He Qingchen was delighted and quickly stood up and extended his hand to her again.

Shen Guidi raised her eyes to look at his large and thick hands, then slowly placed her own hands on them. The heat from their clasped hands made her heart beat irregularly.

He Qingchen took her back to the house, and as he walked back, he glanced at her from head to toe.

She was wearing casual home clothes today.

There is no problem going out.

But since he said he was going to pick fruit, even if he didn't intend to do it himself, he had to pretend and take a walk in the orchard.

This outfit of hers is not very suitable.

After thinking for a while, He Qingchen said slowly, "Go change into lighter clothes first. It may not be convenient to wear what you have in the orchard. I will go and ask someone to arrange for you to go out first, and I will come back to change clothes later."

Shen Guidi heard the eagerness and excitement in He Qingchen's voice.

She raised her eyes, glanced at He Qingchen, and responded very obediently: "Okay."

After receiving her response, He Qingchen's eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles. His heart moved slightly, and he slowly touched the top of her head: "Then I will go."

Shen Guidi nodded.

He Qingchen wanted to give more instructions, but then he thought of Youbai who was always making trouble, and was afraid that if he was delayed any longer, Youbai and Yunshu would come back.

He walked very fast, as if something was chasing him from behind.

Shen Guidi's eyes were full of confusion.

Why is he leaving in such a hurry?

Shen Guidi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly a light bulb went off in his head and he understood something.

She curled her lips gently and smiled softly.

He Qingchen, who had already walked out of the yard, heard the voice, turned around abruptly, and met Shen Gui's smiling eyes.

Shen Guidi's smile froze.

He Qingchen's lips curled up into a sly smile, and he deliberately asked, "Are you laughing at me, Ah Yi?"

Shen Guidi shook her head: "No."

"What are you laughing at me for?" He Qingchen continued, as if he didn't hear her denial.

This one sound was so soft, it sounded like he was talking to himself.

Shen Guidi looked at him with clear eyes, pretending not to hear him. After all, he spoke so softly, it was normal that she couldn't hear him.

He Qingchen smiled and shook his head lovingly: "Forget it, Ah Di likes to laugh at me, so let her laugh. Making Ah Di happy is what I should do, Ah Di, don't you think so?"

He deliberately stretched out his tone and spoke very slowly, sounding pitiful.

However, when he asked the question in return, he stared at her eagerly, as if he was very stubborn and wanted an answer.

Shen Guidi was silent for a moment: "I... just suddenly thought of the relationship between the prince and Youbai these days. I found it a little funny. Then I thought that since she was not here today, the prince would have no one to quarrel with, so I couldn't help it."

He Qingchen looked at her with a half-smile, obviously not quite believing it.

Shen Guidi simply shut up.

He Qingchen stopped teasing her when he saw this. He just looked at her seriously and asked, "A'di, do you have anything to do in the next few days?"

"Huh? What's the matter?" Shen Guidi was a little confused.

He Qingchen still had a smile on his face, and nothing could be seen.

Shen Guiyi felt that there was nothing to hide, so she said frankly, "I haven't had much to do in the past two days. However, Rong'an Tower will reopen in five days, so I have to go there."

"Any more?"

Shen Guiyi thought about it seriously, and simply told him all the recent events in detail: "There should be no more in the past two days. There are still some later. Guyue Pavilion was originally planning to rectify it, but because of what you did that day... So I handed it over to Yunshu to deal with. You don't have to worry about it for the time being, just take a look occasionally.

The south bank of the river has also been renovated, and it should be ready in a few days. We must go and check it out.

I have some ideas about the shop in Chunliu Lane, and I had planned to deal with it in the next few days.

Some time ago, I found a pretty good craftsman behind Chunliu Lane. The wooden jewelry he made was very beautiful.

He also takes some custom orders.

I sent someone to give him some designs and asked him to help make a few pieces of jewelry.

It is certain that his craftsmanship is really good. I originally planned to take some time to have a good talk with him and see if I can recruit him to Guyue Pavilion.

Besides, I have some jade-related businesses on hand, and I wanted to find some time to go to the jade shop to learn more about it.

The rest... is probably what I am doing right now."

He Qingchen nodded thoughtfully.

Shen Guidi has a lot of things to do next, and what he told He Qingchen are just the visible parts.

As for what she said and what she was doing, He Qingchen knew it.

That is to tidy up the palace inside and outside.

These days, Shen Guidi has been checking the accounts and servants of the palace over the past year.

The Prince of Yan's mansion is like a sieve.

Shen Guidi couldn't live in peace, not to mention that she, Youbai and the other two guessed that He Qingchen might be heading for that position.

That's even more unacceptable, as people will be allowed to mess around in the palace.

Perhaps, He Qingchen would feel that planting spies in the mansion and "exposing" his every word and action is a way to reassure his opponents and weaken his mother and brother's fear of him.

Shen Guidi is different.

Instead of exposing yourself to others, it is better to protect yourself openly.

What needs to be investigated should be investigated, and what needs to be cleared up should be cleared up.

At the very least, he had to show an attitude and let people know that although the Prince of Yan did not have a deep foundation in the capital, he was not a soft persimmon that could be bullied by anyone.

Otherwise, the assassination in Gongzhou and the drugging incident that day will only increase in number.

Outside, there is a rain of swords in the wooden warehouse.

If you just keep avoiding and counterattacking passively, your situation will only become more and more difficult. It is better to take the initiative to confront the opponent and prevent him from having the chance to cause trouble again.

He Qingchen could vaguely guess what Shen Guidi meant.

He didn't want to stop it.

Since Shen Guidi entered the palace, he had not seen her mention taking over the affairs of the palace. Although he had mentioned it to Wang Huan and asked him to pack up all the things and hand them over to her, there didn't seem to be much action from Wang Huan's side.

It's fine like this now.

Does the fact that Shen Guidi can take the initiative to take over the trivial matters in the mansion also mean that she has begun to accept the palace, her own identity, and... his feelings?

He Qingchen felt even happier when he thought about it.

"That's right." Shen Guidi said this suddenly, scaring He Qingchen.

He Qingchen: "What?"

"I almost forgot just now that Rong'an Tower's reopening date was chosen the day before the Dragon Boat Festival. The next day is the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet, and we have to go to the palace to attend the banquet."

I don’t know what he was thinking about, but Shen Guidi raised his voice a little when he mentioned the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet.

There seemed to be some expectation in his eyes, and the cunningness in them was almost impossible to ignore.

He Qingchen frowned and looked at her.

After thinking for a while, he decided to ask: "A'yi, the Dragon Boat Festival banquet... do you have any plans?"

Shen Guidi's smile faded slightly: "Hmm? No, I haven't been to the palace many times, how can I have any plans? Your Majesty, you think too much."

"Am I overthinking this?" He Qingchen murmured.

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