Murong Jin was just about to move to the hall to eat when she heard a servant announce that His Majesty had arrived.

Murong Jin frowned slightly. Why did they suddenly come at this time?

"Your Majesty is well."

"Your Majesty, I have come to see you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Junlan looked at his aloof expression and said, "I am not wearing a dragon robe right now."

Murong Jin glanced at him. "So what? You're not the emperor if you don't wear a dragon robe?"

Emperor Junlan sat opposite her. "I've heard that the Regent prefers men?"

Murong Jin fell silent, then asked him, "Does Your Majesty also believe in folk tales?"

"I don't believe it, so I want to ask you, do you prefer women or men? That way I can grant you a marriage."

"Your Majesty, I will not trouble you with my marriage. On the contrary, Your Majesty, it has been three years since the founding of the new dynasty, and it is time for Your Majesty to expand your harem..."

Emperor Lan: "..."

He shouldn't have asked that question, otherwise Murong Jin would definitely have arranged for all the ministers to make him take a concubine!

"Your Majesty, regarding the matter of the Mongol Kingdom, I heard from your letter that the kingdom has changed its ruler?"

Murong Jin replied, "It is Princess Mengling."

Emperor Junlan raised an eyebrow slightly, “Although she is a princess, her strength should not be underestimated. She is much more upright and brave than those princes of Meng Kingdom.”

Murong Jin nodded, "If she intends to target Da Cheng, I will make her go down to see the late Emperor of Meng immediately."

When Di Junlan saw the darkness flash in his eyes, he instantly realized that the person in front of him was not joking.

For the first time, I realized that Murong Jin was truly difficult to deal with, especially those he had his eye on; they would be lucky to escape with their lives...

"Now that you're back, I think you should rest well. Let's not discuss my marriage for now. I'll arrange for someone to come to the palace when I have a better idea..."

Murong Jin nodded, "Then I will wait for Your Majesty to bring women into the harem."

Emperor Junlan: "Okay."

They're bringing in new people? Who knows when that will be? He hasn't even found anyone yet. And this whole "king stealing a subject's wife" thing... if he didn't have any moral compass, he might actually do it...

If she were still alone, he would try his best to bring her into the palace, so that she would be the only one in the harem...

After Emperor Junlan finished his meal at the Regent's Office, he left. Jin Shisan appeared beside Murong Jin and said, "Master."

Murong Jin: "Mm."

After hearing his report, Murong Jin looked curious.

Does Di Junlan have someone he likes?

But that's normal. He's already twenty years old, and will be twenty-one this year. It's normal for him to have a woman he likes.

As for what Thirteen said, that he was looking for that woman...

A story suddenly popped into Murong Jin's mind: a woman provoked him, and then ran away...

She shook her head and couldn't help but smile; she was thinking more now than before.

"Can you find out who His Majesty is looking for?"

Jin Shisan told her what he had found out, "It seems to be a girl who entered the palace thirteen years ago. His Majesty investigated all the daughters of the ministers, but none of them were the girl who entered the palace that day... So now they are looking for the children of former palace maids, but they can't find any such person, so it's likely that the child was born to a palace maid and someone else..."

Murong Jin raised an eyebrow slightly. "Go, help him investigate all the girls who entered the palace back then, regardless of whether they were ministers or anyone else."

In that case, Da Cheng might have an empress.

According to Di Junlan's description, after this person died in her previous life, there wasn't a single concubine in the harem, let alone an empress; there wasn't a single woman.

Therefore, she is quite curious about the woman that Di Junlan likes.

Touching the armrests of the wheelchair, I felt inexplicably excited.

I want to see what kind of woman this male protagonist likes, so that she can catch his eye.

After Jin Shisan disappeared, Yi Er stood beside her. "Master, do you think the person His Majesty likes can be found?"

Murong Jin glanced at him. "Unknown."

Yi Er responded with an "Oh," and said, "His Majesty already has someone he likes. What about you, Master? When will you find a Regent's Consort for our Regent's Palace?"

Murong Jin's lips twitched. "What, waiter, you're looking for a partner?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Er immediately waved his hands and shook his head frantically, "No, no, no, I don't want to look right now. I'll make plans after my brothers have all looked..."

Murong Jin scoffed, "I think you should find a wife. You're over twenty, not young anymore."

Yi Er retorted, "No, my brothers are almost thirty and still don't have wives. I'm not in a hurry. Besides, you don't have a partner either, Master! Unless you find a Regent's Consort first, I won't look for one..."

Murong Jin clicked his tongue, "Wait, I'll find you a male regent's wife."

Upon hearing this, Yi Er's eyes lit up. "So that boy from thirteen years ago, is he really the one you're looking for, Master? But he was only seven or eight years old back then. Master, you... have quite a peculiar taste..."

Pedophilia.

Murong Jin's lips twitched. "Get lost."

Yi Er bowed and scraped, "Should I roll standing up or rolling lying down?"

"Roll sideways."

Yi Er disappeared in a flash, leaving Murong Jin there helplessly rubbing her forehead.

Back in her room, Murong Jin took out the jade pendant and examined it. It was completely unadorned, not even with any inscriptions. She couldn't find anyone. The material of this type of jade pendant was very common; its only distinguishing feature was its color—a pale blue with hints of agate red…

Finding someone in this world is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Suddenly I want to go see the modern world again.

But that's not very realistic. How could someone from ancient times go to the modern era? Even if she did, she would have become a millennia-old remnant.

...

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!!!”

Di Junlan threw an inkstone at him; reviewing memorials had made him quite irritable. "I have something to say."

Ankesen quieted down. "Ahem, the news about that woman you mentioned last time..."

Di Junlan arrived at An Kesen's side in a few steps. "Where?"

Ankersen changed his tone slightly, "I couldn't find it."

He immediately jumped back two steps, so the thing in Di Junlan's hand didn't hit him.

Oh dear, that's terrible.

"I can't find your name."

"I'm here to report to Your Majesty that although we haven't found it, we have some clues. Aside from our Shadow Guards, no one else knows the shape of the jade pendant Your Majesty mentioned. We've already seen a jade pendant with a similar shape near the Regent's Palace, but we don't know if it's the one Your Majesty is looking for..."

Who is it?

Ankersen coughed. "It's a man."

Di Junlan remained silent for a while, then turned to look at the inkstone on the table. He thought to himself that he would have to find some bigger ones in the future so he could throw them at people.

He was furious.