Reincarnated as the daughter of my mortal enemy, all I want is to ascend the throne.

There is a fishing platform in the palace, which is rarely visited in the past.

After all, the imperial concubines didn't like places that were too sunny.

Li Qingyan moved a small stool and sat on the fishing platform for half a day.

Shao Yuzhen stayed by her side.

The two of them fished for half a day but didn't catch a single fish in the bucket.

"When did Your Highness develop such a hobby?" Shao Yuzhen found it a bit strange but kept her company. Seeing that she was unusually quiet, he continued, "Is something on your mind?"

As the weather warms up, Li Qingyan is wearing a light green dress embroidered with several playful rabbits in colorful silk thread.

This painting is clearly the work of Li Yan.

The embroidery on the clothes is rather rough and shouldn't be worn by a princess.

With her hair styled in two double buns, adorned with vibrant green bamboo leaf and velvet flowers, Li Qingyan looked like a little child who had just emerged from the grass. She appeared exceptionally fresh and perfectly complemented the spring scenery.

Li Qingyan rubbed her chubby little face. "Someone did something heinous, but that person is a fool and was framed. How can we hold them accountable?"

"His Highness said this person is a fool, so he is certainly not the mastermind behind this evil deed. We should be looking for the mastermind to plot against."

Shao Yuzhen's fishing rod twitched, and he quickly pulled it up, took the hooked fish off the hook, and threw it into the bucket next to him.

This kind of work should have been done by palace servants, but Li Qingyan was irritable and didn't want anyone to get close, so Shao Yuzhen had to put away the long fishing rod himself. After he finished, he flicked the hook back into the lake, almost taking away a velvet flower from Li Qingyan's hair.

Li Qingyan rubbed her hair. "If you think your student is stupid, you can simply not teach her. Why bother to harm her? Besides, this fish doesn't eat velvet."

Shao Yuzhen glanced at the velvet flower he had just drawn, and quickly reached out to straighten it. "Your Highness is unwilling to suffer even the slightest loss."

The words "tolerant and magnanimous" are probably something that Li Qingyan will never be associated with in her lifetime.

Li Qingyan stretched. "Actually, if it were just an idiot, it wouldn't be so bad. But now this idiot is also my enemy, and I can't take the opportunity to kill him. Troublesome..."

Shao Yuzhen raised an eyebrow. "Why bother? Your Highness can easily take advantage of this. If fools can be used by others, why can't you?"

"Others are using him because they can profit from it. Your Highness can take a look and see if there's anything you can gain from it."

Li Qingyan's eyes lit up, and she looked Shao Yuzhen up and down.

Today, Shao Yuzhen was dressed in a light blue brocade robe with cranes embroidered on the hem, and a pure silver hair crown on his head. With his face, he clearly looked like a gentleman.

She narrowed her eyes. "Sir, your statement does not conform to your gentlemanly principles."

Shao Yuzhen stared intently at the fishing rod in front of him. "I wish to follow the path of a gentleman, but Your Highness need not. I am merely here to answer Your Highness's questions. To wholeheartedly help one's student is in accordance with the path of a gentleman."

"sophistry"

This was Li Qingyan's conclusion after hearing these words, but Shao Yuzhen did indeed solve her problem.

She looked at her empty bucket, then at the two fish that had appeared in Shao Yuzhen's bucket.

Just as the chubby little hand was about to grab a fish and put it into his bucket, Shao Yuzhen grabbed his hand.

"What is Your Highness doing?"

Li Qingyan smiled slightly, "I've been sitting here all morning and haven't caught a single fish yet. I'm sure my father will laugh at me when I get back. Didn't Mr. Shao say that helping students wholeheartedly is also a gentleman's duty?"

Shao Yuzhen used his free hand to protect the bucket in front of him, as if guarding the food. "Your subject cannot help the young prince to deceive His Majesty. This would be to obscure the Emperor's ears, which is not the way of a gentleman."

