Mu Kaiji reached out and touched her head, simply staying by her side without saying a word.

Ji Yingying looked up at him and fell silent.

The two of them just looked outside. Mu Kaiji knew that she was reminiscing. She had a good temper, but she just liked to waste time.

…………

As the days passed and the New Year approached, the Ji Mansion was still empty.

The same is true for Prince Jin's Mansion, and Ji Yingying no longer needs others to carry her out to court.

It seems like people have grown up a lot in an instant.

This made Ji Jiayu feel very distressed. When he was young, he always said that he would protect his sister, but now, he didn't know how to do it.

After finishing her last day of work, Ji Yingying packed up and returned to Prince Jin's Mansion. She did not plan to celebrate the New Year at the Ji Mansion this year.

Her eldest brother isn't coming back, her parents are still out of town, and her second brother's family has their own home now. What would it mean for her to go back?

I decided to spend the New Year at Prince Jin’s Mansion.

The entire Prince Jin's Mansion was filled with joy when they heard the news that Ji Yingying was spending the New Year at home.

Work is fun.

Yanni had advised her twice to come back, but she refused both times. So she simply stopped persuading her and personally cooked a chicken dish and sent it to her on New Year's Eve.

On New Year's Eve, Ji Yingying went to the palace to have a couple of drinks with the Emperor Emeritus. Of course, the Emperor Emeritus drank Sprite, while she drank Coke; both of them were prevented from drinking alcohol.

The retired emperor was truly unable to stand up; he was no longer able to move properly.

After taking his pulse, Ji Yingying could feel that the national mourning might be held at any time.

[Host, why do I feel like you're so lost! ]

This is probably the first time I haven't celebrated Chinese New Year with my family. But it's actually quite good this way. They're always protecting me, and I'm worried I won't grow up.

"Yes, you are becoming more and more childish. You can't do this. I am the only one accompanying you on the road."

[Who said that? I might get engaged right away.]

Hehe~

"Emperor, have this. This egg is exquisite. People used to fight over it."

"Okay." If we can't eat chicken, eggs are fine too.

Ji Yingying snorted and spent the first day of the Lunar New Year with the Emperor Emeritus, and of course she also reaped quite a few benefits.

Eunuch Cao was also very happy to see this. On the second day of the New Year, Ji Yingying returned to Prince Jin's Mansion and took Mu Kaiji to climb over the wall to watch the fireworks.

"I set off so many fireworks the year you left! Look how beautiful they were!"

So beautiful it makes you want to be that species!

"Like it? We'll put it up every year from now on."

"You have it?" Ji Yingying looked at him suspiciously. She was the one who took out the fireworks. Could it be that he had it?

"I don't have any, but you do. How about skipping work this year to go on vacation? Shall we go to Linfeng City?"

Ji Yingying shook her head: "I can't go. The emperor said that after the new year, I will go to guide the rice planting."

Mu Kaiji was surprised and asked quickly, "Did you submit your hybrid rice?"

Isn't this easy to study?

"Yes, we'll probably be researching this all year, so we won't be able to go out."

Mu Kaiji had a headache and asked, "Do you have hybrid rice for them?"

This is not easy, as neither of them comes from an agricultural background, and they have already done a good job of figuring things out on their own.

"Yes, I do. Don't forget, I also have a space mall. I can buy whatever I want. It's just that planting takes a bit of brainpower, but I've seen it before and planted it myself, so I know how to do it."

"At worst, I'll just do a few more experiments."

"By the way, I heard that Lord Gongsun is bothering you every day and wants you to help solve the case?"

Mu Kaiji nodded. Lord Gongsun had indeed been bothering him and wanted him to help solve an important case.

He didn't know what the case was, but he didn't want to get involved.

"You really don't plan to enter officialdom?"

"No, I'm fine now. Don't try to sway me, do you hear me?"

Ji Yingying reluctantly agreed: "Okay, if you don't want to, then don't want to."

...

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Ji Yingying went out to the restaurant. As soon as she entered, Xiangxiang shouted, "Host, there's a melon. That bearded man is a bottom."

【What?】 Ji Yingying's eyes lit up. All the gossip she'd been hearing lately had some juicy details, and she couldn't help but be influenced!

Don't let his eight-pack abs and regular workouts fool you; he's actually a submissive guy.

[Well… has he found a partner yet?] If that’s the case, there will be a little top!

[He found him, but the other person didn't like him, so he actually tried to seduce him by dressing up as a woman.]

[Oh wow~ Did they hook up yet?] Ji Yingying, like a peeping tom, hid on the second floor and looked down, just wanting to know if they had hooked up yet. This is too... explosive!

[They hooked up, and during their intimate moments, he drugged her.]

[Drugs?]

[Yes, otherwise why would there be so many wounds on the ground at Juhuatai?]

【And the other party is very satisfied! 】

Well... she dared to say such threatening words, but no one would give her that.

[Haha... What's going on now?] A man with a full beard, and there aren't any young masters around him!

The man naturally accepted it, because after a while, and it happened so often, he just got used to it.

[What? I haven’t seen anyone yet?] I’ve accepted it. If I haven’t seen anyone, it doesn’t count!

"He's here, he's in. Take a look."

There is a big man behind another big man, it’s like a human pyramid!

Wow, I thought he was going to be a handsome guy, but I didn't expect this!

Just as they were engrossed in gossiping, Mu Kaiji suddenly came over, tapped on the table, and asked, "What are you doing? What are you looking at?" They looked in the direction she was looking.

It seems that there is nothing wrong?

"You're just watching the show, you don't understand!"

"Hurry up, keep talking. How have the two of you accepted this? What about your parents?"

[The uke has no parents, which is good. The seme's parents don't know, and they always felt guilty that he wasn't married because of his parents. Little did they know that he had already married secretly.]

[Okay, so what now? Are the two of you going to travel around the world?]

Yes, because the protagonist's family was so angry when they found out about him that they almost died. The two of them had a falling out at first, but they eventually got together.

[You're going to wander around the world now, leaving your family behind? ]

[He doesn't need to take care of him because he has his older brother. His older brother doesn't want him to go back, for fear that he will take away his property.]

"Okay, let's go upstairs to eat. We have boiled pork slices today. I asked the kitchen to put some more meat slices in."

Mu Kaiji reached out and pulled her upstairs. Ji Yingying followed behind, complaining, "Why isn't there any roast chicken?"

"You want to eat? Fine, I'll ask the kitchen to make it for you!"

"That's more like it." Not long after we sat down, the dishes were served. Sure enough, it was boiled sliced ​​pork and boiled fish.

Just as she was about to pick up her chopsticks, the Prince of Qi appeared out of nowhere and smelled the rouge on her... Ji Yingying gave a disgusted "Eh."

Where have you been?

"I just came back from the Yihong Courtyard next door. Didn't you know that a brothel opened next door?" Prince Qi picked up his chopsticks and started eating, looking like a starving ghost eager to be reborn.