She Brought Her Friends to the Privy Council for a Visit

Lu Yiming's heart no longer throbbed like in the past. He was willing to stay purely out of chivalry and because they had known each other for many years.

He did not answer her directly, nor did he deliberately comfort her. He only walked forward. "Since we're already here, let's see everything."

Ji Ziyin seemed to have misunderstood. As she watched him walk forward, she pondered for a moment and chose to follow him. "Wait for me."

Seeing this, Ji Xiao looked in the direction Qiao Nian and the others had left. Then, he turned around and followed them.

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In the Privy Council.

Xue Zhu said happily, "Did you guys see Ji Ziyin's expression just now? I'm telling you, her jaw was about to drop! Her reaction just now was so funny. She was still pretending that we couldn't enter and asking why we came in."