Transmigrated into a cunning princess, she sets her sights on a celibate royal uncle.

Huo Jingxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his tone questioning, and his gaze towards Jiang Xi was filled with danger.

Jiang Xi then realized that she had almost given herself away and quickly explained.

"I'm dressed as a man right now. Have you ever seen two grown men sleeping in the same bed? Don't you understand how to disguise yourself?"

"Ah!"

Huo Jingxuan was amused by Jiang Xi's excuses.

“Old Master Zhang lives in town, who would come to his house to check on him so late at night?”

In my opinion, you're just tired of me and want to fall for someone else!

Are men really this unreasonable after marriage?

Jiang Xi was stunned, staring blankly at Huo Jingxuan, not knowing how to refute him.

But Huo Jingxuan kept rambling on and on.

"Although I have amnesia, I have always felt that your desire to come to Anyang is very strange. Why are you hiding from my people?"

Why do you want to sleep in a separate bed from me? Isn't it because I found out you were having an affair?

So you wanted to run away with that adulterer, but I found out, so you made up an excuse to lie to me?

"Stop talking!"

Jiang Xi tiptoed and covered his mouth: "How can you have such a vivid imagination?"

Huo Jingxuan removed her hand and held it in his palm: "Then tell me, why did you insist on coming to Anyang?"

"I……"

Jiang Xi's eyes darted around.

"I came to Anyang to find my sworn sister Chuntao. She may have been kidnapped by bandits!"

"Then why are you avoiding my people?"

"The reason people are avoiding you is because...because there's a traitor among your people, and it's the ones who lost my best friend!"

"Then why have we been chased and killed all this way?" Huo Jingxuan continued to ask.

"It's even easier to be hunted down, because you, a princess's husband, can become a king of a different surname in the Great Yu Dynasty."

I wonder how many people are envious that now that you've finally lost your memory, you've come out of the capital with me.

"Of course they want to eliminate them completely!" Jiang Xi explained.

"So it's all because of me?" Huo Jingxuan's eyes darkened.

Jiang Xi took a deep breath and forced a smile, saying, "Yes, it's because of you!"

Huo Jingxuan reached out and put his arm around Jiang Xi's waist, pulling her into his embrace.

"In that case, I must sleep with my wife to prevent any misfortune from happening to her because of me!"

So close, Jiang Xi could see Huo Jingxuan's individual eyelashes as soon as she looked up.

His eyes were jet black, like an unpredictable deep pool.

The faint scent of agarwood wafted into her nose.

For some reason, Jiang Xi felt a little uneasy.

I used to be the one teasing him, so why should he tease me now that he has amnesia?

Thinking this way, Jiang Xi suddenly felt justified again, reached out and hooked her arm around Huo Jingxuan's neck, looking up at him.

"Sleep together then, it's not like we haven't slept together before!"

Huo Jingxuan did not expect Jiang Xi to change so quickly.

He had absolutely no recollection of sleeping with her.

But it must be true, otherwise how could she know that there was a red mole an inch below her navel?

Hmm... I really want to know the details!

After making the bed, Jiang Xi went to town to buy some daily necessities such as rice, flour, cooking oil, fruits, and vegetables.

As dusk approached, wisps of smoke began to rise from the kitchen of the cabin.

Huo Jingxuan leaned against the kitchen door frame, watching Jiang Xi squatting in front of the stove, skillfully starting a fire and cooking.

He frowned and asked, "Aren't you a princess? How do you know these things?"

Jiang Xi paused for a moment, then gave a self-deprecating laugh: "Although I am a princess, I was not favored in my childhood. Only Chun Tao and I depended on each other for survival."

We cook for ourselves most of the time! Otherwise, we would have starved to death a hundred or eighty times over!

Huo Jingxuan was shocked to find that Jiang Xi had such a childhood, and felt a pang of heartache.

"I wish I could have met you when you were a child!"

Jiang Xi looked up at him and said, "You are the one I met when I was young."

When we first met, I was only six years old. Otherwise, why do you think I would have chosen you to be my son-in-law?

Huo Jingxuan was surprised to find that his story with Jiang Xi was like this, and he became curious.

"You didn't fall in love with me when you were six years old, did you?"

Jiang Xi rolled her eyes: "What do you know at six years old? I truly fell in love with you when I was twelve, the year my father ascended the throne!"

That winter, the city was covered in snow.

In order to ensure that Prince Duan could ascend the throne smoothly, the twenty-year-old Huo Jingxuan led his troops to surround the palace.

The late emperor's close attendants, as well as the loyal ministers of several other princes, were all brought to the palace gate and made to kneel in a row.

Huo Jingxuan, carrying a medium-length machete in one hand and a jar of strong liquor in the other, strode up to the leader.

Leading the group was the Grand Secretary of the current dynasty, whose expression was extremely arrogant and unruly.

"You brat, plotting rebellion and usurping the throne, you deserve to be punished by Heaven..."

Before he could finish speaking, Huo Jingxuan raised his knife and beheaded him.

Hot blood sprayed onto the cold snow.

Huo Jingxuan tilted his head back and took a swig of strong liquor before steadily walking toward the second person.

"Don't, don't kill me..."

Second on the list was the Grand Eunuch who served the Emperor. Having witnessed the death of the Grand Secretary, the Grand Eunuch's legs went weak.

The moment he uttered the words of begging for mercy, his head rolled off, and even after his head was severed, his eyeballs were still moving.

Then came the third, the fourth...

When twelve-year-old Jiang Xi heard that her elder brother, Emperor Jiang Ji, had also participated in the palace coup, she rushed over to check on Jiang Ji's safety.

As soon as I arrived at the palace gate, I was terrified by the bloody scene.

In the 21st century, Jiang Xi rarely even saw anyone kill a chicken, let alone kill someone.

What's more, such a scene of flying flesh and torn limbs?

The stench of blood in the air was so strong that it was almost impossible to breathe. Jiang Xi stood frozen in place, barely daring to take another step forward.

It was Huo Jingxuan, who had just finished killing someone, who discovered her first.

He tossed the dulled machete in his hand into the arms of his subordinate beside him and strode over to her.

"See?"

Huo Jingxuan spoke, his voice still carrying the clear and bright quality unique to young people.

Jiang Xi didn't dare to speak, she could only stare at him with wide eyes.

"Don't be afraid, I'll have someone take you home!"

Huo Jingxuan beckoned to two guards and ordered them to take Jiang Xi away.

Jiang Xi was terrified and stood motionless.

"never mind!"

Huo Jingxuan waved away the two guards, stepped forward, and pulled Jiang Xi's trembling body into his arms.

"Good child, don't be afraid. If you want to rise to a high position, there's no such thing as not shedding blood. What's a few deaths?"

Huo Jingxuan gently stroked her head with one hand and patted her back with the other.

The scent of agarwood mixed with a strong stench of blood made Jiang Xi, who was imprisoned in his arms, almost unable to move.

His gentle tone and caring actions caused the tears that had been lingering in Jiang Xi's eyes to flow out instantly.

"Why are you crying? I'm fine, and your brother is fine too. From today onwards, you are a princess. Your Highness, may you live a happy life!"

Huo Jingxuan was the first person to call Princess Jiang Xi "Your Highness".

Jiang Xi fell in love with him around that time.

After listening to Jiang Xi's story, Huo Jingxuan's expression was somewhat complicated.

"So, you like me calling you Your Highness?"