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"She is Princess Jiahe. She came to Saibei this time on the orders of the Empress to inspect."

"I am honored to meet Princess Jiahe." Tao Lejiao bowed.

Zhang Cen'er nodded slightly.

After Jian Xi introduced him, she looked at Zhang Cen'er and said, "He is my brother Tao Lejiao."

There was something strange in Zhang Cen'er's eyes, but she hid it well. "Isn't your brother called Shen Nanxing?"

"It's a long story. They are all my brothers, the same."

Zhang Cen'er teased Gao Qingxi, and Gao Qingxi stared at the glittering white crystal gardenia-shaped hairpin on her head.

"Like?" Zhang Cen'er tilted her head, and seeing Gao Qingxi's big eyes getting brighter and brighter, she took it off and put it in Gao Qingxi's little hand.

"Thank you, sister."

After the little girl got the hairpin, she no longer stuck to Zhang Cen'er and just focused on playing with the hairpin in her hand.

Zhang Cen'er laughed and said, "The child you gave birth to not only looks like you, but also has a very similar personality to you."

Jian Xi reached out and hugged Gao Qingxi, then put her into Tao Lejiao's hands. Zhang Cen'er was still a little reluctant and kept looking at Gao Qingxi.

Jian Xi couldn't help but say, "Children are all like this. If the princess really likes the child, she can just give birth to one herself."

Tao Le handed the child over and smelled a very light fragrance, which he thought was the scent of Zhang Cen'er. Knowing that the two had something to discuss, he took the child and left.

Inside the master's mansion, Jian Xi has a separate courtyard so that she can look after Gao Qingxi from time to time.

Tao Lejiao carried Gao Qingxi to the courtyard, where the servants were in chaos.

Zi Cui looked at the little baby in Tao Lejiao's arms, her eyes shining, "Miss!"

The people who were searching everywhere stopped what they were doing and gathered around.

Gao Qingxi was holding a hairpin in her hand, not knowing what had happened. When she saw someone familiar, she smiled in a good mood: "Zicui, sister."

Zi Cui was really angry and wanted to laugh at the same time. She sighed, bowed, and then took the baby from Tao Lejiao's hand, "Thank you, Mr. Tao."

Tao Lejiao pursed his lips and said, "You should be more careful next time. There are so many of you that you can't even keep an eye on a little kid."

"Second Master, please forgive me." Although Zi Cui didn't know how Gao Qingxi sneaked out, it was their fault that they lost her, so she naturally didn't dare to deny it.

Tao Lejiao looked at Gao Qingxi's hazy eyes and slowed down his voice, "Qingxi is sleepy, carry her to sleep for a while."

"Yes."

There was a noisy sound coming from the yard next to him. Tao Lejiao frowned and asked, "What's that sound?"

A servant in the courtyard replied, "Second Master, those are the princess's attendants. Lady Qi Si has placed them in the other garden."

Tao Lejiao was very displeased when he heard those people chanting and singing. "Since we are here as outsiders, you must serve us carefully. My sister has no time to take care of you. If I find out that you dare to treat my Qingxi badly again, I will definitely make you pay."

Tao Lejiao changed his gentle and kind tone towards Gao Qingxi. The young man spoke in a low voice, with the same coldness and ruthlessness as Jian Xi.

"Yes." Everyone's heart trembled.

Tao Lejiao is Jian Xi's biological brother and Gao Qingxi's biological uncle. It is said that he is a very ruthless person. If you fall into his hands, you will be skinned alive if you don't die.

Seeing that everyone was afraid, Tao Lejiao left, secretly thinking that he must find an opportunity to talk to Jian Xi and give the people in the courtyard a good beating.

Passing by the villa nearby, I unexpectedly saw that it was full of men in the same clothes. Some were drawing their eyebrows in front of the mirror, some were playing the flute or the piano, and some were practicing swordplay. However, the sword moves looked awkward, their lower body was unstable and there was no murderous aura at all.

Tao Lejiao couldn't help but shudder. These people looked like people from a brothel. Could they be the princess's male favorites?

Thinking of the pretty lady I just saw, she didn't look like someone who likes this.

But wasn't his elder brother a decent person before? Who knew he could do such a thing behind the scenes? Who can be sure of such things?

In the study room.

Zhang Cen'er sneezed twice in a row.

"Who's talking about me?"

Jian Xi was sorting the letters on the table. When she heard this, she looked up and said, "It seems that my stay in Zhongyuan was not in vain. You have learned all these essences."

Zhang Cen'er raised her little face, "That's right."

"I came here this time to see you and to give you some news."

Seeing Zhang Cen'er's serious face, Jian Xi couldn't help but be curious, "What's the matter?"

"It's about the imperial capital. Zhang Lan'er has hooked up with the high priest. The Ruan family is powerful, and my mother wants me to win over other forces as backing. Although the Qi family is loyal, if they want to gain power, they have no money to support them. So my mother gave Xuancheng to the Li family behind my father. Recently, a spy reported that the Ruan family is secretly in contact with people from the White Tiger Dynasty."

Jian Xi placed her hands on the table and tapped them gently, "The empress wants to pass the throne to you?"

Zhang Cen'er nodded. There was nothing to hide about this matter. Since she returned to the imperial capital, Zhang Qiao's attitude had been very clear. "She gave me a team of royal secret guards. Ruan Chizheng had a big fight with the queen mother after knowing this. Prime Minister Ruan intended to suppress the power of my men. Xuancheng already has a lot of Ruan family spies. Before I came, Ruan Zhiyin sent his two grandsons, Ruan Feibai and Ruan Yuquan, to Saibei to be your adjutants."

Jian Xi tilted her head, "Here I am? Saibei is so far away from the imperial capital, isn't he afraid that his two grandsons will be killed by me?"

Zhang Cen'er sneered, "He doesn't think you have the guts. Besides, he has many grandchildren. If they really have any mishaps in Saibei, they can report you. After you are transferred back to the imperial capital, it will be their territory. It will be easy to control you then. I don't have many people under me. Although I have been in contact with you through letters for the past two years, few people know about it. It must be the idea of ​​the high priest."

Speaking of the high priest, Zhang Cen'er gnashed his teeth.

Jian Xi had only seen Wu Zhan twice, so she didn't know him very well. "Isn't it said that the Wu clan is the most fair?"

"You believe this, my eldest sister even slept with someone else. Family members will naturally favor family members."

"But I remember that she seemed to be married."

"It's normal for a noblewoman to have three husbands and four servants. Don't you feel that after drinking the pills I gave you, your physique is slowly getting stronger?"

Zhang Cen'er looked Jian Xi up and down, and was very satisfied to see that there was a healthy blush on her face, unlike the sickly look she had when she met her in Xuanyuan Dynasty.

Jian Xi felt that Zhang Cen'er's gaze was very strange, but she didn't think much of it since they were all women. "Come to think of it, I haven't thanked you yet. You were hungry again three days after giving birth. I would never have believed it before."

"Then you should thank Wu Zu."