The little emperor's cheeks flushed when he was looked at by Shen Ruoxi, especially when Shen Ruoxi's gaze fell on his waist and below.
"Why are you blushing?" Shen Ruoxi raised an eyebrow.
"No, nothing." The little emperor blushed and turned his head away.
The corners of Shen Ruoxi's lips curled up slightly. She had never realized before that the little emperor had such a cute side.
"You little brat, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. This is my wife!" Pei Yaozhou's warning voice rang out.
The little emperor glared at Pei Yaozhou with shame and annoyance.
The curve of Shen Ruoxi's lips deepened: "That's it."
With a "click", Shen Ruoxi took a jade pendant off the little emperor's waist.
Immediately, Shen Ruoxi walked to her previous life self again and took off the jade bracelet on her wrist.
"Okay, it's time to send you on your way. Are you scared?" Shen Ruoxi looked at the little emperor.
Hearing this, the little emperor withdrew his gaze from the eye contact with Pei Yaozhou: "I'm not afraid, and I can't wait. Some people think having a wife is amazing!"
Pei Yaozhou walked to Shen Ruoxi and put his arm around Shen Ruoxi’s shoulders: “It’s amazing, do you dare?”
Little Emperor: ...
Shen Ruoxi was a little amused and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why do you have to make things difficult for yourself?"
Pei Yaozhou and the little emperor pointed at each other at the same time: "I am not him!"
Shen Ruoxi: …It’s exactly the same.
"It's getting late. If we don't leave now, it will be too late."
What the master hid behind the portrait was not only half of the jade pendant, but also a brocade bag, which contained the method of opening the door to the time tunnel at a specific time.
When the seven stars align, the jade pendant and the Millennium Tear will react and open different tunnels, such as when he came here, and like now.
Shen Ruoxi pushed her past life self and the little emperor into different time tunnels, starting their different but destined to intersect life trajectories.
"I don't know if we can live to see the next seven stars align and go back to see the children." Shen Ruoxi sighed as she looked at the vast starry sky dyed red.
"I will definitely wait." Pei Yaozhou's firm voice gave Shen Ruoxi a glimmer of hope.
After bidding farewell to herself and Pei Yaozhou from her previous life, Shen Ruoxi went to the straw pile nearby, made two little figures, affixed yellow talismans to them, and then placed the personal tokens she had taken from the two men on the scarecrows.
After doing all this, they went to the bedroom of Fengluan Palace. Shen Ruoxi opened the secret room mechanism with ease and took out the imperial seal and two boxes of gold.
Pei Yaozhou knew that the jade seal was with Shen Ruoxi, but he didn't know that Shen Ruoxi had also hidden two boxes of gold.
As if she noticed Pei Yaozhou's surprise, Shen Ruoxi coughed lightly: "I have to save some private money, isn't it used now?"
Pei Yaozhou touched his nose and said, "That guy is really stingy. If it were me, I could pick whatever I wanted from the national treasury."
Shen Ruoxi burst out laughing. She didn't expect Pei Yaozhou to still be jealous of the little emperor.
When they came out of the palace, the Qiao family had already rushed in with their army. Going out now would undoubtedly be a trap.
So the two of them put the things back into the secret room, and Shen Ruoxi took out two more sets of eunuch uniforms and handed one to Pei Yaozhou.
Pei Yaozhou narrowed his eyes as he looked at the eunuch's uniform. This was something he didn't know. Could it be that his Ruoxi had always been prepared to escape?
However, there are two sets of eunuch uniforms. Does this mean that even if Ruoxi wanted to run away, she would take him with her?
Thinking of this, Pei Yaozhou's mood suddenly improved a lot.
When he looked up, he saw Shen Ruoxi already dressed in eunuch clothes. Her beautiful long hair was tied up high and tucked into her official hat, revealing a swan-like white neck, which stimulated his senses.
Pei Yaozhou's throat rolled subconsciously.
What a nice view!
"Aren't you going to change clothes?" Shen Ruoxi turned around and met Pei Yaozhou's fiery gaze. She understood the implicit meaning of this gaze too well, and she felt angry and amused at the same time.
She walked to Pei Yaozhou and unbuttoned his clothes. Just as Pei Yaozhou's breathing became more rapid, Shen Ruoxi whispered in his ear.
"Remember that little male cat that I used to have that was in heat?"
As he spoke, Shen Ruoxi made a “Ga” gesture.
Pei Yaozhou looked at the eunuch uniform in his hand again, and the small flame that had just ignited in his heart was immediately extinguished. He obediently put on the eunuch uniform.
Not forgetting to add: "The cat deserved it."
Shen Ruoxi smiled, and the two of them walked out of the bedroom gate.
Just at this time, the Qiao family also rushed in.
Leading the group were the Minister of Rites, Mr. Qiao, General Qin of the Southern Camp, and General Gu, the commander of the Imperial Guards.
"No wonder the imperial city was breached so quickly. It turns out General Gu also rebelled." A cold light flashed in Shen Ruoxi's eyes.
Back then, they all knew that the Qiao and Qin families were in cahoots, but they didn't guard against the Gu family, and that's where the oversight occurred.
Moreover, the Qiao family, the Qin family, and the Gu family, such familiar surnames, it turns out that the seeds were planted so early.
Pei Yaozhou sneered: "Then let's wipe out the entire nine clans and make them wake up."
"Sir Qiao, someone has found bodies that appear to be those of His Majesty and the Queen Mother." A guard hurried over to report.
Master Qiao waved his hand excitedly: "Quick! Take me to see it!"
Shen Ruoxi and Pei Yaozhou also followed quietly.
Two charred corpses were placed side by side on the ground. Master Qiao and General Qin stepped forward at the same time and used a branch to dig up the two corpses. General Gu, on the other hand, stood behind and watched quietly with his eyes narrowed.
After rummaging around for a while, General Qin and Master Qiao simultaneously found a blackened object.
The two of them didn't mind the bad luck and wiped the object clean with their clothes, then looked at each other.
"This is the jade bracelet that Ruoxi wears!"
"This is the jade pendant that His Majesty wears close to his body!"
The two men laughed uncontrollably: "Great! His Majesty is dead! Everything is just as we wished!"
"It's a pity that your granddaughter died along with Your Majesty." General Qin sighed hypocritically.
Mr. Qiao laughed: "What granddaughter? She is just an orphan I picked up from the battlefield. Her death can be regarded as a repayment for the Qiao family's kindness in raising her for so many years."
Shen Ruoxi was listening to the conversation between several people when she suddenly felt her palms warm. It turned out that Pei Yaozhou was holding her hand and squeezing her palm soothingly.
Shen Ruoxi smiled and shook her head: "Don't worry, I'm not sad, and I have no blood relationship with them."
Pei Yaozhou snorted coldly: "The Qiao family sent you to the mountains since you were young. How dare you say the words 'gratitude for raising you'! I will make them pay the price!"
"What? The Imperial Seal is missing?"
Listening to the sound coming from not far away, Shen Ruoxi pointed in the direction of the bedroom with her chin.
"Let's go. While they're letting their guard down, we can grab the things and leave the palace quickly, otherwise we'll be exposed."
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