After my mind was read, I became the emperor's favorite

In order to prepare for tomorrow's auction, the Dongcheng Zhenxiu Pavilion started closing the store and working overtime from the end of the evening.

After a night and a morning of careful preparation, everything was finally set up.

With such a big event happening in Shengjing, how could Huo Le'an, who loves to join in the fun, be absent?

Although neither the Duke of Anguo's Mansion nor the Grand Princess's Mansion have any intention of entering the catering industry.

However, as one of the most powerful people in Shengjing, his family also received an invitation from Zhenxiu Pavilion.

This was a good opportunity for Huo Le'an, and he ran to Taishi Pavilion to find Qi Mingze early in the morning.

It’s not that he didn’t want to notify in advance, but yesterday he sent a servant to the Wuwei Marquis’ Mansion to invite his cousin to attend the party.

However, the servant replied that his cousin was not in the Wuwei Marquis Mansion, but had gone to the Yun Mansion.

Thinking that the current owner of the Yun Mansion was his cousin, he thought it would be better not to disturb him.

This led to him running to Taishi Pavilion early in the morning to observe Qi Mingze's current situation.

"Little cousin, have you heard about the auction at the Treasure Pavilion?"

Huo Le'an waved at Qi Mingze from a distance, and when he saw him looking at him, he waved the invitation letter in his hand towards him.

"Why are you here so early in the morning, cousin?" Qi Mingze now felt an inexplicable sense of guilt when he saw Huo Le'an.

Fortunately, Chengyuan had to go to court in the morning, otherwise the two of them would face each other. The scene would be too beautiful and he dared not think about it.

[System, look at what you have done.]

Whenever I see my cousin now, I think of Chengyuan's punishment that day, and I don't know how to face him.

Qi Mingze sighed, wondering how he should balance the relationship between his cousin and Chengyuan.

The system that was blamed for no reason was like being shot by countless hidden arrows, suffering pain that was unbearable for life.

[Host, you...]

Without waiting for it to argue, Qi Mingze directly announced that he forgave it.

[Forget it, it's just bad luck that I met you. Oh, I'm really too kind.]

No way, the host is actually playing me?!

It's so unfair. The system, feeling innocent, decides to unilaterally break off relations with the host for three minutes.

It can't be any less, so in order to avoid ruining the task, it even went back to the small dark room to isolate itself.

Seeing that Xiaokengtong was depressed by his actions, Qi Mingze felt that his mood instantly improved.

Sure enough, the host's happiness is built on the "pain" of the system.

Qi Mingze, who was stressed out by this man, gradually went further and further down the dark path.

"Little cousin, when you can finish your business, I will take you to eat something delicious."

"I should be able to finish it in an hour."

"Okay then, I'll go to the Nichang shop over there and wait for you."

Huo Le'an didn't want to stay in Taishi Pavilion, in case he met his cousin.

They say he is idle and needs to be assigned tasks.

Lately, his cousin has been ordering him around so much that he doesn't even have time to see his bad friends, or even his best buddies.

"Wait, Chengyuan won't come with us." Huo Le'an was still a little scared.

Otherwise he won't go and give the invitation to his younger cousin and let him go with his older cousin.

"Um, Chengyuan said he has something to do today and may not be able to leave the palace until tonight."

If Cheng Yuan was not there, Qi Mingze would not dare to agree to his cousin easily and would have to ask Cheng Yuan's opinion first.

It must be about Mulan's autumn hunt. The two of them thought of the same thing, and Huo Le'an felt relieved.

"Then you go ahead and do your work, little cousin."

He had a lot of things in his heart that he wanted to tell his little cousin today, so he could say them while eating.

Good food and beautiful women are the best medicine to heal the body and mind.

"Ah."

It was said to take an hour, but in fact it only took half the time for Qi Mingze to complete his official duties.

The rest of the time was spent teaching the three deputies how to handle affairs.

In order to become a salted fish in advance, he has to train people.

If you ask who is the most popular person in Taishige today, the unanimous answer will be the almighty Lord Qi, no doubt about it.

