Reincarnated as the daughter of my mortal enemy, all I want is to ascend the throne.

Li Qingyan sat on a small stool in the Misty Courtyard, resting her chin on her hand.

The pink cape had a fluffy collar, and the little face, surrounded by fur, looked round and puffy.

This medicine never entered the palace; the person who administered it obtained it on the way to the imperial tombs.

There were many people and a lot of people around at that time, so it was really impossible to determine who did it.

She looked at the list one by one. Although the second princess had clashed with her before, she had never gotten close to her.

Empress Liu Yao lacked both the courage and the connections.

Although Consort Han had been close to her recently, she was taking medicine, one of the ingredients of which was incompatible with the medicine that had startled the horse; contact with it would inevitably result in poisoning. Yet Consort Han was completely unharmed…

Only the eldest prince, the second prince, and Consort Liu remained.

Li Qingyan narrowed her eyes, deciding she still needed to test the waters.

But as soon as she stepped out, Yan Xu picked her up and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty is taking you out."

Li Qingyan looked puzzled. "Where to?"

Yan Xu didn't answer, but simply wrapped her cloak tighter and casually stuffed a hot water bottle into her arms to keep her warm.

From a distance, however, it looked like Yan Xu was holding a pink ball.

The carriage was waiting not far outside the palace. Yan Xu helped her into the carriage before sitting on the carriage shaft.

Today, only Li Qingyan, Li Yan, and Yan Xu are going out.

This small blue carriage looks simple, but its interior is surprisingly spacious.

Everything around her was wrapped in mink fur, making it completely airtight. As soon as Li Qingyan entered, she felt exceptionally warm.

Li Yan was dressed in a white robe with a fluffy cloak over it, exactly the same as Li Qingyan's, except that it was white. A blue hair ribbon hung down from his head, making him look like a rich young master.

Li Qingyan sat cross-legged on the mink-covered floor, arms crossed. "Li Yan, I have things to do. Why did you bring me out here?"

She was drugged and nearly died; if she doesn't avenge this, she'll write her name backwards.

Seeing her puffed-up cheeks, Li Yan raised an eyebrow. 'This vengeful little brat, she's probably just angry because she hasn't gotten her revenge yet.'

"Why don't you want bodyguards anymore?"

Li Yan leaned against the carriage wall, holding a hot water bottle in her arms, looking rather languid.

Li Qingyan's eyes lit up immediately when she heard that she was going to choose bodyguards. "Dad~ how many people can I choose?"

Upon hearing Li Qingyan change her form of address, Li Yan almost laughed in anger. "That bastard's fawning manner has none of my dignity."

Li Yan waved to her.

Li Qingyan leaned closer, puzzled. "What's wrong?"

As she approached Li Yan and placed her hand under her neck, Li Qingyan shuddered from the cold. "Li Yan!!! You bad person!"

Li Yan's slender fingers rested on Li Qingyan's forehead.

Li Qingyan's short arms couldn't touch Li Yan at all; she flailed her arms and legs, looking like a crazy little rabbit.

Seeing that she couldn't touch him, Li Yan chuckled softly.

The little brat is just an angry little ball of flesh.

Seeing him laughing happily, Li Qingyan snorted.

"Old Deng actually tricked me! Did he throw my paint away?"

This paint can remain on a person's face for up to three days, and it cannot be washed off no matter how much you wash it.

Feicha, who was cracking sunflower seeds, spat out a mouthful of sunflower seed shells before answering.

[Host, let's leave the stuff where it's useful, okay?]

Besides... Li Yan is the emperor... if he doesn't attend court for three days, people might mistakenly think something has happened...

Oh, and...

Listening to Fei Cha's incessant chatter, Li Qingyan rubbed her face. "Stingy Fei Cha."

All this talk is just to prevent her from spending points, isn't it?

Li Qingyan stuck out her buttocks, grabbed Li Yan's hand with one hand, and bit his hand with a "whoosh".

Before Li Yan could react, Li Qingyan rushed out, lifted Yan Xu's cloak, and climbed into his arms.

Li Yan looked at the small teeth marks on the back of her hand and chuckled, deliberately exclaiming, "You little brat!!! Are you a dog?"

Hiding in Yan Xu's arms, Li Qingyan smiled smugly when she heard his roar.

Yan Xu held her in one arm and controlled the carriage with the other. "What is Your Highness doing?"

