The emperor did not sleep well that night.
When he woke up in the morning and saw Li Wan coming to help him get up, his face turned cold: "Where's Cao Yu?"
Xiao Qianzi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Cao is still recovering from his injuries."
The emperor snorted coldly, "Does it take that long to raise a person who has been slapped with twenty boards?"
Li Wan put on the emperor's boots silently.
The emperor stood up without even looking at Li Wan: "Go down."
Li Wan was slightly startled and looked up at him.
The emperor didn't look at her, his handsome face was cold as ice.
Li Wan stood up, bowed, and walked out.
Walking out of the hall, she couldn't help but sigh. It was really like living with a tiger to serve the emperor. The emperor was difficult to serve.
When she turned around, she saw Qin Lin looking at her. She was stunned for a moment, then walked over and said gratefully: "Guard Qin, thank you for saving me that day."
It was Qin Lin who first saw her kneeling in the rain that day. After learning what had happened, he wanted to take her away. She didn't want to implicate him, so she refused.
Afterwards, he returned to the palace and invited the emperor to come.
Qin Lin said calmly: "It's just a piece of cake."
Li Wan smiled and said, "Guard Qin's little help is like saving my life."
If Qin Lin hadn't come back to report the news, Cao Yu, a black-hearted man, would have wanted her to kneel for four hours.
Qin Lin said: "You won't die."
Li Wan was slightly stunned.
Qin Lin said: "So it doesn't count as saving my life."
Li Wan: “…”
This guy is so hard to talk to.
However, Qin Lin has been difficult to talk to for a long time.
Li Wan has gotten used to it and doesn't even feel embarrassed.
She walked to Qin Lin without any psychological burden and asked, "Guard Qin, why has the emperor been in a bad mood these days?"
She heard what Xiao Qianzi said.
The emperor has been in a bad mood these past few days, and the palace maids have been doing their duty in fear for several days.
Qin Lin pursed his lips slightly.
After Li Wan had a private conversation with the emperor that night, the emperor told him what they had talked about the next day.
The emperor was only half-believing and half-doubting Li Wan's "surrender".
Qin Lin has also been observing Li Wan during this period.
Since that day when she fell ill, her temperament has indeed changed drastically.
She was completely different from when she first entered the palace. Before entering the palace, Li Wan was somewhat famous among the noble ladies in Kyoto, and it was easy to find out more about her.
She was weak since childhood and disliked socializing. Although there were gatherings of noble ladies in Kyoto, she rarely showed up in public.
Qin Lin had met Li Wan once at a banquet.
She sat alone in a secluded corner, staring at the flowers in a daze. Her frail figure and her eyes and eyebrows contained a melancholy that seemed innate, which made her look out of place in the lively banquet.
Qin Lin would remember her because it was at this banquet that Song Mingyi fell in love with Li Wan at first sight.
When he heard his mother mention it, he thought that a delicate and melancholy beauty like Li Wan and a gentle and elegant Song Mingyi would be a perfect match.
Who would have thought that not long after, Li Wan was sent to the palace by the Queen Mother.
She was indeed as the rumors said, slender and fragile, with tears in her eyes at any time, and a sense of melancholy and sadness always hung between her brows, as if she had something difficult that she couldn't tell.
But the person in front of me...
The light green palace dress made her look very fresh, her brows were relaxed, her eyes were clear, and her demeanor was calm. Even that day in the rain, when she looked up at him, there was not a trace of weakness on her pale and bloodless face, and she was even able to smile at him.
Although she had a frail figure, she exuded a kind of vitality and tenacity, which was completely different from the self-pitying woman I met at the banquet a few months ago.
If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
Qin Lin found it hard to believe that such earth-shaking changes could happen to a person just by having a dream.
"Guard Qin?" Seeing that Qin Lin was just looking at her without saying anything, Li Wan couldn't help but call him.
Qin Lin withdrew his gaze calmly: "I don't know."
Whether Li Wan stays in the palace or leaves, she should be someone that has nothing to do with him.
He shouldn't care, and he can't care.
Before Li Wan wanted to say something, the emperor walked out of the palace. He glanced at her coldly with his phoenix eyes and walked straight forward.
Qin Lin nodded slightly to Li Wan and followed.
After leaving the Gandong Palace, the emperor asked Qin Lin: "What did she tell you?"
Qin Lin pursed his lips slightly: "Your Majesty, it's just some irrelevant gossip."
The emperor pursed his lips tightly, a little annoyed: "She didn't ask me?"
Qin Lin lowered his eyes: "No."
The emperor went to court holding his breath.
…
The emperor went to court, and Li Wan had nothing to do, so she returned to the West Palace and embroidered with Cuizhu.
When she was halfway through embroidering, the King of Qi arrived.
After Li Wan fell ill, he came to visit her every day.
Seeing Li Wan embroidering, he watched with curiosity.
"Sister Wan, please embroider a rabbit! Embroider a rabbit for Yuan Rong!"
Seeing his face full of anticipation, Li Wan nodded and agreed, smiling and said, "Don't be disgusted if the embroidery is not good-looking."
The King of Qi immediately said, "As long as it is given to Yuan Rong by Sister Wan, Yuan Rong will like it!"
