Chapter 50 Chapter 50 You need to spend some time to get to know each other again...

Mu Xi didn't have any birthmarks on her body, at least not anywhere she could see.

As for the places she couldn't see, she had never heard anyone talk about them.

If there were any obvious birthmark-like marks, Fenghan would definitely tell her. He was very keen on observing every detail of her, in every aspect.

The Second Princess Mu Qi was extremely concerned about this matter, and Mu Xi noticed it, so she didn't want him to interpret her normal psychological hesitation as guilt or hesitation.

She was very cooperative, basically just throwing up her hands, shrugging her shoulders and saying, "I'm sorry, I can't help you."

After Mu Qi confirmed that Mu Xi did not have the clues she was looking for, she was very disappointed and did not hide anything.

Mu Xi tidied herself up and looked at her disappointed expression. She didn't know what to say, so she said nothing.

She still remembered that she was going to Bitian Villa, but judging from the situation, she might not be able to leave the inn today.

Mu Qi came back to his senses, looked at Mu Xi, smiled at her, put on his friendly and kind social mask again, and asked her about her amnesia.

"I don't remember anything." Mu Xi replied, "I only have memories of the past ten years since I left Feiming Valley."

She also spoke of her adoptive mother, saying that because she was worried about her, they had been hiding their identities in a small county town. For the first five years of her adoptive mother's life, she was confined to her room, with no chance of contact with anyone else.

These were things that Mu Qi, as a princess, could easily investigate with just a snap of her fingers, and Mu Xi had never thought of hiding them.

Obviously, Mu Qi must have done some research before asking the question. After listening to Mu Xi's words, there was no surprise on her face.

"Sister Mu has suffered a lot over the years."

Mu Xi smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Highness, you're joking." She suggested, "Your Highness, please call me by my name."

"We are originally a family, but the records of what happened back then are vague, so I don't know the exact relationship between generations. Just consider calling you sister as a way of fulfilling my wish."

Seeing that she couldn't find the clues she needed for a while, Mu Qi calmed herself down and let Ji Lian back into the room. She talked and laughed about the festival, saying that it just happened to be a good opportunity for the family to have a meal together.

Mu Xi could directly reject Ji Lian, but facing the royal family, she did not have the confidence to be so casual.

Whether in modern times or ancient times, she is an ordinary person.

When facing powerful people in high positions, they worry that if they don't handle the interactions with them well, they will encounter unexpected disasters.

Ji Lian glanced at Mu Xi's face and found that she was not looking at him, feeling a little disappointed.

He told them that it had been arranged early in the morning.

At this time, Mu Xi glanced at him with almost no expression.

Ji Lian felt panicked, not knowing if he had really done something wrong.

At the dinner table, Mu Qi pulled Mu Xi aside to chat.

Ji Lian sat next to Mu Xi, and Mu Qi sat on the other side of Mu Xi. Mu Xi seemed to be trapped between the two of them.

Mu Qi asked questions about Mu Xi, everything she remembered. Mu Xi answered every question, appearing to be of gentle character.

But because of this, the meal can basically be said to be not good.

Mu Xi finally understood why Mu Qi did this.

She probably suspected that Mu Xi was deliberately concealing something, saying she didn't know something when she knew it, and pretending it didn't exist when it existed.

So through small talk and endless questions, he tried to find loopholes in Mu Xi's words.

When she found that this method didn't work, she resorted to getting him drunk.

Mu Xi was cautious and didn't dare to get drunk. Although she didn't have the information Mu Qi wanted to know, Mu Xi was worried that she would accidentally reveal Feng Han's secret after getting drunk.

She said at the beginning that she couldn't drink, and Mu Qi believed her. Later, he poured her glass after glass. The more Mu Xi drank, the more she felt that she had thought too much.

I don’t know if it was because she was always awake or what, but she never got drunk.

However, Mu Xi immediately changed his performance style and began to pretend to be drunk, with a dazed look and slurred speech.

Mu Qi was very drunk, but she drank less than Mu Xi after all. Seeing Mu Xi like this, she started a new round of questions.

The answer Mu Xi gave still made her extremely disappointed.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Xi pretended to fall headfirst onto the table.

Mu Qi frowned, his face heavy with emotion, "Could it be that she really doesn't know anything..."

Ji Lian felt a little distressed when he saw Mu Xi like this.

He did not approve of Mu Qi's approach, but because of the other party's royal status, he did not dare to comment too much.

When Mu Xi's head hit the table, there was a loud noise. Ji Lian let out an "Ah" and was a step too late. When Mu Xi completely lost consciousness, Ji Lian lifted Mu Xi's head up and gently put it in his arms.

Hearing Mu Xi frown and say that she felt uncomfortable, Ji Lian gently massaged her temples.

"Is this better?" he asked Mu Xi gently.

