Xie Tan paused, stunned for a moment, then realized that she had tricked him. He gritted his teeth and said, "Seriously! Seriously!"

"What do you want to be, a princess or a princess?"

Countless possibilities flashed through his mind, such as asking a vassal king to adopt her as a godparent, or... really making her a princess of a different surname.

But he really couldn't bear to leave her.

"I tell you, Song Nihuan, even if you are a princess or a county lady, don't think about flying out and flapping your wings on your own. Now that you have a rank, you must stay in Yunjing obediently." Xie Tan sneered.

"Besides, you know what Lan Zhi is like. You are a weak woman, and you still want to take him to travel the world with a sword? I'm afraid he will be kidnapped by villains as soon as he leaves Yunjing, no, as soon as he leaves the palace!"

"Then you will be sold to someone as a concubine with more than a dozen rooms, and you will be locked up every day and forced to give birth to his children!"

Song Nihuan looked at Xie Tan and said, "Lan Zhi is rich."

Xie Tan snorted coldly, "Humph, the whole world belongs to the king. He has money, I will confiscate it from him right now!"

Song Ni laughed out loud. She was no longer the paranoid and resolute woman she used to be. Over the years, she knew that it takes capital to be steadfast and not bend.

Now that Xie Tan has become the emperor, she cannot leave unless he lets her go.

She just figured it out. Xie Tan must be lonely living in a high position, so it's good to have a childhood friend to accompany him.

As long as he doesn't force her to love him.

Of course, there was no way she would really let him make her a princess.

"I didn't say I wouldn't stay in the palace. Of course it's good for me to stay. I just stayed in the charity home for a little longer. Are you so angry?" She blinked her eyes and said, "Brother Tan is different now. She can make me a princess or a county lord at will. How dare I... I hope no one knows and sees me."

Xie Tan was speechless, but she felt relieved. She hadn't changed much and was still the same cunning little girl at heart.

She has suffered a lot over the years. If she is taken care of a little more, the smile can be restored to her face.

He enjoyed watching her run rampant, especially now that he owned the entire world and she could use it at her will.

Xie Tan's tone was filled with the power of a superior. He said, "So what if others see you? What are you afraid of? Go wherever you want to go. Don't be afraid of being seen. I will take care of everything."

"If you want to live in the orphanage, then just stay here." He said helplessly, feeling very unhappy. But when he thought that she would be more comfortable here, he sighed and suppressed his unhappiness.

Xie Tan walked to her tent. From his angle, he could vaguely see her delicate collarbone through her slightly open collar, and her thin, white shoulders, which made the man feel pity for her.

He quickly looked away and said, "I'll come to see you if I want to see you in the future."

"Also, don't drink alone anymore."

Song Nihuan nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Okay, thank you, Your Majesty!"

A consensus was reached on this matter, and Song Nihuan suddenly felt that she and Xie Tan seemed to have returned to the past.

Beneath the appearance of a cold-faced emperor who is decisive and ruthless, is the young man who loves and cares for her.

Days go by.

Song Nihuan could travel freely between the imperial palace and the orphanage.

In fact, she didn't like children very much, she just wanted to forgive them. Besides, this was the thought left by Lan Zhi, and she wanted to do his unfinished work for him.

When you are with children, singing and dancing are inevitable.

When she was young, her father invited someone to teach her dancing at home. At that time, dancing was just a hobby for Song Nihuan and it was just the icing on the cake, so she did not study it seriously.

Later, she ended up in a brothel and her dancing skills improved a lot, but a sense of shame gripped her heart.

The graceful dance posture, with the Pipa half-covered in her arms, was a survival skill, a pretentious way of begging for mercy. These were like the marks of humiliation on her body.

Later, she went to Xie's house and became a young lady. She no longer needed to dance to please others.

So since leaving Furaoting, Song Nihuan hasn't danced again in all these years.

Now, for the children in the orphanage, I have to pick up my forgotten dancing skills again.

royal palace.

Xie Tan had just ascended the throne and the south had not yet completely submitted. He was busy with government affairs and could not go out every day.

Especially for Xie Yunji, he was very troubled.

A position in the cabinet became vacant, and logically there was no other choice except him.

But if he were allowed to enter the Cabinet, he would often enter the Forbidden Palace.

Xie Tan did not kill Xie Yunji, which showed that he was being extremely forbearing.

Just thinking about watching him and discussing things with him every day gives me a headache.

He has read Xie Yunji's "Canal Running Script" and "Foreign Policy".

The sitting positions were different. From the perspective of the court, Xie Tan couldn't help but cherish his talent.

At noon, all the ministers who were discussing government affairs dispersed, and there was silence in the Yuji Palace. Occasionally, there was the sound of a gentle breeze, and the smoke of ambergris rose in the high caisson.

The sun shone on the young emperor's back, and his delicate and gloomy face was completely in shadow.

Chen Liang looked up at the emperor and said, "Madam Song has been rehearsing "Shan Zhi" with the children from the Charity Bureau these days. Your Majesty, do you want to go and take a look?"

Xie Tan's eyes moved slightly. After he became emperor, he understood why emperors in ancient times favored eunuchs. The eunuchs really obeyed the emperor's will.

Unlike those civil officials who only cause trouble for him.

Chen Liang is a man who knows his limits. He is neither authoritarian nor abusive, and is a pleasure to work for.

"I only took one look at Madam Song's dancing posture, and it was truly beyond words." Chen Liang said, "I have been through three dynasties, and I have never seen Madam Song so favored by the emperor that she did not want any reward or position."

Xie Tan found that when someone praised Song Nihuan, his mood would involuntarily improve.

But she doesn't want any reward or position, she just doesn't want him.

"A few days ago, when I went to the orphanage, Madam Song asked me about His Majesty."

Xie Tan asked, "What do you want to know about me?"

Is there anything I can't ask him directly?

"Madam Song asked me if His Majesty had ever been married."

He chuckled softly and said, "Tell her, no, I have never been married."

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