"Hehe, pretty."
Su Baiwen had seen plenty of flowers and plants while practicing in the deep mountains and old forests, so he didn't feel much about them. But as long as his little sister liked them, that was enough.
"Is this pretty?" Su Qiao pointed at another cluster of azaleas.
Su Baiwen nodded cheerfully. "Pretty. If little sister says it's pretty, then it's definitely pretty."
Su Qiao: "..." What a blockhead.
Her silly, clueless big brother was back again.
That handsome air in prison hadn't lasted even a second.
Seeing that she was interested, Fifteen stepped forward slightly. "Master, would you like this servant to pick it for you?"
Su Qiao shook her head. "No need. Just let it keep blooming. It'll wither easily once picked, and then it won't look as nice."
Several Imperial Concubines who had taken a fancy to these clusters of flowers immediately withdrew with their palace maids and eunuchs when they saw Su Qiao.
By now, everyone in the palace knew that the Regent had changed his ways. He was no longer uninterested in women—instead, he had taken a liking to the Empress's younger sister, a silly girl with something wrong in the head.
Because the Emperor had deliberately sealed off news of what happened at Phoenix Perch Palace, these people still didn't know that the Empress had been completely ruined.
The two siblings leisurely made their way back to Jade Serenity Courtyard, where they happened to run into Ye Jinghua, who had just returned after discussing matters with the Emperor.
Ye Jinghua wrapped his large hand around Su Qiao's slightly cold one. "Where did you go? It's so cold. Your hands are red from the cold."
Seeing this, Su Baiwen moved his lips, then turned his head and pretended not to notice.
What could