Chapter 113 Double Ninth Festival

Xue Yili looked at the little girl's chubby face and pondered for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out the doubts in his mind.

Seeing him staring at her in a daze, Ji Jinyou raised her little hand and waved it in front of him: "Little Prince, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Xue Yili came back to his senses and smiled.

However, he secretly decided in his heart that this plan must succeed. If it fails, and Tong Tong reveals it one day and Emperor Wen Zhao finds out, he will never have the chance to leave, and his uncle will be implicated.

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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather gradually turns cooler.

Xu's father and mother went to the palace to accompany Concubine Ru and the two children a few times, and then prepared to go back.

The journey was long and the two elders were old, so they would not suffer on the road, so they would set off as soon as possible while the weather was warm. Although Ru Fei was reluctant to leave her parents, she agreed after thinking about it.

Xu's father and mother had been in the capital for such a long time, but because they were worried about causing trouble for Concubine Ru, they had been staying in the house given to them by Emperor Wen Zhao. Except for entering the palace, they had never gone out for leisure.

But everything had been peaceful and nothing had happened, so the two thought they were overthinking it. When they talked about it in private, they couldn't help laughing, thinking they took themselves too seriously.

Now that they were set to leave Beijing at the end of August, the two decided to go out for a walk and buy some local specialties and gifts to bring back home.

After saying hello to the guards arranged by Emperor Wen Zhao, the two of them took their followers and maids, got on a carriage, and went to the market.

After receiving the Emperor Wen Zhao's instructions, the guards dared not let down their guard, but they did not want to disturb the two men, so they disguised themselves as ordinary people and followed them secretly.

The Seventh Prince was bent on revenge for Concubine Ru and Concubine An. He had previously wanted to attack Xu's father and mother, but he never found an opportunity, so he asked the Twelfth Prince to attack Xiaojiu directly.

But he chased the Twelfth Prince several times, but there was no movement from the Twelfth Prince, and even his answers became more and more perfunctory. He knew that the waste Twelve was not sincere in doing things for him, so he had to put his target back on Xu's father and mother.

After waiting for a long time, when he was about to go crazy, Mr. and Mrs. Xu finally came out.

Naturally, he did not want to miss this rare opportunity. After receiving the news, he immediately took the useful people with him and followed him all the way into the market.

When they came to a row of shops, Xu's father took the servant into an antique shop, while Xu's mother took the maid to a jewelry shop not far away.

Seeing the two men separated and the place being crowded with people, the Seventh Prince secretly thought that this was a rare opportunity, and directly ordered his men to split into two groups and attack from both sides at the same time.

But before his men could get close to Mr. and Mrs. Xu, they were all captured by the guards who followed them secretly, without alarming Mr. and Mrs. Xu at all.

The Seventh Prince hid in a teahouse across the street. From behind the second-floor window, he saw that all his men were captured before they could even put up a resistance. His face turned pale instantly and he hurried downstairs, trying to leave through the back door of the teahouse. However, as soon as he walked out of the door, he was invited into the palace by the guards who had been waiting there.

In Chongde Hall, Emperor Wen Zhao looked at the Seventh Prince kneeling on the ground and threw a teacup at him: "What do you want to do, you idiot?"

The Seventh Prince's forehead swelled up immediately after being hit, but he still stiffened his neck and said, "I just want to avenge my mother."

Emperor Wen Zhao was so angry that he slammed the table and cursed: "Those two women are vicious and evil. They have committed unforgivable crimes. You want to avenge them? You are really ambitious."

The Seventh Prince looked like he had given up and said angrily, "I know you don't like me, so no matter what I do since I was a child, you look down on me."

Emperor Wen Zhao looked at the Seventh Prince quietly for a while, and finally sighed, his tone softened a little: "Seventh Prince, think carefully, do I look down on you, or are you overthinking it? When you were little, I held you in my arms and took you riding a horse. But you, ever since you became sensible, you don't like to be close to me, and you always maliciously speculate what I think of you."

"Seventh Brother, I am very busy, and you have so many brothers and sisters. I cannot take care of everything for you. You always want me to be good to you, but you have to know that in this world, you have to fight for what you want."

These words were full of earnestness and the Seventh Prince was stunned and could not respond for a while.

After a long while, he finally spoke with red eyes: "But, if Your Majesty knew what I would do in the future, you would definitely hate me."

Emperor Wen Zhao sneered softly: "Fool, do you think I don't know?"

The Seventh Prince was shocked: "Father, you know?"

Emperor Wen Zhao: "Is there anything in this palace that I don't know?"

The Seventh Prince was puzzled: "Then why didn't you deal with your son like you dealt with the Third and Fifth Princes?"

Emperor Wen Zhao looked disappointed: "I didn't want to punish you for something that didn't happen. I wanted to give you a chance to wake up. But you have evil thoughts and demons in your heart. In this case, you should leave the capital and see the vast world outside."

