The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

In the carriage, Li Tianhua's face turned cold and he took the wet handkerchief handed to him by the servant.

He wiped his mouth and face with a wet towel, and then wiped his fingers one by one.

The servant laughed softly, "Fourth Young Master, that girl is still staring at our carriage and refuses to leave. She is so infatuated with you."

Li Tianhua showed disgust on his face, then he smiled evilly, "This is cheaper than shopping in a brothel, and you don't even have to pay for it."

He then took out a jade pendant with excellent water content from his sleeve and motioned the servant to put it on him.

The servant hurriedly took the jade pendant and knelt down to carefully tie it around his master's waist. "That girl has never seen the world. She treats a fake jade as a treasure."

Li Tianhua lazily leaned back on the seat of the gorgeous carriage and said, "When I'm done, I'll give the girl to you guys to play with."

When the servant heard this, he was overjoyed and praised the Fourth Young Master for being considerate of his servants.

The carriage went away, but Dongxi was still looking at the direction with loving eyes.

"Dongxi." Beihui called her with a smile from the lotus root powder stall in the distance.

Dongxi's body stiffened and he turned his head awkwardly, "Bei, Sister Beihui..."

Bei Hui came to the alley with some change in her hand to buy peanut candy and lotus root powder. "What are you looking at? I thought you were resting in the house."

"No, I didn't see anything." Dong Xi tried to suppress his panic. "My hand hurts. I'm going to see a doctor."

"Oh, there are blisters on your hands." Bei Hui's eyes were full of distress. "Why didn't you bring medicine? You went to see the doctor empty-handed?"

Dong Xi forced an awkward smile on his face, "No, actually I didn't see it. I couldn't bear to spend money. Then I thought, this is not a serious illness, it will get better in a few days."

Bei Hui handed the change to the old man selling lotus root powder while holding the lotus root powder in her palm, "The girl gave you the money for medical treatment, not for you to save it. Don't let the girl down."

Dong Xi lowered his head and said, "The girl is really caring."

Bei Hui said, "Of course. Our girl is a very good person. Let's go back to the mansion."

The two of them returned to the mansion chatting and laughing. As soon as they arrived at the gate of Xia Shiyuan, they saw Shi Anxia coming back with a large group of people.

Shi Anxia looked very depressed. He returned to the study and sat on the chair without saying a word.

The door was open and the maids in the room dared not make a sound. Even Nanyan and Hongque, who were usually the most talkative, kept their mouths shut.

Bei Hui gritted her teeth and carried the lotus root powder in. "Miss, I bought the lotus root powder. Would you like some?"

Shi Anxia took a look and said calmly, "If you can't eat it, take it away."

Bei Hui didn't dare to persuade her now.

Dong Xi looked at the girl's sad face, and a trace of regret welled up in his heart. But at the same time, the man's gentle smile and the sweet words he said to her while biting her ear when they were in love flashed through his mind, and for a moment, his heart hardened a lot.

It is difficult to have both. If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. She is not wrong, but the girl is wrong.

The girl shouldn't go against the Li family, and even more so she shouldn't go against the Empress Dowager!

Shi Anxia finally stood up slowly, "Bei Hui, prepare the carriage."

Bei Hui hurriedly stuffed the lotus root powder into Hongyan's hand and said, "Miss Hongyan, please eat it for me." After saying that, she ran away swiftly.

Hongyan held the lotus root powder in a daze, not daring to speak, and just watched her backbone sister Xia'er go away.

Shi Anxia's carriage drove towards the palace.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, as soon as the carriage arrived in front of the palace gate, guards came over to lead the carriage to stop.

After Bei Hui handed over Princess Hai Yan's badge and greeting letter, Shi Anxia got off the carriage and was led by the guards through a palace gate to a special waiting place.

It was the special passage for the princes and princesses living outside the palace to meet their father.

After the guard returned Princess Haiyan's badge to her, he took the "greetings" and passed them in layer by layer.

