The number one spendthrift woman in the capital actually brings glory to her entire family?

If he didn't mishear, she called him a vixen?

“Sikong Jin…Sikong Jin…”

He silently recited a few times in his heart, then suddenly turned his head and saw that Sikong Jin had already opened the door. A cool breeze swept in, and raindrops immediately fell in.

Sikong Jin felt her groggy head clear up slightly. She looked up at the misty rain outside, cursed impatiently a few times, and then stepped over the threshold without stopping...

He hesitated for a moment, then finally got up and followed them out...

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

Upon seeing Di Beizun emerge, Feng Yang immediately went to greet him, a hint of worry in his eyes.

His Highness the Crown Prince looked rather strange.

Di Beizun didn't answer, frowning as he watched the figure disappear into the misty rain, then reached out and took the umbrella from Feng Yang's hand...

……

I got very drunk and woke up the next evening. It was still raining outside, and there was a slight chill in the air.

Sikong Jin woke up with a throbbing head, vaguely remembering that after leaving Di Beizun's residence last night, she seemed to have gotten into a fight with someone, beat the other person to the ground, and also took a few punches herself. She thought someone grabbed her by the collar from behind, but after that, she had no memory of anything else...

Once she regained her senses, Sikong Jin hurriedly sat up and subconsciously looked down at herself. She found that her clothes were disheveled and dirty, but they were still the same clothes she had worn yesterday. Only then did she slowly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ajin, you're finally awake!"

Su Yue's voice came to my ears.

Sikong Jin turned her head, and Su Yue's haggard and worried face came into view.

"Mother... what are you doing here?"

Sikong Jin looked at Su Yue with a puzzled expression.

"You were completely drunk last night, and it was the Crown Prince's guards who escorted you back. I wanted to change your clothes, but no one could get close to you... How are you feeling now?"

Su Yue said worriedly.

Upon hearing this, Sikong Jin felt a pang of annoyance, moved her stiff and sore arm, and then said, "I'm fine..."

"It's good that you're alright. Quickly wash up and change your clothes. I've already had them prepare dinner. The Ninth Princess just came by, but seeing you weren't awake, she went back to her room." Su Yue's voice was filled with unease, and her eyes were full of love and apology as she looked at Sikong Jin. "Ajin... otherwise I would have explained your condition to your grandfather..."

"Mother!"

Sikong Jin quickly interrupted Su Yue, her tone quite serious, "My father is Commander-in-Chief Sikong Qi. I will definitely carry on his legacy and have the responsibility to protect you and Xiao Mo. I have no choice. I will pretend I didn't hear what Mother just said, and please don't repeat it a second time."

“Ajin… Mother just feels sorry for you… If Mother had known you would have to bear all this, I would have…”

Su Yue didn't continue speaking because she saw that Sikong Jin's face had turned cold.

Sikong Jin blinked, looking out the window at the still-dense rain curtain, her gaze as calm as the ocean in the silent night—

She suddenly didn't know how to explain it to the kind and simple-minded Su Yue in front of her.

Human nature is never that simple.

The crime of deceiving the emperor alone could cost her life ten thousand times over. At that time, it wouldn't just be Sikong Jin who would be destroyed; the Emperor of Dayong would also have an excuse to take action against the Sikong family, and far too many people would be implicated.

Therefore, she must not expose this until she has the ability to protect it.

"Mother, if anyone heard what I just said, I might be dead without a burial place..."

Su Yue trembled, her eyes filled with panic. She bit her cold lips, finally unable to continue. She patted Sikong Jin's shoulder and said sadly, "Ajin, do whatever you want. Don't worry about Mother. I'm relieved that Mo'er has left safely. I was most worried about you, and I owe you the most... If you can leave, then leave. Don't come back..."

“I’m old and don’t want to be a burden to you. With your father gone, I feel completely drained… If anything else happens to you, I don’t want to live anymore…”

Su Yue gripped Sikong Jin's cold, delicate hand tightly, her eyes brimming with tears, and choked out, "Child, don't worry about me. Go as far as you can, and don't come back. Your mother doesn't want you to end up like your father. I am Princess Fenghua of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No matter what, they won't dare to lay a hand on me easily..."

"I know what I'm doing, Mother, don't worry."

Sikong Jin didn't know how to answer.

Afterwards, he could only comfort Su Yue for a while before getting up to wash and change into clean clothes before having dinner with her...

Three days later, as Sikong Jin was excitedly planting a few blue roses in the backyard of New Moon Pavilion, a guard from the Central State Society suddenly arrived at the front hall to announce that Sikong Jin had successfully passed the exam. At the same time, Meng Benbo and Mei Ruhua also passed the exam, but Zhu Si failed.

The three received orders to attend the Seventh Four-Star Assembly early the next morning, and their specific positions would be announced at the assembly.

The next morning, just as Sikong Jin finished washing up and before she could even have breakfast, a guard came to inform her that General Ji's carriage was parked outside the mansion gate.

Su Yue straightened Sikong Jin's clothes, vaguely sensing that something was about to happen. Sikong Jin had been acting very strangely these past few days, often staying alone in the backyard planting trees and flowers, without stepping out of Crescent Moon Cottage. Su Yue even took her pulse and examined her...

"Ajin... I only need you to promise me one thing..."

Su Yue held Si Kong Jin's hand tightly. Si Kong Jin could feel that her palms were already soaked with sweat. She stopped and looked at Su Yue, her eyes filled with a struggling pain.

"Promise me, no matter what, you must come back to see me safe and sound. You must, understand?"

Su Yue's suppressed tears fell instantly, her pale and haggard face filled with panic and helplessness. She tightly gripped Sikong Jin's hand, refusing to let go.

Sikong Jin looked at Su Yue in silence for a long time, then smiled calmly, "Mother, what are you doing? I'm just going to attend the council meeting. Don't worry, I'll be back soon. However, I might be back very late tonight, so Mother doesn't need to wait for me."

"A Jin..."

"Don't worry, things won't be too bad."

Sikong Jin took a calm breath, gently patted Su Yue's hand, then pulled away and strode out without looking back...

“Brother Jin…”

Upon seeing Sikong Jin, Xing Fuhua and Meng Benbo, who had been waiting outside for a long time, came to greet her.

Sikong Jin nodded to the group and glanced at Xing Fuhua. Today, she was dressed in a moon-white outfit, looking dashing and elegant, with a more refined and graceful air than usual. Paired with Sikong Jin's black robe, they looked like a perfect couple.

Even Mei Ruhua couldn't help but take a few more glances. She never expected that the person the adult would find so handsome and charming...