On that day, the Seventh Prince traveled light and quietly left the capital for Shu. He was not allowed to return to the capital without an imperial edict.

At the end of the month, Xu's father and mother bid farewell to Concubine Ru and her two children, and left the capital and returned home under the escort of people arranged by Emperor Wen Zhao.

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From the Mid-Autumn Festival to the Double Ninth Festival, it’s only been more than twenty days, and it’s here in the blink of an eye.

The day before the Double Ninth Festival, Xue Yili came to Miaoyunxuan specifically to find Ji Jinyou, and also called the seventeenth prince.

Xue Yili led the little girl all the way to the Yu Garden, but he remained silent and his face was quite solemn.

Ji Jinyou raised her little head and looked at him: "My little prince, what do you want to talk to you about?"

Xue Yili didn't know what to say. He had heard the little girl and Tong Tong say several times that she would not survive the Double Ninth Festival, and this had been on his mind all the time.

According to what happened in recent months, the original plot has changed too much. He doesn't know whether the incident about the little princess will happen again and how it will happen.

He really wanted to remind her to be careful, but he couldn't open his mouth. He didn't give up, and took advantage of this period of time when they met each other. He tried again and again, but it didn't work.

Seeing that tomorrow was the Double Ninth Festival, Emperor Wen Zhao still did not allow him to attend the palace banquet. He could not accompany the little princess, and was worried, so he asked her to come out, and asked Cong'an to find the fifteenth prince, intending to wait for the fifteenth prince to arrive and talk to him about the situation.

Seeing Ji Jinyou asking, Xue Yili stopped, squatted in front of the chubby girl, tugged at her pink cape, smiled and said, "Tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival. You may be busy all day and have no time to see me, so I thought of coming to see you today."

As he spoke, he took out a wooden wolf from his arms and put it in the little girl's hand.

Ji Jinyou picked it up, looked at it from left to right, and smiled: "Thank you, little prince."

He had given her a pony, a rabbit, and an eagle, and now there was a little wolf. It was like he could open a woodcarving zoo.

Seeing that she liked it, Xue Yili reached out and touched her head: "These are all fake. When you come to Dayao in the future, I will give you the real ones."

Although she knew that these words were just polite greetings, Ji Jinyou didn't want to reject his kindness. She imagined the scene and shook her head: "Let's not have the wolf. Youyou is afraid."

Xue Yili smiled, nodded and said, "Okay."

Soon, the fifteenth prince came running from a distance.

As soon as he approached, he used his eyes to ask Xue Yili what was the matter. Xue Yili glanced calmly at the little princess who was watching butterflies in front of a bush not far away. Fifteen guessed that it was related to Xiaojiu and Tongtong. He remained calm and ran to greet Xiaojiu first.

Ji Jinyou thought he just happened to come to Yu Garden to play, and didn't think much about it. He smiled and shook his hand, and asked, "Fifteenth brother, why are you alone? Where are Fourteenth brother and the others?"

Fifteen did not mention that Cong'an specifically said that his Highness only wanted to see him. He smiled and said perfunctorily, "They are busy right now."

Fifteen then pointed to the osmanthus trees in full bloom in front of them and said, "Xiaojiu, why don't we go pick some osmanthus flowers? Later, my mother will make us some osmanthus sugar cakes. My mother's cakes are delicious."

Concubine Dun's skill in making pastries was second to none. Ever since she took Fifteen back into her care, she had been researching all sorts of new ways to make Fifteen happy, and she would often send some to Miao Yun Xuan from time to time.

Ji Jinyou was so happy that he nodded his head and agreed. Then he ran towards the osmanthus tree with his short legs, calling Jin Xing: "Xing Xing, I want to pick flowers. Give me a handkerchief."

Fifteen whispered to Seventeen, "You follow Xiaojiu. I want to talk to the young prince."

Seventeen listens to Xiaojiu the most, followed by his brother Fifteen. He nodded and ran to chase Xiaojiu.

Seeing his brothers and sisters walking away, the fifteenth prince walked up to Xue Yili and asked, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xue Yili got straight to the point and asked in a low voice: "Tong Tong said that the little princess would not survive the Double Ninth Festival. I'm sure you know this."

The fifteenth prince nodded and whispered, "I know."

Xue Yili asked again: "Do your Majesty know?"

The fifteenth prince nodded again: "My father and my mother also know about it."

Xue Yili: "Today is the Double Ninth Festival. Does Your Majesty have any response?"

The Fifteenth Prince did not hide it: "Yesterday, the Seventeenth Prince and I went to ask my father. My father said that if we leave this matter to him, he will definitely ensure that Xiao Jiu is safe."

Xue Yili knew Emperor Wen Zhao's abilities and methods, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "That's good."

Seeing Xue Yili was worried about Xiaojiu, the Fifteenth Prince cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for worrying about my sister."

Xue Yili waved his hand and said, "The little princess has taken great care of me. I have no way to repay you. I just asked a few questions and didn't do anything else. Your Highness, the Fifteenth Prince, please don't be polite."

