"What, it's Changle?" Li Shimin's face was full of shock, and he couldn't help but raise his voice.
Empress Zhangsun nodded solemnly.
"Mo Jiazi, you lecher, you dare to have ideas about Changle? See how this emperor will punish you for the crime of deceiving the emperor." Li Shimin said with an ugly expression.
Just now, he had disapproved of Quan Wanji's report, but now, he couldn't agree more.
As the saying goes, a daughter is a father's lover in his previous life. As Li Shimin's eldest daughter, Princess Changle had received a lot of love from Li Shimin. Now, a bastard had taken away the flower pot, and what made him even angrier was that he hadn't even asked for his permission. How could he not be angry?
"Guards!"
Li Shimin was about to call the guards, but Empress Zhangsun quickly stopped him.
"At this moment, no one else knows about this. If you make such a big fuss, wouldn't the whole city know about it?" Empress Zhangsun said anxiously.
Li Shimin suddenly understood and hurriedly ordered the guards to withdraw for the time being.
"Moreover, there is no real evidence. If we force it, it will only embarrass Changle." Empress Zhangsun said worriedly.
Princess Changle had already experienced the annulment of an engagement, and was already very sensitive. If this matter was made known to the whole city, Changle would definitely be too ashamed to face anyone.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Li Shimin said gloomily. When it came to his daughter, even if Li Shimin was the emperor, he couldn't help but feel confused.
Empress Zhangsun rolled her eyes and said, "What else can we do? Among the young talents of Chang 'an, Meton is worthy of being called the leader. If he and Changle are in love with each other, they would be a good match. "
"Him?" Li Shimin snorted. Now, he found Meton to be an eyesore.
Empress Zhangsun said helplessly, "Alright, Changle is almost fifteen. She's at the age of marriage. Why don't you find a better partner for Changle than Meton?"
Li Shimin was suddenly at a loss for words. In the younger generation, there really was no one who could compare to Meton.
"Don't tell me we're just going to let that brat Meton off like this!" Li Shimin said angrily.
He realized that ever since Princess Changle met Meton, from breaking off the engagement, learning medicine, opening an ice cream shop, and regaining her vision, almost everything was related to Meton. It was as if she had been possessed.
"Maybe this is fate!" Empress Zhangsun said emotionally.
To be honest, when she learned that the identity of the mysterious woman was Princess Changle, she also heaved a sigh of relief. In this way, Changle finally had a place to belong. After all, as a woman, what she wanted was only a man who was in love with her.
She was especially satisfied with the poem Meton wrote on the night of the Lantern Festival and the way he dealt with the woman holding the fake golden thread.
…
In Changle's palace.
All the palace maids and eunuchs noticed the changes in Princess Changle. She often sat there and laughed foolishly for no reason, or locked herself in the room and fiddled with something for a long time.
"Princess! The ice cream shop has sent the account book. Princess, please take a look. "There was a knock on the door, and the voice of a middle-aged woman came from outside.
Princess Changle, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, panicked. She hurriedly pulled out the golden thread from her hair and put it into the bottom of the box, locking it securely. Then, she sat up straight and said, "Chief Inspector Liu, come in!"
Chief Inspector was the position of a female official in the palace. The middle-aged woman who accompanied Princess Changle on the Lantern Festival was Chief Inspector Liu.
"Your Highness, this is the ice cream shop's account book for the past year. Chef Zhou has finished organizing it. Please take a look." Chief Inspector Liu said respectfully.
"Okay, bring it up!" Princess Changle reached out and took it.
"Your Highness's eyes are not good, so there is no need to work so hard. Only the servants can do this." Chief Inspector Liu advised.
Princess Changle waved her hand and said, "It won't take much time to look at the account book. If the ice cream shop can produce an extra coin, the poor people can earn an extra coin."
Now that the ice cream shop's profits were all used to run the Red Cross Society, every coin was crucial.
Seeing this, Chief Inspector Liu stopped trying to persuade her. She sighed in her heart, bowed, and left the room, closing the door behind her.
When Princess Changle heard the door close, she immediately opened the account book. Even though it was winter, the ice cream shop's business was still booming, and the income was quite high. Changle carefully compared the income in the account book and carefully planned how to use it. Only then did she nod her head in satisfaction.
After doing all this, she couldn't wait to flip to the last page. She saw that the last page was filled with messy Indian numbers.
However, when Princess Changle saw this, she couldn't help but carefully look around. Then, she took out a medicine book from the bookshelf.
She opened the main points and compared the Indian numbers. Then, she said, "Page ten, fifth line, eighth word."
As she spoke, her hand quickly flipped to the page, and so on. Soon, the words "To Changle Only" appeared on the paper.
If there were descendants here, they would definitely cry out in surprise. Who would have thought that Meton would write a love letter using the password of an underground worker? It was simply too imaginative.
Surprisingly, Princess Changle was able to quickly decipher all of the codes and write them down on a piece of paper. Picking up the paper, her heart raced like a little deer. She could not help but read the code over and over again. To Princess Changle, who had strict etiquette, this kind of secret method of expressing her feelings was extremely stimulating.
After reading it a few times, Princess Changle reluctantly burned the love letter and tore the secret text from the account book. Then, using the same password, she wrote a new page of the account book. Her face was red, and the pen in her hand trembled. After making a few mistakes, she finally wrote down a heartfelt secret text.
After a long time, Princess Changle calmed her state of mind. Facing the door, she yelled, "Chief Inspector Liu, return this account book to the ice cream shop. Instruct Imperial Chef Zhou to hand over the account book to Us for inspection every ten days."
Chief Inspector Liu came in and respectfully took the account book. He bowed and left the palace.
"Greetings to the Emperor and Empress."
Chief Inspector Liu didn't directly leave the palace. Instead, he was secretly summoned by Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun. Since Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun already knew about the matter between Princess Changle and Meton, the fact that Princess Changle wanted to check the ice cream shop's account book for no reason naturally couldn't be hidden from the two people's eyes.
Li Shimin coldly snorted and opened the account book. He thought that Mo Jiazi was hiding very deeply, but he still managed to get a hold of it.
But what made him go crazy was that when he flipped through the account book, he didn't find anything.
"How can there be nothing?" Li Shimin said in disbelief. Could it be that Changle really just wanted to check the account book?
Chief Inspector Liu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please look at the last page."
Li Shimin flipped to the last page. When he saw the densely packed numbers, he was immediately confused.
"This is Changle's handwriting?" Empress Zhangsun said in surprise.
Chief Inspector Liu nodded his head. At the same time, he handed over a copy of the cipher text that Princess Changle had torn out and gave it to Li Shimin.
"The two of them used this to communicate?" Li Shimin said in disbelief. He took the two cipher texts and looked left and right. It was still a bunch of random numbers.
Chief Inspector Liu smiled bitterly and nodded his head, "I'm afraid that only her highness the Princess knows the information inside."
Empress Zhangsun sighed and returned the account book to Chief Inspector Liu, "Follow the Princess's orders and send it back to the ice cream shop. In the future, just make a copy of it."
"Yes!" Chief Inspector Liu bowed and left.
After Chief Inspector Liu left, Li Shimin was still thinking hard about the cipher text that Meton had written. But he was still confused.
He had already caught the culprit. Who would have thought that Meton would use this method to not leave any evidence behind. This kind of love letter that was openly sent to his daughter under his nose, but he couldn't do anything about it. This kind of feeling was really driving him crazy.
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