After guessing that Li Hua was spying on her, Gan Qiongying kept smiling and talking towards the other side of the screen.
But despite her best efforts to explain, Li Hua remained completely silent behind the screen.
Gan Qiongying began to doubt whether she had guessed wrong. Could it be that Li Hua was already asleep in bed?
That's possible. After all, he is now the Crown Prince of Jinchuan. He just returned from outside with his entourage tonight, and his emotions have been fluctuating wildly. He must be extremely tired.
Therefore, Gan Qiongying stopped talking. Her legs went numb from standing next to the cage. After loosening the cage posts, she lowered her head, tapped her legs, stretched, and then collapsed onto the bed inside the cage.
In less than fifteen minutes, Gan Qiongying was completely asleep. She didn't even have the means to wash up tonight... If Li Hua were to let her go now, he would definitely not agree.
Traveling day and night, sometimes staying in the mountains without being able to wash up, Gan Qiongying has become much rougher than before, so she simply makes do for one night.
However, because she fell asleep so quickly, her lying position slightly blocked her airway, and soon a soft snoring sound filled the room.
Li Hua hadn't actually slept at all; he was extremely excited and there was no way he could fall asleep.
Moreover, ever since Gan Qiongying left, Li Hua has been sleeping poorly and often has nightmares. Even if she doesn't have nightmares, she always wakes up many times at night.
Therefore, Li Hua doesn't go to sleep very early unless she's particularly tired.
Once she was sure Gan Qiongying was completely asleep, Li Hua came out from behind the screen, walked to the side of the cage, and looked at the person who was fast asleep there.
He just fell asleep so carefree? How could he sleep while locked up?
Li Hua gritted her teeth again, but she couldn't help but smile.
Gan Qiongying still trusted him as much as ever. Even when he locked her up, she didn't make a fuss. Li Hua just stood by the cage watching her for a long time without moving.
Like a statue, Li Hua remained motionless until the pain in his broken leg, which had been reattached, began to return to the bedside, limping slightly.
But he didn't go to sleep. He sat on the bed, moved the screen aside, and looked at Gan Qiongying from a distance.
He was a little afraid to sleep... for fear that all of this was just a rare and beautiful dream.
It breaks easily; once he falls asleep and wakes up, the person in the cage will be gone.
Li Hua endured it all until dawn, when he finally dressed formally and went to the door to have someone bring over the sweet jiao.
"Master." Sweet Corner still addressed Li Hua as Master, because Li Hua disliked being called His Highness the Crown Prince.
“You took care of Princess Duanrong for a period of time, and now… she’s back.”
Li Hua said, "Go to the storeroom and fetch all the things I had prepared for her."
“From today onwards, you will serve her personally,” Li Hua said. “But there is one condition: no matter how sweet her words are, you must not let her out of her cage when there are no guards in the room.”
Sweet Corner was at a loss for words, and cautiously asked, "Is that... Princess Duanrong?"
Li Hua looked down at her, frowned slightly, and said, "Otherwise what?"
Sweetie immediately shook her head. She had heard last night that her master had snatched a concubine that Zhongli Zhengzhen was going to take as a concubine.
Moreover, he was favored all night, and the candles were kept burning all night. Sweetie thought that her master had finally lost patience, had finally come to his senses, and had finally given up.
Ken started a new relationship with another woman, and I still can't understand why he suddenly gave up. It's been almost a year...
Hearing her master say that today, Sweetie was completely relieved. She knew it!
Given his master's single-mindedness, how could he suddenly go astray? It's just his nature to trip over a tree stump twice.
"She's still not awake. When you go in, be quiet and don't wake her."
After giving her instructions, Li Hua walked out of the house. Halfway out, she remembered something and quickly patted herself down.
After touching her, he turned back, found Sweet Corner, took off one of the keys from the bunch he was carrying, and handed it to Sweet Corner: "Remember, if there are no guards in the house who can restrain her, you must not let her go."
"Understood." Sweet Corner was still a little shaken. Had her master finally turned the tables and taken control?
Before, Princess Duanrong's word was law... Now she dares to lock people in cages?
Sweetie knew that Li Hua was making this cage, but she didn't expect that her master would actually dare to use it.
Li Hua held the other keys in her hand, carefully and neatly placing them in her chest and patting them.
Then I went to the next room, changed into some clothes that I could move in, and then headed straight to the back... kitchen.
This morning, when Sanjiu was on patrol, she saw smoke rising from her master's backyard again, and knew that her master had gone to roast duck again.
There is a stove in the backyard, which was specially built by a craftsman invited from the Phoenix Tower in Nanzhao, specifically to control the heat of the roast duck.
My master would go into the kitchen to roast duck every few days, or when he was in a bad mood.
Sanjiu had naturally heard that her master had snatched Zhongli Zhengzhen's concubine last night, but since Sanjiu was in the outer courtyard, she was better informed than Tianjiao.
He had already found out what happened in the Crown Prince's residence and had someone carefully question the woman about her appearance and behavior. He had basically guessed that she was Princess Duanrong.
The two servants watched helplessly as their master once again stepped into the trap known as "Princess Duanrong".
Meanwhile, Gan Qiongying had been running around day and night to Jinchuan, and by some twist of fate, she found Li Hua. The two even had a little argument last night... She was actually more exhausted than anyone else.
However, since she had already found Li Hua, Gan Qiongying felt completely relaxed just thinking about being in the same room with Li Hua.
So she slept through noon and into the afternoon of the next day.
When Gan Qiongying woke up, she felt completely exhausted and had a vague dream.
She dreamt that Li Hua refused to go with her, which made her very anxious.
Gan Qiongying woke up, rubbed her eyes, and sat up in bed. She saw a group of people surrounding the cage.
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