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At this moment, Zhao Fanghua was standing in front of the Wanhe Hall where Zhao Qinglan lived, looking at the rain pouring down from the eaves, and sighed. It had finally come to this.
Li Xi was slightly surprised by Zhao Fanghua's request for a meeting. It had been a while since the eldest princess came.
"Princess, please wait a moment. I will go in and report."
"Thank you, Eunuch Li."
Li Xi entered the palace and saw his master reviewing memorials. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess requests an audience outside the palace."
Zhao Qinglan, who was concentrating on writing his comments, paused for a moment, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth, as if it was just as I expected.
It seems that Zhao Fanghua is more afraid of Shen Xiujin than Zhao Qinglan.
Li Xi raised his head slightly and saw that his master seemed to be in a very good mood. His mind began to become active and he secretly speculated about the relationship between Zhao Qinglan and Zhao Fanghua.
Zhao Qinglan put down the wolf hair brush and was about to call Zhao Fanghua in, but when he thought about how Zhao Fanghua had been avoiding him during this period and how she had lied to him about her deep sisterly love, he suddenly felt uncomfortable. Letting her go so easily would be too easy for her.
I still have to teach her a lesson and let her know that I am not so easy to fool.
Zhao Qinglan picked up the pen again and pretended to look at the memorial. He said calmly, "Can't you see I'm busy? Let her wait for a while."
Li Xi hissed secretly, feeling a little confused. The emperor was obviously happy about Zhao Fanghua's arrival, so why didn't he invite her in? Besides, there was nothing particularly important in the memorials during this period. Besides, it was so hot outside.
Li Xi was just a servant after all. Since the emperor wanted to leave Zhao Fanghua out in the cold, he could only obey orders. After listening to Zhao Qinglan's instructions, he said "yes" and went to Wanhe Hall.
He walked up to Zhao Fanghua and bowed, saying, "Princess, this is unfortunate. The Emperor is busy reviewing memorials. Would you like to wait a moment or come back later?"
Zhao Fanghua thought that Zhao Qinglan would not be friendly to her when she came this time, but she didn't expect to be turned away as soon as she arrived.
She looked at the tightly closed palace door and cursed Zhao Qinglan's ancestors for eighteen generations in her heart.
She could just keep waiting. Who knew how much longer? What if Zhao Qinglan spent the entire day working on this batch of memorials? Standing outside in this heat would surely result in heatstroke. But if she went back, she'd come all this way in this heat, and now she had to go back, wouldn't her trip have been in vain?
Zhao Fanghua closed his eyes, calmed down a little, opened his eyes again and said to Li Xi with a smile: "Since the emperor is busy now, I will wait for a while."
Li Xi didn't say anything more. He brought a chair to Zhao Fanghua and went into the hall himself.
Zhao Fanghua sat carefree on the chair. Even though Shuyu was fanning him beside him, he was fanning himself with his sleeves and wiping the sweat from his forehead.
It's another day of missing the air conditioner fan. I don't know whether the industrial revolution can be realized during her lifetime.
She is now extremely looking forward to a doctor of science coming out of nowhere and leading the people to invent the steam engine and internal combustion engine, so that electricity can be connected to every household. If such a person really exists, she will give her an angel investment even if it means emptying the entire Princess Mansion.
Li Xi entered the hall and found that his master did not seem to be busy reviewing memorials as he said. The hand holding the wolf hair brush did not move, and his eyes were not focused on the memorials at all, but staring blankly at the window.
After a while, Zhao Qinglan said, "It's still hot outside today."
Li Xi's eyes rolled as he replied, "That's right. It's the hottest time of the year now, and it's scorching hot outside. Even ordinary people only go out to work in the early morning when the sun is not as scorching. I've only been going in and out a few times, and my forehead is sweating."
Zhao Qinglan put down his brush and said in a slightly serious tone, "Is the princess still waiting outside?"
Li Xi thought the answer was right, but he didn't look happy. He replied, "That's right. She's waiting outside in such hot weather. I wonder if she has something urgent to do."
Zhao Qinglan felt a little uncomfortable. He certainly knew where Zhao Fanghua's so-called "urgent matter" came from.
Yesterday, he instructed Li Xi to do two things. The first was to secretly investigate Shen Xiujin's background. As for the second thing...
It was to spread the news in Penglai Villa that Shen Xiujin would soon be reused by the emperor.
Sure enough, Zhao Fanghua came over the next day after learning the news.
Zhao Qinglan, who was originally secretly happy that her little trick had succeeded, suddenly felt unhappy when she thought that Zhao Fanghua came up to her with eager eyes for another man.
He frowned slightly and snorted coldly: "Let her continue to wait."
After saying that, he picked up a folded book and pretended to flip through it.
Li Xi was completely bewildered by his master's actions. He clearly seemed very worried about Zhao Fanghua, yet he chose to leave her alone. Especially the inexplicable cold snort just now, which made him completely confused.
Li Xi couldn't help feeling a little melancholy. The emperor had grown up, and he could no longer guess what he was thinking.
