"Thank you. Leave the matter of raising food supplies to me."

Wan Ning smiled and agreed to this matter in front of Ziheng. She naturally didn't want to miss such a good opportunity. If she could handle this matter well, the princess's influence and status would surely soar. By then, let's see who dares to bully her.

But she had no idea of ​​what to do, so she spent another night tossing and turning, racking her brains. When she woke up, an idea suddenly came to her mind, so she grabbed a piece of clothing and rushed out.

Ziheng was no longer in the house. Only Zhang Yue'e was sweeping the fallen leaves in the middle of the yard with a big broom, and Liu Jianche was helping by holding a dustpan that was taller than himself. When she saw Wan Ning coming over, Zhang Yue'e immediately stopped what she was doing and bowed respectfully.

Liu Jianche, who was standing by, stared at his mother's actions with wide eyes, and was about to put down his dustpan. Wan Ning stopped him in time, snatched the huge broom from Zhang Yue'e, and comforted her: "Madam Liu, just stay here and take good care of the children and yourself. Someone will come to clean up these chores, you don't have to do it."

Zhang Yue'e smiled shyly and reached out to take it back: "Princess, you worry too much. We are usually busy. If we don't do some work, we will lose energy. This little thing won't tire us out."

Wan Ning did not insist, and let go and returned it, and specifically instructed: "Then you must not get tired. There are many books in that room, you can get them for the child to study. Before the matter is resolved, you need to stay here for a few more days, and the child's study must not be relaxed. If you need anything, just ask as soon as possible, don't be restrained."

Zhang Yue'e held a large broom, lowered her head and nodded slightly. She looked much more energetic than when they first met.

Wan Ning was very pleased, and suddenly remembered that she had something very important to deal with, so she hurriedly asked anxiously: "By the way, did you see the emperor and Li Song today?"

"Yes, the emperor left here around the hour of Yin. As for Lord Lisong, I have never seen him."

"Yinshi? That's about four o'clock. Did he rest?" Wan Ning muttered to himself, calculating the time. There were too many things that needed to be dealt with by him, and he really couldn't bear it. As for Lisong, he was always like a dragon that appeared and disappeared without a trace. Wan Ning guessed that he must be hiding in the dark, secretly protecting the safety of this house.

So she simply gave up, raised her head and shouted at the top of her voice: "Lisong! Lisong! Is Master Lisong here?"

Seeing no one responded, Wan Ning turned around and continued to shout in another direction: "Lisong, Lisong, come out quickly, Lisong..."

Just as he was about to continue shouting, a dark shadow suddenly flashed from the corner of the roof, and when he looked again, Li Song had already appeared in the courtyard. He looked displeased at being interrupted, and he touched his ear with one hand, and answered as he walked: "Princess Le Yan, why did you call me here so anxiously?"

On normal days, he would only appear when Ziheng called him or when there was danger. But today the princess was a little noisy, and if he didn't come out, he might not stop.

Seeing him like this, Wan Ning scratched her head a little embarrassedly and explained, "I knew you were nearby. It must be something important. Otherwise, I would never have disturbed you. Please forgive me, Master Lisong."

"I dare not, please speak, Princess." Lisong was very cold.

"There must be a lot of the emperor's treasures in this house, right? Can you take me to see them?" Wan Ning's eyes lit up.

But Lisong remained aloof and refused with a difficult expression: "Please forgive me, Princess. Lisong was not aware of this."

"Lord Lisong, don't be so modest. You must know where it is! I am doing this to help the emperor. He will never blame you. How about this? I will take responsibility for any problems. Is that good enough?" Seeing that Lisong refused to give in, Wan Ning continued to persuade him: "Lisong, this matter is really important. I swear I will not touch the emperor's things. Is that okay?"

Lisong usually guards safety in the dark, and he likes silence the most. At this moment, he must feel that it is too noisy, and his mind is full of "Lisong, Lisong". Perhaps in order to quickly return to the familiar silence, he slightly turned sideways, made a gesture of leading the way with his hands, and said to Wan Ning indifferently: "Princess, please come this way. The emperor told us in advance this morning to protect your safety. You can do whatever you want."

Seeing that Lisong had pointed the way, Wan Ning was overjoyed and assured with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Lisong. Don't worry, I will never let the emperor know!"

Then she ran happily towards Lisong's direction. When the door opened, she was shocked by what was inside: the huge room was filled with various weapons, like an armory. They were neatly arranged by type and size. Each weapon had obvious signs of use, and some of the wooden handles had even become very smooth due to long-term use.

Wan Ning was very shocked when she looked at them one by one. She couldn't help but think of Ziheng holding these weapons with high spirits, just like the spear under the moonlight on the night of autumn hunting. He used to be such a young man in bright clothes and vigorous horses!

"I'm not looking for this kind of treasure. Is there anything a little more elegant?" Wan Ning turned her head and frowned slightly, and asked: "These things are good, but they are not suitable. What I need is something that can be given as a gift, preferably a work of a famous artist!"

Li Song blinked, with an expression of why didn't you tell me earlier, and took Wan Ning to another room. Unlike the previous room, this one was filled with books, calligraphy and paintings, bronze and stone artifacts, porcelain and other items. Any item you picked up was extremely exquisite and rare.

She slowly walked to the table and randomly picked up a painting from it and unfolded it. The words on it were vigorous and flowing.

"This one is really good! Let me see which master's work it is?" Wan Ning sighed, lowering her head to carefully identify the seal next to it. However, she was not familiar with this kind of font, and she couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she looked.

"This is a painting the emperor made for practice," Lisong told her the answer first.

"Oh!" She put it back calmly, but Ziheng's ability in both literature and martial arts was beyond her expectations. She was about to take out another scroll from the bookshelf next to her, but was stopped by Lisong in a slightly indifferent manner. He pointed at the things on the bookshelf and asked, "Princess, why don't you take a look there to see if there is anything you need? These are basically the daily exercises of the emperor."

"I just want to check how his practice is going. Since you said so, I won't look at it." Wan Ning casually put away the scroll that was opened a little and put it back on the table. She walked to the shelf recommended by Li Song and pulled out a random painting and opened it. She pretended to have a lot of praise and said, "That's right! This is the work of this kind of art master that I want. I will take this calligraphy and this painting away first. If you see the emperor today, please tell him you're welcome."

After saying this, he held the two scrolls and went out excitedly, looking confident.

After going out to the market, she hastily hired a band of 20 people, and they walked towards Liuxingtai beating gongs and drums, which was very lively.

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