Chapter 47: You Too Can Be an Empress

[Why is my second brother here? He's just a Qingwei guard, how could he possibly meet the Emperor?] Ji Yingying was puzzled and sat down again.

It was almost dawn. The emperor hadn't slept all night, and neither had these officials. They probably wouldn't be attending court in the morning.

"Your subject Ji Jiayu greets Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

"No need for formalities, please rise."

"Ji Qingwei, I have learned of the assassination of your sister. Take your men and meet Rong Yi outside the city now, and bring back the former Princess Consort of Qi."

"yes"

[What?! Your Majesty, you're letting my brother handle this? What a kind man! I promise I'll never scold him again. What a wonderful person! If only I could attend court a little later!]

[Host, Princess Qi has been captured. You've avenged yourself. Aren't you satisfied?]

[Awesome! How could I not be? I don't have to lift a finger; someone else does it for me. Isn't that great?]

But the Emperor is about to be assassinated.

【What?】 Not only was Ji Yingying surprised, but everyone present was shocked. Ji Jiayu, who hadn't left yet, had already blocked the Emperor's way, and even Prince Qi, who was sitting, stood up.

Yes, the Empress Dowager was also involved in this matter. She was placed under house arrest, her palace was locked, and no one was allowed to leave. However, the Empress Dowager also had secret guards, although there were only two, which was enough.

[You mean the Empress Dowager and Princess Qi have joined forces? How did those two get together?]

They're all women; their thoughts are pretty much the same.

[Holy crap, the Second Prince is dead! The Empress Dowager can't continue her plan to obfuscate the bloodline. Could it be that she wants to ascend the throne and become Empress herself? Wait a minute, Princess Qi also wants to be Empress. After they've both taken advantage of the royal men, are they going to have a duel between them?]

【yes. 】

[Okay, okay, I love watching this, I want to see this kind of thing. Two women are finally not competing for men, but for power. I want to see it.]

[Host, you too can ascend the throne and become an empress; you have the ability.]

"You're crazy, you're insane! Who wants to be an empress? Those are people with a giving personality, not me. You think being an emperor is great? Look at what a bunch of people are doing in the middle of the night! And look at the emperor's hair, he's almost bald! And he gets up before dawn every day!"

"I'd rather fall into a cesspool than be emperor. All I want in this life is to be a legendary little good-for-nothing."

[Host, your thinking is really strange. Everyone wants power and fame, but you want to be a useless person.]

[Being a good-for-nothing is fine; he has no worries about food and drink. Wait, what are these people doing? Why are they all protecting the Emperor like a ball?]

[I don't know, host. Should you remind the Emperor that the Empress Dowager is planning to assassinate him, and then the Princess Consort of Qi will lead her men to storm in soon?]

My brother is going to arrest Princess Qi soon, what's there to remind him of?

No, the one your brother brought back was a fake. Princess Qi had already prepared a backup plan.

The assassin has already reached us.

"Second brother, hurry to the Emperor's side, go quickly."

[This old man can't die, you know. Although he's not good to me, making me go to court before dawn every day, everything he does is good, so he's practically a wise ruler.]

Ji Jiayu immediately went to wait by the Emperor's side, and Prince Qi also went over.

Then... an assassin actually came in. As soon as he entered, he saw the emperor being protected so tightly that he immediately shouted, "Something's wrong!" and turned to run away.

However, he was subdued by the secret guards.

Two secret guards arrived. The Empress Dowager had learned that the Emperor was meeting with several civil officials late at night, and there weren't enough guards available, so she arranged for an assassination. Unexpectedly, Ji Yingying didn't die in the middle of the night; instead, she entered the palace.

After being captured, the assassin committed suicide by swallowing poison.

"Hmph, Cha!" the Emperor slammed his fist on the table and cursed.

[What are you investigating, Your Majesty? They're still not giving up. I'm so sleepy, I want to go back to sleep.]

"Ji Qingwei, you shall take men to capture Princess Qi and bring her back. Take five thousand men with you."

"Yes," Ji Jiayu accepted the order and left.

"Everyone, go back and rest. Tomorrow, the morning court session will be held in the middle of the day, and the evening court session will be held in the middle of the day."

"yes"

[What? We still have to attend court? Can't we skip one day of court?] Ji Yingying was listless and weak.

[Host, Lord Tang said today that you should continue going to the department tomorrow.]

Honestly, there's nothing I can do.

[Host, have you figured out a way to avoid going?]

[How could that be? Just going through the motions, going through the motions every day, going crazy every single day.]

As soon as Ji Yingying left the Imperial Study, she walked up to Lord Wang and said, "Lord Wang, your household is not very clean. I suggest you go back and investigate, especially your business."

"This..." Lord Wang naturally knew what she was talking about. Seeing that she only said this and left, he immediately chased after her to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Lord Ji. Don't worry, Lord Ji, once I find out about my family's affairs, I will definitely present you with treasures to thank you."

"No, just don't bother me again." With that, the person left haughtily.

…………

After everyone dispersed, the Emperor ordered his men to take the two corpses to the Empress Dowager's palace. The next morning, before Ji Yingying had even woken up, she heard the bells ringing.

"What is that sound? Is Buddhism about to invade the world?"

"My lord, the Empress Dowager has passed away," said Granny Xia from the side. She was about to wake Ji Yingying when the bell rang, so she didn't even need to call her.

"What? No need to attend court for the next few days? Hahaha..." Ji Yingying's expression practically screamed: Good riddance to the Empress Dowager! A wonderful death!

"Miss, don't show that expression again, or you'll get your head chopped off," Apple cautiously reminded her. Her young lady was good in every way except for her exaggerated personality.

"Okay, okay, I'll sleep a little longer. Don't call me for breakfast."

[It's so good that I don't have to attend court anymore.]

[Host, don't be too happy yet. It's not like the Emperor has passed away. Even if the Emperor did, it would only be three days at most. Besides, this is the Empress Dowager. I estimate that the coffin will be sent to the imperial mausoleum the day after tomorrow, and she will be holding court soon.]

So what? At least I don't have to go to work today, which is a good thing.

Ji Yingying had a good night's sleep, but was woken up by Ji Jiayu when she woke up again.

The person was shouting and yelling at the door.

"Ji Jiayu, you lunatic, what are you yelling about?" Ji Yingying threw a pillow out, then went back to bed and continued lying down.

The person woke up, and Ji Jiayu came in as well.

"His Majesty said that we will take care of Princess Qi, and Prince Qi has also sent over a lot of things. Get up and take a look."

"What? Where is it?"

“The Prince of Qi is in the main hall outside. You should quickly wash up and get ready to go out and take a look. The Prince of Qi doesn’t have much time; he needs to go to the palace.”

Ji Yingying responded and told Xia Mama and Apple to come in to wash up and get dressed before going to the main hall.

As soon as they entered, they saw those boxes of jewelry, and they were overjoyed.

"Young Master Ji, that vile woman has confessed that she arranged for someone to assassinate you. This is an apology. Also, I've heard that you are a highly skilled physician. Would you have the time to take my pulse?"