Although Zhao Qinglan opened the letter, he didn't read it at all. He closed the letter with a "snap", which instantly woke up Li Xi who was feeling sad.
Li Xi looked at Zhao Qinglan, who looked displeased, and his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he had been discovered deserting his post? He asked cautiously, "Your Majesty?"
Zhao Qinglan coughed lightly, stretched her body, and said a little uncomfortably, "Please invite the princess in. She might have something urgent to deal with."
Li Xi blinked his eyes. He had just said that he would leave the eldest princess alone, but it had only been less than a quarter of an hour since the eldest princess came here. The emperor still felt sorry for the eldest princess.
As soon as Zhao Fanghua entered the hall, she felt a refreshing cool breeze coming over her face, and her pores seemed to open up. Her eyes were instantly attracted by several ice mirrors, and at this moment she even wanted to throw herself on the ice mirrors.
"Ahem." Zhao Qinglan saw that Zhao Fanghua's attention was completely not on him, so he coughed twice to remind her.
Zhao Fanghua woke up as if from a dream. He hurried over to Zhao Qinglan and bowed to him, "Your Majesty."
When Zhao Qinglan saw the person in front of him, the first thing he did when he came in was to look at the Ice Mirror instead of himself. If he hadn't spoken out, Zhao Fanghua would probably have pounced directly at the Ice Mirror.
Zhao Qinglan was unhappy.
Didn’t you lie to me before that you were not feeling well? He deliberately asked, “Is your health improved?”
When Zhao Fanghua suddenly heard Zhao Qinglan's question, her mind went blank for a moment. She blinked for a long time before she remembered that she had refused to come to Penglai Villa for summer vacation on the grounds of poor health. She didn't expect that it was such a long time ago, but Zhao Qinglan still remembered it.
Is your memory so good?
Zhao Fanghua gave an awkward laugh: "Thanks to the Emperor, I'm much better now."
"Yeah."
Zhao Qinglan looked Zhao Fanghua up and down without leaving any trace. She actually came empty-handed today.
accurate.
Every time she came before, she would bring some things with her, although they were all unnecessary little gadgets. But today she didn't even bring these little gadgets. Was she really too lazy to even act with him?
Even so, I still need his help and want him to do something.
Humph, don’t even think about it.
Zhao Fanghua was most afraid of the sudden silence in the air. Just when he was about to say something using the things he brought with him, he realized that he had nothing in his hands!
Ahhhhhh! Zhao Fanghua was screaming like a groundhog in her heart.
Today she was so anxious to rush over to Zhao Qinglan to curry favor with her that she didn't prepare anything. What should she do?
Finished. A socially anxious person didn't even have any props left, so he could only stand there and stare at Zhao Qinglan.
Zhao Qinglan looked at Zhao Fanghua, who looked completely disheartened, and was instantly amused. She jokingly asked, "So, is there something that brought you here this time, my dear sister?"
See what other excuses you can come up with.
Zhao Fanghua's mind raced, billions of brain cells instantly working. She hesitated for a while, then suddenly an idea struck her:
"I missed the Emperor, so I came to see you."
Zhao Qinglan suddenly looked up, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked at Zhao Fanghua in disbelief, and drew a long line on the folded paper with the tip of the pen.
His breathing became rapid, his chest heaving violently, the tips of his ears burning red, and even the fingertips holding the pen were trembling slightly. He opened his mouth tremblingly, but for a moment he didn't know how to start.
Zhao Qinglan withdrew her gaze and rubbed her fingers together bewilderedly. After a while, when she had calmed down, she said, "You're joking, sister. Didn't we just meet yesterday?"
Zhao Fanghua's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of embarrassment instantly appeared on her face. Oh, yes, I just saw her at the Empress Dowager's place yesterday.
Zhao Qinglan took in her expression, and all the restless emotions he had just felt instantly dissipated. He lowered his eyelids, feeling a little empty in his heart. Sure enough, she was lying to him again.
Seeing that he was about to get into trouble, Zhao Fanghua blurted out: "One day without seeing you feels like three years."
"What?" Zhao Qinglan looked up at him.
Zhao Fanghua instantly felt confident. She put her hands behind her back, walked back and forth, and began her big lie: "The ancients said that a day without seeing each other is like three autumns. I haven't seen the emperor for a full twenty-four hours, which means it's been nine months. How can I not miss the emperor?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Fanghua was instantly impressed by her own high IQ and EQ. She puffed out her chest proudly, and in her heart she seemed to have praised herself to the sky: I am such a smart little girl.
Zhao Qinglan was stunned for a moment after hearing this. The pen on his fingertips fell on the desk with a "click". Then he quickly lowered his head and supported his forehead with one hand. The corners of his lips, hidden in the shadow of his sleeves, had already risen quietly with Zhao Fanghua's words, and he couldn't suppress it anymore.
Of course he knew that Zhao Fanghua was lying to him again, but since she was willing to spend time and effort to coax him, there was nothing wrong with that.
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