"Your Highness, Your Highness, we have arrived at the palace!"
Outside the carriage, Mo Yang's voice rang out like a bolt from the blue.
Xie Yizhi paused, then suddenly opened his eyes. His cold gaze shot out rays more dazzling than Ultraman's beam, piercing Mo Yang outside the car like knives.
"knew."
His voice was low and hoarse, filled with suppressed anger, like a wild beast whose good time had been interrupted, wishing he could chop the tactless guy to pieces with one blow.
Mo Yang, sitting in the front, suddenly felt a chill and couldn't help but shrink his neck.
For some reason, he felt a chill down his back... Could it be that snow got into his collar?
Inside the carriage, Jiang Luoluo's smile deepened. She lowered her head shyly and obediently got up from Xie Yizhi's lap.
But just as she regained her footing, Xie Yizhi suddenly reached out and pulled her back into his arms.
Jiang Luoluo crashed into his broad chest. Before she could struggle, he held her tightly around the waist and stared at her intently.
Xie Yizhi's eyes, filled with lust, were fixed on her, his voice low and tender: "Luo Luo, you little rascal... what am I supposed to do with you?"
Jiang Luoluo blinked, smiled slyly, pouted and said softly, "Your Highness, it's getting late. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid the Empress Dowager will make things difficult for me again."
Xie Yizhi chuckled helplessly. This little girl really knew exactly what he was doing.
He released her hand, stepped down from the carriage first, then turned around and gently helped Jiang Luoluo down from the carriage with his long, slender hand.
The two held hands and walked side by side toward Cining Palace.
Inside the Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Du held a round handkerchief in her hand, her gaze cold and gloomy. She sneered, "You, Xie Yizhi, are getting more and more cunning. Do you really think I'll easily believe your tricks?"
After hesitating for a moment, Rong Momo, who was standing beside her, finally mustered up her courage and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that Prince Yi is very fond of Princess Yi."
The old nanny sent last night chimed in, "Yes, Your Majesty, Prince Yi kept Princess Yi entertained until late last night. From what I heard... tsk, he must have loved it."
Empress Dowager Du's eyes turned cold as she glanced at them dismissively, saying, "Fools! He's using a feint to the east while attacking the west. Do you think I'd fall for it if he really put on a show for me?"
She slowly put down the handkerchief in her hand, her tone icy: "What Xie Yizhi loves is power, so how could he easily fall in love with another woman?"
When he married Jiang Luoluo, wasn't he seeking the trust of the Flying Feather Army?
His current behavior is clearly a deliberate attempt to attract my attention. Don't think that by revealing his weakness, I will use Jiang Luoluo to control him.
"Hmph, I'm not falling into his trap."
Rong Momo and the old nanny looked at each other, and seeing that Empress Dowager Du's expression was displeased, they quickly lowered their heads and dared not say anything more, for fear of accidentally angering the Empress Dowager and losing their lives.
Before long, a palace servant came to report.
"Your Majesty, Prince Yi and Princess Yi request an audience."
A cold glint flashed in Empress Dowager Du's eyes, and then she calmly ordered, "Summon them."
Jiang Luoluo led Xie Yizhi into the hall, bowing obediently. Xie Yizhi also coldly returned the bow.
Jiang Luoluo personally served tea, her eyes crinkling with a smile: "Your Majesty, please have some tea."
Empress Dowager Du looked at Jiang Luoluo holding the tea in front of her, and then at Xie Yizhi's icy face, and had no appetite for tea at all.
However, Jiang Luoluo was a pawn in her hands, and the pawn still had some value. After thinking for a moment, she picked up her teacup and took a small sip.
After the two sat down, Empress Dowager Du gave a few casual admonitions, her tone neither warm nor cold, but carrying a faint sense of indifference and authority.
With each word she spoke, Xie Yizhi's expression grew colder, his gaze becoming so deep it seemed as if covered in frost.
