A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles-Chapter 796 - 722: The Sky of the Underworld

After hearing Ji Youzhi’s words, the Emperor grew extremely anxious. His gaze towards Ji Youzhi changed.

"Just now, I did indeed speak with her. Do you want to know what I said?"

Ji Youzhi blinked at the Emperor.

The Emperor grew even more anxious at his words and hurriedly asked, "What did you say to her?"

"I told her my mother likes her, my second and third sisters-in-law like her, and most importantly, our Suisui loves her. Our Ji Family has long considered her one of us."

The Emperor’s eyes widened in shock, his mouth agape wide enough to hold an egg. He stood there, completely stunned. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Seeing his reaction, Ji Youzhi couldn’t hold back his laughter.

"PFFT... Looking at your stunned face, you must have fallen for my sister long ago, right?"

The Emperor’s face first darkened, then he looked bewildered.

"What are you talking about? Your sister? What do you mean, ’your sister’?"

Ji Youzhi slung an arm over the Emperor’s shoulder and whispered, "Your Majesty! You are about to marry and establish an Empress. Are you suggesting that Miss Pan’Er should be a mere concubine?"

"Of course not! Concubines are consorts. How could I possibly let her be a consort?" the Emperor retorted without even thinking.

Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but laugh and said, "Well, given Miss Xie’s reputation for having betrayed her sect, and with her bookish brother still locked up in Your Majesty’s Celestial Prison... if you were to make her the Empress, who in the Duke’s Mansion, Marquis Ting Sheng’s Mansion, or the Zhongshu Province would ever agree?"

Hearing this, the Emperor’s mind raced, and he quickly understood Ji Youzhi’s meaning.

"I must have done some incredible good deeds in my previous life to have both of you brothers by my side! Not only do you help me strategize, but you, Youzhi, have risked your life for me multiple times and managed critical situations!" the Emperor said with deep emotion.

Ji Youzhi pursed his lips. "I don’t know what great deeds you did in your past life, but our cunning Eighth Brother said that if we brothers were ever in mortal danger, you would even give your own life to save us. Therefore, whichever of us it is, we must ensure you live a long and healthy life, dying naturally in old age!"

The Emperor’s lips twitched into a stiff smile. "Are we even talking about the same thing? Besides, even if we can share adversity, life, and death, matters of marriage and children should depend on individual fate and affinity. Do you truly have no romantic feelings for Pan’Er whatsoever?"

Ji Youzhi hastily denied, "Of course not! If I did, I would have confessed my feelings to her long ago!"

But the Emperor chuckled lightly, "If you truly harbor no romantic feelings for her, then why, in the Array of Heaven, did the Illusory Fox use Pan’Er’s appearance to trap you, keeping you ensnared for what felt like a lifetime?"

Ji Youzhi’s breath hitched.

"Don’t try to claim it was merely the Illusory Fox using its tricks to forcefully keep you trapped, or that your romantic fate only changed after you managed to break free from the Illusory Realm and return to reality. But Youzhi, you have to admit, before that incident, you did have some feelings for Pan’Er, didn’t you?"

Ji Youzhi opened his mouth, his breathing suddenly grew heavy, and his lips moved as he said, "I... I don’t know. Before all this, I’m not sure if I was developing feelings for her. But now, I truly, genuinely see her as a sister, whether you believe me or not. In the past, and even now, I have never considered her as the person I want to spend the rest of my life with!"

With that, Ji Youzhi turned and walked away.

The Emperor stood rooted to the spot, looking up at the sky. Am I overthinking this? Does Youzhi truly not have even a shred of romantic feeling for Pan’Er?

This was a question Ji Youzhi was also asking himself. He hadn’t walked far before he stopped.

Was the Emperor right? Did I once have feelings for her?

He placed a hand over his heart, murmuring to himself. Then, a low chuckle escaped him.

If it weren’t for that experience in the Illusory Realm, perhaps I would never have clearly understood what kind of life I truly want.

The fragrant aroma of Braised Rabbit Meat wafted to the Emperor’s nose. He sniffed a few times and quickly hurried into the kitchen. Xie Pan’Er was busy at the stove, saying to Princess Ata, "Don’t add any more firewood! If you add too much, the broth will boil down, and it won’t taste good."

"Alright, alright! I won’t add any more firewood. You added plenty of water, didn’t you?"