To avenge my brother
After hearing this, Li Yanzhang asked in confusion, "Why?"
Ji Xi looked at him and said, "Idiot! Of course it's because my father is going to Sichuan the day after tomorrow."
Ji Shao said, "Hey, don't worry. Yanzhang, if you want to eat braised pork these next few days, come to my house. Otherwise, you won't be able to eat it after I go to Sichuan."
Ji Xi protested, "Dad, why don't you cook me something delicious? Why are you only concerned about Li Yanzhang? If others find out, they might say he's your real son."
Ji Shao laughed and said, "Haha, how could your father not care about you? Don't worry, I'll make everything. You must finish eating later, otherwise there won't be any left to eat after I leave."
Li Yanzhang patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'll eat it all up."
Ji Xi curled his lip and said, "Tch, you're shameless. I'm sure I ate cleaner than you."
Dou Niang and Ji Shao both laughed after hearing this. Ji Shao said, "Alright, that's enough. I'll go cook now so you won't get hungry."
Dou Niang said, "Then I'll send someone to the Li family to say something."
After that, only the two of them were left in the room, and they chatted casually.
After a long while, Ji Shao sent someone to say that the meal was ready. Li Yanzhang looked at the location of Ji Xi's injury.
Tsk, this is a bit of a problem. He injured his butt, so how can he sit down?
Ji Xi saw him staring at his wound and said, "What? Do you want to become like me?"
Upon seeing the blanket, Li Yanzhang suddenly said, "Okay, let's do it this way!"
Ji Xi looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Li Yanzhang shouted towards the outside, "Someone come here!"
Immediately, a servant came forward and asked, "Does Young Master Li need any help?"
Li Yanzhang said, "You take the quilt and follow me."
Although the man didn't understand, he did as he was told. Ji Xi asked, puzzled, "What do you need a blanket for? Are you afraid of getting cold?"
As Li Yanzhang helped him change his clothes, he said, "I won't tell you."
Ji Xi said, "Tch, who cares? Just remember to return it when you're done!"
Li Yanzhang then helped Ji Xi to the dining hall, where Ji Xi looked at the hard chair.
How am I supposed to sit here?
Seeing this, Li Yanzhang called someone else to help Ji Xi up, while he himself took a quilt and wrapped it tightly around the chair before helping Ji Xi up, saying to him, "How about that? Am I thoughtful enough?"
Ji Shao smiled and said, "That is indeed a good idea."
Ji Xi said, "At least you have a conscience."
Dou Niang joked, "If you were a girl, I would have asked Xi'er to marry you."
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Only then did Dou Niang realize what was happening, and she quickly changed the subject, saying, "Xi'er, please sit down, or the food will get cold."
After Li Yanzhang helped Ji Xi sit down, he sat down next to him as well, and the group enjoyed a pleasant meal together.
After finishing the meal, Li Yanzhang helped Ji Xi apply the medicine and watched Ji Xi drink the medicine before leaving.
Ji Xi felt a little unhappy when he thought about the joke his mother made during the meal.
He rubbed the jade pendant that Li Xingyi had given him.
If... you hadn't become empress, would you have done the same thing as Yanzhang did today?
Suddenly he heard a noise and hoped that Li Xingyi had arrived. He quickly got up and opened the door, but there was no one outside.
Ji Xi felt a pang of disappointment, but then he heard a small, trembling voice say, "Ji Xi, please help me."
Ji Xi looked toward the source of the sound and saw that Qi Min had tried to climb over the wall but couldn't get down. Ji Xi walked over and asked, "Princess Huimin, what brings you here so late at night? And why didn't you come through the main gate?"
Qi Min, sitting on the top of the wall, said fearfully, "Get me down first."
Ji Xi turned around and said, "I'll go and call someone to rescue Her Highness the Princess."
Qi Min panicked upon hearing this and immediately said, "Stop! Don't go looking for anyone else. I came here secretly without my mother's knowledge. We can't be discovered."
Ji Xi turned around again and asked, "Why did you sneak over? Was it a dark and windy night to commit murder?"
Qi Min said angrily, "Am I really that vicious in your eyes?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Xi quickly bowed and said, "It was my petty mind that led me to this; I hope the princess will forgive me."
