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"What are you thinking, Your Majesty? How could it be that you—"

Wang Xuyi was so anxious that he turned around and looked at Wang Ji who was sitting at the table reading a book leisurely. He became even more anxious: "Aren't you anxious?"

"What's there to rush about?" Wang Ji supported his chin, raised his eyelids, scanned the book ten lines at a time, and slowly turned the pages.

"It's very likely that someone instigated this!" Wang Xuyi stamped his feet and said angrily, "Three days have passed and there is still no movement. It must be that the head of the Bai family said something to Your Majesty again... I'll go and pay my respects to Your Majesty--"

"Come on, collect your vigorous energy." Wang Ji threw the book casually. The book landed precisely on Wang Xuyi's head.

"Things here are a bit complicated, so you don't need to get involved." Wang Ji slowly stood up and chuckled, "Besides, His Majesty has already issued an order, and we, as ministers, must believe in His Majesty's ability. Besides, we can relax for a few days, how nice -"

"...Don't be so stubborn, you are really sad, right?" Wang Xuyi said worriedly, "Mingming..."

"That's enough." Wang Ji patted his head and said with a smile, "Go play somewhere else."

Wang Xuyi: …

Wang Xuyi wanted to say something more, but seeing Wang Ji's expression, he had to shut up and say goodbye.

Watching Wang Xuyi leave, the smile on Wang Ji's face disappeared. He looked expressionlessly at the withered branches in front of the door. After looking for a while, he slowly turned his head.

"What about feeling sad?"

There was a hint of weirdness in the young man's clear voice. Turning his head, he saw a long-haired young man in a green shirt walking slowly towards him with a medical box.

"No." Wang Ji smiled slightly, watching him skillfully open the medical box, take out a pottery jar from it, and dip the silver needle in it.

"Take it." Hua Wujian threw him a bottle of pills and dipped a row of silver needles into each one. "Did she look for you?"

"No." Wang Ji let him insert a finger-long silver needle into his body. He felt a slight pain and soreness, but his face did not show it at all.

"Aren't you in a hurry?"

"There's no need to rush." ​​Wang Ji laughed, seeming to be very open-minded.

"People outside are talking about it. They say she might use this opportunity to deal with you..." Hua Wujian said meaningfully.

"...Aren't you from her side?" Wang Ji raised his eyebrows.

"Of course not." Hua Wujian sneered, "Why would a Xingchen person like me stand on your Yuhua side?"

Wang Ji seemed bored, so he lowered his eyes and said nothing more.

royal palace.

"Is this your conclusion?"

Nangong Huaxue put down the report in his hand and looked at Xu Jingheng.

"Yes." Xu Jingheng lowered his head slightly, neither humble nor arrogant, "According to the investigation, the assassins did come into contact with Wang Ji, or to put it another way... they came into contact with someone who looked like Wang Ji."

"You have also seen their memories, so... I would like to get Wang Ji's cooperation."

"Okay." Nangong Huaxue lowered his eyes. "When we meet again, I hope you can hand the results to me."

"I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust." Xu Jingheng knelt on one knee and replied.

Nangong Huaxue waved her hand and let him go.

"Can you guess who did it?"

After putting away the needle, Hua Wujian looked at the silent man next to him.

"Of course anyone can guess." Wang Ji held his forehead and tugged at his messy robe, a little helpless, "Are you interested in these?"

"No." Hua Wujian packed up his things and prepared to leave. "I just want to watch the fun."

Wang Ji: …

Hua Wujian had just left when someone else came to visit.

But the visitors did not go through the main entrance.

The shadow silently climbed up the wall, grabbed the person's legs, and tried to pull him down, but changed his mind halfway and let him fall.

Nangong Huaxue was unexpectedly dragged down and fell into a slightly cool embrace.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

Wang Ji raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a hint of joking.

Nangong Huaxue was stunned, and suddenly realized that his clothes were disheveled, with his neck and shoulders half exposed, which made him look inexplicably sexy.

