As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Jiang Ting sitting by the bed.
The man with sharp brow bones turned his head almost the instant she woke up and leaned down to touch her forehead.
"Awake? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Zhixia shook her head, staring straight at him, then suddenly sprang up from the bed and grabbed his wrist.
"Big brother! We made a contract, right?"
She needed to confirm the important things that had happened before she fainted!
Jiang Ting was taken aback, seemingly not expecting her to ask this first thing after waking up.
A rare awkwardness appeared on his face. He looked away and moved his lips.
"Let's not talk about that now..."
Jiang Zhixia's heart skipped a beat when she saw her older brother's reaction.
It didn't work?
No way! Her true spiritual form was summoned, how could it not have succeeded!
She stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "Could it be that I'm too weak and didn't succeed?"
Could it be that my mental strength is too low compared to my elder brother, preventing me from forming a contract?!
No way, we didn't learn that in physiology class!
Jiang Ting's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he said in a hoarse voice, "...We'll talk about it later."
Jiang Zhixia couldn't wait any longer.
After a contract is successfully concluded, a male will often have a mark on his chest, which is proof of the fusion of spiritual power.
Without saying a word, she reached out and grabbed her older brother's chest.
"Really it didn't work? Have you checked? Is there a brand mark?"
Jiang Ting's breath hitched, and he quickly grabbed her misbehaving hand.
"Wait, wait a minute..."
Jiang Zhixia was held down by him, and looked up with a surprised expression.
Why is my brother pretending to be so reserved? He's even stuttering from shyness.
Every time, it's him who takes the initiative to hug, kiss, and bite. Why is he shy about touching his own breasts now?
She struggled to free her wrist, stubbornly reaching for his chest.
"Let me see if it's there. I don't know when my mental strength will improve, and what will happen if I can't form contracts in the future?"
"..."
Jiang Ting suddenly let out a deep sigh.
At the same time as the sigh, two other gasps were heard.
Jiang Zhixia froze.
She maintained the posture, turning her neck backward little by little.
On the other side of the room, Jiang Lin and Wu Zhan sat side by side, their expressions indescribable.
Jiang Zhixia: "..."
? ? ? ! ! !
She abruptly released her grip, nearly spitting out her tongue: "Mother, Father, what brings you here...?"
Jiang Lin couldn't bear to watch any longer and silently held her head.
Watching her daughter touch her eldest son as soon as she woke up was a very disturbing experience for her as a mother.
After a while.
Jiang Ting had already left, leaving them space to talk.
Jiang Zhixia clutched the blanket tightly and smiled at her father and mother.
"So I was unconscious for this long..."
She thought she hadn't been unconscious for long, since she was almost used to it, and according to the pattern, she should wake up faster this time than last time.
I never expected to be unconscious for three days this time.
The Queen looked at her seriously, her brows furrowed.
"Since you know your level isn't high enough, why are you wasting your mental energy like this? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"
Wu Zhan also looked worried and chimed in with concern.
"Yes, Xiaxia, that's too risky! What if something happens? What will Father and Mother do then?"
Jiang Zhixia lowered her head and muttered resentfully in a low voice, "But what will happen to my older brother if I don't go?"
Jiang Lin and Wu Zhan choked at the same time.
Yes, the daughter did nothing wrong.
Currently, only his daughter can calm Jiang Ting down. Without her, Jiang Ting could easily riot during his vulnerable period and die on the spot.
Jiang Lin felt sorry for her daughter, but was also terrified that she had almost lost her son, so she couldn't bring herself to say anything to blame her.
Wu Zhan sighed softly, softening his tone as he asked, "Xiaxia, what are you and your... Jiang Ting planning to do?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhixia's eyes darted around.
She held her father's hand with one hand and her mother's hand with the other, tilting her head up to look at them obediently.
"I'm sorry, Father and Mother, I didn't mean to keep it from you. I just have an idea, and I don't know if you will agree."
When Jiang Lin saw that expression on her face, she had a vague feeling of unease.
Sure enough, the daughter opened her big, bright eyes and asked earnestly, "Can I have two legal husbands?"
"..."
"..."
The room fell silent instantly.
Jiang Zhixia looked around and quickly explained, "Father, Mother, I don't want my husbands to be ranked in any way. They are all good, and no one needs to submit to anyone else. So I want my elder brother and Lu Jue to be the legitimate husbands."
Hearing their daughter's unprecedented suggestion, Jiang Lin and Wu Zhan remained silent.
Jiang Zhixia felt a little uneasy as she watched her parents remain silent for a long time, only staring at her with their eyes.
After a long while, she straightened her back with a sense of righteous indignation.
"I've already entered into a contract with my elder brother, and you've personally promised to make Lu Jue your primary husband. You can't go back on your word, can you? Or would you rather see my elder brother as some kind of secondary husband?"
Jiang Lin was so angry at her counter-accusation that she laughed.
She reached out and touched her daughter's face, her tone helpless: "Since you've already made this decision, what's the point of us disagreeing?"
Wu Zhan, standing beside her, couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head. "No wonder she's my daughter; she's got ideas!"
He didn't think at all that his daughter's unusual ideas were due to her being love-struck.
He has always been proud of his daughter. Whether it was her chasing after males all over the stars before, or what she did for that wolf boy and her eldest son now, it all proves that his daughter is devoted to her beast husband.
This is far better than other females who treat their male beasts as mere appendages.
Jiang Zhixia's eyes lit up: "You agreed?"
