One and a half hours.

Bo Xilai, that scoundrel, settled all his underlings and subordinates, including He Yan, and even had time to put on makeup, wear a dress, and tie a ribbon. He's fast enough!

Jiang Si pinched herself hard, the pain making her keep a straight face as she and Agares walked up to Leilos and Bo Jichen with a serious expression.

Agares bowed respectfully and said, "Agares is pleased to meet Your Majesty the Queen. Good afternoon, Your Majesty the Queen!"

Jiang Si stepped out of Agares's sight, openly scrutinizing her scoundrel father's women's clothing. Her face was a face, her waist was a waist, and although her chest wasn't as voluptuous as Mu Bei's, it still had plenty of breast tissue.

With makeup, her strong, masculine features softened, and her long hair added a touch of gentle elegance and sophistication.

Jiang Si understood somewhat. Based solely on what she saw in the video, let alone Agares being able to extract the details, even face-to-face, the details would be difficult to discern.

Ignoring her cheap, drafty daughter who was watching the show with great interest, Bo Jichen naturally reached out and offered a helping hand, her voice becoming very mature and sophisticated: "Your Highness, there's no need for such formalities. We're all family. His Majesty and the General talk about you to me every day."

“Before, when we talked through a screen, I always felt something was missing. Now it’s great. The young prince is standing in front of me. Just as His Majesty and the general said, he has the bearing of a dragon and the spirit of a phoenix, full of heroic spirit, and most importantly, he can fight.”

That hypocritical old man, look at him, spouting one set of hypocritical words after another, and he can even make people laugh.

What a scoundrel! He's got two identities and countless disguises. So cool and awesome! I should learn from him.

Agares gave a full bow, stood up straight, and said slowly, "It is because of my teacher's good teaching and His Majesty's trust that I am the way I am."

Jiang Si discovered that her cheap ex was half a head taller than Bo Gouzei, and their auras were equally impressive.

The unfamiliarity between them made them more polite and distant, as if there was an invisible barrier between them.

Jiang Si's eyes darted around, and in order to break down the barrier, she jumped out from behind Agares and grabbed Bo Jichen's arm.

Bo Jichen was startled. He looked down at her, a warning in his eyes: Don't cause trouble, don't reveal your true identity, or I'll beat you up.

Jiang Si clung to the scoundrel's arm, ignoring the warning in his eyes, and sweetly turned into a little spoiled brat, saying to her brother, the Emperor, who was showing signs of nervousness, "Your Majesty, I came here on an empty stomach today because I heard that my sister-in-law, the Empress, was cooking for me. Let's go in quickly."

Bo Jichen grabbed Jiang Si's hand that was clinging to his arm, pinched it hard, and smiled politely and generously, his voice clear and melodious: "Your Majesty, you and Agares can go to the main palace to chat first. I'll take Xiao Sisi to the kitchen to take a look, and she can also give me some pointers on cooking techniques."

His Majesty Relos let out a barely perceptible sigh upon hearing this. "Alright, you may go. Agares, come with me to the main palace."

Agares replied to his brother, "Yes," and took a deep look at his young wife before leaving with his brother.

After walking several steps, he suddenly stopped and looked back.

Leilos, who was walking alongside him, also stopped. Following his gaze, he said, "Xiao Sisi is a lively, lovely, and capable girl. Why didn't you cherish her and even abused her?"

"You regret it now, don't you? Let me tell you, it's no use regretting it now. She is now a princess of the royal family. The power I give her is greater than the power I give you. If you bully her again, don't blame me for being impolite."

Agares stared at their retreating figures, his brows furrowing slightly.

Seeing that Agares hadn't said anything for a while, Relos waved his hand in front of Agares' eyes and asked, "Agares, what's wrong?"

Agares snapped out of his daze, looked away, and said to Relos, "Your Majesty, it's nothing. Please, Your Majesty."

Jiang Si, whose arm was pinched by the scoundrel, immediately pinched back: "Wow, you're fast, you scoundrel! Aren't you afraid Agares will find some details?"

