Keep your voice down. Are you trying to look glamorous dressed as a forced lover?

Wen Sheng froze: "No...it's just..."

A thin layer of sweat appeared on Wen Sheng's forehead.

"No? So you're planning to accept my offer?"

"I..." Wen Sheng's heart was in turmoil, but she couldn't bring herself to say the words of agreement. The image of Ji Mingzheng from her dream floated before her eyes: "I just remembered Ji Mingzheng."

His Highness treats him very well.

But Ji Mingzheng was also very good to him, and he couldn't ignore Ji Mingzheng.

He cherished His Highness, and he also cherished his only friend.

Previously, Ji Mingzheng was willing to believe in him and help him regardless of his reputation. He even spoke well of him and was happy for him in front of His Highness. Ji Mingzheng liked His Highness. He couldn't know Ji Mingzheng's feelings and thoughts but ignore them and secretly be happy on his own.

"I think General Ji likes His Highness, but he doesn't want to be a burden to His Highness." Wen Sheng didn't want to say outright that Ji Mingzheng was insecure, but he reminded him that he was greedy and wanted all three of them to be happy.

"Your Highness, perhaps you could try to see Ji Mingzheng again? If you just hold on a little longer, he..."

Wen Sheng thought that Ji Mingzheng was just insecure, but if His Highness firmly liked him and chose him, perhaps he would become more confident.

But he forgot that Li Qingyan was also a human being.

"Why should I go to Ji Mingzheng again?"

Li Qingyan was really annoyed: "Are you trying to say that he and I are the most compatible, and trying to push me onto him?"

Li Qingyan chuckled, regretting her past naive thoughts.

She actually thought they were friends, and that things would be better than with strangers.

She even went so far as to consider the possible causes of his illness.

"You deliberately got caught in the rain last night and made yourself sick just to reject me? Aren't you afraid of dying?"

Wen Sheng sat up, ignoring the handkerchief that had fallen off: "No, Your Highness, the illness was just an accident. I just felt that he would be in pain if we were together, and I didn't want you to miss out like this."

"You should say these words to Ji Mingzheng."

Li Qingyan suddenly realized, "Oh, you went to see him last night and tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen, so you came to me and asked me to keep going."

Li Qingyan smiled enigmatically: "Your friendship is truly touching."

"But why should I always be the one to actively try to please him and win his favor? I get tired too; I'm human too."

He doesn't care about her, but she will love and care about herself.

"It was my fault. I shouldn't have interfered in your friendship and put you in a difficult position."

"You don't need to pass me around; I won't contact you again."

The two of them have a really good relationship; they both tacitly push her onto each other, as if she were some kind of burden.

"No, Your Highness, I just..."

Li Qingyan's voice was calm: "No need for further words, I know your answer."

She had taken it all for granted before, forgetting that in TV dramas, it can be a real hassle when a friend also falls for the same person.

"You two do as you please. I, as a woman, will not ruin their friendship."

May your friendship last forever.

Li Qingyan gave up on Wen Sheng.

She didn't want to be at the mission checkpoint at the last minute, but Wen Sheng hesitated or struggled to cooperate because of Ji Mingzheng.

She will not continue to try to win over Ji Mingzheng, nor will she try to win over Wen Sheng.

"Take good care of yourself and get well soon. If you need anything, feel free to contact me anytime."

Li Qingyan thought for a moment and added, "The same goes for General Ji."

The respectful relationship between the people in the palace is the norm and normal. Even though they refused to take things any further with her, each of them donated 130,000 taels of silver. The disaster relief is currently progressing smoothly, and the fact that so many people in the disaster area have survived is all thanks to Wen Sheng.

Needless to say, Ji Mingzheng's contributions made him a lifelong hero.

She wouldn't and couldn't take her anger out on them just because she was rejected.

She thought rationally and calmly offered her assurances:

"Don't worry, your treatment and rights in the palace will not change, and you don't need to worry about these issues anymore, or force yourself to come to me."

"Take good care of yourself. I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave now."

Li Qingyan embodied the dignity of an adult.

She smiled slightly at Wen Sheng and took her leave.

Luckily she asked early, so she could prepare in advance.

Wen Sheng didn't get her angry response, but instead received her reassurance, and her heart continued to sink.

Watching Li Qingyan's departing figure, he felt a void in his heart; it seemed he had messed up again.

This time, even without Wen Yun interfering, he still messed everything up.

It took Wen Sheng several days to recover from her illness.

During this period, Li Qingyan sent many medicinal herbs and tonics. Because of her instructions, the imperial physician took his condition very seriously and never slacked off.

In addition, she would send any good tea or teaware she had to Zhenxing Pavilion.

Whether it was a stipend or a reward, it never stopped.

She kept all her promises. After the donations were disbursed, his good reputation spread far and wide. Even when the dam was rebuilt, the promised monument to his good deeds was erected, including the donations and good deeds of Ji Mingzheng.

Their names and their friendship were recorded in this way.

He was ill and didn't have the energy to manage Wenji's business, but Wenji's business actually improved because of her good deeds. Her good deeds and trustworthiness overshadowed her previous bad reputation, and everyone was willing to believe in her and in Wenji. All the branches in Liguo were fully booked, and many partners came to her door on their own.

This was something he had never experienced before.

Ji Mingzheng's meritorious deeds were also widely praised.

Ji Mingzheng, Wen Sheng, and Song Qinian's lives did not get worse because they rejected Li Qingyan; in fact, they got better.

The only difference was that for the next month, she never contacted them again.

She, who had always been very proactive, not only never contacted them, but also rarely returned to the East Palace. From then on, it was as if they were strangers.

That's right, Li Qingyan is just that classy, ​​she's determined to impress them.

She devoted herself wholeheartedly to saving the emperor.

He spent most of the month resting in the Yuanxi Hall or busy with official business, occasionally making do in the duty room of the Secretariat.

Song Qinian belatedly realized that Li Qingyan had not only disappeared from her, but also from everyone else.

Upon hearing that Consort Wen of Zhenxing Pavilion was ill, and that Changfeng Palace had fallen completely silent, he roughly guessed the situation.

At first, he was secretly pleased.

He originally thought that they would meet again before he left the palace. Li Qingyan couldn't live without them, and he would continue to fulfill his responsibilities and help His Highness.

Perhaps, His Highness will then understand his goodness and may even be willing to stay by his side from now on.

He thought that if His Highness was willing to only accept him, then he could leave the palace.

But he was wrong. For a whole month, Li Qingyan did not appear again.

His smugness and delusions were all just delusions.

Their actions angered His Highness, who then completely abandoned them.

Midway through, Song Qinian heard that she was injured. Thinking of her strange and bizarre experiences, he rushed to see her, thinking that perhaps he could help, but he didn't see her.

He went for three days in a row but didn't see Li Qingyan. When he finally met Huai Xu, he only received her polite smile and the answer that His Highness had already given him a good answer.

He guessed that Li Qingyan had found someone else.

But Song Qinian couldn't find out who she was looking for after investigating around.

The answer he didn't want to accept flashed through his mind: Li Qingyan had found someone new.

That person, or those people, accompanied her through the difficult time.

At that moment, Song Qi clearly sensed Li Qingyan's decisiveness and realized her identity: she was the only princess.

Even though her reputation was tarnished in the past, she was still the only princess, not to mention that her reputation has changed drastically since then.

They may not be willing, but many others are.