She learned that he was the daughter of King Li, a king of a different surname, and that was... the little princess who was to be engaged to him.
Li Jiangjiang nodded, "I see."
At this moment, the guard who had left stepped forward: "Young master, we have found the young princess's maid and guard."
Chu Changning nodded, looking at the maids and guards rushing over from not far away, then turned back to Li Jiangjiang and said, "The city is crowded and complicated, the little princess should still protect herself."
After saying that, he handed the lantern in his hand to Li Jiangjiang: "This is for the little princess."
Holding the lantern in her hand, Li Jiangjiang felt her heart beating a little faster; she thought she might be in love… “May I ask whose son you are, sir?”
Chu Changning, who had already stepped out of the pavilion, turned back to look at Li Jiangjiang with a smile: "Second Young Master of the Marquis of Changping's Mansion."
Li Jiangjiang was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously tightened her grip on the lantern in her hand. Did he know that her mother wanted her to be engaged to him? If he did know, did giving her the lantern mean he liked her?
After answering, Chu Changning turned and left.
Li Jiangjiang stared blankly at his retreating figure, but the smile on her lips did not disappear.
But... Li Jiangjiang suddenly remembered something, and her expression dimmed again.
No, she couldn't fall for him; he was going home. Although Chu Changning was even more handsome than she had imagined, she probably wouldn't be able to stay with him for very long.
Because she wanted to go home, and even if she couldn't go home or complete the mission, the system wouldn't allow her to live.
Li Jiangjiang held the lantern tightly in her hand. She wanted to marry him simply because she didn't want to ruin other people's relationship.
But she couldn't let Chu Changning like her. Right now, he might only have a slight liking for her, or perhaps he was only nice to her because of their engagement.
But no matter what, she couldn't like him, nor could she let him like her.
After making up her mind, Li Jiangjiang left the pavilion with the help of her maid. On the way back, Li Jiangjiang asked her maid to find out Chu Changning's likes and dislikes.
The maids also learned that the man they had just met was the second son of the Marquis of Changping, and that the imperial decree to bestow the marriage would likely be issued soon.
Presumably, the young princess has taken a liking to the second young master, which is why she wants to target his preferences.
The maidservant immediately nodded: "Don't worry, mistress, I will definitely find out for you."
Li Jiangjiang knew what she was thinking but didn't say anything, and just nodded.
…
The next day, after court, Chu Changning appeared in the imperial study.
"I humbly request Your Majesty to grant me and the young princess a marriage." There was no prince; before Nan Su ascended the throne, they had killed each other, and almost all of them were dead. Those who survived were all those who wanted to kill Nan Su, so they were all dealt with by Nan Su.
Therefore, there were only a few kings of different surnames, and only one unmarried princess.
When the other person spoke, Nan Su knew who he was talking about, especially since Wange had mentioned it to him before. However, Wange's opinion was to see what Chu Changning thought, because the Prince's Mansion would definitely not object.
Nan Su looked at Chu Changning in front of him and asked, "Have you thought it through?"
"I've made up my mind." Chu Changning smiled broadly, his eyes brimming with joy.
"Here you go." Nan Su placed the imperial edict directly into his hands.
Chu Changning was somewhat bewildered: "Your Majesty, you prepared this for me so quickly?"
"You know the Empress is trying to set you up, right?" Nan Su's tone was extremely calm and indifferent.
Chu Changning nodded. Of course he knew. It was precisely because he knew about this matter that he wanted to see what kind of person the rumored little princess was.
Nan Su continued, "Since you knew, isn't it normal for me to draft an imperial edict for you?"
"What if I don't like her?" Chu Changning seemed to have realized something.
Nan Su's tone remained largely unchanged: "No one can stop her from making the right choice. If you don't like her, just marry her and raise her well. I don't care who you entrust your feelings to."
Chu Changning shook his head helplessly. He had known for a long time that His Majesty was such a person, cold-blooded and ruthless, caring about nothing except the Empress.
But because he had an empress, he was seen as a wise ruler by the people and was recognized by everyone as an emperor.
He would not do anything to disappoint the Empress, so he worked diligently and honestly did what a wise ruler should do.
Even without an empress, he could imagine what kind of emperor Nan Su would be.
Deep-seated thoughts, suspicious by nature, indifferent to life, and perhaps even cruel and ruthless.
Chu Changning once again expressed his gratitude to the Empress. Without her, he couldn't imagine what the world would be like now.
…
Wan Ge stood outside the door, listening to the conversation inside, her heart filled with extremely complicated emotions.
Actually, she could sense it when he arrived. Although Nan Su was young, he had already built high walls around his heart, and it would be almost impossible to break through them.
If his soul hadn't also transmigrated with her, though the body contained a different soul, she would never have been able to warm his heart.
Perhaps she was too late. She thought she wasn't too late, but in fact... many things had already shaped Nan Su's thoughts, and she might never be able to change them.
"Who's outside?" Nan Su had excellent hearing and heard the noise outside the door.
Wan Ge pushed open the door and went inside.
Nan Su was slightly taken aback: "Sister, what brings you here?"
Wan Ge placed the meal in front of him: "I heard you've been very busy lately, and sometimes you forget to eat when you're dealing with official business, so I've brought you lunch."
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