Xiao Xian's face suddenly looked like he had eaten shit.
Qu Li ignored him, walked a few steps, and stopped again.
Xiao Xian stared at her straight back, his heart beating inexplicably faster.
I thought she had changed her mind, but unexpectedly, she asked him to compensate her with another geography book.
"Just wait!" Xiao Xian was so angry that smoke came out of his head. He flicked his sleeves, walked past her, and walked straight in.
Qu Li raised the end of his eyebrows, feeling that there was something fishy in Xiao Xian's brain, and it was definitely no less fishy than the one on the surface of the moon.
The Empress Dowager had been waiting for them, but she was old and was still recovering from surgery, so she had already fallen asleep when they returned to the Cining Palace.
Nanny Han said, "Princess, I have an old servant here to take care of you. Please go to the side hall and have a good rest."
Qu Li examined the Empress Dowager and found that there was indeed no problem, so he nodded.
"Where's Changle?"
"The Princess of Changle County was a filial daughter. Seeing that the Empress Dowager had fallen asleep, she went to the Imperial Garden to pick flowers for her."
"Then I'll go to the Imperial Garden!"
"Would you like the prince to accompany you?"
“No need!”
When she was luring the snake out of its hole, she and Xiao Xian had gone to the Imperial Garden.
When Nanny Han saw her leave, she hurried to find Xiao Xian.
"She can go wherever she wants!"
Seeing Xiao Xian's handsome face look so gloomy that ink could drip out of it, Nanny Han guessed that the two of them must have had another quarrel.
"Your Majesty, there are some things I don't know whether I should say or not."
"you say."
Nanny Han and Nanny Gong have served the Empress Dowager personally for so many years and have been loyal to her. Xiao Xian also respects them very much.
"The truth is, you married Bai Fengyao as your principal wife, making the princess a laughing stock in the capital. This is a fact."
"I didn't know this before!"
Who would have thought that Bai Fengyao was so cunning at such a young age, and had been deceiving him for so many years.
Thinking about how she had played him around all these years and how she was still missing, the fire in his heart burned fiercely.
And there was Qu Li. It was clearly her who saved him, but he was blind at the time and couldn't see who saved him. Could it be that Qu Li was also blind?
She sticks to him all day long and follows him around, but she never says that she saved him.
She wanted him to see that she did it on purpose!
Feeling the icy coldness emanating from him, Nanny Han's heart trembled violently.
"Your Highness, women need to be coaxed! Back then, the Queen Mother's temper was no worse than the Princess'. Many people said that when the Queen Mother got stubborn, even ten cows couldn't pull her back. But the late Emperor always managed to make the Queen Mother smile."
Xiao Xianxiu frowned.
coax?
But he had apologized and said nice things before, and even went into the kitchen and chopped potatoes. Isn't that coaxing?
"Your Majesty, please pick a flower that blooms beautifully in the imperial garden and place it next to the princess's ear. Wouldn't that ease the relationship?"
Xiao Xian pondered for a moment, stood up, and walked out hurriedly.
Qu Li came to the imperial garden and looked around. He didn't see Changle, so he pulled a eunuch over and asked in a low voice.
"Princess, I have been here pruning branches and have not seen Princess Changle."
Didn’t come?
Qu Li suddenly felt uneasy. Xiao Xian came to the Imperial Garden just in time. She was about to ask him if he had seen Changle, but a touch of pink flashed before her eyes, and a delicate pink rose appeared on her temples.
Xiao Xian was bathed in the sunshine, his eyes gentle.
Qu Li looked at the man so close to her in silence, and was completely stunned.
Many palace maids and eunuchs looked over secretly, covering their mouths with their hands and smiling with their eyes curved.
Qu Li was about to pick the flower, but Xiao Xian's face darkened. He reached out and held her hand, saying impatiently, "Don't pick it!"
"Take your hands off me."
"Promise me you won't take it off!"
She didn't comment, her beautiful eyes filled with impatience.
Xiao Xian kept Nanny Han's advice in mind, coaxing her and going along with her all the time. He felt a little flustered and reluctantly let go of her hand.
Qu Li picked the flower off and threw it on the ground, "Ugly!"
"How can she be ugly? She is obviously prettier than flowers!" His eyes swept across the roses on the ground and darkened.
"Madame Han said Changle came to the Imperial Garden very early. I just asked, but I didn't see Changle!"
Xiao Xian felt depressed and had no idea that there was anything wrong with Changle's disappearance.
Seeing that he didn't seem to care, Qu Li turned and left.
Her arm was grabbed by a bony hand that was like a pair of pliers, as if it could crush her bones at any time.
"Xiao Xian!" Qu Li's dark brows were already tinged with impatience. "Is there something wrong with your brain?"
He narrowed his eyes, anger surging in them, and the aura around him was even more oppressive and cold: "I am just trying to coax you, can't you see it?"
Qu Li was slightly startled, "To coax me?"
The corners of Xiao Xian's lips tightened.
"First of all, I don't like wearing flowers in my hair. It makes me look like a matchmaker! Secondly, Changle came to the Imperial Garden a long time ago, but the eunuchs here said they didn't see her at all. I'm very anxious! Finally, I've made my words very clear. Don't keep making trouble for yourself!"
With every extra word she said, Xiao Xian's expression grew uglier.
Qu Li took out a silver needle and pierced his numb point. He felt pain and had to let go.
She glared at him coldly, then turned and walked away.
I asked several eunuchs and palace maids in succession, and they all said that they had not seen Changle.
At this moment, Qu Li's uneasiness and worry had reached its peak.
This palace is a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones. Even the empress dowager, who is of noble status, has been targeted by the queen many times.
And the reason why the Queen targeted the Queen Dowager...
Qu Li felt that it must still be related to the fight for the throne.
Among the several princes, Xiao Xian had military merits and talent. As the first prince to be crowned king, he was undoubtedly the most likely person to sit in that position.
Xiao Xian, favored by the Empress Dowager, Emperor Kang, and the Grand Princess, added countless advantages to his ascent to a high position.
If she were the queen, she would naturally dismantle Xiao Xian's support bit by bit.
so……
Qu Li frowned deeply and ran quickly towards the imperial study.
Xiao Xian was hit again and felt a little depressed.
He mistakenly thought that Bai Fengyao was his savior and vowed to give her the best in the world and to cherish and protect her.
Now that the truth has been revealed, he is willing to give Qu Li double of it all, but why is Qu Li so hard-hearted as to reject him again and again?
Is it really because of Feng Yi?
"Where's Qu Li?"
After standing there for a long time, Xiao Xian, who was almost petrified, finally came back to his senses.
"The princess seems to be heading towards the imperial study."
Xiao Xian narrowed his eyes.
At this time, Qu Li entered the imperial study and met Emperor Kang.
"Changle has always been playful. I'm afraid she's gone to some palace to play again." Emperor Kang was not in a hurry. He looked at Eunuch Fu and said, "Take your men and go look for her!"
Qu Li's expression was solemn: "Your Majesty, Changle is playful and spoiled, but she will never ignore the Empress Dowager! So..."
"So, you concluded without any evidence that something happened to Changle?" Kangdi's eyes were unclear and his voice was very low.
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