In the bustling Yuzhou City, Dong Rong supported Ji Yunze and followed an old woman through the bustling crowd, and stopped in front of a teahouse in the east of the city.
The old woman stopped Dong Rong, pointed inside the curtain, and said with a smile: "Master Xue Zheng, my mistress is inside, and she wants to see you alone."
Dong Rong was a little worried, but Ji Yunze secretly shook his head at him and slowly walked into the tea room with his crutches.
As soon as he entered, the door outside was slammed shut.
Ji Yunze was looking around vigilantly when he suddenly saw a woman in a crimson dress walking out from the inner room.
Although he did not grow up in Yuezhou, he was quite familiar with the Yongning Palace. He knew that the woman in front of him had an unusual status in the Yongning Palace. She was Zhao Yingying, the only daughter of Princess Qining. She was a childhood sweetheart of Prince Yongning and was quite favored by the palace.
Now that Fu Mingchi is about to marry Miss Ye, I'm afraid this woman is the most unhappy person in the entire Yuezhou.
Since they were in the same boat, Ji Yunze clasped his fists towards Zhao Yingying indifferently and asked, "Miss Zhao, what is the matter that you called me here for?"
"Why are you so anxious, Mr. Academician?" Zhao Yingying smiled at him. "I have long admired your talent, Mr. Academician. I only regret that I cannot meet you sooner. Please take a seat, Mr. Academician, and let's talk slowly."
Just as he was about to go forward and help him sit down, Ji Yunze froze in his place, his expression suddenly colder: "I still have official business to attend to. Miss Zhao, please speak frankly."
Zhao Yingying was extremely dissatisfied with his arrogant attitude. He was just a useless academician. She didn't know what was there to be arrogant about.
But thinking about her purpose in looking for him, Zhao Yingying still held her temper and said with a faint smile, "I know that the academician is unhappy about my cousin and Miss Ye, but it's not my cousin's fault."
She sat down beside the tea table and said in a quiet voice, "It's all because of Miss Ye's fickleness and her tendency to curry favor with powerful people that the academician has become a laughing stock."
Hearing this, Ji Yunze's face darkened slightly.
Zhao Yingying didn't notice the change in his expression at all and continued, "It's really hard to be abandoned. I understand the academician's suffering the most, so I want to help him resolve his hatred."
Ji Yunze looked at her with a half-smile: "Miss Zhao, how are you going to help me?"
"This kind of person is a disaster to the world. Naturally, she must be cut into pieces to relieve the hatred in the heart of the academician."
Zhao Yingying honestly expressed her thoughts: "I can help the academician get rid of her."
"If you dare to hurt her, I will kill you without a burial place." Ji Yunze glared at her fiercely.
Zhao Yingying was so frightened that her body went limp and she shrank back in fear.
"How could someone as despicable as you exist in the Yongning Palace? You are simply a disgrace to the palace."
He thought she might have some brilliant ideas, but he never expected them to be so vicious and vile. Ji Yunze shook his head in disappointment, turned around and was about to leave.
"Ji Yunze."
Zhao Yingying's angry voice suddenly came from behind. Ji Yunze turned around and saw that she had stood up. Her crimson dress suddenly fell to the ground, revealing her snow-white shoulders.
Ji Yunze was stunned: "What does Miss Zhao want to do?"
"Today you have to get on this boat of mine, whether you like or not." Zhao Yingying glared at him fiercely.
Although she disliked this weak scholar from the bottom of her heart, she knew his importance among the students of the world. If she wanted to get rid of the father and daughter of the Ji family, she had to make good use of him.
Seeing Ji Yunze's obvious fear, Zhao Yingying threatened confidently, "Master Xuezheng, please think carefully. If you walk out of this door today, I will make sure your reputation is ruined."
"Miss Zhao is smarter than I thought." Ji Yunze smiled coldly at her, "But I want to know, Miss Zhao would rather destroy her own reputation to frame me. If Prince Yongning knew about this, would he accept you again?"
"I..." Zhao Yingying choked.
Ji Yunze had already seen that this woman was not a cunning person, but just relied on her family background to act recklessly.
Thinking of this, he became much calmer. He looked at Zhao Yingying coldly and smiled, "Perhaps Prince Yongning will sympathize with Miss Zhao for her temporary stubbornness, but as time goes by, he will only despise her for having been frivolously treated and stay away from her from now on."
After hearing these words, Zhao Yingying fell into deep thought.
My cousin doesn't care about me now. If the news really gets out that Ji Yunze flirted with me, my cousin will probably not marry me.
Seeing that her expression seemed to be moved, Ji Yunze began to think about it.
Princess Qining has great prestige in Yuezhou. If this mother and daughter really want to kill Miss Ye, it will definitely be very disadvantageous to Miss Ye.
He couldn't let this happen.
Looking at Zhao Yingying, the smile on Ji Yunze's face turned sinister: "Miss Zhao, you are acting like this just to get married into the palace smoothly. I can indeed help you."
"What do you have in mind?" Zhao Yingying asked anxiously.
Ji Yunze gestured for her to put on her clothes. After she sat down again, he spoke in detail, "Miss Ye is the daughter of the Prime Minister and a princess personally appointed by His Majesty. If you blatantly harm her, you will undoubtedly be courting death. Miss Zhao wants to marry Prince Yongning. The best way right now is to persuade him to rebel."
"Treason?" Zhao Yingying was shocked. "Ji Yunze, you are the number one scholar chosen by His Majesty. How could you say such treasonous words?"
"Miss Zhao, you are wrong," Ji Yunze said disapprovingly.
This was the method he had thought of after thinking about it for the past few days. Now that the imperial power had fallen into the wrong hands, the Gu family was powerful, and Prince Yongning had his own army and wanted to clear up the world for His Majesty. Only by letting these two major forces fight to the death could the country be revived.
Only then would his marriage with Miss Ye be tolerated by the world, and no one would stop them from being together.
"Ms. Zhao knows better than anyone else that you are no worse than Miss Ye. The only thing you lose is your family background."
Ji Yunze coaxed and comforted her, saying, "If the Zhao family can help Prince Yongning take control of Lin'an, then who in the world will be able to match the Zhao family's achievements in the future? The only one who will accompany Prince Yongning to rule the world will naturally be Miss Zhao."
Zhao Yingying was eager to try it out after hearing this, and had to admit that his method was indeed very good.
My aunt and the relatives in the Yongning Palace all hope that my cousin will take over Lin'an, and the marriage with the Ji family is for this purpose.
But how could we rely on those civil officials in Lin'an? If we really let them trick my cousin into going to Lin'an, I'm afraid he would end up like the old emperor today.
"The Academician is worthy of being the number one scholar chosen by His Majesty. His insights are far from ordinary." Zhao Yingying complimented him sincerely, her eyes suddenly filled with respect. "I will go back and propose this to my mother. As for whether it will succeed, I will rely on the Academician's full support."
"No problem, no problem." Ji Yunze clasped his fists and bowed with a forced smile. He turned around, his face darkened, and slowly walked out of the tea room.
Zhao Yingying was enlightened by Ji Yunze's advice and wanted to go back to see her mother immediately. After Ji Yunze and his men left, she also led Mother Zhu back in a hurry.
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