"No, it's not. I came to see you. I'm here to help you regain your memory!"
Xie Jin immediately denied it. His decision to enter the palace today was indeed his own.
However, he also needed to scout the situation in the palace.
Zhan Tianye stared coldly at Xie Jin.
Even the woman he loved most couldn't help him recover his memory, so how could a mere stranger he didn't even recognize help him?
"Speak, what else do you want besides this?" Zhan Tianye saw through Xie Jin's true intentions.
Xie Jin marveled, and his mouth twitched fiercely. "Are you not amnesiac anymore?"
How could he tell he was here for wealth?
As expected of Prince Ye!
"Speak," Zhan Tianye said expressionlessly, his patience wearing thin.
He had been thinking about Yun Shu and his three sons these past two days, and he was already restless, with an urge to unleash a massacre.
Xie Jin finally took out the item he brought. "It's this, take a look!"
Zhan Tianye stared at the item in Xie Jin's hand.
As he saw what Xie Jin was holding, the coldness in his eyes seemed to be covered by another layer of ice.
"This is your personal belonging! You've forgotten even your personal belongings? When I heard the news on the road, I specifically had someone rush back to the capital to get this. It hasn't been washed yet! It still carries your scent! Smell it! Perhaps you'll remember everything about Prince Ye's manor!" Xie Jin dangled a pair of small underpants in front of Zhan Tianye.
"Scram."
Zhan Tianye's thin lips parted.
Xie Jin recoiled violently, then threw the small underpants at him. "If you don't thank me, you're telling me to scram? To bring it in, I had to hide it on me carefully, without anyone seeing. You're too heartless! Doesn't this even stir your memories?"
Shouldn't everyone have a natural sense of closeness to their personal belongings?
Xie Jin thought this trick of his was brilliant.
But!
Zhan Tianye grabbed the small underpants and threw them back.
They landed right on his face.
"Scram."
This was the second "scram."
Xie Jin sensed trouble. He knew Zhan Tianye too well and knew he should run immediately at this point!
If he didn't run, the consequences would be unimaginable!
He ignored the fact that Zhan Tianye's small underpants were covering his face and grabbed them as he bolted. "Then I'll go see Miss Yun Er! Goodbye! I'll come back another day!"
Zhan Tianye's voice, as cold as water, sounded from behind Xie Jin. "Stay away from her."
Damn it!
Who in their right mind would say Zhan Tianye was amnesiac?
This was exactly the same as before!
It was incredible. Even when he spoke, it was as if he was spitting out ice shards, wanting to freeze and scare people to death!
When Xie Jin ran out, looking as if he was being chased by a fierce beast, he startled a group of palace servants.
What was going on with this envoy from the Eastern Ning Kingdom?
Had their Prince Jin scared him off?
Although Prince Jin had an imposing aura, it shouldn't be enough to make an envoy from another country flee in panic!
Someone quickly went to report this scene to the emperor.
After fleeing the imperial palace, Xie Jin quickly returned to the General's manor.
Clutching the small underpants, he went to Yun Shu. On the way, he had already cast aside Zhan Tianye's threat.
Yun Shu was slightly surprised when she saw Xie Jin. "Didn't you go into the palace? Why are you back so soon?"
Moreover, Xie Jin's face still showed lingering shock. Although his clothes were neat, he looked somewhat disheveled.
Xie Jin was thirsty, so he poured himself a cup of tea and gulped it down in a few large swallows before speaking breathlessly, "I went to see the Prince of Jin from the Western Xia Kingdom. He was too scary. I just gave him a small gift, but he didn't appreciate it. Instead, he told me to scram."
Yun Shu's eyebrows twitched slightly. "A small gift?"
A gift that could awaken Zhan Tianye's memory?
She had to admit, she had been curious about it for half the day.
Qiu Lu, who was guarding the door, was curious and immediately leaned in.
What happened next made both Yun Shu and Qiu Lu's mouths twitch violently.
"I had someone rush back to Prince Ye's manor to get this. It's made of his favorite fabric and he wears it every day. He should have remembered something, right? But when he saw it, he directly kicked me out. All my heartfelt effort was wasted like this!" Xie Jin felt like a fated tragic figure!
Qiu Lu gave Xie Jin a thumbs-up. "Only Marquis Xie would come up with such an idea!"
Let alone a prince, even he himself wanted to shout at Marquis Xie's face, "Scram! Get lost as far as possible! It's too disgusting!"
Yun Shu looked at the small underpants, then at Xie Jin. She pointed to the door. "Take it out. Qiu Lu, show the guest out."
Xie Jin lost his composure. "Aren't you all too heartless?"
He had racked his brains and put in so much effort, only to be repeatedly doused with cold water?
"Even the Princess Consort, whom the Prince cares about the most, couldn't make him remember anything. You want to use this thing to make him remember the past? Isn't that just disgusting the Prince?" Qiu Lu rolled his eyes.
At the same time, he leaned closer to Xie Jin's ear and whispered, "If the Prince knew that this thing was brought to the Princess Consort, do you think he would be angry?"
Although Xie Jin appeared fearless, he was now somewhat afraid because of Qiu Lu's words. It seemed that in a moment of distraction, Zhan Tianye had told him to stay away from Yun Shu?
He gritted his teeth fiercely. "I suddenly remembered I have some things to do that I need to take care of immediately! I won't disturb the Princess Consort."
As soon as he finished speaking, he ran faster than anyone else.
Qiu Lu said to Yun Shu with great exasperation, "Princess Consort, Marquis Xie is too unreliable!"
Yun Shu agreed with this assessment. "Indeed, very unreliable."
...
The next day.
The three little ones were practicing martial arts in the courtyard.
They were learning new moves taught by their maternal grandfather.
They practiced diligently, believing that their maternal grandfather had promised to take them out to play if they practiced well today.
Therefore, they had already held themselves to high standards, and now they were even more demanding of themselves.
Yun Shu was reading in her room.
Beside her, only Qiu Lu and Jing Heng were watching.
Seeing the little ones practice with such seriousness, a gentle light covered their stern faces.
Only their own children could be this cute while practicing martial arts, right?
Yes, only their children were like this.
Not far away, behind two or three large trees, three young boys, about five or six years old, were hiding.
"Are they the ones from the Eastern Ning Kingdom? I heard my mother say that our grandfather dislikes them and doesn't want them to stay with us at all."
"They eat our food, live in our house, they're so annoying!"
"My mother said their mother is a vixen, always seducing men. Even my father secretly wants to look at their mother."
"My father too."
"Sons of a vixen are never good. Shall we go teach them a lesson?"