vrcanaries Chapter 156 Old things
Chapter 156 Old things
"Second sister, what do you mean by this?"
Ji Bozhou didn't know for a moment whether he was afraid or excited.
Ji Qingyan looked at him calmly, her eyes fixed on a fluttering bird in the distance: "Lu Xuan is a loach, too slippery. Since she is so smart, I want to see how long she can be smart and whether everyone around her can stop caring."
Ji Bozhou swallowed and looked at her nervously: "What are you going to do, Second Sister?"
"What can I do?" Ji Qingyan's eyes were deep, and her fingers made a rhythmic movement on the Eight Immortals Table. "Of course, let's see how capable she is and how many people she can protect! As long as she still has someone important in her heart, everything will be easy."
She pondered for a moment. "And that Prince Jin, I have to go meet him too. Let him know who he should help and who he shouldn't. Let him see whether he thinks Lu Xuan's life is more important or his own!"
Ji Bozhou's breathing became heavy, and a sense of unease spread from his heart: "Second sister, can you... not hurt her?"
"Don't hurt her?" Ji Qingyan chuckled, "Si Luan, haven't you grown up yet?"
Her expression suddenly turned fierce: "If I had the chance, I would tear her into pieces!"
She studied him in confusion, her narrowed eyes flickering over him, as if trying to see into his soul. "She's done so many cruel things to us. As the future successor of the Ji family, don't you feel any sense of crisis?! She can even threaten the Queen, and she helped Jiang Xing easily behead my eldest brother. We've already lost our titles, so how long can the Ji family maintain its glory? Have you ever thought about it?!"
Ji Qingyan's gaze pierced through him bluntly, "If we keep her, will the entire Ji family be wiped out, leaving only the Queen and the Third Prince?!"
If her eldest brother had not passed away, and life was difficult for women in this era, she really wanted to kick Ji Bozhou out and take the position of the future head of the family herself.
Now is not the time to be sentimental!
Ji Bozhou was silent for a moment, with his eyes lowered and his brows furrowed for a long time. He knew that this was a problem that he could not avoid no matter what.
"I'm not being soft-hearted, but the source of all this is ultimately the original Marquisate and ourselves."
He paused and said, "I won't stop Second Sister. From the perspective of the Ji family, we also hope to get rid of her as soon as possible. But Second Sister, can we try another way?"
"In what other way?"
Ji Bozhou's eyes dimmed slightly, and there seemed to be a murderous determination in them, as well as tenderness and affection: "Let's capture her alive and hand her over to me. I will keep her in captivity and never let her do anything to harm the Ji family again!"
Ji Qingyan put her hands behind her back and looked at him in surprise. Then a slight smile appeared on her face: "It's a way to have the best of both worlds!"
After that, she stood up and patted his shoulder: "Study hard to be a qualified future head of the family. If it weren't for the fact that my eldest brother left and you were in this state, I wouldn't be willing to step forward and take on this role!"
After saying that, he strode out of the main hall, leaving Ji Bozhou with a dashing yet lonely back.
Ji Bozhou laughed mockingly, slumped in his chair, and looked up at the ceiling.
The second sister actually went to him to test his attitude, and at the same time to tell him that she was no longer that pure person. What he should do was to become a toxic husband who could tolerate both the yin and yang sides but knew what he wanted most.
Yes, this is the last time.
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Jiang Xing waited by Lu Xuan's bedside until the evening of the next day, but she didn't wake up.
His heart was in suspense. He couldn't stand or sit in Jinyuan. He called the court doctor again and again.
"Your Highness, the princess just fainted temporarily due to the excessive consumption of vital energy after being poisoned by the drug. She is not dead! We just need to wait for her to wake up naturally!"
The court doctor made more than ten trips a day, and there was a hint of impatience in his words.
Jiang Xing's face wasn't looking good either. He was about to have a proper conversation with the court doctor when Xuan Ge flew over and said, "Your Highness, your letter!"
Jiang Xing took the envelope, frowned and asked the court doctor to leave.
After reading the letter carefully, he pursed his lips tightly, and said hesitantly: "Is the person who made the appointment with me really the Second Miss of the Ji Family?"
Xuan Ge nodded vigorously, "Your Highness, it really is her!"
Jiang Xing narrowed his eyes: "Have you seen her? She is still alive?"
Xuan Ge thought for a moment and said, "It was sent by the servants of the Ji family, but I didn't see Miss Ji."
Jiang Xing was silent for a moment and put the letter into his sleeve.
Miss Ji asked him to meet somewhere tomorrow. Jiang Xing glanced at Lu Xuan who had not yet woken up, and this matter kept circling in his mind.
For so many years, he had believed Ji Qingyan to be dead, or that it was because of him that she had caused her death. So when she invited him out, his first reaction was that she was still alive. It had only been a few months since he returned from Longchuan, so he hadn't paid attention to the news.
Secondly, so many things have happened with the Ji family recently, and it is really awkward for Ji Qingyan to meet at this critical moment.
But he owed her something many years ago, and it would be unreasonable for him not to keep the appointment.
Jiang Xing thought about it and decided that it would be a good idea to meet him. This would help him get things done and save him from owing any more favors.
"Xuan Ge, go tell Miss Ji's servants to meet at the Qingyi Pavilion Teahouse on Xuanwu Street at 3 p.m. tomorrow!"
Qingyi Pavilion is the princess's property. Ask her to go there with you tomorrow and help her make some money.
"Yes!"
Another day passed, and Jiang Xing thought Lu Xuan would wake up somehow, but he was still in a coma.
Watching the sun setting in the west and the hour of Wei gradually passing, Jiang Xing sighed helplessly.
It seems I can only go there alone.
"Xiao Kui!"
Xiao Kui rushed in: "Your Majesty!"
Jiang Xing glanced at the still sleeping person, his brows furrowed with worry. "I have to go out for something. You stay with the princess for me. When she wakes up, make sure she eats something."
Xiao Kui panted, and nodded slightly with a worried face. She thought the princess had woken up!
Seeing Jiang Xing's appearance of wanting to leave, Xiao Kui said, "The bird's nest porridge is always hot. As long as the princess wakes up, she can drink it anytime. If you have something to do, please leave. We will stay here and guard it!"
Jiang Xing went out with concern.
Ji Qingyan has already arrived in Qingyi Pavilion.
In order to meet Jiang Xing, she deliberately did not wear her usual riding clothes, but changed into a light and elegant rouge-colored smoky silk cloud skirt.
Jiang Xing and she have a cause and effect relationship. If it weren't for Jiang Xing, she would not have come to this time and space.
She had the memory of her original body in her mind, so today she specially wore the mundane clothes that she disliked. The purpose was to make him remember that she was once the second lady of the Ji family, but she became seriously ill in order to save him.
And we must not let him realize that Ji Qingyan is now a different person, otherwise things will be troublesome.
She had never seen Jiang Xing, but she had the memories of his original body in her mind, and he did look like an arrogant and dissolute prince.
Thinking of the naughty and ignorant face in her memory sixteen years ago, Ji Qingyan couldn't help but sneer coldly.
Just then, Jiang Xing strode in.
Looking at Ji Qingyan's back, he tentatively called out, "Miss Ji Er?"
A clear male voice was heard and Ji Qingyan turned her head.
But when she turned around, she felt her heart beat violently.