Ji Zao turned around and glanced at her.
"Oh? Qing'er brought a surprise? Hmph, she's not getting any younger. I've chosen so many husbands for her, but she hasn't taken a liking to any of them. Don't think that she can escape marriage by using some tricks!"
A hint of doting flashed in the eyes of the Water Kirin King.
Although both expressions were angry, they were completely different from when Ji Wutang was mentioned earlier.
Shi Ji reached out and gently stroked the Qilin King's neck. She leaned on his shoulder in a coquettish manner, pressing her whole body tightly against Ji Zao's back.
The woman tilted her head and whispered in the man's ear, her breath sweet and fragrant.
"Your Majesty, Qing'er's filial piety is evident; you cannot so easily dismiss it!"
Ji Zao suddenly grabbed Shi Ji's hand. His eyes were bloodshot, but unfortunately, due to the old body of Chen Ke, he was somewhat powerless, and the little vixen was still seducing him.
"I...have always been fair!"
Ji Zao gently stroked Shi Ji's face with a hoarse voice, and then pulled her in front of him.
...
Less than half an hour before the birthday banquet was to begin.
Ji Wutang stood in front of the Qilin King's palace, angrily confronting the maid who had blocked her way.
"So what if I, the princess, insist on going in?"
The woman was furious. Don't think she didn't know Shi Ji was inside. What right did she have to stop her?
"Second Princess, the Princess has given an order..."
The maid was also trembling with fear. On one side was the rising princess, and on the other was the high and mighty second princess. She didn't want to offend either of them.
Ji Wutang crossed his arms and said sarcastically,
"The princess? She's just one of my father's concubines!"
"Oh? So the Second Princess looks down on me that much?"
As the seductive female voice rang out, Ji Wutang cracked his whip, his face turning even uglier.
How dare she say that?
Don't be unaware of what she was doing seducing her father inside; it's disgusting!
Ji Wutang's sharp gaze fell on Shi Ji, who was lazily tying her belt, her upper part of her half-open chest covered with red marks.
Shi Ji smoothed her slightly disheveled hair, turned her head and said something to the maid. The maid retreated in a flustered manner.
"Tang'er, the birthday banquet is about to begin. Why aren't you helping your older sister greet the guests? What are you doing here?"
Shi Ji acted like the mistress of the house, her gaze towards Ji Wutang carrying three parts affection, three parts dissatisfaction, and four parts admonition.
Ji Wutang flicked his whip at her feet, and the woman slightly raised her chin, her face full of arrogance.
"Don't be so smug for too long!"
After saying that, she turned and strode away.
Shi Ji watched Ji Wutang's retreating figure with a smile. She wondered if she was overthinking things; Ji Wutang was just a good-for-nothing.
Who knows, just as she spread the rumors, that the good-for-nothing second princess has taken a fancy to some lowly prisoner in the water dungeon.
On the other side, Ji Wutang stood in front of Ji Wuye.
"Little brother, why aren't you awake yet?"
When her father sent someone to summon her, she immediately guessed that it was Shi Ji's doing.
They called out to her but then stopped her from coming in; it's not the first time.
That woman just enjoyed bullying and humiliating her, watching her become powerless and furious in front of the servants time and time again.
She was just jealous of her mother.
Ji Wutang stroked Ji Wuye's hair.
Today is my father's birthday. I heard that Ji Wuqing brought a man back from the mainland.
Their father once said that the throne would be passed to whichever of the two sisters married and had children first.
After all these years, has Ji Wuqing finally stopped pretending to refuse?
Ji Wutang's eyes were full of sarcasm.
The king's promise was merely a pretext to give Ji Wuqing a legitimate reason to succeed to the throne.
Regardless of whether she intends to compete with Ji Wuqing, even if she wants to get married, her father and Shi Ji will find a way to ruin it for her.
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