Mu Xi didn't give an answer. She really looked like she was drunk and unconscious.

"Your Highness." Ji Lian looked at Mu Qi, "Let me take her back to rest. She drank too much."

Mu Qi glanced at the two of them helplessly, nodded and waved his hands, looking a little listless.

Ji Lian asked the waiter for help and successfully sent Mu Xi back to the room.

There were some of his people in Yucheng, but Ji Lian didn't let them appear in front of Mu Xi before because he didn't understand the relationship between Mu Xi and Feng Han.

The reason they are not allowed to show up now is because the whereabouts of the Second Princess cannot be known to too many people.

Of course, Mu Xi was not completely drunk, at most he was just a little dizzy.

When drinking the last few glasses, Mu Xi thought that he might not be able to go to Bitian Villa today, and he didn't want to continue to entangle with the royal family, so he arranged a temporary script for himself and performed it smoothly.

She lay on the bed, hoping that Ji Lian would go out quickly. Unexpectedly, he did go out and came back in after a while.

Mu Xi pretended to be asleep and didn't dare to open her eyelids to take a look at him. She was just wondering in her heart what else he wanted to do.

But the mystery was solved soon after.

Ji Lian wrung out a hot towel and wiped her face with a very delicate technique.

If Mu Xi had experienced this before meeting the Second Princess Mu Qi, she would think Ji Lian was a really good person.

But now, with this combination of punches, in Mu Xi's heart, the person in front of her and everything that stood between them all changed.

Ji Lian put the towel aside and called Mu Xi a few times, but Mu Xi certainly didn't give him any response.

A faint sigh seemed to float by, and Ji Lian went out.

Not long after, he came back.

Mu Xi smelled something.

Then she heard Ji Lian calling her softly, shaking her arm, and coaxing her in a child-like tone to get up and drink the sobering soup.

Oh, it's a hangover soup.

Of course, Mu Xi still didn't give any response.

Ji Lian stayed by her side and did not leave. Later, he probably realized that Mu Xi was very quiet after falling asleep and no uncontrollable accidents would happen, so he quietly left.

Mu Xi first opened one eye, made sure there was no one else in the room except herself, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

The hangover soup was already a little cold. Mu Xi thought to herself that Ji Lian was really patient while getting up and drinking some.

Unable to go out because he pretended to be drunk and asleep, Mu Xi had nothing to do, so he lay back on the bed and stared at his fingers.

Both wounds are still there.

Mu Xi was a little worried about Feng Han's situation.

But the same logic still applies. If Fenghan had something happen to her, neither Mingyu Yingzhang nor Bai Yi would remain indifferent and not come to find her.

They didn't know yet that her healing ability had worn off.

Mu Xi yawned and felt a little sleepy after relaxing. She thought that she didn't sleep well last night and went to bed too late, so she might as well take this opportunity to catch up on some sleep.

So I relaxed my mind and closed my eyes peacefully.

When I woke up, it was dark.

Mu Xi was a little upset and might not be able to sleep at night.

Just as she was thinking this, someone knocked on her door.

"Who is it?"

"Xi Niang, it's me."

Mu Xi pursed her lips, stood up and opened the door. Ji Lian looked at her with concern outside the door: "How do you feel? Are you feeling better? Does your head still hurt?"

"It's okay." Mu Xi originally wanted to say "a little bit", but changed to a more blunt answer.

Ji Lian lowered her eyelashes and bit her lip, then asked her, "Is Xi Niang angry with me? Why? Is it because of the Second Prince?"

Mu Xi stepped aside to let him in. Ji Lian brought some hangover soup and snacks. After placing them on the table one by one, he turned around and stared at her.

"Where is His Highness?"

"She also drank quite a bit, and probably took a break. She was worried about staying here, so she left after my wife passed out."

Mu Xi nodded slightly, and Ji Lian repeated the question he had asked her before.

"I was a little angry, but I told myself that this was normal, and then I didn't feel angry anymore."

Mu Xi looked him in the eyes without hesitation and said, "If I interpret your behavior based on childhood friendship, it really doesn't make sense. So after the Second Prince appeared, everything seems much more reasonable."

"Xi Niang, do you think I went to so much trouble to find you because I'm working for the Second Prince?" Ji Lian took a step forward with some emotion.

Mu Xi still looked at him and said calmly: "I believe it's not entirely because of this, but it's also impossible that it has nothing to do with this."

"Yes." Ji Lian did not deny it, "But I don't know why Xi Niang is angry with me because of this."

He paused and said, "Since ancient times, a wife and husband have been one body and one mind. I have decided that Xi Niang is my wife and mistress. This is also the agreement made by our mothers and fathers. Although my aunt and uncle are gone, my mother and father are still here, and I am still here. I am willing to fulfill their agreement."