Empress Dowager Du did not press the matter further. She routinely took out some jewelry and ornaments, and, in the manner of an elder, casually bestowed them upon Jiang Luoluo.
Jiang Luoluo accepted it with a smile, her attitude polite and gentle: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager."
After the formalities were completed, Empress Dowager Du, too lazy to look at Xie Yizhi's cold face any longer, simply waved her hand to send the two away.
After leaving Cining Palace, Xie Yizhi took Jiang Luoluo to the Imperial Study to pay their respects to Emperor Xie Qiyu.
This was the second time Jiang Luoluo had met Xie Qiyu. He had a 60% resemblance to Xie Yizhi in terms of facial features, but he lacked some of the sharpness and had more of a gentle and refined scholarly air.
As Jiang Luoluo looked at him, the plot of the book involuntarily came to mind; Xie Qiyu's ending was not good.
Empress Dowager Du regularly put sterilization drugs in his food, while Consort Lu, wanting to conceive a child, made him take aphrodisiacs and tonics every day.
The two drugs clashed, ultimately leading to his sudden death.
Although he was an emperor, he had a heart full of love for his country and people, but there were too many obstacles in the court, and many things could not be truly implemented.
Empress Dowager Du supported his ascension to the throne precisely because she saw his weakness and ease of control.
Even when he occasionally resisted, Empress Dowager Du ruthlessly suppressed him. Supporting Xie Yizhi in developing the Flying Eagle Army was the biggest act of resistance against Empress Dowager Du in his life.
Xie Yizhi once advised him to learn to resist, but Xie Qiyu had long been accustomed to being submissive, and he was blindly loyal, never truly challenging Empress Dowager Du head-on.
After his death, Xie Yizhi completely broke with Empress Dowager Du and fled to the far north.
Jiang Luoluo looked at Xie Qiyu, her heart filled with complex emotions.
If he had been born into an ordinary family, he might have been a scholar with outstanding talent, and although he might not have been very rich or powerful, he would at least have had a stable life.
Just as she was lost in thought, Xie Yizhi, who was standing next to her, noticed that her gaze had lingered for quite some time.
His face instantly darkened, and a strange sense of irritation rose in his heart. Jiang Luoluo, that big jerk, is just a man, what's so interesting about him?
Is Xie Yizhi not as good-looking as him?
Jiang Luoluo felt a chill run down her spine as she sensed someone's gaze, sharp as a knife, fixed on her. She quickly composed herself and respectfully bowed to Xie Qiyu: "Your Majesty."
Xie Qiyu nodded with a smile, clearly quite fond of this sister-in-law, and ordered the eunuchs to bring her boxes of gifts.
Jiang Luoluo respectfully expressed her gratitude, accepted the reward, and then silently returned to Xie Yizhi's side.
Her mind was in complete turmoil.
Xie Qiyu is Xie Yizhi's only close confidante in the palace, and she holds an astonishing secret.
Empress Dowager Du and Consort Lu had been secretly poisoning Xie Qiyu.
Should she tell Xie Yizhi?
But if she told him, Xie Yizhi would definitely ask her how she obtained this information.
She doesn't fully trust Xie Yizhi yet, nor does she want to reveal her secret of coming from another world.
Amidst their chaotic thoughts, the two brothers exchanged pleasantries for a while, but due to the numerous spies of Empress Dowager Du in the palace, they could not discuss the matter further.
Xie Yizhi quickly took his leave with Jiang Luoluo and set off to return home.
Inside the carriage, Xie Yizhi squinted, staring at Jiang Luoluo with a half-smile, his tone leisurely yet tinged with danger: "Is Your Majesty very handsome?"
Jiang Luoluo glanced at him and immediately realized that this jerk was jealous again.
She blinked, her voice sweet enough to drip honey: "Is there any man in the world more handsome than the Prince?"
Xie Yizhi was waiting to see how she would argue, but hearing her words, although he knew it was just a lie, he felt inexplicably pleased. His thin lips curled up slightly, and his mood instantly improved.
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