I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"It's all the same." After a pause, Bai Xiaoqi looked at him again and asked, "You're envious, aren't you?"

Faced with this potentially disastrous question, Chen Shuo gave a righteous and resolute answer: "Why would I envy the emperor? It's more likely that the emperor envies me."

"What does the Emperor envy about you?"

"I envy you for having me."

Chen Shuo pinched her little face. He didn't know what other people's girlfriends were like, but his girlfriend was especially good. She was just a little silly and acted like a fool every day.

But this isn't really a drawback. After all, you're looking for a wife. As long as she knows to run home when it rains, why does she need to be so smart?

No use.

Oh, it's not that it's useless, it's actually quite useful. You'll be able to use it when you have a son. I've heard that sons' intelligence comes from their mothers. If you have a son who's as silly as her, not to mention anything else, just helping him with his homework will drive you crazy.

This is a bit of a tangent. In the future, whether you have a boy or a girl won't be up to you. Maybe she'll be a sweet and caring daughter. Daughters are good, even if they're wicked.

We've finished touring the three main halls of the outer court and the three main palaces of the inner court. It's almost noon now, the hottest time of day.

Bai Xiaoqi was wearing a long dress today. She was fanning herself with her hand while pulling at her collar. She looked around, trying to find a shady place to hide, preferably a chair to sit on and rest for a while. But there were no chairs to be found. There were a few dragon thrones, but they were not allowed inside the palace.

There were no chairs, and not even a tree in sight.

Why are there no trees here?

"I'm afraid someone might be lying in ambush in the tree to assassinate the emperor. Just imagine, the emperor is eating hotpot and singing, and suddenly someone jumps down from the tree and kills him with a single blow. How terrifying would that be?"

Chen Shuo gestured and explained for a while, then took her hand again. "Come on, let's go to the Cining Palace over there. There's a restaurant there; let's grab something to eat and enjoy the air conditioning."

"They had air conditioning in ancient times?"

"There was no air conditioning in ancient times, not even a fan. These are all modern additions."

"What if the emperor in ancient times had a fever?"

"If His Majesty gets hot, he can take off all his clothes and go for a bath in the river. It's the river we saw when we first came in, called the Golden Water River. It's specifically for His Majesty to bathe in."

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi was silent for a moment before saying, "I feel like you're lying to me."

"I'm not lying to you. Do you think the emperor, with such a noble status, could use a bathtub? The emperor possesses the whole world; the entire realm belongs to the emperor. Taking a bath in a bathtub would inevitably seem too petty. But the emperor can't leave the palace every day, so building a river in the palace for bathing isn't too much to ask, is it?"

A girl nearby overheard their conversation and couldn't help but glance at them, wondering what kind of scoundrel they were. She thought to herself that she couldn't possibly date someone like this in the future; he was really good at fooling people, and she should take this as a warning.

"...It doesn't seem too far-fetched." Bai Xiaoqi pondered for a while, and although she still felt it was a bit far-fetched, it also made some sense.

Chen Shuo couldn't help but laugh; his silly antics were really funny.

"Okay, so you were lying to me after all."

Bai Xiaoqi was so angry she wanted to bite him. She had actually believed his nonsense, thinking that the emperor was really bathing in the river. In the end, she was fooled by this guy again. Being fooled was bad enough, but what was even more infuriating was that he laughed at her.

She couldn't help but reach out and pinch the soft flesh of Chen Shuo's waist, yelling, "I'll teach you to lie to me! I'll teach you to lie to me..."

"Stop pinching, there are so many people here, ouch..."

Chen Shuo grimaced and twisted his waist to dodge. Her small hands were white and tender, but they were very strong. Every time she hit him, he gasped in pain.

"Okay, just pinch it a couple of times, there are a lot of people watching us, it's embarrassing."

"Then don't move." Bai Xiaoqi stopped what she was doing and told him to stand still.

"Okay, I won't move."

Chen Shuo straightened up and shielded his head from the sunlight with his hand, wondering what she was up to.

"Does it hurt?" Bai Xiaoqi placed her two small hands on Chen Shuo's waist and gently rubbed it.

"Of course it hurts, you know how strong you are."

"Serves you right."

Bai Xiaoqi continued rubbing his hands for a while longer before asking, "Does it still hurt?"

"It hurt quite a bit at first, but it stopped hurting after you massaged it." Chen Shuo took her small hand and kissed it. "Thank you, Dr. Bai, for your miraculous healing. I'll send you a banner another day."

"Hmph, who cares about your banner?"

Bai Xiaoqi hummed smugly twice, then hugged his arm and asked, "Am I very fierce?"

"No way, he's not fierce at all." Chen Shuo denied it outright. He asks for kisses and hugs every day, and he often snuggles into his arms and whines and acts cute. How fierce could he be?

It's nothing more than biting people, pinching itself, and then using a headbutt attack, but its cute and fierce appearance is actually kind of adorable.

Chapter 256 Pui!

The restaurant is called Ice Cellar Restaurant, and even the name sounds cool. The restaurant has two floors, one above ground and one below. The underground floor is the coolest. As soon as you go down, you feel the chill. There are blue brick steps, and when you look up, you see a vaulted ceiling. The walls are icy to the touch. In the past, this was the royal ice cellar.