He is kind and fair, not jealous of talented people, and willing to promote talents.

No matter what you ask him, he can handle it. The key is that Lord Qi teaches everyone sincerely and never hides anything.

In this era of knowledge blockade, it is really rare to find people who are willing to share their knowledge with others.

Everyone follows the principle of teaching the apprentice and starving the master, and they will keep something in reserve for everything.

Many skills have been lost due to this.

After seeing off all the enthusiastic and eager-to-learn people, Qi Mingze packed up and prepared to leave.

Even if his cousin didn't come to ask him out today, he would still go to help Xueyi.

[All in all, I feel like I'm one big step closer to early retirement.]

[Host, you'd better not think about such a beautiful thing.]

When the system came out of the small dark room, it had already decided that it was the system today, so any sound it made was a disruption.

[Tsk, he still has quite a temper.] Qi Mingze concluded upon seeing this and decided not to provoke him today.

Even furry kids that are irritated will show their claws. Hahahaha, it's a bit funny.

"Sorry for the long wait, cousin."

When Qi Mingze brought An Yi to Nishang Shop, Huo Le'an was being tricked by Manager He into being a fitting model for the new men's clothing.

The Nishang Shop will open tomorrow, and the Grand Princess of Deyang will attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony as the spokesperson.

Huo Le'an, the men's clothing model who was forced to do so, of course had to be present.

Therefore, whenever Manager He finds an opportunity, he will let Huo Le'an try on makeup and other accessories.

Huo Le'an suddenly felt that he seemed to have chosen the wrong place to rest.

He, who was resting, looked more tired and weak than his cousin, who was on a business trip.

I feel like my body has been hollowed out!

Seeing Qi Mingze coming, Huo Le'an felt like he had met a savior.

As if escaping, he changed back into his clothes and ran out of the Nichang Shop.

"Master Huo, don't forget the ribbon-cutting ceremony tomorrow." Shopkeeper He chased out and reminded him loudly.

"I know. I'll be there on time."

Huo Le'an, who was exhausted, took Qi Mingze and ran towards the carriage.

But he finally slowed down his pace because he always remembered that if he ran too fast, his little cousin would feel uncomfortable.

Only after the three of them got into the carriage did Huo Le'an feel at ease.

He took a big gulp of tea and began to tell Qi Mingze about his miserable life in the past few days.

"My little cousin, you don't know that ever since my mother and I made a big splash at the banquet hosted by Grand Princess Huayang...

Some people started to inquire about my marriage, and my mother hit it off with them and asked me to see them every day.

I haven't had enough fun myself, how can I harm other people's girls?

And there is this Nichang shop. When I call my mother, she must ask her to take me with her.

As a result, this took most of the day, and I had to deal with everything inside and out.

My mother changes clothes while I put on makeup, and I change clothes while my mother puts on makeup.

My mother is very happy that she can try on hundreds of ready-made clothes in a day. I really admire her.

Now, every room and main hall in the Grand Princess’s Mansion is equipped with a mirror.

My mother was so happy that she was confused. She was happier to see these two shopkeepers than to see me.

And those people, who couldn't get into the Nishang Shop themselves, set their sights on me.

My roundabout way of saving the country has been wasted by them!

Then I couldn't stand it anymore and fled into the palace, but the result was even worse than being outside.

My cousin pushed the whole Mulan Autumn Hunting thing onto me, and then he disappeared without a trace, feeling carefree and relaxed.

They even call it giving me a chance to exercise.

My little cousin, don’t you think I’m too miserable?

[Hahahaha, this is truly pathetic. I can personally attest to this. He's a living, breathing ancient version of Yang Bailao.]

Listening to Huo Le'an's miserable life not only did the system fail to evoke any sympathy, but was also mercilessly mocked by it.

Qi Mingze didn't know how to comfort his cousin. It seemed that apart from the emperor, all his cousin's experiences were caused by him.

Should he make amends or not?

In the end, all the words turned into a silent sigh.

"Cousin, you've worked hard." I will definitely treat you better in the future to make up for the mental loss you've suffered during this period.