Zhou Ji has no interest in being a lackey for the time being.
A few minutes later, she called and asked someone to buy snacks and send them over. There were not only potato chips, but also chocolate, which she usually likes to eat.
Zhou Ji watched as she, like a little hamster carrying goods, quietly replenished all the snacks that had just been eaten from the children's snack cabinet, and put the rest into her drawer.
She seemed to think that this way she wouldn't be discovered that she had secretly eaten the children's snacks.
However, Zhou Ji did not remind her that the brand of the two bags of potato chips was different from the previous ones.
Besides, their son doesn't like snacks anyway, so it doesn't matter if she eats them all today. Zhou Zhengchu might not find out for several months.
Jiang Yue had just filled the snack cabinet when her child came home from school.
On his back was a heavy schoolbag. As autumn and winter approached, his overalls had been replaced by well-tailored trousers, and he wore a very elegant shirt and sweater vest.
His features resembled those of his parents, so exquisite that there was no flaw in them, as if they were a perfect creation of God.
A well-behaved child who doesn't make a fuss at this age.
Always likable.
For the past three days, he refrained from calling his mother because he knew she was at work and working very hard, and he shouldn't bother her anymore.
Even though he longed to be close to his mother after not seeing her for three days, he held back and didn't dare to get too close.
A well-behaved child won't make many demands.
"Mother."
Jiang Yue had just stolen some of his potato chips today, and was feeling a little guilty. She swallowed hard, feeling somewhat awkward: "You're out of school?"
The boy nodded.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly took out a bunch of candies from his pocket and carefully placed them in his mother's palm: "Here you go."
Looking at the colorful pile of candies in her palm, Jiang Yue asked curiously, "Where did the candy come from?"
"It's a reward from the kindergarten."
Only one per day.
He had saved up for a long time to get this many candies. He spent a long time picking them out before school ended today, choosing the prettiest ones.
All of it should be given to Mom.
Dad doesn't like sweets, so we don't need to give him any.
Jiang Yue clutched the handful of candy in her hand. Even though she hadn't tasted it yet, she felt inexplicably sweet inside. She said, "Thank you." Then, to make herself seem less indifferent, she added, "I like to eat it."
Zhou Zhengchu looked like a puppy whose head had been patted; if he had a tail, it would have been wagging long ago. His ears were a little red, but not noticeably so.
From now on, he will save the candy from kindergarten and give it to his mother.
Jiang Yue unwrapped the candy and suddenly told him to open his mouth, feeding him a very sweet candy.
Zhou Ji interrupted at the opportune moment: "Have you done your homework?"
The man glanced indifferently at the butler behind him and said in a cold voice, "Take the young master upstairs to do his homework."
After the housekeeper led the child upstairs.
Jiang Yue turned around and glanced at Zhou Ji: "You seemed really mean to him today."
Zhou Ji refused to admit it, but the man remained expressionless as he uttered high-sounding words: "Spoiling a child is like killing a child."
Jiang Yue agrees with this statement.
Drowning a child is indeed the same as killing a child.
Even though her father doted on her and her younger brother, the Crown Prince, her mother was always strict with them when necessary and never showed them any leniency.
Her father was a spoiled and incompetent ruler.
He was not a good emperor, but he was a good father.
Although Jiang Yue disliked Zhou Fuwei, thinking him to be ambitious and ruthless, she also admitted that if it weren't for Zhou Fuwei's decisive action at that time, which eliminated all the sycophantic eunuchs and sycophants, things would have been different.
The Jiang Kingdom will not be so peaceful later on.
The emperor was obsessed with Taoist magic and elixirs, and was obsessed with achieving immortality, praying that he could be reincarnated as a human emperor in every lifetime.
If you discuss other matters with him, he is always kind and gentle.
Anyone who dares to obstruct his pursuit of immortality and alchemy will be executed without question; no one is exempt.
The eunuch flattered and colluded with those fake Taoist priests, forming an alliance both inside and outside the sect.
They even had to sacrifice hundreds of young boys and girls to refine the elixir.
Fortunately, no bloodshed was committed.
Zhou Fuwei quietly killed the fake Taoist priest at the Bodhi Taoist Temple, and in the dead of night, he led his men to break into the Grand Eunuch's residence outside the palace, beheaded him with a single stroke, and killed all of his adopted sons.
Only in this way could this evil wind of chaos be put to rest.
Zhou Fuwei did not hide his ambition and rose rapidly through the ranks, soon wielding immense power in the court.
Ultimately, all matters of state required his tacit approval and nods.
He even held the power of life and death over court officials.
Later, forcing her to marry was a blatant show of force, an attempt to lord it over the royal family.
Forcing someone into marriage today could lead to rebellion tomorrow.
The princess had given it much thought before deciding to kill him.
She's the type to discard someone after they've served their purpose, and to kill them after they've done their bidding.
But if a person doesn't look out for themselves, they'll be punished by heaven and earth.
Even if she didn't think of herself, she had to think of the other members of the royal family. If Zhou Fuwei really harbored rebellious intentions and ascended to the throne...
What good end could a princess of the previous dynasty possibly have?
Coming to her senses, Jiang Yue said calmly, "You're right, we shouldn't spoil children, but he's very smart and already quite obedient."
Zhou Ji explained, "I just asked him to do some homework."
Jiang Yue thought for a moment and said frankly, "But I always feel like you're bullying him."
Looking at the seriousness on her face, Zhou Ji raised an eyebrow: "I'm so glad to see you defend our son one day."
Jiang Yue asked, puzzled, "Isn't he your son too? Did I have him with someone else?"
After saying this, Jiang Yue suddenly realized something she had overlooked for a long time: she seemed to have accepted the original owner's past life very easily.
But she's not that kind of person.
Her Highness is somewhat lonely and nostalgic at heart, a bit arrogant, and has a strong sense of territory.
It will be annoying.
It can be irritating.
They would dislike feelings of being "occupied".
How could she have adapted to everything about this body so quickly? Including her memories.
Zhou Ji's voice interrupted her momentary reverie, "Besides me, who else would you like to have a child with?"
Jiang Yue suddenly snapped back to reality, and for some reason just wanted to annoy him on purpose: "These things are hard to say."
"You are very affectionate, and so am I."
"You can have many women, and I can have many men."
Jiang Yue still felt regretful. Back then, besides riding horses and shooting arrows, she liked to read and sleep. If she had known she would die so young, she should have kept more male concubines and had them find ways to make her happy.
Zhou Ji's face darkened upon hearing this. He grabbed her waist and pulled her into his arms, emphasizing each word as if afraid she wouldn't hear him: "I'm not sentimental. I have no one else but you."
Jiang Yue never believed in the sweet talk of men; believing it would only lead to being scammed and losing everything.
She was too lazy to argue with him any further and replied dismissively, "Okay, okay."
Zhou Ji wasn't stupid; he could tell at a glance that she didn't take it to heart.
A moment passed in silence.
The handsome man seemed to have long since surrendered from his former arrogance. He was calm and composed, and his words were equally calm: "I promise you."
Jiang Yue looked up and met the man's dark, inky eyes. She exclaimed, then said blankly and honestly, "But I can't promise you that."
Zhou Ji: "..."
Jiang Yue couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong with Zhou Ji. His face was extremely pale, his eyes were pitch black, and his silence was unsettling.
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