C316 316 Orders from Her Majesty

On the same day, he ordered a feast to be set up. Not only was it to wash Yun Ai's body clean, it was also to suppress the shock that she had suffered for the past few days.

"Yun Ai, you don't know how much you have worried Wailing Home the past few days after you disappeared."

"Please forgive me empress dowager, Yun Ai worried you."

Yun Ai obediently bowed in apology.

"Silly girl, what does this have to do with you? It's all those bold water bandits! Once we catch them, Wailing Home will definitely hack them to pieces!"

The Empress Dowager's face was tainted with some anger.

"Empress Dowager, you see, the princess has returned safely. Let's not mention these unhappy matters for now. The water bandits naturally have two princes and the minister of war to deal with."

Dong Xue, who was standing beside the empress dowager, laughed.

"Yes, yes, Dong Xue is right. Wailing Home should not mention anything so unhappy.

Following that, she looked at Dong Xue, "Have you finished arranging the banquet?"

"Don't worry empress dowager, this servant has already arranged everything. Even officials above the third rank have sent invitations."

It could be seen that the empress dowager was very happy that she managed to find the Divine Martial Yun Ai.

Yun Ai laughed. She then turned her gaze to Yan Yuan who was sitting there without saying a word, and looked a little absent-minded. Her beautiful eyebrows knitted, "King Jing's older brother, what's wrong with you, do you have something on your mind?"

When she asked this question, the empress dowager also cast her gaze towards Yan Yuan. Seeing him sitting in the chair in a daze, she turned a deaf ear to Yun Ai's question as if she had not heard it at all.

The empress dowager had a puzzled expression as well. "Ninth, what's wrong with you?"

Yan Yuan still did not answer. The empress dowager and Yun Ai looked at each other, their eyes filled with even more bewilderment. "Ol'ninth?"

Finally, Yan Yuan regained his senses and looked at the empress dowager's doubtful gaze. His face was somewhat unnatural as he asked, "royal sister-in-law, is there something you need?"

"Wailing Home wants to ask you a question. Why does it look so absent-minded? "

"Oh. Chendi is fine. "

As he spoke, he had already stood up from his seat. "royal sister-in-law, this place is a little stuffy. Chendi will go out for a walk first."

The empress dowager looked at Yan Yuan's dejected figure as he left, her eyes filled with even more bewilderment. "What happened to Ol 'Nine?"

Yun Ai quietly retracted her gaze, and retracted the dim light in her eyes, saying: "King Jing's older brother is probably arguing with Crown Princess Jing."

"Oh?"

When the empress dowager heard Yun Ai's words, her eyes widened in shock. Then, a thoughtful expression appeared on her face.

"No wonder I haven't seen Tian Xin enter the palace recently, Wailing Home thought that she was only concerned with the matters of the restaurant."

Shen Wu Yun Ai heard the empress dowager's tone when she mentioned Liu Ruo Qing, it was filled with familiarity, as if she was talking about her own daughter.

Yun Ai's gaze darkened before she looked at the empress dowager and asked, "Does the empress dowager like Crown Princess Jing a lot?"

The empress dowager gave a faint smile, not hiding the fact that she liked Liu Ruo Qing. She nodded and said, "That child Tian Xin has a different personality from other girls, she is not a person who likes to play with ideas, but also likes to beat around the bush. She's simple and straightforward.

Speaking of this, the empress dowager smiled, with a hint of amusement in her eyes. "However, whether Wailing Home likes it or not is secondary. The key is for us Prince Jing to like it."

The empress dowager's gaze fell outside the hall thoughtfully. "This is the first time Wailing Home has seen Ol 'Nine so concerned about a girl. Back then, Wailing Home was actually worried that Tian Xin would suffer losses inside the King Jing Palace."

The empress dowager said, smiling as she retracted her gaze. "That's why the Wailing Home most does not wish for any big problems to arise between the two of them. Neither of them would have a good time if they were less."

Yun Ai didn't say anything on the surface, but Empress Dowager Jiang's words were quietly engraved into her heart.

She didn't know if she was being overly cautious, but she had the feeling that the Empress Dowager had said these words on purpose.

Was the empress dowager afraid that her appearance would cause a separation between King Jing and herself?

Yun Ai secretly laughed in her heart. If the relationship between him and her was so easily broken up by her, then this relationship wouldn't reach the extent where it had to be between the two of them.

Just as Yun Ai was thinking about this in her heart, the empress dowager's voice once again sounded out. "Dong Xue, go to the restaurant in Crown Princess Jing and pass down the Wailing Home's orders, saying that you will welcome Princess Yun Ai to the palace tonight and that she must not be denied."

"Yes, Majesty."

Dong Xue was a little surprised, but when she looked at the empress dowager, her eyes were filled with confusion.

Although the Dust-Cleansing Banquet was a welcoming party for Princess Yun Ai, the empress dowager had invited the official of the third rank of the imperial court to attend, so the Crown Princess Jing was naturally there. Why did the empress dowager send her out to pass on the message?

Could it be that the Empress Dowager felt that without this order, the Crown Princess Jing would not come?

Although Dong Xue was confused, she did not ask further. She accepted the order and left.

Red Chamber — —

"Aunt Dong Xue, why are you here?"

"Reporting to Crown Princess Jing, this servant has come to pass an order from the empress dowager. Tonight, the longevity palace has arranged a banquet for Princess Yun Ai to enjoy.

When Liu Ruo Qing received the word, she had the same thoughts as Dong Xue.

Even if the empress dowager did not pass this message down to her, she would definitely want to attend such a banquet. Why did the empress dowager specifically ask Dong Xue to pass this message to her?

Could it be that the empress dowager was afraid that she wouldn't go?

Liu Ruo Qing snickered in her heart. The empress dowager couldn't be thinking that she cared about the ambiguous relationship between Yun Ai and Shen Wu Yun Ai, right?

It seemed that even the empress dowager knew of the relationship between the two of them, and she only felt that they were ambiguous.

After muttering to herself for a moment, she nodded at Dong Xue. "I'll be troubling Aunt Dong Xue. Please go back and tell the empress dowager that I'll definitely be there on time."

"Yes, Crown Princess Jing, this servant will take his leave first."

"Alright."

After sending Dong Xue off, the corners of Liu Ruo Qing's lips curled up into a smile, and then disappeared.

Recalling the scene of Yan Yuan hugging Shen Wu Yun Ai, her eyes stung greatly.

After a long while, she finally regained her senses, turned around and said to Xiao Yue, "Xiao Yue, return to the Duke Palaces."

"Yes, Princess."

The master and the servant came out from the Red Chamber. As it was the center area, the location of the Red Chamber was not far from the King Jing Palace.

Xiao Yue turned her head to look at Liu Ruo Qing's silent face, and asked while laughing: "Princess, you're finally not angry at the Duke."

Liu Ruo Qing looked to the side at Xiao Yue's smiling face, put away the dimness in her eyes, and said: "When am I angry at him?"

"Princess, you're still not admitting it? In the past few days, you've been hiding in the red house and not returning to it. Isn't it because you're mad at the prince?"