Contrary to what Qiao Yuyan had imagined, Jiahe had indeed changed his clothes and rearranged his attire, but he was wearing a white mourning robe and had linen tied around his head.
She has always been aloof. Except for special circumstances, she likes to be the center of attention wherever she goes.
Even when she was crowded with everyone in that small courtyard, she never wanted to feel wronged about whether she should dress beautifully or dress beautifully. At most, the color could be lighter.
Seeing Qiao Yuyan's gaze, Jiahe looked down at himself and smiled, "He is my biological father after all. I didn't catch up with him before him. On this last day, I must pay tribute to him."
She was talking about the late emperor, and she used "I" instead of "I" at this time, which somewhat meant to get closer to Qiao Yuyan.
Qiao Yuyan did not answer this, but asked: "Princess really wants to ascend the throne and establish herself as the empress?"
Jiahe raised his eyebrows at her, "Why not?"
This sentence brought out her arrogance again, but she soon turned her face away and asked Qiao Yuyan, "You think I can't do it?"
Qiao Yuyan didn't hide anything. She looked at Jiahe seriously and said, "Yes, I don't think you can do it."
Jiahe immediately pulled out a dagger and placed it on Qiao Yuyan's neck, "Did you know that with just these words from you, I can kill you immediately?"
"With or without my words, it would be easy for the princess to kill me." Qiao Yuyan didn't even blink, she looked straight at her, "What's more..."
She paused, "Didn't the princess kill me once a long time ago?"
Neither of them has forgotten what happened at the Daxiangguo Temple, but after the incident in the bamboo forest, they both tacitly agreed not to mention it.
Mrs. Wen frowned immediately from behind, intuitively Qiao Yuyan shouldn't have said this.
Sure enough, Jiahe's dagger penetrated two points, and blood immediately appeared on Qiao Yuyan's neck, but she just frowned slightly and did not say a word.
"How dare you mention this!" Jiahe glared hard and looked at Qiao Yuyan with a heavy gaze, "My fifth brother died that night, don't tell me that you didn't know anything about it!"
"Princess, you are used to being superior." Qiao Yuyan still did not give in at all. "Your life is human life, and my life is also life. It was you who had evil intentions in the first place. What's more, how many people died in the Daxiangguo Temple that time?
Man, don’t you have any idea?”
Old Mrs. Wen was so frightened by Qiao Yuyan that her face turned pale. She didn't care about the many things at the moment and knelt down quickly, "Your Highness, my daughter-in-law is frightened. She doesn't know what she is talking about. Now
Only my daughter can speak so carelessly, you must not listen to what she says."
Jiahe didn't listen to Mrs. Wen's plea at all. She only stared at Qiao Yuyan, "I'll ask you one last thing."
Qiao Yuyan was still so stubborn, "Princess, may I ask?"
"Did you do what happened at the Wen family's birthday banquet?"
Sure enough, in Jiahe's heart, this matter was the thing she couldn't deal with the most. No matter how dismissive she was, no matter how free and uninhibited she was, she still couldn't be bad in her heart.
"Not me."
"really?!"
Qiao Yuyan twitched her lips, "I didn't deny the incident at Daxiangguo Temple, why should I deny this? Moreover, if I can lie, what's the point of the princess's questioning at this time?"
Jiahe looked at her steadily, and kept looking hard, as if he wanted to see into the bottom of her heart.
Qiao Yuyan clearly saw that her eyes were slowly turning red, but the corners of her mouth were slowly turning up, revealing a very beautiful smile.
"Qiao Yuyan, I really hate you."
Qiao Yuyan sighed helplessly, "I know."
"Everything about you disgusts me," Jiahe put away the dagger, but the other hand holding her collar did not relax, and every word he spoke was like a curse.
"My whole body is rustic and I come from a merchant family. How can I develop such a good temperament?"
"She looks so voluptuous and doesn't look like a serious person. She can hook up with anyone."
"Stupid, stupid, hypocritical and insidious, those annoying people, you really have a serious relationship with them."
"I even wonder if your brain is full of water?"
"..."
Qiao Yuyan let her scold her, but after scolding her for a long time, her face was inevitably a little worried, "In front of me, can you be a little more polite?"
"Did I scold you wrongly?"
Jiahe immediately raised his voice, and Qiao Yuyan immediately fell silent and even shrugged, "You continue."
Jiahe suddenly used force and pulled her out. Qiao Yuyan was not careful and almost tripped over the threshold.
But Jiahe still didn't care, and directly grabbed Qiao Yuyan's collar and pulled her out. Old Mrs. Wen was scared to death inside, but was blocked by the maids and couldn't get out. "Princess, you must calm down! You must calm down, she
Children always don’t mean what they say, you just need to teach them a lesson, don’t be impulsive.”
When Jiahe heard this, he suddenly stopped and said, "This old woman is making so much noise, I'll gag her and throw her into the back room!"
Not allowing Qiao Yuyan to speak, she dragged Qiao Yuyan out.
The sun has already set on the glazed tiles of the palace in the distance, leaving only a thin layer of afterglow, and the chill is gathering layer by layer.
Qiao Yuyan was dragged all the way to the wall of Chengtian Gate by Jiahe. The people downstairs were filled with armor-piercing soldiers. When they saw her coming, they screamed that they were thousands of years old.
Jiahe just sneered and did not answer any of their words.
She dragged Qiao Yuyan all the way up until she stood at the very center of the city wall.
From here you can overlook the entire capital city, as if the great rivers and mountains of Daqi Kingdom were trampled under your feet in an instant.
Jiahe let go of Qiao Yuyan, and the two stood side by side.
The wind on the tower was extremely strong, carrying the chill that came through the ice and snow, blowing on my face like a knife, and it was so cold that it hurt.
Qiao Yuyan glanced at Jiahe. She was not wearing a cloak, and her clothes looked a little thin, but she didn't seem to feel cold.
"Do you think Lao Qi can come back in time?"
The night gradually enveloped, and apart from torches, there was no other source of light in the world. Qiao Yuyan was so cold that her limbs were numb, and she couldn't hear clearly for a while. After a moment of reaction, she realized what she had just said.
"I don't know! It takes some time to find Yuxi!"
Jiahe suddenly sneered, looking at Qiao Yuyan with a complicated look, "You really know everything, he really tells you everything."
"What about the princess?" Qiao Yuyan turned her face and looked at her seriously, "When did the princess know about it?"
Jiahe seemed to be a little uncomfortable with her eyes. She was silent for a while before laughing at herself, "I will know it when I should know it."