Chapter 1234 - 28: The Pearl Collector and the Princess
Chapter 1234: Chapter 28: The Pearl Collector and the Princess
Tang Zhishi watched while occasionally making various sounds.
"Wow!" This was an exclamation about the fierce competition between the two players.
"Ah!" This was the realization that this move could be played this way.
"Oh!" This was understanding that this move actually hid a trap.
"Ah!" "Oh!" "Wow!"...
Tianmiao finally couldn’t take it anymore, telling him to either keep quiet or sit in a different carriage.
Tang Zhishi covered his mouth, not daring to speak anymore.
Li Qinghe chuckled quietly on the side.
"You found yourself a foolish husband," Tianmiao said to Li Qinghe, casting a sidelong glance at Tang Zhishi.
Tang Zhishi wanted to protest but remembered his previous promise to rely on his elder sister to plead with their father. He’d promised Tianmiao that from now on, whatever she said was final. If she told him to catch a chicken, he wouldn’t chase a dog; if she told him to go east, he wouldn’t go west. So the protest died on his lips.
Li Qinghe shook her head, gestured, indicating that A-hai wasn’t foolish, A-hai was smart. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been interested in him. She definitely didn’t want a fool.
This time, Tianmiao laughed, and Tang Zhishi’s expression grew complex, uncertain whether to laugh or cry.
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After returning to the Capital City, Li Anqing’s family temporarily moved into the Princess Mansion.
Although Tang Zhishi really wanted to bring them to his Prince Mansion, he knew it wouldn’t be good for Li Qinghe’s reputation, so he could only watch as she followed Tianmiao to stay at the Princess Mansion.
Once Tianmiao settled Li Anqing’s family, she prepared to enter the palace to meet the Emperor. Tang Zhishi wanted to follow along.
"I think you should wait a bit, otherwise I’m afraid Father won’t be able to resist hitting you," Tianmiao said to Tang Zhishi, "You know how Father is; he once interrupted a court session to beat the third prince."
Tang Zhishi shivered. Yes, he remembered. The scene of the third brother being pummeled by Father was vivid in his memory. It was because the third brother defied the decree and didn’t want to marry the daughter of the Minister of Revenue. Father had beaten him up on the spot and later said such matters shouldn’t be discussed privately—why humiliate the Minister in front of all the officials? He wanted to say, then, Father, couldn’t you have punished third brother privately? Was the public reprimand necessary?
He didn’t want to be beaten by Father in front of many people, so he’d leave it to his elder sister to handle.
"Elder sister, my lifelong happiness depends on you," Tang Zhishi said pitifully.
"Got it. Okay, enough talking. I’m heading to the palace," Tianmiao waved her hand.
Tang Zhishi watched Tianmiao leave, feeling a bit worried. He knew Father’s temperament; even though he wasn’t a favored prince, Father wouldn’t take marriage matters lightly.
Once Tianmiao entered the palace, the Chief Eunuch by the Emperor’s side was already waiting there.
"Princess, the Emperor has been waiting for you in the Imperial Study Room for a long time," the Chief Eunuch said with a smile, then whispered, "But the Emperor doesn’t seem to be in a good mood." The Chief Eunuch both respected and feared this princess, possibly the future Emperor, so he naturally tried his best to curry favor.
"Understood, have everyone leave," Tianmiao gestured for everyone to leave, then pushed open the door to the Imperial Study Room.
As soon as she entered, the man inside shouted.
"I do not agree!!!"
Tianmiao tilted her head, turned around, and closed the door to the Imperial Study Room.
Outside, the Chief Eunuch waved to have all the Palace Maids and guards retreat far away, and he himself moved back as well.