The next day, early in the morning.
Just as the sky was turning pale in the east, a servant from the general's mansion came to the prime minister's mansion asking for an audience.
When she first heard the news, Ji Yuyan thought it was Su Ningyuan coming to propose marriage with betrothal gifts. So, after dressing up, she walked excitedly to the main hall.
However, when she arrived at the main hall.
Ji Yuyan saw her father looking extremely solemn, and then she felt that things were not as simple as she had thought.
"Yanyu, come here."
Ji Yuyan walked towards Ji Qilin and asked excitedly, "Father, where is General Su?"
She looked around but didn't see the person she was longing for. Inevitably, she felt a bit disappointed.
Ji Qilin heaved a heavy sigh and said seriously, "Yanyu, after General Su heard the news that the emperor had re - arranged the marriage, he flew into a rage on the spot. At the risk of offending the emperor, he publicly refused to marry you."
Hearing this.
Ji Yuyan stood there dumbfounded.
She looked up and scanned around, and finally her gaze settled on Ji Yunxi, who was extremely calm.
"Sister, how can you be so calm after knowing that General Su has refused to marry me?"
Ji Yunxi was thinking about whether Su Ningyuan's sudden refusal to marry would affect the relationship between the general's mansion and the prime minister's mansion when she heard Ji Yuyan's sarcastic words. Instead of getting angry, she laughed.
"What? Should I carry two big knives, rush to the general's mansion, put the knives on General Su Ningyuan's shoulders, regardless of the reputation of our Ji family, and question him on the spot why he doesn't want my beautiful younger sister and tell him that it's his fortune that my sister takes a fancy to him and that he shouldn't be so ungrateful?"
Ji Yuyan was at a loss for words.
Ji Yunxi added, "Ji Yuyan, why don't you take a good look at yourself?"
Ji Yuyan wondered why her sister, who used to be so close and brainless towards her, had suddenly become so sharp - tongued. Every word hit her right in the sore spot.
"I... I didn't mean that. Sister, I just think that you might have known in advance that General Su would refuse the marriage, so you agreed so readily yesterday. In fact, sister, if you had just told me directly, I would definitely have listened to you. Now, I'm really in an embarrassing situation."
Looking at Ji Yuyan's pretentiously pitiful appearance as if she had suffered a great injustice, Ji Yunxi turned her head away.
She could see through this clumsy acting at a glance now.
She didn't know what was wrong with herself in her previous life. She actually thought Ji Yuyan was pitiful.
Ji Yuchen couldn't bear to see Ji Yunxi being bullied. He said impatiently, "That's enough. If General Su had made up his mind to break off the engagement with our Ji family, he should have refused yesterday. There's no need to wait until today."
The implication was very obvious.
Ji Yunyi also tried to smooth things over.
"Come on, come on, Yuyan, don't be so childish. None of us expected this to happen."
Hearing Ji Yunyi's consolation, Ji Yuyan's "grievance" immediately welled up.
She shouted, "Sister would rather marry a useless person than General Su. She must have known that General Su would refuse the marriage. She did it on purpose to make me look so bad! You all side with her and let her bully me!"
"Ji Yunxi, you pretended to agree with me yesterday just to make everyone think you're kind, right? You've been so calculating and made me so embarrassed. You're just like a... "
"Slap!" Before Ji Yuyan could finish her words, a loud slap resounded.
Ji Yunyi's hand was still shaking.
Who did she think she was? How dare she slander Xi'er like this?
"Ji Yuyan, Yunxi is your elder sister. Is this how you repay all that Yunxi has done for you over the years by maliciously speculating about her and slandering her?"
Out of anger.
The veins on Ji Yunyi's face popped out.
Ji Yuyan shrank her neck back, a bit scared. She didn't expect that her second elder brother, who used to be so gentle and always smiling, would actually hit her.
She looked at her elder brother pitifully and slowly reached out her hand towards Ji Yuchen, hoping that her elder brother would say a few words for her.
