Chapter 286 (2/2)

”Your Highness, if you want a child, you can just let your princess consort give birth to a child.” Ning Yuxuan turned his face away. ”Yuxuan has recently been busy with rea.s.signing people for the Six Ministries and hasn't had time to care about the children in my household.”

”Really...” Zhao Zhe smiled and said, ”Once everything is done, you'll be able enjoy watching your children running around you and living out the rest of your life peacefully.”

”En.”

A small amount of sweat had gathered in his palms. The vow ceremony had ended, and the soldiers were sorting things out and preparing to leave for the battlefield. Ning Yuxuan pretended to feel unwell, boarded his carriage, and returned to his estate.

Ji Man had also finally returned from Nie Residence today. She hadn't seen Nie Qingyun during this visit either and had told a dependable servant girl to follow after him to see what exactly he was up to.

The two of them met as they were coming down from their respective carriages. Ji Man looked at Ning Yuxuan and slightly paused before deciding to walk forward and salute him.

However, the outcome was that d.a.m.n person walked around her and headed towards the estate.

Ji Man's lips twitched. He was being too obvious with ignoring her. She had been right in his line of sight, but he had deliberately turned his head away and walked towards the estate.

This was truly intolerable. Ji Man immediately strode after him and grabbed his sleeve. ”My lord.”

Ning Yuxuan's body stiffened. He stopped walking, but he didn't turn his head to look at her. ”What?”

Feeling angry, but also wanting to laugh, Ji Man simply used a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes. Leaning against him, she said, ”When our relations.h.i.+p was at it's best, my lord would always warmly ask me what's wrong. Now that your feelings have dimmed, you'll only curtly ask me ”What?” with an unsmiling face. What exactly did this servant do wrong?

Marquis Moyu was silent for a long time. He finally looked at her and said, ”I'm just busy. I didn't say that you did anything wrong.”

Who was he trying to fool? Ji Man pressed her lips together, straightened her posture, and said, ”My lord, regarding the inner court's account book, this servant needs to discuss it with you...”

In a low voice, Ning Yuxuan interrupted her, ”Just hand that over to Ling-er. You've always been so busy, and now you have to help manage Mingjie's estate too. Just hand over management of the inner court to Ling-er.”

Ji Man froze in shock.

Looking into the distance, Ning Yuxuan said in a very light voice, ”I'm going to bring the children to a temple outside of the capital in a few days. Stay at home and watch over the estate.”

Without any good reason, he was telling her that she had fallen out of his favor. Ji Man was at a loss. What had she done wrong for this man to treat her like this?

”I'm going to go see Xi-er now.” As the beautiful silk robes brushed pa.s.sed her, it brought a small breeze.

Standing in place, Ji Man seriously thought for a while. In the end, she could only conclude that Ning Yuxuan was in a bad mood from the male equivalent of PMSing.

Translator Ramblings: I think Ji Man was kind of close to death this chapter. Ning Yuxuan has been avoiding her because he views her as a threat that should be killed, but he doesn't want to do it. By stubbornly insisting to appear in front of him, she's unknowingly forcing him to make a decision soon instead of continuing to delay it. On the other hand, Ning Yuxuan doesn't seem like the type of person that would kill his wife or concubines.