Zhou Xianru hung his left hand around his neck and turned around from the corner, looking at Li Can's carriage coming out of the gate of the East Palace with hatred in his eyes and going all the way.
"Aren't these seventh girls too shameless?" Ji Xiang scolded: "His Majesty has already given our girl a marriage to His Highness the Crown Prince, why is she still pestering His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Don't talk about this outside." Ruyi reminded in a low voice.
Ji Xiang glanced at her unconvincingly. The girl didn't say anything. It looked like you?
However, she didn't speak again.
"Let's go." Zhou Xianru put away the hatred on his face and walked towards the East Palace.
Inner Temple.
Wu Lao was waiting in the corridor, and when he heard the movement at the door, he couldn't help but look up.
"Miss Zhou."
He had already gone up to salute and whispered hello.
"Where is Your Highness?" Zhou Xianru asked.
"Your Highness is handling official business, please ask Miss Zhou to keep her voice down," Wu Zai reminded.
"I'll go in and take a look." Zhou Xianru said and lifted up her skirt to go to the study.
She wanted to meet Zhao Ge, but she had never seen Zhao Ge alone since the marriage.
Now that they are engaged, Zhao Zhi should treat her differently than before.
"Miss Zhou." Wu Zai stopped her quickly: "His Royal Highness doesn't like to be disturbed when he is handling official business.
Moreover, His Highness never gave an order to allow Miss Zhou to enter the study."
"I can't enter the study now?" Zhou Xianru's thin eyebrows almost stood up, and he took two more steps forward: "Then why can Li Can enter?"
"It's His Highness's wish that Miss Seven can enter the study." Wu Zai moved his feet and continued to stop her, with a somewhat contemplative smile on his face: "If Miss Zhou wants to enter, Your Highness will come out later.
, Miss Zhou can talk to His Highness.
I'm just a servant, Miss Zhou, don't embarrass me..."
Zhou Xianru held back his anger: "Then I'll go and take a look around first."
If she hadn't known that Wu Zai couldn't be offended, she would have been rude.
Now that she is a quasi-Crown Princess, is there a place in the East Palace that she cannot go to?
However, it would be better to go somewhere else.
Although I lived here and was taught by Zhao Zong before, due to various reasons, I still did not dare to be too presumptuous, and I was never able to walk around the East Palace carefully.
It happens to be free at this moment, the sun hasn't come up yet, and it's not too hot, so let's take a look first.
She left the inner hall and entered the garden.
After wandering leisurely for a while, we arrived at an open space.
There is a big tree next to the flower wall. Under the big tree hangs a swing wrapped with vines. On the table under the tree are pottery balls and a small wooden cart. There is also a wagyu dog and a juju ball used for Cuju.
Balls and other gadgets.
"Girl, this seems to be the place where His Royal Highness the Prince takes Miss Li to practice martial arts every morning." Ji Xiang spoke from behind.
After Zhou Xianru heard this, he took a few steps forward and looked at the swing and those gadgets. So, these things all belong to Li Can?
She frowned as she looked at these. The east palace was full of Li Can's gadgets.
Not only Dan Ruiyuan, she had seen Li Can's shuttlecock in the courtyard of the front hall, and also seen Li Can's dolls in the side hall, not to mention the inner hall, where Li Can followed Zhao Ji every day.
Why don't you bring anything with you when you are studying and doing homework?
As for the dormitory, she had never been there, but she guessed there should be one.
"Girl?" Ruyi looked at her and greeted her in a low voice.
Zhou Xianru came to his senses, raised his hand and said irritably: "Take all these things out and throw them away, and dismantle the swing."
She became angry when she saw this.
Before, I was not qualified.
Now that she is considered the quasi-mistress of the East Palace, she naturally has the right to dispose of these things.
"Girl, no." Ruyi hurriedly advised: "Although the girl and His Highness are already engaged, they are not married yet, so the girl can't be too presumptuous."
"What's wrong?" Ji Xiang asked flatteringly: "Our girl is already the quasi-princess, and there is no one else in the backyard of the East Palace, so naturally our girl has the final say.
Miss Li Qi would be outrageous if she left these things in the East Palace.
You guys, just do what the girl says!"
As she spoke, she immediately ordered the maid behind her.
On weekdays, Ruyi always puts pressure on her, and the girl is willing to listen to Ruyi, but she has long been unconvinced.
Today she wanted to see whether the girl would listen to Ruyi's advice or hers.
"Jixiang, you..." Ruyi wanted to distinguish.
