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

Chapter 235 You're going to marry someone else!
Jiang Jinshuang paused for a moment, her gaze towards Pei Du filled with wariness.

Her gaze swept over the man, her eyes narrowed slightly, and her tone turned cold: "I sent people to investigate him for several days. How can you be so sure he's still in the capital?"

Pei Du explained: "On the day the Prince of Changping was defeated, the guard named Zhou Yuan disappeared. I also sent people to look for him, but they disappeared after they tracked him to the capital."

After a pause, Pei Du said, "I think he must have a place of refuge in the capital. Your Highness discovered it in time and sent people to search for him early on. He couldn't find a chance to escape. On the night of the Qixi Festival banquet, everyone's attention will be on the palace. There is no curfew in Chang'an, which is the best time for him to escape."

In fact, Jiang Jinshuang had also guessed that with her open and covert search, the best opportunity for Zhou Yuan to escape was the night of Qixi Festival.

She just didn't expect that Pei Du would also know about this.

Jiang Jinshuang looked the man up and down, a half-smile on her face: "Pei Du, how do you know all this?"

She only mentioned this to Si Ning, but Si Ning couldn't possibly tell Pei Du.

The man's gaze was deep, and his eyes, as he looked at Jiang Jinshuang, still held a surge of emotions.

He closed his eyes slightly, concealing all his thoughts.

“Chang’an is not the same as Baiyujing, and besides, Your Highness has never intended to hide what you want to do.”

It seemed to answer her question, but it was somehow incomprehensible.

When he opened his eyes again, a layer of coldness covered his expression.

"I will handle the matter of Your Majesty's selection of a consort; Your Highness need not compromise yourself."

The way she said that made it sound like she would be at a disadvantage if she were with Lin Qingyan.

Jiang Jinshuang looked at Pei Du with a half-smile, completely unperturbed.

Without saying anything more, Pei Du took a few steps back and bowed slightly to Jiang Jinshuang: "This humble subject will take his leave now."

After saying that, the man turned and left.

Watching Pei Du's departing figure, a cold glint flashed in Jiang Jinshuang's eyes.

In fact, Pei Du was right. After returning to the capital, she never intended to hide her purpose. The emperor also knew that she would not give up investigating the case of Prince Ruiyang's rebellion.

However, to Jiang Jinshuang's surprise, Pei Du seemed to know more about the inside story than she had imagined.
She wasn't worried that Pei Du would find out anything about her, and as long as it didn't affect her goals, she didn't intend to hide anything.

Si Ning always said that she was hiding something and was having a hard time, but Jiang Jinshuang really didn't think so. Life goes on day by day, and no matter how she got through it, she had made it through, so there was no need to say that it was hard.

—Those she felt had a hard time, they were all left in yesterday.

Upon returning to the princess's residence, Jiang Jinshuang received a visiting card from Lin Qingyan's page.

He said he wanted to invite her to admire the lotus flowers the next day. After Jiang Jinshuang agreed, the page bowed and left.

Not long after the page left, someone from the palace sent a message.

It was a eunuch from Eunuch Kang's side who came to deliver the message, saying that the palace banquet for the Qixi Festival in three days was originally to be organized by the Crown Prince Jiang Biechen, but the Crown Prince has been unwell recently, so he has handed the matter over to Jiang Jinshuang.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jinshuang frowned slightly, somewhat surprised: "Father, aren't you afraid I'll mess up such an important palace banquet by entrusting it to me?"

The young eunuch lowered his head and said in a high-pitched voice, "His Majesty said that Your Highness has reached a certain age, and the Qixi Festival banquet is an auspicious occasion. It would be a good opportunity to let those young talents see Your Highness's ability to organize events."

Oh, I see.

The message from the imperial family conveyed two meanings to her.

Firstly, her marriage is already a done deal, and the Qixi Festival banquet three days later is her final deadline.

The second thing is that it seems the imperial family already knows about her boat trip with Lin Qingyan today.

The fact that the official did not object or stop the marriage meant that he was quite satisfied with it.

That's why she was in a "good mood" and allowed her to organize the Qixi Palace Banquet. Jiang Jinshuang smiled and said to the little eunuch, "I understand. I will organize it well and will not disappoint Father."

After seeing the eunuch off, Jiang Jinshuang summoned Chuntao and asked her to deliver a message to Lin Qingyan: she probably wouldn't be able to leave for the next few days.

In the past, these kinds of palace banquets were all organized by Crown Prince Jiang Biechen. If it was a more grand event, the Empress Dowager would take charge of it herself.

Although Jiang Huayan's harem was still quite full, the position of empress was vacant. Since Jiang Biechen's birth mother died in childbirth, the emperor had not appointed another empress.

Everyone praised the emperor and the late empress for their genuine love and deep affection.

But Jiang Jinshuang felt that Jiang Huayan was rather hypocritical.

In any case, since the harem was without a master, these tasks fell more heavily on Jiang Biechen and the Empress Dowager.

Jiang Jinshuang naturally didn't believe that Jiang Biechen was unwell, and Jiang Huayan's actions would only deepen the rift between her and Jiang Biechen.

Since the death of Prince Changping, the Empress Dowager has lived a secluded life, leaving her palace even less often than before.

The Empress Dowager was not a peaceful person either, and Jiang Jinshuang did not really believe that she would be content to spend the rest of her life in such a calm and uneventful way.

However, these were not things she needed to consider. Her current task was to prepare for the Qixi Festival banquet three days from now.

After sending Chun Tao to reply to Lin Qingyan's post, Jiang Jinshuang checked the time and realized it was already night.

There are quite a few records and notes on the preparation of banquets throughout history, and it is not difficult to prepare one. Jiang Jinshuang took some relevant books from the study and walked towards the bedroom with the books in hand.

Just entered the courtyard.

The night breeze lifted the hem of Jiang Jinshuang's dress.

As if sensing something, she slightly raised her eyes, holding a few books between her fingers.

She saw a tall, elegant man dressed in a clean and neat black men's suit standing under the ginkgo tree, looking at her with a frown.

It’s over.

I forgot about that.

Jiang Jinshuang raised an eyebrow, looking a little guilty.

Yan Jue's eyes were like cold pools, his face like frost. He stood under the ginkgo tree, his heroic figure and rugged spirit striking.

Guilty.

He felt extremely guilty.

Jiang Jinshuang coughed lightly, still holding a few books in her hand, and walked towards the man with a smile on her face.

"Oh dear, it's so late, Lord Yanjue is still awake?"

Yan Jue did not answer. At his waist was the seven-tenths broken sword, the hilt of which was outlined in the shape of a tiger's head, exuding a menacing aura.

A breeze blew through his long, tied-up hair, which was neatly styled with a jade crown.

The man's gaze was cold and indifferent, like the coldest pool in winter, unfathomable.

Walk up to him.

Yan Jue looked down at her, his voice clear and cold, with a hint of displeasure as he questioned, "You want to marry someone else?"

Let’s get straight to the point.

Jiang Jinshuang scratched her brow, pretending to have just remembered, and said in an exaggerated manner, "Oh dear! How could I have forgotten about this? It's nothing important, I just forgot to tell you."

Yan Jue pursed his lips slightly, his tone still cold: "Liar, marriage is a big deal."