Prince An chatted with Lin Luoling for a while, and then said to Lin Luoling: "I have been busy with official duties these days and have no time to accompany you. If you have nothing to do, you can go to Yu'er to have fun for a while. When you have free time, go to the Royal Grandmother, and you will definitely learn a lot of good ways to handle palace affairs."

The ten fingers were interlocked and slowly slid apart. Lin Luoling lowered her eyes to look at the slender white fingers and responded. They had not been able to make love for nearly half a month. Prince An looked at Lin Luoling with ripples in his eyes, but he suppressed them with great restraint. He wanted to say something else, but his Adam's apple rolled up and down, but no sound came out.

He had no choice but to follow his heart, hugged Lin Luoling and kissed her passionately, kissing Lin Luoling's lips until they were bright red and shiny, then he whispered hoarsely in Lin Luoling's ear: "I will be back early tonight, my beloved concubine, don't go to bed too early, wait for me!"

Prince An didn't dare to linger for a moment longer, fearing that he would not be able to suppress his restless heart and would go to Wushan to make love with Lin Luoling, thus delaying his important business. He turned around and left quickly.

After Prince An left, Lin Luoling pondered for a moment. Both her father and Prince An suggested that she learn about the affairs of the harem from the Empress Dowager. After thinking it over, she decided that she had just pretended to be sick and it would be inappropriate for her to leave Jingtai Pavilion rashly, so she decided to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager early tomorrow morning.

However, Prince An returned to Jingtai Pavilion before midnight. As soon as he entered the palace, he hugged Lin Luoling, who came to greet him, around the waist.

Hualian and Xiangjin saw this, smiled at each other, left the hall, and went to the yard with Biyou and Bizhi to grind flower petals for making nail polish for Lin Luoling.

However, the master and servants of Jingtai Pavilion hardly slept that night. Prince An called for water six times. In the dim morning light, Prince An took a short nap, leaving the exhausted Lin Luoling sleeping in the palace.

When Lin Luoling woke up, it was already past noon. After having a casual lunch, he calculated the time and found that it was exactly the time when the Queen Mother took a nap. Lin Luoling felt weak in the waist and legs, so he leaned on the soft couch and took a nap unknowingly until dark when he woke up.

After waking up, Prince An returned to Jingtai Pavilion shortly after finishing dinner.

This went on for three days in a row. Although the number of times Prince An called for water in the middle of the night decreased by three times, Lin Luoling's sleeping time increased a lot.

Not to mention Concubine Xian coming to Jingtai Pavilion again, even the Empress Dowager and Shi Mi had never sent anyone to come.

Except for the fact that the palace maids from Jingshou Palace would bring meals to Jingtai Pavilion during meal times, the place seemed to have been forgotten.

On the fourth day, Lin Luoling waited until the middle of the night, but Prince An did not return. Hualian and Xiangjin stayed by his side, changing the red candles twice. Seeing that it was getting late, they could only comfort Lin Luoling:

"Miss, I think His Highness Prince An must have been delayed by official business. Why don't you go to bed first? I will be on guard in the main hall. When His Highness Prince An comes back, I will help him wash up."

After waiting in vain for nearly half an hour, Lin Luoling fell asleep on the soft couch with his upper eyelid drooping against his lower eyelid.

When she woke up the next day, Lin Luoling saw that she was still lying on the couch, so she couldn't help but ask Hualian: "Your Highness Prince An didn't come back last night?"

Hualian rubbed her sleepy eyes and replied, "Yes! His Royal Highness Prince An didn't come back last night."

Lin Luoling was worried. After all, they had not yet married, and Prince An had only been away for one night. She could not send her maid to ask, so she rubbed her forehead and asked, "What time is it now?"

Xiang Jin came forward with a teacup and said, "It's just the hour of Si."

Lin Luoling drank half a cup of tea, washed up, and had no intention of having breakfast. She asked Hualian, who had just learned how to dress and comb her hair into a dignified bun, put on some light makeup, took a set of simple and elegant palace clothes from the cabinet, and changed into them. Then she went to the main hall of Jingshou Palace to pay her respects to the empress dowager.

Princess July happened to be there too. Lin Luoling, who had not yet entered the palace, vaguely heard the Queen Mother and Princess July say, "Yesterday, His Majesty summoned the Ningyuan Marquis and his wife, as well as Young Master Jiang, to the palace to discuss your engagement. You listened in, were you satisfied?"

Lin Luoling paused and thought to herself, maybe it was because Jiang Chi entered the palace and Prince An discussed court affairs with Jiang Chi, which also involved Jiang Chi's upcoming engagement with Princess July, so they chatted late and did not return to Jingtai Pavilion.

Princess July smiled and said, "How could my uncle specifically mention my engagement with Jiang Chi? He was clearly trying to get Jiang Chi into the government, telling him that the position of the head of the Four An generals was vacant, and he wanted Jiang Chi to fill the vacancy."

"What do you think?" asked the Queen Mother.

Princess July said: "My cousin also said that the southern and northern borders are not peaceful now. If Jiang Chi fills this vacancy, won't he have to lead the army to fight? My uncle is not afraid at all that I will become a widow before I get married.

So, before Jiang Chi could say anything, I rejected it on his behalf."

“You really shouldn’t do that!” The Queen Mother saw Lin Luoling’s shadow standing stiffly outside the palace gate, in a dilemma. She couldn’t help but sigh and said, “Jiang Chi is a wild horse that has broken free from its reins. He has no interest in the intrigues of the court. If he goes to the battlefield and you can’t bear to let him go, then go with him. When your mother was alive, she went to the battlefield with your father many times, except for that one time…”

The Queen Mother seemed to be thinking about something very distant, and mist rose in her eyes.

Princess July knew that the time the Queen Mother mentioned that was when Princess Chang'an had just given birth to her in the capital.

"Since the Royal Grandmother said so, I will go back and ask him what he thinks. If he wants to take this job, then let him do it. But then, I won't be able to accompany the Royal Grandmother. Thinking of this, I feel that there is nothing good about getting married." Princess July pouted.

"Oh? If you can't bear to leave me, then you might as well not marry Jiang Chi..."

At this point, the Queen Mother gave Shi Mi a look and asked her to lead Lin Luoling into the palace.

This was just right to stop the empress dowager from talking, and Princess July naturally didn't want to gossip about these things in front of Lin Luoling.

Lin Luoling had just paid her respects to the Queen Mother when she heard her say in a sarcastic tone, "You stay in Jingtai Pavilion all day and don't care about worldly affairs. How can you be sharp-eyed and sharp-eared after such a long time?"

Lin Luoling looked up in confusion, and saw the queen mother holding the teacup and taking a sip, her expression indifferent, as if chatting casually: "I heard that yesterday, the elder brother of the virtuous concubine, the general Zhenyuan, brought his eldest daughter into the palace.

It is said that the niece of Concubine Xian is fifteen years old and looks a bit like Concubine Xian. She invites Prince An to go boating on the lake whenever she goes in and out of the palace.

After saying that, the Queen Mother lowered her eyes to look at the teacup and suddenly looked at Lin Luoling with a sharp gaze, "General Zhenyuan is very generous. He is willing to let his legitimate daughter be inferior to you and become the concubine of Prince An."

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