Seeing Bai Jinjin coughing like that, Ye Jiuge stepped forward and patted her on the back, "Are you okay?"
The girl straightened up and shook her head, "I'm fine."
After saying this, Bai Jinjin stared at the mage, "Mage, this won't do. Does your behavior mean that this princess is not a demon?"
Lin Shuzhan, who was standing below, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that Concubine Ye is right. This mage is just a charlatan who pretends to be a god."
The people in the audience saw someone step forward.
"Is the Ninth Princess really a monster?"
"What kind of evildoer came to Qin and wanted to help Qin when it was obvious that he only needed to bring disaster?"
"Yes, the Ninth Princess persuaded the Emperor to release a number of officials."
"This fake wizard must have said that!"
"Your Majesty, the contributions that the Ninth Princess has made to the State of Qin are obvious to all. How could such a person be a monster?" Lin Shuzhan bowed to Bai Juncheng.
When Bai Juncheng heard someone speak, he looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, don't believe everything this monk says."
Most of the officials below knelt down and said, "Please understand, Your Majesty!"
Bai Jinjin looked at the officials below in shock. What had been done?
"Empress Dowager, the Ninth Princess has found a way to take full responsibility for the winter clothes in this border area." One of the officials stood up and bowed to the Empress Dowager.
General Fuyuan also stood up and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, floods happen almost every year. How can such a thing be blamed on the Ninth Princess?"
This made the Queen Mother hesitate, as people's words were scary.
"Just now the mage asked why I didn't bring the sachet. What's the matter? Will the mage not be able to perform well without the sachet?" Bai Jinjin suddenly thought of the mage's loophole and looked at him with a playful expression.
The mage's face turned pale when his pigtail was caught. "Ninth Princess, stop talking nonsense."
"Looking at the look on your face, I know I'm definitely right." Bai Jinjin sneered.
The girl took out the sachet from Ye Jiuge's hand and said, "Now this princess holds the sachet. Master, would you like to try again?"
Shen Yue's heart also became panicked, and she hurriedly said: "How dare you, Ninth Princess, disrespect the magician!"
"Why are you so anxious, Your Majesty? I just took out the sachet, why are you so panicked?" Bai Jinjin sneered at Chen Yue and looked at her with contempt.
"Logically speaking, these mages were summoned into the palace by my mother. Even if they were panicking, it should be my mother." Bai Jinjin paced back and forth, speaking slowly.
In the wizard's opinion, every step was like stepping on his heart, making his heart pound.
"Mage, why are you still sweating? What's wrong? Did the resentment from this princess offend you?"
Bai Jinjin approached the mage step by step, and the latter kept retreating. Bai Jinjin looked at him sarcastically.
At this time, a group of young monks behind the mage panicked as they saw the mage retreating, and suddenly their hands loosened, and the fishing line that was flickering in the candlelight fell down.
"Look! What's that thing behind the wizard?" Li Qi said, pointing at the fishing line behind the wizard.
"Isn't that fishing line?"
"Really? This wizard is playing tricks!"
"You actually want to frame our princess!"
The fishing line behind the wizard fell down, leaving him nowhere to hide.
The Queen Mother was speechless. What had she done? She had sincerely worshipped Buddha for so many years, and she had been deceived by a charlatan without even knowing it?
"Master, are you okay?" Bai Jinjin looked at the master with concern.
Shen Yue's face was extremely pale, and the eye-catching red on her lips made her look like neither human nor ghost.
"Empress, why are you so pale?" Bai Jinjin asked softly as she watched Shen Yue, whose face flickered in the candlelight.
Bai Lingling's expression at this moment became similar to Shen Yue's. She was also present at the incident of bribing the mage, and it was she who suggested it to Shen Yue. If it was really exposed, wouldn't she also be implicated?
Prince Dun sneered at this moment, "The Ninth Princess is truly powerful. She can actually motivate so many ministers to speak for you?"
"Prince Dun has such great power. Has he thought he is the emperor after staying in his fiefdom for too long?" Bai Jinjin said to Prince Dun with cold eyes.
"You monster, how dare you say such a thing!" Prince Dun suddenly felt panic in his heart.
Shen Yue also shouted harshly, "Bai Jinjin, Prince Dun is the Queen Mother's adopted son. How can you be so rude to him?"
"You also said he is an adopted son! This princess is of orthodox royal blood, so why can't I say anything about him!" Bai Jinjin's patience with Prince Dun was almost at its limit. Seeing that someone was still speaking for him, she replied harshly.
The Queen Mother was speechless at this point. She no longer knew who was right or wrong.
"Empress, you are really taking advantage of the situation." Concubine Ye said sarcastically without any concern.
"How dare you!" Shen Yue yelled with her eyes wide open.
"I have been so presumptuous many times! Is this the worst time?" Concubine Ye scolded Shen Yue when she saw that she was still struggling.
The entire banquet was very quiet. This was the first time they truly realized the aura of Concubine Ye.
Elder Ye looked at it for a long time, then said, with his old bones supporting him, "Your Majesty, we cannot accept the one-sided account of that charlatan in this matter. Please understand."
"Mr. Ye, I know what's going on. You're old, so please sit down." Bai Juncheng forgot that Mr. Ye was here too, so he quickly asked him to sit down.
This was the first time Bai Jinjin met her original grandfather. Although he was old, the murderous aura he exuded had not faded at all.
"Your Majesty, this charlatan actually talked nonsense at the banquet. Shouldn't Concubine Ye be held responsible for this matter?" Shen Yue interrupted.
"Your Majesty, you are really taking advantage of every opportunity. I did bring these monks here. Their true purpose was just to pray for the Queen Mother. I never expected these monks to talk nonsense."
Concubine Ye retorted without giving in.
Bai Jinjin also said sarcastically, "This charlatan, he knew I didn't bring any sachet after just one sprinkle of gold dust. He's really amazing."
At this time, Bai Yu remembered that Bai Jinjin had changed the spices in the sachet. He did not tell Chen Yue about this. As a result, the mage today found out the problem with the sachet when he saw that he failed.
Bai Yu looked at Shen Yue with complicated eyes, sincerely praying that this matter had nothing to do with his mother.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you?" Bai Jing held Bai Yu's shoulders with some concern.
"Brother, I have a bad feeling." Bai Yu grabbed Bai Jing's shoulders and said.
Shen Yue turned her head and saw Bai Yu's complicated eyes falling on her.
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