They harvest the ice from the frozen river in winter, cut it into large pieces, and store it here so it can be taken out to cool down the following summer.

After Chen Shuo explained, Bai Xiaoqi thought about the scene again and realized, "Oh, so this is the Emperor's big refrigerator."

This finally fits the emperor's status. As expected of the emperor, even his refrigerator is so big that people can eat inside it.

When Chen Shuo picked up the menu, she leaned over to take a look and saw how expensive it was.

Moreover, the names of these dishes are quite pretentious, such as "Queen Mother Beef Noodles," "Queen Mother Beef Rice," "Empress Dowager Set Meal," and "Emperor Qianlong Set Meal."

Finally, Chen Shuo ordered two sets of Zha Jiang Mian (noodles with soybean paste). The name was relatively normal, but the price was 48 yuan per set, which was very expensive.

When it was served, the portion was small and the taste was so-so, but the main purpose of the two of them was to enjoy the air conditioning; eating was secondary.

After finishing their bowl of noodles with soybean paste, they didn't order anything else. The two sat in the restaurant for a while longer before reluctantly leaving.

In the afternoon, I visited other parts of the Forbidden City, then spent half a day wandering around the Imperial Garden, and finally headed back home before closing time.

The first thing I did when I got back to the hotel was turn on the air conditioner and then lie down on the bed. I was so excited when I was playing, but now that I'm lying down, I feel so lazy and don't want to move. Air-conditioned rooms are so comfortable. I was tired and hot after walking around outside all day.

Did you have fun today?

"I'm so happy." Bai Xiaoqi didn't feel tired at all. She got up, pulled Chen Shuo's arm over and laid it flat, then nestled her head in his arm and lay back down. "Where should we go tomorrow?"

"We're going to the Ming Tombs tomorrow."

What is the purpose of the Ming Tombs?

"It's the emperor's tomb."

"Isn't that just a mound of earth? What's so interesting about it?"

"Ordinary people call it a mound, emperors call it a mausoleum, it's like a mountain... What are you doing?!"

As they were talking, Bai Xiaoqi suddenly stuck her little finger into his ear. Chen Shuo was caught off guard and was so shocked that he almost jumped out of bed.

"Don't move, there's something in your ear, let me get it out for you." Bai Xiaoqi used her other hand to pull his ear, preventing Chen Shuo from moving around.

"Impossible, I clean my ears every day."

"really have."

"Where's the evidence?"

“There’s no evidence yet. I can only stick my finger in a little bit, I can’t reach it.” Bai Xiaoqi got up and jumped off the bed again, opened her backpack and rummaged through it, then pulled out a bunch of keys with a metal ear pick attached to them.

"I'll use this to help you scoop it out."

"No, I don't need it." Chen Shuo quickly refused. He could use his little finger to pick at it, but using this... he was very resistant. He always felt terrified. This girl was not careful with her hands. If her little hand shook, he would be finished.

I may have to wear hearing aids for the rest of my life. I've heard that those things are very expensive, often costing hundreds of thousands of yuan.

"You use it."

Bai Xiaoqi climbed back onto the bed and knelt down, then patted her thigh. "Come on up here, I'll clean your ears."

It's quite a dilemma.

Chen Shuo glanced at her lap pillow, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Never mind, I won't take it out."

"No, you have to take it out."

"Really, you don't need to."

"Listen to me! Come here right now." Bai Xiaoqi grabbed his ear, and Chen Shuo cried out twice before finally surrendering. He snuggled over, raised his neck, and rested his head on her lap.

Soft and fragrant with her scent, Chen Shuo rubbed against her. It felt so good. He rubbed against her again. The only downside was that she was wearing a long dress, not a short one.

"Don't move." Bai Xiaoqi held the guy down, not understanding what there was to rub against.

"Be gentle, I'm afraid of hurting you."

"Don't worry, I'll be very gentle and careful. I won't hurt you. If I do hurt you, just scream." Bai Xiaoqi pulled his ear with her hand and carefully inserted the ear pick.

“…”

Terrible lines.

Chen Shuo was thinking to himself, but he didn't dare to move an inch while resting his head on her lap. He even held his breath involuntarily, not daring to breathe too loudly, for fear of affecting her performance.

Then I felt something long and hard being inserted, followed by a rumbling sound in my ears, and my scalp tingled slightly.

"...Are you out yet?"

Chen Shuo's voice trembled slightly; he was already feeling the pain.

"Not yet, it's too hard to reach inside."

“…”

"The innermost part?" Chen Shuo had a bad feeling. His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily as he asked, "You didn't happen to pick out my eardrum, did you?"

"I'm not stupid, why would I remove your eardrums?" Bai Xiaoqi looked at him with disdain. Did this guy always treat her like an idiot?

"Oh..." Chen Shuo was relieved as long as it wasn't his eardrum that was being cleaned. After a while, he couldn't help but say again, "Um..."

"It'll be out soon. From now on, you're not allowed to speak."

"No, your hair got on my nose, and I feel like sneezing."

His long hair fell across his face, half of his face was wet with raindrops, and some even got on his nose, making him feel itchy and want to sneeze.

"You're so fussy."

Bai Xiaoqi reluctantly took out the ear pick and slapped him on the head again, saying, "Hurry up and hit him."

After a moment of contemplation, Chen Shuo turned over and looked up at her, saying, "I can't type it now."