37. Bet
◎Are you sure you want to do this◎
Chapter 37
Jiang Qiuye knew that in the past, Ji Ci would usually return to the palace at the hour of Xu.
After finishing her meal at Wutong Courtyard, she made a bowl of soft-shelled turtle noodles by herself, and carried the food box to the main courtyard door to wait for Ji Ci to come back.
There were no visible people guarding the main courtyard gate, only a few secret guards, and ordinary people could not find them.
At this moment, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind, but they were not Ji Ci's footsteps. Her eyes turned and she immediately hid behind a tree and looked out.
It was Susu. Perhaps she had taken her advice and dressed up tonight.
A few hibiscus flowers were adorned on her single bun, and the rest was filled with various gold hairpins. There was also a hibiscus flower ornament on her forehead, and she wore another set of skirt and gown made of floating brocade.
Those who didn’t know would think that Susu was preparing to attend a palace banquet.
What an idiot.
Jiang Qiuye curled the corners of his mouth and laughed secretly.
Susu was lucky. As soon as she arrived at the main courtyard gate, Ji Ci came back quickly. Seeing Susu standing at the gate in a gorgeous outfit, he frowned slightly.
"Miss Chen." He nodded slightly and prepared to go directly into the main courtyard.
"Your Majesty."
Unexpectedly, Susu directly grabbed her sleeve. Ji Ci felt evil and pulled his sleeve back to avoid her.
"Miss Chen, what's the important matter?" Ji Ci took two steps back, suppressing his temper.
Seeing this, Sisi was a little overwhelmed. It seemed a little different from what she had expected. She picked up the food box in her hand and said, "Your Highness, you must be hungry after returning home late tonight. I made a bowl of noodles in the small kitchen and wanted to give it to Your Highness."
"No need. I'm not hungry. Miss Chen, if you don't have anything important to do, please return. I still have official business to attend to. I took you into my mansion solely because of your father's last words, nothing else. From now on, please don't come to the main courtyard unless it's something important. I don't like outsiders to come near me."
"I...I know." Susu felt extremely embarrassed. As a chaste lady, she was usually shy. Seeing that the other party rejected her like this, she didn't dare to insist anymore.
Perhaps I should just wait quietly for Master Tang.
She took a few steps back in embarrassment and then left.
Seeing this, Jiang Qiuye couldn't help but curl her lips slightly.
Ji Ci watched the figure disappear, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Have you seen enough? Come out."
Jiang Qiuye was startled, and walked in front of Ji Ci with small steps, like a quail with its neck retracted.
"The prince... the prince discovered it."
"What's the important matter that brings you to see me?" Ji Ci asked in the same tone as Susu without changing his expression.
Jiang Qiuye licked her lips, and her soft tongue flowed across her red lips, which shocked Ji Ci for a moment. Suddenly, he thought of the scene in the past and stopped moving.
"I made turtle noodles..." Jiang Qiuye lowered his head, then quickly raised his eyes to take a peek, "Your Highness is not hungry, so I'd better go back."
She pretended to leave, turned around and counted slowly.
Five, four, three, two...
"etc."
really.
She couldn't help laughing with her back to Ji Ci. After her smile calmed down, she turned back with an innocent look, as if she didn't know what was going on.
"Your Majesty?"
"It is a great virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them. Stay. Actually, I am hungry." Ji Ci didn't look at Jiang Qiuye. After he finished speaking, he turned around and went to the study.
Jiang Qiuye finally couldn't restrain her smile and immediately followed his footsteps, "Brother Jian Xi, wait for me."
After the two left, the main courtyard was empty, but the echo of Jiang Qiuye's cheerful voice could be heard.
Behind a dead tree, Susu stood out tremblingly, looking at the empty courtyard gate, his left hand tightly gripping the bark.
This bitch actually dared to lie to her!
It's a pity that she still trusts this bitch so much.
…
Jiang Qiuye smiled sweetly as she watched Ji Ci finish the entire bowl of soft-shelled turtle noodles, not leaving even a sip of soup.
Every time she saw that he had a good appetite, her heart would be unconsciously moved.
If she could become his woman, she would definitely find a way to cure his illness.
At least it can be considered as compensation for her betrayal.
After watching him finish the noodles, he brought out a plate of pickled fruits and pushed it in front of him.
"Your Highness, I made this pickled fruit again today. I tasted it and it's sweet this time, not sour."
Ji Ci thought about the plate of pickled fruits last time, and he actually ate it all. Now when he thought about it, there seemed to be a lingering astringent taste in his mouth.
He picked up a new pickled fruit, bit it open and ate it, then nodded softly and said, "It's really sweet this time, not bad."
Jiang Qiuye put the empty bowl back into the food box and, looking for something to talk about, asked, "Your Highness, it's been a while since you last attended court. Did everything go well today?"
"Well, everything is fine. Now that the public outrage has subsided, the capital has returned to normal order." He ate pickled fruit while opening the book and suddenly thought, "Oh, right, the Huo family has been impeached in many memorials for occupying people's land and forcibly abducting women. Now the Dali Temple has verified everything. The Huo family father and son have been imprisoned."
