"I haven't seen you for a few days." Zhao Minghui asked Li Can to sit down on the armchair, went to the table to get the teapot, and asked her: "Can we have tea now? Or should I ask my servant to bring milk?"
"It's okay to have some tea." Li Can looked around: "This is my first time coming back to your study. It looks good."
"If you like it, come more often." Zhao Minghui brought a cup of tea to her: "Did my mother invite you?"
"Yes." Li Can took a sip of tea, put down the cup and looked at him with a smile: "You have guessed that your mother asked me to come, so you should also know the reason for my coming, right?"
"Where's the rabbit?" Zhao Minghui didn't reply to her, but looked around.
"I'll carry it." Li Can went to the door and waved. After a while, he lifted the rabbit cage and put it in front of him: "It's so heavy now. I can't even lift it after carrying it for a long time."
"Let me see." Zhao Minghui smiled, squatted down and touched the rabbit through the cage: "It has grown up a lot."
"You can let him out." Li Can reached out and opened the cage.
"Won't it run away?" Zhao Minghui asked.
"No." Li Can opened the rabbit cage: "It's used to it, and it will go into the cage by itself after playing."
"So obedient?" Zhao Minghui held the rabbit in his arms and stroked it gently: "It's very clean. Is it so fat that it can be stewed in a pot?"
"Why do you always want to stew my rabbit?" Li Can pretended to glare at him: "I won't hug you if you keep doing this."
Zhao Minghui looked at her ferocious appearance, like a kitten with fried hair, and how cute she was. He smiled and did not open his mouth to refute.
"Why are you laughing?" Li Can leaned on the armchair and looked at him with his head tilted: "It's inexplicable."
Zhao Minghui smiled even more happily.
"Don't laugh!" Li Can glared at him.
"Don't laugh." Zhao Minghui pursed his lips, holding back his smile and looked at her, and the smile overflowed from his eyes.
Li Can curled his lips: "Zhao Minghui, be more serious."
"Huh?" Zhao Minghui looked at her, with a smile in his peach blossom eyes, and returned to his usual calm and upright attitude.
Li Can's dark eyes rolled and he paused for a moment before saying: "Kong Wenru is sick. Go and see her."
She didn't know how to persuade her, so she might as well speak directly.
Anyway, Zhao Minghui should have guessed her purpose.
"You want me to go?" Zhao Minghui lowered his eyes and softened his voice.
"I think so." Li Can nodded without thinking.
"Why do you think so?" Zhao Minghui glanced at her with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Li Can didn't notice anything was wrong with him: "Your mother asked me to persuade you.
Besides, Kong Wenru is your fiancée, you should go see her when she is sick."
"It was never my intention to get engaged to her." Zhao Minghui sat down holding the rabbit in his arms: "You also know that I have been wanting to cancel the engagement for so long.
Why, now you want to be like them and persuade me not to break off the engagement?"
He looked at Li Can with a little hurt in his eyes.
"I didn't." Li Can shook his head subconsciously: "I heard that Kong Wenru was seriously ill, so I wanted you to go see her.
Even if there is no mention of marriage, we still know each other and can be considered friends.
If, even if there is such a dissatisfactory marriage to you, you will not deny that she is not a bad person, right?"
"I know she's a nice person." Zhao Minghui frowned slightly and touched the rabbit with his hand.
"Then do you have any scruples in not going to see her?" Li Can thought about it and asked him carefully.
Zhao Minghui pondered for a moment and said, "I can go."
"Really?" Li Can's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Zhao Minghui, you are so kind, you really give me face!"
She didn't expect that these few words would persuade Zhao Minghui.
"I want you to accompany me." Zhao Minghui looked up at her.
"Okay." Li Can responded without hesitation: "I was thinking of going to visit her, so I'll go with you to have a look."
She didn't know about Kong Wenru's illness before. They were considered friends. Now that they knew about it, it was natural for them to go and take a look.
Zhao Minghui leaned over and put the rabbit into the cage: "Do you want to go out for a walk first and have lunch before going over?"
He hadn't gone to the market with Li Can for a long time.
"I'm going." Li Can said matter-of-factly: "I'm going to visit Kong Wenru. I'm going to prepare gifts, so you have to buy them too."
"The family is ready." Zhao Minghui looked at her: "Otherwise, I'll prepare one for you too?"
"No need." Li Can waved his hand: "That's so insincere.
Let’s go, it’s still early and there’s still time.”
Princess Zhen personally brought the exquisite Ru kiln plate and saw the two of them leaving the study side by side.
"Are you going out?" She was a little surprised and a little unbelievable.
Wei Che, this kid, was persuaded so quickly?
"Yes, empress." Li Can bent his eyes and smiled: "We are going to the market to prepare things to bring to Wenru, and we will have lunch by the way. Do you want to come with us?"
"You go ahead." Princess Zhen took a deep look at Zhao Minghui, then smiled and said: "By the way, Miss Qi, this is the chestnut cake I just made in the morning. I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it cold, so I made it hot just now.
Once again, do you want to try a piece?"
"Did the queen make it herself?" Li Can took a piece with a smile: "Then I want to have a taste."
"If you like it, I'll make some later and have them delivered to you." Princess Zhen looked at her lovingly.
"That's not good." Li Can took a small bite of the chestnut cake and shook his head: "What is your status as empress? If you make me snacks, you will break my heart."
"What's the point? You are Minghui's friend, aren't you just like our own child?" Princess Zhen looked at her with a smile.
"That's not good. If His Highness the Crown Prince knows about it, he will definitely blame me." Li Can shook his head, thought for a while and said, "Next time I want to eat, I will come to the Queen. As long as the Queen doesn't mind me."
"How could it be? I wish you could come more often." Princess Zhen glanced at Zhao Minghui and said, "You go ahead and be careful on the road.
Since you are going shopping, I won’t bring you the things I have prepared at home.”
Zhao Minghui frowned slightly but said nothing.
"Let's go." Li Can smiled and patted Zhao Minghui.
She knew that Princess Zhen wanted Zhao Minghui to buy something for Kong Wenru in person.
Zhao Minghui followed without saying a word.
The two of them arrived at the market.
"Cancan, where do you want to go?" Zhao Minghui looked around.
"Let's go to the drug store." Li Can pointed to the sign of the drug store in front: "Let's make an agreement first, I will buy ginseng, you will buy velvet antler, and we will buy different ones."
"Okay." Zhao Minghui responded with a smile: "Just pick whatever you want, and I'll pay."
"No." Li Can flatly refused: "It's so insincere to give gifts when visiting a doctor and asking others to pay for it.
You don't have to pay me, and I won't pay you either. We both have to do our own thing."
Zhao Minghui smiled: "Okay, it's up to you."
When he saw Li Can, he was filled with joy. In his eyes, she looked lovely in every appearance, and he was willing to listen to whatever she said.
Li Can led him around several shops in the market. When he came out, the servants all carried a lot of things in their hands.
"Okay, let's go to Huixian Restaurant?" Li Can put his hands behind his back and turned his face to look at Zhao Minghui.
"It's up to you." Zhao Minghui responded with a smile.
After lunch, the two of them went to the Confucius Mansion without making any further stops.
"Li Can?"
Li Can just poked her head out of the carriage and heard someone calling her outside.
She couldn't help but raise her eyes and saw Liu Zhenlian leading several maids, standing in front of the door of Kong's mansion. The maids were carrying various things in their hands, and they were obviously here to visit Kong Wenru.
"I just said the carriage looks like yours." Liu Zhenlian walked up to her with a smile and stretched out her hand: "Here, I will help you down."