Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

Yan Ci tried hard to control the urge to push the person away, and lowered his head to look at the little palace maid, but unexpectedly met the pair of eyes that were staring straight at him.

Yan Ci forced a smile and asked, "Um, are you okay?"

Hearing Yan Ci's concern, the maid half leaning on Yan Ci's arms blushed, "I'm fine, thank you, young master."

Hearing the maid addressing him, Yan Ci was startled and pointed at himself, "Me? Young Master?"

The little palace maid lowered her head and nodded shyly, not daring to look at Yan Ci.

Before Yan Ci could push the maid out of his arms, he heard an angry voice saying, "It's in broad daylight, it's immoral!"

Yan Ci was speechless. He looked up at the old man with a white beard who said this. He wanted to retort back on the spot. How could this be considered immoral? She was obviously willing to help others!

Hearing this, the little maid clung even closer to Yan Ci, her misty eyes showing some pity, "I didn't mean to do that, it's me who has brought trouble to your reputation."

Seeing the palace maid's shy and coquettish behavior, Yan Ci immediately understood that this palace maid mistook her for a man.

And judging from the looks of the people around her, everyone thought she was a man.

Yan Ci didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Well, girl, I think you made a mistake..."

Before Yan Ci could finish, the palace maid said anxiously: "No, I didn't make a mistake. I was just happy when I saw the young master, so..." and fell into your arms.

Such a naked confession, if Yan Ci was a genuine young man, he might be happy for half a day.

But, she was not a mirror grinder after all, so she could only let others down.

Yan Tonglin had already walked far away, but when he turned back he found that Yan Ci had not caught up with him. Looking a little further away, he saw Yan Ci hugging a palace maid and being pointed at.

"Aci, what happened?" Yan Tonglin, who had already turned back, asked.

The officials who stopped to watch the excitement all knew Yan Tonglin. Seeing that Yan Tonglin was concerned about the young man, they asked, "Master Yan, do you know this person?"

Yan Tonglin didn't understand what he meant. "Of course I know her. This is my daughter Yan Ci!"

"daughter?!"

When several officials heard this, they looked at Yan Tonglin in shock, and then looked at Yan Ci. This handsome young man was actually a woman!

The old man with gray beard stared at Yan Ci with his eyes wide open, and then he slowly compared himself with the Yan Ci who was wearing the official uniform of a female official.

"I am an old man with poor eyesight. I didn't realize it was Master Xiao Yan. I am sorry for what I said just now. Master Xiao Yan, please forgive me."

Meng Linghui cupped his hands. He was a veteran general who had helped expand the territory during the time of the previous emperor, and a general personally appointed by the previous emperor. Although he now only held an idle position, his sincere apology was very meaningful.

Yan Ci was not a hypocritical person. He had already apologized, so he should not continue to hold it against him. "General Zhuguo, what did you say? It was my fault."

The problem was that her official uniform made it difficult to tell whether she was male or female, which led to misunderstanding.

At this time the palace maid also realized that she had made a mistake. Her face, which was already red with shyness, became even redder. She broke away from Yan Ciren in shame and embarrassment and ran away.

My legs are no longer lame and I no longer cry out in pain.

Watching the palace maid running away, Yan Ci sighed silently in his heart: She is really a scammer.

After this little episode, everyone realized that a lot of time had been wasted and the court meeting was about to begin, so they all quickened their pace and walked towards Longchang Hall.

Emperor Tianqing sat on the dragon throne and glanced at the civil and military officials standing in line in the Longchang Hall.

Although he hadn't attended court for more than half a month, he looked in very good health, radiant and full of energy.

He said, "Since the new year, the country has been stable, but the northern region has suffered from snow disasters. Why?"

When Yan Ci heard this, she lowered her head and began to think. She had heard about the snow disaster in the north a long time ago. Why? How could it be solved? It would naturally be solved when winter passed and the ice and snow melted.

It's not a big deal at all, there's no need to discuss it at the court meeting. But the emperor brought it up, I'm afraid there's something fishy going on here.

Yan Ci lowered his head, trying to reduce his presence, while pricked up his ears to listen to see who would be the unlucky guy who bumped into him.

After a moment of silence, an official stood out from the crowd. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I think we can use the canals in the south to irrigate the land in the north to thaw the ice."

When Yan Ci heard this, her inner guess was indeed confirmed.

Using water to melt snow is a good method, but digging canals to release water requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and there is no sign of warming in the north. If the weather continues to be cold, not only will the released water fail to melt the snow, but the water will also turn into ice. By then, the snow disaster will not only not be alleviated, but will be aggravated.

Yan Ci quietly raised his eyes to look at the official who was speaking, it was the river transport envoy Gong Qing. He thought this method was easy, but he didn't know how cold the winter in the north was. He only saw the solution but not the difficulty.

Emperor Tianqing did not refute, "In that case, let Gong Qing handle this matter."

Gong Qing, the river transport envoy, was immediately delighted. He felt that Emperor Tianqing valued him and bowed quickly to express his gratitude.

It was just a trivial matter, someone could just deal with it, Emperor Tianqing was not worried. Even if Gong Qing's method of diverting water to melt ice did not work, if he was lucky enough to catch up with the warmer weather, the snow disaster would naturally be solved.

It was a morning court session, and everyone from top to bottom got up early. The court session ended without saying anything important.

Yan Ci was about to follow the crowd out of Longchang Palace when he heard a shrill voice saying, "Master Xiao Yan, please stay."

Yan Ci paused, turned around and saw Yang Zhao standing there with a warm smile on his face.

Yan Ci's heart suddenly became unhappy.

Yan Tonglin knew that Yang Zhao must have called Yan Ci on behalf of Emperor Tianqing, so he said something to Yan Ci and left first.

Yan Ci followed Yang Zhao to Mingyi Palace and met Emperor Tianqing.

Seeing Yan Ci coming in, Emperor Tianqing raised his eyebrows, "You look very energetic today!"

Yan Ci was not embarrassed at all, and accepted the compliment from Emperor Tianqing generously, and did not forget to thank Emperor Tianqing politely: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment."

Emperor Tianqing smiled heartily. What he liked was Yan Ci's unpretentiousness.

"I called you here today because I want to ask you something. Do you have a sweetheart?"

Yan Ci was stunned by the question, but after thinking about it, he realized that Emperor Tianqing wanted to act as a matchmaker.

Yan Ci was not embarrassed at all, and accepted the compliment from Emperor Tianqing generously, and did not forget to thank Emperor Tianqing politely: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment."

Emperor Tianqing smiled heartily. What he liked was Yan Ci's unpretentiousness.

"I called you here today because I want to ask you something. Do you have a sweetheart?"

Yan Ci was stunned by the question, but after thinking about it, he realized that Emperor Tianqing wanted to act as a matchmaker.