Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

"Your subordinate is incompetent... Apart from that blind man, no one in the Chu family knows where the lady is."

"Where's Bai Ze?"

Ji Lingxiao snorted coldly.

"General Bai shot all the targets in the drill ground until they were riddled with holes, and now he is leading his personal guards to check each vehicle at the city gate."

Ji Lingxiao clenched his fists tightly.

He should have done everything in his power to bring Jiang Yining back that day in the cave.

After that, Jiang Yining seemed to vanish into thin air.

"My lord, we have news of the palace's spies."

A dark figure appeared silently in the study.

Ji Lingxiao suddenly stood up, his movement so abrupt that he knocked over the inkstone on the table.

"explain."

"There's a new woman in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

The hidden stakes kept their voices down.

"His Majesty calls her Empress, and... that woman seems to have amnesia."

Ji Lingxiao stood there, stunned.

Empress?

How could Ye Wuhen, that madman who hates women the most, actually have an empress?

"Could that empress be Jiang Yining?"

The undercover agent took out a portrait from his pocket: "It should be. Although our people can only see it from a distance, the timing of its appearance is just right."

Ji Lingxiao took the portrait, unfolded it, and exclaimed, "How dare he... How could he dare!"

And you even made Jiang Yining lose her memory?

"Bang!"

Ji Lingxiao slammed his palm on the desk, shattering the entire table into pieces.

He had worked so hard to gain a little bit of affection, and Ye Wuhen actually wanted to use such despicable means to erase it?

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Mo Ying wiped away a cold sweat.

Forcing your way into the palace is impossible; that would be treason.

Ji Lingxiao forced himself to calm down.

"Does Ye Wuhen think that hiding people in the palace will ensure complete safety?"

He turned his head and looked at the towering red wall outside the window, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

……

Jiang Yining had just drunk a glass of water when she felt a sharp pain in her head, as if someone had pricked her with a needle.

The previously hazy memories surged back like a flood after that sharp pain.

What "only queen"? What "loving couple"?

It's all nonsense made up by that crazy emperor!

She was forcibly abducted into the palace, and Ye Wuhen not only sealed her memories but also shamelessly...

Thinking about how Ye Wuhen had coaxed her into cooperating with everything on the dragon bed these past two days, the light gauze... those things... it was utterly absurd, and Jiang Yining's cheeks burned with rage.

"woke up?"

Ye Wuhen walked in carrying a bowl of medicine.

"I specially ordered this tonic to treat you..."

"Snapped!"

Jiang Yining raised her hand and swung it, smashing the bowl on the ground.

The smile on Ye Wuhen's face froze instantly.

The eunuch Li, who was serving nearby, was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"Get out, all of you."

Ye Wuhen's voice was unreadable, revealing neither joy nor anger.

As if granted a pardon, Eunuch Li thoughtfully closed the palace doors.

Ye Wuhen took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the stains off his boots.

He leaned down, and a dangerous dark red swirled in his narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes.

"What's wrong with the Empress?"

"Whoever upset you, I'll go and kill him to avenge you."

He reached out to touch Jiang Yining's face.

Jiang Yining turned her head away, coldly avoiding his touch.

"Your Majesty, please stop acting."

She raised her head, her clear eyes piercing straight into his.

"I remember everything."

Ye Wuhen's fingers froze in mid-air.

"That imperial advisor is indeed a good-for-nothing; he can't even handle such a small matter."

He withdrew his hand, stopped pretending, and casually sat down on the edge of the bed, crossing his legs.

"Haven't we been working out together quite well these past couple of days?"

[Mother! If we don't go back to the Chu family soon, that blind man will turn evil, and I won't be able to give birth anymore!]

That sweet, childlike voice popped into my head again.

"I want to leave the palace."

Jiang Yining didn't waste any words with him and made her request directly.

"Return to the Chu family."

The baby voice in my head said that if I didn't go back to the Chu family, the so-called "situation" couldn't be broken.

Although she didn't know what kind of organization it was, she figured that the voice wouldn't harm her.

"Back to the Chu family?"

Ye Wuhen grabbed Jiang Yining's chin.

"Jiang Yining, haven't you figured out what's going on yet?"

"You are my woman, this is your home!"

Jiang Yining glared back fearlessly, pulled out the gold hairpin from her hair, and pressed it hard against her neck.

The sharp tip of the hairpin pierced her delicate skin, and bright red blood rolled down her snow-white neck, a sight that was extremely jarring.

"If you don't let me go, I'll kill myself right now!"

Ye Wuhen stared at the streak of blood, his eyes surging with rage.

"You dare threaten me?"

"You can give it a try."