If an outsider only heard the sounds, they might think it was a teacher and student debating what the way of the gentleman is. Only by seeing it would they realize that the two were fighting over a fish bucket.

Standing on a small building not far away, Li Yan watched this scene with great helplessness, "The little brat has no manners whatsoever."

Lai Fu tiptoed to take a look. "Your Highness must be unhappy that you didn't catch a single fish."

Su Xue, her face cold, watched Li Qingyan chasing Shao Yuzhen's fish bucket from the fishing platform. "Unhappy?" she asked, glancing at Lai Fu's eyes. "Older people really do have some vision problems. Looks like I need to find a chance to bring Doctor Zhao back."

Li Yan stood by the window, her black and gold hair ribbon fluttering in the wind and brushing against Yan Xu's face, who was standing half a step behind her. Yan Xu gently caught the ribbon and straightened Li Yan's hair.

"Yan Xu, go find a few good swimmers to quietly dive over there," Li Yan gestured to Yan Xu with his chin.

Yan Xu nodded slightly. This was to find someone to secretly put a fish on the young prince's fishing hook.

Yan Xu was very experienced in this matter. When Li Yan was eighteen, he competed in fishing with Yan Li, who was thirteen. In the end, Yan Xu had to dive underwater and bait the fish for Li Yan so that he could barely win.

The father and daughter are equally skilled at fishing... it's something that can't be shown to others.

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After noon, Li Qingyan carried a bucket of fish and ran into the Imperial Study.

The palace maids followed closely behind. They couldn't get too close, lest she not enjoy herself, nor could they follow too far, lest she fall.

Seeing that she was soaking wet, Laifu rushed over and wrapped her in a cloak.

"My little darling, what happened?"

Li Qingyan held up the bucket and handed it to Laifu, saying, "Grandpa Laifu, look, these are all fish I caught."

"Your Highness is truly remarkable." Laifu handed the bucket to a nearby eunuch, then picked up Li Qingyan. "Such a heavy thing is better left to the maids; it wouldn't be good if she fell."

Li Qingyan chuckled, revealing a row of small white teeth. Her face was flushed from running so fast, like a little dumpling. "Shall we have fish today?"

"Alright, alright, we'll eat the fish that Your Highness caught."

Watching them go inside, the young eunuch looked at the fish in the bucket. "Are there really so many grass carp and silver carp in the palace ponds?" he wondered.

He scratched his head, wondering if he hadn't been going to see enough.

After changing into a purple-pink outfit, Li Qingyan climbed onto the dragon throne and watched Li Yan search for books.

She leaned against the back of the chair and looked at Li Yan, "Dad~ we're having fish tonight, I caught quite a few. More than Mr. Shao caught."

Li Yan's hand trembled. "What is this brat up to now?"

[Tsk tsk tsk, being a father to your host is really not easy. Not only do you offer yourself up as bait, but you also get tricked by the gifts you give yourself.]

Flying Fork watched the show while holding a bucket of mixed strawberry and chocolate popcorn. His host had a show every day.

"Father, you know me best. Tonight I'm going to cause a ruckus in your harem."

Li Qingyan opened her mouth with a thunderous roar.

A disturbance in the harem?

Li Yan resisted the urge to twitch his lips. "My hearing has been failing lately. Go find Yan Xu."

Li Qingyan narrowed her eyes upon hearing this reply, indicating that she was ignoring it.

As long as Li Yan doesn't interfere, everything else is fine.

The happiest people during dinner were Li Qingyan and Laifu.

Laifu stood aside, picking the bones out of Li Qingyan's fish.

Li Yan looked at the fish, unsure whether to eat it or not; he felt like he had dug a huge hole for himself.

The little brat really knows how to use someone else's gift to curry favor; he's trying to bribe him with just a few fish.

Su Xue stood to the side and placed a piece of meat into Li Yan's bowl.

"Since I've already been tricked by that brat, I might as well give it a try." Li Yan took a bite of the fish, and it was indeed much fresher and more delicious than the other fish.