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Many young ladies from powerful families were on good terms with her, and she was often invited to attend banquets held by powerful families.
Noticing Ji Yunxi's gaze, Xing Shuyue also looked over.
Their eyes met in mid-air, they smiled and nodded in greeting, then looked away.
The banquets held by young ladies in ancient times are actually not much different from modern gatherings of girlfriends.
Most of the topics discussed at the table were trivial and meaningless.
Ji Yunxi doesn't talk much and only occasionally joins in with a few words.
She sat for a while, drank two cups of tea, and after Xing Shuyue left, she followed him and left the table quietly.
Everyone was in the osmanthus garden, but there was no one in the landscape corridor outside.
The two walked one after the other to a deserted place.
Xing Shuyue stopped and turned around with a smile: "Miss Ji San, do you have something to ask Shuyue?"
Ji Yunxi curled her lips, turned around and looked at the lotus pond below.
Summer has passed, and the lotus flowers in the lotus pond have withered, looking a bit desolate. They are completely different from the blooming osmanthus flowers in the osmanthus garden.
Ji Yunxi said: "Actually, I have always admired Miss Shu Yue."
Xing Shuyue smiled. She was always gentle, and her tone was like the spring breeze in March: "Miss Ji's way of appreciating you is to open a cloth shop and share a piece of the pie with me?"
Ji Yunxi didn't want to hide it, she said it directly: "If you and the Fifth Prince hadn't always wanted to kill my Ji family, I wouldn't do this."
The smile on Xing Shuyue's face disappeared, and she curled her lips: "Is Miss Ji San in a nightmare? What kind of words are you talking about?"
"There's no one here. My people are guarding the corridor. Miss Shu Yue, there's no need to pretend with me. We both know what's going on." Ji Yunxi's expression was calm. "I just had half of my words unfinished. I admire you, except for one thing."
Ji Yunxi arched her brows, but the words she uttered were very cold: "Your taste in picking men is not very good."
Xing Shuyue sneered and didn't take it seriously at all.
What? Is Ji Yunxi trying to sow discord between her and His Highness today?
Even if it means disappointing the other party.
Xing Shuyue didn't want to say much today.
Jianhe has revealed the unusual whereabouts of Wu Weian. She and His Highness just need to wait and see how the matter develops.
People’s hearts are complicated.
The hearts of men and women are even more so.
Xing Shuyue thought she always understood people's hearts, and she had a vague intuition.
After the incident on the tenth day of the lunar new year came to light, something was bound to happen between Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian.
However, since the other party came to her on his own initiative, Xing Shuyue didn't mind telling Ji Yunxi one more thing.
She leaned closer and whispered, "Miss Ji, is it enough to pick a man with good taste? A man who would rather let you be hit by an egg than do anything, just to hide and protect himself, do you still want to be a treasure? Last time it was eggs, if next time it's swords, what will Miss Ji do?"
Ji Yunxi raised her eyebrows slightly.
According to what she said, Wu Wei'an had actually noticed someone was going to throw eggs that day, but he pretended nothing happened? He only reacted after the eggs hit her first?
Yes, Wu Weian’s martial arts skills must be very good.
Ji Yunxi had not thought of this level because she did not know martial arts.
That day she thought he was impulsive and wanted to ask someone in secret to take care of the noodle shop owner.
Of course, it turned out to be just a misunderstanding, and she was relieved at that time.
But today, from what Xing Shuyue said, her husband was more rational than she thought.
She was truly terrified of people, male or female, who couldn't distinguish between the primary and secondary, who didn't know what was important and what was not.
What's the big deal about smashing an egg?
But if it were an ordinary girl, knowing that her man did not protect her at the first moment and was still thinking calmly and ruthlessly about the conflict of interests, what would her reaction be?
Ji Yunxi lowered her head, frowned slightly, and subconsciously grabbed some fabric with her hand hanging by her side.
Xing Shuyue observed her subtle expressions and movements calmly, smiled, and moved closer to Ji Yunxi. She lowered her voice and beckoned, "Does the Third Miss really know all the details about the third place winner? Isn't the Third Miss afraid of being a scapegoat? In the end, you'll lose everything and even your family?"
Ji Yunxi pursed her lips.
Of course she would be afraid, but what in the world is without risk? She couldn't not do it just because she was afraid; that would be putting the cart before the horse.
After evaluating all aspects, she decided that finding Wu Weian was the best option.
But there's no need to tell this to the enemy.
Ji Yunxi was silent for a moment, looked up, and looked deeply at Xing Shuyue.
Xing Shuyue did not avoid or give way, with a smile in her eyes, as gentle as ever.
Ji Yunxi took out a small package from her wide sleeves.
Xing Shuyue stepped back subconsciously.
Although Ji Yunxi didn't look like someone who was so impulsive and brainless as to attack her in such a situation, Xing Shuyue was also afraid that what she had just said had angered her.
Ji Yunxi smiled and said, "Miss Shuyue, don't be nervous. These are not poisons, nor are they weapons. They are just some small gifts."
She walked closer, took Xing Shuyue's hand, and placed the package in her palm. "Miss Shuyue, please don't worry about me and my husband. But I want to ask you the same question: do you really know everything the Fifth Prince has done? Aren't you afraid of making things difficult for him? Aren't you afraid that your family will be implicated?"
At the end, Ji Yunxi's voice was very soft, but every word was extremely clear.
Xing Shuyue's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She had a bad feeling: "What do you mean?"
Ji Yunxi sighed, "If I tell you that the Supreme Court Justice is not the Crown Prince's man, but the Fifth Prince's man, how will you handle this, Miss Shuyue?"
Xing Shuyue's face turned pale instantly and she took a big step back.
But she realized something, took a deep breath, and threw the package on the ground: "I..."
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