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Just when he thought she was upright and unafraid of death, she turned spineless and knew how to act like a siren to seduce the sovereign? Longyang frowned, looked away, and let out a low sneer. After thinking for a moment that he had no need to be so good-natured, he turned his head back to look at her. He opened his lips, wanting to throw out a couple of sarcastic remarks, but saw that she only stood stupidly outside the Inner Chamber where the Holy Emperor rested. Her lips opened and closed, yet in the end no sound came out, and the next instant, she actually spun around and walked straight out of the hall.

Longyang was stunned, feeling as though he watched without understanding, yet he saw her stride toward the outside, push open the doors of the hall, cross the threshold, and walk out. Instinctively, his two legs also followed along outside, and Long Ang's cool voice came from behind him.

"Xiaoyang, control yourself well, and stop acting up."

"That fellow is a bit strange."

"She hasn't been strange for just a day or two, are you still not used to it? Our Holy Emperor doesn't take a fancy to girls who are too normal." Every word carried a warning to him. Longyang frowned, but a bright yellow silk scroll was shoved into his hand. Long Ang lifted a hand toward him, signaling for him to take it. "Handle things well for the Holy Emperor; our Long Household surpassing the Li Household is just around the corner. Isn't this what you've always wanted? Don't think about other things."

Longyang took the Imperial Edict, squeezed it, said no more, and turned his head down as he crossed the threshold of the hall, preparing to leave the palace on