Luo Bai was stunned when he heard this, and asked in a daze: "What did Ah Tao do wrong that my brother wants to lock her up?"

Ji Ruhua glanced at Luo Bai, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Ji Xingzhi, "Your Majesty, why don't you let the princess meet Ah Tao?"

Hearing this, Ji Xingzhi frowned slightly and remained silent for a long time.

Seeing Ji Xingzhi was silent, Luo Bai stepped forward and pulled Ji Xingzhi's sleeve, calling her softly and coquettishly, "Brother."

When Ji Xingzhi heard Luo Bai call him brother, her heart melted. He was so cute.

Thinking that he couldn't always prevent Luo Bai from meeting A Tao, otherwise Luo Bai would always be thinking about her, Ji Xingzhi finally agreed.

Later, according to Wu Fang's report, Ji Ruhua accompanied Luo Bai to the prison to see A Tao. After a long time, the two came out of the prison. Luo Bai looked very bad. Ji Ruhua sent Luo Bai back to rest and stayed with Luo Bai for a while.

A few days later, A Tao was sentenced to death. Luo Bai ignored Ji Xingzhi for a long time because of this incident, nor did he blame Ji Xingzhi. It seemed as if he had grown a lot overnight.

Southwest King Luo Ling sent people to the imperial capital to take Luo Bai back, but was rejected by Luo Bai.

Ji Xingzhi didn't know what happened in the prison when Luo Bai and Ji Ruhua went to visit A Tao, but Ji Xingzhi knew that the simple and cute Luo Bai who pestered her to go out and play and called her "brother" sweetly would never come back.

Time flies, the years pass by like a shuttle.

Time passed quickly. Ji Xingzhi took time out in the evening to train with Su Cheng, Nian and others, and listened to the imperial teacher's lectures during the day. He had to learn archery, horse riding, etiquette, calligraphy, chess, etc., and was so busy that he was dizzy.

Time passes by little by little, day after day, year after year.

Dixi Continent, the fifteenth year of the reign of Lizhou State, December 29th, winter.

It was a cold night with a biting wind.

It was terribly cold in Lizhou that year, but not even a snowflake fell.

The bustling streets on weekdays were deserted, empty everywhere, with only the cold wind blowing.

Tomorrow December 30th is New Year's Eve, but every household has its doors and windows closed. Apart from the red window grilles, red couplets, red lanterns, etc. pasted on the doors and windows, there is no trace of the joy of the New Year.

Suddenly, a black figure flew through the air at a speed so fast that only a blurry afterimage could be seen.

The black figure landed in a secluded courtyard. The courtyard was empty and silent, with only a dry well covered by dry grass.

The man in black stood by the dry well for a while, then suddenly jumped in.

At this time, in a huge basement, two men and three women were surrounded by a group of ferocious beasts. Each beast had a huge body, sharp teeth and claws, and looked very creepy.

There were more than ten dead beasts lying on the ground, and the five people present were all covered in blood, but no one was injured.

The fact that these five people were able to remain unharmed despite being surrounded by so many wild beasts shows how powerful they are.

I saw a wild beast leap high and pounce on one of the women, opening its bloody mouth and biting the woman's white neck. The woman, with her bare hands, punched the beast's head and knocked it unconscious.

Seeing this, a woman laughed and said, "Nian, your strength is getting stronger and stronger. Let's see which man dares to marry you in the future! Hahahaha~"

Nian looked over when he heard the voice, and suddenly pulled out the hairpin from his hair and threw it at the woman who was speaking.

The woman screamed upon seeing this and squatted down reflexively: "Ah!!"