190 Owner Bu, Did You Miss Me?

In the main halls of the palace.

After a night of dance and music, the main halls regained their solemnity and desolateness. The ministers have already left one after another, and the eunuchs swept the main halls until they were spotlessly clean. 

The former hustle and bustle were as if a dream by now. Beyond the halls, only Ji Chenxue was left sitting on the throne. His body was crouched as he rubbed his chin in contemplation. 

Xiao Meng's figure gradually walked into the halls from outside. He stood from beneath, and bowed slightly to Ji Chengxue. 

"Has the news been restrained?"

Ji Chengxue gave Xiao Meng a glance, and rubbed between his eyes and brows in fatigue.

Xiao Meng nodded his head, and replied gravely: "Your courtly servant was ordered to prevent all news from spreading the moment the banquet ended. As of now, information about the Five Stripes Path-Understanding Fruit Tree in Fang Fang's Little Store is mainly contained, however…"