Only a Mother Is Truly Good

Grace thought about it carefully. Asking the Prime Minister to go find Evan Xiao and beg him to help trick the clan and set up the concubine... yeah, that would definitely ruin his tall and dignified image!

But... just thinking about Evan Xiao ditching her to see Princess Xinyao, and even escorting her back, made Grace blurt out, "Anyway, I'm not going! You go ask him yourself!"

With that, she turned and walked away.

Zhuo Minghan grabbed her. "You came up with this idea in front of your grandmother. You have to go!"

Grace: "I..."

It was true that she was the one who suggested it...

"Grace, sweetheart, do it for your mother. Just go ask Evan Xiao—he'll definitely agree." Zhuo Minghan's eyes were full of pleading.

Grace had never seen her dad look at her like that before.

She actually couldn't bring herself to say no...

"Not saying anything means you agree! They say a daughter is her parents' little cotton jacket. Now I finally get what that means!" Zhuo Minghan looked so relieved.

Grace: "..."

"If you need anything, just say the word. Dad will do whatever you need." Zhuo Minghan patted her on the shoulder.

Grace was so annoyed she didn't want to talk, and just walked away.

Prime Minister Zhu really is made for politics—he's a master at mixing tough and gentle tactics.

Fine, I'll go.

Worst case, I'll just sacrifice my looks again...

Whatever, they've already slept together anyway, so who cares.

"Hey! Wait!" Zhuo Minghan suddenly called out to her.

"What now?" Grace asked, clearly annoyed.

"When you see your mom later, if she asks where you've been these days, just say you found a master and went off to train in martial arts."

"Found a master? Martial arts training? What does that even mean? Why do you want Mom to think that?"

"Sigh... You're getting older every day, and she's worried that once you're married, you'll get bullied. So I just told her that..." Zhuo Minghan said. "It's just to put her mind at ease."

There's nothing like a mother's love in this world...

Grace's eyes dimmed, and she nodded. "Got it."

"You go home first. I've got something to take care of."

Grace turned and left.

Leaving the council hall, she walked across the wide training field and into an alleyway.

After walking a bit down the alley, she reached the main gate of the Prime Minister's Residence.

But just as she turned the corner outside the gate, she suddenly spotted Steward Qin and Louis Lin hiding in the alley, peeking toward the entrance.

"We're two grown men, coming to see the young lady of the Zhuo family like this... Isn't it a bit weird?" Steward Qin whispered.

Louis Lin: "Obviously it's weird!"

Steward Qin: "So what should we do?"

Louis Lin: "How about you pretend to be sick, and I'll ask her to come out and save you?"

Steward Qin: "Honestly... your credibility with the young lady is shot. She probably won't believe you."

Louis Lin: "...Then I'll pretend to be sick and you go?"

Steward Qin: "My credibility isn't much better!"

Louis Lin: "So what do we do then?"

"I have no idea! Ugh... Why did she go home so quickly? Seriously..." Both men looked genuinely troubled.

"Looking for me?" Grace suddenly spoke up from behind them.

The two of them whipped around like they'd been stepped on, only to see Grace standing there.

"Ah! Miss Grace!" Louis Lin shouted, practically bursting with excitement.

"Did you need something from me?" Grace asked, puzzled.

"Miss Grace, please save our lives!" Both men pleaded, looking miserable.

"What's wrong with you two? Poisoned? Hurt?" Grace narrowed her eyes.