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

After bidding farewell to the Huo family patriarch, the carriages and horses set off for the capital in a grand procession.

Huo Jingxuan lifted the carriage curtain and looked back. Huo Jingtian and his sister, along with their second uncle's family, were standing together, waving at them.

Huo Jingxuan lowered the carriage curtain, thus letting go of the reluctance in his heart.

Why did your grandfather call you to his room alone before you left?

Huo Jingxuan turned around and looked at Jiang Xi, who was putting a piece of dried fruit into her mouth, and asked curiously.

After the cruise ship returned yesterday, my grandfather had the housekeeper call Jiang Xi to his room alone and forbade him to follow.

The two talked in a mysterious and secretive manner for a long time, and no one knows what they talked about.

Upon hearing Huo Jingxuan's question, Jiang Xi paused for a moment, but quickly recovered and popped the dried fruit into her mouth.

"Mind your own business! If you want to know, go ask your grandfather!"

Huo Jingxuan was speechless for a moment. If his grandfather had been willing to tell him, he wouldn't have forbade him from following along.

But he probably knew what his grandfather wanted to say to Jiang Xi; it was nothing more than explaining the misunderstanding about their engagement years ago.

What else could there be besides that?

Jiang Xi refused to say, and Huo Jingxuan was too lazy to ask any further.

Meanwhile, Shang Que stared intently at Jiang Xi, asking, "Disciple, when do you plan to return to Penglai Immortal Terrace with me?"

Before Jiang Xi could speak, Huo Jingxuan asked unhappily beside her.

"Why do you keep wanting to take her back to Penglai Mountain? What's so great about that wretched mountain?"

"Penglai Sendai is lush and green all year round, with abundant herbs and swirling clouds and mist. It is simply a paradise on earth. She is my disciple. What's wrong with her coming back with me to learn medicine?"

Shang Que argued his case logically because he realized that if he wanted to take Jiang Xi back to Penglai Sendai, he would have to get past Huo Jingxuan first.

"Your apprenticeship ceremony doesn't count. Don't even think about taking advantage of her!"

Huo Jingxuan was too lazy to argue with Shang Que, so he put his arm around Jiang Xi and asserted his ownership.

Jiang Xi was forced to lean against Huo Jingxuan's chest, twisting her body in an attempt to break free.

Huo Jingxuan glared at her with a threatening look, signaling her to behave.

Jiang Xi was most afraid of Huo Jingxuan looking at her with that kind of gaze; the so-called eagle's gaze and wolf's stare were nothing more than this, so she dared not move again.

"You don't get to decide. You're no one to Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi, tell me yourself, are you willing to come back to Penglai Sendai with me?"

Shang Que felt that his senior brother was like a rock in a cesspool, both smelly and hard.

It seems unlikely that he can take Jiang Xi away by attacking her; it's better to let Jiang Xi make her own choice.

Jiang Xi's mind raced. Although she was willing to fulfill her brother's wish, she was ultimately outnumbered and powerless.

If she fails, Hourai might actually be her refuge.

So she looked at Shang Que and hurriedly said, "I'm willing, but not now. I have to wait until things are settled here, then I'll go to Penglai Sendai to find you. So for now, you should go back by yourself!"

Since Shang Que had come out of seclusion to fulfill his promise, and had been away for so long, he had already told Huo Jingxuan that he wanted to go back.

So Jiang Xi answered him in this way.

Shang Que was indeed focused on returning home before, but the situation is different now.

He had finally found a disciple with exceptional talent, and if he didn't protect him, he might be obstructed by that old scoundrel Huo Jingxuan.

Then wouldn't he have taken on this apprentice for nothing?

"No, if you don't go back, I won't go back either. How much longer are you going to stay here? I'll wait for you!"

Huo Jingxuan never expected that Shang Que, who was eager to return home, would not even want to go back to Penglai Immortal Terrace because of Jiang Xi.

He immediately felt as if facing a formidable enemy, and hugged Jiang Xi even tighter in his arms, warning her.

"Sigh, do you think you can do whatever you want just because you saved my life? Ah Xi is my person, don't get any ideas!"

Shang Que couldn't help but roll his eyes: "So what if she's your person? I just want to take her as my apprentice and teach her medicine. When she finishes her studies and returns, she can still come back to you. It won't delay anything!"

"Not a delay?" Huo Jingxuan was almost laughing in exasperation at Shang Que: "You've studied for almost twenty years to achieve great success. In twenty years, she'll be an old woman, and you're telling me it's not a delay?"

Shang Que keenly grasped the meaning behind Huo Jingxuan's words, and Shuangjiang put on a gossipy face.

"You mean you're going to wait for her for twenty years just because she studies? Senior brother, that's not like you. You don't want any other women besides her?"

Huo Jingxuan was stunned for a moment, then looked down at Jiang Xi in his arms, while Jiang Xi was looking up at him.

This……

"What I mean is that we can't wait, don't try to twist my words!"

"Tch!" Shang Que snorted. "You're just being stubborn. Maybe Xiao Qi doesn't want to stay by your side at all. It's all just wishful thinking on your part!"

Jiang Xi thought to herself, "Dad, can't you just say less?"

Huo Jingxuan had already lowered his head and asked her, "Axi, are you willing to stay by my side?"

Jiang Xi, lying on the ground after being shot, turned her head rapidly and glared fiercely at Shang Que.

The latter, however, had a clear smile in his eyes!

A wolf in sheep's clothing!

Jiang Xi was almost certain that Shang Que, that old wolf, did it on purpose!

"I... am willing at the moment!" Jiang Xi answered with her head down, not daring to look Huo Jingxuan in the eye.

However, Huo Jingxuan was clearly not satisfied with this answer.

What does "currently" mean?

Jiang Xi stammered, "You'll eventually get married and have children, right? You know my background."

So you won't marry me, and your future wife might not even tolerate me, so for now...

The truth is that Jiang Xi wants the Cold Crow Token. Once she gets it, she will leave Huo Jingxuan without hesitation.

Whoever wants to be a maidservant can be one! Do you really think she has a tendency to be a masochist?

Huo Jingxuan stared at Jiang Xi, his gaze deep: "You wouldn't be keeping me by your side for some ulterior motive, would you?"

Jiang Xi was startled and subconsciously looked up at Huo Jingxuan: "What do you mean?"

Huo Jingxuan had already suspected something, so he simply blurted it all out.

"You had already left with your maid Chuntao, but suddenly you turned back and stayed to wait for me. Isn't that because you have ulterior motives?"

Jiang Xi knew that Huo Jingxuan had some suspicions about her, but she didn't expect him to bring it up now.

So he countered, "Then what do you think my intentions are, Uncle?"

Huo Jingxuan concealed the expression in his eyes: "Your elder brother is dead, so you should have no one to rely on, unless..."

Jiang Xi's heart jumped: "Unless what?"

"Unless you find someone new to rely on!" Huo Jingxuan bluntly exposed his words.

Jiang Xi's smile froze on her face. She remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she was panicking.

"You risked your life to go to Anyang to find that Chun Tao. After you returned, I sent people to investigate."

That Chun Tao has a complicated relationship with your elder brother, doesn't she? Is she your elder brother's bedmate?

Is it possible that your new source of support is actually still in her womb?