After seeing off Mrs. Lin, Zhao Yinhuan came to Luming Courtyard.
"Cancan." Zhao Yinhuan walked in with a smile.
"Zhao Yinhuan, why are you out?" Li Can was cutting pastries at the table and was surprised to see Zhao Yinhuan.
In private, she always calls Zhao Yinhuan by his first name. This is a habit she developed when she was a child, and the two people next to her feel awkward.
"I heard from the Second Emperor's Wife that you broke up with the Sixth Emperor and came here to see you." Zhao Yinhuan pulled her over and looked her up and down: "Come on, let me have a look."
"What are you looking at?" Li Can was confused.
"Let's see if you have grown three heads and six arms, and dare to confront Brother Sixth Emperor." Zhao Yinhuan let go of her and laughed.
"What's the point?" Li Can said disapprovingly: "I'll be a hairpin next year, so it's not up to me whether I stay or go?"
"Aren't you afraid of Father's punishment?" Zhao Yinhuan pretended to raise his hand and said, "You stay in the East Palace to recuperate and let the Sixth Emperor take care of you. That is Father's will."
"If you want to punish me, just punish me." Li Can said angrily, "I won't go back anyway."
"It seems that Brother Sixth Emperor has really offended you this time." Zhao Yinhuan pulled her to sit down, raised her hand to pour herself a cup of tea, took a sip, and looked at Li Can with a smile:
"Tell me, why did he offend you?"
Li Can used to listen to Brother Sixth Emperor's words so much that she was curious about how Li Can made up his mind.
"It's nothing, I just don't want to stay there anymore. I've done enough homework." Naturally, Li Can would not tell the truth.
Originally, she didn't plan to tell anyone about her fondness for Zhao Ge.
What's more, now that she has broken off with Zhao Ye, there is no need to talk about those things.
Just as Zhao Yinhuan was about to speak, Tangqiu walked in and reported: "Ninth Princess, Miss, Miss Xia is here."
"Please come quickly." Li Can stood up and said, "I'll go and greet you."
Zhao Yinhuan grabbed her and whispered: "Sit down, she is just an adopted daughter of the Seventh Emperor's Aunt, why do you need to be so polite?"
"What you said is too unpleasant. Aren't we friends with her?" Li Can looked sideways at her.
"You agreed to be the best to me, but I don't like you being so nice to her." Zhao Yinhuan curled her lips.
"Why? Isn't it good for me and you two? Do you dislike her?" Li Can looked outside and asked in a low voice.
"No, I also regard her as a friend." Zhao Yinhuan said seriously: "But you must be the best to me. You have agreed."
"Okay, okay." Li Can responded to her in a funny way: "I'm not going to greet her. I'm here to accompany you. You and I are the best in the world, okay?"
"That's pretty much it." Zhao Yinhuan showed a satisfied smile.
"Sister Can." Xia Jieyao came in and saw Zhao Yinhuan, and was a little surprised: "The ninth princess is here too."
As she spoke, she bowed to Zhao Yinhuan in an upright manner: "I have met the Ninth Princess."
"I have said it many times, we are all our own people, there is no need to be so polite." Zhao Yinhuan raised his hand casually.
"It is my honor for the Ninth Princess to treat me as one of her own." Xia Jieyao said with a smile, "However, there are still some rules that should be followed."
"You can do whatever you want." Zhao Yinhuan didn't bother to argue with her, picked up the pastry on the table and took a bite.
"Sister Ah Yao, please sit down quickly." Li Can greeted with a smile: "It's the new year, sister Ah Yao must be very busy, right? Why do you have time to come see me today?"
"I heard that you came back from the East Palace. I was worried and came here to see you." Xia Jieyao smiled and looked at her softly: "Who is living in that courtyard? You are not the same as His Highness the Crown Prince.
Didn't you just come back because there was a dispute?"
"I don't know who lives in that courtyard." Li Can shook his head and said innocently: "Brother Zeyu came back, and I asked him circumstantially. He only told me not to interfere with the matters in the East Palace."
"What yard? Who are they?" Zhao Yinhuan became curious after hearing this and hurriedly asked.
Li Can gave an overview of what he saw in the East Palace Garden that day. Even though she spoke softly and softly, her eyes were crescent, and her little face was filled with a sweet smile, she actually felt very uncomfortable in her heart.
But he tried hard not to show any trace.
"Is that so?" Zhao Yinhuan said, "He must be some kind of extraordinary person, otherwise how could he be qualified to live in the courtyard of the East Palace?"
"Then didn't you go take a look secretly?" Xia Jieyao looked at Li Can and asked.
"No, I can't." Li Can shook his head.
"Then why did you come back?" Xia Jieyao asked again.
"It's the end of the year. Brother Zeyu is really too busy. He has no time to teach me and gives me a lot of homework all day long." Li Can sighed: "I couldn't stand it anymore, so I found an excuse to come back."
"That's it." Xia Jieyao smiled: "It's good that Sister Can doesn't have any quarrel with His Highness the Crown Prince. I'm just worried about this matter."
"How could I have a quarrel with him?" Li Can smiled: "I don't have the guts."
"Ah Yao." Zhao Yinhuan remembered and asked Xia Jie Yao: "How are you doing with the man that the Seven Emperors asked you to meet the day before yesterday?"
"What can I do?" Xia Jieyao said with a hint of sadness on her pink face: "I didn't want to go, but my mother insisted on letting me go.
Isn’t it the same whether you go or not?”
