"Mother, I will send an envoy to the Kingdom of Shen in a while to bring back the 'real princess' they have hidden away.
The Queen Mother was an old fox, and she knew what he meant as soon as she heard him say, "Are you trying to vent your anger for that girl?" The Queen Mother looked at her son with a smile. After all, he came out of her belly, and she knew his character very well.
"Just do whatever you want, Chen'er. I will fully support you."
"That girl must be tired now, let her have a good rest today. Remember to ask her to come visit me someday and talk to me."
"I will convey your words, mother." Ji Chenan smiled.
"Okay, okay, the meal is over, and I'm going to rest. You can go and do your own thing." After listening to Ji Chenan's stories today, the Queen Mother was already satisfied. This was a good start. Her child was finally close to a woman, so it seemed that her dream of having a grandson in this life was not completely impossible!
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother couldn't suppress the smile on her face. She had prayed to the gods every day for years, and finally got some good responses.
Someone on the other side was not so happy. Concubine Duan had thrown everything that could be thrown in the palace, and the ground was covered with broken ceramic fragments.
At this moment, the palace maid Caixia who came to deliver the news was kneeling on the ground and trembling. She just followed Concubine Duan's instructions to monitor Cangjiao Palace and report the intelligence she had obtained truthfully. Unexpectedly, Concubine Duan went crazy.
"I don't believe it. It must be you, this lowly servant, trying to sow discord between me and the Emperor. Come, drag her away and have her beaten to death!"
"Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me!" Caixia, kneeling on the ground, began to cry and beg for mercy.
"I really saw it with my own eyes, and every word I said is true!" The honest girl didn't realize that her words were walking into Concubine Duan's minefield.
"Don't do it yet! If you don't do it, you will be punished together!"
I originally wanted to persuade Concubine Duan, but after hearing what Concubine Duan said, the palace servants could only silently follow her orders.
The eunuchs beside Concubine Duan immediately dragged Caixia, who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, down. The board fell mercilessly, hitting her body with a dull sound, and each sound was accompanied by the woman's heartbreaking screams. Not long after, she was dead.
Concubine Duan's expression was indifferent, and there was no trace of mercy on her heavily made-up face. Only when she saw the eunuch who came in to report that the task she had instructed had been completed did she feel a sense of satisfaction. "Tonight, quietly throw the body into the dry well in the backyard of Cangjiao Palace. Remember, do it discreetly so that no one can discover it."
The palace maids below didn't dare to breathe when they heard Concubine Duan's dangerous words.
"Those who lie should pay the price, what do you think?"
No one dared to refute. They all knew that the man who had just been beaten to death was not lying, but Concubine Duan's self-esteem made her unable to accept such a fact.
But everyone was afraid they would become Concubine Duan's next victim, so they could only nod in agreement. "Your Majesty is right, this servant must be trying to sow discord between you and His Majesty. She deserves to die!"
"When you work under me, you have to think carefully about what to say and what not to say." Concubine Duan sat on the main seat and showed a sinister smile.
"Yes, my lady!"
When the two eunuchs who were carrying out the execution collected Caixia's body, they found that she had still not closed her eyes, so they could only close her eyes with their hands.
"In your next life, remember to reincarnate with a lantern, and don't meet this kind of master again..."
Isn't this what they also want to say to themselves?
In this palace, the master's orders are absolute. If a word makes the master unhappy, you may lose your life and may not even be able to rest in peace.
But there was no other way, they could only put the still warm body into a sack and throw it into the dry well when it was late at night and everyone was asleep.
Jiang Ziyi's ban was lifted, and her range of activities expanded a lot. However, she was unable to do so, and her legs trembled every time she took a few steps.
Her only wish now is that Ji Chenan will not come to see her again in the next few days!
If Concubine Duan knew about this idea, she would probably be so angry that she would want to strangle her to death...
As night fell, everything was quiet. Two men in black, carrying a sack, carefully avoided the guards who were patrolling at night and came to the backyard wall of Cangjiao Palace.
One person first secretly climbed up the wall, waiting for the person below to lift the sack up. After the person was met, he quietly jumped down, waited for the other person to climb up, and then gently lowered the sack down. The whole process was smooth and silent, and it should have been a seamless thing, but at this moment, someone had a panoramic view of the whole process.
There were two people standing on the tree in the yard.
"Axin, tell me, why is the new master that His Majesty asked us to protect so hated?" The person who spoke was one of the female secret guards sent by Ji Chenan to secretly protect Jiang Ziyi.
Ah Xin rolled her eyes at her in annoyance and said, "Just focus on your own work and stop talking about the master behind his back, or else one day your tongue will be cut off and you won't even know how it happened."
"Tsk~ I'm just asking casually~ Guess what's in that sack? I think it might be a person~"
As a secret guard, Ah Qing had committed many murders over the years. She had only roughly estimated the size of the sack, and combined with the sneaky look of the two men in black, she felt that her guess was almost right.
Ah Xin rarely responded because she also felt that judging from the size of the sack, it should be a person.
Moreover, there was no movement in the sack, so it must be a dead person.
After the two men in black landed, they carried the sacks and walked towards the dry well in the backyard.
"Oh my, it looks like they are going to frame someone by jumping him into a well. Should we take action?" Ah Qing asked Ah Xin beside him in a low voice.
Ah Qing is familiar with the dirty deeds in the palace. After the sack is thrown down tonight, someone will probably come to ask for an explanation in a few days.
"If these two still have other intentions, then kill them now. If they surrender and leave, then let them go today. After all, His Majesty's order to us is only to protect the master. As for the follow-up, His Majesty will make the decision." There was no emotion in Ah Xin's voice, but killing people was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables for her.
"Okay." Ah Qing also agreed with this. This master is now the one favored by His Majesty. In this country, no one dares to play tricks under His Majesty's nose. She can only light a candle in advance for the blind framed murderer.
Jiang Ziyi knew nothing about these things and slept well all night.
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