
An hour later...
"Next is a time of rest. All guests can go enjoy the peony flower view in the courtyard. Please regroup an hour later." Empress.
The break time was to give an opportunity for those men and women to exchange greetings with each other.
A girl will certainly not take the initiative to approach men alone, therefore they form groups that sometimes consist of three or four people.
After the Empress and the Concubines left, Lin Jiayin immediately rushed over to Prince Yuhao. As if afraid of being pre-empted by another girl.
"Brother Yuhao, let's go enjoy the peony flower scene." Her speech.
Prince Yuhao did not immediately respond, instead subconsciously looking at Jiang Xingyu. After a few seconds, he pulled his gaze "Let's go." He said and walked out.
Prince Yuhao's group consisted of Lin Jiayun, Lin Jiayin, Shu Yinfeng, Shu Yinxue, Fang Jinse, and lastly Yan Zhihang who had precisely not followed them.
Seeing Yan Zhihang still sitting, Shu Yinfeng asked. "Zhihang, what's wrong?"
"I want to see if there's a girl that suits me. So I'm not gonna follow you guys." Yan Zhihang looked for an excuse, not directly saying he wanted to cut ties with them.
"alright. Then we'll go first." Said Shu Yinfeng who did not feel any strangeness at Yan Zhihang's attitude.
There were many girls who wanted to greet King Chonglou and Prince Yin. Their courage is too small.
Hence they turned on Feng Yuqie and Chen Ziyue, but when seeing the two walking in joining the Yin Prince, their little courage instantly dissipated.
What made them not expect was, Prince Yin and his group were actually walking closer to Jiang Xingyu.
At the same time Bai Yinran was nervous when she saw their arrival, and was planning to leave. But it was stopped by Jiang Xingyu. "Miss Bai, let's go with us."
Bai Yinran was entangled by her own feelings. The desire of his heart was certainly not to refuse. But...
"Sister, let's go with Princess Ming. Besides, we didn't come here to find a husband." Bai Yuxue said.
"All right." Bai Yinran agreed.
As the group of Prince Yin approached, Bai Yinran saluted. "Greetings to my honor, Bai Yinran, to King Chonglou and Prince Yin."
Following his sister, Bai Yuxue also saluted in a way that lowered her head slightly.
Then Bai Yinran greeted the other two men politely. "Young master Feng, young master Chen."
"Miss Bai doesn't need to be so polite." Prince Yin.
"true." Feng Yuqie.
"It's boring to live here. Why don't we go to Ning'er Palace for a chat?" prince Yin's Advice.
Of course the word chat is just to cover up their next action.
In addition there were many secret guards watching in the darkness, so if you wanted to start a mission, you would have to find a place that the secret guards could not keep an eye on.
With that advice, everyone doesn't mind. Because they don't like noise.
Then they walked towards the Eastern Palace.
Some girls walk in the front and men walk in the back. They chatted so that the atmosphere was not awkward.
"Does the oldest Miss Bai have a lover?" jiang Xingyu asked as he looked at Prince Yin at a glance.
Seeing Miss Jiang looking at him meaningfully, Prince Yin immediately understood his point. He remained relaxed as if the question had no effect.
Bai Yinran was surprised and did not know what to answer. Only a nervous expression represented how much unease he was in.
While he was still wrestling with his thoughts, Bai Yuxue spoke. But not to help, it made him even more nervous. "My sister is so shy, she doesn't know how to answer questions like this. But it seems like my sister already has a lover, otherwise she wouldn't have written many love poems. It's just I don't know who that guy is."
This speech was too fast that Bai Yinran could not stop him.
"Xue'er, shut up! Don't say shit." His words were accompanied by a warning expression.
"Huh! I'm not saying shit." Firmly Bai Yuxue.
"alright. Let's talk about something else." Jiang Xingyu immediately interrupted.
It didn't take long to arrive at the Eastern Palace, more precisely at Ningze Palace.
