Chapter 48 Zhan Pianpian: Your Majesty, how can you read this kind of poetry!

Si Lili opened the letter and found that it was indeed Li Changan's handwriting.

"I wrote a few poems in my spare time. If you really miss me, you can read them."

Si Lili's face was cold, but her heart was burning as she looked at Li Changan's letter.

Until now, she still doesn't know what this stubborn and overbearing Prince Yong is going to do.

She could imagine that the poem Li Changan gave her was definitely not a serious poem.

After a moment's hesitation, Si Lili turned to the poems at the back. The more she read, the redder her face became, and she couldn't stop reading.

Were these poems and Dream of the Red Chamber really written by the same person?
"The fairy is charming... frowning secretly."

"Look at the prosperity of Kyoto... tighten it up."

"...gently pluck, rub, and pick...the iron cavalry rush out with swords and guns."

Seeing Si Lili's flushed face, the maid beside her reminded her in a cold voice.

"Miss, your correspondence with Prince Yong must be copied and filed in a book and reported to the Queen Mother."

Si Lili's younger brother is still in the hands of the Northern Qi royal family, and this maid is the Northern Qi's inner court spy.

Si Lili didn't care at all. "It's up to you. If you dare to present it to the Queen Mother, I won't stop you."

In Guangxin Palace.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is reporting Li Changan's situation to Li Yunrui. Coming to Guangxin Palace is the thing the Crown Prince most looks forward to, but also the most painful thing.

Every time he would be tempted by Li Yunrui to the point of going crazy, but he could only look but not eat. This feeling was simply too painful.

All he could do was to lift up the palace maids' skirts and cover their faces after returning to the palace, then vent his anger while shouting "Auntie".

"Uncle Prince Yong left Kyoto this time, and it will probably take two or three years for him to come back."

"He is the leader of the literary world in Nanqing. I wanted to win him over to my side, but it looks like I'll have to wait a few more years."

Li Yunrui was speechless about Li Changan's seizure of Si Lili. Do all men like young people?

That shouldn’t be the case. Li Yunrui is still confident in himself.

A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover, a secret lover is not as good as rape!
Ever since Li Changan left the palace, he has never taken the initiative to visit his sister, and even when he was invited to visit, he would leave in a hurry.

Li Yunrui frowned, covering his open chest with a look of confusion on his face.

"Cheng Qian, I always feel that Li Changan has been acting, but I have no evidence."

Li Chengqian laughed dryly twice, his expression somewhat gloomy, "Aunt, you are overthinking. As the crown prince, I have to tread on thin ice at every step, so I have to act everywhere."

"Uncle Yong is really carefree and reckless. He really doesn't want to be controlled, so he fled Kyoto."

"Didn't you see what he said during the three-court trial? It was simply lawless!"

Li Changan's behavior did not escape Emperor Qing's arrangement. His lawlessness and recklessness seemed reasonable.

The reason why Li Yunrui felt that Li Changan was acting was because Li Changan turned a blind eye to her beauty.

But in this matter, it may be that Li Changan was concerned about the etiquette of the relationship between siblings.

If she knew how Li Changan raised Lin Wan'er, she would find that Li Changan didn't care about the etiquette relationship without blood relationship at all.

"His Majesty has found the Second Brother as your rival. Your power will begin to expand in the next few years."

"Li Changan chose to leave Kyoto now. It seems like he is trying to avoid trouble."

"Forget it, if he wants to hide, let him hide. Can he hide forever?"

A month later, Northern Qi went to the imperial palace in the capital.

The young emperor Zhan Doudou of Northern Qi, who was dressed as a man, has not yet taken power. The government is controlled by the empress dowager.

Zhan Doudou is a girl, and only a very few people including the Queen Mother, Ku He and Haitang Duoduo know about it.

Zhan Doudou was raised as a boy by the Queen Mother since he was a child. When he succeeded to the throne, there was a period of unrest. It was only with the help of Grand Master Ku He who was stationed in the capital that the unrest was suppressed.

Ku He is Zhan Qingfeng's biological brother and a true member of the Northern Qi royal family, but he has no interest in the throne.

