Ji Fengyao looked at Qin Weiyang as if she were a fool, watching her blow the whistle in her hand with a smug and sinister expression.

The whistle was sharp and piercing, somewhat like the chirping of insects.

Ji Fengyao felt the name sounded familiar, as if she had heard it before.

Qin Weiyang blew for a long time, only to find that Ji Fengyao and her servant were still standing there unharmed.

Then look at the Gu worms she was raising. One or two of them were hovering three inches away from Ji Fengyao's feet, but they didn't pounce on her to bite her. Qin Weiyang was so angry that she was furious.

"In my opinion, you've fed your brain to these insects. Look at yourself, what have you done to yourself? Don't you even know where you went wrong?" Ji Fengyao shook her head with a tsk tsk.

"How is that possible? Doctor Xiao clearly didn't enter the palace!" Qin Weiyang couldn't believe it, and then her eyes widened suddenly: "I know! How come I didn't think of that? Since Doctor Xiao could control my poison, he must have concocted a medicine to prevent the poison from entering the palace!"

Hearing her words, Lin Shuang felt sympathy and felt sorry for Consort Xiang.

Consort Xiang accidentally stepped on the hem of Consort Qin's skirt, who was also a consort, and did not apologize. That night, an imperial guard inexplicably broke into Consort Xiang's palace, just as Consort Qin arrived with the emperor to catch them in the act. Consort Xiang was thus sent to the Cold Palace without any explanation.

At that time, Lin Shuang thought that Consort Qin was the most ruthless and scheming person in the palace.

In retrospect, it's nothing special.

Ji Fengyao vaguely sensed that someone was watching her from the shadows, presumably the one who threw the moonstone at her.

Regardless of the person's motives, she had better not reveal that she possessed spiritual powers.

Therefore, Ji Fengyao did not refute Qin Weiyang's statement.

Without making a sound, she kicked the moonstone off the ground and ordered Lin Shuang beside her, "Get a handkerchief to put under and stomp these bugs to death one by one!"

"You dare!" Qin Weiyang panicked; her body could no longer withstand the backlash from the Gu worms!

"It's just stepping on a few bugs, not killing you. Why wouldn't I dare to do that?" Ji Fengyao laughed innocently, as if she truly didn't understand what impact the death of these bugs would have on Qin Weiyang.

Lin Shuang ignored Qin Weiyang and, as instructed, took out several spare handkerchiefs from her sleeve and covered the insects on the ground.

Qin Weiyang's expression changed drastically upon seeing this. She roared at Qi Xuan, Qi Ying, and Aunt She, who were still hiding in the shadows, "What are you all doing, waiting to see me die? Hurry up and grab them!"

Seeing Qin Weiyang's current state, Qixuan and Qiying knew that her power was gone. In order to save their own lives, they hesitated and were reluctant to help her provoke the Ninth Princess again.

Aunt She had raised Qin Weiyang since she was a child, and she still couldn't bear to see her suffer any more, so she immediately rushed towards Lin Shuang with all her might.

"Lin Shuang," Ji Fengyao reminded Lin Shuang in time.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I've learned quite a few tricks from the guards in the courtyard."

Putting aside others, Lin Shuang was still full of confidence in the face of Aunt She, that old hag.

As she spoke, she raised her foot and kicked down hard, making several "poof" sounds as her foot cracked.

"Ah, ah!" Qin Weiyang immediately curled up in pain, collapsed to the ground, and screamed in agony.

"Your Majesty..." Qi Xuan and Qi Ying were still Qin Weiyang's mistress and servant, and there was still some affection between them.

Seeing her fall to the ground, they anxiously came out from behind the artificial rockery to help her up.

At this moment, Aunt She was still some distance from Lin Shuang. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Shuang stomped her foot on the ground again, killing several more insects.

"Ugh—!"

Qin Weiyang screamed repeatedly, writhing on the ground in agony, oblivious to her appearance.