Jae-in witness the whole process of this intimate reunion and an unintended chuckle slipped out of her mouth. With her chuckle, Qi Yuan snapped out of this trance and starts to push her away.

"Get down from me now."

"I don't want."

"Now. Get down!"

"I just don't. Never!"

"And you still dare to say you are turning into a stick, it felt as if I am carry a female pig!"

"I don't care! Even if I am a pig, you will still have to carry me!" The lady distance herself a little away to take in the face of the man she missed, although it is not the right face right now.

"I give you 3 seconds, One... TWO..."

"WAHHHHH... YOU... ARE BEING FIERCE TOWARDS ME... WUUUUUU"

This adorable lady starts to fake a loud cry to make herself win this battle.

"Okay OKAY! STOP CRYING! PLEASE, MY LITTLE LADY PLEASE GET YOURSELF DOWN AS I CANNOT HANDLE THE WEIGHT ANYMORE!" Qi Yuan beg for her agreement.

"This is not too bad. Alright, your highly regarded princess shall let you go for once!"

She then hopped herself down from this tall man while smiling with love, but not long later, her smile disappear and replace with anger.

"Who is that woman?"

She pointed to Jae-in who quietly stood by the entrance with Yu-ji.

Seeing that the attention deviate to her, she straighten her back and was unsure of how to explain their friendship to this cute little lady, worried that she might misunderstand.

"This is none of your concern." Qi Yuan rudely answer as he doesn't like it when his friend is being in a spotlight.

"How can I not be concern? I am your princess consort! Your future wife!"

'What?' Jae-in thought and look abruptly towards Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan did not expect his identity to be revealed in such circumstances, especially just right at entrance of his household! He intended to bring Jae-in into the living room, serve her a cup of high quality tea, then proceed to change into his usual outfit and remove his face mask, revealing his true identity in a very impressive and smooth setting.

But now, the plan is ruin with this fuming mad little lady that appeared out of nowhere. Being totally mad that his plan is ruin, he ignore this angry little lady, grab hold of Jae-in's wrist and enter the manor.

"Do not let her in, I do not want to see her."

Noticing the unpleasant face that Qi Yuan is making, she knew that she angered him for real.

"Qi Yuan! Qi Yuan! I am sorry!"

The once angry little lady now become sorry and regretful of her abrupt actions.

Leading them to the living room, he instructed the servants to serve the top ranked tea leaves and desserts to Jae-in while he head to his inner quarters to change into his usual blood red robe. Untying his bun hair, the long black hair with natural curls cascade downwards, removing the face mask, he reach out to the basin of clean water to wash his face.

Looking himself in the mirror, he nodded with approval and head out to meet Jae-in.

Jae-in, who waited for Qi Yuan in the living room, starts to recall the situation. She knew that Qi Yuan is definitely not who he proclaim to be, a young master, but she did not expect him to be a prince of Kai Kingdom!

Then, who is that cute little lady that appeared at the front door? Is he engaged to her?

'Well, they honestly look very compatible.' Jae-in sincerely thought.

"I hope these servant serve you well!"

Qi Yuan, once again appear in front of Jae-in, this time in a different outfit from those he wore during the trip. The quality of the clothes are high yet accompanied with simple design, letting his hair loose that shows off his hidden carefree personality and nevertheless, an attractive face that could make people fall in love instantly.

However, being someone who died twice and rebirth three times, the looks of Qi Yuan made her unfazed. But, not going to deny that she enjoys looking at good looking people.

"Well, isn't it time for you to show the true cards that you hold?" Jae-in asked while taking a bite on the butter biscuit.

"Jae-in, it is not my intention to cheat or lie and I did not want to hurt your feelings. I hide my identity and face was because I do not want to attract unnecessary troubles. Also ... because of my hidden intention, that's where I get to know you and manage to find my one and only Hong Yan Zhi Ji!"

"So, who are you Qi Yuan?"

"My name is Kai Qi Yuan, the fourth prince of Emperor Kai. Not that I like to boost but, I am the most favourable son and my father's favorite precious. As you know the famous 6 traits of a man, Li, Le, She, Yu, Shu and Shu ...

Well, I can tell you confidently that I am definitely at it! But I do know the foundation of it. Hehe ... Oh and and, my favorite pastime will be gambling, visiting 'Xiang Hua Lou' and fighting."

Listening to the way Qi Yuan proudly present himself with all his shortcomings, Jae-in shake her head as a sign of how he is being a little kid again.

Although he present himself as someone who only likes to play, not interested in politics or fighting for power of wanting to be the crown prince, Jae-in is able to tell that this is just a mask he wear to protect himself.

"Alright, now that I know who you are, it's time for me to let you know who I am." Jae-in continued.

"Wait! That's it? You are not going to ask anything more about me?" Qi Yuan interrupted.

"Nope, because I know you have more questions about me than me to you."

"What do you mean?"

"Qi Yuan. I am Huo Jae-in, the youngest daughter of Xuan Kingdom's military official, General Huo. I am raised by the borders of Xuan and Kai, I have an older brother. At the age of 16, I married Xuan Di, the Emperor of Xuan. I am the Empress of Xuan Kingdom."

A long silence filled the living room with Qi Yuan staring blankly at Jae-in, lots of emotions running through his face and a slight murderous intent slipped out but disappear within a split second.

Reaching out to the cup of tea, sipping a mouthful of it, Qi Yuan's brow frown at the bitter and cold tea that he drank.

"So ... Are you telling me that you are the Empress of Xuan? The Empress that got kidnapped and disappeared? The whole country that is searching high and low for?!" Qi Yuan ended off with a cracked voice.

"Yes."

"Oh no ... I am in deep trouble! I actually became the accomplice of hiding the Empress of Xuan!!!" Qi Yuan fumbling over the words and stood up abruptly, pacing up and down.

Laughing at Qi Yuan's cute reaction, Jae-in continued on.

"Trust me, you won't be in trouble. After all, I was the one who plan to escape, not involving the kidnapping incident."

"WHAT?!"

"Yes you heard right, it is my intention to escape from Xuan Kingdom."

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[Qi Yuan] -古風坊