Ye Qianqian said to Lan Changzai.
"You heard me!"
"So you don't need to worry about anything happening between us because of the fight. Mo Chi will definitely step in when it matters!"
After hearing Ye Qianqian's words, Lan Changzai knew that she could no longer refuse.
There's no way around it.
I had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.
Lan Changzai deliberately said this to Ye Qianqian.
“Princess, although I want to compete with you, there is something I would like to remind you of.”
"Because these past few days, the Emperor has been giving me cornbread to eat."
"I naturally cherish the Emperor's favor. Every day, I will carefully finish the cornbread that the Emperor gives me."
[You're talking nonsense! You said you finished eating, so what were you throwing around here just now? Weren't you throwing away the cornbread your father gave you?!]
Of course, I know that Father Emperor did this to punish you, but that's entirely your own fault!
[You schemed and plotted to win my father's favor, but he saw through your schemes and used them against you to torment you like this!]
"However, because I always eat cornbread, I am a little malnourished. These past few days I have been feeling dizzy and weak."
"When I compete with the princess later, I'm afraid I won't be able to muster the energy, and I might not even be able to withstand one of her moves."
"oh?"
Ye Qianqian thought for a moment.
"So it's because your father didn't treat you well!"
Lan Changzai thought Ye Qianqian would give her something else to eat.
He said immediately.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant!"
"Such favor is something others would beg for!"
Ye Qianqian nodded.
"In that case, when I get back I'll tell my father that the steamed buns he gave her were still too few. Consort Lan is not getting enough to eat, which is causing her to feel dizzy and unable to walk every day!"
Lan Changzai was dumbfounded after hearing this.
{Seriously?! Everyone says Ye Qianqian is very smart, right? How come she can't understand my implied meaning?!}
{What I mean is, tell her to go to the Emperor and talk to him about improving my meals, not to ask him to give me more cornbread!}
I've had enough of that stuff, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to such lengths to throw away those cornbread crumbs!
If His Majesty bestows upon me even more cornbread, it means I'll be bringing even more cornbread to the Imperial Garden!
{My head hurts! I think the princess is incredibly clever; she's just a pretty face in the palace, all a tool for flattery! Hmph!}
[Hmph! Hmph your sister!]
If you didn't have so many bad intentions, your father wouldn't have made things difficult for you!
【Fine, strike while the iron is hot! Hahahaha!】
Ye Qianqian said.
"It's alright. Since Lan Changzai feels unable to exert any strength, I will control my own strength! But I won't cause you any harm!"
Lan Changzai was completely dumbfounded!
{Ahhh, Your Majesty, do you even know you've given birth to a foolish princess!}
She's completely oblivious to social cues!
{Why would someone like her even bother learning medicine? I think we should just appoint her as an imperial physician, and then have Imperial Physician Chang handle all the medical appointments. After the patients are cured, we can attribute the credit to Ye Qianqian. That way, Ye Qianqian's reputation will be established!}
Hehehe! The Emperor is really going to great lengths for the princess's reputation!
Suddenly.
Ye Qianqian drew the sword from the ink pool.
The sword was pointed at Lan Changzai.
"Alright, let's begin."
Lan Changzai had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the sword from the guard.
Then he began preparing to have a competition with Ye Qianqian.
Just after the first move was used.
Ye Qianqian knocked the sword away from him.
Lan Changzai immediately admitted defeat.
"The princess's swordsmanship is far superior to mine!"
I am ashamed of myself!
Ye Qianqian shrugged and said.
"Lan Changzai, you can't do this!"
"Oh? What does the princess mean?"
Okay, okay, I know I can't do it, you're the only one who can, is that alright?
{This is ridiculous! What business is it of yours whether I can do it or not? As long as the Emperor likes it!}
Ye Qianqian sneered inwardly.
[Father Emperor doesn't fall for that trick. If he did, he wouldn't have given you cornbread in the first place; he would have rewarded you with real gold and silver long ago!]
Ultimately, it's because your father didn't approve of you!
[You think you can win Father Emperor's favor by sparring with him, but so far, only Consort Xu has used this tactic correctly. Moreover, Consort Xu didn't do this to compete for favor; she was just bored in the palace as the daughter of a general, so she practiced swordsmanship to pass the time, and Father Emperor happened to see her!]
One act was unintentional, the other was deliberate! Father Emperor knows perfectly well what's going on; how could he possibly fall for it!
"I heard that Father noticed you because he saw you practicing your sword here!"
"But just now, I noticed your movements were weak and feeble. Father's swordsmanship is extremely high!"
"Only women who are on par with Father Emperor can win his favor!"
"So I think you still need to practice more and improve!"
Lan Changzai nodded.
"I understand what the princess means!"
{Who asked you to remind me of these things? Don't I know I should do it this way?}
{If I hadn't been malnourished these past few days, I wouldn't have been so weak and limp just now!}
{No, this won't do! If things continue like this, the day I actually practice swordsmanship with the Emperor, I'll be easily defeated! Then the Emperor will think I'm useless and definitely won't like me!!}
The Emperor isn't a love-struck fool; he's seen plenty of proper, conventional women! I need to be unique to keep attracting him!
It seems I need to find a way to properly replenish my nutrition. The imperial kitchen has plenty of food, but they know the Emperor has been giving me only cornbread these days! What should I do?
{I've got it! I'll have Guo Cui go out of the palace and buy me some food.}
{It's truly pitiful to think that I, a mere concubine, have been reduced to having to buy food outside the palace!}
{This life is even worse than before I entered the palace!}
When will Your Majesty stop giving me cornbread? Even steamed buns would be fine!
After Ye Qianqian left.
Lan Changzai immediately gave Guo Cui some silver.
"Go and wander around the entire palace and see if anyone has any good food. Buy it all."
"That way I can have a full meal!"
Guo Cui nodded.
"My lady, I'll do it right away!"
Then Ye Guocui took the silver and left.
but.
This scene was secretly witnessed by a palace maid.
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