“Little Yao’er has grown up. Even if he is her older brother, he should avoid suspicion,” Hei Xiao said with a straight face.
Ji Fengming: "..."
What he said made such a good point that I couldn't refute it.
Ji Fengyao: "..."
Are you kidding me? When you climbed through someone's window into their room, why didn't you try to avoid suspicion?
But here she is, under investigation for her elder brother?
Could it be that she was jealous that she gave her elder brother the storage ring but not him?
"Brother Hei, Xique, don't be disappointed. There are still some Void Stones left. I'll make one for each of you later." Ji Fengyao stepped forward, stood on tiptoe, patted Hei Xiao's shoulder, and then turned back to comfort Xique.
“It’s alright, Miss, I know you won’t forget me,” Magpie said casually.
Hei Xiao raised his hand and turned the black jade thumb ring on his right thumb, then smiled lightly at Ji Fengyao and said, "Little Yao'er, you don't need to bother. The prince gave me this a long time ago."
Ji Fengyao and Ji Fengming looked at the understated yet exquisite, simple yet elegant black jade thumb ring in Hei Xiao's hand.
Then look at the gold nugget wrapped with black pebbles in your hand.
Ji Fengyao: "..."
Suddenly I miss her home on Earth, those four white walls; the walls were so white, and scratching them left deep claw marks.
“I still think my sister’s aesthetic sense is more in line with our bandit spirit. Look how rich and domineering this ring is. It’s obviously worn by a rich person!” Seeing that Ji Fengyao had a depressed expression again, Ji Fengming quickly went against his conscience and held up the storage ring to praise it.
"Yes, yes, Miss, when you give me something, make it just like the one you and the young master made." Xi Que genuinely liked it; she liked anything made or given by her young lady.
Ji Fengyao: "..."
This time, Ji Fengyao was going to stir up trouble, and she didn't let Lin Shuang and Bai Lu come along.
They weren't very skilled in martial arts, so they didn't want to get ambushed when they went out.
The four men rode in a carriage representing the Ninth Prince's status, accompanied by a group of guards, and made their way to the Chen State Duke's Mansion through the city.
Chen Xiaoyi had just been carried back to his residence and hadn't even had a chance to rest when the gatekeeper came running in with a panic: "My lord, something terrible has happened! Bandits! Bandits have come to the gate!"
"What! They actually dared to come!" Duke Chen slammed his teacup down on the table, glanced at the disheveled Chen Xiaoyi, and roared, "I'm going to have a good talk with the Ninth Prince!"
"No, no..." the servant said breathlessly, "The Ninth Prince... didn't come."
"The Ninth Prince didn't come?" This time, Chen Shiyu was also surprised.
Their Duke's Mansion is no ordinary official's family. They control a large army, and their mansion also has its own guards, making it no less powerful than the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
Were those bandits so brainless that they dared to barge in?
"It's the Ninth Prince's Consort, carrying the Empress Dowager's gold token with the character 'Yi' on it. She said she's come to our mansion to find medicinal herbs for the Empress Dowager and asked the Duke and the young masters and ladies of the mansion to go out and greet her." The servant knew this was not a good message to pass on, so he quickly finished speaking without even pausing to catch his breath.
"Screw your greeting..."
"shut up!"
Before Chen Xiaoyi could finish his furious and weak curse, he was interrupted by a roar from the Duke of Chen.
They came here using the Empress Dowager's name, so Chen Xiaoyi's insults are tantamount to insulting the Empress Dowager!
Although the Chen family wields considerable power, they are currently powerless against the larger forces.
If someone were to write a book criticizing them for being arrogant and disrespectful to the Empress Dowager, the entire world would condemn the Chen family.
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