Chapter 393 (2/2)

”Wan-er doesn't want to go to the palace,” Wen Wan said, ”Wan-er doesn't remember the marquis's heir or want to see him. Young Master, can you help Wan-er? Say to the marquis that there's no need to bring Wan-er along with him when he enters the palace.”

Wan-er had a pretty good relations.h.i.+p with Kangyuan in the past. Seeing Wen Wan's frightened expression, a halo of gentleness glimmered around Ning Mingjie. ”Very few people can change Yuxuan's mind. If you're scared of making a mistake in the palace, you should go look for Kangyuan Junzhu.”

Stunned, Wen Wan pursed her lips and asked, ”Who is Kangyuan Junzhu?”

Oh, right, she lost her memories. Ning Mingjie thought it over before saying, ”Have the marquis bring you to see her tomorrow. She'll be in the palace.”

Wen Wan wanted to say more, but a servant had come over to report that Ning Yuxuan had returned.

Ning Mingjie bid Wen Wan goodbye and headed to the receiving room.

Wen Wan remained standing in the same spot and lightly stamped her feet. She kept having a foreboding feeling that something would happen during tomorrow's trip to the palace.

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Ning Yuxuan was holding Ji Man's gift. There was a smile in his eyes, but his voice was indifferent as he said, ”This is a good piece of jade and thoughtful enough.”

Guibai didn't expose his master's real feelings. He only nodded and agreeably repeated, ”It's a very good piece of jade.”

Ning Mingjie stepped into the receiving room with a slight smile and called out, ”Yuxuan.”

Ning Yuxuan tied the jade to his waist, stood up, and saluted him in greeting. ”It's been so long. Cousin, you still have such a valiant and commanding presence.”

They exchanged a few more pleasantries before sitting down. As Ning Mingjie sat down, his robe slightly moved, and Ning Yuxuan saw the unengraved purple jade that was tied to Ning Mingjie's waist.

His smile slowly faded away. Ning Yuxuan pursed his lips. He looked away and was silent for a while before he asked, ”Cousin, is there an urgent matter? Why did you pay a visit to my estate today?”

Yuxuan's tone had noticeably chilled. Ning Mingjie was a bit lost.  He didn't know what had caused the sudden change. ”I just came here because I haven't seen you in a while. I heard that you're going to the palace tomorrow, so I wanted to ask if you could bring along my gift for Kangyuan's birthday. This would save me a trip. I'm going to be busy at the Ministry of War.”

”There's nothing important going on at the Ministry of War tomorrow,” Ning Yuxuan lightly refuted. ”Cousin, you've been married to the junzhu for a while now, but your relations.h.i.+p is still lukewarm. Since Kangyuan Junzhu wants to spend her birthday in the palace, why don't you go and personally give her your present?”

”The road between Zhangjun and the capital is almost halfway done, so there's naturally work to be done on the Ministry of War's side,” Ning Mingjie seriously said, ”Anyways, there's not much affection between me and Kangyuan. We're both aware of it and letting sleeping dogs lie.”

A sulky feeling arose in Ning Yuxuan that went unnoticed by the other people. In a low voice, he said, ”Cousin, even if there aren't feelings between the two of you, you can't be so neglectful about Kangyuan Junzhu's birthday. I won't help you out by delivering your gift.”