October, Vermillion Bird Empire, Dragon City …
Somewhere in the center of the city, there was an extremely imposing building complex. Its grandeur was comparable to the imperial palace. Eh, this seemed to be a part of the imperial palace.
"Long Ji, how are your aunt and uncle living?"
A lady asked a young girl. Her eyes were filled with concern. It was obvious that she cared a lot about the person she was asking about.
In this palace, there seemed to be only one girl called Long Ji, and that was Princess Long Ji. There were only a few people who could call Princess Long Ji by her name, and this noble lady was one of them, the Empress Dowager.
"They are all very good, but they have a lot of social engagements … You know, even if they don't have our connections, they are still the focus of attention," Princess Long Ji replied.
Princess Long Ji already had her own territory, so she had her own house in Dragon City. This time, Ye Chengtian and the others were staying in her house.
In the past, when Princess Long Ji went to Soaring Kong Imperial City, she would stay in the Ye Residence. Now that they were here, they would naturally stay in Princess Long Ji's house.
Actually, this was also to reject the empress dowager's invitation. Previously, the empress dowager asked them to stay in the Vermillion Bird Empire's imperial palace, but Ye Chengtian and his wife felt that it was inappropriate, so they rejected it.
Originally, they wanted to find a place to stay and didn't think about Princess Long Ji. Coincidentally, Princess Long Ji also arrived at Dragon City at that time, so it was reasonable for her to invite them to her house.
Ye Chengtian and his wife couldn't reject it, so they accepted it.
They had seen the empress dowager and the Vermillion Bird Emperor since the first day they arrived, so if the empress dowager wanted to know anything, she could only ask Princess Long Ji.
"Social engagements can't be avoided. They are not ordinary people …" The empress dowager smiled. She had already expected this.
Actually, at this time, almost everyone wanted to rope in the Ye Family. With their neutral attitude and the magical existence of Ye Lang, everyone wanted to get close to the Ye Family.
Even if they couldn't get the Ye Family to join their side, they should at least have a friendly relationship with them. However, the Ye Family didn't give them such an opportunity in Karghalik. Now that they were here, the officials and nobles of the Vermilion Bird Empire would definitely take the opportunity to invite them.
Moreover, these people more or less knew Long Anqi's identity, so they naturally had to show their friendliness.
In the past, they might have needed to consider the Empress Dowager's attitude. After all, not many people knew about the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Long Anqi, so they would have some scruples.
Although they didn't know what was going on, they were sure that the Empress Dowager wanted to have a good relationship with Long Anqi, so they naturally had to add flowers to the brocade.
However, even if the Empress Dowager was dissatisfied and didn't like Long Anqi, there would still be many people who would express their goodwill to Long Anqi secretly or openly. After all, Ye Chengtian's force was also a dominating force.
"But the ones who are busy are Aunty and the others. Blue Rain and Ya Zhu, on the other hand, are very relaxed. They're playing everywhere." Princess Long Ji laughed as she replied.
"Didn't I say that you should call her Aunty now? Why are you still calling her Aunty!" The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, seeming a little unhappy.
"Ah … I got used to it …" Princess Long Ji playfully stuck out her tongue, looking a little like a little girl. This was an expression that she rarely showed, but in front of her grandmother, this was a very normal expression.
As for Princess Long Ji's previous way of addressing her, it was actually Long Anqi's idea. She didn't want Princess Long Ji to call her Aunty. Apart from wanting to lower the chances of others finding out, there was another very important reason, and that was that Long Anqi still didn't want to admit that Princess Long Ji was her niece. In other words, she didn't want to admit her relationship with the Vermillion Bird Empire.
The term Aunty could be used most of the time. Perhaps it was just a polite way of addressing her, and even their relationship didn't need to be explained.
"Are Blue Rain and the others interested in coming here to play?" The Empress Dowager asked calmly.
"Well, they don't seem to like the Imperial Palace very much. It's not that they don't like this place, but they don't like all the Imperial Palaces. It might be because of that incident." Princess Long Ji shook her head and said thoughtfully.
The Empress Dowager was silent for a while. She knew what Princess Long Ji was talking about.
That incident, wasn't it the incident where Zhao Yarou stole the throne? The psychological blow from that incident wouldn't be resolved so easily, and it would leave a bad impression on the Seventh Princess.
And the Empress Dowager didn't seem to know that the Seventh Princess didn't like the Imperial Palace not only because of this. She never liked places with power struggles. She didn't like the Imperial Palace since she was young, but because of her birth, she had no choice but to live in it.
Zhao Yarou's incident caused her to completely break away from a place like the Imperial Palace. From a certain perspective, this was a good thing!
"Since they don't like it, then don't force it! But, I can go there myself. " The Empress Dowager smiled. She wasn't the type of person who followed the rules, especially when it was something she wanted.
"Mm, you can go by yourself. Aunty and the others aren't against you coming." Princess Long Ji nodded. She also knew the Empress Dowager's way of doing things. More importantly, Ye Lang had stayed in her residence for a period of time, and the Empress Dowager didn't go there every day.
"I'll go with you later! By the way, why are you here today? Don't say that you're here to greet us. You wouldn't be so filial. "The Empress Dowager looked at Princess Long Ji and teased her.
She did not think that Princess Long Ji had come to pay her respects so early on purpose. There must be something else. If she was really so filial, it would be impossible for her to come once every so long after she had been here for so long.
Of course, the Empress Dowager also knew what Princess Long Ji was busy with. It was for her birthday banquet, and also to accompany Long Anqi and the others.
"No way, I'm very filial …" Princess Long Ji pouted and said a little unwillingly.
"Tell me, what are you here for? I won't say anything about you." The Empress Dowager looked at Long Ji and smiled. There was a different kind of doting look in her eyes.
"Father asked me to come here. He said that a princess from the Ella Empire had come and asked me to go and welcome her. He said that my identity is suitable," Princess Long Ji said.
"Your identity is suitable? You're not the only princess in the Imperial Palace. Your identity is a little special. Could it be that the princess who came to the Ella Empire this time isn't here to greet you, but to go through the motions? "The Empress Dowager frowned slightly.
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