The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 158: The last chance

Before she could make head or tail of it, Ji Man was pulled outside.

Standing in the crowd of people, Ning Mingjie finally let out a sigh of relief. As he saw that person walking farther away from his peripheral vision, his expression became more relaxed. "The third prince and his princess consort have an extremely good relationship. Mingjie will respectfully offer a toast to the third prince and his princess consort. May the two of you live to an old age in marital bliss."

The third prince loudly laughed. He took a cup of wine and drank it in one gulp. Standing next to him, Zhao Qian wasn't smiling much. Her eyes were filled with sadness and resentment as she looked at Ning Mingjie.

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A palace garden was naturally much more beautiful than the ones outside of the palace. Ji Man silently stood with Ning Yuxuan by a pond. It happened to be dusk right now. Although they weren't talking, it felt pretty nice just standing here.

Marquis Moyu suddenly broke the silence by saying, "Mingjie has accomplished great achievements this time. The emperor will definitely want to bestow a marriage to him."

"En." Ji Man nodded, that sounded reasonable.

Turning his head to the side to glance at the person next to him, Ning Yuxuan slightly pursed his lips. "He wants to promote Luoqi to the position of an honored concubine. I heard that their child is already a few months old."

"Oh, yeah." Ji Man nodded again. She had already heard about this.

"This means that he'll also have a harem one day."

Wasn't this true for all men in the ancient times? Confused, Ji Man glanced at Ning Yuxuan. "So?"

Ning Yuxuan opened and closed his mouth. Looking at this woman's undisturbed gaze, he felt as if his heart had let out a sigh of relief. He snorted at himself.

Why had he been so worried? This woman simply didn't have a heart.

"My lord, what was it that you want to say?" Ji Man blinked as she looked at him.

"It's nothing important. I just won't have time to visit you in the upcoming days. Stay in Feiwan Courtyard. Don't get up to anything while I'm not there," Ning Yuxuan friendly suggested.

If you're going to share a spoiler, do a more thorough job. Why bother telling it if you're going to continue concealing part of it? Ji Man felt very dissatisfied, but when she reconsidered it again, she thought it was already pretty good that he was willing to give her advance notice that something was going to happen.

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Right now, it was a tricky matter to understand Ning Mingjie's position. On the surface, it seemed that he was still loyal to the third prince. And yet, with Prince Gong's daughter between them, there was bound to be a slight estrangement. The third prince mistakenly believed that as long as he put forth some effort and time, he would be able to slowly draw Ning Mingjie back to his side again.

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While Ji Man obediently listened to Marquis Moyu's words, Nie Chenyu seemed have gotten some hidden information too. Thinking that she could rely on the imperial noble consort to support her, Nie Chenyu thought she had endless opportunities. She tried all sorts of tricks on Ning Yuxuan such as dancing to seduce him and drugging him with aphrodisiac drugs.

Ning Yuxuan didn't avoid her and accepted all of her attempts. He even blatantly sought publicity by frequently taking Nie Chenyu outside to look at colored lanterns and stroll around the markets at night. It was all very romantic.