If the emperor agreed, he would send eunuchs to pick them up. If the emperor did not see them, the greeting cards would be returned to the princes and princesses.

This was the first time that Shi Anxia met Emperor Mingde after she became Princess Haiyan.

The guards did not dare to delay and passed the "greetings" all the way into the imperial study.

Soon, Eunuch Qi came out in person to greet them, with a smile on his face from a distance. He walked closer, bowed, and said, "Meet Princess Haiyan! The emperor was just talking about Princess Haiyan, and you're here."

Shi Anxia returned the junior’s greeting to Eunuch Qi and said with a gentle smile, “Thank you for taking the trouble to come pick me up.”

Eunuch Qi said, "It's not hard, it's not hard. It's just a few steps away. I'm just worried that Princess Haiyan will wait outside for too long."

The two of them entered the palace chatting and laughing.

When the guards saw Eunuch Qi's behavior, they knew that Princess Haiyan was indeed very popular in the eyes of the emperor.

To a large extent, Eunuch Qi's attitude represents the emperor's attitude.

Princess Haiyan was the first one to be personally received by Eunuch Qi.

The last time that Eunuch Qi personally picked her up was Princess Haiyan. At that time, she was just an ordinary girl from a marquis's mansion.

The news spread into the harem, reached the ears of the queens, and also reached the ears of several princesses.

Xiyou Palace.

Li Qinghui sat at the top, elegant and graceful, full of charm. Time had left no trace on her face, the only thing that had changed was the hope in her eyes that gradually solidified into despair.

Princess Haiyan!

Princess Haiyan!

Time! An! Xia!

Recently she had heard too many rumors about this young lady from the Marquis's Mansion, and "in my name" even made Emperor Mingde personally appear at the execution ground to support her.

Incredible!

Princess Haiyan!

Li Qinghui knew Emperor Mingde too well.

To make Emperor Mingde so attentive, beauty or tenderness is not enough.

Only one thing, that is, the country and the people's suffering, can catch the eyes of Emperor Mingde.

In recent years, Li Qinghui has been having heart-to-heart talks with Emperor Mingde by candlelight on the topic of people's livelihood.

They talked about droughts, floods, bandits and pirates night after night, repeating the same things over and over again, and Emperor Mingde never got tired of listening to them.

She said she was tired of talking.

Such a beauty, yet in the middle of the night, was treated like a wooden stake by Emperor Mingde.

It can be seen that Princess Haiyan is amazing! She accurately hit the emperor's mind.

It must have been on the day when he pleaded guilty in the Marquis' Mansion, when he proposed to Emperor Mingde to abolish the system of collective punishment, that he truly entered the heart of Emperor Mingde.

Li Qinghui couldn't help but clench her hands. Even when her nails pierced her palms, she didn't feel any pain.

She asked knowingly, "Princess Haiyan came to the palace again today?"

The personal maid Ruyi replied, "Yes, she took the passage for the royal family to meet the emperor. I heard that Eunuch Qi went to pick her up personally. Princess Haiyan and Eunuch Qi chatted and laughed and went straight into the imperial study. I heard that they didn't have to wait outside for instructions."

"I understand." Li Qinghui chewed these words with gritted teeth.

Ever since the day Emperor Mingde asked her to flee and take care of Zhu Lingxiu, she had knelt outside the imperial study countless times to beg for a meeting.

Emperor Mingde didn't even let her set foot in the imperial study.

But he allowed a little girl to enter and leave the imperial study at will!

She couldn't swallow this.

Li Qinghui's gloomy face suddenly changed into a gentle and peaceful expression, and she said softly, "The weather is getting more and more stuffy. Please change my clothes and help me go out for a walk."

"Yes." Ruyi responded.

In the imperial study, Emperor Mingde looked at the girl's calm face in surprise, "You mean, let the Empress Dowager return to the palace?"