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Zhonghe Hall.

"Your Majesty, the Concubine Xian invites you to dine with her tonight. She said she has personally prepared a few side dishes to apologize to Your Majesty."

After Cheng An finished his report, Li Hongting was still silent. He raised his head slightly to look at Li Hongting, then quickly lowered his head.

It was not until Li Hongting finished the work in his hands that he twisted his neck and spoke.

"Then tell me whether I should go or not."

"Cheng An doesn't dare to speculate about the emperor's affairs."

"Haha, she wanted to see me many times before, but I didn't see her. Now she is so bold that she wants me to see her."

Li Hongting stood up and walked out: "But since the Concubine Xian has asked, how can I refuse? After all, she is my most beloved Concubine Xian."

Ganquan Palace.

Lu Shian was preparing dinner in the kitchen.

"My Lady, will the Emperor really come?"

Lu Shian was busy with his hands: "He will definitely come."

"But he didn't see you when you went to Zhonghe Hall before."

Lu Shian stopped what he was doing and said, "That's different. I went to Zhonghe Hall to ask him for help. Now I want him to come to fulfill his wish."

Lu'er didn't say anything, but just silently helped Lu Shian prepare the side dishes.

Before Lu Shian was ready to eat, Li Hongting arrived.

She could only come out of the kitchen, tidied up a little and went to accompany Li Hongting.

Li Hongting was very happy. Lu Shian came hurriedly and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty..."

"Hey, my dear, get up quickly."

Li Hongting happily helped Lu Shian up: "I know that my beloved concubine will cook the meal herself. Thinking back to the past with my beloved concubine, I couldn't help but want to come and see my beloved concubine."

"Your Majesty, I think you and I share the same thoughts. These days, I often think about things outside the palace, especially the past events with Your Majesty in Wanning Mansion."

"At that time, my beloved concubine was very lively."

"Yes, at that time, I was not like this now."

Li Hongting took Lu Shian's hand, and they both sat down on the chaise longue.

Que'er immediately brought two bowls of ice dumplings.

"Your Majesty, please try it." Lu Shian picked up a bowl and brought it to Li Hongting.

Li Hongting took it and tasted it: "It's soft, sweet, and refreshing. Not bad."

"I thought that we should eat hot dumplings in winter, and cold dumplings in summer."

"My beloved concubine is still as thoughtful as ever."

"Your Majesty only praised me before, but now that you know everything, you still praise me like this. Isn't that exaggerating?"

"My beloved concubine, you are wrong. In my heart, my beloved concubine is the smartest."

On their faces, both of them seemed to be at peace, but in fact, they both knew that they could never go back to the past.

Soon it was time for dinner, and the table was filled with dishes.

Lu Shian took the lead in picking up the wine glass: "This cup of wine is for His Majesty. His Majesty has always favored me. Although I am a concubine, he allows me to enter and leave the palace freely. His Majesty has almost always granted me what I want and ask for. However, because of His Majesty's favor, I forgot the hierarchy and made His Majesty angry. I have thought a lot during this period of time, and the more I think, the more I feel guilty towards His Majesty."

After saying that, he drank the wine in the glass.

After drinking one cup, Lu Shian poured a second cup.

The wine glass was brought to his lips, but was stopped by Li Hongting.

"My beloved concubine."

"emperor……"

"My beloved concubine, since you have already admitted your fault, how can I bear to blame you again?"

"The emperor is so kind to my concubine."

"As long as you know."

Lu Shian picked up a shrimp, peeled it himself, and then put it in Li Hongting's bowl.

"I have sorted out the books I got from there these past two days and will send them to Zhonghe Hall tomorrow."

"books?"

Lu Shian nodded: "Well, I think those books may be useful to the emperor."

"Since this is a book I got from there, I will study it carefully."

After they drank a few cups, Lu Shian said, "Your Majesty, Chen'er has been bothering the Empress Dowager for many days. Do you think you should let him come back?"

"The Empress Dowager loved Chen'er very much. Since Chen'er left, there have been more laughs in Changshou Palace. Let Chen'er stay there for a few days."

Lu Shian felt very disappointed, but he didn't show it.

"Since the emperor has said so, let Chen'er stay with the Grand Empress Dowager for a few more days. I can also go there to accompany the Grand Empress Dowager on weekdays."

"My beloved concubine is indeed considerate."

Lu Shian smiled and lowered her head to fill the glass with wine. The movement of her head concealed the flash of coldness in her eyes.

As expected, Li Hongting still refused to let his son come back.

But it doesn’t matter, he will soon have no time to take care of them, mother and son.

Because he soon became overwhelmed.

Slightly tipsy, Li Hongting held Lu Shian in his arms. It was late at night and the air was a little chilly.

Early the next morning, Li Hongting came out of Ganquan Palace.

Everyone in the harem knew that Ganquan Palace was still the same Ganquan Palace, a Ganquan Palace that no one could underestimate.

The first thing Li Hongting did after leaving court was to ask if anything had been delivered from Ganquan Palace.

Yongchang said: "The virtuous concubine sent some books over."

Upon learning that the books had been delivered, Li Hongting quickened his pace and entered the inner hall. He did not even look at the memorials, but took the books and began to read them excitedly.

These books were carefully selected by Lu Shian. There were cookbooks of the eight major cuisines, an encyclopedia on grain cultivation, and Lu Shian even put two English books in there out of mischief.

These books are very exquisite, and it is the first time that Li Hongting has seen such paper.

There are also illustrations in the book, which are exactly the same as the real ones. The characters in it are also different from those of the Dayuan Kingdom. He doesn't recognize some of them, but he can still guess what they say, but some of them are not.

He didn't even eat, and read the book until late at night, until Yongchang reminded him again that it was time to go to bed.

Only then did he reluctantly put down the book in his hand.

"Yongchang, come here."

Yongchang stepped forward and when the book was delivered, he took a quick glance at it and was surprised by the cover of the book. How could it be so exquisite? It was even more beautiful than the paintings of famous painters, especially the bright colors.

"Have you ever seen it?"

“I never thought there would be such a book in the world.”

“I’ve never seen it either.”

He looked at the book in his hand and said, "This book says that there are seven continents and four oceans in this world. Haha, I feel like it's talking about another world."

Yongchang didn't say anything. He didn't know what to say. He had never left Dayuan Kingdom. Not to mention how big the world was, he didn't even know what the neighboring countries looked like.

"Your Majesty, it's already midnight."

Li Hongting didn't feel sleepy at all, but he had to force himself to sleep. He didn't review the memorials today, so he had to review them tomorrow before he could read these books.

He went to bed, but couldn't fall asleep.

"Lu Shian, Lu Shian, if I push you a little harder, I wonder what else you can come up with."