Mu Xi was about to speak when Ji Lian gently raised his hand to stop her, "Xiniang, please listen to me first."

He pursed his lips and whispered, "If I still haven't figured out that Xi Niang really wants to break the contract and doesn't want to marry me, then I'm really stupid."

Mu Xi didn't say anything, thinking to herself, it turns out Ji Lian knew this. Before, Ji Lian thought that she didn't agree to this marriage because she didn't want to implicate him.

It really doesn't matter whether she is involved or not. Mu Xi has always stayed away from people she doesn't like and troublesome things as much as possible, and cut off ties with them whenever possible.

"Xi Niang...are you attracted to Feng Han?"

Ji Lian looked at Mu Xi with a lonely look. Mu Xi was startled at first, then sighed helplessly.

"It's not what you think."

Mu Xi considered her words carefully before saying, "My relationship with anyone... for now, is a one-way relationship. What's going on between you and me is only about you."

She said: "If it was really because of him, I would admit it generously."

She doesn't like things that are too complicated, such as lying.

Like Feng Han, when he tells a lie, he will inevitably tell a second, a third... countless lies to cover up the previous lie. This kind of thing is too complicated and unnecessary for Mu Xi.

"So Xi Niang doesn't want to marry me just because... she doesn't want to be with me?"

Mu Xi nodded slightly with a serious expression, indicating that she had no intention of joking.

She saw every detail of Ji Lian's frown.

"But my aunt and uncle were very good to me back then..."

"Just because of some small favors in childhood, you want to devote your whole life to it?" Mu Xi sighed softly, "You might as well say that it's because the Second Prince needs me that you joined in."

Ji Lian explained eagerly: "It's more than just a small favor. Since it's an agreement made by our mothers, we, as the younger generation, should fulfill it."

He bit his lip and said, "And Xi Niang, you also know that you and I have a marriage certificate. My grandmother already knew we were husband and wife. It's just that we were young back then, and then things happened suddenly. In fact, all that was missing between you and me was a ceremony and... the fact that we were husband and wife. It was already set in stone..."

"No, no, no..." Mu Xi interrupted him: "It's not like that."

She finally understood a little bit of Ji Lian's characteristics.

Tradition, this tradition makes him have the attributes of a husband that is taken for granted.

Specifically, he always believed that the relationship between the two of them was determined by their elders and was a set fact.

In fact, it is not.

Mu Xi said, "Before we met, we were at most childhood playmates. Those agreements, marriage certificates, and the like, are all meaningless to me."

Ji Lian frowned and murmured softly: "It's just because you changed your mind..."

Mu Xi held her forehead with her hand, feeling powerless as to how to enlighten the other person.

Ji Lian didn't know what he was thinking about, and seemed to suddenly realize something. He asked her, "Xi Niang, have you misunderstood the relationship between me and the Second Prince? Although I have interacted with her, it is limited to what you have seen. We haven't said much else. It's not the kind of relationship you imagine."

Perhaps because Mu Xi admitted to being angry, Ji Lian was looking for various factors that might have made her angry.

Mu Qi was obviously a prominent one, but Mu Xi was angry not because Ji Lian was too close to her, but because she felt helpless when facing Mu Qi's identity.

"No." Mu Xi said honestly, "Because I don't plan to fulfill the promise made by our mothers like you, and I don't think that you and I will really become husband and wife one day, so I don't care about your relationship."

Ji Lian's frown never relaxed. He lowered his head in thought for a moment, then looked up at Mu Xi and asked her, "Why is that?"

Mu Xi knew very well that if two people did not start from the same point, and the other party did not understand you at all, or had never thought about understanding the real you, this level of cognitive dissonance was difficult to explain clearly.

Therefore, she did not answer but asked: "Why is Wu Yue Tower related to the royal family? Why didn't you tell me before you brought her in front of me? Why did you act first and ask for permission later?"

Ji Lian's eyes were filled with confusion. He thought for a moment and replied softly, "As far as I know, Wu Yue Lou had no connection with the royal family in the beginning. It was only since the time of my mother and my aunt that Wu Yue Lou and Fei Ming Valley began to interact with certain people in the court."

Mu Xi: “…”

It turns out that it started from the original owner's mother. Then it will be really difficult for me to extricate myself.

Ji Lian observed Mu Xi's expression and continued, "During the ten years since Xi Niang disappeared, there wasn't much contact between Wu Yue Lou and the Second Prince's family. My mother would occasionally exchange letters with her father. Later, as the Second Prince grew up, we got to know each other. It was she who told me that you were still alive."

He hesitated for a moment, then looked into Mu Xi's eyes and said, "Back then, my aunt and my mother both believed that the Second Princess had a promising future and had always had a good relationship with her father. Now that you're back, I also believe that a husband and wife should be one and the same. I thought you'd be happy to know that you hadn't lost all your loved ones, so I didn't tell you in advance. I wanted to give you a surprise."

