He couldn't help feeling a sense of dread, gently chastising, "How could you do something so dangerous! When I asked you to keep it a secret, it was from He Sizheng and the like, but once the Emperor arrived in person, you should have weighed the importance."
"At first, when I saw He Sizheng, I was so flustered that I didn't want to tell him, and I only remembered to hide the clue. I didn't consider much else, but later I did use my head," Ran Yan admitted with shame. Seeing his brows relax slightly, she continued, "Don't worry, I won't recklessly do something foolish."
Later, it was Li Shimin who grew angry and stopped asking; it was not her who kept silent.
"What have you discovered?" Xiao Song asked.
Ran Yan replied, "The soil we use for planting flowers in our residence, it's all transported from Qujiang, right?"
