Chapter 194: Chapter 158: Let Her Highness Have a Good Night’s Sleep

Song Yan did not look at Pan Jiaojiao. She leisurely mixed the milk and tea by her side, and upon smelling the aroma, revealed a satisfied smile.

This scent, the Princess will surely like it.

Feeling the timing was about right, she finally raised her head again. Sure enough, the tears in Pan Jiaojiao’s eyes had disappeared. Her expression was still flamboyant, yet somewhat attempted to cover up, “So, what is it that you came here to do?”

Listening to Song Yan’s question, Pan Jiaojiao didn’t know where to start.

She wanted to ask if Song Yan had a way to let her enter the palace to see the Princess, wanted to ask if Song Yan could guess any insider information, and also wanted to tell Song Yan about her grievances.

But looking at Song Yan’s indifferent face, she immediately realized that Song Yan was not the Princess; she wouldn’t be willing to listen to these things.

However, her heart also told her that Song Yan was trustworthy.

Pan Jiaojiao finally asked Song Yan only one question, “Song Yan, what should I do?”

Song Yan raised her head and glanced at Pan Jiaojiao. This time, Pan Jiaojiao understood Song Yan’s gaze, which was calling her foolish.

If it were before, she would have definitely jumped up and argued with Song Yan immediately, but today she couldn’t care about that much.

“Yes! I’m stupid. I’m not as smart as you, nor as shrewd as Her Highness. I’m also easily instigated, my character isn’t great, and I shouldn’t have treated you that way before. I apologize to you, but… but I… what should I do now… I really want to go into the palace to see Her Highness, but they’re all stopping me from entering…”

Saying this, Pan Jiaojiao finally couldn’t hold back her tears. Being blocked at the palace entrance was indeed the thing she couldn’t accept the most.

She comforted herself, believing that the Princess must not know she was here; otherwise, she would definitely let her in. But at the same time, her heart couldn’t help but wonder about another possibility.

Did the Princess not want to see her because she blamed her for being injured?

No matter what Pan Jiaojiao thought, it was always written on her face. This had never changed since before, showing she was a pampered flower.

Song Yan didn’t reply at first. It wasn’t until Pan Jiaojiao had cried enough that she faintly said, “Cried enough?”

Pan Jiaojiao nodded while sniffing.

Song Yan handed her a handkerchief, “First, tell me, is Prince Jing loyal to the Imperial Family?”

Pan Jiaojiao was startled by this question. What did it mean? Of course, their family was loyal to the Imperial Family. Even she was educated from a young age to be loyal to Her Highness.

Pan Jiaojiao nodded firmly.

Song Yan asked again, “Absolutely loyal?”

Pan Jiaojiao nodded again.

“Then there’s no problem. Your father will be fine. If you’re still worried, you can enter the palace to see Her Highness.”

Pan Jiaojiao wiped her eyes wronged, “But I can’t enter the Imperial Palace.”

Song Yan tossed a piece of candy into the milk tea, stirred it until the sugar melted, then took out a teacup, poured some milk tea into it, and handed it to Pan Jiaojiao. The demon whispered, “Go to the east gate corner to find someone named Fu Xuan. He will take you into the palace.”

Pan Jiaojiao took a sip of the milk tea, her mind gradually cleared, and she murmured the name, “Fu Xuan.”

…

Shen Jingxian slept well, from about four in the afternoon until eight at night.

By eight at night, ordinary people would have already finished dinner and started their leisurely evening activities. Only she was still staring at the tiger skin green pepper stuffed meat made in the small kitchen, drooling.

The Imperial Chef never imagined in this life that one day he would be watched by the Princess while cooking. This would be the pinnacle moment of his career!

With the Princess beside him, he no longer felt back pain or leg soreness. Everything seemed to have energy. Just this dish, he could flip it eighty times a minute.

Shen Jingxian: Even though I can’t understand, it seems quite impressive.

The result of flipping too quickly was that the stewed meat turned into fried meat, but it wasn’t a big problem.

Usually, no matter when Shen Jingxian wanted to eat, the Empress and Emperor would come to accompany her for a few bites, afraid she would feel lonely eating alone. But today they did not come.

Listening to the servants’ report, there seemed to be something important to handle today, so they couldn’t come to accompany her tonight.

Shen Jingxian understood the reasoning, but she couldn’t grasp what important matter required her mother to personally handle it.

Hmph, don’t think she didn’t know, although the usual political affairs were handled by the Emperor, once the Empress spoke, the Emperor would definitely listen to the Empress.

Between the two of them, it seemed there was never a rule that the harem shouldn’t interfere in politics.

The Empress usually didn’t interfere in politics for two reasons: one was to look after the Princess, and the other was that those matters weren’t worth her dealing with.

Shen Jingxian had only seen the Empress interfere in state affairs three times in total. One was the Guangming flood corruption case. It was said that the case uncovered a series of corrupt individuals, even involving a high-ranking official. It was indeed interconnected, pulling one strand and affecting all, but the Empress and Emperor didn’t let anyone off, and executed them all, yet did a great job with the aftermath.

The second time, the Emperor personally led troops to suppress a rebellion, and the Empress presided over the court without a single issue.

The third time, Shen Jingxian heard of it, it was when Dongwu’s most favored Prince Li Yan disappeared in Yunyi Country, and it was the Empress who negotiated for Dongwu to back down, the most absurd part being that Yunyi didn’t have to compensate with anything.

In summary, the Empress is a hidden boss.

Shen Jingxian even suspected that her emperor father might be living off his wife.

She mused about these things for a long while, and finally, the dish was ready. She sat at the table, taking a piece of the small meat.

Delicious!

Shen Jingxian buried her head in eating heartily, finishing a whole bowl of rice.

No choice, sleeping consumes a lot of energy. She had slept for so long in the afternoon, eating more was normal.

After eating, Shen Jingxian took a walk by the pond at the entrance, and only after successfully getting bitten all over by mosquitoes did she realize she was wrong. She quickly dashed back inside, shut the door with a snap and went to sleep.

The nightlife of a beauty is just so simple and unadorned.

“General Wen, is there really no need to inform Her Highness?”

The servants of Yi Fen Palace couldn’t stand it and approached carefully outside Yi Fen Palace, softly asking Wen Ranchen.

The Princess had been sleeping well lately, and if he didn’t notify her soon, the Princess would soon fall asleep as soon as she touched the bed.

Wen Ranchen had been waiting at the entrance of Yi Fen Palace since Shen Jingxian went to the Imperial Study Room earlier in the afternoon, knowing the Princess was injured, feeling very worried and guilty.

If he hadn’t left the Princess’s side then…

But when the Princess was sent back by the Empress already asleep, Wen Ranchen continued to wait at the door with the Empress’s approval.

From the Empress’s words, Wen Ranchen also learned that the Princess was not seriously hurt, so he let out a sigh of relief.

When the Princess woke up not long ago, Wen Ranchen still didn’t dare to show himself. After all, it was already nighttime, and if rumors spread that the Princess met a man outside at night, it wouldn’t be good for the Princess.

He didn’t want to put the Princess in a difficult position.

But even so, when he saw the Princess walking around the pond, he almost couldn’t resist the urge to embrace her.

Wen Ranchen averted his eyes, restrained himself, and stepped back, “No need to disturb Her Highness, let Her Highness have a good rest.”

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