Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

Su Luoxue continued knitting the scarf, her hands were very deft and pleasing to the eye, while she also spoke without interruption: "I always feel that... seeing Ji Xian wearing something she has knitted will make me very happy."

"........"

Su Luohua was speechless again. This time she really didn't know what to say.

After a long while, Su Luohua suddenly blurted out, "Do you think I should discuss this with my brother?"

Su Luoxue's hands that were knitting the scarf did not stop until then, and her ice-blue eyes looked at her sister.

General Yin Long only has two daughters, Su Luohua and Su Luoxue, and no sons, and there is only one person who can be called brother by these two sisters.

The Su sisters’ cousin, Ji Xian’s father, the retired emperor Ji Xingyu!

Su Luoxue knew what her sister meant, but still asked, "What did you say to your cousin?"

"What do you say?"

Su Luohua pushed the question back. She didn't believe that her sister, who was so smart, would not think of it.

This time it was Su Luoxue's turn to be silent. She lowered her head and looked very shy.

My sister wants to talk to my cousin, Ji Xian’s father, about something. What else can they talk about?

When she thought of this step, Su Luoxue felt a little shy and didn't know what to do.

Su Luohua also knew that this matter was troublesome. You know, although Ji Xian and Luoxue were of similar age, they were cousin and nephew.

If it were a country from previous dynasties, perhaps this kind of relationship would have existed. However, the style of the Great Zhou Dynasty has always been upright and pure, so it would not be so easy for these two people to get along.

But when Su Luohua saw her sister being so infatuated with love, she felt that she had to talk about it.

3.17 The Emperor and the Little Aunt are both thinking about each other

"Hmm, not bad, not bad. This is indeed silver flower fish cake. It's been so long since I've eaten it."

In the yard, the old man was eating the silver flower fish cake made by Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu with a satisfied look on his face, looking very happy and satisfied.

Ji Xian waited until he finished eating a piece before asking, "Old man, did you forget something?"

Ji Xian was hinting to the old man to take out the token quickly.

The old man obviously understood, smiled and took out two gold and white tokens from his sleeves. There was a gold character engraved on each of them, and a sky character engraved on the back.

Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu quickly took the token and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the old man was not playing tricks on them. Asking them to collect various materials was really a test for the Tianji Pavilion, otherwise this day would have been in vain.

The requirement for the recruitment trial is to obtain two tokens. Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu have completed half of their task.

"Then take your time eating, old man. We will leave first."

Ji Xian said this, then turned around and prepared to leave with Ye Mingqiu.

But the old man called out to the two of them.

"Two young men, wait a moment."

"What? Is there anything else?" Ji Xian turned to look at him: "Old man, you don't have any tokens on you, and you plan to give them to us so that we can pass the recruitment process directly, right?"

"You're dreaming, brat." The old man looked at Ji Xian with disdain, then said, "I want to tell you that if you want to go to other islands to pass the trial, it's best to go to the northwest islands. There you can see the volcanic island."

"Volcano Island, is it easier to get the token on that island?"

"Don't ask, I don't know either."

Faced with Ji Xian's question, the old man started to pretend to be confused, and his pretense was particularly fake.

At this time, Ye Mingqiu also leaned close to Ji Xian's ear and whispered, "This may be the intention of Tianji Pavilion."

Ji Xian also realized it, but felt very uncomfortable: "Is Tianji Pavilion targeting you and me?"

"I don't know, but let's just do it first and see what happens."

"Okay, that's it."

Ji Xian felt it was very troublesome.

This time he came to Tianji Pavilion to learn the art of astrology. For this purpose, he specially brought a treasure that could conceal the secrets of heaven. He pretended to be a pig and eat a tiger to hide his strength all the way, but he didn't expect that he was still targeted by Tianji Pavilion.

I really don’t know why Tianji Pavilion suddenly stared at us. Don’t they have anything to do after eating?

