It had previously thought that preparing a birthday banquet for its sister with everyone would be enough to show its feelings, but now, seeing what Qi Chengshuo had prepared for its sister, Zhengzheng felt very sad.
Qi Chengshuo is such a cunning kid!
"Sister, do you think he has ulterior motives towards you?" Zhengzheng asked, pouting.
"You little brat, do you even know what ulterior motives are?" Ye Xianya said with a half-smile.
"Of course I know. I'm fourteen this year, only one year younger than you. I'm not a child who doesn't know anything. Sister, do you think Qi Chengshuo is really a reincarnation of someone from the upper realm? If so, he's barely a match for you. As for the others... to be honest, including the disciples of the Taiyi Sect, I think they're a bit lacking."
After hearing its words, Ye Xianya asked in surprise, "Don't you dislike Qi Chengshuo? Why are you speaking up for him?"
"I don't dislike him either. Although he's quite cunning, and he's clearly very good, he pretends to lose to me on purpose, but... he's passable. I see that he's especially good to my sister. He cares a lot about anything related to her," Zhengzheng said with a grin.
The key point is that other men don't dare to approach my sister; only Qi Chengshuo has a thick skin.
Moreover, it's at least a little more pleasing to the eye than Seung-seok.
It's better than everyone else's.
Ye Xianya remained silent upon hearing this.
It turns out that all of this was not her imagination.
Although she didn't focus on romantic relationships, she wasn't completely ignorant.
Qi Chengshuo was indeed very good to her. If it was initially because of Qi Jiu, then later...
"Does your sister also think he's good?" Zhengzheng asked quickly when she saw Ye Xianya not speaking and seemed to be in a daze.
“Hmm!” Ye Xianya nodded: “In my previous life, I focused all my attention on cultivation and never thought about matters of love and romance. In this life… although I am still on the path of cultivation, I have my own family and I also want to live the life of an ordinary person.”
"However, that's only for spending time with my family. As for getting married? I'm not going to marry an ordinary person, otherwise... I'll be alive and well while he's old and dead, wouldn't I be heartbroken? In this life, I want to live freely and unrestrained, so I can't make myself unhappy. Therefore... I didn't think about these things at first, but now?"
Ye Xianya smiled as she spoke: "Seeing how loving my mother and father are, I'm actually a little envious. Let's just leave it to fate!"
“Sister is right!” Zhengzheng nodded quickly.
Judging from what his sister said, Qi Chengshuo has a chance; it just depends on whether he can seize it.
Zhengzheng planned to find an opportunity to give him some pointers. After all, he had trained with her for a month or so, and her strength had improved so quickly. Qi Chengshuo deserved a lot of credit for that.
Even birds have a conscience.
"Go play with those spirit beasts, I'm going to check on Tangtang!" Ye Xianya rubbed Zhengzheng's head and said with a smile.
“Okay!” Zhengzheng nodded quickly.
Tangtang's spirit tiger has reached a crucial stage in its cultivation and is about to transform into human form. It has been in seclusion recently.
It should be successful soon!
To be fair, it wished it were the only spirit beast by its sister's side.
Zhengzheng already had Qi Chengshuo constantly hanging around her sister, competing for her affections, and now Tangtang has come along too. She felt like she was surrounded by danger.
However, there's always a proper order to things. Tangtang became my sister's spirit beast decades ago, so it's its senior. It can't be too stingy, or... it might get a beating.
After all, Tangtang is very talented and could have transformed many years ago. However, it suppressed its strength and wanted to break through to the next level before transforming, so it has been delayed until now.
I know I can't beat it.
Ye Xianya prepared a courtyard for Tangtang and set up a barrier around the house to prevent anyone from disturbing Tangtang.
It went over and took a look, and found that Tangtang was still in seclusion, so it did not disturb her.
As soon as he returned to his main courtyard, a maid reported that Princess An had come to visit with the princess.
Ye Xianya didn't want to see the mother and daughter, so she simply had someone tell them that she wasn't in the mansion and sent them away.
"Mother, that wretched girl Ye Xianya is far too disrespectful to us. She's clearly in the Princess's residence, yet she refuses to see us. It's truly despicable!" Qi Yu clenched her fists and said with a stern face.
"You silly girl, shut up right now!" Princess An quickly covered her daughter's mouth. Only after the carriage drove out of the alley did she breathe a sigh of relief and glare at her daughter with a reproachful look: "Your father said that Ye Xianya is extremely capable. Just now, you dared to say such things when you were so close to her residence. Have you forgotten the lesson you learned in the palace today?"
"Father is being too cautious. He actually wants us to apologize to her. She's not a proper princess, she's not of royal blood, so what's so special about her?" Qi Yu pouted.
“Why can’t you understand, child? Ye Xianya is very powerful, and I heard she’s from the Taiyi Sect. We can’t treat her like an ordinary person. In short… we’ll do whatever your father says.” Princess An glared at her daughter, her tone becoming increasingly stern.
"Mother has always listened to Father and gone along with everything he said all these years, which almost allowed a concubine to climb over her. If it weren't for my brother's ambition and my daughter's strength, Concubine Liang and her illegitimate daughter would be throwing their weight around in front of us!" Qi Yu was not afraid of her mother and spoke angrily.
Princess An was stunned upon hearing this, and her eyes instantly reddened.
“Mother, I didn’t mean to talk back to you, it’s just…” Qi Yu said, taking Princess An’s arm, “Please don’t be angry, I just can’t stand seeing Father treat you like that!”
Upon hearing this, Princess An gently patted Qi Yu's hand and said softly, "Your father is a prince, not an ordinary man. Moreover, he is very wise, and I admire him greatly. Naturally, I will listen to him. As for Consort Liang, she was originally your father's beloved. If she hadn't been the daughter of a minor official, your father would have married her as his principal wife back then. How could I have ended up marrying into this family?"
Princess An sighed and said, "You're not a child anymore. I've told you these things several times already. Don't always target them in the future!"
Qi Yu pursed her lips upon hearing this and remained silent.
"You were spoiled rotten by your grandmother. I shouldn't have allowed you to enter the palace in the first place." Princess An recalled many past events and said with a regretful expression, "You lived in the palace all those years and got very close to Qi Xuan. She was a spoiled girl to begin with, and I think you're pretty much the same!"
"How could Mother say such things about her daughter? How can Qi Xuan compare to me? She's nothing but an illegitimate child. I never imagined she was Eighth Uncle's daughter. If she were Ninth Uncle's biological daughter, she would be a legitimate princess now, and Ye Xianya wouldn't have the right to act so arrogantly!" Qi Yu frowned and said.
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