Shen Xun stood on Yuan Qi's desk and watched as Yuan Qi wrote a note.
"Give this to His Highness the Crown Prince." Yuan Qi rolled up the note expressionlessly, put it into a small cloth bag, and hung it around Shen Xun's neck. "Remember to give it to him personally; do not pass it on to anyone else."
Shenxun flapped its wings and flew away. It flew very fast and arrived at the East Palace in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Since it was already summer, Xiao Yi was enjoying the cool air in the courtyard with a chilled watermelon beside him.
Shen Xun landed directly on Xiao Yi's arm, and the eunuchs and maids nearby immediately tried to drive her away.
Xiao Yi noticed the small cloth bag around Shen Xun's neck, raised his hand to dismiss the others, and chuckled, "Whose bird is this that can deliver messages?"
The eunuch beside him warned, "Your Highness, be careful, it might be a trap. Let me handle this."
Xiao Yi hummed in agreement, and the eunuch stepped forward to grab Shen Xun.
Adhering to her principle of personally handing the note to Xiao Yi, Shen Xun pecked the eunuch hard.
"Oh ho, you little thing, you dare to peck me?" The eunuch was very angry and wanted to attack Shen Xun.
Shen Xun took another bite, even more forcefully than the last, drawing blood from it.
Xiao Yi was delighted, finding the bird quite interesting: "I'll do it myself."
Sure enough, when he reached for the small cloth bag, Shen Xun stopped pecking at him.
"This bird recognizes Your Highness," the eunuch flattered, not daring to complain to Xiao Yi about his injury.
Xiao Yi carefully unfolded the note, quickly read the words on it, and said to the eunuch, "Bring me paper and pen, I need to reply."
Shen Xun tilted his head: "No need for paper and pen, just tell me."
"Wow, you can talk!" Xiao Yi was even more surprised. Yuan Qi was indeed very capable. He raised a magpie that could talk and could accurately find him. He was quite skilled. This bird was very interesting. He wanted one too.
"Alright, tell Miss Seven that I will keep my appointment on time." Xiao Yi became interested and wanted to chat with Shen Xun. "Do you have a name?"
Shen Xun puffed out her chest and held her head high, looking very proud: "My name is Shen Xun, and I am a divine bird. Your Highness, you should go early and not keep people waiting."
Xiao Yi smiled broadly, had someone bring some birdseed, and then continued chatting with him: "Alright, I find you very interesting. Would you like to stay and keep me company for a few days?"
Shen Xun turned her head: "No, I don't have time."
Xiao Yi served his tea to Shen Xun, who lowered her head and took two sips, giving him face because of his good attitude, and then directly complained, "It's not as spiritual as Miss Seven's tea."
"Oh? Then I'll have to try Seventh Miss's tea when I have the chance." Xiao Yi took the birdseed handed to him by the palace servant, placed it in his palm, and let Shen Xun eat it.
Shen Xun glanced down and saw that it was indeed birdseed, and of the best quality. However, he had already spoiled the green bamboo and redwood birds, making them only eat beef.
Seeing that he wasn't eating, Xiao Yi explained, "This is bird food from the palace."
Shen Xun said arrogantly, "I am a divine bird, how could I eat these things? I only eat beef."
Xiao Yi said "Oh," and then added, "Next time you come, I'll have someone prepare some beef for you."
As soon as Shen Xun left, the eunuch reminded Xiao Yi, "What about your date with the fourth young lady of the Jiang family tomorrow?"
Xiao Yi was in a good mood: "We can change it to a teahouse."
The next day, as soon as Yuan Qi entered the private room of the teahouse, Xiao Yi looked around but didn't see Shen Xun, so he asked, "Where's Shen Xun? Why didn't you bring her? Remember to bring her next time."
Yuan Qi chuckled, looking sweetly at Xiao Yi with a smug expression, her face saying, "I have such an interesting bird, and you don't."
You already know his name?
Xiao Yi nodded: "He's a very interesting magpie, who claims to be a divine bird."
Yuan Qi took out a packet of tea from his cloth bag and handed it to him: "Shen Xun said you asked me for tea, so here you go."
Xiao Yi held it to his nose and smelled it. He could smell the fragrance of tea even through the paper package. It was indeed better than the tea he drank.
A very faint breathing sound came from next door. Yuan Qi listened carefully, his bright black eyes blinking twice as he whispered, "Your Highness, walls have ears."
Xiao Yi was also a cultivator, but his cultivation level was far inferior to Yuan Qi's, having only just reached the second level of Qi Refining. However, he had keen hearing and walked to the door to ask the servant, "Didn't I tell you to chase away all the people in the two adjacent rooms? Why are there still people here?"
The servant apologized profusely, utterly terrified.
Yuan Qi walked over and whispered something in his ear, then Xiao Yi closed the door and stepped back.
Yuan Qi took out two paper figures from her cloth bag. She dripped two drops of blood onto one of the paper figures, and the paper figure immediately came to life, bowing and clasping its hands towards Yuan Qi.
Xiao Yi then did the same, dripping two drops of blood onto the eyes of the other paper figure.
Yuan Qi formed a hand seal and channeled spiritual energy into the two paper figures.
The paper figures gradually grew larger in front of the two, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into Yuan Qi and Xiao Yi, looking exactly like them.
"Let's go somewhere else," Yuan Qi said loudly on purpose.
Xiao Yi immediately understood: "I just made an appointment to have lunch with Miss Jiang Si, so shall we go there early?"
Then the two paper figures, transformed into Xiao Yi and Yuan Qi, opened the door and went out. The servants Xiao Yi brought outside thought that it was the Crown Prince in person, so they immediately followed.
The two of them clearly heard the door to the next private room open as well.
Yuan Qi formed a hand seal to create a barrier before speaking: "Your Highness, please be careful. The people next door must have been following you."
She was very confident that she would notice if someone was following her.
Xiao Yi nodded: "It should be one of my brothers."
Yuan Qi sat down and pointed to the seat next to him: "Your Highness, please sit down. I have been studying this for some time and have finally found a way to remove the evil spirit from your body. Now let's try it and see if it works."
Xiao Yi walked over and sat down: "These days, that evil spirit hasn't controlled me to do anything. Do you know why it's suddenly become so quiet?"
Yuan Qi calmly took out the talisman he had painstakingly drawn over a long period of time and readily told him, "You may not know, but my elder brother was also afflicted by that evil spirit. It flared up a few days ago, and I devised a plan to exorcise it. That evil spirit has some background; it's a wisp of the Ghost King's soul. I guess the Ghost King is afraid that I might do the same thing again and destroy the other wisp of his soul within you, so he doesn't dare to act rashly."
Her eyes shone brightly as she gently pulled Xiao Yi's wrist, then formed a hand seal and used her spiritual power to draw a talisman that was injected into Xiao Yi's body, sealing him completely and forming a sealed container so that the evil spirit could not escape.
She then placed the talisman on Xiao Yi's chest and activated it with her spiritual power.
Xiao Yi immediately felt something surging wildly inside his body, and he even felt that he wanted to kill Yuan Qi.
"Seventh Miss, I think I'm about to lose control again."
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