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Xia Yuqing blinked her large eyes, looking like she was on the verge of tears, pitifully gazing at her mother.
However, the Empress, Xia Longwu, remained expressionless and coldly responded, "That’s your problem. I have no reason to help you with it. You’re an adult now."
"By the way, have you finished the assignments I gave you recently?"
Hearing this, Xia Yuqing’s eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she began to cry, tears falling as she spoke, "I finished all my assignments, but I just want to see Brother Zhang Mu! Mom, can you help me figure out a way?"
Seeing her daughter in such a state, Xia Longwu felt a headache coming on. Her expression softened slightly as she said, "There’s a court banquet in a week. I’ll send an invitation to Zhang Mu. You’ll be able to see him then."
Xia Yuqing instantly broke into a smile through her tears. "Thank you, Your Majesty!" she exclaimed, pretending to give a formal bow before skipping out of the palace.
Xia Longwu, watching her daughter leave, rubbed her forehead helplessly. "Zhang Mu... Sigh, Zhang Mu again... Yuqing, you’ve been mentioning him so often lately, it’s driving me mad."
"But actually, I’m a bit curious to see that boy Zhang Mu myself..."
A rare smile appeared on Xia Longwu's exquisitely beautiful yet imposing face.
As soon as Xia Yuqing left the palace, she headed toward a wooded area in the palace grounds. There, she saw a pair of fair, delicate feet dangling from a tree branch above.
The maid accompanying Xia Yuqing quickly bowed and greeted, "Greetings, Princess Qingqian."
Xia Yuqing looked up at the girl sitting in the tree, her bare feet swinging, and smiled. "Qingqian, are you playing in the tree again?"
A voice as melodious as an oriole’s song came from the tree. "Yes, Yuqing. What did you go to the palace for?"
Xia Yuqing laughed. "I wanted to see someone, so I asked my mom—I mean, the Empress—to invite him to the palace."
From the tree, Xia Qingqian asked with a smile, "A man?"
Xia Yuqing’s face immediately flushed with embarrassment, and she shyly nodded. "Mmm..."
After giving this reply, perhaps feeling a bit too embarrassed, Xia Yuqing quickly skipped away.
Sitting in the tree, Xia Qingqian watched the scene, a slight smile curling her rosy lips. She then began to softly murmur to herself.
"Interesting. It seems, like me, Yuqing, you’ve been reborn too..."
"So, Su Muwan, Zhang Yuxin, Shangguan Fengwu, and... the Empress—have you all been reborn as well?"
"And... Zhang Mu, have you also been reborn?"
"Hehehe, this is getting very interesting..."
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At this moment, Zhang Mu was at home, enjoying a leisurely life, when suddenly, he sneezed several times.
"Achoo! Achoo!!"
"Who the heck is talking about me behind my back? Is it Zhang Yuxin? Su Muwan? Or that brat, Ye Feng?"
What Zhang Mu didn’t know was that, in the palace, several women were indeed thinking about him.
But he didn’t dwell on it for long, as one of his household guards informed him that Gu Qingqing had returned from the palace and was now at his home.
Zhang Mu immediately headed upstairs to the little dark room.
-To be continued!
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Translated & Edited by:
-Tinyvillain
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Translated & Edited by:
-Tinyvillain