After Chunhe left, Sangjiang lay in bed but couldn't fall asleep. Her mind was filled with thoughts of what Long Jingyu had said and Wei Qing's words about never falling in love with someone from the Long family.
He didn't understand what he meant by those words.
And she didn't fall in love with anyone in the Long family, did she?
Could he be referring to Long Tianyi?
That shouldn't be the case, right? If he knows he's not the real Sang Jiang, he should also know he doesn't have the real feelings for Sang Jiang, right?
All night, Sang Jiang kept thinking about two things, and the next day she appeared at Qixiang Palace with dark circles under her eyes.
The Emperor looked at her and chuckled, "Why is the sun rising in the west today?"
He knew all too well how much Sang Jiang loved to sleep; if she had nothing to do all day, she would definitely be sleeping.
Sang Jiang yawned before looking up at him blankly: "Father, I would like to leave the palace for a while."
"Leave the palace?" The emperor's smile vanished instantly, his brows furrowing deeply. "What are you going to do outside the palace?"
Sang Jiang thought for a moment and said with a wronged look, "I'm so bored staying in this palace that I want to go out for a stroll."
If she were to reveal that she left the palace to see her friends, the Emperor would surely question her about it thoroughly. In that case, she might not be able to see them in the palace, but rather in the prison.
After all, it was rather inappropriate for these officials of Dongchen Kingdom to appear silently in the capital of Xifeng.
The Emperor's expression became even more serious upon hearing her words: "If you're bored, go play with Luo Ying for a while. Luo Ying used to be alone, but now she has a sister. Or you can go for a stroll in the Imperial Garden. Things haven't been peaceful outside the palace lately, so I'll have your brother take you out in a while."
Sang Jiang sighed: "But..."
"Alright, I have some things to attend to. Be good, Jiang'er, play by yourself for a while. I'll come to see you when I'm done with my business."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the study without waiting for Sang Jiang to speak again.
Sang Jiang: ...
She got up irritably and walked outside.
Chunhe, who was beside her, couldn't help but ask, "Princess, why are you thinking of leaving the palace now?"
Sang Jiang glanced at her, then looked away: "I'm just bored."
Having spent so much time with Chunhe, she almost forgot that Chunhe was Nangong Jin's person. If she told Chunhe about these things, Nangong Jin would probably find out very quickly.
She thought of Kou'er, who was far away in Dongchen, and couldn't help but look up at Katian. She wondered if Kou'er was in the palace with Sang Ruo or had already returned to the Sang family. If she had returned to the Sang family, would Kou'er have a hard time without her?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt she had to leave the palace and find out the truth about everything.
"Chunhe, could you tell my brother that I'd like to go out of the palace for a walk?" Sang Jiang turned to Chunhe beside her and tentatively asked.
Chunhe glanced at her and refused directly: "Princess, since the Emperor said you can leave the palace after a while, why don't you go after a while? You see, there are still servants in the palace to play with you. If that doesn't work, you can ask whoever you want to accompany you."
Sang Jiang pursed her lips and stopped talking, but in her heart she was thinking about how to sneak out and ask her Kou'er and the Prime Minister's mansion what was going on.
She wants to invite Kou'er, Sang Yan, and Sang Yun to the palace. Is she able to invite them?
Sang Jiang thought bitterly to herself, her eyes darting back and forth. She needed to figure out the layout of the palace as soon as possible, otherwise even if she sneaked away, she probably wouldn't be able to get out.
Little did they know that the Prime Minister's residence in the distant Dongchen Kingdom was already in chaos, and no one cared about Kou'er.
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