Chapter 61 Your Highness, would you like to take a bath together?
There was a moment of silence in the study, and the three of them had an unprecedented tacit understanding at this moment: What a coincidence.
Xiao Ji's eyes fell on Pei Chen, and his eyebrows raised slightly, "Looking for you."
Xiao Hong never comes to visit someone unless he has something important to do.
Pei Chen's expression was serious. He frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "Your Highness has made a wrong decision."
Some things... it's really useless to ask him for help.
"Please come in." Xiao Ji gave the order. Since Xiao Hongren had come, it was impossible to turn him away.
Xiao Hong came very quickly.
As soon as he entered the room, his eyes fell on Xie Yao. After not seeing her for a few days...she looked even better.
In comparison, the ones in his house...are really uninteresting.
Xiao Hong had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't dare to look at it for too long.
Xiao Ji’s warning from last time was still ringing in his ears, and the look Xiao Ji gave him at this moment was equally unfriendly.
"Brother, sister-in-law." Xiao Hong smiled and finally looked at Pei Chen, "Cousin, long time no see."
Princess Yongle is the emperor's biological sister, and Pei Chen is her adopted son, so it is reasonable for him to call him cousin.
Pei Chen returned the greeting, "Second Prince."
The closeness of the relationship is immediately apparent.
The smile on Xiao Hong's face froze slightly, but no one spoke. Xiao Ji and Pei Chen picked up the teacups and drank tea in tacit understanding.
Seeing this, Xiao Hong also picked up the teacup, but he exerted a little force on the hand holding the cup, the veins on the back of his hand bulged, and his slightly lowered eyes were full of sinisterness.
"Your Highness." Pei Chen stood up, "I will take my leave now."
Leaving now?
Xiao Hong was stunned for a moment, and also stood up anxiously, "In this case, I will not disturb my brother anymore."
"Cousin, let's go together."
Xiao Hong stood up and raised his hand to hook Pei Chen's shoulder affectionately.
But Pei Chen was taller than him, and at this moment he looked at him with cold murderous intent. Xiao Hong's raised hand froze in the air for a moment, then he put it down silently.
I was cursing in my heart.
Pei Chen clearly didn't give him face.
Before leaving, Xiao Hong looked back again, but only saw Xiao Ji's cold eyes.
Xiao Ji's tall figure completely covered Xie Yao, and only a hint of her skirt was visible.
The person finally left. Xie Yao frowned, looking offended and unhappy, "How disgusting."
That look just now...
If someone like Xiao Hong really inherited the throne, the Xia Kingdom would be finished.
Xiao Ji's eyes sank slightly. He had already asked Si Nan to find something for Xiao Hong to do, but now it seems that it is still not busy enough.
"Your Highness." Xie Yao collected her thoughts and asked about the business, "Zhenbei Hou is in charge of the Zhenbei Army. Is he free to go to Nanzhou?"
"Yes." Xiao Ji nodded, "It was His Majesty's will to transfer him back to the capital this time."
Xie Yao suddenly remembered that in her previous life, she had heard Xiao Ning and Song Wenbo mention something like a plot against Pei Chen, which ended in "failure at the last moment".
Her heart tightened, "Your Majesty intends to take back the military power?"
Xiao Ji's eyes showed admiration, "The Crown Princess is smart."
Just one click and it works.
Xie Yao understood, that’s why Pei Chen said just now that the Second Prince had found the wrong person.
Xiao Ji continued, "The Wei family will return to the capital soon."
Xie Yao discovered that the prince had been talking to her about court matters recently, and sometimes even asked for her views and opinions.
"Wei family?" Xie Yao's eyes widened slightly, and her voice became a little louder in surprise.
Her eyes fell on His Highness...
Xiao Ji nodded, confirming her guess.
The late queen's surname was Wei. The Wei family was Xiao Ji's maternal ancestors' family, and was also a military family. However, after the death of Queen Wei, the women in the family returned to their ancestral home with their young children.
"The second son of the Wei family joined the army in his early years and is now in the Zhenbei Army." Xiao Ji continued to advise Xie Yao.
Xie Yao guessed, "Your Majesty intends to promote me?"
The Wei family is an in-law, but Your Majesty took away Pei Chen's military power and let the Wei family take charge of the army, only because Your Majesty is sure that... Xiao Ji does not have much time left.
Xiao Ji had no successor, so there was no need to worry about fueling his arrogance or worrying about his external relatives becoming powerful.
In theory, this is a good thing for her. With the Wei family around, she and her child will be safe after His Highness leaves.
But Xie Yao felt a little depressed and couldn't be happy.
"Your Highness." Xie Yao reached out and hugged Xiao Ji, pressing her cheek against his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat.
If she had not heard it with her own ears in her previous life, she would not have dared to believe that such a strong and powerful prince only had two years left.
Xiao Ji lowered his eyes.
Xie Yao leaned softly against his chest, her trembling eyelashes revealing her inner unrest.
She held it tight.
Are you... feeling sorry for him?
Xiao Ji stretched out his hands to embrace the person in his arms. His heart, which had long since resigned itself to its fate, suddenly surged with a huge and strong feeling of unwillingness...
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That night.
Xiao Ji tests Xie Yao's skills.
Xie Yao has been learning from the female master these days.
Her body was softer than anything Xiao Ji had ever seen, and could take any shape he wanted.
The recovery ability is also very strong.
Therefore, she has an extraordinary talent in martial arts. Compared with his previous teaching of strength, the female master's method of using softness to overcome hardness and overcoming ten difficulties with one force is naturally more suitable for her.
"Your Highness." Xie Yao said, "Be careful."
She launched the first attack, but this time Xiao Ji was different from last time as he was already prepared.
Xiao Ji moved too fast, and it was difficult for Xie Yao to get close to him. She used various tricks, but they were all easily resolved.
In the end, she didn't meet Xiao Ji, but she was so tired that she was sweating.
Xiao Ji grabbed her hand and said seriously, "There are a few places you need to pay attention to."
He began to give Xie Yao direct advice.
Xie Yao understood things immediately, responded quickly, and made great progress.
The corners of Xiao Ji's lips slightly raised, and there was undisguised admiration in his eyes when he looked at her, "You have talent."
"It's all thanks to your highness's good teaching." Xie Yao's breathing became a little rapid, and her body trembled with her breathing.
The originally fair skin also glowed an attractive light pink.
Xiao Ji withdrew his hand, only to feel his throat a little dry. He picked up the cup on the table and drank a sip of tea.
It was already dark outside the window, and the candles had not yet been lit in the house. Any movement would be magnified in the darkness.
Seeing that Xiao Ji was not proactive, Xie Yao thought about the date the female doctor had mentioned...
She reached out and hooked Xiao Ji's hand, "I'm sweating all over, I want to take a shower."
"Your Highness, are you coming with me?"
It's hard to say no.
There were splashes of water in the bathroom, making quite a noise, but fortunately the servants in the main courtyard had left early, so no one could hear the noise.
Xie Yao only saw that the whole world seemed to be shaking.
There was only one thought in her mind: It has been several days in a row... How come His Highness is still so powerful?
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