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Chapter 26 - Wishful thinking

"…" Chen Xi did not understand and raised her eyes to look at Gong Shengrui.

Without saying a word, Gong Shengrui walked into the royal study.

He ignored her pleas.

"…" Chen Xi.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Duanmu Yan raised her eyes, as though she was afraid that he would scold her, and said anxiously: "We aren't slacking off, we are seriously reading!"

"En!" Gong Shengrui responded as he sat in front of the desk and casually picked up a imperial report to review.

Duanmu Yan was dumbfounded; just like that?

Shouldn't there be rewards for her?

However, the facts proved that she had overestimated Gong Shengrui's heart.

Afternoon...

Duanmu Yan's stomach kept on growling, she was powerless as she laid on the table, looking at Gong Shengrui with her eyes, which obviously meant: I'm so hungry, give me some food!

Gong Shengrui calmly read through the imperial reports, completely ignoring her pleas.

Duanmu Yan shamelessly talked back for a long time, but when she saw that he had completely ignored her, she had no choice but to continue reading with a hungry stomach.

When you were young.

Gong Shengrui put down the memorial: "How many pages have you memorized?"

"…" Duanmu Yan shrunk her neck like an ostrich, biting her lips without uttering a word.

Seeing that, Gong Shengrui snorted: "Today's Evening meal, spare me!"

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Yan's tears almost fell, "We are hungry …"

"Then, I will diligently recite the first ten pages of the poem!" With that, he stood up and left the imperial study without looking back.

Duanmu Yan subconsciously got up to give chase, but she was stopped by the two guards outside the hall.

"Emperor! Prince Regent has instructed you to study in the royal study! "

"I don't want to read, I don't want to read, I don't want to read …" A layer of mist slowly leaked out of Duanmu Yan's eyes. In the blink of an eye, it condensed into a teardrop, and slid down from the corner of her eyes.

The two guards looked at each other in dismay. For a moment, they didn't know what to do.

"Emperor! "Don't cry, otherwise this servant would cry too!" Chen Xi, who had been waiting outside the hall for a whole day, anxiously consoled them.

She also did not want to put Emperor in such a predicament, but she could not do anything about it. Even if she wanted to, it would not be able to change Prince Regent's mind.

"Chen Xi! I am hungry! " Duanmu Yan pitifully rubbed her flat stomach.

"This servant knows!" Emperor hadn't eaten any of the food yet, so wasn't she the same as well? "Emperor! "Don't worry, this servant will order someone to prepare some food and place it in the sleeping quarters, waiting for you to return!"

"Really?"

Chen Xi nodded: "Emperor! Go back and sit down, don't cry! "

"..." "Alright!" Duanmu Yan slowly returned to the front of the desk and sat down. She held the scripture in her hands and looked at the densely packed black text, but she was so hungry that she couldn't even read a single word.

After an unknown period of time, just as she was about to fall asleep, she finally heard faint footsteps.

Duanmu Yan trembled, quickly crawled up, and sat upright.

Gong Shengrui looked at her thoughtfully, and in the end, he did not say a word and sat by her side.

Duanmu Yan, who was disregarded once again, was about to cry.

The man's pupils rolled around for a moment before whispering, "I want to learn a little!"

"En!"

Duanmu Yan was ecstatic, she immediately jumped and ran out of the Imperial study.

Looking around, he did not see Chen Xi. A trace of disappointment flashed past her eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

"Gu gu ~"

A cry suddenly came out, causing Duanmu Yan to subconsciously cover his stomach, and casually rub it.

"We need to find something to eat first!" Although she mumbled to herself, she had already started running towards the distant Qianqing Palace, but the direction she was heading towards was not towards Qianqing Palace, but towards the imperial kitchens …