Situ Feng gave the order, and his subordinate vanished into the room as a wisp of green smoke.

"Xie Meimei, you're back too." Situ Feng looked nostalgic.

What is it that I miss? Only Situ Feng knows.

...

Thirty li east of the Ming Dynasty's imperial city lies the summit of Xiujue Mountain.

"Grandpa, the Xie family is back." Xiu Qianqian, dressed in white, knelt on the ground.

With its sheer cliffs and craggy peaks, it stands alone and detached from the world, truly exuding the air of an immortal.

"Xie Li and Xie Fengfei, father and son, have both returned?"

Xiu Qianqian answered simply, "Yes."

"Are there any experts following them?" Xiu Ran looked towards the imperial city.

Xiu Qianqian trembled and spoke hesitantly, "Granddaughter doesn't know."

"Don't know?" Xiu Ran said meaningfully, "You can't even figure out such a small thing? You're still my granddaughter, Xiu Ran. Go to the Dark Guard tonight to receive your punishment!"

Xiu Qianqian breathed a huge sigh of relief when she was told that she was only going to the secret service to receive her punishment.

After a pause, Xiu Qianqian said, "Grandpa, Xie Meimei is back too."

"What?" Xiu Ran was taken aback.

Xiu Ran will definitely be shocked that Xie Meimei has returned alive.

Back then, he asked the Fire Dragon King and the Water Phoenix to sever the Xie family's roots. A little girl who wasn't even a Martial Saint, under the siege of two great spirit beast kings, Xiu Ran didn't believe that Xie Meimei could escape from the palm of the Buddha.

The certainty of death has now become a mockery of reality.

“Even the king of spirit beasts is still a beast; they really can’t be trusted.” Xiu Ran attributed all the reasons why people were still alive to the Fire Dragon King and the Water Phoenix, believing that they were perfunctory and irresponsible.

"As long as she's alive, she's alive. Even if she becomes a god, she's no match for me."

Generally speaking, the longer one has been a god, the greater one's power will be.

"Have Situ Feng probe the Xie family. Back then, the Divine Appraisal Tower took away members of the Xie family. I'm afraid the Divine Appraisal Tower will arrange for someone to protect them."

Xiu Ran always acts prudently, and when the danger is unclear, he always uses a test stone.

"Yes, Grandpa." Xiu Qianqian acknowledged the order and withdrew.

After the people left, Xiu Ran muttered to himself, "It seems I'll have to ask them for help again."

...

Seven days after Ji Xiaoxiao's return, Situ Feng sent a formal invitation to visit her.

"Situ Feng? Who?" Ji Xiaoxiao waved her hand. "I don't have time. Tell him to get lost."

On her first day back in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, when Ji Xiaoxiao was about to confront the original owner of the body, her mother, Situ Sisi, suddenly fainted.

Situ Sisi had been cured of her chronic illness by Ji Xiaoxiao decades ago, but today she suddenly felt unwell, which startled Ji Xiaoxiao so much that she didn't know what to do.

"Meimei, how are you?" Xie Fengfei asked worriedly.

Ji Xiaoxiao suppressed her panic and carefully took Situ Sisi's pulse.

What is this?

Ji Xiaoxiao dared not make a hasty judgment, and took the pulse again, but the result was still the same.

“Father,” Ji Xiaoxiao called out to Xie Fengfei.

"What's up?"

He was completely focused on his wife's wickedness, while paying little attention to Ji Xiaoxiao.

Ji Xiaoxiao let out a breath and said, "Father, Mother is like this because of you."

A sudden blow left Xie Fengfei stunned. A bucket of cold water poured over him, and Xie Fengfei was terrified.

"How could this be?" Xie Fengfei hugged Situ Sisi, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Of course it is. Mother is pregnant, it must be because of you, Father." Ji Xiaoxiao pouted.

Is she pregnant?

Who's pregnant?

Oh, Sisi is pregnant.

"What? Sisi is pregnant again?" Xie Fengfei turned around and shouted.

Ji Xiaoxiao nodded, while Xie Fengfei grinned foolishly for a long time.

That day, laughter echoed throughout the evil mansion.

Because the original owner's mother was pregnant, Ji Xiaoxiao was so busy taking care of the pregnancy that she didn't have time to deal with Xiu Ran and the others. After this matter was over, Shen Du'er and Zhi Shu told Ji Xiaoxiao that good things come in pairs and they were getting married soon.

Weddings are busy, with all sorts of things like betrothal, asking the bride's name, auspicious date selection, gift exchange, setting the wedding date, and the wedding procession. Ji Xiaoxiao doesn't have to be involved in everything, but she still needs to keep an eye on things. To make matters worse, her powerful but useless teammate Dali's reluctance to part with Zhishu and his schemes to frame Shen Du'er keep causing trouble, big and small, and Ji Xiaoxiao's head is about to explode.

Having finally gotten some free time, Situ Feng came to visit?

Bah! What visit? He's clearly just here to laugh at her.

“Miss, that’s the Sixth Prince. Isn’t it inappropriate to not invite him in for a seat?” The newly hired maid was unaware of Ji Xiaoxiao’s dislike for Situ Feng.

Hungry, sleepy, angry, and thirsty, Ji Xiaoxiao felt like she was on fire inside.

"This is my home, what's wrong with not inviting him in?"

"But that's the Sixth Prince," the maid said anxiously.

Ji Xiaoxiao gripped the armrest and stood up, saying, "Sixth Prince, the Sixth Prince is very important. Does he think he can just trespass on a private residence?"

Speak of the devil, and he appears; Situ Feng makes a dazzling entrance.

"Meimei, I missed you so much that I came in by myself. You won't blame me, will you?" Situ Feng fanned himself with his fan, a smile playing on his lips.

"Someone, release Xiao Hei."

Seeing disgusting people made Ji Xiaoxiao even more annoyed.

---Aside---

Thank you for the flowers, Rouxue Fanxing!

Thank you for the flowers, Rouxue Fanxing!

Thank you for the flowers, Rouxue Fanxing!