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Jiang Zhixia slipped out of the banquet hall without daring to look back at Jiang Lian.

Sorry, I'll make you extra chicken drumsticks later, two of them!

She bypassed the guests and servants, making her way to the side door, interrupting her meeting with Ning Yi, and then slipped away.

As soon as he turned the corner, he stopped abruptly.

Ahead, Jiang Lin stood there upright, holding a wine glass, her cold and beautiful eyebrows slightly raised, looking at her with a "I've got you" expression.

Jiang Zhixia: "...!"

What's Mother doing here? Wasn't she just sitting in the main seat of the banquet hall?!

How come I've already appeared in the corridor in less than two minutes?!

"Xiaxia," Jiang Lin said slowly, "Where are you going?"

"What a coincidence, Mother! I've run into you here!" Jiang Zhixia quickly replied with a sweet smile. "I came out for some fresh air. There were too many people inside the banquet, so I wanted to find some peace and quiet."

She stepped forward and took Jiang Lin's arm. "How did you feel about today's banquet? Were you satisfied with the reactions of the nobles?"

Jiang Lin took a sip of fruit wine, a genuine sense of satisfaction rising in her eyes.

"Not bad. It wasn't a waste of time. Your friend Chen Li stirred up the emotions of many noble females. I went around to visit them again, and most of the females' attitudes were much better than expected. We have a high chance of passing the vote tomorrow."

Jiang Zhixia's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"That's great! Then Mother doesn't need to worry! With Jiang Lian taking the lead today, most of the nobles' eyes will definitely be on her. With her as a live target, if those nobles object, the first wave of fire will definitely be directed at her, and I will escape unscathed!"

She thought her plan was brilliant, and a smug smile appeared on her lips.

Jiang Lin looked at her with a "I'm so smart, right?" expression and shook her head helplessly.

However, her daughter was right. Jiang Lian's presence did indeed distract most of the attention, giving the opposing nobles a target.

But let's get back on track.

"So, where are you going now?"

Seeing that her mother wasn't letting her off the hook, Jiang Zhixia laughed a little sheepishly, "Hehe, Mother, I really can't stay at the banquet, otherwise I'll become the target. Lu Jue isn't here, I'll be so bored by myself..."

"so what?"

"So I want to go visit Ning Yi; he's at the banquet too."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin looked as if she had known, then gave him a resentful look.

"It's my birthday party today, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Jiang Zhixia blinked and tilted her head innocently.

"Mother, don't you like the birthday present I gave you?"

Jiang Lin's expression softened immediately upon hearing this.

She received a gift early this morning, which Jiang Zhixia had entrusted to a servant to deliver to her bedroom.

Upon opening it, one finds a bouquet of crystal flowers crafted from rare minerals. The petals are delicate and translucent, layered upon layered, shimmering with a soft, silvery-white light, and the stems are entwined with vines made of silver threads.

She had seen this flower before; it resembled her daughter's spiritual form.

She looked at it for a long time, captivated by its beauty.

As the queen, she had seen all sorts of fine things, but this gift was clearly the result of her daughter's hand-drawn blueprints, which were then painstakingly carved and polished with rare minerals. She was delighted to see it.

"I like it, of course I like it," she said, raising her hand to rub her daughter's head, unable to bear scolding her anymore. "You're the only one who knows how to make your mother happy."

Jiang Zhixia breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her mother smile.

Then, I prepared to slip away again.

"Then, Mother, I'll go first..."

"stop."

"what?"

Jiang Lin grabbed her daughter's wrist, looking at her with a half-smile, "Didn't you say you wanted to escape to some peace and quiet? Perfect, I don't like crowds either. Come on, let's go sit in the back garden with your mother."

Jiang Zhixia: "..."

……

In the back garden, Ning Yi was already looking for someone.

He waited at the side gate for a long time, but didn't even see Jiang Zhixia.

No one replied to my messages, and no one answered the computer communication.

He frowned and wandered around the area twice, but still couldn't find the person.

In the palace, he wasn't worried about Jiang Zhixia's safety, but... who intercepted her again?

Jiang Ting and Su Chen are still at the front lines and haven't returned yet. Lu Jue seems to be being used as a machine by His Majesty, and he didn't even attend such an important banquet today.

Who else could it be?

Could it be... the princess's brother?

Thinking of Jiang Huai, who was obsessed with his sister, he thought it was possible.

So, Ning Yi lifted his foot and walked deeper into the palace.

The royal gardens are filled with rare natural plants, and in an era when natural plants are extremely precious, the maintenance cost of such a garden is astonishingly high.

Therefore, the back garden is generally not open to the public, and is only allowed to enter by distinguished guests during banquets.

Ning Yi walked to the entrance and saw two guards standing guard from afar.

He paused, then began to ponder.

He was invited to the banquet because of the princess, because he had donated supplies to the front lines, and because of the military robot project, among other things...

However, these places are unlikely to be included in the royal family's private domains, and their current status is not appropriate.

...Tsk, just wait and see. Once he becomes the official husband, he'll stick to Jiang Zhixia wherever she goes!

But right now, we still need to figure out how to get in and find someone.

Ning Yi looked around.

Then, he curled his lips into a smile.

A few breaths later, a small, snow-white fox darted out, its fluffy tail swishing in an elegant arc in the night, and walked briskly past the two guards.

Guard: "...?"

Why does this fox look so familiar?

Upon closer inspection, that snow-white fur and that nonchalant attitude—wasn't that the little white dog the princess kept?!

The guards looked at each other in bewilderment.

"That fox is amazing! It never appears when the princess isn't around, but it pops up as soon as she returns..."

"Should we arrest him first and report to the princess later?"

"Are you stupid? The princess used to dote on it so much. Never mind, let it go in and play."

The little fox swaggered in like that.

Once they entered a secluded spot, Ning Yi's figure flickered and he transformed back into human form.

He raised his hand to tidy his disheveled long hair, then tilted his head back and took a deep breath.

As expected, Jiang Zhixia's unique fragrance could be faintly detected in the night breeze.

He followed the scent forward.

After passing through several neatly trimmed flower bushes, I finally saw the person I had been searching for all night.

Beside the stone table in front, Queen Jiang Lin was sitting on a stone bench, turning her head slightly to look at her daughter beside her.

Jiang Zhixia sat opposite her, her expression somewhat shocked.

"Mother, a concubine?! Why?!"

Jiang Lin: "Xiaxia, you like him, and it's already good enough that you let him be your beastly husband. As for a legitimate husband... it's not that you can't give him one, it's just that his current temperament isn't suitable."

Ning Yi's smile froze, and he slowly stopped walking.