Jiang Yining exerted force, and the hairpin pierced even deeper.

The two remained locked in a stalemate.

The hall was eerily quiet; the only sound was their heavy breathing.

After a long while, Ye Wuhen was the first to give in, turning around and clenching his fists tightly.

"Boring."

He reverted to his lazy demeanor.

"I'm tired of playing with a doll that only knows how to contemplate suicide."

"Since you want to go back to that run-down place, then get out."

……

The main gate of the Chu residence.

An extremely luxurious carriage slowly came to a stop.

Ye Wuhen personally lifted the curtain and even considerately reached out to help Jiang Yining down.

Jiang Yining jumped off the carriage herself.

Ye Wuhen wasn't annoyed; instead, he looked defiantly at the three men at the door.

"Are all my ministers here?"

"Perfect timing, I'll send the Empress back to visit her family for a few days."

"The Empress has been exhausted from serving me in the palace these past few days."

Ye Wuhen gave Jiang Yining a meaningful look.

Bai Ze, with his fiery temper, couldn't stand it any longer and grabbed his knife, ready to charge forward.

"Bai Ze!"

Ji Lingxiao shouted and reached out to stop the savage bull.

He stared coldly at Ye Wuhen; if that look could kill, Ye Wuhen would have been slowly sliced ​​to death.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured."

"Now that Lady Chu has returned home, she is naturally being taken care of by her husband, so Your Majesty need not trouble yourself."

"That's good."

Ye Wuhen smiled meaningfully, turned around and got into the carriage.

The carriage sped away.

Four people with different thoughts were left behind.

Jiang Yining felt utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally, and headed straight for the mansion.

"I'm tired, don't bother me."

The three men looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, Jiang Yining was unaware that shortly after she fell asleep, an extremely bizarre "round table meeting" was taking place in a side hall of the Chu residence.

Ji Lingxiao sat at the head of the table, with Bai Ze and Chu Sikong on either side.

The atmosphere was so tense it felt like a court trial was about to begin.

"Did you all hear what that madman just said?"

Ji Lingxiao was the first to break the silence.

He fiddled with the nearly ruined string of Buddhist prayer beads in his hand, his tone chilling.

"He's declaring war on us."

"What's there to be afraid of!"

Bai Ze slammed his fist on the table, making the teacups bounce around.

"That damned emperor is going too far! Ningning was in such a state... and he still dares to send her back to show off!"

"I'll go gather my troops right now, storm the palace, and chop off his dog's head to use as a football for Ningning!"

"You're just throwing your life away."

Chu Sikong gently stroked the rim of the cup with his fingertips.

"Ye Wuhen holds the power of the Imperial Guards and the Dark Guards, as well as that Imperial Advisor whose strength is unknown."

"You just rushed in like that, and before you even saw anyone, you were riddled with bullets."

"Then what do you suggest we do?!"

Bai Ze was so angry that the veins on his neck bulged.

"Are we just going to stand by and watch him take Ningning away from us?!"

"Of course not."

Chu Sikong raised his head slightly, and the sinister aura emanating from him sent chills down one's spine.

"What do you mean?" Ji Lingxiao frowned.

Chu Sikong put down his teacup: "Since Ye Wuhen has brought the person back, it means he is certain that we wouldn't dare to lay a hand on him."

"But what if we join forces?"

"Join forces?"

Ji Lingxiao and Bai Ze exchanged a glance, both seeing disdain in each other's eyes.

Let them team up with their love rival? That's worse than killing them.

"What? You don't want to?"

Chu Sikong seemed to have anticipated their reaction.

Ji Lingxiao suppressed his displeasure.

Although he desperately wanted to strangle the blind man, he had to admit that he was right.

The most urgent task now is to deal with that crazy emperor.

As for Jiang Yining... we'll settle this score after we've dealt with the external threats.

"it is good."

Ji Lingxiao nodded, making the final decision.

"I agree to join forces."

"Let's put aside our grudges for now, before Ye Wuhen dies."

"but……"

His sharp gaze swept over the other two.

"During this time, no one is allowed to approach her, let alone lay a hand on her."

"If anyone dares to break the rules..."

"Then don't blame the other two for being impolite."

"Okay!" Bai Ze agreed without even thinking.

Chu Sikong smiled slightly, appearing harmless.

"I have no objection."

"but……"

He pointed to his eyes, which were covered by a red silk cloth.

"I have difficulty seeing. If I trip and fall while walking and happen to fall into her arms, would that be against the rules?"

"Calculate."

Ji Lingxiao and Bai Ze spoke in unison.

"Alright then."

Chu Sikong sighed with some regret.

"Looks like I'll just have to put up with it."