"...I came to see if you have been staying at home well." Nangong Huaxue blinked, coughed, turned her eyes away, and broke free from the embrace.

"How dare I resist an order given personally by Your Majesty?" Wang Ji laughed.

"You do appear in the memories of those people." Nangong Huaxue didn't want to tease him, so she went straight to the point, "Xu Jingheng will come to find you."

"Oh?" Wang Ji raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Why, are you scared?" Nangong Huaxue smiled playfully.

Wang Ji lowered his eyes and looked at the emperor who was obviously more cheerful and relaxed than before. His eyes darkened: "How could it be?"

"Xu Jingheng is still relieved."

"Then cooperate well." Nangong Huaxue patted his shoulder, "Although you are grounded, I am not."

Wang Ji found it a little funny and stroked her hair gently.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the clothes fluttered slightly.

"Are you sure you want to leave?"

Mo Hanyu stood at the door, watching Qin Xiao packing up his things in the house.

"Why stay here if you don't want to leave?" Qin Xiao wondered.

"What do you think?" Mo Hanyu was annoyed. He didn't believe that Qin Xiao didn't know anything about such a big thing.

"Oh, you mean that?" Qin Xiao thought for a moment, "That's not a big deal. I've asked her about it. We don't need to worry about it."

Thinking of this, Qin Xiao glanced at Qiongqi who knew nothing, and remembered what Qingyi had said to him.

"I told you, call Mang Ling out, or call Ji Meng, and beat those two up, and they will volunteer to donate blood."

When Qingyi said this, it seemed like it was natural and right.

“…Qiongqi.”

"Hmm?" Qiongqi was lying on the bed carelessly, and when he heard Qin Xiao calling him, he slowly shifted his gaze away.

"It's just... I want some of your blood, okay?" Qin Xiao was still kind after all, and decided to see Qiongqi's attitude first.

"Ah? Why do you want my blood?" Qiongqi was puzzled.

"Save someone."

"Save someone? Who?"

“…I can’t say that.”

Qiongqi sneered, tilted his head and thought for a long time: "Why don't you go find Taotie?"

Qin Xiao's expression remained unchanged: "He will look for it later."

Qiongqi:......

Qiongqi crossed his arms and thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay, it's just a little blood anyway, it's not a rare thing."

"…Thank you very much."

"...Tsk."

Qingyi crossed her arms and stared at Qin Xiao with a complicated expression: "Are you coming over just like that?"

"...Yes." Qin Xiao handed him the blood he had taken out. "Is this enough?"

"Not enough." Hua Wujian glanced and said, "I plan to have a blood transfusion."

"What do you mean?"

"Just replace all the blood in that person's body." Hua Wujian rolled his eyes, "Don't worry, that little bit of blood is nothing to them."

Qin Xiao nodded thoughtfully.

"That little girl, has she ever seen a phoenix?" Hua Wujian suddenly asked this out of the blue.

"Probably not. She didn't mention it to me. What's wrong?"

"Do you know what happened a few days ago?" Hua Wujian glanced at him.

"know."

"She should have transformed her bloodline." Hua Wujian recalled the scene at that time and said with certainty, "She has the aura of the Phoenix Clan."

Qin Xiao paused, his eyes changed slightly: "Are you sure?"

"Yeah." Hua Wujian nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, the golden color of her eyes at that time was also related to this."

Qin Xiao frowned slightly and said nothing.

As the competition came to an end, although the assassination of Nangong Huaxue caused a huge uproar, it had no impact on the Qin and Mo families, and they left after a few days.

Before leaving, Pei Zhixing found Qin Xiao and gave him a communication ring.

"If you change your mind one day, you can use this to contact me." Pei Zhixing looked at him with a complicated expression, "Of course... you can also use this if you run into trouble."

In fact, Qin Xiao didn't want it. He now had too many rings to wear on all ten fingers.

But he looked at Pei Zhixing and nodded.

