With a secret letter in hand, Zuo Wei strode past everyone in the Mansion and headed straight for the study.
As he reached the door, the guard stationed outside stopped him.
Zuo Wei understood at once. "That woman's inside?"
The guard nodded.
"Ridiculous!" Zuo Wei immediately scowled, though he still instinctively lowered his voice to a whisper. "I... this is a secret letter from over there!"
The guard lowered his eyes to the letter in Zuo Wei's hand, torn, but his gaze soon drifted elsewhere. "The Prince said no one was to disturb him until he came out."
Zuo Wei said, "How about this? I trip you, you fall along with it, accidentally hit the door, then accidentally scream-"
Before he could finish that outrageous proposal, the guard answered with a wooden expression, "No."
Zuo Wei stamped his foot fiercely. "I really have urgent business!"
"No."
Zuo Wei: "..."
Such a stickler for rules! Stubborn as a mule!!
The guard coldly looked away.
Zuo Wei gritted his teeth and was just about to charge forward, risking life and limb, when the tightly shut wooden door slowly opened before them with a crisp creak-.
Jiang Silin's frost-cold eyes swept coolly over Zuo Wei's face. Without even asking why he had come, he ordered, "Make preparations. I'm going to Beiming."
Zuo Wei: "??!"
His indignant gaze immediately landed on the woman following close behind Prince Xin.
Why is it you again?!
Why does our Prince turn into a different person every time you show up, constantly changing decisions he's already made?!
The sound of grinding teeth escaped his lips before he realized it. Jiang Silin glanced at Zuo Wei and, offering no further explanation, started walking outside.
Zuo Wei froze, then hurried after him at a jog, his voice urgent. "Your Highness!