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

"Hey, slow down, don't jostle my disciple!"

Huo Jingxuan picked Jiang Xi up and carried her upstairs, while Shang Que gave him a series of instructions from behind.

Huo Jingxuan almost missed a step while going up the stairs, and turned his head to glare at him.

Shang Que shut his mouth, muttering unconvinced, "She was originally my disciple!"

You've already kowtowed, how can you go back on your word?

Even if he sobers up, it's the same; what's done is done. Anyway, he's determined to take this disciple!

Huo Jingxuan placed Jiang Xi on the bed and pulled the blanket over her. Just as he was about to leave, Jiang Xi grabbed his wrist.

Huo Jingxuan's hands were a little cold, and Jiang Xi pulled his hands into her arms.

"Uncle, your hands are so cold, let me warm them for you..."

Huo Jingxuan was both amused and exasperated. He pinched Jiang Xi's cheek with his other hand and asked, "Are you really drunk or just pretending?"

"Hmm..." Jiang Xi closed her eyes, and didn't answer in a daze.

Huo Jingxuan squatted down beside her bed, looking at her long, curled eyelashes and smelling the faint scent of alcohol on her. He was almost certain that Jiang Xi was really drunk.

So he wanted to take the opportunity to test the waters: "Tell me, who is your favorite person to come?"

"It's...it's the Emperor..."

"Emperor what?" Huo Jingxuan asked with some anticipation.

Is he the emperor's uncle or his elder brother?

However, Jiang Xi did not give a complete answer and drifted off to sleep with even breathing.

Huo Jingxuan was extremely disappointed, but he had no reason to wake the person up and ask again.

The next morning, Jiang Xi opened her eyes and felt a dull pain in her head.

I sat up, still wrapped in the blanket, and looked out the window to find that it was already broad daylight.

"My dear disciple, you're finally awake!"

Shang Que, dressed in white, stood beside Jiang Xi's bed. Jiang Xi was startled when she rubbed her eyes, and she shuddered, almost thinking she had seen the White Impermanence.

"You, you, you, how did you get into my room?"

At this moment, Huo Jingxuan, who had heard the commotion inside, also strode in from outside.

Shang Que sneaked in to check on his apprentice when I wasn't looking.

"Hey, you can't go back on your word like this! I'm your master now!"

Before Huo Jingxuan could kick him out, Shang Que quickly revealed his new identity.

"If you don't believe me, feel your pocket; I still have the guarantee I wrote last night!"

Jiang Xi reached out and touched it, and actually found it. When she opened it, the scene of her becoming an apprentice last night finally surfaced in her muddled mind.

Seeing that Jiang Xi's expression changed, Shang Que knew that she had remembered.

So he said, "You kowtowed to me last night, and I also wrote you a guarantee. From now on, you are my disciple!"

Jiang Xi choked for a moment, but seeing Shang Que's enthusiastic expression, she knew he wouldn't allow her to go back on her word.

Moreover, it's not certain who will go back on their word!

Thinking this, Jiang Xi chuckled.

When Shang Que saw her smile, he smiled too.

They both thought they had struck gold.

"Master, I will not go back on my word!"

"That's good!"

Huo Jingxuan, standing to the side, was displeased: "How can you take drunken words seriously? You cannot become his disciple!"

"Sigh, why not!" Shang Que was afraid that Huo Jingxuan would interfere, so he quickly said, "This is between Xiao Qi and me, it's none of your business, who are you to Xiao Qi?"

"I am her royal uncle!" Huo Jingxuan said with a displeased expression.

"Xiao Qi, tell me yourself, do you want to make this decision yourself or listen to him?" Shang Que asked Jiang Xi.

"I'll make the decision myself!" Jiang Xi folded up the guarantee and put it away.

Huo Jingxuan was quite annoyed by Jiang Xi: "If you become his disciple, how should you address me?"

"Should I still call you Imperial Uncle, or Senior Uncle?" Jiang Xi looked at Huo Jingxuan with an innocent expression.

"Get out!" Huo Jingxuan wished he could sew her mouth shut.

Shang Que, standing to the side, finally understood why Huo Jingxuan was so opposed: "So that's what you're worried about, Senior Brother. Don't worry, you're not going to marry Xiao Qi anyway..."

"Who said I won't marry?" Huo Jingxuan retorted instinctively.

However, as soon as the words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room froze.

Jiang Xi looked shocked, but Shang Que quickly recovered and smiled with amusement.

"Oh, so Senior Brother plans to break off his engagement with Miss Yang and marry Xiao Qi? Then we'll have to have a serious discussion about our seniority."

Huo Jingxuan glared at him, then looked at Jiang Xi, trying to explain his slip of the tongue.

"What I mean is... Ah-Xi is mine now, and if she were to become your apprentice, the relationship would be too complicated!"

"It's alright, as long as you don't marry Xiaoqi, we'll keep our own relationship!"

Shang Que's seemingly generous suggestion was actually an attempt to force Huo Jingxuan to recognize his own true feelings.

Jiang Xi wholeheartedly agreed: "My master is right, everyone has their own perspective!"

Huo Jingxuan gasped, too angry to even speak.

Meanwhile, in the capital city, inside the imperial palace.

After the morning court session, the new emperor Jiang Gu arrived at Empress Mu's palace.

Seeing Jiang Gu's worried expression, Empress Mu couldn't help but ask, "With the Regent absent, did Xie Zhuguo make things difficult for you in court today?"

Jiang Gu's expression was solemn, unlike his carefree demeanor in front of Huo Jingxuan.

"Mother, I do not want to be a puppet in someone else's hands. I want to... I want to rule this world myself!"

Empress Mu knew her son's ambitions well, and at this moment she quickly dismissed everyone around her and comforted him, "The Regent was left to you by your father, don't you trust him?"

Jiang Gu shook his head heavily: "I want to kill both him and Xie Zhuguo!"

"Shh!" Empress Mu quickly gestured for Jiang Gu to lower his voice: "The palace guards are all the Regent's men, be careful, the walls may have ears!"

Empress Mu's words made Jiang Gu even more unwilling: "Mother, as the ruler of a country, I have to think twice before I can even say what I want to say. Don't you think that's too pathetic?"

Empress Mu was of low birth and could not help Jiang Gu much at the moment, but she supported whatever her son wanted to do.

So she asked, "So what do you plan to do?"

Jiang Gu already had a plan in mind: "I want them to kill each other!"

Empress Mu was taken aback, somewhat confused about what Jiang Gu meant, but judging from his expression, he must have already made his own plans and arrangements.

As his mother, all she needed to do was stand by him through thick and thin!

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The Huo family of Yingzhou was the largest and most prominent family in the area.

Not only was half a mountain in the suburbs renovated into the mansion, but hot springs were also introduced into the mansion, creating a serene and ethereal environment.

Huo Jingxuan's carriage stopped in front of the Huo family's gate, where all the elders and collateral branches of the Huo family stood waiting.

Jiang Xi followed Huo Jingxuan off the carriage and went with him to greet the elders of the Huo family one by one.

"Jingxuan, your father has been waiting for you for a long time. Let's go inside first!"

Huo Jingxuan's second uncle, Huo Yuandong, gestured for him to proceed.

Huo Jingxuan nodded: "Thank you for your trouble, Second Uncle!"

Huo Yuandong's gaze fell on Jiang Xi beside Huo Jingxuan: "This must be Miss Yang, who is engaged to Jingxuan, right?"