Qiongqi said goodbye to him on the way, but Qin Xiao had already noticed it, so he did not try to stop him. When Qin Xiao returned to Rongcheng, the emperor's assassination had been investigated and settled.

The specific situation was not made public, but it was confirmed that it had nothing to do with Wang Ji. It was said that the Bai family wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get a piece of Wang Ji's flesh, but unfortunately they failed.

Qiu Puryue had been staying in the arranged house since that day, and only left with Yin Xihui when he was about to leave.

Qin Xiao later heard Nangong Huaxue say that he suspected the assassins were hired by Yu Qingling, but he had no evidence, either in terms of memory or traces of contact with the employer.

Fortunately, there were no casualties in this incident, so it was not a big deal. Nangong Huaxue asked him to focus more on himself and think about how to enroll in school in two years.

Qin Xiao didn't listen to what was said afterwards and just brushed it off.

Qin Xiuyun seemed to realize that he was in contact with some members of Luo Yun's family, but he didn't think too much about it and didn't investigate further after giving a few instructions.

There are many forces paying attention to this incident, especially the royal families of other countries and some sects.

"Sect Master, what do you think?"

In the solemn and dignified hall, a handsome young man in white put down the light screen in his hand and looked at the speaker.

"The Emperor of Yuhua... is interesting."

"This time it was beyond everyone's expectations."

The young man raised the corners of his lips, looking quite gentle and elegant, and his thin lenses flashed a bright light.

"Indeed, I thought it was just a puppet before, but I didn't expect..."

"Based on the aura she exuded that day, it is certain that she has reached the Sky Realm." The young man spoke slowly, glancing at the disciples below, thinking of something, and chuckled, "It seems... the situation is about to change again."

"But is this not good for our Qin Sect?" The disciples were worried. "In the past two years, the number of Qi cultivators who have become Yuhua's disciples has obviously decreased."

"Then do you have any good ideas?" Qin Sect's leader Lan Xinci looked at him.

"No, I..."

Lan Xinci looked at the hesitant man and shook his head.

"Master, Madam and Young Miss are arguing again."

Lan Xinci frowned slightly when he heard this, seeming a little annoyed.

"Because of what?"

"It's still because of... Miss Shao."

Lan Xinci took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and said softly, "I understand. Let's go down first."

"Yes……"

Time flies, and it's New Year in the blink of an eye. Qin Xiao looked at the strings of lanterns hanging on the tree, feeling a little dazed.

Another year has passed so quickly...

Qin Xiao sat on the tree, looking at the adults busying about below. He tilted his head as if thinking about something, then simply leaned back and lay on the tree trunk, looking at the bright moon in the sky.

After returning home, Qin Jinyi seemed to be obsessed with him, waiting at his door before dawn every morning, waiting for him to get up and run. Qin Xiao was a little surprised at first how he knew, but after asking carefully, he realized that he still remembered the morning when he was six years old.

Qin Jinyi has obviously changed a lot from before. At least he no longer looks tired when he wakes up in the morning.

Occasionally, Qin Jichen would ask him to compete with him, and Qin Xiao had no objection. But after each fight, Qin Jichen would pull him aside to talk about this and that like a martial arts fanatic, and ask him about his various techniques and physical skills.

Qin Xiao felt tired, but he cooperated and answered him.

Looking back on this year, a lot of things happened and I met many people, although Qin Xiao has almost forgotten them all.

The ring made a sound, and Qin Xiao answered it without even looking at it. Nangong Huaxue's voice came from the other end.

"Has the stuff I sent you arrived?"

Qin Xiao was stunned: "What is it?"

"Nothing much, just some fruits." Nangong Huaxue seemed to be eating something, and her words were a little unclear. "These are some rare and precious fruits that were tributed by various places in Yuhua and the surrounding small countries. I'm sending some to you."

"...Oh, okay." Qin Xiao nodded, then remembered that she couldn't see the scene here, so he asked, "How are you and Wang Ji?"

