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Princess Xin Xue Qing had a busy day.
From her own cultivation issues to saving her brother from trouble, and then with her father's royal edict as the cherry on the top, she was as busy as she could get.
However, this was not the whole truth.
If she had noted carefully, she would have observed that this day was no different any other day.
All her days go by like this, with her being busy in royal palace schemes, cultivation, and helping her brother take down the Crown Prince.
What made this day different from the rest was the unique feeling she had when she woke up.
To be more specific, it was a desire, a wish. It was something she wanted to do right away.
And that was to visit the Purple Spring Garden.
Why, you ask?
No reason. It was just that she wanted to be in the garden.
In fact, there was a reason. It was just that she wasn't willing to accept it.
The whole day, a certain young man's face and his words were in her mind.
'What the hell is happening?' She was confused and frustrated, 'I met him only once!'
It was the young man she met yesterday in the Purple Spring Garden.
'This is so lame…'
She couldn't help but think, 'I can't stop thinking about him…'
At first, she thought, was it a crush?
'Nah, I have no time for that.'
'It must be curiosity.'
Just curiosity.
Yeah.
Definitely curiosity.
Nothing more.
And now, with tiredness creeping over her, she stepped in the Purple Spring Garden.
Yesterday, she had asked a servant to find out the details of the visitors. She was merely intrigued by the young man she met. But to her surprise, the information she got was not what she was expecting at all.
The young man she described to the servant was never in the Purple Spring Garden?
It was weird.
She had thought most of the night.
Even with her tight schedule and high-profile life, sometimes there were a few things that made her curious, and she wouldn't stop thinking about them.
'Sigh…'
She let out a long breath as she looked from one corner to the other.
The purple Spring Garden was as busy as it could get.
'What's happening? Why are many people coming here?'
Usually, the whole Garden barely had thirty to fifty young people, but today, all the seats across the garden were filled.
Except for one.
'It's the same one…'
She thought.
'....it will be weird if I meet that guy again.'
She was somewhat expecting herself to come across that mysterious young man.
'...I am asking for too much.'
She sighed once again and headed for the seat.
Just as she was about to take a seat, she suddenly felt someone approaching from the side.
Frowning, she turned her head, and in the next instant, her eyebrows moved apart as the frown changed into surprise.
"You…"
"We meet again, Young Lady."
It was the same young man whom she was so curious about.
"What are you doing here?" She couldn't help but ask.
The young man shrugged, "Waiting."
"Oh? For whom?" Princess Xin Xue asked while taking the seat.
The young man gestured to the seat and asked for permission, "May I?"
Surprisingly, she nodded, and the young man sat on the other half of the seat.
"I am waiting for a gem."
"A gem?" The Princess stared at him, "Are you expecting a gem to come to you walking?"
The young man nodded, "Indeed."
"..." Princess put one leg on the other, her elbow on the knee, and the hand on her chin, "You seem materialistic."
"Maybe," the young man shrugged with nonchalance, "It's in the eye of the beholder to see the real beauty."
As if understanding what he just said, the Princess asked, "I would like to test this real beauty you speak of. When is this gem planning to arrive?"
"She's already here." The young man smiled.
"Oh?" The princess looked around, but there was nothing out of the ordinary, "Where is she?"
The young man smiled while gazing into the depths of her eyes, "I am looking at my gem."
"..."
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Outside the Capital City.
Sect Leader Su stood at the peak of a mountain and stared at the vast capital city.
'If only I weren't ordered to lay low… I would have leveled this whole city to the ground.'
As his lips curled up, he glanced to his side.
Madam Fang Bai was sitting beside him with her head on his shoulder.
After leaving the Purple Spring Garden, both of them had come here, and now Sect Leader Su was about to depart for the Middle Heavens.
"When will you return?" Madam Fang Bai asked.
Sect Leader Su sighed, "I don't know. The matters of the Middle Heavens are out of my bounds."
"Take care of yourself, dear." Madam Fang Bai pursed her lips, "When you come back, take me to the sect with you."
Sect Leader Su smiled, "Of course. I will take Fang Chen with me too."
A complicated expression formed in Madam Fang Bai's eyes, "I am afraid of how he will react upon knowing the truth."
Sect Leader Su narrowed his eyes, "Don't worry, I will make him understand."
Suddenly, he frowned and looked in a certain direction.
Someone with a boundless aura was swiftly approaching them.
Madam Fang Bai also sensed and raised her head; she too frowned while staring in that direction, "Why is he here?"
Sect Leader Su put his thumb on the spatial ring.
Just then, Madam Fang Bai put her hand on his arm, "At least listen to him."
"Hmph!" Sect Leader Su snorted.
After a few moments, a figure appeared and stood in front of them, staring at the couple without saying anything.
Sect Leader Su stared back, and after a long silence, he spoke, "Fang Yuan, don't test me."
Prime Minister Fang looked at him and then glanced at his sister.
After a few more moments, he said, "Let's go home."
A boundless aura surged from within Sect Leader Su, "She doesn't need to listen to you."
Prime Minister Fang frowned, "I wasn't talking to her."
"What?"
"I was talking to both of you. Let's go home."
Without waiting for any response, Prime Minister Fang turned and flew towards the Fang Clan, leaving behind the couple speechless and dumbfounded.