Chapter 664 Treat it as your own child
Gao Ji looked at her with a kind gaze and commented on her with great interest.
"Yes, it does."
"I have already said that you look exactly like Lord Yun. I recognized you as Lord Yun's beloved daughter at a glance."
Gao Jing was stunned and questioned repeatedly.
"Hmm? When did father tell you that? Who did he tell you that? Why have I never heard of it?"
The lie was exposed by him again. Gao Ji glared at his son and was furious.
"It's not proper to keep asking questions. Is this the right attitude for you to show respect to your father?"
"Of course you haven't heard what I told my wife about our nighttime conversation."
Gao Jing was frank and pointed out the suspicious points.
"My husband and I had a night talk. My father was discussing Princess Yuexi. How strange! I wonder if my mother would be jealous?"
Gao Ji became even angrier and gnashed his teeth.
"Madam is sensible and generous, and doesn't mind at all."
"I am happy to discuss Princess Yuexi, and Madam is happy to listen. As a son, how dare you intercede on your parents' affairs?"
"You have no manners in front of the princess. You are so outrageous!"
Gao Jing is upright and honest, and he expresses what is in his heart with magnanimity.
"I just thought that we have already let the princess down, father, please stop deceiving her for the sake of your own face."
"Earlier, when the prince first met the princess, he asked me to secretly investigate her experience."
"Father, you don't know that the princess has been in Ning Mansion and has been treated coldly, which is particularly pitiful. Now, she has finally returned to the prince. We should cherish and protect her, and should not take her harm lightly."
Suddenly, Gao Ji felt that his beloved son was extremely unfamiliar. He felt ashamed and at a loss for a moment.
"Your words make me feel ashamed."
"When did you become so righteous?"
Gao Jing pretended to be nonchalant and said something.
"A child's temperament is more like his mother's."
Seeing his arrogance, Gao Ji immediately regained his angry expression.
"What do you mean? Are you hinting at my father's cunningness?"
Gao Jing acted decisively and quickly changed the subject, trying to avoid a scolding.
"Father, if you have time to argue, you might as well apologize quickly. Otherwise, how can you face Lord Yun when you go to the Yun Mansion to congratulate him another day?"
Ning Yunxi was filled with fear and tried to dissuade him.
"You are too polite, my Lords. No need to apologize."
"I understand you, and I don't mean to target you."
As the only daughter of a role model, Gao Ji took everything seriously and was not careless at all.
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness. However, if you do something wrong, you must apologize."
He stood up and bowed solemnly.
"Princess, please accept my great respect."
Gao Jing followed closely behind.
"I, like you, kneel down three times and kowtow nine times to apologize. From now on, I will make amends for my past mistakes."
Ning Yunxi knelt down hurriedly and stretched out her hand to stop their actions.
"My Lords, you are so welcome. Please stand up quickly."
"Prime Minister Gao is highly respected and is my elder. I don't deserve such a high respect from a junior like you."
"Mr. Gao, you are a subordinate of the emperor, you hold a high position, I am ashamed to accept it."
Reminiscing about her past life, she suggested from the heart.
"If you two adults don't abandon us, we can live together like a family in the future, okay?"
Gao Ji smiled with satisfaction and praised highly.
"The princess is magnanimous and truly a kind and lady."
Ning Yunxi felt embarrassed.
"Thank you, Prime Minister."
Gao Ji is amiable and makes good suggestions.
"There are many people in high positions in the Guardian Office who, except for my second brother, have neglected the princess. Let me give them detailed instructions and have them all come and apologize to you."
Ning Yunxi declined the offer without hesitation.
"Prime Minister Gao's words are important."
"Didn't I say you're welcome? This is not false, it's from the bottom of my heart."
Gao Ji nodded in agreement.
"Yes, yes, it was a slip of the tongue. I will correct it right away."
"I asked them to come all over and become one with you."
Ning Yunxi was stunned and helpless.
