Xia Ruqing bowed her head and thought for a while, then said softly.
"Emperor, you've already used that excuse!"
"Even if all of Jiangnan flooded, you can't avoid the selection of fine ladies!"
Zhao Junyao: "..."
Suddenly, he felt like he was being seen through, for the first time.
"How did you know?" He was quite surprised.
The petitions suggesting the selection of fine ladies from those civil officials were all kept in his study, unpublished.
That matter shouldn't have reached the harem.
Xia Ruqing smiled.
"Just a guess!"
Then she said softly:
"It's been so many years, and you have only selected two ladies into the palace!"
"If there's no selection soon, I'll become a jealous woman throughout history!"
Zhao Junyao looked at her with unchanged expression.
"Do you want them to enter the palace?" His tone slightly deepened.
Xia Ruqing didn't notice, and just helplessly spread her hands.
"I don't want it!"
