"I know, I know, we won't alert them. We'll just find a good spot to lie in wait for my brother-in-law's signal to cooperate," Ji Fengming said, already quite far away.

Upon hearing the words "brother-in-law," Ji Fengyao's heart couldn't help but beat faster.

After being apart for so long, she really missed Shang Xiye terribly.

She really wanted to ask Ji Fengming or Mo Linxian where Shang Xiye was now, but she held back again.

She proposed the plan, but Shang Xiye was the one who ultimately carried it out.

It concerns the lives of all their relatives and friends.

Shang Xiye is a very sentimental person, so he must be under a lot of pressure and psychological burden right now.

Therefore, she had to remain quiet and patient, do what she was supposed to do, and not make any mistakes or cause him any more trouble.

Bai Lu held Ji Fengyao's hand the whole time.

Feeling Ji Fengyao's unconscious tightening of her grip, Bai Lu asked with concern, "Your Highness, what's wrong? Are you not used to wearing the headdress and find it too heavy and uncomfortable?"

“A little,” Ji Fengyao answered softly, then transmitted her thoughts to her brother, “It was Brother Fengming who spoke to me just now.”

"They're here!" Bai Lu immediately showed a happy expression and asked, "Where is Sister Magpie?"

“Wuying and Wuhen are here, so she must be here too. She’s probably hiding somewhere watching us,” Ji Fengyao said with a smile.

This was the first genuine smile of joy she had shown since arriving in Beijing.

"That's wonderful! Our whole family will be reunited soon!" Bai Lu smiled happily, her face beaming with joy.

It was as if all they were facing next was a family reunion, rather than a life-or-death battle.

Ji Fengyao held Bai Lu's hand tightly, looking at Bai Lu with a tender and moved expression.

Although she knew that as long as there was war, there would be casualties, and she had seen and experienced life and death separations before.

But at this moment, she was still secretly praying:

I hope that their whole family can return home safely and in good health, with no one missing.

The procession moved smoothly and quickly exited the east gate.

Here.

Ji Fengyao's team and Shang Dongyang's team merged into one;

The emperor and empress's ceremonial palanquins, one in front and one behind, arrived in a grand procession at the foot of the newly built Temple of Heaven.

Afterwards, the Emperor and Empress alighted from their sedan chairs.

With Bai Lu's help, Ji Fengyao arrived in front of Shang Dongyang, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe.

I don't know if it's just my imagination.

Ji Fengyao felt that Shang Dongyang was taller and more robust today. The dragon robe that he couldn't fill out before fit him perfectly today. She wondered if it was because of the wedding that the palace servants had made new ones for him.

As Ji Fengyao walked over, Shang Dongyang slowly extended his right hand to her, his gaze intense.

Ji Fengyao was initially reluctant to hold hands with him, thinking that it was all just an act and she could just endure it.

But when she met his burning gaze, the little bandit's heart skipped a beat, and her soft little hand was handed over as if by magic.

When a man's large hand holds a woman's soft, boneless hand, the familiar touch and long-lost warmth;

Their tender gazes trembled slightly.

"Little wife."

"Your Highness!"

The corners of their lips unconsciously curled up slightly, but they quickly pressed them back down.

The young female bandit felt a warm, bittersweet feeling in her heart, and her eyes couldn't help but well up with tears.

It's him!

He didn't want her to perform the ancestral rites and pray to heaven with others, so he risked great danger and came in person!