The court officials all praised the little one's acting, and today he finally saw it for himself!

Someone in the palace had tipped them off.

Whether that person had been bought off by the Lin Residence was uncertain, but news of their outing to the Lantern Festival had unmistakably reached the household.

Jiang Tinghuai did his utmost to suppress his anger. When he raised his head, his face still looked perfectly innocent.

"Chengcheng is right." Jiang Tinghuai looked Fang Yiwan straight in the eye, his expression helpless. "Since Great-Grandmother herself made this decision, we, as her juniors, truly have no say in the matter."

Fang Yiwan bit her lower lip.

"This humble woman knows this puts Your Highness in a difficult position, but..."

She wanted to say that she simply "missed him desperately."

She had staked the latter half of her life on Lin Jinshu. How could she possibly tolerate him slipping out of her control?!

"Then why bring it up if you know?!" The voice diagonally opposite her, forever full of "surprises," ambushed her once again, rudely cutting off the speech she had rehearsed all the way here.

"Chengcheng's second brother already has such a hard time in the palace. If he agrees to your request today, how is he supposed to get through the days ahead?!" With that, Jiang Yingcheng sniffed hard, and even her eyes turned red.

Fang Yiwan raised her head, looking at the little girl opposite her with an expression of wounded shock, then timidly lowered it again. Her voice strained, she said, "This humble woman failed to think things through."

She had little affection for this daughter.

To be precise, she had little affection for anyone around her.

But that did not mean she could tolerate those around her treating her with the same indifference!

Besides, that important person had taken such a great risk to pass along news of the