Gan Qiongying didn't feel a tight embrace for a long time, but she felt Li Hua's body stiffen. She turned her head and saw Li Hua's taut face and tightly pursed lips.
A gust of wind blew by, and some mixed smells entered her nose. Gan Qiongying couldn't help but wrinkle her nose, realizing that it was her own smell, and she felt a little guilty.
From the time she saw Li Hua off this morning until just now, Gan Qiongying had been dealing with the people in the backyard inside the palace. She also found the various smells mixed together unpleasant and worried that she would definitely become tainted over time.
Gan Qiongying wanted to wait until everything was finished before taking a bath and changing clothes, but who would have thought that she still hadn't finished by evening. She had been in the house for so long that she was almost pickled and used to the smell, and she didn't even realize that she was covered in it.
What's most infuriating is that Fan Xi, who suddenly came over and threw herself into Gan Qiongying's arms. Gan Qiongying was really frightened. As soon as she heard that Li Hua was back, she ran out without thinking twice, completely forgetting about her clothes.
Right now, Li Hua is definitely angry. Based on the reasons why Li Hua got angry several times, Gan Qiongying has figured out the specific reasons.
The God of Wealth is quite possessive, and Gan Qiongying, as a believer, is very self-aware. She immediately went up to him to flatter and coax him, almost offering him three sticks of incense.
"Husband," Gan Qiongying said, ignoring Li Hua's stiffness, hugging him and burying her face in his chest, her voice weary, "I'm so tired today."
Li Hua lowered her hands, her voice still cold, "Is that so? I didn't expect the princess to be so busy even in the palace."
This was clearly sarcastic, but Gan Qiongying remained calm. She loosened her grip on Li Hua and looked up at his face. "My husband must be tired today too."
Li Hua stood still, still not hugging Gan Qiongying back. The anger in his eyes had been completely concealed, and there was no sign of anything different from usual, but something was definitely wrong with him.
It was as if even the aura emanating from him was cold.
He was busy from morning till night today, not wanting to waste a single moment, just to finish as soon as possible so he could return to the princess's residence. But the person he had been thinking about all day seemed to have no interest in him at all.
She's very busy, but she has plenty of people to keep her company.
Li Hua also loathed himself like this; he hated himself more than anyone else.
He had no idea what he meant to Gan Qiongying.
Strictly speaking, they weren't even a typical married couple. They weren't truly in sync, nor did they promise to grow old together. There were too many things between them, as insurmountable as mountains and seas.
But Li Hua couldn't control herself. If a person could control their own heart, there wouldn't be so many lovesick men and women in this world.
Seeing that Li Hua did not answer, Gan Qiongying immediately pressed herself against him, leaning her body against him as much as possible, and said in a sticky and intimate tone, "I have been thinking about my husband all day today. Has my husband been thinking about me?"
Upon hearing this, Li Hua lowered her head and met Gan Qiongying's clear eyes, but she couldn't find a trace of tenderness or affection in them.
Li Hua felt a chill run through him at that moment. He sighed and asked, "Isn't the princess tired?"
Isn't it tiring to compromise like this and go to such lengths to deceive? She clearly has many people.
Li Hua moved her lips, as if she wanted to ask again, "Why is that?"
Why treat him like this?
She suddenly changed overnight, being nice to him, clinging to him, confusing his feelings, letting him sink into a "sweet dream," making him feel anxious and insecure, and making him infatuated. What was the purpose of all this?
As long as she asks, and as long as Li Hua can do it, he will do his best. Li Hua wants to ask Gan Qiongying to stop tormenting him.
But Li Hua dared not ask, fearing that the answer he would hear would make it impossible for him to continue this "beautiful dream".
Gan Qiongying released Li Hua and realized that coaxing alone wasn't enough, so she chose to be honest.
Of course, it's partly about being honest.
She took several steps back, failing to see the bitterness in Li Hua's eyes as her arms emptied.
Li Hua tried to remain calm, not wanting to appear too anxious or insecure, as that would be too embarrassing. But he didn't have time to compose himself and could only look down at the ground.
After standing still, Gan Qiongying pointed towards the main hall and said, "I sat there all day today!"
She looked somewhat aggrieved. "I wanted to deal with those people in the backyard as soon as possible today, so they wouldn't keep popping up and bothering you."
Upon hearing this, Li Hua slowly raised her head, clenched her hands, and unconsciously wanted to pinch the wound on her fingertips again.
"I've met about a few dozen people," Gan Qiongying estimated. Actually, she knew the number, but the more confused she was, the less she seemed to care about the people in the backyard. She sighed and said with a helpless expression, "They're all in worse shape than the last. I couldn't think of a good solution, so I asked you for help."
“My husband is smarter than me,” Gan Qiongying said, looking at Li Hua and deciding to retaliate. “I thought my husband had dealt with most of the people and was going to deal with the rest, but he hasn’t finished dealing with them all day.”
After speaking, Gan Qiongying rubbed her wrists, showing that she was extremely tired and impatient.
Gan Qiongying began to recount who she had dealt with, going on and on about all the details. Of course, she didn't reveal everything, avoiding the parts that she couldn't tell Li Hua.
"Oh, right!" Gan Qiongying suddenly exclaimed angrily, "I was so tired that I closed my eyes to rest, and I was thirsty and wanted to drink tea. I asked Manyue to pour me some tea."
"Then someone somehow slipped into the hall and quietly walked up to me. I thought it was Man Yue, and I wondered why Man Yue smelled so good today?" Gan Qiongying continued with vivid expression, "When I turned around, I was so scared that I jumped right off my chair!"
Gan Qiongying's eyes widened, her arms outstretched shoulder-width apart. "Such a big face is right in front of me!"
She immediately stood up straight. "I pushed him away right then and there!"
Gan Qiongying said, pressing her chest with lingering fear, "I was really scared at the time. I don't know how many pounds of powder he applied. The smell on my body just came from his sleeve touching me."
She adapted the story herself, saying that if she were to tell the truth, she would have had to have her shoulders rubbed for ages. Today, Li Hua would definitely not look back and would rush towards the Prince Consort's mansion without stopping.
Thinking of this, Gan Qiongying almost laughed.
Why did she feel that Li Hua was acting a bit like a spoiled young wife, always wanting to go back to her parents' home?
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