Ji Yuchen impatiently shook off Ji Yuyan's hand and said in a deep voice, "Yuyan, you've really gone too far this time. Besides, Feng Xingzhi is a prince after all. If you keep calling him a useless person like this, what will others think of our prime minister's mansion when they hear it?"
"Brother..."
"Alright, someone, the second young lady is tired. Take her back to her room to rest first."
Although Ji Yuyan was reluctant, she didn't dare to disobey her elder brother. So, she angrily went back to her room.
After this incident, Ji Yuyan hated Ji Yunxi to the core.
After watching Ji Yuyan leave.
The siblings looked at each other. They couldn't think of a good solution either. So, they just comforted each other, saying that they should just leave this matter alone for now. Maybe the problem would be solved after they woke up.
The night was as cold as water.
Ji Yunxi lay in bed, tossing and turning. She just couldn't fall asleep.
Just then, a faint sound of tiles moving came.
Her clear and beautiful eyes suddenly opened.
There's someone on the roof?
An alarm bell rang in Ji Yunxi's heart. She immediately turned over, got out of bed, and carefully jumped onto the roof.
Although her movements were very light, the other person was even more vigilant. As soon as Ji Yunxi stepped onto the roof, the other person had already noticed her arrival.
The figure quickly turned around and flew out of the prime minister's mansion.
Ji Yunxi immediately chased after.
But even though she used all her spiritual power, she couldn't even match half of the other person's speed.
The jade plaque on his waist drew a beautiful arc in the air as the figure moved quickly. Under the cold moonlight, it was extremely eye - catching.
Dazzled by the cold light, Ji Yunxi was distracted.
When she looked again, there was no trace of the other person. Although she had only seen his back, she still felt that this person must be extremely handsome.
"With such high spiritual power cultivation, I don't know if he's a friend or a foe. Our prime minister's mansion has so many capable people and is heavily guarded, yet he can come and go freely as if there's no one around." If he was an enemy of the prime minister's mansion, he would surely be a formidable one!
Ji Yunxi was very worried.
After returning to her room, she lay in bed, thinking over and over again. She didn't fall asleep until almost dawn.
She had just fallen asleep for a short while.
A maid whispered in her ear, "Miss, miss, please get up quickly. Prince Feng is coming to the mansion to propose marriage soon. You need to get up and wash up first."
Ji Yunxi half - opened her eyes, sleepy and extremely tired.
Prince Feng?
Propose marriage?
She vaguely remembered that in her previous life, Feng Xingzhi just sent a servant to the prime minister's mansion to propose marriage to Ji Yuyan. He himself claimed to be ill and didn't come. It was just a formality.
"Okay, I see."
Since Feng Xingzhi himself wouldn't be present, it didn't matter if she didn't show up.
All she wanted now was to go back to sleep and finish the chess game with the God of Dreams.
I don't know how much time had passed.
There was a hustle and bustle outside, and the footsteps were hurried.
The maid came into the room. Seeing that Ji Yunxi was still in bed, she said nervously, "My dear miss, why are you still sleeping? Prince Feng has already come to the mansion with betrothal gifts. He's been waiting for you for half an hour. The prime minister is stalling him. He told me to come and urge you quickly."
What?
Why did Feng Xingzhi come?
Ji Yunxi was a daughter of the Ji family, and she cared a great deal about the honor and disgrace of the Ji family. After all, Feng Xingzhi was a prince, a member of the royal family. She couldn't afford to neglect him.
"Judging from the conversation between Prince Feng and the prime minister, he seems to think that you don't want to see him. His face doesn't look good."
Hearing what the maid said, Ji Yunxi became even more anxious. If the prince misunderstood her, it would be a big problem!
She quickly tidied herself up and chose a long green - blue dress. She looked charming and lively, like a startled swan or a swimming dragon.
Any clothes would look good on her.
After washing and dressing up, Ji Yunxi immediately rushed to the main hall.