Chapter 568: Chapter 567: 567: Thank You, Father and Mother

Jiang Ning sat up, hugging her quilt, with just her head visible.

She was actually wearing clothes – she just didn’t want to let go of the warmth inside the quilt.

With her hair let down, she looked pure and innocent in the dim light of the lantern, like a child.

“Would Your Highness like to say it like this or wait for me to get dressed and go outside?” she asked.

“Let’s just say it like this.” Li Hongyuan stood with his hands behind his back, “I have to go back later.”

“To Concubine Li’s place?”

“Are you jealous of Concubine Li?” Li Hongyuan raised his eyebrows and asked.

“As a wife, how is it possible not to feel some jealousy toward my husband’s concubines?” Jiang Ning lowered her eyes, her voice melancholic.

In the cold night, she seemed somewhat fragile.

Li Hongyuan was silent for a moment and said, “I need to go back to the Crystal Frost Hall later, there are still some political affairs that need to be handled. Did you need me for something?”

“Your Highness, in a few days, it will be my mother’s birthday.”

“Really?” Li Hongyuan didn’t quite remember this.

Jiang Ning said, “If Your Highness doesn’t believe me, you can go and ask. These years, my mother has suffered a lot because of me. She loves me, and if I, as her daughter, can’t go back to celebrate her birthday, I would be quite unfilial.”

“So, you came to me to ask for permission to leave the palace and return to the Jiang Family?”

“Your Highness, may I?” Jiang Ning looked up, her eyes slightly misty, her large, round pupils strangely reminiscent of a small animal.

Quite different from her usual lazy and uninhibited demeanor.

Like her mother, this woman’s beauty was irresistible.

Even though everyone could see her deliberate act at this moment.

Li Hongyuan averted his gaze and said, “The Emperor Father forbids you from leaving the palace for your own safety.”

“The Crown Prince can send people to protect me.”

“Oh?”

“Your Highness can send your most capable and formidable confidant to escort me back to the Jiang Family. In this way, both His Majesty and Your Highness should be able to rest assured.” Jiang Ning carefully suggested.

Li Hongyuan looked at her deeply: “Who do you think should escort you?”

Jiang Ning pondered for a moment and said, “I heard that General Mu Jian by your side is highly skilled in martial arts and has a steady personality. If he could escort me back, it would definitely be safe.”

“You seem to know quite a bit about the people around me.”

“Is Your Highness unhappy?” Jiang Ning asked softly, “I thought that a wife caring about her husband is what she’s supposed to do. If Your Highness doesn’t like it, I won’t ask around in the future.”

“Fine, since you think highly of Mu Jian, let him escort you back.”

Unexpectedly, Li Hongyuan agreed quite readily.

Jiang Ning said, “What about His Majesty’s side…”

“I will explain to Emperor Father. Since it’s Madam Jiang’s birthday, I don’t think he will object.”

“That’s great!” Jiang Ning jumped up happily, throwing away the quilt, hugged Li Hongyuan, and joyfully said, “Thank you, Li Hongyuan!”

Li Hongyuan didn’t move and let her hug him, then said, “Jiang Ning, your performance tonight was too pretentious and hypocritical. Do you think I’m blind and can’t see through it?”

Jiang Ning let go of him and sat back on the bed: “As long as the trick works, it’s fine.”

“If someone else had worn that face and acted that way in front of me, I would have thrown her out.” Li Hongyuan said.

“Really?” Jiang Ning touched her own face, “Thank you, Dad, thank you, Mom, for giving me a face that doesn’t need plastic surgery.”

Li Hongyuan: “…”