Ruan Mianmian reluctantly sat up. She did sit up, but her eyes were closed tightly, and she remained motionless like a puppet while Zhou Yuning and Shuang'er dressed her.
It wasn't until Jiu'er brought water over to wash Ruan Mianmian's face that she finally woke up.
"Mother, who did you say was here?" Ruan Mianmian asked casually.
While Zhou Yunning was busy directing the maids to bring the meals quickly, she replied: "Eunuch Kang is here. He has a cup of tea. He is waiting for you in the hall."
Ruan Mianmian frowned. When Eunuch Kang arrived, the emperor summoned him.
As for why she was summoned? Ruan Mianmian knew it well. After Jin's grandfather retired from the court, he presented her design, and the emperor must have called her into the palace for this reason.
The small-breasted dumpling sighed. She had seen the model room of the Ministry of Industry the other day and thought it was pretty good.
Now it seems that the Ministry of Industry has disappointed Ruan Mianmian, and Cai Shangshu has also disappointed her. It is probably because he could not even understand the design drawings that the emperor summoned her to the palace in a hurry.
In the imperial study, several ministers from the Ministry of Industry, led by Cai Yigong and Cai Shangshu, each had a design drawing in hand. They had been studying it for a long time, but no one dared to say anything.
The emperor and the old marquis sat drinking tea, and their eyes fell on them from time to time.
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious." Ruan Geng reassured.
"I'm not anxious, but curious." The emperor lowered his head and took a sip from the tea bowl. "So many people in the Ministry of Industry said it was impossible, but Mianmian said it was no problem. Could the old marquis reveal something to me first?
Is it really possible?”
Ruan Geng smiled helplessly: "Your Majesty, if I am an expert when it comes to marching and fighting, I know nothing about building a garden. It's not that I don't say anything, but I really don't know what to say."
"Mianmian didn't tell you in advance."
"Yesterday she stuffed this stack of drawings into the old minister's hand and said that she would hand them over to the emperor after going to court. I didn't even look at them and just handed them over."
Hearing what the old Marquis meant, he completely trusted his little breast dumplings and presented them to him without even looking at them.
The emperor became more and more curious. The Ministry of Engineering said after looking at the design that it could not be constructed and there was nothing special about it, could Ruan Mianmian still be able to justify his explanation?
"Come here, let Prince Xuan come over." The emperor smiled at Ruan Geng, "Mian Mian has to stay in the palace for a while and look for Yu'er anyway, so why not let him come over and see him by the way..."
"Your Majesty is right." Ruan Geng looked calm on the surface but actually felt uneasy in his heart.
Ruan Geng originally believed in his own little breast dumplings, but people from the Ministry of Industry, including Shangshu Cai Yigong, felt that her design was not feasible, and he was a little shaken in his heart. Although she was smart, she was building a garden, and it was a garden of the highest standard.
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When Ruan Mianmian came to the door of the imperial study room by familiar means, he happened to see Li Yu and Ruan Xiao turning around and walking over.
"Little brother."
"Mianmian!" Li Yu and Ruan Xiao said in unison and accelerated their pace.
Eunuch Kang said with a smile: "Oh, I guess the emperor knew that the princess was coming, so he specially summoned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mr. Ruan."
"Even if the emperor doesn't summon them, I will go to Yongtai Palace later."
While Ruan Mianmian and Eunuch Kang were asking and answering questions, Li Yu and Ruan Xiao had already arrived in front of them.
"Why are you here?" Ruan Xiao asked first.
"The emperor announced my entry into the palace, little brother, fourth brother, the emperor also announced your arrival, right?"
"Yeah." Li Yu nodded slightly.
Ruan Mianmian smiled sweetly: "Excuse me, Mr. Kang, please let me know."
"Okay, Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Princess, and Mr. Ruan, please wait a moment." Eunuch Kang said with a smile and walked toward the imperial study with small steps.
Li Yu looked at Eunuch Kang's back and murmured: "It's rare to see Eunuch Kang smiling so happily without a straight face."
"Because Eunuch Kang met Ruan Mianmian, who is loved by everyone." A certain little girl with small breasts said.
Ruan Xiao reached out and touched Ruan Mianmian's head: "I think the head is so big that I can't even get through the door of the imperial study room."
"The fourth brother is the worst." Xiao Naituanzi protested while trying to win over someone, "Little brother, let's not go with him. You should consider changing to a reading companion."
"Ruan Mianmian, you are so bad." Ruan Xiao deliberately made a serious face.
Li Yu quickly came to the rescue: "Mianmian is joking. Besides, why would I be willing to replace you?"
Hearing this, Ruan Xiao grinned: "Look at His Highness the Crown Prince. He has a broad mind. He is nothing like you, but he turns his elbows outward after just one sentence."
"Huh, fourth brother doesn't know that it's hard to raise a woman and a villain." Ruan Mianmian rolled her eyes.
Ruan Xiao and Li Yu couldn't help laughing together, and then Ruan Mianmian also laughed, and the three of them laughed together.
At this time, there were footsteps. The three people looked and saw Eunuch Kang walking towards them with a smile on his face.
In the royal study, the three children were respectful and polite, bowing to the emperor and saying hello. The emperor was obviously in a good mood when they saw them.
"Your Majesty, do you miss me?" Xiaotuanzi asked in a carefree manner.
"Haha, it seems I really miss you." The emperor responded with a smile, "It's been many days."
"Yes." Ruan Mianmian counted on her fingers seriously.
When the emperor saw this, he walked directly to the little breast dumpling and picked her up, smiling from ear to ear looking at her soft and cute appearance.
Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but secretly admire herself. She had been a three-year-old baby for so long that she had forgotten that she was actually a teenager.
But this is also good. It was obvious from the first meeting with Ruan Mianmian that the emperor liked her innocence.
"Come on, explain to me and talk about these pictures of yours." The emperor held Ruan Mianmian in one hand and held Li Yu's little hand in the other.
Feeling warm in his heart, Li Yu sniffed and blinked to stop the drops in his eyes. He had mixed feelings in his heart. His father hadn't held his hand for a long, long time.
Seeing the emperor walking over, Ruan Geng stood up and took Ruan Xiao by the hand and walked behind them.
Several adults from the Ministry of Industry quickly dispersed and gave up their positions when they saw the emperor and others approaching.
The emperor came to the table with Ruan Mianmian in his arms: "Mianmian, were you the one who drew these pictures?"
Ruan Mianmian rubbed his head and said with some embarrassment: "The painting doesn't look good, but I think I can tell what it is."
Seeing the emperor turning to himself, Cai Yigong, Minister of Industry, bowed and smiled: "It is not easy for the princess to draw such a picture. What's more important is that it is well organized and well-annotated. It is already a genuine design drawing."
Ruan Mianmian secretly smiled and said, it was just a small test. She could draw more complex designs, but she was afraid that it would be too outrageous. Moreover, it was difficult to explain to her grandfather. In order to hide her strength, she played a little trick and deliberately drew it.
Be simpler.
"My sister is so amazing." Ruan Xiao couldn't help but marvel.
"That's natural, Mianmian is the most powerful." Li Yu agreed.
Seeing the two little guys looking so proud, as if they had drawn the design, the emperor couldn't help but chuckle.