My Devil Emperor
Sister-in-law

"Sir, you can't go alone again like that." Jingli said reminding her.

Yuan laughed softly. "Alright, sister don't worry. Can't I be kidnapped and married again?"

Jingli narrowed his eyes and exhaled a sigh of resignation.

"Sister, I'm really not going to cause any trouble. Already, let's go there!" Yuan pulled Jingli's hand toward the fruit candy seller, Bingnanghulu.

"Sir, we want two pricks!"

"Good, Miss. Here goes!" said the seller while offering two skewers of fruit candy to Yuan.

Yuan accepted it and gave four coins instead.

"Jingli, take it," he said as he gave Jingli one skewer of candy.

Jingli immediately accepted it. "Thank you, Madam."

The two girls walked back while eating the fruit candy in each other's hands.

"Sister Jingli, I just remembered! Where is Yunniang? Why isn't he coming?"

"Ah, Sister Yun said she waited in the palace alone, also wanting to adapt in her new surroundings."

Yuan nodded. "I thought she was so quick to learn, for some reason at the concubine's mother's residence could always be punished."

"I think so too."

He breathed out slowly. "Sister Jingli, what if we go back first?"

Jingli frowned, astonished. "Empress, usually you are most excited if playing outside the palace. Why do you want to go home now?"

"Eitherway. Suddenly I feel lazy. Come on!"

"can't. We went with His Majesty. If you go home early and don't tell them, I don't think it'll be good."

"Who cares? I don't think he's going to be that cool to me either" Yuan said, walking ahead of Jingli.

They spoke so seriously that when they were about to cross the road they did not realize there was a man riding a horse from the right.

"Miss, move!"

The shout made Yuan realize.

He quickly took a step back but did not notice his steps and accidentally stepped on his own shirt so the girl fell down. His veil came off, people swarming around and asking him how he was.

"Per—It's okay?" jingli asked worriedly. He held onto Yuan's arm and to stand up.

The man riding the horse came down and ran through the crowd approaching Yuan.

"Miss, are you okay?"

Yuan looked up at the man. "What's okay? You want to kill me, yeah!" said angry.

Jingli was also about to scold the man, but he paused his intentions.

The man stared at Yuan then Jingli for a moment before he pulled Yuan into his arms. "Xiao Li!"

Elsewhere, ZiXuan was still searching for Yuan's whereabouts with Li Wei, Qiu Ying, Liang Rong and the two maidens. Yep! In the end they chose to follow wherever ZiXuan went.

"Do we need to split up, Your Majesty?" li Wei asked opening her voice.

ZiXuan was about to say, but his eyes caught something else behind Li Wei.

"Your Majesty?"

He raised his hand and walked past Li Wei. Although puzzled, Li Wei and the others chose to follow him from behind.

Yuan let go of the man's embrace forcefully and slapped a hard slap on his cheek.

The shocked Jingli immediately calmed Yuan by rubbing his back. "Mrs, don't be angry. Dia—" His speech came to a halt as a voice interrupted.

"My wife, what's going on here?"

Yuan who had already recognized the voice immediately turned his body. He saw ZiXuan already standing at his back.

"Sister-in-law, who is this foreign man? Why are you hugging in a public place?" The question Qiu Ying asked sounded innocent but could lead the opinion of the person who heard it as if watching a household affair being exposed.

Yuan shook his head quickly. He walked up to ZiXuan and clasped his hands. "Brother, I really don't know him. It wasn't me who hugged her, she who suddenly hugged me! You—you have to trust me," he said in denial.

ZiXuan smiled faintly. "Of course I trust my wife. I'm sorry, everybody, it's not what you think it is. This man, I know him. It's just that a few months ago my wife had an accident so she couldn't remember this man" he said in a loud voice, prompting those watching them to disperse.

After everything returned to normal, he then turned to Qiu Ying with a cold face and said, "I guess the punishment Xiao Li gave you was too light right? It has absolutely no deterrent effect!"

"Brother Xuan, don't misunderstand me. Ying'er—Ying'er simply asked without any intention," Qiu Ying said looking down in fear.

"Absolutely useless," murmured ZiXuan who could still be heard by Qiu Ying.

"Brother, do you know this guy? Is he your family?" the question of that soft-sounding voice made him refocus.

He looked down at the little girl in front of him. "I know him."

"Even if he's your acquaintance or your relative, I don't care! you still have to punish him because he has already acted disrespectfully towards me!" sue her with a face flushed with anger.

"Mrs, you're not—"

"Sister, you shut up! I was mad at you for not helping me earlier! Don't think because we've known since childhood makes you so happy! I'll punish you later!" tukas Yuan cut off Jingli's talk.

"You really want me to punish him?"

Yuan nodded his spirit with a glint of vengeance in his eyes.

ZiXuan sighed softly. "So, do I have to punish my sister-in-law?"

"Indeed why if adik—ipar?" Yuan blinked his eyes. He again turned his head staring at the puzzled ZiXuan.

"Whatchu mean? Who's your sister-in-law?"

ZiXuan placed his hand on Yuan's shoulder and twisted the girl's body, returning to face the foreign man who a moment ago hugged her.

"Your twin brother, Zhou YanZhi. Crown Prince of Zhou Kingdom," ZiXuan said softly but could still be heard by his people.

Yuan turned his head towards Jingli, asking for his explanation and the girl nodded slowly.

"It is an honor that Your Majesty can know the servant."

"You are my wife's brother, how can I not recognize her? Let's talk somewhere else."

YanZhi nodded in agreement. He followed ZiXuan and the others walked into a tavern.

"Brother, why didn't you tell me earlier?" tanya Yuan whispered. He walked over to the side of the man who was clasping his hands tightly.

Without turning his head, ZiXuan replied, "You fool. Not sure about it first."

Yuan snorted in annoyance and squeezed firmly into the hand of ZiXuan holding it. The man just smiled thinly.

"Your strength is too weak."

They also arrived at a large restaurant. The susana was quite dense, but fortunately they still got an empty spot.

Jingli and Li Wei went to order food while the others were already sitting on chairs.

"Your Majesty seems to have a lot of free time so he can accompany his women shopping," YanZhi said.

"What do you mean?!"

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