Caught between difficulties, the Emperor finally decided to let Zhang Qing take it back to Star Palace and keep it until Little Concubine truly asked for it.
So the first storybook that appeared in Canglan Court vanished without a trace.
When Lian Hua remembered, she saw that His Majesty's desk bore the "Essentials of the Various Books" Volume One, and her own storybook was gone.
She was somewhat puzzled, as she clearly saw His Majesty holding her book, so why was it this one?
But at that time in the palace, it was only her and His Majesty present, and no one had touched the desk; how could it have disappeared?
Curious about what book His Majesty loved to read, she flipped through the "Essentials of the Various Books" a few times, feeling dizzy as she looked—the words were mostly recognizable, but put together, they were incomprehensible.
