"Father." Jiu Ran Ling bowed obediently. Anyway, Nalan Xice knew that her Brother Qing was the second prince of the dynasty, Jiu Ranqing, and that she was Princess Jiu Ranling. There was no need to hide her father's identity.
"You brat, you slipped out without saying a word. Have we wronged you? I didn't say that I wouldn't let you leave the palace, but you should at least report to us. It's a long way to Jinzhou, so I'll have to ask my brothers to bring their guards along. You're good, complaining that I locked you up, but you're giving me a show of strength!”The Emperor sat down in a huff. He did not notice Nalan Xice's shocked face at the door and scolded Jiu Ranling." Later, when Fourth Brother and the others found out about what happened in Tianzhou, my sons almost went crazy and almost tore Lu Pai into pieces! I thought that it would be good for you to suffer a little. At least I thought of coming back. I even went to Tianzhou to pick you up without stopping. You ran faster than anyone else!”
" Father." Jiuran Ling stuck to the Emperor's side and lowered her head, looking like she was brave enough to admit her mistake." It's my fault that I made Father come to Tianzhou specially and failed." But Ling-er is still afraid that Imperial Father's anger hasn't subsided and will cause you trouble when he returns to the palace. Besides, I haven't seen Brother Qing for almost ten years, so I wanted to see him. I didn't find an opportunity to send you a message. Father, think about it. This is a letter for you. How can it be delivered so easily?”
The Emperor couldn't bear to be angry with his precious daughter. When he saw her blinking her big watery eyes and apologizing to him pitifully, and every word she said was reasonable, his anger dissipated by more than half. He only said symbolically,"I'll teach you a lesson when we get back!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Jiu Ran Ling immediately nodded like a chick pecking at rice. She knew that she had escaped a disaster and secretly smiled at Jiu Ran You and Jiu Ran Qing.
The two of them shook their heads helplessly.
Only then did the Emperor realize that there was someone else in the hall. He was a little annoyed that the royal family's matters had been seen by others. Thus, he raised his head and looked at Nalan Xice, who had been like a block of wood since he stepped into the hall.
This glance caused the Emperor to choke.
"Imperial Father?" Jiu Ranling and Jiu Ranyou saw that the emperor's expression was not right and quickly stopped smiling.
The Emperor stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at Nalan Xice, unable to speak.
"Xi, Xi 'er…"
Jiu Ranling, Jiu Ranyou, and Jiu Ranqing were all shocked when they heard this!
Before anyone could say anything, Nalan Xice, who was standing at the door, said coldly,""His Majesty the Emperor is too kind. Xike can't stand this 'Xi' er'.”
Jiu Ran Ling raised her head and saw Nalan Xice's eyes filled with mockery.
Hearing such sarcastic words, the Emperor was not angry. He approached Nalan Xice and said,""Zhen will not be mistaken. You are Xi 'er, you are Zhen's Xi' er! You didn't die, you didn't die!"
Nalan Xice didn't say anything. His eyes stared straight at the Emperor, full of fearlessness.
Jiu Ranqing smiled slightly." Father, why don't you and Master Nalan go to the study and have a good talk? You're both emotional now, so it's not appropriate for you to talk about these things. If you're not careful, you might cause some misunderstanding."”
The Emperor calmed down a lot after Jiu Ranqing's reminder. He looked at Nalan Xice with affection."Xi 'er, let's go to the study and catch up.”
Nalan Xice pondered for a moment. Seeing that the current situation was really unfavorable to him, he responded indifferently.
Before the Emperor left, he instructed Jiu Ranyou,""Fourth brother, go and make the arrangements. We will return to the palace today.”
"Your son obeys." Jiu Ranyou glanced at Jiu Ranling, whose expression could not be seen clearly, and retreated to prepare.
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After the three of them left, Jiu Ran Ling fell back onto the chair, her face pale.
" Ling-er," Jiu Ranqing moved to her front, her clear eyes showing heartache."You're tempted."
Jiu Ranling raised her head and laughed,""He's actually Jiu Ranxi! He was Nalan Xinying's son!”
Jiu Ranqing held her hand worriedly.""Ling-er, he is the Clan Leader of the Nalan Clan. You should have expected this, right?”It was precisely because of this that he did not send someone to follow her closely after she left the palace. The Nalan Clan's people would not harm the daughter of the Thousand Mile Rain Banyan.
" You…" Jiu Ranling smiled self-mockingly." Not just you and me, everyone in the world thought that Jiu Ranxi and Concubine Ying died together in the fire twelve years ago. I subconsciously didn't want to associate Nalan Xice with Jiu Ranxi, even though they looked exactly the same.”
" I was just guessing," Jiu Ranqing sighed." But now it seems that it's not far from what I thought." In that case, it's not difficult to guess why Nalan Xice-no, the Seventh Prince came to find me.”
Jiu Ranling tilted her head and looked at the place where the Emperor and Nalan Xice had disappeared. She did not move, as if she was calming down and thinking. After a long time, she spoke in a light and calm voice,""Since Nalan Xice is Jiu Ranxi, his goal should be the same as ours. If my guess is correct, no matter how much he hates Imperial Father, he will definitely not give up the opportunity to return to the palace with Imperial Father. "For us, rather than having an unpredictable enemy, it's better to join forces.”At this moment, Jiu Ranling recalled everything that had happened in the past. Her attention was instantly fixed on Mei Luoxiu. Finally, she revealed a profound smile.
"Ling-er, you're always so rational. I hope that you can be selfish and blind for yourself.”Jiu Ranqing held up Jiu Ranling's face and smiled gently." Let me do all the fighting and scheming."”
"No!" Jiu Ran Ling covered Jiu Ran Qing's slightly cold hand." Brother Qing, you've never liked the scheming in the palace since you were young. With your indifferent personality, this is your home." Besides, if you hadn't protected me back then, your legs wouldn't have become like this. You can't do things you don't like for me. Since you're out, you can't go back to that man-eating palace for me. You can't!”
"Ling-er, calm down." Jiu Ranqing still had a faint smile on her face." Just like how you're worried about me, I'm worried about you too. Back then, you insisted on staying in the palace, but Imperial Father and Old Ancestor were also unwilling to let you go with me. At that time, I knew that even if I stayed in the palace, I would not be able to protect you. I could only come to Jin Province and secretly cultivate my power for you. Now, the time has come. I should go back and face it with you.”
"I don't agree, I will never agree!”Jiu Ran Ling stood up, her eyes filled with determination.
"Ling-er, I'm very persistent this time.”
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