Bo Jichen turned his head to the side, his gaze deep and unfathomable: "I admit he's a detail-oriented person, but at least I'm like this, and this is the first time we've met. Even if he's a detail-oriented person, he probably won't find anything wrong with me."

Jiang Si laughed and said, "That's what pigs think too. They think that if they eat their fill and get fatter, their owners will be happier and won't kill them."

"I never expected that my owner would get what he wanted so badly. He fed it until it got fatter and bigger, and then slapped it in the face, poked it, and ate its meat."

Bo Jichen flicked his arm, shaking off his adopted daughter's hand that was pinching his arm, and clicked his tongue: "Your analogy is really pathetic. I knew nothing good would come from being stuck with you."

"You yourself are no good at all, what does that have to do with me?" Jiang Si quickened her pace and followed him to the palace kitchen. She chased away the maids and cooks at the kitchen door, sat on a high chair, and asked in a clear and catchy voice, "Judging from your expression today, it seems that His Majesty invited you to dinner without informing you. Could it be that something went wrong with your nightlife?"

Bo Jichen braced himself on the stage with both hands, his beautiful, smooth long hair cascading down. His purple eyes were sharp as he spoke scathingly, "My dear daughter, even if His Majesty and I have problems with our nightlife, I've been eating meat for over a decade. Unlike you, you've never even seen meat floss or meat soup, let alone meat. And you still have the nerve to criticize me?"

Jiang Si gasped, her heart shattered by his words: "Don't insult someone by revealing their weaknesses, don't hit someone in the face. You've gone too far."

Bo Jichen, leaning on the platform, pointed at himself and said, "I went too far, I didn't go too far at all. Let me tell you, I'm starting to have trouble understanding your Emperor brother's heart."

A fierce fire of gossip ignited in Jiang Si's dark eyes: "What do you mean?"

Bo Jichen started counting on his fingers: "His Majesty invited you to dine here this time without informing me. He only told me after I returned to the palace."

“When he told me this, he looked indifferent, like an irresponsible scumbag who wouldn’t speak up for his own people.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Si blinked, her mouth slightly open, and she exclaimed in a low voice, "You mean, my cute, handsome, rich, and powerful Emperor brother finally thinks that you, this hard and unyielding man, are too difficult to seduce, and wants to divorce you and replace you with a soft and gentle girl?"

"Slap!" Bo Jichen slapped Jiang Si on the forehead: "Drain the water out of your head, shut down your imagination. My darling, you're going to share the same bed with me in life and the same grave in death. What do you know, someone who's never even eaten meat?"

Jiang Si pouted, rubbed her forehead, and said confidently, "I may not have eaten meat, but I have theoretical knowledge. In all the BL, BG, GB, GL, and HP novels throughout history, it is written like this: if someone loses interest in another person, they either give that person the silent treatment, or they give them the hot treatment, or they just wait for that person to leave on their own."

"You said His Majesty's fertility value is nearly 20, and your official fertility value is 45. Based on your fertility values, you should be able to easily breed a child in the breeding pool. But you two still don't have a child. No, no, no... you two have an egg, but you haven't told His Majesty about it. Plus, Agares has no fertility value. Is His Majesty getting anxious?"

Bo Jichen's purple eyes darkened as he stared intently at Jiang Si: "The analysis you accepted?"

Jiang Si cleared her throat, took the invisible ginger egg off her shoulder, and weighed it in her hand: "Daddy, our ginger egg, although it's a bit dark-skinned, a bit skinny, and has a thick shell."

"However, it's lively and active, possessing the mental abilities to devour, become invisible, and heal. A single point of it could annihilate anything. Why don't you take this egg and stage a confession to His Majesty?"

Bo Jichen stared intently at the egg in his adopted daughter's hand, his gaze deepening. With a "smack," he slammed the egg onto the table, his face darkening, and his voice becoming serious as he said, "I understand. His Majesty doesn't reject me. On the contrary, His Majesty's sudden summons of Agares, asking me to meet him as the Empress, is a test—a test of how receptive Agares is!"