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If the Prince Yanbei of Prince Yanbei's Mansion dies, then his wife, Princess Yanbei, will die along with him. This was the rule passed down in Prince Yanbei's Mansion for over a hundred years, and no one could change it.

No wonder, it was no wonder that even if the original owner didn't want to commit suicide, she would still lose the motivation to live on.

One must know what the Emperor had said in his decree to grant this marriage to her. As a quasi-empress, she adored Xiao Jiu'an, the Prince of Yanbei, and admired his selflessness as a citizen of Revelation, and took the initiative to ask for the marriage. In order to fulfill her infatuation, the Emperor endured the pain of giving her an imperial marriage decree, allowing them to become a pair of lovers in life and in death.

"Hahaha…" Knowing this, Ji Yunkai couldn't help but laugh out loud. Her laughter made people's hair stand on end, and caused her own heart to turn cold.

God had been kind to her in not only allowing her to not die on the exploding ship, but for also allowing her to die and be buried with a strange man. The people who personally pushed her into this grave was her closest kin in this world, her father and her half-sister.

"You, why are you laughing?" Imperial Advisor Ji was unsettled by Ji Yunkai's laughter, and his imposing manner also weakened a bit.

"I laugh at this world, I laugh… at myself!" She was laughing at herself for being unlucky. She was laughing at herself for not having parents. She was laughing at the injustice of the world!

In her previous life, her father had died before she was even born. Before she was three years old, her mother abandoned her and was remarried. She had become an orphan.

In this life, her mother died when she gave birth to her, and her own father raised her until she was eighteen, but she still could not escape her fate of abandonment.

So cold! Her body was cold, and her heart was even colder.

Ji Yunkai hugged herself tightly as she stubbornly looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Imperial Advisor Ji in front of her. At this moment, she felt the same way as the original owner did. This selfish and cruel man was not worthy of being her father.

"What's so funny? Stop playing the fool, your engagement with the Emperor has been

dissolved, quickly hand over the Phoenix Pendant!" Imperial Advisor Ji was flustered by Ji Yunkai's laughter, but he still did not forget his ultimate goal.

"Phoenix Pendant? So you are here for the Phoenix Pendant." Ji Yunkai's lips curled up into a sneer.

It was no wonder why he was here.The original owner's memories of her father, whom she had only seen three times a year, had condescendingly come to see her because of the Phoenix Pendant on her hands.

The Phoenix Pendant was a treasure passed down to the Empress of Revelation's Imperial Family. Before she died, the previous Empress gave the Phoenix Pendant to the original owner and warned her that this jade pendant could only be given to the next Empress. However, even when the crown prince ascended the throne, he had not married the original owner nor designated anyone else to be his Empress. Therefore, the jade pendant was still in the original owner's hands.

"Otherwise, do you think I'd come to see you?" Imperial Advisor Ji said coldly.

"That's true. Why would father come to see me? After all, I am someone who is on the verge of death. It would be useless to look at me." Ji Yunkai's clear eyes looked at Imperial Advisor Ji unblinkingly, as if she wanted to see through him.

After being in her room for so long, he still hadn't discovered the injury on her wrist. Imperial Advisor Ji was really a "competent" father.

Being stared at by Ji Yunkai until he felt guilty, Imperial Advisor Ji straightened his back and said sternly: "What are you waiting for, hurry up and give the Phoenix Pendant to me."

"You want the Phoenix Pendant? In your dreams!" She would rather throw away her things than give them to others.

"If you want the Phoenix Pendant, you can… let the Emperor ask for it himself." No matter what, the Emperor owes the original owner an explanation and a word of apology.

No matter how good-natured the original owner was, or how badly she got along with her family, the original owner did not let the Emperor down.

Although she was still alive, she knew that the original Ji Yunkai had died.

Without waiting for Imperial Advisor Ji to speak, a dainty girl walked in. "Your Majesty? Elder sister, what are you thinking about? Do you think the Emperor will see you again? Have you forgotten the first time the Emperor saw the black spots on your face? How he vomited right there on the spot?"

The woman was dressed in pink, and her voice was as clear and melodious as an oriole coming out of a valley. However, her words were heart-piercing.

"Ji Lan?" Ji Yunkai looked at the lady in front of her, and her eyes slightly narrowed.

Second Miss of the Ji Family, Ji Lan, was her half-sister and one of the four beauties of Revelation. After her face was ruined and her marriage to the Emperor was dissolved, Ji Lan was conferred the title of imperial concubine by the Emperor and would enter the palace three months later. In other words, she was the one who advised the Emperor to give her to the Prince of Yanbei, Xiao Jiu'an, to become his official consort.

From the length of time to prepare for the wedding, it could be seen that the emperor didn't take her marriage with Xiao Jiu'an seriously at all. He only gave them five days time to prepare.

Of course, this didn't mean that Xiao Jiu'an was about to die. The Emperor was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on, thus he could only let them marry in a hurry so that she, Princess Yanbei, could accompany him in death.

"Elder sister, I haven't seen you in a few days. You seem to have lost a lot of weight." Ji Lan swept her beautiful eyes across Ji Yunkai, scrutinizing her from top to bottom. When she saw her left hand, Ji Lan's eyes flashed with suspicion, as well as uncertainty. Ji Lan quickly calmed down, but Ji Yunkai, who was staring at her, did not miss this.

Why was Ji Lan puzzled? With what was she uncertain?

"You're wrong, I'm fine." Ji Yunkai said coldly. Her lips turned into a mocking sneer and it accidentally pulled on the wound on her left cheek, causing her to gasp in pain.

Her right cheek was covered in black spots and her left cheek was swollen and red from being hit by Imperial Advisor Ji. Under such circumstances, Ji Lan could still tell that she had lost weight.

Ji Lan acted as if she didn't see anything and said with a worried expression, "Elder sister, are you mad at Daddy again? You… why couldn't you just submit to Daddy? Daddy did this for your own good. After all, in your current state, only Prince Yanbei would want to marry you."

Ji Lan finished speaking and didn't give Ji Yunkai a chance to speak. She walked over to Imperial Advisor Ji's side and hugged his arm in a spoiled manner, "Daddy, don't be angry at Big Sister. It's not like you don't know Big Sister's temper."

Ji Lan was acting coquettishly as she looked at Ji Yunkai provocatively. Leaning her head on Imperial Advisor Ji's arm, she smirked, and all of her words told Ji Yunkai how good the relationship between this father and daughter was.

Seeing this scene, Ji Yunkai could only laugh....

The original owner was a lovelorn child. She longed for her father's love and hoped that Imperial Advisor Ji would pamper her like he did with Ji Lan.

If it was the original owner who saw this scene, she would definitely be sad and then do something that would make her lose her mind, but....

She, Ji Yunkai, would not!