Ao Chenyi would only come after lunch and everyone in the Lord Protector's Manor had no choice but to wait for the arrival of such an important figure. Thus, it wasn't until he arrived at the outer courtyard and dined with Ning Zu'an and Ning Huaijing that lunch for the women was finally served in Madam Dowager's Lucky Garden.

Ning Xueyan didn't leave immediately after lunch. On the contrary, news came that Prince Yi was leaving.

This was normal. The fact that ...