No, no, no! There must be a way!

"Oh, right! Lord Siyu also said that it was fortunate that your blood preserved his last wisp of divine soul from being devoured. Princess, he also said that once you find the Xuanbing Flower, he will come looking for you."

Upon hearing this, Ji Jiuying breathed a sigh of relief; at least her soul was preserved.

However, she never expected that her blood would be effective against him!

The Holy Land Continent? She will definitely go find him.

Finally, we learned from Yingyue that Yin Han and Wuxin had returned to the Holy Domain Continent, while Yingyue stayed in the Cangming Continent to protect her.

The activation of the grand formation inside the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion was merely a smokescreen; its ultimate purpose was to protect her.

After saying goodbye to Yingyue, Ji Jiuying returned to the Ji family. As soon as she entered the house, she ran into Ji Chenyuan, who was about to leave.

When Ji Chenyuan saw Ji Jiuying come in from outside, his eyes widened in surprise for a moment!

"Jiu'er, weren't you in the courtyard the whole time? When did you go out?" Ji Chenyuan asked with a smile, but the look of doubt in his eyes did not escape Ji Jiuying's notice.

"Dad~ I just slipped out from the back a little while ago. Jiu'er hasn't had osmanthus cake in a long time, so I went out and bought some!" Ji Jiuying waved the osmanthus cake in her hand.

Although Ji Chenyuan still had some doubts, he had no choice but to believe the person in front of him.

"Jiu'er, if you want to eat something, just ask the servants to do it. Why bother making the trip yourself?" Ji Chenyuan said earnestly.

"Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. My daughter hasn't seen what the first day of the Lunar New Year looks like in Kyoto for a long time!" Ji Jiuying said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ji Chenyuan felt a little guilty, recalling how she had always been alone in the Pear Garden during the Spring Festival in previous years.

"Alright, alright~ Go if you want! But remember to bring a few maids with you," Ji Chenyuan said.

"Okay, thank you, Father. Jiu'er will go back now!" Ji Jiuying turned around and withdrew the smile from her face, as if the sweet smile just now was just an illusion, and headed straight for Qinglan Courtyard.

As Ji Chenyuan watched her departing figure, he also withdrew his loving smile. Just as he was about to leave, he turned around and went back to his study!

"Qingling! I'm back~ I even bought your favorite osmanthus cake!" Ji Jiuying shouted.

Qingling ran out of the room with joy and excitedly hugged Ji Jiuying, "Miss, you're back! I was so scared when I didn't see you this morning!"

"Come on, let's go inside and eat osmanthus cake!" Ji Jiuying winked at Qingling.

"Thank you, Miss!" Qingling pulled Ji Jiuying into the room, closed the doors and windows, and breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at Ji Jiuying still lying on the bed!

However, this scene startled the shadow guard hiding in the shadows. What was going on? He hadn't left the room at all, nor had he seen the young lady leave.

Suppressing his doubts, he withdrew.

"Miss! You're finally back! You have no idea how scared I was last night!"

Not long after she flew out of the courtyard last night, she tried to peek to see if the Grand Preceptor had left, but she only saw the young lady watching fireworks alone on the rooftop.

Who would have thought that as soon as she got close to the young lady, she realized that something was wrong with the person in front of her. After thinking about it, she had no choice but to pull the 'young lady' into the room to sleep.

Ji Jiuying chuckled, "It seems Qingling isn't too stupid after all!"

"Hmph~ I haven't been by Miss's side for nothing all this time." Qingling said smugly, "By the way, Miss, the Second Miss came by last night and sneakily let that butterfly in."

Qingling said angrily, "This second young lady is too wicked. Fortunately, after hearing what the young lady said last night, she paid special attention to the second young lady's every move. In order not to alert her, she could only let her be. Luckily, the one lying there was a fake young lady."

Upon hearing this, Ji Jiuying came to the bedside and used her spiritual power to pull out the butterfly from between the puppet's eyebrows. Unexpectedly, it was still alive. Ji Jiuying put it in a container.

Qingling felt a chill run down her spine. "Miss, what should we do with this butterfly?"

"Of course it's a gift to Ji Fengyan~" Ji Jiuying said with a smile.

Qingling nodded. This way, they could find out who was behind the scheme to frame the young lady using the "Double Butterfly Love" technique! The young lady was truly too clever!

As for the second young lady, hmph! She reaped what she sowed, and she's almost looking forward to it!

Inside the study.

Ji Chenyuan felt increasingly uneasy. How could An Yu not know that she had gone out and not report it?

At this moment, a man in black knelt down behind Ji Chenyuan, "General!"

"An Yu, tell me, has anything unusual happened with the young lady since last night?" Ji Chenyuan asked.

"Reporting to the General, I have also noticed a strange phenomenon. I am certain that the young lady did not leave the courtyard at all, but she just returned from outside." An Yu thought back carefully.

Ji Chenyuan, however, stood up abruptly. "What did you say? Even you didn't notice!"

"Yes, I'm certain she hasn't left the courtyard," An Yu replied confidently. "General, the Second Miss came by last night around midnight; she seemed to have left something by the window and then left!"

Ji Chenyuan frowned slightly. "What is Yan'er up to now? Didn't I tell her to calm down? Why did she provoke her again!"

"It was too far away; I couldn't see it clearly!"

"Alright, you can go back and keep an eye on things." Ji Chenyuan frowned, this Ji Jiu was really hard to handle.

Ji Chenyuan arrived at Luoxiang Courtyard.

"General, didn't you go out? Why are you back? Did something happen?" Zhou Haiping asked when she saw Ji Chenyuan arrive with a worried look on his face.

"Madam, is Yan'er in the courtyard?" Ji Chenyuan asked.

"Yes, I'm here," Zhou Haiping replied. "Yan'er, open the door, your father is looking for you!"

Zhou Haiping arrived at Ji Fengyan's door and knocked on it.

Upon hearing this, Ji Fengyan, who was in the room, quickly put away the butterflies, opened the door, and asked, "Mother, Father, you were looking for me!"

Ji Chenyuan and Zhou Haiping entered Ji Fengyan's room, staring at her with scrutinizing eyes as they asked, "Yan'er, where did you go last night?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Fengyan's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of panic flashed in her eyes. "Father~ I was in the room all night!"

"Yan'er, you don't need to lie to me anymore. I already know you went to Qinglan Courtyard last night. I'm asking you, what did you put in Ji Jiuying's room?" Ji Chenyuan laid it all out.

Seeing this, Ji Fengyan knew she couldn't hide it any longer. "Father... I... I just put a butterfly in there. The butterfly wasn't poisonous!"

"Yan'er, is this really true?" Zhou Haiping asked.

"Mmm~" Ji Fengyan nodded, looking aggrieved.

"Then let me ask you, when you went to her room last night, did you see her?" Ji Chenyuan asked again.

Ji Fengyan recalled, "I saw her sleeping in bed!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Chenyuan became even more puzzled, still unable to understand how this could have happened. Could it be that she was able to slip out of the shadow guards' sight?