Jiang Lin and Wu Zhan exchanged a glance and smiled helplessly.
What else can we do if we disagree?
We can't let Jiang Ting be ranked behind that wolf boy, can we?
Besides, they were always worried that their daughter would be deceived, and they knew better than anyone what kind of man their eldest son was.
Two legitimate husbands—although the empire has no precedent for this, it's not entirely impossible.
Anyway, it's up to her to decide who her husband is.
Seeing her parents smile, Jiang Zhixia beamed and threw herself into the Empress's arms.
"Thank you, Mother! Thank you, Father!"
As soon as I finished thanking them, they pushed my forehead and made me sit up straight.
She looked at her mother with a bewildered expression: Why is she refusing this loving hug?
Jiang Lin's expression gradually became serious.
"I'll talk to you about your older brother's matter later, but let's talk about this first..."
She held up the gleaming object in front of her daughter: "Why are you carrying this on you?"
Jiang Zhixia's expression froze upon seeing this.
It was the short knife she had hidden on her person, intending to use it for self-defense!
Oh dear, I was in such a hurry when I ran to find my older brother that I forgot to throw this thing away!
Wu Zhan glanced at the short knife, his expression turning serious.
This thing was found by the eldest son on his daughter.
My daughter is perfectly fine, how could she have something like this on her body?
Jiang Zhixia was stunned for only a second before her expression changed immediately.
She buried her face in the Queen's arms and cried out in grievance.
"Mother! Jiang Xue is going to kill me!"
Although things were a little off, it didn't stop her from continuing to make false accusations!
As Mother just said, Jiang Xue is currently imprisoned, and the woman who plotted against my elder brother has turned herself in out of fear of punishment, so we can't get anything out of her.
Then she'd have to take the opportunity to pull off something big and condemn Jiang Xue to death!
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin's expression instantly turned fierce: "What?!"
Wu Zhan suddenly stood up and roared, "She dares!"
Startled by her father's loud voice, Jiang Zhixia shrank into her mother's arms and sobbed as she splashed dirty water on Jiang Xue.
"That day, when my brother went to investigate, she cornered me in the room and said a lot of nasty things. Then... then she took this knife and tried to stab me... I snatched it away first, and after finally running away, she still tried to stop me. The guards all saw it. I was so scared that I went to find my brother, and that's when I found out that my brother had a flare-up of his immune system."
As Jiang Lin and Wu Zhan listened, their expressions grew increasingly grim.
Jiang Lin hugged her daughter tightly and patted her back gently to comfort her, but anger surged in her eyes.
What a wonderful Jiang Xue!
Not content with scheming against her son, she even dared to lay a knife on her daughter?
Wu Zhan, his face grim, walked out: "I'll interrogate her myself!"
Jiang Zhixia secretly glanced at her father's back, then quickly shrank back.
Alright, it's time to light the candles for Jiang Xue.
……
Jiang Xue was still in a daze when she was roughly dragged into the interrogation room.
After listening to His Majesty's fierce interrogation, she was so shocked that her eyes widened to twice their normal size!
Jiang Zhixia actually framed her!
Wu Zhan sat in the main seat, looking at her as if she were an inanimate object.
"Jiang Xue, do you have anything else to say?"
Jiang Xue shouted in a shrill voice, "Your Majesty, I have already said that I did not assassinate the princess!"
"Then what is this?!"
Wu Zhan raised his hand and slammed the short knife down in front of her with a clang.
Jiang Xue looked down, her expression becoming even more absurd.
Her angry voice was split in two.
"Your Majesty! These are just ordinary tableware! The knife the princess used to eat cake!"
She's going crazy!
That useless woman Jiang Zhixia actually framed her with nothing but baseless accusations?!
She knelt on the ground, filled with grief and indignation, and desperately defended herself.
"Your Majesty, you are the princess's father, but you are also the Emperor of the Empire! You cannot simply believe whatever she says and falsely accuse me like this! What evidence do you have?!"
This was the first time she had ever shouted those words with such conviction.
Wu Zhan's gaze grew even colder.
"Evidence? There were so many guards and servants outside, they all saw you grabbing Xiaxia and not letting her leave! Isn't that evidence?!"
Jiang Xue instinctively shouted, "That's because—"
She stopped herself in time, not daring to continue.
How could she explain that? She was trying to stop Jiang Zhixia from ruining her plans!
But can you really say that?!
Does saying that sooner or later mean admitting that the female who plotted against Jiang Ting was sent by her?!
Jiang Xue knelt on the ground, her face turning pale and then flushed, her chest heaving violently.
She had framed countless people in her life, never imagining that she herself would one day be the one framed.
And it was by a useless female using such clumsy methods!
But she simply couldn't explain it!
Wu Zhan looked at her speechless expression and sneered.
"I have nothing to say, I admit it!"
"No! You can't do this to me!" Jiang Xue suddenly raised her head, her eyes red-rimmed. "Your Majesty! I am a royal female! You... you should at least have physical evidence! There are no fingerprints on this knife! How can you say I did it?!"
When Wu Zhan heard her mention fingerprints, the veins on his forehead bulged.
"Xiaxia herself said she got the knife before you did, which is why you didn't hurt her. If there are your fingerprints on the knife, then you've already succeeded!"
He looked down at the trembling female in front of him.
"Hailanxing has been embezzling resources, smuggling military supplies, and having a large influx of unidentified individuals over the years... Jiang Xue, do you really think the royal family is blind?"
Jiang Xue's face turned deathly pale instantly.
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