Ji Yuyan stared at the scene, stunned.
At this moment, she even forgot to cry. It was not until the burning pain on her face came that she covered her cheek and ran away aggrievedly.
Even Ji Yuchen, her gentle and jade - like elder brother, felt quite helpless when he saw this.
But he didn't blame Ji Yunxi. Instead, he just turned back and told the maid behind him, "Go and comfort the Second Miss. Make sure she doesn't do anything stupid."
It didn't really matter if she did something stupid. He was just afraid that Ji Yuyan would shift the blame onto his own younger sister.
Ji Yunxi turned around and saw her second elder brother staring at her, with an unfathomable expression on his face.
She was just about to explain what had just happened when Ji Yunyi reached out and ruffled her hair.
"Silly girl, you don't need to explain to me. I believe you're not that kind of person."
Ji Yunxi felt a warm current in her heart, and her eyes grew moist. In her previous life, they had also trusted her unconditionally like this. No matter what happened, they would protect her without asking about right or wrong.
Evening came.
Ji Yunxi and her elder brothers were just about to have dinner when they heard a hearty and familiar laugh from outside.
"Hahaha —— Xier, I've finally settled your marriage. Your future husband is a real dragon among men. In the future, you..."
Ji Qilin walked into the courtyard, laughing heartily.
Before he could finish his words, he was thrown into a tight embrace.
When he saw who it was, Ji Qilin was even happier.
"What's wrong? Who bullied my precious daughter?"
Thinking that she had almost never seen her father again, Ji Yunxi's nose twitched, and she almost burst into tears.
She shook her head in her father's arms and said in a coquettish tone in a low voice, "I just haven't seen Father for a long time and missed you."
"You silly child. We saw each other this morning, didn't we?"
There was also full of doting in Ji Qilin's words.
At this time, Ji Yuyan walked out of the door and curtsied to greet them.
"Greetings, Father."
Ji Qilin took a quick glance at Ji Yuyan and noticed two marks of different depths on her face. He asked in a deep voice, "Yan'er, what happened to your face?"
Hearing her father's concern.
Ji Yuyan looked up at Ji Yunxi and then lowered her head as if she was extremely afraid.
She looked on the verge of tears and pretended to be strong as she shook her head.
"Father, I'm fine."
Ji Qilin looked at Ji Yunxi. In the past, whenever something happened to Ji Yuyan, Ji Yunxi would be more anxious than anyone else.
"Since she says she's fine, then she is. Father doesn't need to worry."
Seeing that Xier had said so, Ji Qilin didn't ask any more questions and just regarded it as an ordinary squabble.
After dinner, Ji Qilin was in a great mood and mentioned the marriages he had arranged for his two daughters today.
Ji Yunxi was betrothed to General Su, a rising star among the younger generation, while Ji Yuyan was to marry Prince Feng, a sickly man who rarely left his mansion and had extremely low spiritual cultivation.
"General Su is a real hero and a perfect husband. Although Prince Fengxingzhi has the title of a prince, he is still..."
Before Ji Qilin could finish his words.
Ji Yuyan's emotions collapsed again.
"Father, I don't want to marry Prince Feng! If I marry him, my whole life will be ruined. Sister, please help me one more time, okay? Anyway, you don't like General Su. For you, it doesn't matter who you marry. Both General Su and Prince Feng can help the Ji family. Please do me a favor and swap with me."
"Nonsense!" Ji Yunyi roared angrily.
"Yuyan, are you crazy! How can Fengxingzhi be worthy of Yunxi!" Ji Yuchen was also extremely dissatisfied.
"You're really becoming more and more presumptuous. How dare you have such an idea about Yunxi!"
Although Ji Yuyan also had the surname Ji, her mother was different from Ji Yunxi's.
In the Ji family, Ji Yuchen, Ji Yunyi, and Ji Yunxi were siblings born of the same mother. Although Ji Yunxi had been very kind to Ji Yuyan, Ji Yuyan thought that it was all an act of hypocrisy on Ji Yunxi's part. She believed that her elder brothers didn't dote on her because of Ji Yunxi's instigation.
They were both younger sisters. Why should they be treated so differently?
Roared at by them, Ji Yuyan immediately lowered her head in fear. Her hands in her sleeves were intertwined and kept twisting. She hated Ji Yunxi even more in her heart.
Why? They all thought that Fengxingzhi was not worthy of Ji Yunxi, but they were forcing her to marry such a useless man?
The atmosphere was extremely solemn.
After a long while.
A clear voice broke the silence.
"It's not impossible for me to marry Prince Feng instead of you, but only if..." Ji Yunxi looked at Ji Yuyan thoughtfully, with a contemptuous and mocking look in her eyes.
