Jiang Yu was still feeling sorry for the Empress when the door behind her opened, and Jiang Mingyue, who hadn't been home for two days, returned.

She looked somewhat tired. After changing her shoes, she silently prepared to go upstairs, but was stopped by Jiang Yu as she passed by.

Jiang Yu leaned closer to Jiang Mingyue and sniffed her. "You're injured too?"

and also?

Jiang Mingyue raised her eyebrows in confusion, then calmly rolled up her sleeve to reveal the scratch on her right hand.

"You mean this? I just tripped and fell."

Knowing that there was a dog with a keen sense of smell in the house, she was fortunate to have been prepared.

Jiang Yu frowned as she stared at the scratches on her palm.

"Young Miss, are you injured? Where are you hurt? Quickly, let Wang Ma bandage you up." As if triggering some mechanism, Wang Ma suddenly appeared and took Jiang Mingyue's hand in her arms, her face full of heartache.

"Actually, there's no need..." Jiang Mingyue's polite refusal was cut short as Wang Ma forcibly pulled her away to have her medicine bandaged.

A few minutes later, Jiang Mingyue looked at her right hand, which was wrapped up like a rice dumpling, and began to have doubts.

She probably only has abrasions and no broken bones, right?

After confirming that the Empress was not injured, Jiang Yu opened the box she had brought back to show the Empress a surprise.

"Your Majesty, look what this is."

Shen Ji looked at the gold bars in the box with a puzzled expression. "Gold bars?"

"Mmm, this is a gift I prepared for you. Do you like it?"

Seeing the little girl's expectant expression, Shen Ji smiled and nodded indulgently, "I like it."

Indeed, no one can resist the allure of the BRICS.

"This is a bit small, but we'll make do with it for now. I'll buy you a bigger gold brick when I make more money, okay?" Jiang Yu coaxed softly, feeling sorry for the Empress.

She had nothing, yet the Empress was still willing to follow her. She was determined to give him a life of wealth and luxury.

Seeing the heartache in the little girl's eyes, Shen Ji's eyelashes trembled, a glint of light flashed in his amber eyes, and a bright, gentle smile appeared on his excessively handsome face. "Okay."

Jiang Mingyue looked at Jiang Yu's worthless, desperate act, and then at Shen Ji's seductive, bewitching appearance; her expression was indescribable.

Jiang Yu, who was enjoying a sweet moment with the Empress, turned her head and saw Jiang Mingyue's gaze. She took out several small gift boxes from the large gift box and handed them to Jiang Mingyue and Wang Ma with a haughty expression.

"I am in a good mood today, and everyone will be rewarded."

Wang Ma slid down to her knees, accepted the gift box with both hands, and shouted loudly, "This old servant thanks Miss for her generous gift."

"Step down."

"Trash~"

Seeing the two-way flow of patients again, Jiang Mingyue smirked, "You actually knelt down?"

"I don't know what's wrong with me. As soon as I see Miss, I can't help but want to submit and kneel down. Is this the legendary master-servant bloodline suppression?" Wang Ma said with a blank look on her face.

Did she sign a master-servant contract instead of an employment contract?

Oh my god!

Jiang Mingyue laughed, feeling utterly speechless and bewildered.

Are you crazy, or are you all crazy?

When Jiang's parents returned home that evening, they also received Jiang Yu's gift, and the two were so moved that they hugged each other and cried.

Jiang Mingyue expressed her utter helplessness in the face of this situation, struggling to survive in the epileptic seizure center.

When the night was deep and quiet and everyone had gone to sleep, a figure quietly came to the end of the second floor.

A faint moonlight shone into the darkness as Jiang Mingyue dialed a phone number.

"Mission failed. The intelligence was incorrect. The item wasn't there."

Without knowing what the other person said, Jiang Mingyue replied in a low voice, "Understood, I will find an opportunity to visit the Lu family."

Jiang Mingyue hung up the phone and turned to go back to her room, but she bumped into Jiang Yu, who was standing behind her without her noticing.

She stared blankly at the pair of bright, gleaming eyes in the darkness for a long while, her heart pounding in her throat.

"You heard everything?" Jiang Mingyue asked nervously.

Jiang Yu stared at her for a few seconds, then pursed her lips. "Just a little bit."

"How much is 'a little bit'?"

"It all started when you said the mission failed."

Jiang Mingyue's heart shattered completely. Was that just a little bit? It was a ton of shattering.

"No matter how much you hear, forget everything you just heard, understand?" Jiang Mingyue rarely made such a serious request.

"Oh." Jiang Yu curled her lips indifferently.

"Why are you out wandering around in the middle of the night again instead of sleeping?" Jiang Mingyue was quite helpless about her younger sister's night owl behavior.

Jiang Yu stared at her intently. "The power's out. I came out to find some candles."

Jiang Mingyue: "I'm sorry."

I'm so damn stupid!

My sister was just out looking for candles, yet I suspected her.

The two searched the house in the dark for candles, but since they were not familiar with where things were stored, they couldn't find any after a long time.

Suddenly, Jiang Mingyue remembered something, took out her phone, turned on the flashlight mode, and asked, "Do we really have to find candles? Can't we use a flashlight?"

Suddenly, something brightened up in front of her, and Jiang Yu blinked as she looked at the phone in her hand.

Yes.

Jiang Mingyue suspected that spending too much time with them had insulted her intelligence.

After coldly escorting Jiang Yu back to her room, Jiang Mingyue returned to her own room, lay down on the bed, and then suddenly sat up.

No, everyone's asleep, why would she come out looking for candles?

The next morning, Jiang Yu slowly woke up from the Empress's arms, kissed him on the cheek with her eyes closed, and said good morning in a soft and sleepy voice.

Good morning, Your Majesty!

Shen Ji, who had woken up early and had been watching her for a while, chuckled softly and murmured, "Good morning."

Then he picked up Jiang Yu, whose mind was not yet fully awake, and took her to wash up.

A wonderful day begins with Baduanjin (Eight Pieces of Brocade).

The Empress's body is too weak; she needs to exercise.

Not long after breakfast, Jiang Yu pulled Shen Ji into the yard to teach him Baduanjin (Eight Pieces of Brocade).

However, he just couldn't learn it no matter what he tried, so Jiang Yu had to teach him step by step.

Jiang's mother and Wang's mother, who were secretly watching the two of them from behind the door, both showed maternal smiles.

"Xiao Bao and Xiao Bao, the Empress, look so well-matched."

"Perfect match, a match made in heaven!"

The two exchanged a glance, both with expressions of slight dismay, and quietly retreated with smirks.

Shen Ji smiled as he looked at the little girl who was teaching him earnestly. He leaned lazily against her, their figures overlapping, and with their backs to the sunlight, he completely enveloped her in his shadow.

One hand was around her waist, while the other was being manipulated by the little girl's chattering.

Like a cat playing with him.

Jiang Mingyue got up and, as usual, opened the window, stretched, and looked out. This time, the scenery outside the window was a little different from usual.

Seeing the two people cuddling together in the garden, she coldly slammed the window shut.

If she had known she would be forced to eat dog food as soon as she woke up, she would have slept a little longer.

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