand into his palm and was pulled closer by him. His other hand habitually stroked her waist again.
Li Shushu pretended to have just noticed the emperor coming, still a little startled, and explained pitifully, "Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand. This servant and the Seventh Prince have nothing."
She didn't know how much he had just heard, and she just hoped that the last words she had deliberately said could relieve some of the doubts and unhappiness in his heart.
"Oh? Really?" Gu Jingyan didn't look at Li Shushu. He just gently stroked the back of Li Shushu's hand with his rough fingertips, looking at Gu Jingheng with disdain. "I want to hear what Seventh Brother has to say first."
Gu Jingheng was obviously startled by the sudden appearance of the emperor. In an instant, all the words he wanted to confide to Li Shushu were stuck in his throat, unable to move up or down.
He looked at Li Shushu leaning against his brother's side, looking like a little bird, and then looked at their hands clasped together...
It felt like swallowing a fly in my throat.
He was silent for a moment, then bowed bitterly and said, "Miss Li is right. I only knew her when we were children and chatted for a few minutes, nothing more. If your Majesty has nothing else to say, I will take my leave."
Gu Jingyan looked his brother up and down for a while, then he sighed and said, "In that case, go down."
"Yes." Gu Jingheng looked at Li Shushu again, then had to swallow everything and prepare to step back.
"No, what the Seventh Prince said is not right. Your Majesty must not be fooled by them." Just as the three were about to leave, a discordant female voice rang out.
Li Shushu listened and frowned.
Following the sound, Li Xiaodie brought Xiaoye and slowly walked out from the shadow behind the big tree.
She calmly greeted him: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
Li Xiaodie dressed up specially today because she was going to attend a banquet. Besides, she was not ugly and looked a bit like Li Shushu. Now she seemed to be deliberately imitating Li Shushu.
But this voice is quite different from Li Shushu's current voice.
It can only be described as pretentious.
Gu Jingheng must have recognized who she was at the first moment. He showed disgust on his face and turned his head away from her.
The emperor frowned, as if thinking about something, and asked calmly, "Who are you?"
When Li Xiaodie heard this, her heart skipped a beat. It was over. The Emperor didn’t even remember her!
"Your Majesty, I am Li Xiaodie, the legitimate daughter of Prime Minister Li, and the Lady Li you personally conferred upon me!" She cried, her voice filled with grievance.
"Oh?" Gu Jingyan thought for a moment and then remembered that there seemed to be such a person, "Li Cainv?" he corrected.
He really had no impression of this person. After all, he had only met her twice before, and both times were very short. Moreover, she was probably afraid of being exposed at that time, so she deliberately lowered her head every time to prevent him from seeing her face.
"Look up!" Gu Jingyan suddenly became curious. He wondered how similar the two looked. He couldn't tell them apart before.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaodie was delighted, thinking that His Majesty had finally noticed her. She quickly collected her thoughts, found what she thought was the most beautiful angle, and slowly raised her head...
Not that similar?
Gu Jingyan pondered this in his heart.
If he was not familiar with either of them before, and he picked one of them out alone, and saw that they were deliberately imitating the other, and were so secretive and half-covered, he would not be able to tell them apart for a moment.
This time, after spending such a long time with Li Shushu, it was impossible for him to make a mistake.
These two people are very different! Especially in terms of temperament.
If one is a fairy, the other one might be like a fairy who accidentally fell into a mud pit and rolled around for a few times.
I can only blame myself for being too confident before. Even though I had discovered the clues, I still couldn't believe that someone would be so bold as to let someone make fun of me right under my nose.
Thinking about that day, when he actually kissed her and almost had sex with her, he wanted to "ah!"
If it were based on his previous temper, Li Xiaodie would have been sent to the cold palace by now, not to mention losing her head.
The current result was arranged for her taking Li Shushu's opinion into consideration.
How could a little concubine who had committed a crime dare to show herself before him? Who gave her the courage?
"Oh? I'd like to hear what fresh ideas Li Cainu has?" He rubbed the jade ring on his finger coldly, his eyes lingering on the faces of several people for a moment.
"As far as I know, the Seventh Prince has a very close relationship with my half-sister Li Shushu. It's not as simple as what the Seventh Prince said, that they are just childhood friends." After Li Xiaodie finished speaking, she glanced at the Emperor's expression cautiously. Seeing that there was no change in his expression, she mustered up the courage to continue.
"I remember that my concubine sister has been naughty since she was young. Father, mother, and all of us brothers and sisters didn't like her very much. But the Seventh Prince treated her very differently since he ran into Li Shushu, who was skipping classes, outside the school.
Whenever the concubine sister made a mistake, as long as the Seventh Prince was present, he would protect her in every possible way and try every possible way to help her avoid being punished.
My concubine and I, my brothers and sisters, once thought…” She paused here deliberately and glanced at the three people’s faces.
Seeing Gu Jingheng's fists clenching tighter and tighter, Li Shushu also showed a look of nervousness and anxiety.
Gu Jingyan's expression remained normal, he just listened thoughtfully, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
I sighed in my heart, he is worthy of being an emperor.
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