Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

However, before Li Ji finished embroidering the word "King", he received a summons from the emperor.

He had to put down his sewing and get up to change clothes.

Hua Manman lay crooked on the couch, playing with the little tiger puppet in his hand, and muttered softly.

"Why did the saint call you into the palace at this time? It's getting dark outside, so it won't delay people's dinner."

Li Ji straightened his clothes in front of the mirror, and said.

"You eat first, don't wait for me, I will come back after I finish my work."

Li Ji knew why the emperor suddenly summoned him.

It's nothing more than to calm the chaos in Lingnan.

At the beginning, King Dongyang fled Shangjing in embarrassment and hid in the south of Lingnan in a hurry. He did not have the upper hand in terms of morality and strength. It stands to reason that it would be easy for the court to take him down.

However, half a year has passed, and the generals sent by the emperor to quell the chaos have accidents one after another.

Dongyang King not only did not die, but allowed him to gain a firm foothold in Lingnan, and there was a faint tendency to contend with the imperial court for a long time.

If the king of Dongyang really succeeds, the great Zhou country will be divided into two, not only will the world be in chaos, but the emperor's first name will also be lost.

Now Dongyang King has become the emperor's confidant.

The emperor wanted to get rid of this scourge as soon as possible, so he could only use the sharpest knife.

And Li Ji is the sharpest knife.

Even if the emperor doesn't want to use him, now it's time to use him.

After Li Ji left, Hua Manman was bored and fell asleep on the bed with the little tiger in his arms.

When she woke up, it was completely dark outside.

Siyun helped her sit up and reminded her.

"Supper is ready in the kitchen."

Hua Manman yawned: "Has the prince not come back yet?"

Siyun nodded: "Yes."

Hua Manman wanted to wait for King Zhao to come back to eat together, but she couldn't hold back her stomach growling. She was afraid that the baby in her belly would be hungry, so she got up and went to eat some food.

Ruyun and Qinghuan waited for her to wash and change her clothes.

Because she slept through the night, she doesn't feel sleepy now, and she pulls Qinghuan and Siyun to play cards together.

She was playing cards while waiting for King Zhao to come back.

Li Ji returned to the palace very late.

Hearing the movement outside, Hua Manman immediately put aside the cards, and got up with the support of Qinghuan and Siyun.

The door was pushed open, and Li Ji strode in, accompanied by the icy cold wind.

He quickly closed the door with his backhand, isolating the cold wind, ice and snow.

He took off his heavy off-white crane cloak, and threw it to Qinghuan.

Hua Manman walked towards him quickly.

"Have you had your supper yet?"

Li Ji replied truthfully: "I ate some in the palace, but I was not very full."

Hua Manman hurriedly asked people to prepare supper.

Li Ji put his hands on the brazier to bake, and when they were warmed up, he went to hold Manman's hand.

He led Manman to sit on the couch.

"Why are you up so late?"

Hua Manman hummed: "Of course I'm waiting for you."

Li Ji frowned in his heart, curled his lips and smiled lightly: "Don't be so stupid in the future, if I don't come back, you'll sleep with you, don't worry about me, anyway, I won't treat myself badly."

Hua Manman: "It's okay, anyway, I've had enough sleep before, so I'm not sleepy right now, so it's okay to wait for you by the way."

Li Ji: "..."

The smile faded away.

Turns out he was just passing by.

The supper was served quickly, a large bowl of hot shredded chicken noodles, and two side dishes.

Hua Manman rested her chin on one hand, watching the man sitting across the table munching on noodles.

Hua Manman didn't ask until he was almost done eating.

"The imperial cooks in the palace are so skilled, why are you not full?"

Li Ji put down his chopsticks: "I had dinner with the sage. The sage was still sick, plus he was depressed and had a poor appetite. He stopped chopsticks after a few mouthfuls."

Hua Manman suddenly realized that the emperor didn't eat it, so how could Li Ji, a courtier, continue to eat it? Naturally, he had to put down his chopsticks.

Li Ji took the teacup to rinse his mouth, wiped his mouth with a silk handkerchief, and said solemnly.

"I have something to tell you."

Seeing him suddenly become serious, Hua Manman also lowered his arms and sat up straight.

"What's up?"

Li Ji took out a gold-plated memorial from his sleeve, and said in a deep voice: "This is the decree just issued by the sage, ordering me to go to the south of the mausoleum and take over the quelling of chaos."

He casually threw the playbook on the table.

With that casual movement, it seemed that what he threw out was not an imperial decree, but a cheap script bought at a bookstore for ten cents.

Hua Manman picked up the notebook and read it.

There are a lot of words written in it, most of which are praising King Zhao for how brave he is, who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, until finally he mentions the matter of going south to quell the chaos.

The news came too suddenly.

Hua Manman was caught off guard.

She wanted to ask Li Ji, could he not leave?

Putting down chaos is not a trivial matter. If Li Ji went to Lingnan, it would take at least a year and a half to come back.

Then she would have to go into the delivery room alone.

She is afraid.

But the decree has already been issued.

If Li Ji doesn't go, it's against the order.

After a while, Hua Manman opened his mouth and asked a dry question.

"when are we leaving?"

Li Ji looked at her steadily, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to go."

Hua Manman was stunned.

Li Ji: "I don't want to be separated from you."

It's not just Manman who is afraid, he is more afraid than her.

He was afraid that there would be an accident when she gave birth, and that something would happen to her.

He wanted to be by her side and witness the birth of the child with her.

Hua Manman murmured: "But the imperial decree has already been issued..."

Li Ji was cruel: "I can pretend that I accidentally broke my leg while riding a horse."

At that time, even if the emperor issued an order, he could not force a cripple to lead the army to fight.

Hua Manman was taken aback and hurried to dissuade him.

"Don't mess around! I don't want to spend my whole life with a cripple."

Li Ji looked at her with gradually resentful eyes.

In order to stay with her, he even broke his leg.

But she is fine.

How dare she despise him!

Hua Manman: "Since the sage has already issued an order, then you can go, and when you come back from victory, I will take the baby to welcome you."

Not to mention how unworthy it is of self-harm.

Even if Li Ji really became disabled, he might not be able to hide it from the emperor.

With the emperor's suspicious temperament, he might have more suspicions.

Li Ji was still very unhappy.

"If I leave, I won't be able to give birth with you. I don't worry."

Hua Manman: "There is nothing to worry about. My pregnancy is very stable. Mrs. Wen has been found long ago. Master Feihe is always there. My mother will come to help when the time comes. Everything is ready. There will be no problem."

Her words were not only comforting Li Ji, but also comforting herself.

Li Ji remained silent.

Hua Manman began to draw big cakes for him.

"When you come back from the victory this time, the saint will definitely reward you again, and then you will let the saint reward you with a fief.

In the future, the three of us will hide in the fief and live in the fief, so we won't get involved in the right and wrong in Shangjing, okay? "

Li Jiming knew that the other party was fooling him.

But he was still moved by the future she described.

The family of three found a remote place and lived their lives behind closed doors.

Just thinking about it makes me happy.

Li Ji responded in a low voice: "Okay."