Little Yanyan remembered what Su Pan'er had instructed her before leaving, not to reveal their identities in public. She looked at the Empress Mother, then at her father the Emperor, and kept her little mouth shut tight, hardly daring to say more, clearly feeling stifled.
Qin Yi's face also turned a bit red as he hurriedly coughed several times and turned his head away.
It was just an ordinary compliment, but compared to the incessant flattery from the civil and military officials of the Imperial Court, which seemed as if it cost them nothing to give, it was not anything substantial. Yet, it was infinitely more pleasant to hear and made him feel so refreshingly pleased!
Yet Su Pan'er maintained an utterly serious expression.
Lifting her head, she playfully blinked at him and countered, "What, don't you think His Majesty is wise and martial and also sympathetic towards the commoners?"
How was he to respond to that?
