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Feng Qi and Fei Xiao Chai left quietly, and did not disturb anyone in Prince Yanbei's Mansion. It was not until the second day after they left, when Xiao Shiqing kept shouting for "Big Brother", did the servants of Prince Yanbei's Mansion discover that Feng Qi and Fei Xiao Chai had left.

When did the guards of the estate become so bad? Feng Qi and Fei Xiao Chai, these two noticeable people, had disappeared, and no one knew about it?

Of course, all of these were not important, but what gave the Steward the most headache was that, when Feng Qi was not around, no one was able to comfort the Infanta. Xiao Shiqing had already completely ruined her room.

If Feng Qi had not repeatedly said that he would not leave until he saw the Prince, he would not have let his guard down on Feng Qi either.

Now that he had left, it was too late to chase after him. The Steward said helplessly, "Let's go see the Infanta first."

But just as he took two steps, the gatekeeper reported, "Steward Situ, the Son of Prince Duan is outside. He said he's here to visit the Esteemed Consort."

"The Son of Prince Duan?" The Steward could not help but frown.

How could this be such a coincidence? His Prince's wife had been bedridden for more than ten days but no one had come to visit her. Today, when Sir Feng Qi had left, someone had come to visit her.

"The Son of Prince Duan said he had an old friendship with the Esteemed Consort. He heard that the Esteemed Consort was very ill and came to visit." the gatekeeper repeated, with an air of unwillingness.

The Steward sighed, he was just about to send the Son of Prince Duan away first and then go see Infanta Shiqing when he saw the another maidservant of the Infanta rushing over: "Steward, Steward, it's not good, it's not good! The Infanta is going to commit suicide!"

"Suicide?" The Steward's expression changed. He could not be bothered with Son of Prince Duan anymore and quickly passed along a message to ask the Princess before leaving.

The gatekeeper could only go to Ji Yunkai's courtyard to inform her of the matter and ask Ji Yunkai to make a decision. When Ji Yunkai heard about the Son of Prince Duan, her first reaction was to not see him.

But thinking back to what the Son of Prince Duan had said at the palace, she was afraid that the Son of Prince Duan would really be sent to the Southern Wilderness and would come find trouble with her in the future. So, she let the maidservant help her dress and escort her.

No matter what, she had to clarify the matter. She had brought up the matter of the Son of Prince Duan with Xiao Jiu'an, and she had done her best.

Ji Yunkai's body was still weak, but she still had the strength to get off of the bed. After dressing herself, Ji Yunkai went to the parlor to wait.

The moment Ji Yunkai sat down, the Son of Prince Duan entered. Ji Yunkai instinctively stood up to welcome him, but her body wasn't up to par. Before she could even get up, the Son of Prince Duan entered and politely said, "Princess is not feeling well, so there's no need to be courteous."

Today, Ji Yunkai was not wearing a mask, and the black-spots on her right cheek were exposed in front of others. However, the Son of Prince Duan acted as if he did not see it. He only had slight smile on his face. With his elegant, graceful, and gentle demeanor, it left a good impression of him on people.

Having been at the receiving end of the evil and venomous tongue of the Son of Prince Duan, Ji Yunkai was not one to be fooled by him, and she politely exchanged a few words with the Son of Prince Duan. Before the Son of Prince Duan grew impatient, Ji Yunkai had already sent all of her maidservant away.

Sure enough, after the maidservant left, the Son of Prince Duan recovered his venomous tongue. "Ji Yunkai, it's only been a few days, why have you made yourself look so miserable? You are already ugly enough, and yet you are still tormenting yourself to the point of death. No wonder Prince Yanbei didn't feel sorry for you at all, and even used you to exchange for Xiao Shiqing.

"How do you know? The people outside already know about it?" Ji Yunkai's expression slightly changed, not because she was angry or embarrassed, but because she was worried.

If all the nobles in the capital knew about this, in the future, who would care about a Prince Yanbei's Wife like her?

It wasn't that she was afraid of being looked down upon, but rather, she was afraid of being bullied, especially at the Imperial Palace.

"Don't worry, not many people know about this. After all, not everyone cares about you like This Prince." The Son of Prince Duan knew what Ji Yunkai was worried about. Although he wanted to scare her, he could not bear to see Ji Yunkai's pale face.

This woman always had the ability to make him soften his heart.

"It would be if that is the case." She did not know if the Emperor would still tolerate her for a bit with her identity as Prince Yanbei's Wife. Otherwise, if the Emperor knew that Xiao Jiu'an did not care about her at all, she would definitely die miserably.

"Hey, is your focus on the wrong thing? Shouldn't you be worried about Prince Yanbei's attitude toward you now? He will take you to exchange for the Shiqing Infanta today and you will also be used to exchange for someone else tomorrow. You foolish woman, don't you know this?" The Son of Prince Duan was as haughty and mean as ever, but Ji Yunkai knew that he was reminding her not to foolishly be at Xiao Jiu'an's mercy.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will take note of it." Ji Yunkai could not help but laugh when she saw that the Son of Prince Duan was obviously concerned for her, yet purposefully put on a look of disdain and awkwardness.

The Son of Prince Duan was indeed a funny and interesting person.

Seeing that Ji Yunkai could still laugh, the Son of Prince Duan was enraged: "What's the use of paying attention? There are so many men in this world who disregard their wives, and even sacrifice their wives to save themselves! You are lucky. At least Xiao Jiu'an has the ability to save you. My mother... my mother she.…"

The Son of Prince Duan's eyes reddened and he choked with sobs. He did not finish what he was going to say for a long time. Just when Ji Yunkai thought the Son of Prince Duan would not continue, the Son of Prince Duan said in a low voice, "Ji Yunkai, I thought of my mother the moment I saw you. My mother was the same as you; abandoned by her fiancé. In the end, my mother could only marry Prince Duan with her tarnished reputation. My mother was a very good woman. She never did anything wrong, but Prince Duan never cherished her. Prince Duan disregarded her to the point when they encountered danger, in order to protect his beloved cousin, he pushed my mother out."

From beginning to end, the Son of Prince Duan kept calling his father by his title. It could be seen that in his heart, Prince Duan was not fit to be his father.

"Ji Yunkai, do you know? Prince Duan's cousin got into trouble and attracted the robbers. In order to protect her, Prince Duan pushed my mother to the robbers…. I was in the carriage with my sister, and he thought I was asleep and didn't know anything, but I did. But, I can't know that my uncle's family has already been ruined. If I knew what Prince Duan has done, Prince Duan definitely won't let me go, and won't let my sister go either. For the sake of my sister, for the sake of avenging my mother, I must know nothing. I must call that slut "mother". I must laugh every day and pretend nothing has happened."

The Son of Prince Duan had been smiling the entire time he was talking. He was smiling brilliantly, and his voice was very gentle, as though he was talking about someone else. However, Ji Yunkai could see from behind his smile that he was crying tears of blood....