Chapter 997 - 869 Suisui Said I Squinted, So I Squinted

Xiaosuisui saw Xie Pan’Er covering her face, and couldn’t help but blink in confusion.

Xie Pan’Er desperately gave her a look.

Xiaosuisui, being young, didn’t grasp the essence of Xie Pan’Er’s signaling.

"Pretty Auntie, what’s wrong with your eyes? Is it the wind? Let Suisui take a look!"

The Empress Dowager’s mind was still occupied with Xiaosuisui’s earlier comment about liking the eastern pearls, and she didn’t notice the exchange of looks between Xie Pan’Er and Xiaosuisui.

At this time, upon hearing Xiaosuisui saying she wanted to look at Xie Pan’Er’s eyes, she finally reacted and quickly asked,

"Are Pan’Er’s eyes uncomfortable?

I will summon the Imperial Physician for you!"

After saying that, she promptly called someone to fetch the Imperial Physician!

This startled Xie Pan’Er, leaving her too bewildered to come up with a reason to stop it, and the matter escalated to the Emperor.

The Emperor, hearing that the Empress Dowager had summoned the Imperial Physician, assumed there was something wrong with her health, and set aside state affairs to head for the Cining Palace.

Halfway there, he learned it was Xie Pan’Er’s eye problem, and that his beloved daughter, whom he hadn’t seen for a long time, was also in the palace, so he quickened his steps.

When he reached the entrance of the Cining Palace, he heard his precious daughter’s anxious and worried voice from inside.

"Pretty Auntie, let me look at your eyes!

I’ve been taught medical skills by my second uncle! He’s a Divine Physician!"

"I’m fine, Suisui, there’s no need to look. You came to keep the Empress Dowager company, don’t worry about me!"

Xie Pan’Er was almost in tears. Why couldn’t the little ancestor understand even simple hints?

Beside them, Princess Lianchun sat on the sofa, watching them closely. She had roughly guessed the main idea.

She was just unclear whether the eastern pearls were something this girl Xie Pan’Er wanted for herself, or if her grand-niece truly liked them.

Thinking back to when the Empress Dowager sent the eastern pearls to the Ji Family’s place, the grand-niece was also present, so why didn’t she seem particularly fond of them then?

But just now, that little girl specifically mentioned big eastern pearls.

Does that mean she doesn’t like the small ones?

As Lian Chun thought about it, her gaze towards Xie Pan’Er became more intense.

Xie Pan’Er felt Princess Lianchun’s gaze on her, feeling anxious and flustered. She wasn’t familiar with this person, but having followed someone like Xie Yingying for so many years, she had become quite sensitive.

This person mustn’t be simple!

Xie Pan’Er quickly analyzed in her mind how to interact with Princess Lianchun, and then she heard a eunuch’s nasally call, "His Majesty has arrived."

The Empress Dowager and everyone else turned to look outside, and the Emperor walked in briskly, forgetting even to salute the Empress Dowager, and hastily walked straight to Xie Pan’Er, anxiously asking,

"What’s wrong with your eyes?

How did your eyes get like this all of a sudden?"

Xie Pan’Er: "..." How did even His Majesty find out? It’s over. Originally, the eyes were perfectly fine, just a simple excuse would suffice as an explanation, but now that the Emperor knows, it seems like even if her eyes weren’t really affected, they have to be now.

Xie Pan’Er secretly pinched her thigh hard, and tears instantly welled up.

She blinked and let the large tears fall, looking at the Emperor with her eyes slightly dazed, and in his eyes, that look of hers was pitiful beyond words.

"How did your eyes suddenly get like this?

The weather is cold, why didn’t you wear more clothes? Did you catch a chill?

Girls must stay warm, what would happen if your eyes got frostbitten?

..."

As soon as the Emperor arrived, he bombarded her with questions and concerns.

This scene even left Princess Lianchun, who was lounging on the couch lazily, stunned to the point where she forgot to perform the courtesy.

No!

Actually, what truly shocked her was the moment when this girl named Xie Pan’Er had pinched her own thigh hard as the Emperor came in; she saw it all.

Princess Lianchun suddenly found this young lady quite interesting, using such a method to attract the Emperor’s attention.

Her clumsy acting would surely be seen through by the clever Emperor, and this girl might face consequences in the future.

Thinking of the entertainment this situation provided, Princess Lianchun settled contentedly to enjoy the spectacle.

However, later she suddenly felt that something was definitely off about the situation.

The Emperor anxiously insisted on seeing Xie Pan’Er’s eyes, while Xie Pan’Er, with a pout, continuously asserted that she was fine and her eyes were perfectly okay!