The mistress has no feelings, why do you provoke her?

Xiao Qi didn't give Su Rongrong a friendly look.

She's a two-faced wolf; who knows what bad things she'll say to Consort Chun behind her back.

"I'm not leaving. I want to stay here with my mother."

Consort Chun frowned upon seeing this: "How dare you defy me?"

"Your son wouldn't dare." Consort Chun was too domineering; Xiao Qi's momentum immediately wilted after being scolded by her.

He gave Su Rongrong a disapproving look and warned her, "What secrets does my sister-in-law have that she wants to keep me away? Are you planning to give my mother some bad advice?"

Xiao Qi's words made Su Rongrong lose face.

She forced a smile and said, "What are you saying, Your Highness? I was just having a casual chat with the Dowager Consort. If Your Highness minds, then I'll take my leave."

Su Rongrong made a move to leave, but Consort Chun stopped her and said to the maid beside her, "Send the young master back to his residence."

Two palace maids stepped forward and said to Xiao Qi, "Young Master, please."

Xiao Qi knew that staying any longer would only anger Consort Chun, so he coldly flicked his sleeve and said, "I can leave by myself. You don't need to see me off."

After saying that, he strode away.

After Xiao Qi left, Consort Chun looked at Su Rongrong and asked, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"I was just speaking up for the Dowager Princess. The Princess of Chu is taking herself way too seriously. Just because she has some money, she looks down on everyone and doesn't even give the Emperor's aunt any face."

Su Rongrong appeared to be standing up for Consort Chun, but Consort Chun wasn't buying it: "Just say what you have to say. Don't try to sow discord with me. Do you think I'm here to listen to your nonsense?"

Su Rongrong gave an awkward smile before saying, "Aunt, please calm down. Have you heard that His Highness Prince Chu went to Jinzhou to repair the river embankment?"

"What does this have to do with me?" Consort Chun frowned.

Su Rongrong smiled and said, "When he was little, my royal aunt doted on Prince Chu. How can a man be out in the world without someone who cares about him? As the mistress of the house, does Princess Chu not even have this much tolerance?"

Her words made Consort Chun think deeply: "What you said makes some sense."

Xiao Ji has few women who can resist the charms of beautiful women. If two beauties were placed next to him now, it would surely infuriate Song Wenjun.

When the news reached the capital, she was the one who lost face.

At that time, the Chu King's Mansion will lose all face.

The Empress Dowager Chun seemed to have lessened her worries considerably, and a smile appeared on her face as she looked at Su Rongrong: "You certainly have a quick mind, this idea..."

"Aunt, I didn't say anything, please don't misunderstand," Su Rongrong said hurriedly.

Consort Chun smiled and said, "I understand, I understand."

"Then, I won't disturb you any longer, Aunt. I'll take my leave now." Su Rongrong curtsied to Consort Chun and departed.

After she left, a smug smile appeared on Consort Chun's face.

After returning to the palace, she ordered someone to find two stunningly beautiful women and send them to Xiao Ji.

Jinzhou.

After many days of travel, Xiao Ji had lost weight.

He looked tanned and haggard.

A stubble has grown on my chin.

After returning to his residence, Xiao Ji opened the door and went inside.

As soon as I went in, I felt something was wrong.

There seems to be someone inside.

He stopped at the doorway, glanced outside subconsciously, and called out, "Tian Qi."

Tian Qi trotted in from outside, his beard only half shaved: "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

"Who has been inside?" Xiao Ji asked.

Tian Qi was a little confused: "There's no one here."

He and the prince spent their days traveling back and forth along the riverbank, and their lodging consisted only of a cook and a few maids who did menial tasks.

There was no one else besides them.

There were only a few guards standing at the entrance.

The prefect of Jinzhou originally wanted Xiao Ji to stay at his residence, but Xiao Ji felt that his residence was too far from the river embankment, so he did not go.

I found a reasonably clean house near the riverbank and settled in.

Even Tian Qi felt that Xiao Ji was working too hard; which prince could do what he did?

They ate simple, plain meals, and their lodgings were fine as long as it didn't leak.

Xiao Ji also felt that Tian Qi made sense. His place was in the middle of nowhere, so who would come here?

He's probably overthinking it.

"You can go now." Xiao Ji waved his hand, and Tian Qi ran downstairs to shave the rest of his beard.

Apart from the old woman, everyone in the courtyard was a man.

Xiao Ji put aside his worries and went into the room. He went behind the screen to take off his clothes and prepare to take a bath.

As soon as he entered, a woman's sweet voice came from behind him: "Your Highness, this servant is here to help you change your clothes."

Xiao Ji quickly closed the clothes with his hand.

Turning around, he saw two stunningly beautiful women dressed in revealing clothes standing in front of him.

A glint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes, but he didn't get angry. He calmly asked, "Where did you come from?"

The woman felt a little smug when she saw that he didn't chase her away.

They are all top-tier beauties, and they have all been trained.

The waist is the waist, and the hips are the hips.

No man could withstand that.

It is said that the King of Chu was not interested in women, but looking at it this way, it doesn't seem so.

One of the alluring women boldly stepped forward and touched Xiao Ji's chest: "Master, I came from here."

Her fingertip gently touched Xiao Ji's chest.

Xiao Ji smiled calmly, not telling the truth.

It seems the other party came prepared.

"If you want to stay, I have conditions."

The beauty was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Your Highness, please name your conditions. I will do my best to fulfill them. I am willing to die for Your Highness, as long as you will keep me here."

Xiao Ji gave a soft snort before saying, "You'd better not regret this."

"I will never regret it." The beauty was overjoyed. As long as she could stay by Xiao Ji's side, even if things went badly in the future, she would still be a concubine.

Xiao Ji curled his lips slightly and called out to the outside, "Tian Qi, get in here."

A short while later, Tian Qi walked in looking bewildered.

When he saw the two beauties in the room, he was startled: "Your Highness, it was my oversight. I will take care of them right away."

He's really going to die. If the princess finds out, she'll skin him alive.

Xiao Ji raised his hand: "The two of them have already entered Master's room. Do you think the news can still be kept secret?"

"Then, what if the princess finds out?" Tian Qi was genuinely afraid of Song Wenjun.

If she gets angry, Xiao Tao will definitely beat him until his head is a pig's head.

Xiao Ji rolled his eyes at him, annoyed: "Take the two of them to the riverbank and have them push sandbags."

"Pushing sandbags?" Tian Qi's mouth dropped open in surprise. "Isn't that a man's job? Can the two of them do it?"

Xiao Ji looked at Tian Qi with a cold gaze: "Or you can go?"

Tian Qi was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, no, I will send them over right away."

The two women turned pale with fright and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Highness, spare us! Your Highness, spare us! We will never dare to have any improper thoughts again..."