The eunuch understood and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, Your Majesty."
Ji Xingzhi then smiled and said, "Then I will return to the palace."
"Farewell, Your Majesty." Ji Ruhua still lowered her head, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised in a perfect arc, restrained and shy.
Until Ji Xingzhi left, Ji Ruhua kept smiling, as if Ji Xingzhi's departure had no effect on her at all.
Ji Xingzhi and Wu Fang pretended to have left and stopped at a corner.
Ji Xingzhi looked at Wu Fang, who knelt before her and offered to apologize. Luo Bai's disturbance in the palace was fake, but his offer to help her leave was real. However, Wu Fang hadn't informed her beforehand and had taken it upon himself to use Luo Bai as an excuse, thus committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. So, she feigned anger and said, "The crime of deceiving the emperor is punishable by death according to the law. You knowingly committed this crime, aren't you afraid that I will investigate?"
Wu Fang lowered his head, his fists respectfully clasped above his forehead, and he knelt motionless, whispering, "The Emperor said he would take you away by any means necessary. I dare not betray the Emperor's trust."
Ji Xingzhi raised her eyebrows when she heard this. Wu Fang said this morning that they had recaptured Du Jiang, and Du Jiang asked to see her as there were some things that needed to be handed over.
Ji Xingzhi thought that she was about to leave the palace and go to Ji's house with Ji Ruhua. Then she could find an excuse to leave and ask the eunuch to take care of Ji Ruhua. So she set the time for the meeting today and said, "Take me away by any means."
Since the Grand Eunuch was accompanying her, she could take this opportunity to escape from his sight. As for the Royal Guards who were secretly protecting her, with Wu Fang and Zhou Zheng there, there was no need to worry about them.
She had indeed told Wu Fang "no matter what," and was Wu Fang now using her words to pressure her? Was this the proverbial "shooting oneself in the foot"?
Ji Xingzhi touched his forehead awkwardly. "Eh... even so, you have still committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. If something like this happens again in the future, you must inform me in advance. What if I hadn't left you just now?"
Wu Fang paused slightly, as if realizing he had embarrassed the young emperor, and then he said nothing more, simply echoing Ji Xingzhi's words, "I acknowledge my guilt."
Ji Xingzhi nodded in satisfaction and said, "Let it go this time. It won't happen again. Get up and tell me the current situation."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wu Fang paused, then stood up and whispered, "Du Jiang and Zhou Zheng are waiting for you in the courtyard of the Du family in the south of the city. I will take you there."
"Have you talked to Du Jiang about my identity?" Ji Xingzhi did not answer Wu Fang's words, but asked instead.
Wu Fang lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Zhou Zheng and I have never revealed your identity to Du Jiang."
Upon hearing this, Ji Xingzhi nodded in satisfaction. As her eyes moved, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She said thoughtfully, "Hmm. Go find me a set of women's clothes."
Wu Fang was slightly stunned, and looked at Ji Xingzhi with a frown in disbelief. He couldn't help but doubt his ears, so he asked with a puzzled look: "You want to wear women's clothes?"
Ji Xingzhi smiled mysteriously and didn't explain anything. He just said, "You'll know when the time comes."
After hearing this, Wu Fang asked no more questions and took Ji Xingzhi to a secret courtyard and temporarily settled Ji Xingzhi there. According to Wu Fang, the courtyard, which was neither too big nor too small, was bought by him in his early years to live in. It was secluded, elegant, and safe, and it was now of great use.
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