The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

After Xiaokangzi left, Lu Shi looked at the short dog hole and waved his hand.

She wants to climb over the wall!

It is impossible for her to drill through a dog hole. Since no one can see it now, just assume that she did it.

Lu Shi touched the ground with his toes, jumped up and easily climbed over the high wall, then ran towards the Regent's Palace excitedly.

There were guards blocking the Regent's Palace, and she would not be allowed to enter even if she was the emperor.

She couldn't climb over the wall to enter the Regent's Palace, so she could only shout Xie Yue's name loudly at the gate.

"Xie Yue, Xie Yue! Hurry up and ask your subordinates to open the door!"

When the guards outside the door heard their prince's name being called out by the little emperor in public, they could not stand still for a moment.

Why is this little emperor so fierce? Can he just call out the prince's name casually?

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will report to the prince immediately."

Lu Shi finally stopped shouting, "Go, go, hurry up, or I'll keep shouting!"

The guard immediately turned around and ran away at a very fast speed.

"Your Majesty!"

"What's the rush?"

"Your Majesty is outside the palace and wants to see the prince."

Xie Yue's hand holding the pen paused, then the tip of the pen moved slightly, and he slowly put the pen down after writing the last stroke on the memorial.

"Let people in."

"Yes."

Not long after the guards left, they led Lu Shi to the door of the study.

"Your Majesty, it's really not easy to see you."

Xie Yue signaled the guards to withdraw, then looked up at Lu Shi with his usual smile on his face, "Your Majesty, is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

"If there's nothing else, I can't look for you." Lu Shi smiled and raised the food box in his right hand. "This is the osmanthus cake I made especially for you. Come and try my craftsmanship!"

Shifting his gaze to Lu Shi's fair hands, Xie Yue's eyes were filled with indifference.

"Your Majesty, did you get hurt while cooking for the first time?"

Lu Shi was silent for a moment, then patted his chest and said confidently: "Who am I? I am the emperor. These little cakes are easy to handle. How could I get hurt?"

"Try it now, it's still hot."

Lu Shi took out the osmanthus cake from the food box and placed it next to Xie Yue, so that he could get it as long as he reached out.

Looking at the exquisite osmanthus cake, Xie Yue smiled and stretched out his hand. Facing the increasingly expectant gaze, he picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and slowly handed it to his lips.

The sweet aroma of osmanthus cake was so fragrant that it made people salivate, but Xie Yue just sniffed it and had no intention of eating it at all.

"Your Majesty, are you planning to poison me again?"

Lu Shi restrained his smile, raised his long eyebrows and blinked, "This time I am sincere!"

As she spoke, she put the piece of osmanthus cake in Xie Yue's hand into her mouth, chewed it and then swallowed it. Finally, she opened her mouth to prove her innocence to Xie Yue.

"Look, Your Majesty, I've finished eating, and there's not a drop left in my mouth!"

"Your Majesty, you are overthinking this. I was just joking. Your Majesty, there is no need to be so."

Lu Shi: "..." You can say whatever you want.

Xie Yue picked up another piece of osmanthus cake from the plate and put it into his mouth with a smile.

"How does it taste?" Lu Shi looked at Xie Yue expectantly, waiting for his reaction.

"It tastes good, but it's a bit like the cooking of the palace chef."

"Oh no," Lu Shi said without any guilt about lying. "I just learned it from them. It's normal that it tastes similar."

Xie Yue closed his eyes and remained silent for a while, as if he had never seen such a shameless person.

It was clearly not her who did it, but she came to him to take credit for it. She was really... so shameless.

Why didn't I know she had this kind of personality before?

Xie Yue lowered his eyes and asked the system in his mind, "System, are you sure Lu Shi is really okay?"

"Host, please do not question the authority of this system. This system has checked several times. Lu Shi is the same Lu Shi as before. There is no problem at all."

The system's mechanical voice contained dissatisfaction. "Besides, host, you yourself have verified it. She got drunk after just a few bites of the drunken shrimp you prepared, and even went berserk. She was exactly the same as she used to be when she was drunk."

"Ah."

Xie Yue responded coldly and threw the system aside.

When Xie Yue found out that the emperor was still the same emperor, he had lost his patience with the person in front of him.

"Your Majesty, if you are alright, please return and stay in the palace from now on."

Lu Shi's brows relaxed slightly, which meant that she was not going to pursue the matter of leaving the palace without permission. However, this was not the only thing she wanted. What was the difference between this and not leaving the palace? The result seemed to be the same.

Lu Shi side-glanced at Xie Yue's expression, and seeing nothing amiss, she tentatively asked, "Your Highness, why don't you release me from confinement? I'd like to go out of the palace more often to cultivate our relationship with you."

Xie Yue refused without a second thought, "If Your Majesty misses me, I will go to check on your homework every day after court, and then Your Majesty will be able to see me."

Lu Shi: "..."

Does this count as shooting yourself in the foot?

But she won't surrender so easily this time.

"I was just bored in the palace, so I wanted to go to the palace for some fresh air. I heard in the palace these days that the Left Prime Minister was making a big fuss in the hall, clamoring to see me, and some officials were worried because they hadn't seen me for many days."

"So I want to visit them and tell them not to worry about me, because I am well taken care of by the prince."

Lu Shi's words were not only a threat, but also a gamble. She was betting that Xie Yue would not take action against her for the time being, and that he valued upright officials like the Left Prime Minister.

The Left Prime Minister was a man left behind by the late Emperor for the original owner. He was a true royalist and a man of integrity. He couldn't stand Xie Yue's control of government, sidelining the original owner, and so he constantly challenged Xie Yue in the court.

But because all the policies made by Xie Yue are beneficial to the people and the entire country, the Left Prime Minister has a love-hate relationship with Xie Yue.

Xie Yue was originally the one entrusted by the late emperor with the care of the orphan, along with the Left Prime Minister. Therefore, the Left Prime Minister always thought that Xie Yue should be a royalist who shared the same ideals with him. However, Xie Yue suddenly imprisoned the original owner.

Recently, Prime Minister Zuo was afraid that Xie Yue would be cruel and kill the original owner, so he often clamored to see her, but Xie Yue never agreed.

Lu Shi bet that Xie Yue had some friendship with the Left Prime Minister, so he didn't dare to push him to the opposite side.

Xie Yue stared at Lu Shi for several seconds, and finally spoke: "Your Majesty, who told you this?"

Lu Shi: "..."

Is this the focus? However, it seems a bit unreasonable. Most of the people in the palace are Xie Yue's people. Of course, those people can't tell her this, so who did she listen to?

Before she could think of a way to argue, Xie Yue suddenly laughed out loud, "If that's the case, Your Majesty, I won't stop you from leaving the palace in the future. But it's dangerous outside the palace, so it's better for Your Majesty to stay out of it less."

that's it?

Lu Shi was ready for a long battle. Today's task was mainly to soften Xie Yue's attitude so that Xie Yue could seriously consider lifting her confinement.

She had thought that she would have to wait for the Left Prime Minister and others to make a fuss before she would be allowed to leave the palace, but she didn't expect to achieve her goal so easily.

She hadn't figured out how to cover up the lie she had just told.

After all, how could she possibly hear about these court events from other people? She only knew about them from the original owner's memories and plot.

The original owner was released later, but it took a long time.

She just wanted to be liberated earlier, but she didn't expect it to be so early.

I don’t know why, but—

What a genius she is!