The Regent's Tender Darling

At this time, Yan Sihan reached out to hold her hand, with worry in his eyes, and said: "Don't worry, Jiaojiao, I will find out everything. Leave these matters to me, okay?"

He seemed to be begging her, his tone was soft, and she knew he was worried about her and didn't want to put her in danger.

"Okay." She responded, calming down and feeling relieved. She didn't know what had happened recently. She thought it was because the weather was getting hotter and muggier and there were too many things to do.

"If Jiaojiao has no time to spare, why not inform Li Maonian on my behalf, and I will reopen the case of the Li family's rebellion at the Ministry of Punishments."

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―――The universe is drunk.

In a clean and tidy room, Lin Jiaojiao not only saw Li Maonian sitting at the table serving exquisite snacks, but also saw Hehua sweeping the dust with a feather duster.

"King...Princess..." He Hua subconsciously hid the feather duster in her hand, but then she felt that she shouldn't hide it. She was in a dilemma for a while, and her face turned red from holding it in.

Lin Jiaojiao was not surprised. Xuemei had told her that Hehua always liked to send individual snacks to Li Maonian's room, and she also liked to smile at Li Maonian's door from time to time.

These can be seen almost throughout Zuili Qiankun.

And what Lotus used to deal with Xuemei was: "Sir, I am a friend of the Princess. I receive favors from the Princess, and I must not neglect the Princess's friends."

Presumably this sentence was not just used by Lotus to talk about Xuemei.

She pretended to be confused: "Lotus, why are you here?"

"I...I" He Hua seemed to have been caught, and was so nervous that she couldn't speak.

She is just a commoner, and the husband is a friend of the princess... so she is afraid of being discovered that she likes the husband.

Ever since he defeated so many assassins that night to save her life, she felt that he was a... good person.

Although at first she just wanted to do something in return and had no other thoughts, but later...she felt that although her husband was old-fashioned, he was still a very nice person...

I just like it, I just like it!

"Lotus? What are you thinking about? You are so fascinated?" Lin Jiaojiao couldn't help but smile when she looked at He Hua's tangled expression, and then said to Li Maonian: "Why does Mr. eat sweets? I remember that Mr. doesn't like sweets."

During the Chinese New Year in Gu Mansion, Li Maonian didn't even touch a mouthful of sweets. Xiaoyun handed them to Li Maonian without seeing them move, but now he eats them with gusto.

She never expected that these two people could actually have feelings for each other. After all, how old is Li Maonian? How old is the lotus?

Although Li Maonian is not old, compared with Lotus, he looks "old".

"I...I didn't know that Mr. didn't like sweets." Hehua was surprised and flustered for a moment, thinking of going to take the snacks away quickly.

Li Maonian, on the other hand, had a cold face and moved the pastry plate to the side inadvertently. During this period, he did not give Lotus any look, and just said to Lin Jiaojiao: "I like it lately."

With these four simple words, Lotus's complexion paused, as if frozen, but in her heart it was as if the spring breeze was blowing with petals, blowing into her eyes and heart.

Her husband never told her that he didn't like sweets. She always gave her sweets because the first time she gave them to her, even though his face was frighteningly cold, he didn't refuse.

Now my husband said that he likes recently...

Sir, do you like snacks or something else?

"Oh, that's it." Lin Jiaojiao nodded, but she didn't say anything more about it. Now she still had business to talk about, so she said, "Hehua, please go out first. I, the princess, and my husband have something to talk about."

Lotus quickly said "Yes."

Looking at the man running away with the feather duster in his arms, Lin Jiaojiao couldn't help but chuckle. After sitting down, she looked at Li Maonian: "Sir, you have incurred a love debt while drunk."

Li Maonian didn't say anything, he just took another piece of snack and ate it carelessly.