The seductive princess is no longer being pursued; the aloof prime minister is facing a crematorium.

Chapter 135: Riding Together
"Your Highness."

Upon seeing Jiang Jinshuang, Si Ning smiled, stood up, and stepped forward, draped in a fur coat.

As evening approached, the last rays of the setting sun fell upon his smoky blue fox fur coat, casting a few dappled red and gold halos.

Si Ning's complexion is much better than it was a few days ago.

Jiang Jinshuang smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. He's prescription is indeed effective."

Si Ning pursed her lips slightly, looked Jiang Jinshuang up and down, and then asked softly, "Did Your Highness suffer any injustice at Huguo Temple?"

Jiang Jinshuang waved her hand dismissively: "It's nothing to be ashamed of, it's all been resolved."

Moreover, if we're really talking about who suffered more injustice, it seems Xia Yurong was punished more severely than her.

With her beautiful brows furrowed slightly, Si Ning said helplessly, "At the time, I couldn't go to Huguo Temple because I was worried that the Empress Dowager and His Majesty would use it as an excuse to make trouble, so I sent Mr. He and Yan Jue instead."

Jiang Jinshuang nodded, but then brought up another matter: "Si Ning, have you heard the news that Wen Fengcang has gone to the capital?"

Si Ning nodded: "When the Marquis of Wanhu attacked Your Highness before, I sent people to investigate. However, they mostly traveled through rural areas and only in the last few days have I been able to confirm their whereabouts."

Jiang Jinshuang nodded, her gaze darkening slightly: "Do you remember when I told you that there were two groups of assassins attacking us?"

Si Ning nodded, his mind racing. He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Does Your Highness believe that the other group of assassins was arranged by the Prince of Changping?"

"It's pretty close," Jiang Jinshuang said after a moment's thought. "I do have someone I need to ask about this."

“I know Your Highness has your own ideas,” Si Ning gently reminded him, “but now that Crown Prince Beihuai has arrived in the capital, the court is in chaos.”

After a pause, Si Ning said softly, "Is Your Highness also going to a banquet in the palace later?"

Jiang Jinshuang nodded, then remembered something else: "Where is Pei Du? Did Pei Du take his medicine after returning to the capital?"

Actually, Jiang Jinshuang felt that this matter was somewhat difficult to handle.

He Weijing told her that Pei Du would need to rest for the next few days after taking the medicine, but with the palace banquet approaching, if Pei Du did not attend, they would not know what kind of excuses they would have.

Si Ning shook his head: "After Lord Pei returned to his residence, news came from the city gate that Lord Pei had guessed there would be a banquet tonight, and he is still just holding on and hasn't taken any medicine yet."

Jiang Jinshuang frowned slightly: "His injuries are serious. If he doesn't take his medicine, he probably won't be able to finish the palace banquet today."

Si Ning said, "Mr. He returned a quarter of an hour earlier than His Highness. I had thought of this, so I just sent someone to escort Mr. He to see Lord Pei."

“Mr. He means that he can use some medicine to stabilize Lord Pei’s injuries first, at least until the entire palace banquet,” Si Ning paused, then said gently, “Even so, Your Highness should cover for Lord Pei at the palace banquet.”

Jiang Jinshuang nodded: "I understand."

The envoy from Beihuai arrived in a hurry. After Jiang Jinshuang gave Si Ning a few more instructions, Si Ning went back to change her clothes.

Jiang Jinshuang also returned to her palace to change her clothes for the banquet.

As soon as Jiang Jinshuang entered the bedchamber, she saw the figure standing outside the door.

Chun Tao was also in the bedroom. Following Jiang Jinshuang's gaze, she naturally saw someone standing outside the door.

Chuntao smiled.

Jiang Jinshuang was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, with Chuntao doing her hair and makeup.

Seeing the figure outside the door, Chun Tao smiled and said, "Your Highness, let me go find you a cloak."

Jiang Jinshuang nodded.

Chun Tao withdrew, and Jiang Jinshuang looked at the figure outside the window: "Yan Jue, you are not allowed to go to the palace."

The figure flickered twice, clearly dissatisfied with her order.

Jiang Jinshuang smiled helplessly: "Eunuch Sun has already started paying attention to you today. You stay in the manor and wait for me to come back, okay?"

for a long time.

The figure outside the door finally spoke.

He said sullenly, with a hint of being difficult to appease: "No."

—She's sulking.

Jiang Jinshuang shook her head helplessly. In the bronze mirror, Chuntao had already finished helping her with her makeup. She got up and opened the window.

The sunset glow reflected off the summer flowers and blew through the window. Jiang Jinshuang peeked out and tilted her head to look at the man outside the window.

Yan Jue was dressed in black, his hair as black as ink. He held a sword in his hand and kept his head down, refusing to look at her.

Jiang Jinshuang placed her hands on the window frame, propping herself up as she looked out at him: "You saw that Prince Beihuai's kung fu, it's incredibly weak, I can handle it."

Mentioning Wen Fengcang, Yan Jue's gaze darkened, and his face turned cold and somber: "We should have killed him back then."

As he said this, he pressed the hilt of his sword.

Jiang Jinshuang smiled and shook her head: "Alright, if you don't like him, I'll find a chance to take you to get revenge on him later, okay?"

The inkstone trick is easy to coax.

Upon hearing this, he frowned slightly and finally turned his head slightly to look at her.

"He's trying to scare you with a sword."

It refers to what happened in the carriage today.

Jiang Jinshuang explained, "I retaliated back then!"

Moreover, she was certain that if she had been even a second slower in retaliating, Yan Jue would likely have appeared and killed Wen Fengcang directly.

Yan Jue raised his chin, looking rather displeased, and said, "Next time, I'll stab him with my sword too."

Jiang Jinshuang was both amused and exasperated, and quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, we'll scare him next time too!"

Actually, there's another reason why Yanjue wasn't allowed to follow.

When she welcomed Prince Changping back to the capital, she was assassinated. Yan Jue made the move, and the Marquis of Wanhu recognized him and the seven-part broken sword in his hand.

Therefore, it's best not to show your face.

Having made up her mind, Jiang Jinshuang comforted Yan Jue and then smiled as she held up a handful of hairpins: "Which one do you think looks best on me today?"

Yan Jue is a person with... peculiar tastes.

Among a dozen or so beautiful and exquisite hairpins, Yan Jue picked one out and handed it to her: "This one is pretty."

Jiang Jinshuang looked at the somewhat oddly shaped silver hairpin and smiled helplessly: "What's so pretty about it?"

Yan Jue said earnestly, "One end is sharp, making it easy to kill."

Jiang Jinshuang: "..."

In the end, he got his wish and wore the silver hairpin to the banquet.

As Jiang Jinshuang rode in her carriage past Wenshan Pavilion, she saw that the other carriages from Wenshan Pavilion were also about to move, heading towards the palace.

Jingmo, driving his carriage, spotted the princess's carriage at a glance.

He hurriedly waved his hand and respectfully greeted her, "Greetings, Your Highness."

Jiang Jinshuang lifted the curtain.

Before she could say anything, she heard a cough coming from inside the carriage.

Jingmo's brows had been furrowed since just now, his face full of worry.

It must be said that the envoy from Beihuai had no sense of timing; his master was seriously injured and had to rely on medicine to force himself to attend the banquet.

This is truly worrying.

"I have met His Highness."

A man's clear, weak voice came from inside the carriage.

Although she had been persuaded to take the medicine from He Weijing, she didn't seem to be in good health based on her voice alone.

Jiang Jinshuang sighed and called out to the coachman, "You don't need to see me off. I'll ride with Lord Pei to the banquet in the same carriage."