"The Seventh Princess arranged for Sister Ah Yao to meet someone?" Li Can didn't know about it at the time: "Whose son is he? What's his personality like?"
"There's nothing to say." Xia Jieyao looked a little sad: "Except for brother Zhongyong, I will not have feelings for any man."
"But you can't live alone forever." Li Can advised: "What do you like? Give me a rough idea. If there is something you like, you might as well take a look first."
As a good friend, she really didn't want to see Xia Jieyao spend his life alone.
Xia Jieyao shook his head and said nothing.
Zhao Yinhuan took a bite of the snack and looked at Li Can, with a teasing smile in her eyes: "Ah Yao is thin-skinned, even if she likes someone, she won't say it.
Why don't you, Cancan, make a sample first and tell me what kind of husband you want to find, so that Ah Yao knows what to say."
"Me?" Li Can bent his eyes and smiled, and said without hesitation: "I want to find a devoted husband who will only marry me for the rest of his life and will never take concubines."
"How can this be true?" Zhao Yinhuan pouted: "Look at my Seventh Emperor's aunt, she is the eldest princess. Didn't my Emperor's uncle still have two concubines?
There is no man in the world who does not take concubines."
"Who said that, my eldest uncle never took concubines?" Li Can argued.
"There is only one uncle like you in the world, how can there be any others?" Zhao Yinhuan patted her head: "Stop dreaming, it won't happen. You'd better think of a condition."
"No, then I won't get married." Li Can raised her chin and said, "Like Sister Ah Yao, I live alone."
"That's not necessary, you can live with me!" Zhao Yinhuan saw how cute she was and couldn't help pinching her little face.
"That's fine, don't regret it." Li Can smiled and hugged her hand.
Xia Jieyao watched them laughing, with a warm smile on her face, but there was deep thought in her eyes.
Because he was afraid that Zhao Yinhuan would be late returning to the palace, Li Can had someone prepare dinner early. The three of them ate it together and then went their separate ways.
After Li Can washed up, he went to bed in his middle coat, with his chin resting on his knees, lost in thought.
Just now, Zhao Yinhuan and Xia Jieyao were chatting and laughing with them, but I didn't think it was a big deal.
At this moment, when it was quiet, she couldn't help but think of Zhao Zhen. She felt extremely uncomfortable and almost cried again.
At this moment, I heard Tang Cake's voice: "Girl, are you asleep?"
"What's the matter?" Li Can took a deep breath, raised his head and asked the various bed curtains.
"It's Duke Zhongguo who's here." Tang Cake replied.
"Huh?" Li Can opened his eyes wide and blinked: "It's so late, is there something urgent for him to come here?"
"Dong Zhongguo never said that." Tang Cake replied, "My slave said that the girl fell asleep.
Duke Zhongguo said that he was not in a hurry and could wait for the girl to wake up.
I thought this was not good after all, so I came to try and see if the girl fell asleep."
"Bring me the cloak." Li Can ordered, "Let him wait for me outside."
"Yes." Tang Cake hurriedly ordered.
When Li Can came out of the inner room wrapped in a cloak, Zhao Minghui had been standing outside waiting for a while. Hearing the movement, he looked at her with shining eyes, a pair of peach blossom eyes hiding lingering feelings, and a clear smile.
"What's the matter? You're running here so late." Li Can wrapped his cloak tightly and stepped forward to ask.
"This is for you." Zhao Minghui placed an extremely finely woven bamboo cage on the table: "I have been preparing it for several days, and I didn't know you were back from the East Palace."
"What?" Li Can leaned over to take a look, and couldn't help being surprised and happy: "Is it a little rabbit?"
A palm-sized gray and white rabbit squatted furry in the cage, its long ears tilted back, its red eyes looking around warily, and its nose on its three-petal mouth kept sniffing, making every move.
So cute.
"Do you like it?" Zhao Minghui couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips when he saw her loving expression.
"I like it." Li Can replied without hesitation and asked him again: "Where did this come from?"
"I was passing by the market and saw this one as cute as you, so I thought about buying it as a gift to you."
Li Can looked at the little rabbit, while Zhao Minghui looked at her deeply.
"Then what does it eat?" Li Can asked, then reached out to tease the little rabbit.
"Don't do it." Zhao Minghui quickly stopped her: "Be careful it bites you."
"Are you still biting at such a young age?" Li Can giggled.
"Go and pull some grass for you girls to feed and play with." Zhao Minghui ordered the maid beside him.
Li Can was feeding the rabbit, and Zhao Minghui was accompanying her. He had been thinking for a long time, but he didn't dare to speak. He tried several times before calling out: "Sister Can."
"Huh?" Li Can stared at the little rabbit happily eating grass and responded casually.
"Are you looking for a husband who doesn't take concubines?" Zhao Minghui asked cautiously and anxiously.
It took a moment for Li Can to realize what he was doing and raised his eyes to look at him: "How did you know?"
Zhao Minghui's face seemed a little red, but she didn't take it to heart.
"I heard what Ah Yao said." Zhao Minghui looked at her slightly tilted face: "Is it true?"
"Yes." Li Can nodded and fed another piece of grass to the little rabbit.
Zhao Minghui stood up suddenly.
Li Can was startled and looked up at him: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Zhao Minghui hurriedly walked out: "It's getting late. You should rest early. I'll come back to see you later."
"Oh, give me some sugar cakes as a gift to Duke Zhongguo." Li Can looked back at his back, and then concentrated on teasing the little rabbit.