Ji Fengyao saw Shang Xiye's pen tip make a mark at the end of the clause, but then lift it up again.
He signed his name at the bottom with a flourish, like a dragon and a phoenix.
He did not utter a word.
Ji Fengyao picked up the contract he had pushed back and looked at the three characters "Shang Xiye" written in a very vigorous and powerful style, as well as the faint dot at the end that was not yet a complete character. A strange and indescribable feeling rose in her heart.
This guy didn't seem to have even read the contract properly. Wasn't he worried that she might have hidden something in it to trick him?
But since he trusts her so much, why would she betray him?
“Great, with this, our alliance is even stronger. I wish us a pleasant cooperation.” Ji Fengyao ignored the slight discomfort in her heart and extended her right hand to Shang Xiye with a smile.
Shang Xiye looked at her, puzzled.
"A handshake signifies that we have reached a consensus and is a friendly celebration," Ji Fengyao explained.
"There's nothing to celebrate," Shang Xiye replied indifferently, then got up, sat in his wheelchair, and left without a word.
Ji Fengyao was slightly taken aback. What was wrong with this person all of a sudden? Who had offended him?
In the evening, Shang Xiye did not come to the third floor for dinner.
Ji Fengyao thought he had gone to someone else's boat for some business, but when she casually asked, she learned that he had gone to the second floor.
That evening, after Shang Xiye finished her acupuncture treatment, she automatically and consciously sat in her wheelchair, fully clothed, and went out.
Ji Fengyao, holding the silver needle, paused in surprise: This person is so self-aware, is the effect of the contract really that immediate?
She tossed and turned on the spacious bed for a while before finally managing to fall asleep, clutching a thin blanket.
On the second floor, Shang Xiye lay on the bed, her eyes wide open, unable to sleep all night.
It was almost dawn.
A figure who appeared to be drunk staggered to his feet from a dark corner and stumbled into Qin Weiyang's room. Another figure followed closely behind. After the first figure entered the room, the second figure blew a handful of medicinal powder into the room.
Aunt She was old and didn't need much sleep. When she realized someone had entered the room, she was so weak that she could barely call out, "Help! Help! There's an assassin! Catch the assassin!"
But her cries sounded like those of a newborn, underdeveloped kitten, and didn't even wake up the sleeping Qixuan.
When Qin Weiyang was awakened, the man had been lying on top of her for quite some time. In this situation, she dared not make a sound to disturb others, so she kept her eyes tightly closed, pretending that she was not awake.
The man was completely under the influence of the drug, and Qin Weiyang was still recovering from serious injuries, so she was soon tortured to the point of almost fainting.
Then, the thing that made her most desperate finally happened. A deafening roar suddenly rang out from the wide-open doorway: "Catch the assassin! An assassin has broken into Consort Qin's room!"
The sound of something being propelled out with internal force was especially terrifying in the quiet night.
Almost everyone on the dragon boat was alarmed, and flames suddenly burst forth.
When Shang Xiche and Consort Yin arrived, the Empress had already ordered people to seal off Qin Weiyang's room to prevent those who came later from seeing what was happening inside. However, most of the people on the dragon boat were imperial concubines, experienced in such matters, so how could they not hear what had happened inside?
Ji Fengyao was a light sleeper and was awakened by the noise from the other side. She found herself lying on the hard edge of the bed, half of her cheek was sore from the roughness, and she felt a sudden emptiness in her heart.
I got up, opened the window, and looked across the street. I saw that the dragon boat on the other side was brightly lit.
"Miss, it seems the Emperor has been cuckolded!" A gossipy and gloating face suddenly peeked out from the window.
Ji Fengyao: "..." She loves a good show!
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