Jiang Qiuye said, "Well, I don't know how my second sister is doing now. Originally, her wedding to Young Master Huo was supposed to be next month."
"The engagement will probably be cancelled."
Jiang Qiuye suddenly felt a little ironic. That day at Jinpin Pavilion, Qiu Ying witnessed with her own eyes what kind of person Huo Heng was. Yet, she still refused to cancel the engagement and vowed to cling to the Huo family.
Now the reason for breaking off the engagement has come. The big tree has fallen and the support has collapsed.
I don't know if it's stupid or pathetic.
Ji Ci turned his gaze away from the book and looked at Jiang Qiuye. He suddenly didn't know how to start. After a moment of silence, he said, "Oh, there's one more thing."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Qiuye put away the lunch box and placed it under the desk. He could tell that his tone was different from usual.
Ji Ci said in as gentle a tone as possible, "I have found a place for you to live. You can move in the day after tomorrow."
Jiang Qiuye's heart skipped a beat. Hearing this made her feel a little at a loss. She looked up at him in confusion.
Ji Ci hardened his heart and continued, "Isn't this what we agreed on before? We'll move out of the palace once we find a suitable place to live. Don't worry, I promised to protect you, so I will protect you even if you're not in the palace."
She didn't expect that the possibility she had been worrying about in recent days would actually come true. It was so sudden that she had no time to prepare.
"The day after tomorrow? So soon? I...I'm not ready for anything yet."
Her face gradually turned paler, her heart sank to the bottom, as if it was empty, and the cold wind blew past.
Ji Ci looked at her reaction, feeling sorry for her, but still made himself hardened. "Well, things have been unsettled in the palace recently. Some secrets must have leaked out, and I'm purging everyone in the palace."
eliminate......
Sure enough, he still doesn't believe her?
But it's true that she was the one who leaked the names of those five people.
But she couldn't leave, she couldn't let her efforts go to waste.
After leaving the palace, let alone the antidote every month, what should she do if Yan Wu suddenly appears in Shengjing?
Would he be captured without any resistance, once again chained up with gold chains and locked in that cage?
The fear in her heart made her tremble uncontrollably, and her voice was filled with tears as she said, "Do you really have to drive me away? Brother Jian Xi, I, I, I can make you medicinal food three times a day. If you don't want me to come to the main courtyard, I won't bother you or annoy you."
As he spoke, large golden beans rolled down.
There is reluctance in it, but more of it is fear.
Ji Ci rubbed his forehead and shook his head calmly, "I'm not annoyed with you, it's just that finding a place to live and moving out was what we agreed to from the beginning. Plus, the purge of the palace..."
Seeing the young widow crying so hard that she couldn't speak, Ji Ci suddenly didn't know how to continue talking to her.
He could only continue to comfort her, "Don't worry, even if you leave Prince Qi's Mansion now, no one will threaten your life anymore. The Zhang family case is over, the murderer has been brought to justice, and I will indeed continue to protect you."
"Besides, back then, you single-handedly supported Guihong Hall. I always thought... you were an independent, capable woman. Even if you were alone, you could still live well in Shengjing."
Jiang Qiuye cried and sobbed, shaking her head, and said, "It's different. It's different now."
He knows nothing.
She was able to support Guihongtang because she never regarded Guihongtang as a tool to make a living, but only as a tool to complete her tasks.
She had been indulged by him these days. Although she had no romantic feelings for him, she was becoming more and more reluctant to leave and more and more dependent on his strength.
Once, she knew that every day in the future would be worse than the past, and she wondered what was over that mountain.
But now, she doesn't want a worse future. She really hopes that after climbing over that mountain, the scenery she sees will no longer be the Avici Hell, but the scenery where his powerful power lies.
If she really left like this the next day, it might be difficult for her to come back and see him again.
Ji Ci's voice became softer: "I believe you can do it."
Although during this period of time, he could see that because of his indulgence and pampering, the young widow became more spoiled and more dependent on him.
But he knew that her true nature was not that of a spoiled child, but that she was very strong. She could support her own life and even had the ability to support the lives of others.
After all, back when she was in the Ministry of Justice Prison, she was the woman who was not affected by his mental and physical coercion. She was very powerful.
In the end, he fell silent, but he would not change his decision. He just watched Jiang Qiuye cry quietly until he had no more tears left.
Jiang Qiuye bit her lip, and her hand under the table pulled at her sleeve with such force that it tore her sleeve apart.
She was unwilling to give in and refused to admit defeat.
She still has some stakes to add.
"Your Highness, it's getting late. I'll take my leave now."
"Um."
After saying this, she stood up tremblingly, forgetting to greet or take the food box, and left the main courtyard of the study directly.
When a person returned to Wutong Courtyard in a daze, Jinhong stood up quietly, watched her regain her composure, walked to the window, and blew the cold wind coming in from outside the house.
Even a charcoal fire can't warm this house.
She didn't turn around, but said expressionlessly, "Jinhong, did you find what I asked you to look for?"
"Found it, girl, are you sure you want to do this?"
Jiang Qiuye looked at the package Jinhong handed over, reached out to take it, and held it in his palm. A ghostly voice rang out, "Now, if we don't increase the stakes, only a worse situation awaits us."
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