Chapter 174 Update 1
"Imperial Sister, are you feeling better now?" Zheng Congyuan glanced at Zheng Tianxin. He never tried to guess her actions because they were unpredictable—she acted impulsively, never using her mind to think things through.
She came and went as she pleased, like now, taking a boat to board his, perhaps on a whim, utterly without a method to follow.
"You don’t have to pretend to care if you’re not interested, Fu Xun. What are you looking at?" Zheng Tianxin sensed that the moment he had walked in, Zheng Congyuan’s mood seemed different.
Zheng Congyuan turned around with an unpredictable expression, not caring what Zheng Tianxin was looking at, and fiddled with the brush and ink spread on the table.
Zheng Tianxin glanced at the boat of Zheng Haoyuan, which was half the size of Zheng Congyuan’s. Only when she saw Zheng Nianru standing at the bow did she feel relieved. Indeed, he had come, and Zheng Haoyuan had moved quickly.
"Fu Xun, won’t you take a look at your future Crown Princess Consort?" after seeing this, Zheng Tianxin casually looked back at the boat behind her and asked Zheng Congyuan.
Zheng Congyuan remained silent; the rumor, with the arrival of the Aristocratic Families from Outside the Capital, had flared up again. All his efforts over the years to quash it had been in vain and had only grown more intense.
Zheng Congyuan couldn’t help but wonder, had she heard something? Although she was at Qishun Building and wouldn’t receive much news, she always paid attention to news about him, and there were always people speaking recklessly in the palace.
So, was that why she had been so agitated that night?
"Your Highness, the first round’s topics have arrived." Qi Ling respectfully handed over a scroll note, and similarly, dozens of scroll notes were delivered to various painted boats at the same time.
Zheng Congyuan opened the scroll and glanced at the topic.