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Poison Lady has finished eating melon seeds and is ready to call it a day.
Xuezhu had also finished sweeping up the melon seed shells and said somewhat sadly, "Aren't you going to eat them anymore?"
Poison Lady put one hand on her waist and used the other to pick at her lips to show Xuezhu: "Look, look, my lips are so dry from cracking the melon seeds! Xuezhu, can't you just take a break?"
After the lady got married, she brought a lot of maids with her.
But after a few days, the lady only left Wanxiang, Baofu and a few maids who helped her dress up at the Wu family, and everyone else went back to the Ji Mansion.
Because there was really no need for so many people in the courtyard, Xuezhu could clean the entire Wu family house from top to bottom by herself, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard were neatly arranged and maintained at the same height.
Now that the Wu family's sanitary environment and the growth of flowers and plants are back on track, Xuezhu has an easier time every day and he has more free time.
Everyone else wants to be idle every day, but Xuezhu is the only one who can't be idle.
Poison Lady rolled her eyes, carried a small stool back to the kitchen, and met Ji Mingyan.
She was just about to tell him that his family was looking for him when her attention was drawn to the poisonous centipede in his hand.
The two of them immediately went into the kitchen, placed the poisonous centipede on the kitchen floor, turned it over and over, and examined it from the inside out, from its appearance to its toxicity, for a long time.
The servants of the Ji family, who lived next to the Wu family, followed Ji Mingyan's instructions and brought a box of snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, and plums, placed them at the gate of Ji Mingyuan's yard, and then put a letter inside.
Sure enough, not long after, Wu Ye appeared.
The sun gradually sets and people who are busy outside return home.
The aroma of food wafts from the streets and alleys.
Thanks to the two poisonous centipedes, Ji Mingyan had no desire to cook today. The Ji family dinner was extremely rich and delicious.
Not all the people had arrived yet and the dishes had not been served, so those who arrived earlier did not sit at the table and had to sit outside to drink tea.
Ji Mingxi was in the mansion and he sat in the main seat early.
Not long after, Ji Mingyuan appeared with a snakeskin bag slung across his body. He bowed and said, "Big Brother."
Ji Mingxi smiled gently and said, "Sit down for a while and drink some tea while we wait for them."
Ji Mingyuan sat down in the corner, then took a handful of melon seeds and peanuts from the small snakeskin bag, and ate them gently while peeling them.
Ji Mingxi knew that his fifth brother didn't like to chat, so he didn't talk to him and just sipped his tea.
"Big brother, fifth brother, I'm back!" Ji Mingyan jumped in, and when he saw his fifth brother, he pulled a chair and sat over without saying a word, and affectionately grabbed a handful of snacks from Ji Mingyuan's snakeskin bag.
Ji Mingyuan: "..." He frowned, but said nothing and continued to peel the half-peeled peanuts.
Ji Mingshuang, Wu Weian and Ji Yunxi arrived one after another.
When Ji Mingyan saw them come in, he took out several handfuls of snacks from Ji Mingyuan's snakeskin bag, gave one to each of them, and greeted them warmly.
Ji Mingyuan: “…”
He watched Ji Mingyan with his round eyes as he took out handful after handful of money and silently tied the snakeskin bag.
After everyone was gathered, the family took their seats.
Ji Mingxi took a cup of tea and sat down in the middle seat, chatting with everyone: "His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is truly diligent and caring for the people. Even the Emperor praised him in front of all the officials at the morning court today."
Ji Mingxi always liked to tell his younger brothers and sisters about interesting things in the court at the dinner table, and the Ji family was used to it.
None of the masters reacted much.
Only Ji Yunxi took a special look at Wu Weian next to her.
Wu Weian was biting a big chicken leg delicately. He noticed her gaze and winked at her.
When the news of the Fifth Prince came to her, Ji Yunxi knew it was Wu Weian's doing. She could also probably guess what he had done afterward.
He used the money of the Fang couple to attract the attention of the Heichun mountain bandits, and deliberately made himself and Heichun appear ambiguous, provoking the Fifth Prince to take action against the Heichun mountain bandits.
Some people who can achieve this are already talented military strategists.
But Wu Weian specially arranged a group of martial artists to deliberately identify the Fifth Prince's people, causing the Fifth Prince and his uncle to fight each other.
Ji Mingyan never cared about the affairs of the imperial court. He asked curiously, "What did the Fifth Prince do?"
Seeing his elder brother drinking soup, Ji Mingshuang answered on his behalf: "The fifth prince wiped out the bandits in Heichun Mountain."
Upon hearing this, Ji Mingyan slammed the table and said, "I know this Black Chun bandit! When I passed by, they also wanted to steal my purse! They didn't even bother to ask about my reputation as the Sixth Master of the Ji Family. My purse doesn't contain money."
Ji Yunxi said: "What did you pretend that time?"
Ji Mingyan chuckled a few times: "I filled a bag with flying ants. As soon as they opened the bag, all the ants flew out! I went back to catch them one by one. It delayed me in Heichun Mountain for half a month."
Thinking about Ji Mingyan made him angry, and the angrier he got, the more he felt that the Fifth Prince was a good person: "I had never heard much about this prince before. I never thought that this prince would do something big if he didn't make a move! His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is such a nice person!" He praised sincerely.
Wu Wei'an, who had eaten the chicken leg clean, wiped the corner of his mouth and praised it, "The Fifth Prince is really good."
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On the second day, Wu Weian took a rest.
Shortly after dawn in the morning, the person next to me woke up.
Ji Yunxi glanced at the person who slept very close to her yesterday, stood up from the bed, stepped over him, then got out of bed, picked up the quilt that fell on the ground, and threw it back casually.
Wu Weian turned over with his eyes closed, grabbed the quilt he had picked up, and covered himself with it while asking, "What have you been busy with recently?"
It has been more than a month since Fang Yuan’s incident.
During this period, Ji Yunxi went out early and came back late, and was busier than him.
In the evening, he got home, but she was still not there. She came back just before going to bed.
Speaking of which, Wu Weian hadn't had dinner with Ji Yunxi for more than ten days. Yesterday's family dinner was the first time in these ten days.
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