"Why?"
"What do you mean 'why'? She's my cousin. If I don't save her, who will I save?" the Puppet Girl said, glancing around to make sure there was no danger before replying.
"Cousin?!" Everyone was stunned. Princess Longji was her cousin, but who was she and why had they never heard of her before?
Does the Mach Family have any royal relatives? Does it have Princess Longji's cousin? I don't think so!
Others might not know, but how could Princess Longji and the others not know? They, too, were unaware that such a person existed.
"Are you drunk? I'm your cousin!" Cold-Blooded Seventh said, suspecting that Ye Lang was confused from drunkenness.
It turns out he was drunk and mistook someone else for him...
"You're fake, she's real! But, strangely enough, cousin, what are you doing here?" Ye Lang a little confused, and at this moment, he forgot that he was synchronized with the Puppet Girl and kept speaking as the Puppet Girl.
Cousin, could it be that the cousin this little one was talking about earlier is Princess Longji? It can't be such a coincidence, can it?
"Huh?" Princess Longji was a little confused. The tone didn't seem to be lying, but why couldn't she remember having such a cousin, let alone knowing her?
"Son (Mother), when did we become relatives?" Vermilion Bird Emperor and Empress Dowager asked at the same time.
"This wicked woman is my cousin? I don't want her!!" the Little Princess shouted, shaking her head.
"Who are your relatives? Who is your cousin? Don't try to claim kinship with me..." If these words came from Princess Longji, perhaps no one would find it strange, but they came from the Puppet Girl.
This is getting more and more confusing. If Princess Longji is the cousin, then the others should be normal relatives as well!
However, this little girl is amazing; even a relative like the Vermilion Bird Emperor doesn't want her!
Just as I was feeling confused, something somewhat unexpected happened...
"Hey, cousin, your chest is injured. Let me heal it for you..." Ye Lang crawled out and said in his natural voice.
That sound? Where is it coming from?
Vermilion Bird Emperor, Empress Dowager and others were a little confused. Ye Lang's voice came too suddenly and they didn't have time to react!
"Get lost! You little bastard, how dare you take advantage of me..." Princess Longji blurted out as a reflex upon hearing Ye Lang's voice.
These words stunned many people. How could Princess Longji suddenly become so powerful, calling herself "Old Lady"? This was a state that no one had ever seen before.
Princess Longji suddenly froze, realizing that this voice shouldn't have come from here!
"You little rascal, where are you?!" Princess Longji searched everywhere, trying to find Ye Lang.
"Here, here! I'm right in front of you!!" Ye Lang had already climbed onto the Puppet Girl's shoulder and shouted to Princess Longji.
"Where? You little brat, you dare play hide-and-seek with me, I'll beat you to a pulp... Huh, you... you... how did you get so small?!" Princess Longji finally saw Ye Lang's presence and pointed at the miniature Ye Lang, asking blankly.
At this moment, the others also discovered the existence of Mini Ye Lang, staring at it in disbelief, wondering to themselves, "Ye Lang What is this?"
"I..." Before Ye Lang could say anything, Princess Longji grabbed him by the clothes and lifted him up, examining him closely.
"Did you do some kind of alchemy again and shrink yourself down?" Princess Longji said to Ye Lang, as if she knew Ye Lang very well.
"Hehe, well... yes..." Ye Lang replied with a smile, "Don't pull me like that, put me on your chest wound, I'll help you treat it!"
"Go away! This is outrageous! How dare you touch this place? Tell me, how did you end up here? Why is there such a puppet?" Princess Longji ignored everyone else and her own wounds, carefully cradling Ye Lang in her hands.
At this moment, she also forgot that someone wanted to assassinate her, simply because Ye Lang had made her completely forget everything else!
"Could we not talk about this..." Ye Lang scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
"Can't!"
"Cousin, your chest is covered in blood. You won't let me touch it, so here's some for you. Eat this and apply this to your body!" Ye Lang seemed to be making excuses, and also seemed to only see Princess Longji's wounds, looking very worried.
"Oh..." After receiving the two bottles of medicine from Ye Lang, Princess Longji took the medicine as instructed by Ye Lang, but applying medicine here did not seem appropriate.
"Long Ji, be careful!" Vermilion Bird Emperor saw Princess Longji take the medicine directly and didn't even have time to snatch it away. He was afraid that there was something wrong with Ye Lang's medicine because he still didn't know who Ye Lang was.
Almost no one here understood Ye Lang's identity, except for Princess Longji!
"What are you being careful of, Father? I'm leaving now, I'm injured!" Princess Longji seized the opportunity to leave, taking Ye Lang with her and running away.
However, with so many questions swirling in everyone's minds, how could they possibly let Princess Longji leave so easily?!
"Long Ji, come back! Grandma will treat your wound!" The Empress Dowager grabbed Princess Longji, but she didn't intend to stay and talk. Instead, she pulled Princess Longji away.
"Alright, that concludes today's banquet. We have some matters to attend to!" Vermilion Bird Emperor said. With things having come to this point, the banquet naturally couldn't continue, and he needed to deal with the issues that had just arisen.
The emperor ordered that all those involved be detained so that he could conduct a thorough investigation to find out the cause and effect of the matter, to find out who wanted to kill Long Ji, and at the same time, he was also very curious about which relative Ye Lang was.
In the Vermilion Bird Imperial Palace, inside the Empress Dowager's palace, Cold-Blooded Seventh, along with several members of the Cold-Blooded Group and Prince Longguang, were all bound and kneeling in the palace.
The Vermilion Bird Emperor looked at them coldly and asked the questions he wanted to know, but no one answered him!
It seems we need to ask someone else about this, namely Ye Lang, the newest member of the Cold-Blooded Group. He will be a good starting point. Before that, the Vermilion Bird Emperor seems to want to know Ye Lang's identity.
In fact, not only Vermilion Bird Emperor, but also Cold-Blooded Seventh and others wanted to know why Ye Lang had suddenly betrayed them.
However, Ye Lang was taken inside by Princess Longji, who said she needed to apply medicine and change clothes, and that no one else was allowed to enter!
Why can you bring Ye Lang when you're changing clothes and applying medicine? Isn't it inconvenient for him too?
"Hmph! Let me out!" Ye Lang was very unhappy at this moment because Princess Longji had locked him in a box, the reason being that she was afraid he would peek.
If you're afraid of being spied on, then why did you bring him along?
Princess Longji's reason was simple: she wanted him by her side!