In the Imperial Garden, Zhan Doudou was holding a copy of "Stone Chronicles Magazine" and reading the latest series of Stone Chronicles. Her eyes were wide open and her face was red. She was so focused that she didn't even notice Zhan Pianpian approaching from behind. This sister, who was two years older than her, came here to read Dream of the Red Chamber.

Zhan Pianpian was wearing a bright red palace dress. Her big eyes looked around nervously. She held up the hem of her skirt with both hands and quietly approached Zhan Doudou.

She glared fiercely at the eunuchs and palace maids around the emperor, signaling them not to make a sound.

Zhan Pianpian was quick-witted and grabbed the hardcover magazine from Zhan Doudou's hand, then ran several feet away.

"Your Majesty, you really did get the latest Stone Records. You and my mother lied to me, saying that Prince Yong of Nanqing had stopped updating!"

"How are you now? I caught you, you were secretly reading the latest version of Dream of the Red Chamber!"

Seeing Zhan Pianpian holding the magazine tightly, the little emperor's sweat ran down his forehead. He quickly asked the eunuchs and palace maids to leave.

"Sister, this book belongs to our mother. I really didn't lie to you. Please return the book to me immediately and I will secretly put it back in our mother's study."

Zhan Pianpian held the magazine tightly, "Your Majesty, don't come over here!

You always think I'm easy to fool, and you're going to fool me again this time!"

Zhan Doudou was extremely anxious and relied on his martial arts skills to snatch it away.

Zhan Pianpian held the book tightly, and the little emperor failed to snatch it away, but more than a dozen papers with words on them fell out of the book.

Zhan Doudou is skilled in martial arts, so he started snatching the leaflets without saying a word. Although Zhan Pianpian didn't understand why, he followed suit.

In the end, Zhan Doudou grabbed seven or eight cards, but Zhan Pianpian also grabbed five or six.

"Your Majesty, I know you are a skilled martial artist. I can't beat you or rob you. I want to see what's written on these papers now!"

After Zhan Pianpian finished speaking, she immediately started looking at the pages.

Zhan Doudou was horrified, but it was too late!

This magazine belongs to the Empress Dowager, and these poems were written by Li Changan to Si Lili.

The most serious poem is "Fighting a Hundred Flowers", while the others are full of boudoir joy.

Sure enough, after Zhan Pianpian finished reading a page, her face turned red from the back of her neck to below her collarbone, and her eyes widened!

She opened her mouth in surprise, and then looked at Zhan Doudou with heartache.

"His Majesty!"

"You! How can you read this kind of poetry!"

"You! You haven't even been crowned yet! You are the king of a country!"

After Zhan Pianpian finished speaking, his expression became more nervous, and then he lowered his head and quickly looked at the second page.

Zhan Doudou crossed her arms helplessly. Since she couldn't stop her sister, she could only wait for her sister to finish reading and then they could discuss what to do.

Zhan Pianpian finished reading the second page and swallowed nervously, "Too presumptuous, Your Majesty, you are really too presumptuous!"

She said seriously, but couldn't help but quickly pick up the third page to read.

"Who wrote this? It's totally immoral and disgusting!"

As he spoke, Zhan Pianpian frowned slightly, looked around in panic, and quickly finished reading all the pages in his hand.

Then, she used both hands to fan her face continuously, trying to cool down the scorching heat.

Zhan Doudou said, "There won't be anyone nearby. I've already chased them away. Just give it back to me after you're done!"

Zhan Pianpian hid a few leaves behind her, showing her dignity as an older sister.

"Your Majesty, you don't want your mother to know that you peeked at her poems, do you?"

"Show me the rest of the pages and I won't expose you!"

PS: By the way, the ages of the characters in this book are all re-set based on the TV series.

Because according to the original novel, Haitang Duoduo was drugged by Fan Xian when she was fourteen or fifteen years old. It was too cruel and the young author's pure heart could not accept it at all.

In order to facilitate the in-depth development of the story, the protagonist, Haitang Duoduo, and Zhan Pianpian are set to be the same age, Si Lili and Sang Wen are two years older than the protagonist, Fan Xian and Zhan Doudou are two years younger than the protagonist, Lin Wan'er is three years younger, and Fan Ruoruo is four years younger.

(End of this chapter)