Soon, the worm finished biting off a piece of amethyst agate.
A glimmer of hope appeared in Qin Weiyang's eyes. If it had nothing to eat, it should at least get down to business, right?
Unexpectedly, Ji Fengyao plucked another amethyst agate with her small hand and brought it closer. The Heart-Piercing Gu pounced on it again, happily munching on the second amethyst agate.
Even when its head touched Ji Fengyao's fingers for a moment, it didn't bite her; instead, it rubbed against her affectionately.
Upon seeing this, Qixuan couldn't help but open her mouth slightly in surprise.
She must have seen a ghost!
Others may not know how vicious the Gu worms Qin Pin raised were, but she, Qi Ying, and Aunt She knew best.
Those little guys, none of them are easy to deal with; if anyone else touches them, they'll be in serious trouble.
But now it's actually rubbing against that bandit affectionately?
"Your Highness, what is this?" Shang Xiye had a vague guess in her heart, but she was not sure.
"A little gift from Qin Weiyang to your concubine," Ji Fengyao replied with a smile, teasing the Gu worm in her hand, using telepathy.
Shang Xiye was surprised again: "When did the Princess learn the art of telepathic communication?"
"Hmph, I know a lot more than that. I just forgot it after a fall, but I've been slowly remembering it lately." Ji Fengyao nodded her head at Shang Xiye with a smug look on her face.
That playful little face, so adorable and bright, made Shang Xiye's eyes light up.
Just as he was feeling triumphant.
Ji Fengyao suddenly remembered the punishment agreement between herself and Shang Xiye, and quickly restrained herself, then fawned over Shang Xiye in a very obsequious manner: "Your Highness, what I mean is that it's also beneficial for me to think of these things. There are too many villains secretly coveting this place now, and if I have some means of self-protection, I won't be too much of a burden to Your Highness, will I?"
"I can..."
Just as Shang Xiye mustered her courage and was about to say something emotional, a sharp voice suddenly rang out in the banquet hall: "Ninth Princess Consort, you caught a worm and didn't throw it away, but kept playing with it. Are you deliberately trying to disgust people? How can others eat if you behave like this!"
Everyone looked up and saw that it was the sixth princess, Shang Chuyue, who had always been favored in the palace.
Shang Chuyue's birth mother was Consort Rou, one of the four consorts. She was dignified and gentle, but not particularly beautiful.
However, due to the incident during a hunt in the north in her early years, when Consort Rou bravely shielded Emperor Shang Xiche from a ferocious bear's claw, she developed a chronic illness and has been bedridden ever since. Therefore, in recent years, Emperor Shang Xiche has shown extreme favoritism and indulgence towards Consort Rou's sixth daughter, Shang Chuyue.
Ji Fengyao couldn't help but curl her lips slightly when she saw that the woman who was speaking was a prince or duke.
Holding the second amethyst agate, riddled with bite marks, she sat down, a half-smile on her face, and said, "Although I don't know you, since you're sitting in that position, according to your status, you should call me Ninth Imperial Aunt. Forgive me for being new to the capital and not being familiar with the customs here. I wonder if it's common for junior members of the royal family to be so disrespectful to their elders, or if the royal family simply didn't teach you manners?"
"You, you bandit, how dare you talk to me, the princess, about manners!" Shang Chuyue stamped her foot, her proud princess temper flaring up again.
"Chu Yue!" the Empress called out the Sixth Princess's name in a deep voice.
She was in charge of the harem, and the princes had special tutors, but if the princess was disrespectful in public, it was her dereliction of duty.
"Mother!" Shang Chuyue was unconvinced and stood there stamping her feet, her little mouth pouting.
Seeing that the Empress remained unmoved, she looked at Shang Xiche with a wronged expression: "Father! Your subject did not say anything wrong. The Ninth Princess's actions were indeed inappropriate. You see, even the Empress Dowager is disgusted!"
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