Chapter 1304: Chapter 782: If I Get Married, Will You Come Back? (2)

An Ji involuntarily swallowed, feeling a bit of dryness in his throat.

"In the future, drink less alcohol." An Ji advised.

An Youyou didn’t reply.

She turned her head away, thinking that anyway, you wouldn’t be in Daxuan Kingdom in the future, so why would you care so much?

The carriage slowly entered the Imperial Palace, first heading to An Youyou’s chambers.

An Youyou was now fully awake.

Perhaps her alcohol tolerance wasn’t great, but she sobered up particularly quickly, so she could drink without any worries.

"Princess."

As An Youyou was walking into her quarters, An Ji suddenly called her.

An Youyou turned back.

It’s so late, why would he stay up?

"I take responsibility." An Ji said each word deliberately.

An Youyou frowned even more.

What on earth is he talking about?!

Is she drunk, or is he drunk?

"It’s late, Princess, you should rest early." An Ji clasped his fists and bowed.

An Youyou, feeling perplexed, turned around and walked in.

Took a bath.

An Youyou lay in bed, knowing it was late and she was tired, yet she just couldn’t sleep.

Her mind kept replaying An Ji’s words: "I take responsibility"... What exactly did he mean by that?!

The next day.

An Youyou got out of bed with dark circles under her eyes.

She couldn’t sleep for most of the night and got up early this morning.

She felt a bit on edge.

"Youyou." Anqi came to her chambers to find her.

An Youyou looked weary and listless.

"What’s wrong? What did you do last night to be so out of it?" Anqi observed An Youyou’s state.

"Nothing, maybe it was the alcohol."

"You went drinking last night?" Anqi was surprised, "With An Ji?"

"Yes. He said he wanted to explore Xun’an Street, so I took him, and then we went to a tavern and drank, and ended up inadvertently getting drunk." An Youyou yawned, feeling quite gloomy and unmotivated.

"Nothing happened, right?!" Anqi couldn’t help but ask.

Seeing Anqi’s worried look, An Youyou then realized what Anqi meant, and was at a loss for words, "What could have happened?! There’s nothing between me and An Ji!"

"But..." Anqi frowned.

"Don’t worry, the little feelings I have for An Ji, I can keep them hidden, I’m not going to do anything out of line." An Youyou reassured Anqi.

"No, I’m not saying it’s you, I just think An Ji..." Anqi looked at An Youyou, "Yesterday when we went to Prince Jin Mansion, I originally planned to return to the palace after lunch, considering that staying at Prince Jing Mansion wasn’t a good influence, and I was also wary that if Luming heard, she might suspect something. So I said An Ji should come back first. Knowing that there wouldn’t be any danger for you in Xun City, I wasn’t worried about you going out alone. But An Ji said he would wait for you to return to the palace together."

"He wasn’t waiting for me, he wanted to spend more time with Gao Chaoyang." An Youyou said assuredly.

"I don’t think so either, when I left, I heard An Ji inviting Xiao Jinyu to play chess, it seemed like he was indeed waiting for you..." Anqi said, but she wasn’t sure either.

After all, she couldn’t really tell if An Ji had any special feelings for Youyou.

Yet, at the same time, it felt as if there was a hint of feeling.

She was a bit confused too.

"Anqi sister, don’t worry about my emotions, you should think about how to explain to my brother when Gao Chaoyang and the Imperial Uncle divorce, and the Imperial Uncle proposes to you! I can see that my brother still has his heart set on you, waiting to marry you as Empress when he turns sixteen!" An Youyou successfully diverted the topic away.

Anqi suddenly became deflated.

Talking about Luming made her gloomy. Ultimately, she just felt sorry for Luming.

"Matters of the heart can’t be forced, if you don’t have feelings for my brother, and you have mutual feelings with the Imperial Uncle, there’s nothing that can be done about it." An Youyou noticed Anqi was feeling sad and quickly comforted her, "Don’t worry, when the time comes, father, mother, and I will all help persuade my brother."

"I’m not worried about Luming doing anything to hurt me, I’m just afraid he might genuinely be heartbroken. When we were young, when you often left the palace with father and mother, Luming and I were each other’s only relatives in the vast Imperial Palace. Luming once asked me if I would always keep him company in the palace, I said I would. At that time, it was just a simple feeling that Luming was really lonely in the palace alone, so even though every time father, mother, and you invited me to leave the palace, I wanted to go out and play with you, I still chose to stay. For a long time, I thought I really would always be in the palace to keep Luming company, but in the end, I broke that promise."