Forget it, don’t think too much about it. Maybe other people who have completed the trial on Jinhua Island will be told this and then go to the volcanic island.

Ji Xian eventually left the yard with Ye Mingqiu, but they weren't in a rush to go to the volcanic island. It was getting late, so it would be best to leave tomorrow morning and spend the night here.

Because this is within the East China Sea Islands and is under the jurisdiction of Tianji Pavilion, although the town is not small, there is no such thing as an inn, so the two of them ended up renting a homestay.

Each of them had a room, and the two people who had been working together finally had their own private space for a while.

In Ji Xian's room, he ate some food and washed his face with hot water. After washing his face, he walked to the window and looked up at the moon, gazing at the bright and clear moon in the sky.

I don’t know what Luoxue is doing now?

Isn't she also looking at the moon, and thinking of me?

Only when Ji Xian was alone did she dare to miss Su Luoxue wholeheartedly and show her longing for him on her face instead of hiding it in her heart.

.......

Meanwhile, Su Luoxue was knitting a scarf in the upper room of the inn in Qingzhou Bingshan City. Her hands were very skillful and her speed was very fast. In just a short while, she had already knitted a third of the scarf.

Su Luohua was sitting on a chair opposite the bed, still drinking and entertaining herself.

At this moment, a strong wind blew the window open, and the icy wind swept into the room, blowing out the candle flame. However, the moonlight outside also shone in, so the room was not particularly dark.

Su Luohua frowned and said in a disappointed tone, "Why is it so windy again?"

She stood up and prepared to close the window. However, Su Luoxue stood up first and walked to the window to close it.

But when she looked up at the moon, she found that it was snowing heavily in the sky. A large amount of snow fell, filling the town with a vast expanse of white snow.

This made Su Luoxue think of October ago, probably during the Chinese New Year.

It was snowing heavily in Chang'an at that time, but because it was the Spring Festival, the whole Chang'an was filled with joy and laughter, and the sound of firecrackers and fireworks continued all night long.

However, compared to most people in the city, Ji Xian was lying in her bedroom with a decadent look on her face, looking as if she had lost all desire to live.

During the Spring Festival, most people had holidays, but he, the emperor, had to work overtime to review memorials.

Looking at the mountain of memorials on the table, Ji Xian felt that she would have no chance of sleeping tonight.

"Help, someone please save me..."

Ji Xian spoke weakly, as if she would faint at any moment.

But at this moment, the door of his dormitory was pushed open, and the wind, snow and moonlight came into the room at the same time. Ji Xian didn't even look at it, and her face was still lying on the table.

He didn't need to listen or see. Who else could dare to enter his room without knocking except Luoxue?

At this time, Su Luoxue walked to his table and placed a bowl of steaming dumplings next to it.

Ji Xian smelled the fragrance and glanced at it: "This is..."

Su Luoxue smiled and said, "You're busy tonight. I'm afraid you're hungry, so I'll make you some midnight snack."

"Aunt, you...are my God!"

Ji Xian was so moved that she almost cried, and was about to rush over to hug Su Luoxue.

But Su Luoxue coldly pushed Ji Xian away, still pushing her face with her hand: "Don't touch me, and don't call me aunt."

"But I call your sister Aunt."

"That's my sister, not me."

"Oh."

"You can eat first. I have prepared the vinegar and other ingredients for you."

So Ji Xian started eating dumplings with big mouthfuls, looking very happy.

Su Luoxue picked up some memorials on Ji Xian's desk and looked at them casually. After a while, Su Luoxue glanced at Ji Xian and said, "Hey, why did you allocate so much money to Yanzhou and Hexian for disaster relief?"

In the entire court, the only person who dared to call Ji Xian "Hey" and scold him was Su Luoxue.

Ji Xian ate while speaking, her speech a little unclear: "Ah, isn't there a locust plague over there and the people can't eat? Let's allocate more money to improve their lives."

