The Empress Dowager hurriedly called Chunxiao, wanting her to go and help Dugu Ling, but the latter was faster than the Empress Dowager. She pointed at Chu Yuan with her fingertips and said, "Ji Yun, find me a set of clothes. I need to change in a while."
Ji Yunyuan's identity has been so mysterious all these years.
Sometimes she acts like a master, sometimes like a maid. Not only does Dugu Yue like to boss Ji Yunyuan around, but even ordinary members of the royal family would find it difficult to refuse if they asked Ji Yunyuan for help.
But wasn't that Ji Yunyuan from before?
Just as Chu Yuan was about to stand up for the original owner, Dugu Ling's pink purse flashed from her sleeve, followed by a warning look in her eyes.
Chu Yuan exclaimed, "!" When did he find out?
Looking at the dishes on the table that she had altered, in order to expose Dugu Pingting's ill intentions, she made some minor adjustments to the ingredients, increasing the amount that Dugu Pingting originally prepared.
That purse once contained young ginger!
Unexpectedly, Dugu Ling, who seemed quiet and unassuming, was actually a heartless scoundrel.
Helpless, Chu Yuan could only do as he said, find some clothes, and wait outside with Chunxiao.
A short while later, Dugu Ling spoke from inside, "Ji Yun, come in."
He only called Chu Yuan. Chunxiao sensibly gave Chu Yuan the hot water and cotton cloth, but the latter rolled her eyes and carried them inside.
She first placed the basin on the shelf, then straightened her clothes and hung them on the screen, implying that Dugu Ling could change her own clothes. She then soaked her handkerchief and dawdled around, but Dugu Ling showed no intention of helping herself. Instead, she asked in a drawn-out voice, "Ji Yun, you already know?"
Chu Yuan paused in wringing her handkerchief. "What do you know?"
This was clearly a test by Dugu Ling, and Chu Yuan was not going to fall for it.
However, Dugu Ling didn't dwell on the issue too much. After getting up from the couch, he walked over to her side and said, "We can put this aside for now, but you just climbed into my bed yesterday, and today you're already talking about having children for my father. What do you take our Dugu family for? Your vegetable garden?"
Chu Yuan did indeed tinker with some things in the vegetable garden that the Empress Dowager was tending today.
Dugu Ling said that on purpose, she must have seen it and was using it to mock her!
Chu Yuan raised her head, looking aggrieved: "Your Highness, my heart is as clear as the heavens and the sun and moon, but the Empress Dowager has misunderstood and insists on pushing me in front of the Emperor. What can I do?"
"Hmph!" Dugu Ling didn't buy it.
Chu Yuan stepped forward. Backlit, her expression was obscured, but the sunlight cast a warm glow on his back, making Dugu Ling appear less aloof.
Chu Yuan smiled enigmatically, "Has Your Highness suddenly changed your mind and is now willing to marry me?"
If Dugu Ling could, she would immediately and without hesitation ditch Dugu Jue!
A dishonest person is hard to deal with, but a psychopath is even harder to get along with!
However, Dugu Ling doesn't seem to be as capable as Dugu Jue, so I'm afraid I'll have to work hard to restore my kingdom!
Chu Yuan sighed, "Working is tough."
"Did you say this to Dugu Jue as well?" Suddenly, Dugu Ling moved closer to Chu Yuan and touched a strand of hair at her temple.
Chu Yuan instinctively stepped back, inwardly cursing the brat for being so impolite by touching her, but she didn't show it on her face, still smiling and pretending to be stupid, "What did you say? I don't think I understand?"
She felt that Dugu Ling initially seemed quite unnatural because he was afraid that his dual personality would be discovered. But now that he brought it up again, there were only two reasons: either he suddenly didn't care anymore, or he didn't care that "she" had heard it!
Chu Yuan was more suspicious of the latter, so if she said anything affirmative, her life would be over.
"You... are quite good-looking." Dugu Ling was tall and had long legs. Even though she wasn't that strong, she still exuded a natural sense of male dominance over women.
Especially when he deliberately dragged out his words, his heavy breathing almost made Chu Yuan's heart jump out of her chest!
"Hehehe, is that so? Ji Yun has lived in the capital for seven or eight years, and Your Highness only finds out today that Ji Yun is quite beautiful?"
“You’re not quite the same as before.” When Dugu Ling said this, there was a hint of doubt in her tone, but also a hint of excitement that she couldn’t quite put into words.
Could it be that, like him, she also has two personalities?
The thought that he was most likely to think in this direction made Chu Yuan's hair stand on end. She took two steps back and unexpectedly bumped into the screen frame.
Chu Yuan quickly said, "Your Highness, please change your clothes, otherwise the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will be getting impatient."
Whether it was from hearing this or from finding Chu Yuan's clumsy movements amusing, Dugu Ling opened his arms with relief. "Isn't it just that I asked you to help me change my clothes? Here, bring the clothes over, I'll change them one by one."
Chu Yuan, "..."
What if I want to give him a stab wound?
After changing into her blue and white silk robes, the bright colors made Dugu Ling look like a completely different person.
Most importantly, the smile on his lips suddenly became friendly. "Ji Yun, do you think if I went to ask Father and Grandmother to grant us a marriage right now, would they agree?"
"???" Chu Yuan was completely dumbfounded by this question. Why was his thinking so disjointed?
While she was still in a daze, Dugu Ling bent down slightly, took Chu Yuan's hand, and pulled her outside. "Didn't you say you wanted to marry me and have a son to carry on the family line for me? Now I think this suggestion is not bad."
Chu Yuan pulled back with all her might, "Hey, hey, don't do that, isn't this too sudden?"
She doesn't mind a whirlwind marriage, but would the Emperor and Empress Dowager agree?
I can't even imagine how interesting the Empress Dowager's expression would be if Dugu Ling really did that.
However, as soon as the two stepped into the hall, they heard Dugu Tianxiong's slightly flustered voice, "Someone, quickly, summon the imperial physician!" Then came several shouts, "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, can you hear me?"
The old nanny Ji was pacing anxiously, "She was perfectly fine this morning, how could she suddenly be like this? Princess Pingting, aren't you a doctor? Quickly, let the Empress Dowager take a look!"
Seeing the mess in the room, Dugu Ling finally let go of Chu Yuan's hand.
But before letting go, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Did you do this?"
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