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"Sister Ya …" Su Ling looked at the strange Luo Wenya in front of her.

Huai Jin clearly felt the atmosphere in the surroundings abruptly change, and everyone consciously kept a distance away from Luo Wenya.

Looking at her obvious estrangement, Luo Wenya's heart was also blocked. Instead, it was Huai Jin who reached out and patted her shoulder, pulling her along to bow to the crowd.

Ping Yang, who was following behind the empress dowager, spotted Huai Jin in the crowd and waved her over.

Perhaps it was because he was pregnant, but Ping Yang's entire person was emitting a maternal lustre, and upon seeing Huai Jin, she revealed an amiable smile.

Huai Jin looked at the empress dowager beside Ping Yang, only to see that she was smiling at him with sincerity.

With the corners of his mouth raised, Huai Jin had a harmless smile on his face. Just as he was about to go over, he was stopped by Lan Ling.

"I …" I can't go. " Her eyes darted to the empress dowager's side. "She saw me."

Huai Jin understood in her heart, she stopped and touched the hair at the side of his ear, her face was filled with panic, as though she had suddenly found something, and touched his ear a few times with uncertainty, and asked: Where's my earring?!

Ran Mei looked towards Huai Jin's ears, and sure enough, there was one missing earring, she hastily searched the ground, but it was still night time, and no matter how dark the light was, she could not find it.

Huai Jin touched her empty left ear, her face was full of anger: "You two, go find them for me! When did you find them and when did you come back?! "

The two of them seemed to be shocked, they replied and quickly retreated to help Huai Jin find the earrings that she lost.

Huai Jin scolded the two of them in a voice that was not loud, but it was not soft either. At least, the three of them understood what she meant.

Ping Yang walked over and pulled Huai Jin back with a smile: It's just an earring, why are you so angry?

Huai Jin pouted but did not say a word.

Ping Yang looked towards her other ear, and immediately laughed out. "No wonder Ping Er was so nervous, it's that couple that you just gifted to me."

Huai Jin was startled, what a coincidence! She reached out and took off the other earring, saying with a pained heart, "Isn't that so? I just brought it out today, and now I've lost one."

The empress dowager was in a good mood today. Seeing her like this, she laughed and said, "The Wailing Home will have someone deliver another match tomorrow with the exact same result."

Only then did Huai Jin put away the earrings. With a face full of smiles, she supported Ping Yang and carefully walked to the empress dowager's side, supported by the others.

"How big is big sister Ping Yang's body?" Huai Jin's eyes were unmoving as she stared at Ping Yang's stomach, exceptionally curious.

The empress dowager poked Huai Jin's head and scolded him jokingly, "Girl, in terms of seniority, you should be your aunt."

Huai Jin stuck out her tongue, then giggled at Princess Ping Yang: "Since Big Sister Ping Yang is so pretty, and you call me aunt for nothing, then I won't do it."

Ping Yang was obviously enjoying these words as she laughed, "Since you were raised by your mother, calling me big sister is also fine." After saying that, she reached out and rubbed her stomach, looking happy, "It's been eight months, in two more months."

When Ping Yang's body was mentioned, the empress dowager became even more nervous. She looked around and asked unhappily, "Where is Prince Consort? You did not see him when you went to see the Wailing Home just now, and now you do not see him either.

Ping Yang hurriedly explained to her husband: "Royal brother is also arranging a banquet, Prince Consort is helping over there."

The empress dowager, however, didn't care about what was more important than her daughter's health. She immediately called for her Prince Consort, but was stopped by Ping Yang, who looked at him coldly.

With the entire mindset of putting on an act, Huai Jin also stopped her and explained to the empress dowager: "Right now, we are all women, calling Prince Consort is not an inconvenience, anyway, we will be having a feast after that. It's not easy to meet Sister Ping Yang now, I still want to talk to her for a while longer."

Ping Yang looked at Huai Jin gratefully and replied, "That's right, since I have a body, I haven't been to the palace for a long time, does mother not want to talk to me for a while longer?"

The empress dowager knew that her daughter had probably quarrelled with Prince Consort. This couple had never made anyone relax. However, since Ping Yang did not want him to interfere, he could just let it go. She sighed, and hugged Ping Yang tightly, feeling extremely pampered, "Since you have a body, the two of you should get along with each other. Why does he treat you like this?"

Ping Yang shook her head: "Back then, it was me who forced him to be my consort and ruin his future, so it is only right for him to be angry at me."

Huai Jin blinked her eyes, listening to the mother and daughter conversation. It turned out that Princess Ping Yang still had a story to tell.

Not long after, the banquet officially began and everyone sat down. The empress dowager pulled Ping Yang to sit beside her, while Huai Jin also sat down.

The moment Huai Jin sat down, she could feel eyes looking at him from all directions. That was true, after the hunt, she could already be considered famous in the capital.

Ignoring the gazes of others, Huai Jin continued to leisurely eat the dishes in front of him.

Since palace feast would not be like the Yongan Palace, where all of them would eat sweet food, it took Huai Jin 80% to the point where she had to eat her fill before she managed to stop eating. She looked at the dancers in the middle, who seemed to be uninterested, and left the stage with the excuse of finding her palace maid.

The Wen Yuan Pavilion and the Treasure Hall were separated by a garden, which was connected to the rear garden of the Treasure Hall. The area of the garden was not much different from the Imperial Garden, so it was also called the Little Imperial Garden. The banquet was also going to take place in this small imperial garden.

Huai Jin arrived at the rear garden of the Palace and followed the mark that Ran Mei left behind and arrived at the Little Royal Garden. However, the mark that she left on the garden was already broken.

October was the time when the osmanthus flowers bloomed. The small imperial garden was filled with the fragrance of flowers. The palace maids were busy preparing the area for the feast, Huai Jin avoided them to the place where the mark disappeared.

Following the signs, he saw a field of hibiscus flowers. It was also the season for hibiscus flowers to bloom. The hibiscus flowers were falling in the morning and evening. The flowers on the ground were falling in disorder. It was obvious that someone was trampling on them.

Huai Jin held the dagger hidden at her feet tightly in her hand, and entered the hibiscus forest with her back bent.

The hibiscus flowers were in bloom, and although the flowers had all fallen, the leaves were still lush and flourishing. Once one entered the woods, they would see nothing but darkness, and their surroundings could not be seen.

A wild cat suddenly fell from the tree branch. Huai Jin waved his right hand and opened up the wild cat, the dagger in his hand also injured the wild cat's leg. The wild cat landed, all of its hair exploded, and started screaming at Huai Jin.