"Why aren’t you going to rest in the middle of the night, and instead following me?" Princely Heir roared.
Qin Zhou trembled with fright, unconsciously swallowed saliva, and then with evasive eyes replied, "Father... Father, I... I think I might not be your biological son, maybe... you should let me leave the Royal Residence and let another brother be the Princely Heir?"
Or maybe bring Mo Ziqiao back, but thinking of how much Princely Heir despised Mo Ziqiao, he swallowed those words just as they were about to leave his mouth.
It took Qin Zhou a great deal of courage to finally speak those words, only to be harshly slapped on the head by the Princely Heir, "Fuck, I must beat you to death today, you fool..."
Early in the morning, just as it began to dawn, Ye Jiu was startled awake by a knocking sound, "Little sister, little sister, those two eagles brought back two people, come out and see."
Ye Jiu rubbed her somewhat unopenable eyes, then with effort got up from the bed, opened the door, and asked confusedly, "What do you mean they brought back two people?"
She still hadn’t grasped Ye Gaosheng’s meaning.
"I don’t know exactly what happened, but this morning when I woke up, I suddenly found two injured people under the tree where the eagles sleep, not knowing whether they were dead or alive," Ye Gaosheng thought these two must have been brought back by the eagles; otherwise, if people appeared out of nowhere at home, the watchdog eagles couldn’t be so indifferently quiet.
Ye Gaosheng only discovered this in the morning, and Ye Wenzheng had gone to the front courtyard earlier to call people to first lift these two up, otherwise leaving them on the ground without knowing if they were dead or alive was also problematic.
Only then did Ye Jiu perk up and walk under the tree, instantly jumping at the sight of the two blood-soaked individuals.
Oh my, these eagles, how come they now have a habit of picking people up!
"Hurry, let’s get someone to bring them inside and find a doctor to look after them," Ye Jiu said.
It didn’t matter whether those men had been brought by the eagles or had come on their own, but having two blood-soaked individuals appear out of nowhere in her house was, after all, a matter of two lives, not something to just be disposed of.
As she spoke, Ye Wenzheng had already come over with the two individuals.
Once arrangements were made to take the individuals to another courtyard for treatment, Ye Jiu stopped concerning herself with the matter.
No sooner had she finished breakfast than Princely Heir arrived, with several large chests behind him.
Looking at the chests placed below, Ye Jiu was still puzzled, "This is...?"
"These are the rewards you received last night," Princely Heir said. He had gone to the Internal Affair Office early in the morning and had the Empress’s rewards to Ye Jiu increased several times.
Moreover, he chose the kind that didn’t bear any special marks, ones that could be sold or damaged without any issue.
Otherwise, according to usual practice, such a reward would be just for show, marked by the Internal Affair Office, unsellable, and even a slight damage incurred while owning it could be considered a great disrespect. Such rewards, other than looking good superficially, were only a source of trouble.
Since he was a biological son, even if the Empress knew about this, she couldn’t do anything to him.
Immediately afterward, Princely Heir handed over a land deed, "This is a hot spring villa that I’m giving you. The government office has already prepared the documents; it’s transferred in your name. Would you like to go and see it today?"
Ye Jiu unceremoniously took the land deed, "Not for now, I have other things to deal with, I’m busy."
Sikong Mo had asked her to come along with him, and she couldn’t afford much delay; her upcoming plans needed to be hastened.
As for the villa, since it wasn’t going anywhere and was now under her name, what was there to worry about!