Lin Yuxin stopped and turned around to look. It was a palace maid. Lin Yuxin was puzzled. When did she get to know a palace maid in the palace?

"I wonder what the aunt wants to see me for?"

Lin Yuxin looked at the palace maid who hurriedly walked up to her and asked in confusion.

"I am the aunt of the Empress' palace. Princess, you can call me Xi Que. I came to you to give you some rare things that the Empress has just acquired. She asked me to bring them to you so that you can have a taste of them."

"The Queen asked me to tell the Princess that she and the Princess hit it off right away and liked each other very much. She hopes that the Princess will come to the palace often to chat with the Queen?"

Xi Que looked at Lin Yuxin respectfully and smiled softly, then handed the food box in his hand to Lin Yuxin.

Although Lin Yuxin was puzzled, she took the lunch box and thanked him.

"Then I'll have to trouble Aunt Xi Que to thank the Empress on my behalf. I will definitely come to the palace often to chat with the Empress."

"I will definitely convey this message to you. I will take my leave now."

Xi Que said this respectfully, bowed, and left.

Lin Yuxin suppressed her doubts, stepped out of the carriage, looked at Li Xiaochen in the carriage, paused, and said cautiously:

"You've been waiting, my Lord!"

"Let's go!"

Li Xiaochen did not answer, but spoke to the coachman driving outside.

Seeing that Li Xiaochen ignored her, Lin Yuxin touched her nose awkwardly and sat as far away from Li Xiaochen as possible.

Li Xiaochen looked at her actions, just frowned, and finally said nothing.

However, Lin Yuxin lowered her head and looked at the lunch box in her hand. She couldn't help but opened it.

There were two plates of exquisite pastries inside. You could tell at first glance that only the imperial chefs in the palace could make such exquisite snacks.

Lin Yuxin looked at the two plates of snacks and something flashed through her mind.

She didn't touch the snacks on the plate, but took the lid and closed the lunch box. She knew who should eat it.

"I didn't expect Princess Pingning to be such a forgetful person!"

Li Xiaochen looked at Lin Yuxin and couldn't help but spoke first.

When Lin Yuxin heard Li Xiaochen speak, her heart tightened. She didn't know if she had dreamed about him last night. Seeing him today was really a bit awkward. She originally thought she could keep silent and treat him as a stranger, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Lin Yuxin's defense fell.

Her heart began to beat wildly, and thinking of what she dreamed last night, Lin Yuxin's face began to turn red.

"I wonder what the prince is talking about?"

Lin Yuxin asked while pretending to be calm.

"When we were fighting the bandits, the princess politely said she would give me 60% of the treasure. But after such a long time since I came back, the princess has not given me any. I have no choice but to do it myself."

Li Xiaochen looked at Lin Yuxin with a forced smile and said.

[I'll tell you what I forgot. The nonsense Li Xiaochen said scared her, so she subconsciously didn't want to mention Li Xiaochen. Later, she really forgot about it. And based on the principle of not remembering it if possible, she hoped she could remember it, so that these treasures would still be hers.]

[As a result, her daydream was shattered today, and all her treasures left her!!!]

Lin Yuxin's heart was bleeding, but she looked as if she had suddenly realized something:

"Ah! It's all my fault. I've been too busy lately, and my mother has put me under house arrest, so I forgot about this. I'll send it to you tomorrow?"

"No, I will send you to the Regent's Palace today, so that you won't forget things. By the way, we still need to discuss the matters of this mission. Is the princess satisfied?"

Li Xiaochen looked at Lin Yuxin with amusement, as she seemed to be distressed for Yin Bo but had to pretend not to care, and spoke again.

"Ah? Are we going to discuss this at the Regent's Palace?"

Lin Yuxin was stunned. Are we going to the Prince Regent's Palace?

"Otherwise, where do you think it would be appropriate to discuss this? Your home? Or an inn outside? Are these places safer than my palace?"

Li Xiaochen didn't leave her any chance and directly blocked her way.

"...it's safer to go to the Prince's Mansion to discuss it."

Lin Yuxin opened her mouth for a long time before she spoke to Xiaochen.

"Turn around and go home!"

Li Xiaochen raised the corners of his lips and shouted at the coachman.

"Wait, Prince, I have to go back to get your treasures, right? Can you take me back first? I can go there by myself later."

When Lin Yuxin heard this, she panicked and tried to think of an excuse.

"The princess really has a bad memory. I feel that the princess should be able to take out those things, and not take them back!"

Li Xiaochen directly exposed Lin Yuxin's lies.

"Haha! How could that be? What kind of ability do I have?"

Lin Yuxin smiled awkwardly. She had forgotten that although Li Xiaochen didn't see her collecting those things last time, he was the Regent after all, second only to the emperor.

Li Xiaochen is not a fool, how could he not guess her problem?

"Okay, I won't eat you, what are you afraid of?"

Li Xiaochen looked at Lin Yuxin's reluctant look, and felt upset. Did this woman really not want to be alone with him?

"Your Highness, you are suspicious. This princess is not afraid!"

Lin Yuxin said stubbornly.

[Ahhhh! I'm not afraid that you will eat me, I'm afraid that I will eat you!!! It's all your fault! You also caused her to have such a dream last night. How can I face you after this!]

Lin Yuxin roared in her heart, but she had to face the reality. She seemed to be influenced by Li Xiaochen. She would think of him involuntarily, and her thoughts were confused because of his words. She also dreamed about him.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuxin suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Xiaochen, just staring at him intently, and after a while she suddenly smiled, looking at Li Xiaochen's brilliant and dazzling smile.

Lin Yuxin seemed to have figured something out, and she felt a lot more relaxed. However, she said nothing, retracted her gaze, and sat quietly.

Li Xiaochen first felt relieved when he heard Lin Yuxin say in her heart that she was afraid she would eat him. Then he saw Lin Yuxin suddenly looking at him and smiling so brightly, and he was directly mesmerized by her smile until Lin Yuxin retracted her smile and stopped talking.

Li Xiaochen was completely confused. Lin Yuxin had just seen her smile so sweetly and brilliantly. What did that mean? She didn't understand anything in her heart.

Li Xiaochen opened his mouth slightly, wanting to ask her what she was laughing at for several times, but he held back. He suddenly didn't dare to ask!

The two of them walked in silence all the way to the Regent's Palace.

Li Xiaochen got off the carriage first, and then Lin Yuxin got off. After Lin Yuxin got off the carriage, she called out to Li Xiaochen:

"Your Highness, please send someone to the Zhao residence to tell my mother that I am here to discuss matters with you and I am afraid she will be worried."

"Um!"

Li Xiaochen nodded in agreement. He winked at Wang Yu who was walking out of the mansion at the side. Wang Yu nodded, turned around and left.

Lin Yuxin knew that Wang Yu went to the Xiao Zhao Mansion, so she followed Li Xiaochen into the Xiao Regent Palace with peace of mind.

This was her second time entering the Regent's Palace. Each time it was near evening, when it was already starting to get dark and everything was blurry and not very clear.

At that time, I was so cautious and anxious to find someone that I had no time to appreciate the environment of the palace.