The next morning, Ji Fengyao was awakened by the sounds of moving and carrying outside the courtyard.

She had just moved her head and opened her eyes groggily when she heard a deep, mellow voice from above her: "Your Highness, good morning."

Ji Fengyao's heart skipped a beat at the magnetic voice. She looked up abruptly and met a pair of smiling eyes, as if she had suddenly stumbled into a dazzling starry sky: "Your Highness, you...you...how come you didn't...didn't..."

The little bandit was completely overwhelmed by his self-created gentle charm early in the morning, leaving her stammering. Shang Xiye was quite satisfied and kindly finished her sentence for her: "Why didn't I attend court today?"

Mmm!

Ji Fengyao quickly got up, nodding her head like a chick pecking at rice.

"There are many princes and ministers accompanying the Emperor this time. Tomorrow is the day of departure, so today is a day off. Everyone has time to pack their belongings. I will go and make the arrangements now." Shang Xiye calmly and casually picked up his clothes and put them on. He spoke to Ji Fengyao in a familiar tone, like an old married couple, as if they were chatting with a parent: "Your Highness can sleep a little longer. There is no need to worry about things outside. Just make sure the people and things in your own courtyard are settled."

Ji Fengyao: "..."

They stared in disbelief as the person calmly washed and dressed, then leisurely went out.

Does she know the person she just chatted with like an old married couple?

Did she time travel again? Why does it feel like the world has become fantastical after she woke up?

"when!"

At breakfast, for the eighth time, Ji Fengyao dropped a spoonful of porridge into her bowl, startling her once again.

Xi Que couldn't stand it anymore, so she slammed her hand on the table and sat down next to her, her face serious: "Miss, what's wrong with you? Why have you been spacing out all morning? People say pregnancy makes you stupid for three years, are you pregnant?"

What? The princess is pregnant?

Upon hearing this, Lin Shuang and Bai Lu immediately turned around in surprise; even the maids carrying things passing by outside the courtyard couldn't help but prick up their ears.

Ji Fengyao: "..."

Mother, quickly take this silly magpie back! She can't keep a girl with such a wild imagination!

"You're the one who's pregnant!" Ji Fengyao's face flushed red, and she rarely dared to retort to Xi Que.

Xi Que rarely saw her blush, and seeing her so shy, she believed it even more. Overjoyed, she jumped up and grabbed her hand, exclaiming, "Miss, really? You're really pregnant?! We're going to have a little prince soon?!"

Ji Fengyao: "!"

What's wrong with this girl's thought process?!

Before she could explain, the magpie let go and ran off happily, shouting as she ran, "Miss, you keep eating, I need to tell the boss and the young master this good news right away!"

Damn!

"Black Owl, Black Owl! Quickly bring that crazy girl back to me!" Ji Fengyao was sweating profusely. She jumped up and chased after him to the door, clinging to the door frame and calling for Black Owl. Of all the people in the courtyard, probably only Black Owl could carry the magpie back with one hand.

However, after calling for a long time, Black Owl did not come out.

Lin Shuang came to Ji Fengyao's side, spreading her arms to protect her like a mother hen protecting her chicks, and reminded her, "Your Highness, we haven't seen the Black Owl Guard for several days. I'm afraid the Prince has sent him to do something else. Why don't you ask the Prince about it later?"

When Ji Fengyao turned around and saw Lin Shuang's tense and wary demeanor, as well as Bai Lu's cautious expression that seemed to fear there might be a hole in the ground and she would fall, and that she was determined to protect her with her life, she was really going to be overwhelmed.

It wasn't until Ji Fengyao smashed a bowl in her anxiety that Lin Shuang and Bai Lu reluctantly believed that she really wasn't pregnant.

However, both girls looked regretful.

Seeing her looking so gloomy, the two maids "thoughtfully" comforted her: "Your Highness, don't be discouraged. The Prince comes every day anyway, and soon you will really have a little prince."

Ji Fengyao was utterly speechless: a million alpacas were stampeding through her mind...