It was late at night, and the stars and moon were dim.
The courtyard was pitch - black, with only a few lanterns emitting a faint glow in the night.
"Ugh!"
Ji Yunxi suddenly sat up. A series of headaches pulled her out of her sleep.
It was as if someone was tugging at her nerves. Ji Yunxi raised her hand to cover her head, but it did nothing to alleviate the wave - like pain.
Qing Xuan had been hiding in Ji Yunxi's spiritual sea. The turmoil in her spiritual sea caused by the pain startled Qing Xuan, and he quickly fled from it.
"Master!"
Qing Xuan's figure was no longer as transparent as last time. Instead, it gradually took on the form of a human figure.
Ji Yunxi felt that the bond between her and Qing Xuan was becoming more and more obvious.
"Master, where is Feng Xingzhi? I'll go find him right away to save you!"
Ji Yunxi tremblingly pointed outside. "The Eastern City, the Eastern City Prince's Mansion..."
Without a moment's delay, Qing Xuan immediately flew out.
Feng Xingzhi was still thinking about the chess game with Feng Jiangming the day before.
Feng Xingzhi knew that although he had suggested to Feng Jiangming that Ji Yuchen inherit the position, he wasn't sure if Feng Jiangming would really listen to him before he went.
However, after hearing Feng Xingzhi's suggestion, Feng Jiangming immediately agreed.
Feng Xingzhi wasn't stupid. As a prince, he understood that the art of emperorship was unpredictable.
For Feng Jiangming, the prime minister was like his right - hand man.
The death of Ji Qilin was like a stone thrown into a seemingly calm lake. Although the stone was small and only caused ripples, there were already undercurrents surging beneath the lake.
So the reason why Feng Jiangming agreed to let Ji Yuchen be the prime minister was not only to make himself happy but also because Ji Yuchen, as a loyal official, was the best chess piece to balance the court.
Just as Feng Xingzhi was deep in thought, the window was suddenly smashed open, and a puff of smoke rushed in.
"Who?!"
Feng Xingzhi immediately stood up. Spiritual power quickly gathered in his palm as he looked at Qing Xuan warily.
Qing Xuan didn't have time to explain and immediately said, "My master needs you now. Come with me quickly!"
Feng Xingzhi's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately thought of Ji Yunxi.
"Who is your master?"
"Ji Yunxi!"
Feng Xingzhi thought as expected. Although he didn't know what exactly Qing Xuan was, this wasn't the time to dwell on such things.
Without a moment's hesitation, Feng Xingzhi immediately followed Qing Xuan to the Ji Mansion.
Ji Yunxi was suffering on the couch. Every second was filled with the intense pain of the headache.
She could only bite her arm tightly, afraid that the sound would spread and attract Ji Yuchen and Ji Yunyi.
Feng Xingzhi didn't care about the propriety between men and women. He pushed open the door and walked in.
Ji Yunxi's eyes were already unfocused, and she was in too much pain to speak.
Feng Xingzhi reached out and pulled her into his arms. One hand was placed on her head to transfer spiritual power.
Qing Xuan watched from afar, shocked in his heart.
This person's spiritual power and cultivation were far beyond what he had seen. So he had been hiding his strength all along?!
No wonder when he said before that he would never be discovered, Ji Yunxi had said that maybe he already knew.
So that was what she meant!
While Qing Xuan was doubting his existence as a bird, Ji Yunxi finally felt a bit better.
She looked up and saw Feng Xingzhi's face through the haze. Ji Yunxi felt a bit wronged. "A Zhi..."
"A Zhi, don't leave. You, you must..."
Before Ji Yunxi could finish her sentence, she fell into a deep sleep.
The sweat on her head from the pain made Feng Xingzhi feel heart - broken.
Ji Yunxi opened her eyes and found that she wasn't in her room but floating alone in an attic.
There seemed to be something in the attic. Just as Ji Yunxi wanted to push the door and go in, she was pushed away by a wave of spiritual power.
"So there's a formation?" Ji Yunxi murmured to herself.
Realizing that the attic was trapped by a formation, Ji Yunxi didn't dare to rush forward rashly. Instead, she walked around the attic a few times.
It turned out to be just a simple door - closing formation.
Ji Yunxi stretched out her hands. Spiritual power gradually gathered as she drew a talisman on her chest with her fingers.
The attic seemed to sense Ji Yunxi's intention and resisted.
Ji Yunxi found it interesting. She didn't expect this formation to be alive. Was there someone in the room? Would he know something about her?
Ji Yunxi became more impatient. The speed of forming seals between her fingers became faster and faster, and the replenishment of spiritual power became stronger and stronger.
A series of blue lights appeared on Ji Yunxi's chest. She suddenly pushed forward. The door - closing formation couldn't dodge in time and was directly broken.
The attic door banged open.
Ji Yunxi stepped forward apologetically.
"I, Ji Yunxi, a junior, didn't mean to disturb..."
It was completely silent inside. Ji Yunxi walked in slowly and peeked inside. The room seemed to be a bedroom.
Ji Yunxi walked further in, looking around but finding nothing unusual. There was only a sword on the table by the window, emitting a faint glow all over.
The intermittent ringing sound made Ji Yunxi a bit scared, but she couldn't resist its attraction.
She couldn't control her steps and walked towards the sword. However, the closer she got, the more blurred the sword seemed to become, and she gradually couldn't see it clearly.
"Xixi."
Ji Yunxi suddenly heard Feng Xingzhi's voice. "A Zhi!"
She wanted to turn around, but Ji Yunxi found that she seemed to be nailed to the spot and couldn't turn around to look at Feng Xingzhi no matter what.
"Xixi."
"Xixi, look at me!"
"Xixi!"
The calls became more and more urgent. Ji Yunxi really wanted to twist her body to see who was calling her, but she just couldn't turn around.
"I..."
Suddenly, a force directly pulled Ji Yunxi out, and the calls suddenly disappeared.
Ji Yunxi slowly opened her eyes. What she saw was her own bedroom, and it was already bright outside the window.
Just as she wanted to sit up, her hand suddenly touched something.
Startled, Ji Yunxi turned her head and saw Feng Xingzhi sleeping by the bed, propping his arm up.
Thinking of Feng Xingzhi coming to save her last night, Ji Yunxi was very touched. She quietly tucked the stray hair by Feng Xingzhi's face behind his ear. Ji Yunxi thought that choosing to marry Feng Xingzhi in this life was really a good thing for her.
How much Feng Xingzhi liked her, Ji Yunxi couldn't even count.
Qing Xuan was the first to notice that Ji Yunxi had woken up. He quietly came over and asked, "Master, do you still feel pain?"
Ji Yunxi slightly shook her head and smiled at Qing Xuan. "Thank you for last night."
Qing Xuan let out a sigh of relief and returned to Ji Yunxi's spiritual sea. "It was all Young Master Feng who took action last night."
Ji Yunxi naturally knew. In a daze, she had seen Feng Xingzhi hug her and put a hand on her head to transfer spiritual power.
"He must be exhausted. That's why he just fell asleep..."
"Master, what are you talking about?" Qing Xuan was confused in the spiritual sea. "After you fell into a deep sleep last night, you stopped crying out in pain. Young Master Feng wanted to go back at first. After all, you two aren't married yet. But it was you who said don't leave, so he had to stay with you. He fell asleep not long after you did."
Ji Yunxi was stunned as if struck by a thunderbolt. "You mean he didn't wake up at all just now?!"
"Right."
He didn't wake up...
So the person who called her in the dream just now, could it be a figure in the dream?!