"General, Jinjin's marriage is no longer up to me." Bai Juncheng waved his hands helplessly.

In her heart, she was actually quite glad that the imperial decree Bai Jinjin had just requested was not to interfere with her finding her own husband.

Lin Shuzhan didn't expect his father to express his feelings so openly.

"Father." Lin Shuzhan looked at General Fuyuan with a rare angry look.

But today, General Fuyuan seemed to have swallowed a weight and turned to Bai Jinjin and bowed, "I wonder if Her Highness the Ninth Princess is pleased with you?"

Being asked so bluntly, Bai Jinjin felt somewhat embarrassed. "General Fuyuan, I just treat Lin Shuzhan as my brother."

The ministers sighed, fearing that Master Lin’s kindness would be wasted.

"Father, you've drunk too much." Lin Shuzhan put his arm around General Fuyuan and pressed him down on his seat.

He bowed to Bai Juncheng and said, "Your Majesty, my father is a little tipsy. Please don't blame him."

"Don't worry, Young Master Lin. I have known General Fuyuan for a long time, so I naturally know how he drinks." Bai Juncheng responded with a twitch of his mouth.

Seeing this, Lin Shuzhan pursed his lips and sat back in his original position.

"It seems that our Jinjin's charm is really great." Ye Jiuge sat aside and said sarcastically with a jealous look.

Bai Jinjin rolled her eyes at him, "I'm not as charming as you. At every banquet, the ladies flirt with you or even make advances on you."

Seeing this, Ye Jiuge stopped being sarcastic and sighed, "When can I marry you?"

"At least wait until I reach the age of 15. Do you want to take action against a minor?" Bai Jinjin said jokingly.

Ye Jiuge was always curious about the new words Bai Jinjin suddenly came up with, "What is underage?"

Bai Jinjin was speechless. She opened her mouth but didn't know how to explain, "A girl who hasn't reached the age of marriage is called a minor."

As the banquet drew to a close, the general, who had come straight from the battlefield and had been attending the banquet non-stop, was now exhausted. "Your Majesty, I am a little tired, so I will withdraw first."

Bai Juncheng nodded, "General, you can leave on your own."

"Grandma, you look so beautiful today." Bai Jinjin said as she leaned close to the empress dowager.

Bai Jinjin was not lying. The empress dowager's black silk was embroidered with exquisite phoenixes. Not to mention the phoenix crown on her head, all the beads she wore were oriental pearls.

"You're just sweet-talking." The Queen Mother kindly pinched Bai Jinjin's little face and smiled at her, "Thank you very much for what Jinjin did for Yan'er today."

Bai Jinjin looked away embarrassedly, "Grandma, I'm just dissatisfied."

"You don't have to explain, I understand." The Queen Mother touched her hair and said softly, "I hope Jinjin won't be disappointed in your third brother."

Bai Jinjin just smiled at the empress dowager but did not respond.

Seeing that she didn't agree, the Queen Mother chuckled and said, "You little girl, you really won't suffer any loss."

"Grandma Empress, I understand what you mean, but this is not something that can be accomplished just by having confidence." Bai Jinjin thought about it and told the Empress Dowager what she was thinking.

"This Bai Jinjin is trying to flatter the Empress Dowager again!" Bai Yan said as he sat next to Bai Lingling.

"Don't worry, third brother. The Empress Dowager must love you the most." Bai Lingling said gracefully as she sat aside.

Bai Yan felt much better after being comforted by Bai Lingling. "I really don't know what it is about Bai Jinjin that my father loves him so much."

He actually doted on her so much that he gave Bai Jinjin a precious imperial edict as a gift, which had never happened since the founding of the Qin State.

It's really inappropriate.

After the banquet, Bai Yu hesitated for a moment and decided not to return to the border.

"Second brother, are you really not leaving?" Bai Jinjin asked, blinking her eyelashes.

Bai Yu patted Bai Jinjin's head and said, "Of course I won't leave, because I also want to see what Bai Lingling will do next."

Ever since Bai Yu learned the truth, the last bit of affection he had for Bai Lingling was wiped out by her.

"That's great. This way, you can stay with me whenever the teacher scolds me in the future." Bai Jinjin looked at Bai Yu like a good brother and said.

"Second brother, I knew you would fall too." Bai Yan looked at Bai Yu with an expression that said, "I knew you would betray me."

"Whatever you think, I have defended myself more than once. Since you don't believe me, why bother questioning me?" Bai Yu had trained in the military camp for two months after all. How could Bai Yan, who lived a life of luxury in the palace, withstand such a dominance?

Bai Yan's face immediately darkened. "Don't forget, this is why we're 'returning' here!"

"I've paid enough." Bai Yu looked at Bai Yan expressionlessly.

Even my mother's life was lost.

Bai Yu really wanted to tell Bai Yan the truth, but Jin Jin was right. Unless Bai Yan suffered a loss at the hands of Bai Lingling, it would be impossible for him to look at that woman.

"A traitor is a traitor. You are only saying this to accuse yourself of crime." Bai Yan said with a sneer.

After saying that, he turned and left.

Bai Yu's temples were throbbing. "Jinjin, I think it's better to let the third brother fall flat on his face."

"It depends on how Bai Lingling acts." Bai Jinjin said while lying on Ye Jiuge's back.

Bai Yu's eyes turned, "In that case, why not hint to Bai Lingling and let her take the initiative?"

The girl rolled her eyes at him and looked at Bai Yu with a look of hopelessness, "New Year's Eve is coming soon, and you're still taking action at such a good opportunity?"

"You reminded me that I haven't prepared the New Year's gifts yet." Bai Yu said, patting his head.

Bai Jing shook his head. "It's too early for you to prepare now. Don't forget that there will be the Three Kingdoms Conference during the New Year."

When Bai Jinjin heard this, her heart started pounding. She was about to meet his parents, which made her very anxious.

"Don't worry, my father is a very kind man." Ye Jiuge comforted.

I understand that the father is kind but the mother is not.

At this point, Bai Yu snorted coldly, "Ye Jiuge, why haven't you returned to your own country yet?"

"I'm a proton. What should I do when I go back?" Ye Jiuge said as he weighed Bai Jinjin.

Bai Yu felt very uncomfortable seeing these two people being so affectionate with each other. He hadn't even spoiled his sister yet, but now she was being taken advantage of by a pig.

"Ahem. Does father know about what happened between you two?" Bai Yu said with great inner imbalance.

Bai Jinjin happily swung her legs on Ye Jiuge's back. "Second brother, do you think that if Bai Lingling had won today, would the gift still be an imperial edict?"