Chapter 287 Wait and See
Xiao Xixi expressed her dissatisfaction: "Didn't His Highness say before that he would randomly select questions from the contents of those three pieces of paper? Your question is not within the scope of the random inspection at all!"
Luo Qinghan had obviously anticipated her reaction and spoke slowly.
"I gave you those three pieces of paper so that you can understand me more deeply and cultivate the tacit understanding between us. In the final analysis, this is actually a test of tacit understanding."
Xiao Xixi felt particularly aggrieved.
Then wouldn't all the things she had painstakingly memorized before be in vain? !
Luo Qinghan: "I'll count to three. If you can't answer, you'll forfeit."
Xiao Xixi shouted, "Your question is just like Schrödinger's cat! There is no standard answer!"
"Whose cat is this?"
"Schrödinger, a cat abuser who loves to fantasize, is not the focus, you don't have to worry about him." Xiao Xixi said confidently, "You can ask me to guess, but you have to write down what you think on paper first, so that I don't guess it later and you deny it."
Luo Qinghan said yes.
He asked someone to bring paper and pen, wrote a line of words, blew the ink dry, folded the paper and stuffed it into his sleeve.
"Okay, you can tell me your answer now."
Xiao Xixi stared at his black eyes, her mind racing, trying to guess what he had written on the paper.
Their master had taught them before that there are many ways to calculate, including trying to guess other people's mental state. As long as they can guess it well, they can tell what the other person is thinking with just a glance.
The eldest brother was the best at this subject, and she was the worst.
There's nothing we can do. Who made her fall asleep in class?
Luo Qinghan looked back at her calmly and said calmly: "I'm going to start the countdown, three, two..."
“No, no, no! Stop counting, I know the answer!”
"you say."
Xiao Xixi decided to try her luck and see if she could guess right.
She said cautiously, "Your Highness is wondering...what answer I will give."
Luo Qinghan neither said that this answer was right nor that it was wrong.
He took out the piece of paper from his sleeve, unfolded it, and handed it to Xiao Xixi.
There is only one sentence above -
Can you answer this, you idiot?
Xiao Xixi stared at the words on the paper and said angrily, "Your Highness, just write if you want to, why do you have to add the word idiot? I am lazy, but not stupid!"
Luo Qinghan asked back: "Is there any difference between the two?"
Xiao Xixi: “…”
She was so angry that she became a puffer fish.
Luo Qinghan crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it aside: "You have answered this question correctly."
Xiao Xixi cheered: "Then I can expand my vegetable garden!"
"what ever."
Xiao Xixi was so happy that she instantly transformed from an angry puffer fish into a happy little butterfly.
She ran to find Baoqin happily, wanting to discuss with her the matter of expanding the vegetable garden.
Unexpectedly, before she took a step forward, the prince grabbed her collar from behind.
She had to stop and turn to look at him.
"Your Highness?"
Luo Qinghan: "I have something else to ask you."
Xiao Xixi immediately put on a well-behaved attitude: "You go ahead."
"When you last saw Dong Mingchun, was his forehead still dark?"
Xiao Xixi answered truthfully: "It's not dark anymore, his face looks quite normal."
"So, the crisis he is facing has been resolved?"
Xiao Xixi nodded: "Yes."
Luo Qinghan felt strange.
Logically speaking, the last time Dong Mingchun was assassinated, the other party failed, so they should have prepared for a second assassination. But it has been several days, and Dong Mingchun is still quiet, without any abnormality.
Could it be that the real murderer behind the scenes gave up his plan to kill Dong Mingchun?
But why?
This matter seems strange no matter how you think about it.
Xiao Xixi looked at him frowning in thought and asked curiously, "What are you thinking about, Your Highness?"
Luo Qinghan expressed his doubts.
Xiao Xixi said, "Since Minister Dong is fine and his wife has been found, this matter has come to an end. Your Highness does not need to worry about it anymore. If the person behind the scenes has not given up, he will strike again sooner or later. It will not be too late for you to find a way to deal with it then."
Luo Qinghan: "This is the only way now."
Given his personality, once he has doubts, he will definitely find a way to get to the bottom of it.
But this matter was so strange that he couldn't investigate it even if he wanted to. He could only wait and see.
At noon, the prince stayed in Qingge Palace to have lunch.
After finishing his meal, he did not take a nap but went directly to Minguang Palace.
Ever since he officially entered the court as an official, he has had more and more things to do and less and less time to rest.
Xiao Xixi had a nice nap, and in the afternoon she and Baoqin went to study how to expand the vegetable garden. Xing'er, as a professional consultant, was responsible for providing professional guidance.
Baoqin asked, "What kind of vegetables would you like to grow, madam?"
Xiao Xixi counted on her fingers and said, "I want to grow sweet potatoes. We can eat roasted sweet potatoes in winter. I also want to grow peanuts. They are delicious whether boiled, fried or deep-fried. How about we grow some soybeans and mung beans? Soybeans can be ground into soy milk and made into tofu. Mung beans can be made into porridge. In the summer, we can cook a pot of mung bean paste and add some ice cubes. It tastes so good."
When she thought of the taste, she couldn't help swallowing.
Baoqin and Xing'er wrote all of this down.
The location of Qingge Palace is relatively remote, and there is only one concubine, Xiao Xixi, living nearby. No matter what noise they make here, no one around will know.
They were busy expanding the vegetable garden, while other concubines were busy rehearsing the show.
Time goes by day by day.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon.
Baoqin specially made many mooncakes, some with fresh meat filling, some with red bean paste filling, some with lotus seed paste filling...
She selected some mooncakes and put them in a brocade box.
Xiao Xixi was eating mooncakes, and curiously asked, "What are you doing?"
Baoqin said, "This is for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, you have to send some mooncakes to the Crown Prince to celebrate the occasion."
Xiao Xixi watched her movements and said eagerly, "Give him fewer. The prince doesn't like sweet things. If you give him so many, it will be wasted in the end. He won't be able to finish them."
Baoqin smiled helplessly and said, "Don't be so nervous. I made a lot of mooncakes and I guarantee you will have enough to eat."
She packed two boxes of mooncakes and a basket of fruits.
Xiao Xixi took these things and left Qingge Palace, and took a sedan chair to Minguang Palace.
There were quite a few people standing at the gate of Minguang Palace.
They are all low-ranking concubines in the Eastern Palace. Concubine Jing, Concubine Li, Concubine Bai, Duan Liangdi, and Qin Liangdi are not here.
The concubines all paid their respects to Concubine Xiao.
(End of this chapter)
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