He comforted Wen Jiyan, saying, "Uncle, don't worry. Wanjing and I have been friends since childhood, and no one can replace that. Even if I marry that bandit in the future, she will just be a stepping stone for us."
"Does Your Highness intend to make a move tomorrow?" Wen Jiyan felt relieved upon hearing this, but his brows furrowed tightly. "Without the Emperor and Empress Dowager's arrangement, Your Highness's move at this time will not only provoke the Empress and the Crown Prince, but also arouse the Emperor and Empress Dowager's displeasure. I'm afraid it will be a losing proposition."
"Let's see how things go tomorrow," Shang Nanjue said with a gloomy smile, confident in his plan. "Tomorrow is the best opportunity to get hold of that bandit. Although the Empress Dowager has been acting irrationally lately, she won't be without plans. The Emperor won't just stand by and watch that bandit's name be added to the list of the Ninth Prince."
Wen Jiyan considered the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's character and nodded in agreement.
Midnight.
Ji Fengyao was awakened from her sleep by Hu Ji: "Your Highness, wake up quickly, something terrible has happened!"
Ji Fengyao was startled and immediately jumped out of bed. While quickly dressing, she asked, "What serious incident has occurred? Did the Prince and my father encounter an ambush on the road? Or has something happened to Black Owl's side?!"
"Your Highness, please come up to the roof, and I will explain to you," Hu Ji said anxiously.
Ji Fengyao: "???"
What's this guy doing?
What important news could possibly require us to go up to the roof to hear it?
Ji Fengyao, completely bewildered, leaped onto the roof, only to find Xique and Bailu already there. The two presented her with a jade box each, saying in unison:
"Miss, happy birthday!"
May the Princess's youth and beauty last forever!
Hu Ji first fired a signal arrow into the night sky, and then presented a jade pendant with both hands, saying, "May the Princess be as constant as the moon and as rising as the sun!"
“You guys…” Ji Fengyao hadn’t expected that they would know this kind of thing.
At this tense moment, it's not appropriate to hold any celebrations;
She thought that her seventeenth birthday would pass quietly like this.
Just as Ji Fengyao was deeply moved, fireworks suddenly burst into bloom in the night sky surrounding the Prince's Mansion, their dazzling display illuminating almost the entire starry sky of the capital.
"Your Highness, this is a letter that His Highness specially instructed his subordinates to prepare before he left the capital." Hu Ji smiled and handed a well-preserved letter without a single crease to Ji Fengyao with both hands.
Ji Fengyao was taken aback, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears as she took the letter with both hands.
She never thought of herself as a clingy person, but at this moment she really missed her master, no, she missed Shang Xiye.
Unfolding the letter, Shang Xiye's unique, flowing handwriting immediately comes into view:
Yaoyao, my wife:
Today marks our marriage, and your first birthday. I, your husband, was unable to be with you, a regret I will carry for the rest of my life. I offer this small token of my affection: a half-city of fireworks, hoping to bring a smile to your face.
Although my husband is thousands of miles away, tonight the stars and the moon are the same, and our hearts are one.
Husband: Shang Xiye.
The letter didn't contain any instructions on how to be careful, but Ji Fengyao understood that it wasn't that he didn't care about her, but rather that he didn't want to put pressure on her.
He had already left many people and informants around her to ensure her safety and to cooperate with her actions.
"These were left by Lord Ji and Young Master Ji for the Princess, and I was asked to pass them on to her," Hu Ji said, taking out two more large boxes.
When Ji Fengyao opened it, she found it was full of various rare herbs and minerals.
Inside the brocade box at the top, there was also a beautifully embroidered summer dress.
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