Chapter 380: Marriage Declaration

Silver Cold Palace.

After the Second Princess Yin Ning returned, she entered the secret chamber, preparing to continue her cultivation.

At this moment, a guard came to report: "Luo Zijun requests an audience."

Yin Ning felt suspicious, left the secret chamber, arrived at the courtyard outside, and had someone bring him in.

As soon as Luo Zijun entered the courtyard, he said: "Second Princess, I have a question for you. That day when you accompanied the Queen to visit the Fox Clan, did you ever see that Fox Clan princess?"

Yin Ning frowned upon hearing this and said: "Why do you ask this?"

Luo Zijun's face turned pale, and he cupped his hands and said: "I ask the Second Princess to please inform me."

Yin Ning stared at him for a while before saying coldly: "I did not see her, and Mother did not see her either."

Luo Zijun said: "Then does the Second Princess know where she was before, what she was doing, or when she appeared in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons?"

Yin Ning narrowed her eyes and said: "I do not know."

Luo Zijun's expression shifted for a moment, then he asked: "Do you know her name?"

Yin Ning still said coldly: "I do not know."

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, then cupped his hands again and said: "Second Princess, could you allow me to meet her once?"

Yin Ning said in a cold voice: "Even Mother and I cannot see her, what right do you have?"

Having said that, she ignored him and turned to enter the secret chamber.

"Second Princess..."

The stone door closed, and there was no longer any response.

Luo Zijun stood stunned in place for a long time before turning to leave.

He did not go back, but instead went to the cliff edge outside, where familiar scenes appeared in his mind, all concerning his Senior Sister.

There were scenes from childhood, and scenes from after she had grown up.

Not long after he left, the secret chamber door opened, and Yin Ning left her palace and arrived at her mother's palace.

"Is that all he asked?"

After listening to her report, the Queen pondered for a moment and asked.

Yin Ning nodded and said: "After seeing that gift, he immediately went to my place."

A sharp light flickered in the Queen's scarlet eyes: "It seems he and that Fox Clan princess are very likely acquainted."

"It is said that the Fox Clan princess also only recently crossed the sea to arrive here."

Yin Ning's expression stirred: "Could it be that she was hiding in Daliang all along?"

The Queen did not continue to speak about this matter, but picked up the letter on the table and said: "Of the eighteen vassal states, fifteen have already raised troops to support that Fox Clan princess. The Earth Cave Fire Wolf has lost its momentum; I estimate there will be a result within a month."

Yin Ning glanced at the letter in her hand and said: "What does Mother need me to do?"

The Queen looked at her and said in a flat tone: "You don't need to do anything, just keep an eye on him. Since that Fox Clan princess sent a gift, presumably, more things will happen next."

Yin Ning seemed to have vaguely guessed something as well, and said: "If the other party wants him..."

A faint, ambiguous expression appeared on the Queen's face: "Perhaps by then, you won't have to worry anymore."

Yin Ning fell silent.

If that human youth chose to leave and go to the Fox Clan, then she would probably give up completely, right?

Of course, he could also take her with him.

However, with her temperament, could she willingly accept being inferior to others?

Yin Ning returned to the secret chamber, but had no heart to cultivate. After pondering for a while, she left the secret chamber and arrived at a small courtyard in the back.

He had not yet returned.

Bai Meixue was sitting alone in the room, quietly reading a book.

Yin Ning came to the window and looked at the cold, lonely scene inside the room, her lips unable to help but reveal a trace of mockery: "Three days of intimacy, and now you have to start guarding an empty room alone?"

Bai Meixue raised her head to look at her: "Is something the matter?"

Yin Ning's tone was flat: "Nothing."

Bai Meixue ignored her and continued to lower her head to read the book.

Yin Ning stared at her for a while longer and said: "Where is he? Did he go to find that woman named Aw u?"

Bai Meixue did not answer and continued to lower her head and turn the pages of the book.

Yin Ning sneered and prepared to leave.

Bai Meixue suddenly asked: "When can we leave?"

Yin Ning stopped her steps, and a strange smile actually appeared on her face: "At any time. Today, tomorrow, the day after—at any time."

A trace of confusion appeared in Bai Meixue's eyes.

"If he wants to."

Yin Ning added this final sentence, then left with a cold sneer.

Bai Meixue watched her cold, gloomy back walk out of the courtyard, a look of contemplation appearing between her brows.

Not long after, Luo Zijun returned, heavy with worry.

Bai Meixue put down the book in her hand, stared at him for a while, and said softly: "She just came to tell me that we can leave at any time."

Luo Zijun nodded, still absent-minded.

Bai Meixue said: "Then let's set off today."

"Mm."

Luo Zijun replied, and just as he was about to sit down, he suddenly woke up, looked at her, and said: "Set off? Go where?"

Bai Meixue looked at him with a calm expression and said: "Naturally, to return to Daliang. Where else do you want to go?"

"Return to Daliang?"

Luo Zijun was stunned for a moment, his expression turning dazed, and he nodded, saying, "Naturally, I must return to Daliang... indeed, I must go back..."

After a pause, he added, "It is just that..."