"Excuse me, what is your name, young lady?" Ling Fei asked.

Ji Xingzhi thought about it and decided that the name Ji Xingzhi definitely could not be used, and the name Xue Zhao was also not suitable, let alone the name Jian Yao.

One is the emperor's name, one is the handsome young man, and one is the leader of the Five States Sect...

So, Ji Xingzhi made up a new one on the spot: "Xiao Zhi."

When Ling Fei heard this, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly: "Your last name is Xiao?"

Ji Xingzhi nodded: "Is there any problem?"

Ling Fei lowered her eyelids and said thoughtfully, "Xiao was once the surname of the king of Lizhou. Logically, apart from the Regent Xiao Moyan of Lizhou, the Queen Mother Xiao Qingyan, and the Grand Eunuch Xiao Lian, there should be no other people with the surname Xiao..."

Ji Xingzhi remained calm and said seriously, "I am an orphan. Xiao Moyan raised me, so I took his last name."

Ling Fei frowned in confusion when she heard this: "Oh? Why haven't I heard of it?"

How come the Prince Regent of Lizhou kept a girl by his side for over a decade and no news of her ever came out?

Ji Xingzhi thought about it and came up with this reason: "He protected me very well."

Upon hearing this, Ling Fei looked Ji Xingzhi up and down and nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, Ling Fei looked at Ji Xingzhi with excitement, and Ji Xingzhi seemed to see the word "gossip" on Ling Fei's face.

Looking at Ling Fei's sweet smile, Ji Xingzhi pulled the corner of his mouth a little guiltily and said, "What...what's wrong?"

Ling Fei smiled at Ji Xingzhi and said, "It's been rumored that Emperor Ji Xingzhi of Lizhou has an ambiguous relationship with his uncle Xiao Moyan. Now it seems that the rumor is untrue... One of them refuses to establish a queen, and the other refuses to marry. Could it be because of you?"

Hearing this, Ji Xingzhi's mouth twitched slightly, and he laughed dryly and said, "Not really, you think too highly of me."

Ling Fei shook her head at Ji Xingzhi with the air of a wise man and said, "It's not that I think highly of you. You have the capital to do so, but you underestimate yourself."

Ji Xingzhi didn't want to continue this topic. Although she was sometimes quite narcissistic, it was still awkward to talk to others about her liking for herself.

Thinking of Ling Fei's words just now, Ji Xingzhi asked curiously, "Xiao Moyan is not me..." At this point, Ji Xingzhi suddenly fell silent, almost letting the cat out of the bag.

"What?" Ling Fei raised her eyebrows.

Ji Xingzhi coughed lightly and said, "Isn't he my brother's uncle? They should be uncle and nephew, why are they all called uncle and nephew? My brother calls Xiao Moyan the emperor's uncle. As a royal noble, he should pay the most attention to his status. How could he get the generation relationship wrong?"

After hearing this, Ling Fei looked at Ji Xingzhi with suspicion. Seeing Ji Xingzhi's eyes full of doubt, Ling Fei couldn't help but frowned and said, "Did you really grow up with Xiao Moyan? Ji Xingzhi is really your brother?"

Ji Xingzhi said calmly, "Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you?"

"That's strange. You have been with Xiao Moyan since you were a child and grew up with Ji Xingzhi. How could you not know even the most basic things?" Ling Fei asked in confusion.

Ji Xingzhi paused slightly, a thousand reasons flashing through her mind. Finally, she picked an answer that Ling Fei could accept and said, "Don't you know Xiao Moyan's personality? I said ten sentences to him, but he didn't reply twice. He just read books all day long. It's so boring. And her brother didn't care about this. She didn't know anything when I asked her. Anyway, there's no difference between uncle and nephew. I forgot about it over time. I just asked you out of curiosity when you mentioned it."