Because her eyes had not seen light for a long time, Caidie could not adapt to the brightness in front of her eyes for a while. She squinted her eyes for a long time before she could see clearly who was standing in front of her. Even His Majesty had come!
She instinctively wanted to salute, but she was tied to the chair and couldn't move.
"Cai Die, lying is a capital crime in front of His Majesty. If you tell the truth, I can plead for you to His Majesty." Jiang Ziyi walked to her ear, patted her shoulder and whispered softly.
"I...I..." Caidie looked at Concubine Duan on one side and His Majesty on the other.
Thinking about Concubine Duan's past evil deeds, she gritted her teeth and changed her mind.
She looked at Ji Chenan and said, "Your Majesty, this was all ordered by Concubine Duan! Caixia was also caned to death by Concubine Duan!"
"What are you talking about, you slut!" Hearing Caidie accusing her, Concubine Duan could no longer hold back. She rushed over with a murderous look on her face, as if she wanted to tear Caidie to pieces.
Fortunately, the guards behind Ji Chenan stopped her in time.
Seeing that someone had stopped Concubine Duan, Caidie became bolder and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Duan has been abusing us and asking us to cause trouble for Your Highness. If we don't obey, she threatens to kill our fathers, brothers and sisters outside the palace..." At this point, Caidie choked up.
"You're talking nonsense!" Concubine Duan's sharp cry echoed throughout the Cangjiao Palace.
Concubine Duan looked at Ji Chenan's expression in panic, but found that there was not even disappointment in his eyes at this moment, but was filled with disgust.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Concubine Duan tried to grab Ji Chenan's hand in panic, but Ji Chenan pushed her away as if he had touched something dirty.
He scolded, "You disappoint me."
"I hereby decree that Concubine Duan Qin, with her vicious heart, indiscriminately murder innocent people, shall be stripped of her position and demoted to a commoner. She shall be banished to the cold palace, where she shall reflect on her sins. All the concubines' belongings shall be confiscated!"
Eunuch Lin hurriedly took notes.
Only after hearing Ji Chen'an's decree did Jiang Ziyi realize that Concubine Duan's surname was Qin.
Qin Shi seemed unable to believe it, crying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! It was me who saved you back then, and I am your destined one, Your Majesty!"
It would have been better if she didn't say it, but as soon as she said it, Ji Chenan noticed it keenly.
"How do you know about the destined person?" The emperor's sharp eyes seemed to see through her.
When he went to see Master Xuanfa, he deliberately avoided being seen. The matter of the destined person was only known to him and Master Xuanfa, and Master Xuanfa would not take the initiative to tell others... If Qin also knew about it, it meant that Qin overheard it and did it on purpose. Then when he encountered the assassination attempt, it might have been an ambush set by someone.
"Come here, arrest Qin and put him in the prison!"
Guard: "Yes!"
Ji Chenan originally thought she had saved him by accident that day, but now it seems that the Qin family might have been involved in the assassination attempt on him. The source of the Qin family's information is worth investigating...
At this moment, Qin was like a flapping colorful turkey.
Even though Qin wanted to resist and kept shouting that she had done nothing wrong, she was quickly subdued by the guards.
Jiang Ziyi witnessed the whole thing from the side and was almost dying of laughter. She had seen stupid people before, but she had never seen anyone as stupid as Qin. She even wanted to plot against her. Wasn't she? She had plotted against herself, and in the end, it was tantamount to self-destruction.
However, Jiang Ziyi's joy soon turned into sorrow.
Qin was escorted out by the guards like a deflated ball. When she passed by Jiang Ziyi, she suddenly struggled hard, as if she had used up all her life's strength, and she bumped into Jiang Ziyi hard.
Fortunately, Jiang Ziyi had told Ah Xin in advance to be wary of Qin, so the collision did not knock her down. However, her injured shoulder hit the wall again, and she frowned in pain.
When the guards saw Qin struggling to break free, they quickly increased the strength in their hands and regained control of her.
Qin, however, yelled like crazy, "Jiang Ziyi, you are just a hostage! You are nothing! I am the woman His Majesty loves the most... Hahahahahaha..."
Ji Chenan saw Qin hurt Jiang Ziyi and heard her crazy talk. His face was clearly displeased and he shouted sternly, "Hurry up and take him away!"
The guards hurriedly took him away, not daring to delay even a moment.
Then Ji Chenan asked Xiao Linzi to call the imperial physician here, and then he walked forward worriedly to inquire about Jiang Ziyi's condition.
Jiang Ziyi saw all of this. Qin was indeed somewhat sincere to His Majesty, but His Majesty did not have that for her. Even though she had obtained the title of concubine, she was still an empty shell who was not favored, and was actually no different from those women without titles.
If she had not been obsessed with someone who did not love her, and had married someone who knew how to care for her, she might have lived a happy life.
But unfortunately, she no longer has such an opportunity. Sometimes, one wrong step leads to all wrong steps.
After Qin was taken away, the palace maids around her all breathed a sigh of relief.
Caidie still couldn't believe it. Concubine Duan really fell down. Then she...
She just told the truth, so she should have a chance to survive!
"Aqing, please untie her." Jiang Ziyi fell into His Majesty's arms and spoke weakly.
Caidie was so excited that she almost shed tears. She was finally saved. After being untied, she found that there was no cut on her wrist and no bleeding at all. The feeling of surviving a disaster made her ecstatic.
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