Half an hour later.
Outside the Chancellor's Residence, Jiang Xiaobai climbed into the carriage, lifted the curtain, and waved at Li Zhiwei. "Go back inside!"
"When I have time, I'll come over to kiss... ah, no, to see you!"
"Oh, just go!"
Li Zhiwei stamped her foot, gritting her teeth.
That infuriating man!
"Haha!"
Jiang Xiaobai laughed heartily. As the curtain fell, Zhang Xinnian flicked his whip, and the carriage slowly pulled away from the Chancellor's Residence.
Li Zhiwei watched the carriage leave, her expression growing tender.
Just then, Lin Qinrou appeared beside her and said with a smile, "Still watching? He's already gone!"
"I wasn't!"
Li Zhiwei came back to her senses. Only then did she notice Lin Qinrou, and shyness returned to her face.
Meanwhile, on the journey back, Jiang Xiaobai kept looking puzzled.
With the Elder Princess wearing a bamboo hat, he could not make out her expression, but Tang Ningshuang kept stealing glances at him.
There was something distinctly odd about those looks...
At first, Jiang Xiaobai pretended not to notice, but after it happened several times, he could no longer sit still. "Miss Tang, why do you keep glaring at me when... I haven't done anything?"
"Haha!"
Before Tang Ningshuang could speak, Zhang Xinnian's laughter suddenly came from outside. "Heir Apparent, if you ask me, Miss Tang must have taken a fancy to you. Seeing you with Miss Li... heh, she got jealous!"
He had been standing outside earlier, and he had seen everything clearly.
When Jiang Xiaobai had embraced and kissed Miss Li, Tang Ningshuang's expression had visibly changed.
But Zhang Xinnian had barely finished speaking when-
Whoosh!
A longsword shot out of the carriage.
Wisps of sharp energy shimmered along its edge as it came to rest against Zhang Xinnian's neck.
Hiss!