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

"Since the 'Cold Crow Token' might be in the Regent's Palace, I must go back."

"We absolutely cannot let Huo Jingxuan get this before me, otherwise all my brother's efforts will be in vain!"

Jiang Xi reiterated her thoughts.

"But the Regent knows you drugged him and deceived him. What if he does something to harm you..."

Chuntao expressed her concerns.

"Yes, it's too risky for you to go back like this. The Regent is notoriously ruthless; he won't let you off the hook!"

Lu Ye echoed this sentiment.

"Don't worry, I've already leaked the news that I'm deeply entangled in the Regent's Palace."

Even if Huo Jingxuan hates me, he wouldn't be accused of murdering a royal princess at this critical juncture!

Jiang Xi offered words of comfort.

"But……"

Even so, Chun Tao was still worried. After all, he was the Regent. What was there that he wouldn't do?

What if, in a fit of anger, he really kills Princess Jiang Xi?

I'm afraid that apart from the four pillars of the state and some members of the royal family, no one would dare to say anything.

"There are no buts. Even if we want to win over the Emperor's old subordinates, we need to have something on them, right?"

The Raven Society is the best way to get leverage over them; otherwise, why would they help us?

Jiang Xi shared her opinion.

Chuntao knew that everything she said made sense, and she couldn't find any way to refute it.

Jiang Xi then turned to look at Lu Ye: "President Lu is following me because he hopes that one day I can help you make a name for yourself."

"Aren't we all striving to realize our ambitions? So let's stop trying to persuade each other and just do our best in our respective fields!"

As Jiang Xi spoke, she took off her bundle and the gold leaf from her waist and stuffed them into Lu Ye's hand.

How will we keep in touch?

Lu Ye took these things and felt their weight in his hands.

Jiang Mian thought for a moment and said, "Do you remember the Drunken Flower Shade Tavern on the outskirts of Beijing? If you need anything, have the tavern owner send me a message!"

“Okay!” Lu Ye agreed.

"Let's part ways here, lest Huo Jingxuan's men come after us!"

Jiang Xi said, feigning nonchalance.

Lu Ye nodded, then, with Chun Tao in tow and his horse in hand, prepared to leave.

Chun Tao was very reluctant to part with Jiang Xi, turning back to look at her every step of the way.

Jiang Xi waved to Chun Tao: "Take care of yourself!"

Watching Chun Tao and Lu Ye disappear on the mountain road, Jiang Xi sat back down by the fire and continued eating the grilled fish in her hand.

After a long while, the sound of approaching hooves grew louder.

It was Huo Jingxuan who rushed back to the capital overnight.

"Yu!"

The horse had already reached Jiang Xi, but Jiang Xi remained unmoved and continued to leisurely eat her grilled fish.

Huo Jingxuan reined in his horse when it was about ten feet away from Jiang Xi.

The horse's hooves lifted, and it neighed loudly.

The sparks from the fire were scattered by the wind.

"Your Highness, it's Xiao Qi!" Bei Ying, standing behind Huo Jingxuan, immediately reported.

Huo Jingxuan knew it was Jiang Xi, of course. He glared at Bei Ying, dismounted, and walked up to Jiang Xi.

"Didn't you run away? Why are you still here?"

Huo Jingxuan used his horsewhip to lift Jiang Xi's chin, forcing her to look into his eyes.

"I realized halfway through the run that the Regent's influence is all over the world, and no matter how far I run, I can't escape your grasp!"

Jiang Xi seemed completely unconcerned.

"Very well, aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

As Huo Jingxuan spoke, his large hand had already gripped Jiang Xi's neck.

"Cough cough... Heartless! You were calling her 'Madam' just a moment ago, and now you want to kill her!"

Huo Jingxuan's temples throbbed with anger, but for some reason, he just couldn't bring himself to do it.

Huo Jingxuan forcefully threw Jiang Xi aside, attributing all of this to his memory not yet being restored.

"Cough cough..."

Jiang Xi coughed a few times with difficulty, remembering what she had to do next.

She forced herself to stand up and walked step by step toward the enraged man.

She had to say some sweet words to make him believe that she hadn't run away because she loved him, in order to save her own life!

"Uncle Emperor..."

Jiang Xi feigned a delicate, frail appearance, extending her slender white fingers to rest on Huo Jingxuan's shoulder.

But just the title made Huo Jingxuan's eyebrows twitch.

"Whether Uncle believes it or not, Ah Xi did these things to Uncle because she likes him..."

"Like?" Huo Jingxuan found it laughable: "You poisoned me because you like me?"

"Of course, the antidote is here. Ah Xi never intended to harm the Imperial Uncle!"

As Jiang Xi spoke, she took out a porcelain bottle, poured out a pill, and spread it in her palm.

"Your Highness, you can't trust her. This might be some kind of poison!" Bei Ying urgently warned.

"If you don't believe me, Imperial Uncle, we'll split it in half!"

As Jiang Xi spoke, she divided the pill in half, ate one half herself, and then handed the other half to Huo Jingxuan.

"If I had given you fake medicine, you probably wouldn't have made it out of this desolate place alive tonight, would you?"

As Jiang Xi spoke, she glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the soldiers behind Huo Jingxuan.

"Your Highness, please..."

Bei Ying was about to say not to believe her, but Huo Jingxuan had already taken the pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

After taking the antidote, Huo Jingxuan felt an unbearable headache.

Many memories were pieced together again, like fragments.

The next moment, he remembered everything he had forgotten.

Jiang Xi not only locked herself in a secret room, but also dragged him into fooling around and indulging in unrestrained behavior.

On the way to find the Cold Crow Token, she used all sorts of tricks, drugging him to lose his memory and deceiving him into believing that she was his wife!

What's most infuriating is that he actually believed it without a second thought.

Not only did he believe her, but he even shared a bed with her every night and cooked for her!

This is utterly... inexplicable!

Noticing the change in Huo Jingxuan's eyes, Jiang Xi guessed that he had remembered what he had done these past few days and must be regretting it.

So he deliberately said, "Back then, I kidnapped the Imperial Uncle and forced him to do what I did with him."

It wasn't entirely because he wanted revenge on Yang Xuerou; it was more out of his affection for the Imperial Uncle.

"Shut up!"

"Is the Imperial Uncle afraid to listen? Or is he afraid to face Ah Xi's true feelings?"

Instead of shutting up, Jiang Xi stared directly into Huo Jingxuan's eyes.

Huo Jingxuan was amused by her unrepentant attitude.

"Sincerity? Do you even have sincerity? Is your sincerity just about stealing the man who has been kind to you?"

"Which eye of yours saw that Yang Xuerou had done me any favors? Hasn't she harmed me enough over the years?"

When my origins were questioned, she and her mother were partly to blame!

Jiang Xi met Huo Jingxuan's gaze without flinching and roared angrily.

Huo Jingxuan was stunned.

Over the years, he knew that Jiang Xi's residence in the Yang family was not comparable to that of the Prince Duan's mansion or the palace.

But Yang Tingzhou was, after all, her maternal grandfather, and he had never been known to mistreat his descendants.

How did Yang Xuerou and her daughter get involved with Jiang Xi's background?