Mu Xi: “…”

Thank you, I was really surprised.

She finally understood why Ji Lian had such a stunned and aggrieved expression after sensing her obvious displeasure.

I also understand why Mu Qi said, "He's doing this for your own good."

It seems that Ji Lian really thought that he was doing something normal and correct.

Because the original owner's mother had allied with Ji Lian's mother to have contacts with the imperial family during her lifetime, Ji Lian would naturally think that this was also what their generation should continue to do.

He believed that assisting a certain princess to inherit the throne and then developing Wu Yue Tower and Fei Ming Valley was the right thing for him to do.

Because he already regarded Mu Xi as his family and his wife, he thought that Mu Xi would have the same idea as him.

Mu Xi thought, if she was not herself but the original owner, perhaps there would be nothing wrong with the way things developed.

But if Ji Lian wanted to blame anyone, he should blame his grandmother for finding the wrong soul and dragging her into this situation.

Mu Xi thought to herself, my true nature is that of a salted fish.

I have neither the will nor the ability to deal with these complicated people and things.

Mu Xi looked at Ji Lian, thought for a while, and said softly: "I understand what you mean."

She said, "Then let's go back to the starting point of your thinking about all this." She was silent for a moment, then asked, "I have no intention of marrying you, nor do I plan to revive Feiming Valley, or avenge my mother and father, and I can't help the Second Prince in any way. What are you going to do?"

Ji Lian didn't expect Mu Xi to be so blunt in her words.

"Won't you consider it again?"

Mu Xi shook her head. "This has never been the life I want, nor is it my style of doing things."

She sighed softly, "It's been a long time since we last met. Ten years have passed, and I've changed a lot. You may need to spend some time getting to know me again."

Ji Lian looked at her with a complicated expression and didn't say a word for a long time.

Mu Xi held up her face and looked at him for a while, then asked, "Can you tell me if the Second Prince will let me go?"

She didn't know where the so-called treasure they were looking for was. She really didn't know, but it was difficult to prove to anyone that she really didn't know.

If I agree to join... Mu Xi won't agree.

She knew too little about Mu Qi, at least less than Ji Lian. Mu Xi wanted a definite answer: if she could save Feng Han's life over there, could she escape safely here?

The way Ji Lian looked at her at this moment was as if he really knew her all over again.

He understood her wishes and knew that she didn't want to be with him at all and didn't want to get involved in things that he felt proud of.

Ji Lian took a deep breath and said, "I don't know." He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Xi Niang really doesn't know anything?"

"If you need me to, I can swear on my mother and father." Mu Xi looked at him with a slightly tired look in her eyes. "I really don't know anything."

Ji Lian blinked, and the atmosphere between them became a little depressing.

Mu Xi was worried about her trip to Bitian Villa, but not long after she finished talking with Ji Lian, Mu Qi came again and invited her to go boating on the lake to watch the moon.

There was a lively and peaceful atmosphere outside, but Mu Xi was not affected at all.

She just wanted to find an opportunity to go to Bitian Villa. She thought, if she couldn't go tonight, then she could go early tomorrow morning. No, in fact, she could also go quietly in the middle of the night.

Judging from Ji Lian's attitude, he probably won't stop her anymore. She just needs to avoid Mu Qi.

Mu Qi asked about their wedding date with a smile, saying that Mu Xi's parents had passed away ten years ago, so it would be better for them to get married sooner.

This means forced binding, Mu Xi understands.

Ji Lian is working for Mu Qi. Although Mu Xi is of no use now, her identity is there and the clues are temporarily locked on her. Mu Qi will not allow her to escape.

Mu Xi smiled helplessly and said frankly that she didn't remember anything. She and Ji Lian had experienced some changes in the past ten years, and that marriage might not be final yet.

As expected, Mu Qi's expression changed slightly. "Sister Mu, what do you mean by that? Does that mean you already have someone else you love?"

She frowned slightly, with a look of disapproval on her face, "That's not good. Master Ji has been looking for you for many years and has been waiting for you to come back."

Mu Xi said in his heart that the person he was really waiting for might not come back.

She looked at Ji Lian, who had a complicated expression on her face, and smiled as she spoke, "No one can predict what will happen in this world. You don't have to accept everything fate has planned. Ten years ago, I was supposed to go with my mother and father, but I survived. I've thought a lot since then. My destiny is in my own hands."

Mu Qi tilted his head and blinked. It was obvious that he was still drunk and had started drinking again. He was hugging women on both sides, looking very happy and relaxed.

Ji Lian stared at Mu Xi intently. Mu Xi was stunned for a moment, then smiled at him and said, "You should learn from me too."