At the altar, Ji Youyuan made his move. It was precisely when all the soldiers from Nanjiang raised their curved blades, about to decapitate the children.
Suddenly, he was hovering in mid-air with his arms raised. After making a few hand gestures, all the soldiers froze on the spot, their faces bewildered.
"That... I thought Sect Leader Ji was handicapped, unable to fight, and couldn’t use the Illusion Technique?"
The young Emperor was stunned and quickly turned to look at Ji Youzhi.
Ji Youzhi felt his gaze, and his lips twitched slightly. Before my older brother’s injury, the Emperor was wary of the Ji Family. After my older brother’s leg was injured, his interest in the Ji Family faded.
Now, my older brother’s recovery hasn’t been mentioned to him. Seeing it now, I wonder what’s going through his mind?
"Your Majesty! My older brother..." Ji Youzhi forced a wry smile, struggling to find the right words, contemplating how to avoid arousing suspicion.
"Eldest Uncle took some medicine yesterday," Xiaosuisui answered the young Emperor’s question.
Took medicine yesterday? What does that mean?
The young Emperor looked at her. A four-and-a-half-year-old child wouldn’t lie.
"Eldest Uncle stood up for a while, then he sat in his wheelchair again!"
The young Emperor was speechless. What does that mean? How can I not understand it?
He wanted to ask Ji Youzhi, but seeing the bitterness on Ji Youzhi’s face, the suspicious young Emperor began to let his imagination run wild.
Could it be that Sect Leader Ji, to confront the Great Wizard today, took some kind of rare treasure that temporarily enhanced his strength or made a disabled person appear outwardly recovered?
As the young Emperor thought of this, his head began to buzz.
It can’t be! Could the Ji Family be this loyal?
To his knowledge, once such a medicine is taken, the user will suffer a significant backlash when its effects wear off and will have to bear immense karmic consequences.
"Your name is Suisui, right?" The young Emperor gestured to Xiaosuisui, hoping to verify his thoughts.
Xiaosuisui nodded, then ran straight onto the Imperial Carriage and sat down right next to the young Emperor, side by side.
Everyone was flabbergasted!
"Suisui, don’t be impolite! Come down immediately!" Her Eldest Aunt was so scared her heart almost leaped out of her throat. Her precious darling actually ran to sit on the Emperor’s Dragon Throne! This is an offense punishable by beheading!
Xiaosuisui usually listened to Wang Dongxue. Even though she was a child, she could sense who truly cared for her! In the Ji Family, apart from her maternal grandmother, her Eldest Aunt was the first person who doted on her to the core.
"Alright, Eldest Aunt!" The little girl started to climb off the Dragon Throne, ready to get down.
The young Emperor quickly pressed her down. "No need. I’m quite lonely sitting here by myself. Suisui, you can stay here in the Imperial Carriage and keep me company!"
Hearing this, Xiaosuisui blinked, looked at Wang Dongxue, somewhat at a loss.
Wang Dongxue said helplessly, "Yes! The child is ill-mannered. Thank you for your magnanimity, Your Majesty."
"It’s nothing. I quite like this little girl." The young Emperor waved his hand, signaling Wang Dongxue not to say more.
He turned his head and looked at Xiaosuisui.
"Do you know what medicine your Eldest Uncle took that allowed his legs to stand again?"
Xiaosuisui didn’t know that this young Emperor was quite devious, and was now asking her these things to trick information out of her!
"A rare treasure!" Xiaosuisui blurted out without thinking.
That Elixir was refined by Ji Youran, and its name was never mentioned from beginning to end. But Eldest Uncle said it was a rare treasure.
"A rare treasure?" The young Emperor blinked. Was it really as I thought?
Xiaosuisui nodded. "Yes! Eldest Uncle said it’s a rare treasure. He said he shouldn’t take it and told Suisui to keep it for her future use. But Suisui felt that since Second Uncle refined that medicinal ingredient for Eldest Uncle, it should belong to Eldest Uncle. So, Suisui stuffed it to Eldest Uncle for him to eat!"
Upon hearing this, the young Emperor’s mind went blank with confusion.
Why couldn’t I understand what she was saying?