Fairy, shut up! I'm really not blondie.

He looked at the big little girl in his hand for a while, then said with a smile.

"Why are you stunned?"

"You don't think I'm going to do anything to you, do you?"

The boy's teasing tone made my cheeks burn.

The little girl couldn't care less about anything else.

She quickly struggled free from her young master's grasp and slunk off to take a bath.

hateful.

On the first day the young master returned, he suffered a humiliating and complete defeat!

The next day.

Su Qing was just about to go and catch up with her sister when an uninvited guest stopped her.

inside the room.

He sipped his tea.

He looked the person in front of him up and down.

In broad daylight.

Wearing a hood, he acted furtively.

Her tall figure was faintly visible beneath the loose robe.

Exquisite and delicate.

A delicate, incense-like scent wafted over with each movement, its fragrance soothing and refreshing.

You can't see their faces.

But Su Qing didn't even need to look to know who the person in front of her was.

he knows.

But he didn't say.

Simply enjoying the tea.

The "uninvited guest," who had been waiting for him to speak, finally couldn't hold back any longer and pulled his hood up.

She revealed her magnificent, dazzling blonde hair, and a noble face that bore a resemblance to Ji Lanxue.

Her Majesty the Empress.

"Brother Qing."

Princess Scum called out.

Su Qing glanced at her and asked.

"Your Majesty the Empress."

"At this time, you should be in the palace, having just finished court, right?"

"What, did you miss me?"

The expression on the face of the green tea scum in front of her remained completely unchanged.

Upon hearing this, she stood up immediately, affectionately grabbed the boy's shoulder, and said with a smile.

"How could Brother Qing say such a thing?"

"It's been so long since we last met, of course I'll miss you."

"Does my initiative to come to you make you unhappy?"

talking.

The tall, beautiful woman in front of me had droopy eyebrows and eyes.

Her entire demeanor became dull and lifeless.

They looked so pitiful that one couldn't help but want to care for them.

Su Qing rubbed her chin in amazement.

Don't say it.

I've missed this kind of direct and natural tea ceremony a bit after not seeing it for a while.

The boy touched his chin.

"I see."

"Then I'll give you this chance, come on."

He patted his legs and said calmly.

"Come and serve me."

Ji Lanxin: "..."

No.

She just said it casually.

I'm not really here to serve people, you know!

Her Majesty the Empress learned yesterday that Su Qing had returned to the capital.

She wanted to come and see for herself back then.

of course.

It's definitely not some silly reason like missing someone.

Absolutely not!

Even if I wanted to.

That was because she was thinking of her sister, and had nothing to do with this despicable little thief in front of her—only a tiny bit of a connection.

cough cough.

In short.

She came for important business.

But I felt that if I delayed any longer, I would be completely led by the nose by Su Qing.

Ji Lanxin immediately became solemn.

She displayed the majesty of Her Majesty the Empress and spoke.

"Just last night."

"The Holy Land has sent a message demanding my people."

"Oh."

Su Qing looked completely unsurprised and said calmly.

"What else did he say?"

Xie Qingmei sighed softly and said.

"They came for my sister."

"They said that my sister may have been injured in Yunzhou, and the Holy Land needs to take her back to recuperate."

"This is... the will of the Holy Land Dao Lord."

On the surface.

It's perfectly normal for the Holy Land to want people.

After all, their planned scheme failed.

They'll probably realize very quickly that they've been tricked.

My sister always acted with people from the imperial court.

At this point, they came to her demanding the person back.

That's perfectly reasonable.

But Ji Lanxin had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

The timing was too subtle.

If the Holy Land truly cared about her sister's safety, shouldn't they have come to demand her return the moment the plan failed?

Several days have passed, and there has been no further news.

Watching.

My sister is going back to Beijing.

They're demanding people at this delicate time.

I have a feeling there's some kind of conspiracy.

Plus--

Intelligence reports that Su Qing and his group were attacked near the capital last night.

The two are combined.

Even if Ji Lanxin were a fool, she would have already sensed the tip of the iceberg of the turbulent events unfolding in the Holy Land.

After listening.

Su Qing asked thoughtfully.

When exactly did the Holy Land ask you for the person?

"what?"

Her Majesty the Empress never expected to hear normal questions from the young man in front of her.

He paused for a moment before speaking.

"The news came quite suddenly yesterday, just as it was getting dark."

"Oh?"

In other words.

This happened before that group of people made their move.

The boy was deep in thought.

Ji Lanxin took the opportunity to look the boy up and down.

Ok.

really.

That petty thief couldn't possibly have been injured by that level of attack.

He was full of energy and vitality.

She even looked better than the pampered Empress herself—who told her not to sleep last night?

cough!

natural.

This is not because I'm worried about safety or anything like that.

However, the Holy Land is of great importance, and we cannot miss even the smallest piece of information or change, so we took a little longer to think about it.

It affected my sleep.

Correct.

That's it.

But even so.

When I saw that the boy was safe and sound.