After being stunned for a short time, Xia Lishuang half-joked.
"It's as if I'm not my father's biological child!"
As soon as these words came out, Queen Tao was stunned, her face looked a little unnatural, but she quickly returned to normal.
Queen Tao stroked her temples and sighed.
"When you were born as a child, your father was busy with many things and rarely had time to see you. At that time, you were not pestering me all the time, asking why your father didn't come to see you."
Xia Lishuang smiled, remembering things from her childhood.
"At that time, my mother would often tell me with a straight face, because you are not your father's biological child, but your mother's!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the smile on Xia Lishuang's lips faded slightly.
Queen Tao didn't care, she just smiled and said, "In a blink of an eye, you have grown so big."
Xia Lishuang forced a smile, but her heart was filled with turmoil.
When he was a child, he only thought it was a joke, but when he mentioned it again just now, he suddenly felt that Queen Tao's tone at that time... seemed to be true.
Her heart suddenly became complicated, Xia Lishuang silently stroked her chest and said nothing.
On this day, Xia Lishuang had a rare lunch with Empress Tao. She guessed that Wen Ranran was almost done with the emperor, so she left and took Wen Ranran back to her home together.
Wen Ranran was so tired that as soon as she got on the carriage, she collapsed into Xia Lishuang's arms like she was boneless.
Wen Ranran looked at her hands that were shaking like chicken claws and felt like crying without tears.
"Good guy, I always thought that being an emperor would be an easy job, but I didn't expect... to be so busy!"
There was no response after what he said for a long time. Wen Ranran turned her head curiously and looked at Xia Lishuang who was in a daze. She waved her white and tender palms in front of her eyes.
Xia Lishuang quickly came back to her senses, her eyes a little confused.
"What did you just say?"
Wen Ranran was even more strange.
"Ms. sir, what's wrong with you today? Are you feeling unwell?"
Xia Lishuang shook her head and changed the topic.
"I'm just a little bored. What did your father ask you to do today?"
Seeing that Xia Lishuang didn't want to say more, Wen Ranran didn't ask any more questions and answered honestly.
"It's nothing, that is to say, Wang Shangyi in the palace returned to his hometown Dingyou a few days ago, and asked me to temporarily take over Shangyi's position and serve the pen and ink!"
Xia Lishuang was slightly stunned.
"Temporarily?"
Wen Ranran nodded, "Is there any problem?!"
Xia Lishuang frowned, "Official Ding You observes filial piety, which is equivalent to resigning, starting from three years... Our government has slightly changed, but even so, it will last for twenty-seven months!"
Wen Ranran's eyes widened.
She said, how could the emperor do such unintended things? He wanted to tie her to the position of a female official!
Xia Lishuang's face didn't look very good either.
Three years is a long time.
Part of the reason why my father suddenly valued Ran Ran so much was not because of Ran Ran's own abilities, but because he wanted to use Ran Ran to defeat himself and the Wen family.
Xia Lishuang frowned.
"Ran Ran, don't be anxious...Since we said it is temporary, there is no room for change in this matter."
Wen Ranran was about to cry but had no tears, so she could only nod.
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It's night, inside Shufang Palace.
While Empress Tao helped the emperor massage his forehead, she softly told the emperor what happened to Xia Lishuang during the day.
The emperor was slightly startled.
Will Wen Yuwan be betrothed to Cheng Fenglou?
The incident with Han Mo had just happened, so the emperor originally didn't want to pay attention to Cheng Fenglou anymore.
But there is no doubt that Cheng Fenglou's incident made many veterans feel dissatisfied.
And Wen Yuwan...the emperor rarely thought of his niece.
After the death of the eldest princess, Wen Yuwan's title as county head was just a false title, and Wen Changjin did not care about Wen Yuwan as much as he did Wen Ranran from then on.
Cheng Fenglou is still young. If the Wen family is behind him, he will not be taken advantage of by the conservatives in the court.
The emperor thought for a while, but did not refuse. He just looked at Empress Tao with a smile.
"You have never participated in court matters, why are you so concerned about Cheng Fenglou's affairs?"