But on second thought, her brothers would be back soon. They didn't like Chi Yang and would definitely help her bully her.
Her brothers still liked her a lot. She still had a backer in the Chi family, and it wasn't just Xiao Lianyi and Chi Yi.
After figuring this out, Chi Yao sat down again.
Looking at Chi Yao's calm composure, Chi Yang was filled with admiration.
Wow, as expected of the person who would become the empress in the future. This bearing was not something ordinary people could compare to!
"Mother, this is your favorite almond tofu. Try it." Chi Yao felt that Xiao Lianyi didn't speak up for her because she was biased and didn't put food in Xiao Lianyi's bowl.
Hence, she smiled and picked up some food for Xiao Lianyi.
They were all people who had been in the palace before, so how could they not see what Chi Yao was up to? Xiao Lianyi didn't think much of it, but Qing Zhu felt that the Eldest Young Miss was thinking a little too much.
Chi Yao was originally hired by the Prime Minister to act as Chi Yang, so he knew from the start that she wasn't his biological daughter, so he naturally didn't have much feelings for her.
However, the Eldest Princess had always treated her as her own daughter, believing that she was indeed Chi Yang. Now that the Prime Minister had returned, he was rushing to curry favor with the people who truly loved him, throwing them to the back of his mind.
Only the Eldest Princess was kind-hearted enough to feel that there was no problem in treating them the same.
During the banquet, Chi Yi mentioned that Chi Zhili, who was working in Qingzhou, was about to return to report on his work.
Xiao Lianyi was about to see her eldest son whom she had not seen for three years, and the news made her extremely happy.
Chi Yao's backer was coming back, so she was naturally happy.
Only Chi Yang's expression was indifferent.
In the novel, Chi Zhili was Chi Yao's brainless admirer. He was crazy for her, went far away for her, and pulled his father down for her.
Chi Zhili was older than Chi Yao and Chi Yang by five years. It was only after Chi Yang went missing that Chi Yi found Chi Yao to replace her to appease Xiao Lianyi. Chi Zhili knew all of this, and he did not treat Chi Yao as his biological sister.
It was also because of this that when Chi Yao grew up and he watched other men chatting with her, he became jealous. If Chi Yao ignored him, he would be sad. It was only then that Chi Zhili realized that his feelings for Chi Yao weren't like that of an older brother to a younger sister.
But for his mother, Chi Yao could only be his sister.
After much consideration, Chi Zhili went to Qingzhou, which was thousands of miles away, to take up a post.
As time passed, Chi Zhili's feelings for Chi Yao grew weaker. At this moment, he received news that his biological sister's whereabouts had been found.
Chi Zhili was overjoyed and immediately wrote a letter to tell his mother that he must acknowledge his biological sister and that he doesn't want to regret not meeting her just because he had a happy life with Chi Yao as children. That would be unfair to his biological sister.
As for his real motive, only Chi Zhili knew.
After returning to the capital, Chi Zhili no longer concealed his feelings, and Chi Yao accepted them with a clear conscience. Every time Chi Yang caused trouble for Chi Yao, Chi Zhili would warn Chi Yang before she could do anything.
After Chi Yao became the Crown Princess, in order to secure the position with the Crown Prince, Chi Zhili forged evidence of colluding with the enemy and placed it in Chi Yi's study, which did not support the Crown Prince. In the end, his father was imprisoned and his mother fell ill.
It was simply great filial piety!
It was ridiculous!
"Yangyang hasn't met your brother yet. Do you want to see him?" Xiao Lianyi thought that Chi Yang had never met Chi Zhili before, so she naturally wanted to leave a good impression on Chi Zhili first, "He will bring you a gift this time."
Chi Yi thought of the time when the characters were young and interrupted, "In the past, every time he went out, he would bring back a gift for you…"
Little did he know that Chi Yang's impression of Chi Zhili was already bad.
And it was the kind of bad that could not go any more negative…