Under a tall osmanthus tree, Ji Jinyou stood on tiptoe and stretched out her little hands to reach for the osmanthus flowers on the drooping branches. It was too tiring to pick them one by one, so she reached up with her little round hands and plucked a handful, then handed them to Jin Xing, who was squatting on the ground with a handkerchief in her hand.

Seventeen was under another tree, working with Haitang to pick the fruits together. He smiled and said, "Youyou, let's have a competition to see who can pick the most fruits on the handkerchief first."

"Okay." Ji Jinyou responded, and used both hands to exert force, left and right. After a while, the handkerchief that Jin Xing was holding could no longer hold it. She clapped her hands and giggled, "Brother, Youyou won."

Seeing the little girl smiling happily, Seventeen was also happy. He took the handkerchief from Haitang, ran over, and handed it to the little girl: "Youyou, all of them are for you."

Ji Jinyou looked at the two bunches of fragrant orange-yellow osmanthus flowers, turned his head to look at the two little boys standing and talking not far away, and shouted loudly: "Fifteenth brother, how many flowers do we need to pick?"

Fifteen was still talking to Xue Yili. Hearing this, he made a circle with his hand and said, "We need about this much. Pick more so my mother can make more sweet-scented osmanthus cakes."

Ji Jinyou looked at the circle drawn by Fifteen and drew one in surprise: "So many are needed."

The little girl looked up at the sweet-scented osmanthus tree branches that were difficult to reach even on tiptoe, and waved to the two little boys: "Brother Fifteen, Little Prince, come pick some flowers together."

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September 9th is the Double Ninth Festival.

Emperor Wen Zhao, the Empress, the Imperial Consort and others had always remembered Xiao Jiu's disaster on Chongyang Day and had made preparations for it early on.

To ensure that everything went well, the Queen asked the Seventh and Eighth Princesses to go to Miaoyunxuan to pick up Xiaojiu early in the morning. She wanted to hear what Tongtong had to say today and whether he could provide some useful information.

When Princess Seventh and Eighth arrived at Miaoyunxuan, the little chubby girl was still lying on the bed with her legs spread out and snoring loudly. Princess Seventh and Eighth did not wake her up, but simply wrapped her in a thin blanket and carried her away while she was still sleeping. Her anxious and hurried look made Concubine Ru stunned and amused.

Seventeen, who had woken up a long time ago, was worried, so he said something to Concubine Ru and trotted after him.

After Ji Jinyou had a good sleep, he opened his eyes and found that the environment was not right. He jumped up and looked around, only to find that he was in Fengyi Palace.

Around the Luohan couch where she was lying, sat six, seven, eight, and three other princess sisters, the young prince, her eldest nephew, and her seventeenth brother, all of whom were watching with a smile.

The little girl, with her hair disheveled from sleep, stared blankly at the people surrounding her. She scratched her head, thinking that she was still dreaming, so she turned over and lay down, closed her eyes and continued to sleep.

The chubby little girl's cute look made everyone laugh.

The Eighth Princess patted the little girl's round butt: "Xiaojiu, wake up."

The young master crawled forward and held Ji Jinyou's hand: "Aunt Xiaojiu, let's go pick pomegranates. If we go too late, Uncle Fifteen and the others will have picked them all."

The Sixth Princess, who had entered the palace early in the morning to join in the fun, reached out and touched the little girl's round head: "Xiaojiu, today is the Double Ninth Festival, get up quickly, let's go to the garden."

Double Ninth Festival? Yes, today is Double Ninth Festival. Ji Jinyou was startled and completely sober.

Seeing that the little girl was fully awake, everyone rushed to wash her face, put on new clothes, and comb her hair.

Ji Jinyou was worriedly chatting with the system in his mind: [Everyone, today is already the Double Ninth Festival, take a look, do you know who wants to harm me and my mother? ]

In recent days, she has asked this question several times every day, but the system has not been upgraded and she can only see the detailed plot of that day.

Hearing the call, the system quickly responded: [I'm here, Youzi, let me look through it. ]

Hearing Watong chatting, everyone in the room, except the young master, slowed down their movements. The Eighth Princess quietly went out to inform Emperor Wen Zhao, the Empress and the Imperial Consort who were discussing things outside. Soon, the three of them appeared behind the screen, listening quietly with their ears tilted. The Eighth Princess walked in again.

The system flipped through the pages for a while and replied: [Youzier, I can see that in the original story, the one who wanted to harm you and Concubine Ru was Concubine Zhuang Guifei.]

The Empress and the Imperial Concubine looked at Emperor Wen Zhao, and the Imperial Concubine whispered, "Your Majesty, it really is her."

Ji Jinyou sat on the couch, letting the Sixth Princess comb her hair. When she heard this, she clenched her hands into round fists and said angrily: "My mother and I have never offended her, why would she want to harm us?"