Chapter 727: Strategy for the Blind Villain (23)

The new emperor’s birthday was less than three months away from the last emperor’s mourning period, so there was no big celebration. Only a family banquet was held in the Queen’s Kunning Palace.

Shi Yi personally prepared several dishes and waited for Ji Jingrong to come back to taste them, but Ji Yun brought a troupe of actors. She didn’t understand whether Ji Yun’s move was innovative. Because Ji Yun was an elder, she placed the troupe at the entrance of the palace.

Ji Yun leaned against the window with empty eyes.

The new emperor ascended the throne and carried out drastic reforms. The old aristocratic forces behind her were actually shattered by more than half in just three months. What surprised her even more was that Duke Cheng and Lord Bai did not care about his actions and just let him do what he wanted. If this continues, who will dare to stand up and speak for her behind her! Who can stand up and speak for her!

The wind blew through the gardenia forest outside the window, and bursts of fragrance drifted into her nose. She came back to her senses and looked at the queen sitting quietly embroidering in the palace.

The queen was well protected by the new emperor. In this huge harem, no concubines were seen. According to the news from the palace informant, the new emperor would return to Kunning Palace every day after finishing his government affairs, and eat and sleep with the queen.

The deep affection and loyalty of the boy were as rare as the bright sun hanging high in the sky. But the girl in front of her got it so easily. It was really enviable and hateful.

The boy who had appeared in her life was gradually worn down by power and became cold-hearted. I wonder if the new emperor would be the same.

Shi Yi always lowered her head and embroidered the embroidery in her hand calmly. She was not in a hurry between the stitches, which was the appearance of a lady from a noble family. On the day Ji Jingrong ascended the throne, the two slept together in a big quilt, and the boy insisted that she embroider a brocade bag for him. During these days in Kunning Palace, she honed her embroidery skills every day, just to embroider a satisfactory embroidery.

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When Ji Jingrong entered the palace, he "noticed" these idle people. After all, in this quiet palace, their breathing sounds came and went, making it difficult to ignore them. Shi Yi

put down the embroidery in her hand, went to meet him personally, took his hand and walked to the banquet table. Before she took the initiative to mention the arrival of her aunt, Ji Yun spoke first.

"Today is the emperor's birthday, and I specially arranged a Peking opera to celebrate for you."

"I appreciate the princess's thoughtfulness." Ji Jingrong clasped the queen's palm and sat down in her seat. He went to Kunning Palace many times every day and was more familiar with it than his own bedroom.

Ji Yun's eyes dimmed for a moment. He had never called her "aunt" before. He clapped his hands and said, "Come in."

The actors who had already dressed up came in one after another and stood according to the instructions of the troupe leader. Today, they actually met the most noble people in the world. After leaving the palace, they will have a face for the rest of their lives. Shi

Yi knew that he had not slept well in the past few days, so he stood up and massaged his temples in front of everyone.

Ji Jingrong listened to the words one by one, and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, the clear lyrics floated into his ears.

"It's hard to turn back when you are walking on the road!"

"Seventh and eight things you shouldn't do. You shouldn't look at the trap and jump down. It's okay to jump into the trap and turn back suddenly, but you shouldn't have walked down the evil path!"

"Evil path?" He was furious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He raised his finger, and Ma Jinyang immediately waved away the actors who were singing.

"Drink some sweet soup to moisten your throat." Shi Yi felt his resentment to some extent, and wanted to divert his attention.

Ji Jingrong turned around and held down her white and tender fingers that were about to hold the soup, and coaxed in a low voice, "Why don't you go out and relax first? I'll talk to the princess about some things in the court."

Ji Yun was furious. All his tenderness was only given to the queen, and no one else could touch it. Others didn't know the truth, but she was sure that he must know her true identity. Otherwise, he wouldn't hate her so much.

Shi Yi stared at him for a long time, rubbed his arm that was often sore from writing, and said softly, "Okay."

"Send the queen out." Ji Jingrong stood up and watched Shi Yi leave. He hoped that she would always be clean and pure, and not be exposed to any of his darkness.

Ji Yun looked at the tall and graceful young man. The cold boy in her impression seemed to have grown up so much in an instant. Time has never pitied her, leaving her to meet the past alone, and without giving her any room for regret.

"Does the princess have anything else to say?" Ji Jingrong broke the silence.

In the past three months, he has annoyed many people in the court. She is one of them. She must not come here today to listen to this drama.

"He is your father, why are you so cruel?" Ji Yun thought that she would be righteous when she said this, but in fact, she was very entangled in her heart.

Her son had been suffering since he was born, and the late emperor had not shown much affection for him.

If her men had not caught a former emperor's concubine who had escaped from the palace, she might not have suspected that the late emperor had passed away. However, just by investigating, she discovered the secret behind the death of the late emperor - it was the new emperor's people who provided Wang Baolin with the aphrodisiac pills.

"Heartless? When he rewarded Master Qu with poison and wanted to use Master Qu to get rid of me, why didn't anyone say he was cruel?" Ji Jingrong recalled the scene of that day. If his sister had not firmly blocked him with her own life, he would have died long ago.

"But he is your father, and he gave you life!" Ji Yun hurriedly retorted, but heard him chuckle, "My birth was not allowed in the first place, and he would rather not have a son like me. Don't you think so, mother?"

Ji Yun's heart was filled with infinite panic, "Don't call me that." She was afraid.

There was no respect for her in his words and deeds. This "mother" was more like a joke.

"Didn't the princess commit incest with the late emperor and give birth to me, a person born blind? Why are you in such a hurry to deny it now? Was it because I didn't call you 'mother' affectionately enough?" Ji Jingrong understood the principle of killing someone and destroying their heart better than anyone else.

He was going to crush and destroy everything that Ji Yun had been avoiding and longing for.

"Enough! You..." Ji Yun pointed at him, too angry to utter a complete sentence.

"Don't be angry. No one will feel sorry if you get hurt by anger." Ji Jingrong changed his "affectionate" attitude just now and said aggressively, "I know why you came here today, but once the decree is issued, it will never be changed. Reform is imperative. Even if you expose my true identity in front of the whole world, I will not change."

Ji Yun suddenly came to her senses, "You had planned all this long ago? The abandoned concubine who escaped, the imperial physician you exposed..."

"The princess is smart for once." Ji Jingrong smiled, "How can I change what I promised? But everyone has their own destiny."

All those who know what they are going to do or have done in the dark must die.

(End of this chapter)