At the behest of Princess Yanning, the servants immediately served tea and various snacks. Some people sat around the table and started chatting.
On the other hand, Jiang Linxin rejected some girls who wanted to group with her on the grounds of not feeling well. Then walking alone to a lonely place, of course there was a figure he wanted to see in that place.
Somewhere, Yan Zhihang was leaning against the rocks. Think of the conversation between him and his father.
The Flashback
"Dad, I don't think Prince Yuhao is the right choice." Yan Zhihang.
"Lately Prince Yuhao's actions have indeed caused the dissatisfaction of some officials. Dad never thought it turned out his attitude was so reckless. If he couldn't even win while arguing with the little girl, how could he defeat the Princes?" Grand master Yan said accompanied by a complicated expression.
"Then what's next?" asked Yan Zhihang.
"Zhihang, I actually want our family to be neutral. But the risk is too high and difficult to do if it does not have enough strength. At first our family chose to support Prince Yuhao because your mother had a familial relationship with the Shu family, besides we thought Prince Yuhao was not a bad choice. On the other hand, everyone knew that Prince Yin and Prince Yufeng, had the highest chance of inheriting the throne. Although Prince Yin and Prince Yufeng had expressed no interest in the throne, yet no one knew of their true intentions. Zhihang, from now on you do not get too close to Prince Yuhao. Just keep an eye on whether his attitude will change or not. If his attitude still doesn't change, we should cut ties with him. Our family will not support an incompetent Prince." Said Great Master Yan after thinking thoroughly.
Flashback off
As his mind was troubled, Yan Zhihang felt that someone was approaching. Seeing who was coming, he sighed unhappily.
"Young master Yan?" a girl's voice sounded soft, her face was a bit timid and her heart was racing. His eyes did not dare to look directly at him, but the love in his eyes could not be hidden.
"Hi, Miss Jiang is second." Yan Zhihang greeted politely.
Aye! The girl with the soft voice was Jiang Linxin. The young man he liked was Yan Zhihang.
But unfortunately Yan Zhihang did not have the slightest bit of liking for him. Not because of the status of Jiang Linxin who was the daughter of the Concubine, but because she had known her true nature. To him, Jiang Linxin was nothing more than an inconsistent girl, as well as being good at hiding her rotten intentions.
If only Jiang Linxin had known what Yan Zhihang was thinking, she would have never met him.
"Young Yan, why are you here alone?" Jiang Linxin asked.
"I don't like places that are too noisy, so I came here. How's yours?" Yan Zhihang.
"I'm the same. So I was looking for a quiet place. It's just that I didn't expect to see Young Master Yan here." Jiang Linxin said as if it was indeed a coincidence.
But would Yan Zhihang believe him? of course not!
"Oh. Then please second Miss Jiang sit here. I'll go first." Yan Zhihang really did not want to stay too long with this girl.
Seeing this, Jiang Linxin was anxious then immediately called out. "Young master Yan..."
Yan Zhihang paused for a moment, turned his head and asked. "Yes, what's wrong?"
"I'm..." Jiang Linxin was nervous and afraid of being rejected if she expressed her feelings right now, but an opportunity like this was extremely rare.
"If there's none, I'll go first." Yan Zhihang.
Jiang Linxin sighed deeply then said. "Young master Yan, I've actually liked you for a long time. I know my status is very low and it's not worth it to be with you. But I'm very sincere about you."
Yan Zhihang bluntly responded. "Miss Jiang second, thank you for liking me. Sorry, love cannot be forced. It has nothing to do with your status." The implication is that I don't like you because of your identity.
After apologizing, Yan Zhihang turned around and left.
This time Jiang Linxin did not stop him. The reason for that was because his arrogance and dignity did not allow himself to behave any more than this.
Instead, he held onto his chest which was very painful. Even unconsciously her tears dripped down her cheeks.
Actually he was not so surprised by Yan Zhihang's rejection, only that his heart could not accept this reality.
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