"That's not how the money in the treasury is used..."

Su Luoxue sighed, and then changed the amount of disaster relief funds herself.

As long as there was enough money, it would be fine. Even if something unexpected happened, the frontline personnel could cover the cost themselves and then seek reimbursement from the court. Any rash increase or decrease in the amount could cause a serious gap between the rich and the poor in the local population, leading to unrest.

Seeing Su Luoxue revising the memorials herself, Ji Xian shamelessly said, "Why don't you just review these memorials for me?"

A cold light suddenly flashed in the corners of Su Luoxue's eyes, and her whole body was filled with murderous intent.

Ji Xian was scared and lowered her head to eat.

Su Luoxue finally sighed and asked him.

"Anything else to eat?"

"Ah, are there any mooncakes?"

"No, it's not Mid-Autumn Festival now."

"Luoxue, can you do it?"

"Yes, wait."

Then, Su Luoxue came over with mooncakes. Ji Xian had already finished eating dumplings and started reviewing memorials again. He ate while reviewing and even asked Luoxue to feed him.

"You're already so old, and you still need me to feed you."

As Su Luoxue said this, she picked up the mooncake and handed it to Ji Xian's mouth.

"Ah, what does it matter?" Ji Xian said contentedly, "Remember to prepare dumplings and mooncakes for me next Spring Festival."

"Row."

.......

Su Luoxue looked at the moonlight and falling snow outside the window. Although it was not the Spring Festival yet, the scene was so similar to that time.

Next year's Spring Festival is just a few months away.

At that time, will I still be able to eat dumplings and mooncakes with Ji Xian?

3.18 His Majesty the Emperor: Holy crap, this sword has become a spirit!?

Early the next morning, Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu arrived at the northwest of Jinhua Island and set off again on a simple raft to the volcanic island mentioned by the old man, preparing to obtain the second token to complete the trial.

Among the five islands in the East China Sea under the jurisdiction of Tianji Pavilion, Volcano Island is a relatively special one.

A typical volcanic island is formed by the accumulation of lava and volcanic ash produced by volcanic eruptions. But this volcanic island is different. It is really called a volcanic island.

The reason is that there is a huge volcano on this island!

Before reaching the island, Ji Xian saw the tall and majestic volcano from a distance. His extremely sharp perception could even sense the gradually rising temperature.

My goodness, such a small island has such a big volcano, it's really spectacular. Ji Xian's eyes were shining, and she looked very excited.

The reason was that this was his first time seeing a volcano and he was very excited.

When Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu arrived at the volcanic island, they found a number of boats on the coast. Many participants in the Tianzhao New Trial had probably already landed on the island. It wasn't like everyone had to land on Jinhua Island first; they could choose any of the five islands.

As soon as she landed on the island, Ji Xian felt the scorching heat, which was completely out of season, and was accompanied by a strong and intense fluctuation of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy fluctuations were numerous and chaotic, some coming from humans, some from nature, and some from strange beasts.

Are there really strange beasts on this island? Are they artificially raised by the Tianji Pavilion?

Ji Xian was guessing, but he couldn't tell Ye Mingqiu these questions, otherwise he would expose his extraordinary perception, and then more things might be exposed.

"Let's first find out how to get the token on this island."

Ji Xian said this, then walked in front, deliberately heading towards the direction where the spiritual energy fluctuations were chaotic and strong.

The deeper we went, the hotter it got. There was a forest ahead, and quite a few people were gathered there, sweating and exhausted, clearly resting. There were even quite a few disciples from the Tianji Pavilion around, maintaining order. It looked like a large gathering.

Ji Xian walked up to a Tianji Pavilion disciple and asked, "Brother, I have something to ask you. What's going on?"

Ji Xian pointed at the people around her who were resting and sweating profusely, and naturally asked the same question.

"They all came here to rest after failing to dig for tokens. Some of them went to the coast to get water."