Cuizhu couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled: "Master can embroider a sachet for His Highness, so that he can carry it with him when the time comes."
The King of Qi immediately clapped his hands and agreed.
Li Wan also agreed.
The Prince of Qi was still a child after all. Although he liked Li Wan, he felt bored after watching her embroidering. He played for a while but was still bored. He waited for a long time and heard that the emperor had returned from court. He could not stay any longer and dragged Li Wan back to the Gandong Palace.
Li Wan knew that the emperor was displeased with her, so she didn't go in and stood obediently at the door of the palace.
The King of Qi went into the palace to look for the Emperor in surprise.
The King of Qi asked the Emperor, "Brother, did you have a quarrel with your sister?"
The emperor frowned and asked, "Who said that?"
The King of Qi asked, "Why didn't Sister come in with Yuan Rong that night?"
The emperor's face turned cold.
The King of Qi said, "Did you, my brother, make my elder sister angry? She was sick and you didn't even go to see her. She must be mad at you!"
The emperor's heart was slightly moved, and he couldn't help asking: "She told you? I didn't go to see her, so she was angry with me?"
King Qi blinked and said, "Sister Wan didn't say it, I guessed it myself!"
The emperor felt disappointed.
The King of Qi only heard the question: "Brother, Yuhuan said that my younger sister will be your concubine and my sister-in-law in the future. Is that true?"
The emperor's face flushed, and he asked inexplicably, "Do you want her to be your sister-in-law?"
King Qi blinked and shook his head honestly: "No."
The emperor was a little surprised: "Why not? Don't you like her?"
The King of Qi was rarely shy, and after a while, he blushed and said with bright eyes, "I like Sister Wan, and I want her to be my princess."
The emperor was shocked.
I only heard the King of Qi continue to say: "This way she can live with me, play with me every day, and I can sleep with Sister Wan at night. She smells so good!"
He happily, with sparkling eyes, imagined the scene if Li Wan became his princess. His love was pure, he just wanted to be with Li Wan.
But the emperor still felt a little uncomfortable.
The King of Qi added, "But if my brother also likes my sister, I will give her to my brother. If I want to play with my sister in the future, I will come to my brother's place to find her."
The emperor was moved again.
The King of Qi looked at him eagerly: "Brother, do you like Sister Wan?"
The emperor immediately said, "I don't like it."
How could he possibly like her? Why was she worthy of his liking?
He would never like someone who has another man in her heart.
King Qi's eyes lit up: "Then my royal brother, can you let Sister Wan be my princess?"
The emperor's face darkened again: "No."
The King of Qi was confused: "Why?"
The emperor said patiently, "Yuan Rong is still young. It is not time for him to marry a princess yet."
King Qi said, "When Yuanrong grows up, can I marry Sister Wan as my princess?"
The emperor looked at him and suddenly said, "It's useless for you to like her. It depends on whether she likes you."
King Qi said: "Of course Sister Wan likes me. She even wants to embroider a rabbit sachet for me!"
The emperor was startled: "What rabbit sachet?"
The King of Qi said, "It's the rabbit sachet. When Sister Wan finishes embroidering it, I will wear it every day!"
The emperor was a little unhappy, but he didn't show it on his face. He said calmly, "Okay, I have to review the memorials. You can go back now."
The King of Qi did not dare to disturb him while he was doing his work and walked out of the hall obediently.
The emperor read the memorial, but he couldn't suppress the sour feeling in his heart.
She actually wanted to embroider a sachet for Yuan Rong? He didn't even know she could embroider a sachet. Did she also embroider one for Song Mingyi?
Did Song Mingyi wear a sachet around his waist yesterday?
Would she embroider one for herself?
snort.
He wouldn't want it even if I gave it to him.
It's just a sachet. If he wanted it, so many concubines in the harem would be eager to make it for him.
......
Li Wan agreed to the King of Qi and took it to heart. She immersed herself in embroidery whenever she had free time.
The emperor was still lukewarm towards her.
Li Wan didn't mind. She used to be outside the palace, and because of her frail health, she seldom went out. She would just stay at home and embroider, and her embroidery skills were excellent.
Li Wan spent three days embroidering three sachets, filling them with different spices.
She first gave the rabbit sachet that she had promised to the King of Qi. Cuizhu said that the King of Qi liked it very much.
While on duty in the morning, she gave Qin Lin a sachet embroidered with orchids: "I can't repay your kindness, so I embroidered a sachet as a token of my appreciation. Guard Qin, please accept it."
Qin Lin wanted to refuse, but at this moment, he heard the emperor's footsteps coming out of the palace. He was afraid that the emperor would see him and cause trouble, so he quickly snatched the sachet from Li Wan's hand and put it behind his back.
When the emperor came out, he saw only Li Wan standing in front of Qin Lin.
Isn’t her lover Song Mingyi?
Why do you always hang around Qin Lin all day long?
The emperor was displeased and walked straight past Li Wan with a cold face.
Qin Lin calmly hid the sachet in his sleeve and followed.
Unexpectedly, as they were walking, the emperor suddenly asked, "Qin Lin, did you use incense?"
Qin Lin said: "Perhaps the maid used incense to fumigate my clothes."
The emperor suddenly thought in his mind that several days had passed, and Li Wan’s sachet should have been embroidered by now, right?
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