Qi Min waved her hand and said, "Alright, alright, hurry up and get me down, I'm scared."
Ji Xi asked in confusion, "If you're scared, why did you climb the wall?"
Qi Min blurted out, "That's not it..."
After realizing what had happened, she stopped talking and just continued in her mind.
It's all for you.
Ji Xi asked, puzzled, "What else could it be?"
Qi Min said, "Get me down first, then I'll tell you."
Ji Xi said calmly, "Your Highness, men and women should not touch each other. Moreover, I am already injured and cannot use my lightness skill to save you. It is already difficult for me to stand. I should go find someone."
Upon hearing this, Qi Min immediately exclaimed, "No!"
Ji Xi looked at her quietly.
Qi Min said slowly, "I...I'm not going down."
Ji Xi felt that the sentence sounded familiar, and a fragment of that night appeared in his mind. He said, "Then please tell us why you came here, Your Highness."
Qi Min searched her pockets and took out a small bottle, tossing it to Ji Xi. Fortunately, Ji Xi caught it quickly. Just as he was about to ask what it was, he heard Qi Min say, "This is the best wound medicine in the palace. Try it."
Ji Xi asked, puzzled, "Didn't Your Highness want me dead?"
Qi Min whispered, "Who wanted you to die? I was planning to put you in jail for a few days and then let you out, but who would have thought..."
Although the sound was soft, it was still audible to someone who practices martial arts, which surprised him.
It seems Princess Huimin is somewhat different from the rumors.
Qi Min looked at him and said, "Hey, Ji Xi, you have to use it, or I won't let you off the hook. And if you dare to throw it away, you're dead."
After saying that, she stepped her leg over the wall and stared blankly at what was below.
Just as Ji Xi was about to reply, he saw Qi Min fall forward with her back to him.
There was a loud "thud" followed by Qi Min's cry of "Ouch! That hurts so much!"
Ji Xi hurriedly asked the wall, "Your Highness, are you injured?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Min slowly got up, brushing the dust off her clothes as she said, "It's alright, it's alright. Luckily, your wall isn't high, so it doesn't hurt much."
Ji Xi breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Your Highness, why did you jump over the wall?"
Qi Min declared confidently, "I want to go down!"
Ji Xi asked, "Then how did Your Highness climb up there?"
Qi Min replied, "I climbed up a ladder!"
Ji Xi asked, "Then why didn't you use a ladder to get down?"
Immediately afterwards, Qi Min's angry voice rang out, "Who knows who took my ladder!"
Ji Xi then asked, "Where did you get your ladder?"
Qi Min said somewhat guiltily, "I just grabbed it from the street."
Ji Xi remained silent.
Isn't it normal for someone else to take it?
Qi Min didn't hear his reply and said, "Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going back to the palace. Remember to use my medicine!"
Then there was no sound, presumably they had left. Ji Xi glanced at the medicine in his hand, casually tossed it aside, and headed back to his room.
Halfway there, he pictured Qi Min looking scared on the top of the wall, so he stopped, looked back at the wound medicine he had carelessly tossed aside, and finally went back to pick it up and return to the house.
At the Li residence, Li Yanzhang was putting on his night clothes, while his son, Zizheng, hesitated, looking at the clothes in his hand. "Young Master, do you really want to wear this?"
Li Yanzhang said to him with a particularly righteous tone, "Zizheng, think about how Princess Huimin made Ji Xi suffer like this, aren't you angry?"
Then he muttered to himself, "Even though it was Ji Xi's fault."
Zizheng said speechlessly, "Young Master, I can hear you."
Li Yanzhang clenched his fist and pretended to be righteous, saying, "But her mother is Empress Dowager Shi, so if we go and teach Princess Huimin a lesson, it will be as revenge for the humiliation our Li family has suffered in the past!"
Zizheng asked, "Didn't you just say it was for Young Master Ji?"
Li Yanzhang pretended not to hear and said, "Come on, Zizheng, hurry up and change, there's not much time left."
Zizheng said, "Young Master, can I not go? I don't know martial arts, and I'm afraid I'll be a burden to you."
Li Yanzhang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Zizheng, be confident. You're still very useful. You keep watch for me while I go and deal with her. If anyone sees you, just call me and I'll take you away right away."
Having no other choice, Zizheng could only say, "Alright."
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