"Why do you sound like you mean the same thing before and after you change your words?"
Her whispers, like the rain wetting the red lotus, are gentle and graceful.
"Please be at ease, Prime Minister Gao. I understand that you, the people in the Supervisory Office, are not being aggressive without reason. This is all because of the incident at Cisha Mountain before, when I miscalculated, causing Brother to be seriously injured and almost lose his life. You are on guard against me only out of loyalty, and have no ill intentions."
Gao Ji's eyes were filled with the warmth and kindness of a loving father.
"Princess, you are so righteous. I am ashamed."
As they looked at each other, Ning Yunxi's heart was filled with warmth and tears.
"Why should Prime Minister Gao be ashamed? I know you treat me well and regard me as your own child."
"On the contrary, I am ungrateful...I'm sorry."
When Gao Ji heard the wrong wording, he immediately refuted it.
"Princess, why are you talking nonsense? It's obviously me who often speaks sarcastically."
Seeing her eyes welling up with tears and looking like she was about to cry, his eyes became panicked and his thoughts raced, thinking about how to comfort her.
"To be honest, I prepare gifts for your birthday every year, hoping to find you so I can tell you that Ke'er has never been an orphan. At least I have you, and I'm always thinking of you."
When they met again in their previous life, Ning Yunxi received generous gifts from him, each one showing his thoughtfulness.
Not only him, but everyone on his side cherishes her like a close relative.
The good old days reappeared before her eyes, and she burst into tears, as if she had returned to her previous life.
"Uncle Gao..."
Gao Ji's eyes were filled with tears and joy, and he responded to her honorific in the most gentle tone of his life, holding his throat.
"Well, good boy."
"Why are you crying? Your uncle feels guilty about you, so it's only right for him to prepare a little gift to please you."
Recalling her past life, when Uncle Gao was dying, he asked her with resentment and injustice, "Why did Xier betray Emperor Yan?" and "How could you bear to treat me like this?" Ning Yunxi burst into tears, blaming herself deeply, and knelt on her knees.
"I am ashamed of you... Uncle Gao, Mr. Gao, I am sorry..."
Not knowing the tragedy of her past life, facing her guilt, Gao Ji only thought about the child and was kind.
"Be good, Xi'er. Your knee is injured. What should you do? Get up quickly."
He was not blessed with a daughter and had no idea how to coax or persuade her. He couldn't just scold her for being spineless when he saw her crying like he did with Jing'er.
After pondering for a moment and thinking quickly, he finally found a way.
"I want to go shopping, would Xi'er like to accompany me?"
The ladies found this method very useful. They are all women, so it should be effective.
Ning Yunxi reminded.
"We are busy today and have not finished yet. Uncle Gao, are you not going back to the Supervisory Office?"
Without her reminder, Gao Ji almost couldn't remember it.
"Oh, yes, yes, I have to go back to the Supervisory Office."
"Jing'er probably wants to go shopping too. Would you like to go with him?"
Gao Jing was in a dilemma.
"what?"
"Princess and I, shopping together? That's not a good idea."
Gao Ji frowned and looked at me.
"Xi'er didn't say a word of dislike, but you refused."
"Your father orders you to prepare enough silver and go shopping."
Gao Jing looked miserable.
"Father, please think twice. I also have official duties to attend to. If I leave, who will be responsible for the prince's safety?"
"How about this."
"The one guarding the palace today is the Chief Inspector Wen, who asked her to accompany him. They are two women, so it's okay for them to talk privately. At worst, I'll pay for it."
Ning Yunxi understood the kindness, stopped crying and smiled.
"I have something else to do. I won't go shopping. Maybe next time."
Gao Ji turned his eyes and immediately showed tenderness.
"My son is a wicked child, please don't worry about it."
"Then you go ahead and do your work. We'll take our leave and come back to see you later."
Ning Yunxi left her seat to see him off.
"Uncle Gao, please take care."
Gao Jing saluted.
"I'll take my leave."