"Ji Fengyao, you despicable bandit and uncouth village woman, I'm going to kill you!"

Bai Rumei suddenly screamed and jumped up, baring her teeth and claws as she tried to pounce on Ji Fengyao. However, a guard was standing guard beside her every step of the way. As soon as she jumped up, the guard grabbed her and threw her back.

The guards were all skilled in martial arts and their attacks were quite forceful.

Although Bai Rumei had worked as a palace maid, she had only done tasks such as serving tea and cleaning. These two falls almost broke her body, and she lay on the ground for a long time without being able to get up.

After taking the medicine given to her by Xi Ningchang, she didn't feel much pain, so her body's reaction was even more sluggish.

At this moment, another guard brought out a rack, nailed it to the courtyard, and dragged Bai Rumei up and tied her up.

Most of the young maids outside the courtyard ran in; they were mostly from Hui Nuan Pavilion.

Ji Fengyao dismissed the two guards and had them sit under the shade of a nearby tree before calmly raising her head to stare directly at Bai Rumei, her eyes practically bulging with hatred: "I pity you. It's one thing to be blindly confident, but to be so utterly blind as to be blind to reality. Do you think I'm only here to interrogate you because I'm so audacious?"

“You’ve served by the Emperor’s side, you must recognize this.” Ji Fengyao raised her hand, several circles of bright yellow cotton rope wrapped around her slender, white fingers, below which a dragon-shaped jade pendant swayed back and forth in the air, translucent and crystal clear under the bright sunlight, lifelike and exquisite.

Bai Rumei's eyes widened suddenly as she stared at the dragon-shaped jade pendant, almost in disbelief: "Dragon pendant, this, how is this possible? How could the Emperor give you the dragon pendant? You must have stolen it, you stole it!"

"Heh," Ji Fengyao put the jade pendant away and shook her head pitifully, "It seems that not only are my eyes bad, but my brain has also been chewed up by a dog."

Bai Rumei knew that was impossible. The dragon pendant was something the emperor wore close to his body, and the palace was heavily guarded. Who could get close enough to steal his personal item?!

"Let me tell you, I asked the Emperor for advice on how to deal with you, and that's why he gave me this jade pendant. Now tell me, how do you want to die?" Ji Fengyao suddenly became stern and harsh, abandoning her joking tone.

How do you want to die!

These words exploded in Bai Rumei's ears and heart, completely shattering her defenses and leaving her with a buzzing sound in her ears.

She knew she was going to die, and she thought she was mentally prepared.

But when faced with that moment, she wasn't as calm as she had imagined. There were so many servants watching, and Ji Fengyao hadn't even pressed her to explain why she had poisoned the victim or if there was a mastermind behind it all. This was all against the rules, outside her expectations!

"Don't you want to know why I poisoned you?" Bai Rumei pitifully asked this question herself.

"You poisoned me because you were jealous that I was younger and more beautiful than you and favored by the Prince, so you wanted me dead. I'm not stupid, why would I ask such an idiotic question?" Ji Fengyao stuffed two fruits into her mouth and looked at Bai Rumei with a look of disgust.

Bai Rumei: "!"

She felt an unbearable tightness in her chest and wanted to roar at this stupid bandit that she was being manipulated by someone, and that the real idiot was this stupid, pig-like bandit himself, not her!

But she couldn't say anything; the lives of her entire family were still in that man's hands.

"Oh dear, I'm so full. I'm sleepy and need to take a nap." Ji Fengyao stretched and lay down on the rattan couch, lazily ordering, "Since you can't think of a way to die, then just kill her. Gag her and don't let her disturb me."