Seeing Lu Chen staring at her without speaking, Ji Yunmeng asked, "Why does the gentleman look at me like this?"

Upon hearing Ji Yunmeng’s voice, Lu Chen quickly snapped back to reality and said awkwardly, "Apologies, Your Highness, I suddenly thought of something just now."

Ji Yunmeng asked, "Oh? What is it that makes you so absent-minded even when meeting me?"

Lu Chen said, "I was just thinking that bringing me to your chambers might harm your reputation, so I should leave."

Ji Yunmeng replied indifferently, "The court is in chaos now; no one cares about what I’m doing."

Saying this, Ji Yunmeng glanced at Lu Chen. His handsome face, silver hair crown, and white attire exuded an otherworldly aura, resembling a young master from a wealthy family.

Ji Yunmeng asked, "May I know your name and where you’re from?"

Lu Chen replied, "To Your Highness, I’m Lu Chen. Other than my name, I remember nothing. Perhaps I hit my head when falling from the sky and lost my memory."

Ji Yunmeng didn’t doubt Lu Chen’s words, as amnesia is a minor issue for someone falling from such a height.

Ji Yunmeng continued, "What plans do you have next, sir?"

Lu Chen fell silent, deciding to follow his system’s guidance since he couldn’t figure out the system’s true intentions, yet it was his only reliance.

However, Ji Yunmeng is the Grand Princess of Dazhou, and for a commoner like him to become her man is not easy.

Even though Ji Yunmeng is an uninitiated princess, a princess is still a princess, and he, as a commoner, could only become her man unless Ji Yunmeng willingly chose him.

Seeing Lu Chen not answering immediately, Ji Yunmeng said, "I will have someone search for your family. Until then, you can stay at the Princess Mansion with me."

Lu Chen, puzzled, asked, "Princess Mansion?"

Ji Yunmeng said, "I have been titled, and His Majesty allowed me to establish a mansion outside the palace."

This...

Lu Chen thought, usually, a princess moves out to establish a mansion when she is about to marry. If she isn’t getting married yet, she typically stays in the palace.

Unless the princess is especially favored by the Emperor, which allows her to leave the palace without marrying.

But Ji Yunmeng didn’t seem like a favored princess; otherwise, she wouldn’t be unmarried and untitled at the age of twenty-three.

The fact that she hasn’t married could be because the Emperor doesn’t want her to leave the palace so soon, but being given a title only now is inexplicable.

Lu Chen asked, "Dare I ask, are you establishing a mansion because His Majesty has arranged a marriage for you?"

Lu Chen was most concerned about this because if Ji Yunmeng married someone else, it would be even harder to make her his own woman.

Ji Yunmeng replied, "It’s not so. His Majesty promised me autonomy over my marriage."

Hearing this, Lu Chen felt relieved.

Lu Chen then bowed and said, "I am willing to follow Your Highness to the Princess Mansion!"

Ji Yunmeng glanced at Xiao Qi and Chen, then said, "Alright, prepare quickly. The Holy Decree will arrive at the Smoke Cloud Hall soon."

Just as Ji Yunmeng finished speaking, a eunuch’s voice came from outside, "Holy Decree has arrived!"

Upon hearing the Imperial Eunuch’s voice, Ji Yunmeng immediately led the maids of Smoke Cloud Hall and Lu Chen to the grand hall entrance.

When Ji Yunmeng appeared, the Imperial Eunuch promptly opened the decree and began reading.

"By the will of the heavens, the Emperor decrees, Ji Yunmeng of the Ji clan, nurtured in the deep palace, gentle and respectful in nature, wise and virtuous, I, following the celestial order, hereby confer upon you the title of Princess Yun’an, grant you a golden book and golden treasure, and permit you to choose an auspicious day to establish a mansion, hoping you will..."

After the Imperial Eunuch finished reading the decree, Ji Yunmeng immediately accepted it before the eunuch departed.

As soon as the eunuch left, Ji Yunmeng declared, "The Princess Mansion is ready; we will move there today."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was once again stunned. The decree had just been issued, yet Ji Yunmeng’s Princess Mansion was already built?

Moreover, wasn’t moving usually done on an auspicious day? Was Ji Yunmeng being too hasty?

Ji Yunmeng offered no further explanation to Lu Chen. With her command, the maids and eunuchs of Smoke Cloud Hall began to move.

Meanwhile.

In the harem, Changle Palace. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

A beautiful woman dressed in a dark red robe with phoenix embroidery lounged on a soft couch, her robe loosely hung, the neckline slightly open revealing a snippet of jade-white skin, her hair ornately styled with gold accessories, exuding nobility. Currently, a slender leg crossed over the other, the hem slightly parted, revealing her long jade-like legs, her delicate hand rested on the edge of the couch, her fingers tapping rhythmically as if contemplating something.

At this moment, a eunuch knelt in the middle of the great hall and spoke, "Madam, the Grand Princess has likely received the decree by now."

Hearing this, Pei Shuhua chuckled, "I thought my dear son had devoted himself to cultivation and no longer concerned himself with worldly affairs, yet he still cares for someone."

Pei Shuhua was not the real mother of Emperor Zhou. However, the biological mother held a low status and died quickly, thus her son was placed under Pei Shuhua’s care. Marrying the former emperor when she was quite young, and the emperor already gravely ill, Pei Shuhua remains a virgin empress dowager to this day.

Yet as a Spirit Martial Artist at the mid-stage Xuan Realm, Pei Shuhua’s life expectancy is several millennia, so although she is over two hundred years old, she appears only in her thirties.

Originally, the throne was not Ji Mingxuan’s to inherit. However, with the Pei Family’s significant influence in Dazhou, they supported Ji Mingxuan’s ascension.

Upon becoming Emperor, Ji Mingxuan immersed himself in cultivation, but Pei Shuhua knew this was mere pretense. Thirty years ago, he unexpectedly emerged, instigating various intrigues, marrying many consorts.

Ji Mingxuan’s children were born around that time, but shortly after, he returned to his Long Life Hall, remaining quiet for another twenty years.

Not only are there no titles for the princesses, even the princes had none, until today’s sudden bestowal to Ji Yunmeng.

Pei Shuhua looked at the kneeling eunuch and inquired, "Why do you think His Majesty suddenly did this?"

The eunuch replied, "Perhaps His Majesty feels indebted to Ming Fei and believes it’s time for the Grand Princess to marry, hence granting her a title."

Back then, Ji Yunmeng’s mother, Ming Fei, took a sword meant for Ji Mingxuan, sacrificing her life. If not for Ming Fei’s intervention, Ji Mingxuan would have long perished.

Thus, many in the court believe Emperor Zhou’s granting the title to the Grand Princess is entirely due to Ming Fei’s life-saving grace.