"Okay." Zhou Xianru interrupted her: "Just do as Ji Xiang said."
Since they are already engaged, it is natural for her to handle these things.
She looked at the maids under her hands removing and erasing things that belonged to Li Can. A smile gradually appeared on her face, and she felt much happier in her heart.
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study.
Knock gently on the door without hesitation.
"Come in." Zhao Zhi's voice was light.
"Your Highness." Wu Zai entered the door, bowed and saluted, with a nervous look on his face: "Miss Zhou went to the garden just now, and asked people to dismantle the seventh girl's swing, and threw it out together with various gadgets..."
Zhao Ye paused slightly in his writing: "If you lose it, just lose it."
"If Miss Seven finds out, she will definitely be sad..." Wu Zao couldn't help but said, "Besides, what will Miss Seven do when she comes next time?"
"Just buy it again." Zhao Zhi replied calmly.
Wu Zao asked tentatively: "Then the young man ordered people to prepare?"
"Yeah." Zhao Zhen nodded slightly.
Wu Zao breathed a sigh of relief. Now the girl would not be angry anymore. He asked again: "But this time, where will it be placed?"
It has to be placed in a place where Miss Zhou cannot reach it, otherwise wouldn’t it still be thrown out after I bought it?
Zhao Gao closed the official document and took another one. Without raising his head, he said: "Put it in the courtyard of the dormitory and send someone to guard the door."
"Yes, I'll let someone else do it for me." Wu Zai happily agreed.
Your Highness has made preparations like this, and the girl will not be angry next time she comes. If the girl is not angry, their lives as servants will be easier.
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Li Can got off the carriage and was about to enter Luming Courtyard when someone called her from a distance.
"Seventh sister, you are back."
She looked back and saw sisters Li Xiangnan and Li Lainan coming together. They both had smiles on their faces and looked quite harmonious.
"Fourth sister, fifth sister." Li Can turned around and greeted them sweetly.
Just after she left the East Palace, she couldn't bear the pain anymore. She asked Tanggao to apply medicine on her earlobes, and then took out the two small gourd earrings, leaving only the hair-thick gold thread, and threaded them on her ears.
There is no weight, so I don’t feel any pain now.
Seeing the two sisters Li Xiangnan, she became energetic.
"Seventh sister."
Li Xiangnan and Li Lainan both greeted her.
Li Can returned the salute, pursed his lips and smiled.
In all her life, she has never seen these two sisters treat her so politely and thoughtfully. They are so polite and polite today. Could it be that they are here to borrow money again?
"Seventh sister, won't you invite us to come in and sit for a while?" Li Xiangnan said with a smile.
Li Can just stood and laughed without even saying a polite word. She wanted to enter Luming Courtyard, so she had to speak on her own.
"Okay, sisters, please come in." Li Can raised her white little hand and walked into the yard first.
Li Xiangnan followed.
Li Lainan felt angry and stamped his feet before following him.
She didn't want to take this trip at all, and she got angry when she saw Li Can.
But Li Xiangnan insisted on her coming, just for three thousand taels of silver.
Yes, she owed King Qi three thousand taels of silver. Li Xiangnan said that half of the clothes King Qi bought were hers, so she should bear the one thousand five hundred taels.
Now that my mother can't get any money, she has no other choice but to come to Li Can.
I hope Li Can is more sensible, otherwise don’t blame her for being rude!
Li Can entered the room and leaned on the couch as if he was boneless: "Sisters, please sit down.
Candy and tea."
Candy responded and immediately gave the order.
After a while, a maid came bringing tea.
Candy placed two cups of tea in front of Li Xiangnan and Li Lainan respectively, and finally placed a cup of milk in front of Li Can.
Li Can doesn't like to eat boiled loose tea. She only eats some tea. If she doesn't have it for a while, she uses hot milk.
She picked up the cup, took a sip, and then said with a smile: "I just came back, and before I even entered the yard, my two sisters came.
Are you waiting for me to come back?"
Her eyes are dark, her smile is like a crescent moon, her little face is white and flawless, and she has a bit of childishness that has not yet been expelled, making it easy for people to be unprepared.
"Then I'll tell you the truth." Li Xiangnan pushed the tea cup in and said with a smile: "Last time, I came to borrow five thousand taels of silver from Seventh Sister. Seventh Sister said that she wanted to go and talk to His Highness the Prince...
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"That's right." Li Can looked directly at her with clear eyes: "Brother Zeyu specially told me. If the fourth sister said this, does it mean that she hasn't borrowed the money yet?"