Ji Mingyue's Gifts for the Family

Outside the National Preceptor's Residence.

Jiang Ning glanced at the maidservants behind Ji Mingyue, then stepped aside.

"Seventeenth Princess, please come in!"

At those words, Ji Mingyue immediately revealed a sweet smile.

She crossed the threshold, and when she reached Jiang Ning's side—

She naturally looped her arm through his.

Their eyes met, and Ji Mingyue smiled brightly again. "Why, can't I?"

As she spoke, she hugged his arm a little tighter. "We're betrothed now, after all!"

Feeling the soft touch against his arm, Jiang Ning smiled in resignation.

"Come on. I'll take you to see my elder brother and sister-in-law!"

"Alright!" Ji Mingyue nodded. "I haven't visited Brother and Sister-in-law yet! This time, I have to leave a good impression on them!"

"I heard your Imperial Father kept a tight rein on you before. How did he suddenly let you out these past few days?" Jiang Ning asked midway, trying to distract himself from the ripples in his heart.

With Ji Mingyue clasping his arm in both hands, the sensation was crystal clear.

His long abstinence inevitably stirred a few waves in his heart.

"Because I begged my Imperial Father. If I begged enough, his heart softened, so he let me out!" Ji Mingyue said with an easy expression.

"Was it really that simple?" Jiang Ning asked.

From the information he had gathered, he knew just how fiercely that emperor had opposed this before.

Ji Mingyue's earlier actions had even brought shame upon the imperial family.

If merely begging could have earned Ji Mingyue the chance to leave, why would that emperor have been so enraged before?

He looked at Ji Mingyue again. Her face was now brimming with delight.

Seeing this, he did not ask further.

Just then—

Qinghe gave Jiang Ning a graceful curtsy. "My lord, the