"What else can we do? Just let it be." Although she said that, her tone was still quite cheerful, and she chuckled twice, "Qingyi said that it was successful, but we just need to take good care of it for two years and not do anything casually... Anyway, it's no big deal. What about you?"

"Me? Everything is fine." Qin Xiao looked at Mingyue and laughed, "My family is preparing for the New Year."

"Well... that's great. Wang Ji is here. Let's not talk about it for now. Bye." Nangong Huaxue smiled, "Happy New Year."

"……hapiness."

Qin Xiao replied, hung up the phone, and put the ring away.

"Third brother? Get down here!"

Before he could continue to be dazed, Qin Jinyi's roar suddenly came from below.

Qin Xiao suddenly felt a little nostalgic. It had been a long time since he heard him roar like that.

"Come down! It's time to eat." Qin Jinyi put his hands on his waist. Qin Xiao grabbed his ears as soon as he jumped down.

"Why are you climbing up and down when there's nothing going on..."

"It hurts, it hurts--" Qin Xiao struggled, "Let go."

Qin Jinyi snorted and laughed, then let go of his hand: "I haven't seen you for a few years, how about having a good time this year?"

Qin Xiao paused, hearing something strange in his words, and looked sideways: "What's good or bad about it..."

Before he finished speaking, a large hand landed on his head, and the warm palm gently stroked his hair.

"Let's go, Jiuyuan can't wait any longer." Qin Jichen rubbed his head and smiled.

"……Um."

"What are you thinking about?"

Wang Ji saw that the person in his arms seemed a little absent-minded and asked.

"Well... I was thinking about some old things." Nangong Huaxue held his chin, looked up at the moon and blinked.

Wang Ji recalled her experience, his eyes darkened, and he stroked her soft palm.

Nangong Huaxue sensed his comfort and couldn't help but smile: "You're not thinking about me."

"Is that an owl?" Wang Ji mentioned this with some complexity.

Sure enough, it still feels a bit unpalatable.

Wang Ji looked at her and thought.

“Yes…” Nangong Huaxue leaned back and leaned into his arms, “Back then, he held my hand and had a meal at his biological father’s home…”

"Then he came out and started crying." Nangong Huaxue frowned slightly, "I couldn't understand his feelings at the time... Actually, I probably still don't fully understand it now."

"Qin Xiuyun would be a qualified father." Wang Ji looked at her, "I have met him before, but unfortunately he forgot about me."

"Oh?"

"I was probably in my early teens at the time, and had just become the head of the family. I went to Rongcheng..."

Wang Ji recalled the past and his brows moved slightly.

He had forgotten what the purpose was, he only remembered that it was a festival, and he was standing on a bridge with dim lights and crowded people, looking at the crowd in confusion, the bleak wind blowing into his clothes, making him so cold that he wanted to curl up into a ball.

There he met Qin Xiuyun and his wife. At that time, his clothes were thin and stained with many stains, and even he himself was a little disgusted.

But they didn't mind and came over to ask him if he needed help. They were not embarrassed when they got a negative answer and even gave him some money.

The money was nothing to him, what he cared about was the relationship between the two families. That kind of warmth and tenderness was something he had never experienced before.

He watched them go away, and his heart felt as if something was missing, making it feel sore and uncomfortable.

He should be envious.

Wang Ji lowered his eyes and unconsciously rubbed the soft skin in his hands.

Nangong Huaxue looked at him and slowly clenched her hands.

Wang Ji suddenly woke up, and faced Nangong Huaxue's slightly worried expression, and smiled slightly: "According to my observation, he loves his children, Your Majesty, don't worry."

"...I'm not worried." Nangong Huaxue looked at him, "I just feel a little emotional."

"Oh?"

Nangong Huaxue slowly moved closer, hooked her arms around his neck, asked him to lower his head, and leaned forward, her soft lips slightly pressed against his: "It's all in the past."

Wang Ji was slightly startled, smiled, stroked her chin, and lowered his head to deepen the kiss.

"yes……"