After lunch was finished in the main courtyard, Shang Xiye and Hei Xiao left, and Lin Shuang returned to help Bai Lu clean up.
Ji Fengyao was about to return to the dark room to prepare medicine when she inadvertently caught sight of Lin Shuang's reddened eyes. She grabbed Lin Shuang's hand and asked with concern, "Lin Shuang, what's wrong? Have you been crying?"
"It's nothing. It's just that I was thinking about how the Princess will be parting from her family in a couple of days, and it made me miss my own family too," Lin Shuang said, turning her face away uncomfortably.
"Hey, you're such a grown-up, and you still miss home?" Xi Que blurted out carelessly, "How about we ask Miss to give you a day off so you can go home and see your family?"
"No need," Lin Shuang quickly rejected Xi Que's suggestion. "My home is too far from the capital, and I have been away from home for eight years. I was too young when I came to the capital, and now I don't even remember the way back. I can't go back by myself."
Eight years ago, Lin Shuang was about ten years old.
Ji Fengyao thought about it and felt that women in ancient times were quite pitiful. She held her hand and patted it gently, comforting her and promising, "You don't need to be sad. When things are more peaceful, I will have the prince send guards to escort you home. Whether you want to visit relatives or stay, it's up to you. I will definitely prepare a generous dowry for each of you so that you can have a grand wedding."
"Oh dear, Your Highness, you can criticize her, but why drag me into this?" Bai Lu blushed and ran off with the dishes in her hands.
"I don't want to get married, I want to stay with Miss for the rest of my life!" Xique shouted loudly.
"Lin Shuang too, Your Highness, please stop joking." Lin Shuang blushed and withdrew her hand, carrying a pile of dishes and bowls away.
As I walked, I pondered as I faced the frost:
Since Brother Xiao likes the Princess so much, will he listen to her more?
The princess treats them so well; if she were to confide in the princess and beg her...
Well, right now Brother Xiao and Marquis Anping and his son are about to go to the battlefield;
Everyone was secretly worried about this matter, and they decided to wait until they returned from the Northwest to discuss it further.
It was evening in an inn in Kyoto.
After leaving a superior room, Chen Shiyu's calm expression instantly turned gloomy, and he returned to his residence full of displeasure.
A slender man then entered the upper room, bowed and clasped his hands in a respectful gesture to the man in black robes inside, and whispered, "Your Excellency."
"Shiyu is going to the Northwest. You should secretly go with him," the man in black robes gestured to the thin man to sit down.
The thin man then sat down opposite him, his words laced with contempt: "Why did His Majesty make me follow him? He's nothing but a self-proclaimed clever fool; look at all the things he's done, every single time he's just shooting himself in the foot."
"I'm not asking you to follow him and protect him, but mainly to keep an eye on Xiao Chen," the man in black robes said in a low voice.
"Dr. Xiao? Wasn't he supposed to be treating the Ninth Prince? What's he doing in the Northwest?"
"This matter is also puzzling to me, but he is indeed going to the Northwest," the black-robed man said, flipping his hand to take out a gleaming, crescent-shaped white stone, which he handed to the thin man with a hint of reluctance: "Find a way to let Xiao Chen touch it. If there is a reaction, return immediately to report; if there is no reaction, bring it back to me after your trip to the Northwest."
"Shouldn't Your Majesty investigate the Ji family as well?"
"That person's lineage was once a renowned immortal sect, considering themselves righteous gentlemen, and their descendants are likely the same," the black-robed man chuckled, seemingly mocking his previous probing of the Ji family.
Having said that, he suddenly remembered someone, paused for a moment, shook his head and murmured, "Only him."
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