Li Qingyan sat in his lap as he drove the carriage, and said with a straight face, "Li Yan bullied people, so I bit him."

Yan Xu was taken aback. "What exactly did Yan Li teach?"

Yan Xu's cloak had a layer of rabbit fur inside, which was very windproof. Li Qingyan's small face was pressed against the fur, with only her two eyes showing as she looked ahead.

"Yan Xu is much better; that bastard Li Yan only knows how to bully people."

Li Qingyan pouted, looking unconvinced; she still couldn't beat Li Yan.

"When Li Yan gets old, I'll kick his cane every day."

【…】

Fei Cha shook his head, somewhat worried about Li Yan's life in her old age, having such a filial child...

[Tsk tsk]

Yan Xu's ears twitched, and he said in a gentle voice, "Your Highness, hold me tight."

Li Qingyan instinctively hugged Yan Xu tightly.

Suddenly, Yan Xu leaped onto the top of the carriage and drew a soft sword from his waist.

It was cut down after only a few arrows flew by.

Yan Xu's eyes were icy cold. "A bunch of rats."

Li Qingyan peeked through the gap in her cloak and saw a group of people descending from the sky, their expressions menacing. Yan Xu patted her on the shoulder, "Your Highness, don't be afraid."

Li Qingyan hugged Yan Xu's neck tightly.

She didn't even see how Yan Xu made his move; she only saw those people clutching their necks as they fell off the roof of the car.

"The banquet setup is amazing."

Yan Xu carried her onto the carriage shaft, sheathed his soft sword, and calmly drove the carriage as if there had never been an assassination attempt.

The carriage drove further and further away, while five or six men in black lay in the snow, the snow beneath them stained red.

"Yan Xu, you're amazing." Li Qingyan poked her head out, her eyes full of admiration.

Yan Xu patted her fluffy head, "Your Highness can be just as amazing in the future."

Li Yan, inside the carriage, shook her head upon hearing this; it was just the kind of talk used to coax a child.

Nowadays, you can count the number of people in the world who can hurt Yan Xu on one hand. To catch up with a martial arts genius would probably require being reincarnated faster.

His little brat can only be said to have good aptitude and be suitable for learning martial arts, but compared to someone like Yan Xu who can be called a genius, he is far inferior, not even close to Sun Wukong's somersault cloud.

Li Yan squinted his eyes lazily, completely at ease knowing that Li Qingyan was with Yan Xu.

The carriage traveled further and further into remote areas until it entered a mountain cave.

Yan Xu let out a few bird calls. Li Qingyan had heard Hong Yu and his men use this sound in the seven southern counties; it was the language used by Li Yan's assassins.

"He even knows how to do banquets? I want to learn too! Old Deng said he'd have Hongyu teach me, what a big liar."

Li Qingyan's face grew increasingly contorted. Luckily, it was Yan Xu holding her; if it had been Li Yan, she would likely have been bitten again without any explanation.

After a few sounds, the stone wall in front of them shook violently. Li Qingyan was so startled that she burrowed into Yan Xu's arms.

The fluffy head nestled in Yan Xu's arms.

"Your Highness, don't be afraid."

A path opened up in the stone wall, and the carriage followed it, its view becoming brighter.

Li Qingyan saw a bald head pop out, like a little rascal who had come out to observe the surroundings after realizing it was safe.

Before my eyes, I saw men and women, all dressed in dark brown, practicing martial arts in the snow. Their moves were not for aesthetics, but for killing. In the very center, a woman with her hair tied up with a dark green ribbon bent a tree trunk as thick as a bowl in front of her with a single punch.

"That's amazing."

Li Qingyan climbed down from Yan Xu's arms and ran into the crowd with her little legs kicking.

Yan Xu tried to stop her, but Li Yan stopped him.

"From now on, these people will be her subordinates."

If the master is timid, how can he control these capable people?

Most children would run far away from people wielding weapons, but Li Qingyan's eyes were filled with excitement.

"These people must be highly skilled killers."

[Host...]

Flying Fork didn't know how to persuade its host. Why was its host always thinking about killing people? Flying Fork stared at the screen in front of it and finally fixed its gaze on Li Yan.

[It's all this guy's genes that's affecting the host's mind, ugh!!! So annoying...]

The flying fork shut down communication with Li Qingyan and rolled around in the system space. What if its host was corrupted?