"Only if what?"
"My dear sister has such a bad memory. I just told you this during the day."
Ji Yuyan thought for a while. Her swollen little face turned pale. She gritted her silver teeth and knelt down under Ji Yunxi's gaze.
"I, I beg you, Sister."
Ji Yunxi nodded in satisfaction: "That's right. This is how you should act when you're asking for help."
Ji Yunxi turned to Ji Qilin, who was still a little dazed, and said, "Father, I'll have to trouble you with this matter."
The men of the Ji family were all greatly shocked.
"Xier, you should have a limit even if you dote on your sister. How can you just agree to such a thing casually!"
Ji Yunxi quickly coquettishly wrapped her arm around her father's and said, "Father, your daughter really wants to marry Prince Feng."
The two extra memories that had suddenly appeared often flashed through Ji Yunxi's mind, making her unable to help but want to get closer to Fengxingzhi.
After Ji Qilin's repeated confirmations, this matter was finally settled.
The next day.
Ji Qilin braved himself and went to the palace to meet the emperor again.
The emperor, Feng Jiangming, was a wise ruler. He doted on his younger brother, Fengxingzhi, extremely. This younger brother of his had never fought for anything since childhood. He was in poor health and had low spiritual cultivation. He had endured countless looks of disdain in secret.
Fengxingzhi was as elegant as the clear breeze and bright moon, and his handsomeness was peerless. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his appearance was the most beautiful in the world.
From childhood to adulthood, this younger brother had always been indifferent to fame and fortune. The only person he had fallen in love with was Ji Yunxi, the eldest daughter of the Ji family.
Feng Jiangming had wanted to betroth them several times, but Fengxingzhi had always refused. Every time, his younger brother would only say one thing.
"Let her marry the person she likes. I'm just a useless man and can't give her the future she wants."
Yesterday.
When Fengxingzhi learned that Ji Qilin had come to ask for Ji Yunxi's marriage to General Su, he looked extremely dejected. The lonely figure of his younger brother made Feng Jiangming, as an elder brother, feel extremely heart - broken.
So, when he learned that Ji Qilin had entered the palace again, Feng Jiangming didn't look very happy at first.
It wasn't until he heard what Ji Qilin was asking for that Feng Jiangming felt extremely excited in his heart.
But as a king, he didn't show his emotions on his face.
He still kept a straight face and said, "Isn't this just nonsense? You want to change the person just like that. Do you take what I said as a joke?"
After Ji Qilin pleaded with him several times with a fawning look on his face, Feng Jiangming "reluctantly" agreed.
"Since it's like this, this marriage will be settled as the prime minister said. This matter cannot be changed again!"
"I understand, Your Majesty. Thank you!"
Watching Ji Qilin's back as he left in a hurry, Feng Jiangming let out a long sigh of relief.
If his younger brother knew that his marriage to Ji Yunxi of the Ji family had been settled, he should be very happy, right?
When Ji Qilin brought this news back to the mansion, except for Ji Yunxi and Ji Yuyan, who were extremely happy, the rest of them looked extremely worried.
Ji Yunyi didn't say anything when he saw his younger sister so happy. In his opinion, his younger sister's happiness was more important than anything else.
Ji Yuchen didn't think so.
He angrily turned around and roared, "Father, how could you let the little sister be so capricious! In our Nanyan Kingdom, everyone knows that Fengxingzhi is a useless man! The little sister has good talent and excellent spiritual cultivation. Apart from having the title of a prince, where is Fengxingzhi worthy of the little sister?"
Ji Yuchen rarely got so angry.
When he roared like this, everyone immediately stopped.
Ji Yunxi stepped forward and gently touched her elder brother's sleeve.
"Big Brother, Fengxingzhi is a good man. You have to trust your sister's judgment."
Ji Yuchen turned around and ignored Ji Yunxi. Obviously, he was still angry.
Seeing this, Ji Yunxi stepped forward and directly hugged Ji Yuchen's arm and coquettishly said, "Even if Fengxingzhi is a useless man, it doesn't matter. My elder brother is so powerful. As long as you protect me, that's enough."
Seeing his younger sister's flattering look beside him.
Even if Ji Yuchen had been extremely angry, all his anger disappeared in an instant.
He ruffled the stray hairs on Ji Yunxi's forehead and doted on her, saying, "Alas —— I really can't do anything about you."
As Ji Yunxi swayed while holding Ji Yuchen's arm, her mind was full of the image of Fengxingzhi from her memories.
The outburst of his spiritual power was so powerful that not only her but even if her two elder brothers were combined, they would definitely not be his match.
Intuition told Ji Yunxi.
Fengxingzhi was definitely not simple. At least, he was not as simple as he seemed on the surface!