Ji Yunxi closed the door of the side hall and glanced at the two people in the courtyard. She couldn't help but smile.
Did these two think their act was that good? She could see through it at a glance.
Taking out paper and a pen to write a letter, Ji Yunxi's face turned slightly solemn. After finishing writing, she came to the back window, opened it, and took out a short bamboo flute to blow gently.
Now they were staying in Ronghua's palace. A kingfisher flew in from the lofty mountains.
Ji Yunxi folded the letter, wrapped it in oilpaper, and then put it into the bamboo tube tied to the kingfisher's foot.
Then she stroked the well - groomed feathers of the kingfisher and set it free.
She understood her brothers' concerns. So when Qing Xuan came to steal the book, she didn't stop him. Even when her brothers left this morning, she didn't come out directly to see them off.
She had learned a lot from Li Jiuge. Maybe she was quite good, but she couldn't protect her two brothers forever. They were not as inadequate as she thought.
So when they had discussed everything but didn't want her to know, afraid that she would worry, she just went along with their wishes and pretended not to know.
This way, she could also keep them from worrying.
The arrival of her eldest brother gave her a lot of confidence. After many days, she no longer avoided it. She used her spiritual power to check the situation inside Feng Xingzhi's body.
Sure enough, as they had said, his spiritual power had gathered again and had recovered a lot compared to before. It was estimated that he would wake up in a few days.
A restless heart finally settled down. Ji Yunxi had already made up her mind that when Feng Xingzhi woke up, she would set off on the road and meet up with her brothers. After all, in her opinion, Jiang Yaoji would never let it go easily.
In the battle at Bishui Lake this time, the reason she fled in a hurry was not that she couldn't win, but that she had hurt her beloved one, so she chose to leave in a panic.
Many things Jiang Yaoji had done were because of Feng Xingzhi.
This conclusion made Ji Yunxi extremely unhappy. Her man was constantly being coveted. Anyone would be unhappy about that.
Anyway, they had already fallen out. Ji Yunxi thought that her eldest brother and the others definitely wouldn't reach the Eastern Jin easily.
The kingfisher dived into the clouds. When it emerged, it carried some clouds with it, forming a wisp of mist.
Zhu Linyun had just finished watching the new dancers practice. Many of the new dancers in this batch had seen the Yiyun Dance, so they trained especially hard.
Rarely did she find any mistakes. Zhu Linyun stood up and said, "Everyone has done a great job recently. The dance school will be closed tomorrow. I'll give you a day off. You can go out and have fun."
A group of girls looked at each other, and then a burst of delighted cheers erupted.
"Thank you, Madam!"
Zhu Linyun felt that she was getting old. Listening to them discuss which shop to buy perfume powder from and which stall to buy ready - made clothes from really exhausted her.
Not bothering to entangle with them, Zhu Linyun went straight back to her room.
Under the pink curtains, a gentle breeze blew.
"When did the window open?" Zhu Linyun was a bit curious. She remembered that she had clearly closed the window when she went downstairs.
Coming to the window, she saw a delicate kingfisher hopping around happily.
She was secretly surprised and quickly stepped forward to hold the kingfisher. This little thing was the spiritual creature used by the successive madams to deliver messages.
Having a vague guess, she quickly took off the letter and had a look. Sure enough, it was from Ji Yunxi.
Zhu Linyun's face didn't look good. This was the first time Ji Yunxi had contacted her using a kingfisher. Did something big happen that she couldn't even send someone from the Dream Flower Pavilion to pass on a message?
It must have been something big.
Zhu Linyun didn't dare to delay for a moment and quickly opened the letter.
A moment later, she put down the letter with a puzzled look on her face.
"The Madam wants me... to send someone to follow Ji Yuchen and Ji Yunyi?"
She couldn't understand. She was completely confused.
Because Ji Yunxi had written at the end of the letter: Escort them to the Eastern Jin and protect their safety, but also send someone to obstruct their journey and try to delay them as much as possible.
Zhu Linyun took a deep breath. Although she still didn't understand, she immediately called someone over.
"Come here. Pass on my order. Send out a small team. Find Ji Yuchen and Ji Yunyi and protect them on their way to the Eastern Jin, but create some troubles for them from time to time. Don't hurt them."
Sure enough, that person didn't understand either.
"Madam, what do you mean? Are we going to protect them or cause them trouble?"
Zhu Linyun smiled helplessly and bitterly. "Do I look like I understand?"
The confidant knew that this must be an order from Madam Ji, so he didn't ask any more questions and quickly retreated and led the people on the road.
In order to divert Ji Yunxi's attention, Li Jiuge had really gone to great lengths.
She stayed in the small kitchen all day long, cooking delicious food for Ji Yunxi one meal after another.
"Yunxi, try this!" She ran in again with a bowl of crystal - clear meat, scaring Ji Yunxi.
Ji Yunxi put down the book in her hand. "Why are you so careless? Are the restaurants open so early?"
She looked outside. Logically speaking, it wasn't time for a meal yet.
Li Jiuge asked in disbelief, "You don't think that the food I've been giving you every day is from the restaurants, do you?"
"… Isn't it?"
Li Jiuge was both angry and amused. "Ji Yunxi, are you stupid? Do you think the restaurants in Kunlun Mountain can be that good? I made all this for you in the small kitchen myself!"
"Made by you?!" Ji Yunxi was also shocked. The dishes that changed every day were actually made by Li Jiuge?
"A princess who never touches the spring water with her ten fingers made all these dishes?" Ji Yunxi still couldn't believe it and asked again.
Just then, Jiang Linyin came running over to mooch a meal. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Ji Yunxi's doubts and immediately retorted, "Don't talk nonsense. She's my meal ticket now. If you make her angry and she stops cooking in the future, I'll go on strike!"
After saying that, he seriously patted Li Jiuge on the shoulder. "Princess, don't be bothered by her. She doesn't understand that one should look at others with new eyes after a few days. Your cooking skills are so good. Whoever is lucky enough to marry the princess in the future will be extremely fortunate."
As soon as Ji Yunxi heard the topic of marriage, she immediately thought something was wrong. She turned to look at Li Jiuge and saw a hint of sadness in her eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
"Really? In my opinion, whoever marries you will be really unlucky."
Jiang Linyin was dissatisfied and shouted, "Why do you say that? I'm also very good. I'm an elder of the Jiang family! There's no illness in the world that I can't cure!"
Li Jiuge continued to mock, "Yes, yes, yes. You're just poor, and you always go to watch dances."
Jiang Linyin clicked his tongue. "Do you know how to appreciate? Is the dance in the Bamboo Charm Tower the same as other dances?"
"Yes, but although it's different, you don't even have the money to watch it."
Jiang Linyin was instantly so angry that he bit his chopsticks. Just as the two of them were arguing, they suddenly heard the door of the side hall creak open.