After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

Chapter 469 is quite puzzling.

The twelfth prince declined to comment on Lin Yi's assurance.

But the truth is, Lin Yi spent two days busy with various tasks, but found nothing of any use.

The thoughts of those other insignificant officials who were scrambling around in the court were easy to find out, and even Empress Li's intentions were not hard to guess, but what did the Fifth Prince want to do...?

This left Lin Yi quite perplexed.

When reporting the situation to the Twelfth Prince, Lin Yi was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to look up at him.

Fortunately, the twelfth prince didn't say anything to him, only calmly instructing, "Keep investigating, it will happen slowly."

This marriage alliance won't cause a scene for too long. With a little investigation, he'll eventually find out what his fifth brother is trying to do with this.

Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly nodded in agreement.

only……

"Yes, Your Highness, Miss Jinse seems to care quite a bit about this matter. She even asked me about it yesterday. How should I answer her?"

The twelfth prince paused, then looked up at Lin Yi.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Just say that Fifth Brother probably ran into her by chance and said a few words casually, and that she shouldn't take it to heart."

Lin Yi was a little confused about what the twelfth prince meant.

But the twelfth prince showed no intention of explaining.

Lin Yi had no choice but to give up and silently leave to do his work.

Sure enough, when Lin Yi met Jinse in the afternoon, Jinse asked about this matter again.

Lin Yi repeated what the twelfth prince had said: "...It's possible that the recent controversy surrounding the marriage alliance reminded the fifth prince of her when he saw the young lady, so he casually said a few words."

Jinse didn't know whether she believed it or not.

He nodded, his expression showing some doubt, but also a sense of relief.

Seeing her reaction, Lin Yi suddenly understood why his prince had told him to say those things earlier.

After realizing what had happened, Lin Yi's lips twitched, and he was speechless.

Jinse was completely baffled and almost thought that he had suddenly fallen seriously ill.

She was too embarrassed to ask, and could only watch Lin Yi walk away with a twitching smile.

Because of Lin Yi's words, Jinse gradually forgot about the Fifth Prince and spent her days running around inside and outside the Prince's residence.

When I'm busy, I forget about everything else.

Until Jinse "unexpectedly" "encountered" Chalan again on her way back from the bookstore...

Then, Cha Lan pulled her into a teahouse. After listening to Cha Lan's simple pleasantries, she was asked about her marriage alliance. Jinse suddenly remembered that since the news of the marriage alliance came out, it seemed that many people had talked to her about it, openly or secretly.

How much could such a big thing have to do with her?
Jinse held the steaming teacup, gradually becoming lost in thought, her mind wandering aimlessly.

Cha Lan was talking enthusiastically and subtly pointing at Jinse when she looked up and found that the person opposite her had been daydreaming!
Perhaps they didn't even hear what I was saying.

I suddenly felt annoyed.

Tea Blue is also feeling troubled.

Ever since she tried to enter the Twelfth Prince's residence but failed to get the result she wanted, she had actually tried to talk to Jinse many times.

However, Chalan did not expect that the Twelfth Prince's residence, which she had thought would not be difficult to enter, would become impossible to enter again after she had only entered once.

She also couldn't find the gatekeeper who had helped her before.

Cha Lan was surprised and also felt somewhat angry. But no one could understand her feelings.

Princess Ankang would contact her from time to time, putting pressure on her and forcing her to handle the matter properly.

Even though Cha Lan was furious, she could only suppress her anger and continue to think of a solution.

Fortunately, she soon found out that Jinse had been frequenting a certain bookstore lately...

So she timed it perfectly and made a special trip to bump into Jinse.

Now that they've finally 'bumped into' each other today, Cha Lan naturally doesn't dare to let Jinse leave so easily.

Who knows when she'll be able to 'accidentally' run into Jinse again after she leaves?
But when she finally caught up with the person and talked a lot of important things, the other person was distracted.

Chalan immediately got angry.

She wanted to get angry, but she managed to hold it in.

After a moment, Chalan smiled and asked Jinse, "Jinse, is something on your mind? Why did you drift off while we were talking?"

Jinse snapped out of her daze and looked at Chalan apologetically: "Sorry, what did you say just now, Sister Chalan?"

Cha Lan took a breath: "It's been a while since I've seen Jinse. I imagine you've grown distant from me and probably don't have much to say to me anymore."

Jinse paused for a moment.

To be honest, after leaving the palace, Jinse met Chalan several times, and each time she saw Chalan, she had less and less to say to her.

do not know what to say.

The friendship that they once shared in the Imperial Tea Room seems to have vanished in an instant.

Jinse could not find the reason.

Seeing that Cha Lan always acted as if they were still the same as before, Jinse couldn't quite express her feelings...

It's really annoying.

I'm starting to feel a little reluctant to see Chalan anymore.

only……

She felt a certain aversion to it, but she was too embarrassed to say it aloud, so she could only remain silent.

Seeing Jinse remain silent, Chalan gave a forced smile.

After a long pause, he sighed leisurely and complained, half-jokingly and half-heartedly, "It's been so long since we last met, we've become so distant..."

Jinse remained silent.

After a long pause, she finally spoke: "Sister Chalan, you're joking. I didn't mean that. It's just... I was really puzzled when Sister Chalan asked about that matter again."

Cha Lan's heart skipped a beat. She tried to straighten her expression and said, "I wonder what Jinse is wondering about?"

Jinse said, "I was thinking that although the officials in the court were arguing a lot about the new emperor of Liang wanting to form a marriage alliance with our Dasheng, it seems that the emperor has not yet agreed..."

As she spoke, Jinse paused, seemingly thinking for a moment, before continuing, "Of course, these are things we can't consider, and they probably don't concern us much. Even if, as some court officials think, we were to randomly choose someone for a marriage alliance, even if that person were me, what could we do?"

"This……"

Cha Lan was momentarily speechless, seemingly unable to think of what they could do if things really came to that.

In reality, when that time comes, there really won't be anything they can do.

Jinse looked at Chalan, pondered for a moment, and said with a puzzled tone, "What I can't understand is that every time Sister Chalan sees me, she brings up this matter, or she comes to see me specifically to talk about it. Every time, Sister Chalan says that I should try to be chosen, and that it would be very tragic if I were really chosen. It seems that she really doesn't want to see me being chosen... but it also seems that she is hoping that I will be chosen."

Cha Lan was startled and subconsciously retorted, "What are you saying, Jinse? When did I ever say I hoped you would be chosen?"