Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

Chi Xing was unaware of his thoughts. After leaving the palace, he went straight to the Star Gazing Tower, which had been arranged in advance.

Everyone in the Dark Pavilion knew that the Lord had brought His Highness the Crown Prince today, and that the best rooms and other things the Lord had arranged had been prepared.

Therefore, when Chi Xing brought Qi Siyu to his room, the stove inside was already burning brightly, the room was brightly lit by candles, and the window with the best view was open, so they could see the snow falling outside.

Only after making sure everything was as she had planned did Chixing put Qi Siyu down.

"Where is this?" Qi Siyu asked.

Akahoshi: "This is the Star Gazing Tower. Please sit down."

He had Qi Siyu sit by the window, the candlelight on the table illuminating Qi Siyu's puzzled face.

He didn't understand what Akahoshi wanted to do.

"Close your eyes and don't peek," Akahoshi said.

Qi Siyu seemed to realize something and obeyed his words, closing her eyes.

Hearing that Chi Xing seemed to have placed something on the table, Qi Siyu suppressed his curiosity and did not secretly open his eyes.

Once midnight had passed, Chi Xing said, "Alright, open your eyes."

Qi Siyu opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was an exquisite cake on the table.

Chi Xing extended a large bouquet of champagne roses to Qi Siyu, and said with a smile, "Ayu, happy birthday."

Qi Siyu's curiosity gradually turned into surprise, followed by an uncontrollable upward turn of his lips.

He took the flowers from Akahoshi's hand: "Thank you."

I bent down and smelled the flowers; they smelled wonderful. In winter, flowers are a rare treat, usually only found in the heated rooms of the palace.

The bouquet of flowers in his hand was unfamiliar to Qi Siyu; it was probably some new variety, which made it all the more remarkable that Chixing was able to obtain it.

He then looked at the pastry-like object on the table, which had his favorite grapes on it, along with the words "Happy Birthday".

"This is?"

Chi Xing said, "This is a birthday cake, which I prepared especially for you."

Qi Siyu's smile widened: "Did you make this yourself?"

He never expected that Akahoshi would cook pastries. This thing called a cake was obviously not an ordinary pastry. It was white and very delicate, as white as the snow outside.

"Yes, I was working on this this afternoon. It will be included for Ayu's birthdays from now on."

Akahoshi took out small candles, stuck nineteen of them into the cake, and lit them.

The small candles were beautiful. Following Chi Xing's instructions, Qi Siyu closed her eyes and made a wish.

I wish I could live to be a hundred years old, and forever stay by Akahoshi's side. I wish Akahoshi good health, free from illness and disaster.

After making a wish, Qi Siyu blew out the nineteen small candles, and a few snowflakes drifted in through the window.

Suddenly, with a few loud bangs, colorful fireworks appeared in the night sky.

Looking out from here, you can see a river with several small boats on it; the fireworks are being set off from the boats.

Qi Siyu could see the fireworks in the night sky from the window, and only when he saw the words "Happy Birthday, Your Highness" did he turn to look at Chixing.

"You did this too."

There's no technology here to put names on fireworks, and Qi Siyu had never seen fireworks with words on them.

Akahoshi sat down beside him, reached out and pulled him into her arms, letting him lean against her back, and whispered in his ear, "Do you like it?"

The sounds of fireworks kept going on and on, and Qi Siyu couldn't bear to look away, afraid of missing something.

He nodded: "I like it, I really like it."

After getting together with Chi Xing, Qi Siyu never referred to herself as "this palace" or "this crown prince" in front of him, and Chi Xing also referred to himself as "I".

The fireworks display lasted for a while, and then Akahoshi held Qi Siyu's hand and taught him how to cut the cake.

An eight-inch cake was just enough for two people. It was Qi Siyu's first time eating such a dessert, and he immediately fell in love with the taste. In particular, the fruit in the middle helped to cut through the richness, and he finished it with Chi Xing without wasting a single bite.

The two exchanged a long, sweet kiss, the kind that tasted like fruitcake.

Finally, Qi Siyu settled down at the Star Gazing Tower and was pleased, so he let Chi Xing do as he pleased that night.

*

A few days later, in the inner courtyard of the Murong residence, Madam Murong brought a bowl of soup to Murong Wei's room.

The matter has been investigated and it has been found that it was all the work of the Tianwu Sect, and Qi Silin's maternal grandfather was the sect leader of the Tianwu Sect.

Murong Wei had become suspicious of Qi Silin long before the rumors started. Having grown up in the Prime Minister's mansion, Murong Wei was like a flower in a greenhouse, but she was not stupid. She could tell that something was wrong when she calmed down and thought about it.

Madam Murong believed it was her fault, but she could not allow her daughter to be schemed against like this.

Looking at the dark, murky medicine, Murong Wei knew that this child absolutely could not be kept, and she must never associate with Qi Silin again. The person who schemed against her like this would surely bring ruin to the Prime Minister's mansion in the future.

She closed her eyes and drank the medicine.

The next day, someone saw Miss Murong shopping with her best friend, thus dispelling the rumors of her pregnancy.

Qi Silin never expected Murong Wei to be so ruthless. He had originally planned to propose marriage to her once she got pregnant, at which point the Murong family would be begging him for it.

Now, not only has the plan fallen through, but Qi Silin is also finding it difficult to arrange a meeting with Murong Wei.

Seeing that trying to get involved with the Murong family was not going to work, Qi Silin turned around and went to the Prince of Jin's residence, where he plotted something and did not leave until after dark.

As spring rains continue, winter snow melts.

Some areas suffered from floods, and the emperor sent his eldest son to provide disaster relief in order to appease the people.

During this period, the eldest prince was assassinated several times, but fortunately, he was protected by the Eastern Depot guards assigned by the Grand Eunuch, and returned unharmed.

The evidence presented by the Eastern Depot all pointed to the Crown Prince Qi Siyu.

Chi Xing looked at this so-called evidence, shattered it all with a single palm strike of internal force, and coldly said to the Imperial Guards:

"Go investigate further, and whoever brings these things up again will be sent to the water dungeon."

The guards knelt on the ground, not daring to utter a word.

Everyone knows that once someone is thrown into the water dungeon, there is no chance of them getting out.

Only after Chixing left did they dare to breathe a sigh of relief. Their previous feeling that the supervisor's temper had improved was clearly an illusion.

Only those under Shadow's command know that the Chief Eunuch has never changed; he only becomes gentle in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.

The assassination attempt failed, and Qi Silin smashed a lot of cups; this was a rare opportunity.

He dared not do these things in the capital. Now he could only hope that the Eastern Depot would bring up the evidence pointing to Qi Siyu. Ideally, the eldest prince would confront Qi Siyu. He would be happy to see whoever died.

I waited and waited but didn't receive any news, and I thought that was the end of it.

Unexpectedly, the Eastern Depot quickly submitted its evidence, all of which pointed to the Tianwu Sect, a powerful martial arts organization.

When the emperor learned of this, he was furious and appointed the Eastern Depot and General Wu to suppress the bandits. Tianwu Gate was the site of one of those bandits.

In a short time, all the Tianwu Sect disciples in the capital were arrested, and some of the Tianwu Sect's main strongholds were destroyed within a few days.