Chapter 157 Someone is trying to frame me
After they had finished playing, the Emperor and his ministers arrived, and the banquet was successfully held.
Moreover, Ji Yingying behaved herself and didn't gossip.
After the banquet, Ji Yingying, along with Ji Cailiang and Fang Yulan, saw the guests off.
It's finally over...
Ji Yingying stretched and went back.
[Beep beep... Honey, something's happened to your house! Someone's trying to commit violence there, and someone else's trying to plant letters from an enemy country inside. They want to wipe out your entire family.]
【who? 】
[She's the daughter of an official in the Hanlin Academy; she's been instigated to try and bring down your family.]
All reactionaries are paper tigers. Wherever they are now, they'll have to see if they can actually kill me.
[In your room.]
Ji Yingying rushed back into the house immediately, followed by Ji Cailiang and Fang Yulan.
It was a perfectly good banquet, but Ji Yingying stopped causing trouble, while others started causing trouble instead.
Before even entering the house, I could hear a series of primal rhythms. Were they coming to cause trouble in her house?
Ji Yingying disregarded everything else and kicked the door open. It was the Seventh Prince and a woman named Lu Ziqi. She had come by herself today and hadn't gone back, nor had anyone come looking for her.
What are you doing?
[Xiangxiang, let's see who's really messing around!]
[That woman orchestrated it; she wanted to marry the Sixth Prince, but instead, the Sixth Prince handed her over to the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince was injured, seriously injured, and if they weren't separated, he would die.]
Just as Ji Yingying was about to step forward to pull the person away, Fang Yulan stopped her, and it was Ji Cailiang who stepped forward to pull them apart.
"Ah..." She quickly pulled the blanket to cover herself.
"What are you yelling about? It's dark. Why aren't you going home? Why are you doing this in my house?" Ji Yingying said angrily. That was her bed! Her bed! Was she even going to get to sleep tonight?
[Host, there's still aphrodisiac incense in the room, be careful.] Just as Ji Yingying was about to call for help, Apple stepped in to deal with the incense burner.
[Xiangxiang, investigate these two for me. I refuse to believe they don't know Sishiju is my house. Even if they had something to do, they should have gone to the guest room.]
[It was indeed arranged by someone else, with the aim of ruining you. As for the reason, I don't know, but that woman was using a scheme against you; she wanted to seduce the Sixth Prince.]
[Also, don't be angry. It's probably because you, as an official, threatened someone's interests that they want to retaliate against you. Also, they're keeping an eye on a maid I don't recognize; she's probably not from our household. She plans to plant letters from an enemy country in your courtyard to slander you and get the Emperor to behead you.]
"Rong Er, take these two people away..."
[Host, the Seventh Prince is injured, very seriously. You must save him quickly, or he might die in your manor.]
Ji Yingying had a headache, so she quickly pulled Fang Yulan's hand away and asked her father to help the Seventh Prince put on his clothes, while she went over to save him.
He's been poisoned, and the poisoning is even more severe than that that the Crown Prince suffered.
"Rong Er, go to the palace and tell the Emperor that I will be there in an hour to file a complaint." With that, he turned his back and released the silver needle without any attempt to conceal it.
After Rong Er left, he immediately notified Rong Yi, who then sent men to surround the Ji residence.
Frame Ji Yingying...
He realized that this was a trap set for him. Everyone knew Ji Yingying's abilities, and trying to harm her was just asking for trouble.
Ji Yingying performed acupuncture and bloodletting on the Seventh Prince. As a child, she had limited energy. After she finished all the acupuncture and confirmed that he was alright, she immediately ordered someone to bring the Seventh Prince and that woman into the palace.
The Emperor was already waiting in the Imperial Study. He knew everything that had happened to Ji Yingying.
However, things weren't that clear-cut; Ji Yingying saved the person, but she didn't get to know the gossip.
When they entered the palace, Ji Sasa helped bring the Seventh Prince in. She put him down at the entrance of the Imperial Study and waited for him.
As soon as Ji Yingying entered, she started crying: "Your Majesty, my bed is dirty. It's all because of those two. They don't come home in the middle of the night and sleep in my bed. My bed is no longer clean."
"Alright, alright, I'll get you a new one. Don't cry."
"No, I'm going to cry, Your Majesty. Oh, and someone is trying to plant enemy letters in my yard to frame me as a spy. Go and arrest them immediately."
Emperor: ...Isn't there no evidence? Why did you say it out loud?
So what if there's no evidence? They want to get me anyway. If they can't release me today, they'll release me tomorrow. They'll always have time to get me. I might as well just let the Emperor know.
"My dear minister, how did you know?"
"I just know, I just know, Your Majesty, quickly send people to search my house, search it thoroughly, I don't want to be killed by those conspiracies." After saying that, she started crying again. After all, she was a child, and it was an honor for her to cry.
The Emperor was exasperated and quite helpless. He waved to Eunuch Cao, signaling him to go to the Ji residence to investigate.
"Father-in-law, you must investigate thoroughly and not wrong me. My parents are waiting for you at home. I told them not to sleep, but they can't sleep at this hour either."
"You can arrange for someone to search, and I'll have my parents make you some tea. It's my favorite milk tea, so you have to drink it." Ji Yingying bribed Eunuch Cao openly and honestly.
The emperor was also annoyed by the sight and waved for him to leave quickly.
Eunuch Cao responded and hurried away. This little rascal is truly fearless; he even dares to speak like that in front of the Emperor.
They were not afraid of being punished by the emperor.
No sooner had Eunuch Cao left than Lu Ziqi's father, who worked in the Ministry of Revenue, arrived at the palace. Upon receiving the news, he came immediately.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
Lu Ziqi was tied up to the side with her mouth covered. When she saw him coming, she immediately started whimpering.
Lord Lu didn't care about her at all. He was a sixth-rank official who couldn't even attend court and rarely saw the emperor. He still had his pride after such a thing happened.
Was this arranged by Old Deng?
No, he didn't know. This was the daughter of the woman he loved most, which is why he was anxious, afraid he wouldn't be able to explain it when he returned.
[The legitimate daughter?]
[He had no legitimate daughter, only a legitimate son, who had also married and settled down to work in another county.]
[Oh... the melon on his head is quite dark. Let's dig a bit and see what kind of melon it is. Also, we need to investigate thoroughly: who's trying to harm me? It's been half a year, and they still don't know who I am? I'm practically invincible in the capital, and they still want to mess with me? I'll see who it is that's living so comfortably.]
[Let's talk about the gossip first. He loved the woman he married later and disliked his first wife. The first wife didn't love him; she had someone else in her heart. After marrying him and giving birth to a son, she faked her death and left with the man she loved. As for him, he always loved his current wife. Not long after his first wife died, he married his current wife.]
[But this lady was also quite something; she was a woman of great lust. She was already pregnant when she married Lord Lu, that is, Lu Ziqi.]
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