Chapter 1265: Chapter 1265: Indian Summer
Yue Er waved her hand upon hearing this.
"It’s not your fault!"
"It’s already amazing that you found out this much!"
It’s rare for Ying Luo to receive a compliment from the Princess, and she felt a bit embarrassed.
Yue Er continued.
"You’ve been busy for so many years, and pulling people together has been quite hard, hasn’t it?"
"Why don’t you go to my storeroom and pick out something you like?"
"Think of it as my gift of thanks, what do you say?"
Ying Luo turned her head.
"Princess, what are you saying? It’s my duty as a servant to relieve your worries, I don’t need any thank-you gift!"
Yue Er spread her hands helplessly.
"I consider you a sister, that’s why I’m giving you a gift!"
"If I saw you as a servant, then there would be nothing at all for you, it’s your choice!"
Hearing this, Ying Luo quickly begged for forgiveness and admitted her mistake.
"Alright, alright, my dear lady, I was wrong, isn’t that okay?"
"I’ll pick, I’ll go pick something later!"
"Oh, let’s not talk about this now, let’s think of a solution quickly!"
Yue Er rested her chin thoughtfully.
"Now that we know the problem, it’s easy to handle!"
"But... Father is afraid I’ll cause trouble, so he let my brothers supervise me in the academy, forbidding me from running around by myself, and not giving me any freedom!"
"I’m so restricted that I can’t do anything!"
Ying Luo quickly stepped forward and volunteered.
"So, Princess!"
"Tell me what’s on your mind!"
"You may not have freedom, but as a servant... I do!"
Yue Er’s eyes lit up.
"You’re so clever!"
"Hehe!"
...
After a long time thinking, Yue Er finally came up with a good idea.
"What’s the good idea?" Ying Luo’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.
Yue Er squinted her eyes.
"I’ll just pretend to be sick, and we’ll stay nicely in the harem for a few days!"
"We’ll take this opportunity to properly meet this new Honored Lady Luo, how about that?"
Ying Luo was so excited, she almost burst into laughter.
"Good, good, good!"
"I support this idea a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times over!"
While laughing, she suddenly frowned.
"By the way, Princess, what about... Shih Wanxin?!"
Yue Er thought about it.
"Since she’s now the Grand Empress Dowager’s person, it’s hard for me to intervene!"
"And if she really is Father’s cousin, then I should call her... Aunt, right?"
"This situation is quite complicated, let’s leave it for now!"
"The urgent task is, I must personally meet this Honored Lady Luo!"
"Alright! I take the order!"
Then, the mistress and servant plotted something else for a while.
The two little girls had mischievous grins on their faces, making the Wetnurse Sister beside them shake her head.
But she recalled the one in front of her is a Princess.
The Emperor’s only legitimate Princess, different from all the previous princesses.
So...
They could at most just shake their heads, not daring to say much.
...
June and July passed in the blink of an eye.
With an autumn rain, the Indian summer came fiercely.
From the harem to the entire capital city, it seemed to be shrouded in a hot, steamy mist, damp and warm.
If there was no ice basin in the house, even breathing would feel hot.
People could sweat buckets just walking around without doing anything.
This kind of feeling...
Xia Ruqing suddenly longed for the modern swimming pool, watermelon, and air conditioning!
Even though her place had ice basins.
But could ice basins compare with air conditioning? Could it compare with a swimming pool? Clearly, it’s impossible.
So...
Xia Ruqing became increasingly lazy.
She spent her days drowsy, wishing the Indian summer would just pass in her dreams.
The same went for Yue Er, the heat was unbearable every day.
The little girl loved the coolness.
She enjoyed using the ice basin and ate a lot of ice, which made her stomach upset, leading to a ’big illness’.
Zhao Junyao, distressed for his daughter, came to see her personally and ordered many supplements to be brought.
Yue Er appeared weak, thanked Father Emperor politely.
Zhao Junyao ruffled her hair, reminding her to rest well.
Yue Er nodded obediently.
"Yes!"
Only then did Zhao Junyao leave his daughter’s residence at ease.
After returning to Zhaochen Palace, he instructed someone to bring the Imperial Physician over.
He gave strict orders.
"No matter what, make sure the Princess recovers quickly!"
Imperial Doctor Zhang was feeling guilty.
He didn’t dare say any more, so he just nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, Emperor!"
"Rest assured, the Princess just has some stomach trouble, it’s nothing serious. She’ll recover in a couple of days with proper care!"
Hearing this, Zhao Junyao was finally completely at ease.
"Alright, you may go!"
Imperial Doctor Zhang left eagerly.
The next day.
When he went to Duanning Palace again to check the pulse, he suddenly knelt before Yue Er, his face turning pale with fright.
"Princess!"
"This is a crime of deceiving the emperor, please make sure it doesn’t happen again. This old minister... still wants to live a few more years!"
