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What should she do in order to prove that Xiao Jiu'an was awake and that the poison had resolved itself when he did not appear? Besides his weak body, what else was inappropriate about it?

In order to make the marks look more like kisses, Ji Yunkai bit her shoulder twice.

"Princess, we're here!" Prince Yanbei's Mansion was not far from the Imperial Palace. When Ji Yunkai had just finished her marks, they arrived there.

"Esteemed Princess, the Emperor is already waiting for you inside." Unlike last time, the Emperor did not make Ji Yunkai wait a long time.

"Got it." Ji Yunkai said indifferently, her elegance carrying a trace of laziness.

She was still the same person, but she exuded a mature charm that caused others to be unable to help but take another look at her.

Ji Yunkai slowly stepped into the palace. When she was three steps away from the hall, her footsteps paused, and she touched the golden mask on her face. She thought to herself, 'I wonder if the Emperor will crush this mask as well?'

It would be great if he could crush it. She did not like this mask. It was not that it was bad, but that it was too good and too ostentatious.

*Huff....* Secretly inhaling, Ji Yunkai straightened her clothes and walked in.

"Greetings Your Majesty. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor." Ji Yunkai bowed in greeting.

She is now Prince Yanbei's Wife, she does not have to kneel, but....

If the Emperor did not say anything, it would be worse to keep bending her knees than to kneel.

Thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two....

Ji Yunkai silently counted to fifty in her head before the Emperor "mercifully" opened his mouth and said, "Exempt."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ji Yunkai's legs almost felt numb from squatting, causing her waist to ache. She could finally stand up straight.

"Why did you enter the palace alone? Where is Prince Yanbei? Didn't he wake up?" Seeing the golden mask on Ji Yunkai's face, the Emperor could not help but frown.

This mask was even more dazzling than the orchid mask Ji Yunkai wore before. Although it was not of the same style, it was still suitable for Ji Yunkai. Ji Yunkai who wore an orchid mask was elegant and charming; Ji Yunkai who wore a gold mask was noble and sacred.

The current Ji Yunkai seemed to be even more beautiful than before, and was easily able to attract a man's attention.

"The Prince was awake last night. It's just that he's been lying in bed for too long, so he doesn't have the strength to get out of bed for a while." Ji Yunkai's face reddened at the right time. She lowered her head, revealing the marks on her neck.

The two of them were not far from each other, and when the Emperor saw it, his face immediately turned black. His eyes staring directly onto the marks on Ji Yunkai's neck, as though he wanted to eat her up.

"You... did you share a room with Prince Yanbei last night?" Even the Emperor did not know what was wrong with him. He clearly did not want this woman and disdained her. Why was he unhappy when he saw traces of another man on her?

"In reply to the Emperor, yes." Ji Yunkai whispered, looking shy.

Her bashful appearance made the Emperor even angrier.

This woman had risked her life to test the medicine just for him a month ago, and now she was actually shy for another man. She was simply shameless!

"You... shameless!" Who is the Emperor? He had never cared about anyone when he spoke, so he would naturally say whatever he thought.

"Ah? Your Majesty, what did you say?" Ji Yunkai suddenly raised her head to look at the Emperor, her eyes filled with panic and unease.

"I said you are shameless! You've only seen Prince Yanbei a few times, and you... you're already… been in the same room as him!" The Emperor admits that he really cares about Ji Yunkai and Xiao Jiu'an being in the same room.

No matter what, this woman was once his fiancée. The woman he did not want could not be touched by any other man!

For the first time, the Emperor regretted pointing Ji Yunkai out to Xiao Jiu'an.

He originally thought that Ji Yunkai marrying into Prince Yanbei's Mansion was waiting for death, but he did not expect that on the day of the wedding, news of Xiao Jiu'an waking up would spread.

Ji Yunkai kindly reminded him, "Your Majesty, Prince Yanbei and I are husband and wife." Is it not normal for couples to sleep together? What's wrong with the Emperor?

Don't tell her that the Emperor actually loves her, but the Emperor did not know it until she's with another man.

If it was really like this, she would really vomit blood, and it would be truly worthless for the original Ji Yunkai's death!

The Emperor asked: "Didn't you say that Prince Yanbei's body was weak?" Why are you in such a hurry to share a room?

"It was better last night." Ji Yunkai lowered her head, looking extremely awkward.

What she said almost made it clear that Xiao Jiu'an was too lustful to get out of bed.

"You, you… a shameless woman!" The Emperor did not think that Ji Yunkai would dare to say anything, he was embarrassed and angry.

"I don't dare to not answer the Emperor's question." Ji Yunkai said in a muffled voice, her heart feeling more wronged than anyone else.

She clearly did not say anything shameless. It was the Emperor himself who was thinking wrong, all right?

What's wrong with sharing the same room? Who said that they would sleep in the same room together? Who said that they had to do something? Can't we just cover ourselves with quilts and talk?

"Does that mean Prince Yanbei is truly awake? The poison in his body has been cured as well?" The Emperor could not hold his anger anymore, so he went straight to the point.

"He has truly woken up. Even the poison has been dispelled!" Ji Yunkai did not hesitate at all.

"The poison has been dispelled? Did you cure him of his poison?" The Emperor's gaze instantly turned sharp, containing a hidden killing intent.

Ji Yunkai understood why, but she still nodded without hesitation. "Yes!"

"Didn't you say that the antidote you gave Us was the last antidote? Where did you get the antidote?" If not for the fact that he was certain that there was no antidote left for the poison, he would not have bestowed Ji Yunkai this marriage.

He did not poison Xiao Jiu'an, but the one who delayed the treatment and made Xiao Jiu'an unconscious was him.

Ji Yunkai said: "This subject does not dare to lie, the antidote that the Emperor consumed was indeed the last antidote, I did not give Prince Yanbei the antidote." Xiao Jiu'an woke up on his own, and the poison had not been detoxified yet.

The Emperor coldly replied, "Without the antidote, how could he be fine?" Only the heavens knew how furious he was when he heard that Xiao Jiu'an had woken up last night.

Ji Yunkai, this stupid woman, would really cause trouble for him. If he had known earlier, he would not have sympathized with her and just let her die of old age.

"Your Majesty, I've been infected with the same poison before. I've drunk dozens of different antidotes, both antidotes and not. There's an antidote in my blood." Ji Yunkai lowered her head and replied. She raised her left hand, revealing the sinister scar on her left wrist, "My blood is effective against poison, but...".

As Ji Yunkai spoke till here, she suddenly stopped. The Emperor vaguely felt that something might have changed, and immediately asked, "But what?"