Chapter 369: My Concubine is Wronged
Everyone else looked at Zhan Yanzhi in surprise. He was too ignorant. The emperor publicly announced the restoration of his status as crown prince, but he refused in public. Isn't this a slap in the emperor's face?
Even if he didn't want to be the crown prince, he should have accepted the imperial decree and expressed his gratitude at this time, and then found other reasons to decline after the banquet.
The queen held the handkerchief tightly in both hands, feeling extremely anxious. Finally, she could only look at Jiang Yunxi with pleading eyes, hoping that she could help.
Jiang Yunxi smiled at her and told her not to worry.
Seeing her smile so calmly, the queen felt inexplicably relieved and stopped talking.
"You rebellious son!" Emperor Su Ming was furious. He picked up the teacup in front of him and threw it towards Zhan Yanzhi. With a bang, the teacup broke into pieces.
Everyone: “…”
Suddenly, no one dared to breathe.
Some people didn't show anything on their faces, but they were gloating in their hearts, because they didn't expect that the eldest prince would publicly refuse to resume his status as crown prince.
Zhan Yuyang almost couldn't hold back his laughter. The depression and gloom in his heart disappeared, and he looked like he was watching a show.
Is this what my mother has prepared?
How did she convince Zhan Yanzhi to refuse to resume his status as crown prince?
"Wise King, why did you refuse? Don't say you were in poor health. You were almost dying in the Eastern Palace before, but you still didn't want to leave." Zhan Beiyuan asked in a deep voice.
He didn't believe that he was unwilling to return to the East Palace.
Zhan Yanzhi looked at him and said, "Uncle, I didn't think it through before, but now I have. I should let someone more suitable take that position."
"I hope you really think so." Zhan Beiyuan's face was obviously displeased.
"No, he doesn't think that way." Jiang Yunxi stood up and said.
Zhan Yuyang's expression froze. He had a very bad feeling in his heart, always feeling that Jiang Yunxi would do something bad.
Others also looked at Jiang Yunxi.
Emperor Su Ming looked at Jiang Yunxi, "What do you mean by that?"
"The wise king has been manipulated by a puppet, which is why he said things against his will." Jiang Yunxi ignored all the eyes around her staring at her and spoke in a loud, firm and powerful voice.
In an instant, the entire banquet hall was filled with noise.
Puppetry?
How could the wise king fall under such evil spell!
"Are you serious?" Emperor Su Ming gradually calmed down. He was really angry just now. He didn't expect Zhan Yanzhi to not give him face in public.
"There is no need for me to lie in public. The wise king has indeed been trapped by the puppet technique. I can break it and make him wake up." Jiang Yunxi said confidently.
She had found it strange when Zhan Yanzhi refused to resume his status as the crown prince. Later, after staring at him for a while, she realized that he was under the influence of puppetry, which was why he said things that were inconsistent with his heart.
"Okay, now you help the wise king crack it." Emperor Su Ming said quickly.
Jiang Yunxi walked towards Zhan Yanzhi and performed a heart-purifying spell on him in public.
Zhan Yanzhi's figure swayed slightly, and when he saw everyone staring at him, he looked confused, "Miss Jiang, what's wrong?"
"Don't you know what just happened?" Jiang Yunxi asked with a smile
"What happened just now?" Zhan Yanzhi was even more confused. He knew that he was attending a royal banquet.
"The emperor announced the restoration of your status as crown prince, but you refused on the spot, saying that you were not capable of shouldering the responsibility and asked the emperor to choose another suitable person to be the crown prince." Jiang Yunxi said.
Zhan Yanzhi's expression changed, and he quickly stood up and walked towards the open space in the middle of the banquet hall. "Father, I am willing to return to the Eastern Palace and will never refuse. I don't know what's wrong with me."
Emperor Su Ming was very satisfied to hear him say this, "Jiang Yunxi said that you were under the influence of puppetry."
"This... Father, I have something important to report." Anger was rising in Zhan Yanzhi's heart. First, someone used the ghost to want him dead.
With the help of Jiang Yunxi, he escaped a disaster, but he didn't expect that someone would use puppetry on him again.
"You say." Emperor Su Ming said.
Zhan Yanzhi told the story of being haunted by a ghost a few days ago. Since he had not yet found out who was harming him, he did not confess the matter and planned to speak about it after finding out.
Emperor Su Ming suddenly stood up, his face filled with anger, and said, "How lawless! How dare you murder the virtuous king in this way?"
"Father, I believe the person who sent the ghost to harm me is the one who used puppetry on me. They used the ghost to kill me, and they used puppetry because they knew in advance that you wanted to restore my status as crown prince, and that's why they used puppetry to make me reject you on the spot."
Zhan Yanzhi felt that these two things were definitely related.
"Apart from the retired emperor and the empress, only Prince Han and Jiang Yunxi know that I want to restore your status as the crown prince." Emperor Su Ming frowned. He thought that none of them would reveal it.
"Your Majesty, Prince Yi found out about this this morning." Jiang Yunxi said with a harmless smile.
Zhan Yuyang: "..."
Emperor Su Ming looked at him sharply, "Could puppetry be related to you?"
"Your Majesty, Yuyang has always been well-behaved. How could he know anything about puppetry?" Concubine Li said quickly.
"Father, I can swear to heaven that I have not done anything to harm the virtuous king." Zhan Yuyang stood up and raised his right hand to swear. He was glad that his hands were clean.
Emperor Su Ming: "..."
Jiang Yunxi said calmly, "Your Majesty, I have a way to find the person who used the puppet technique."
"As long as you find it, I will reward you handsomely."
"good."
Jiang Yunxi set up a formation for Zhan Yanzhi, then took out a talisman from his sleeve pocket and lit it. The talisman quickly emitted smoke and finally flew towards a concubine in the harem.
"It's her."
"Chen Zhaoyi, you are so bold that you dare to use puppetry on the virtuous king and even use ghosts to murder him." Emperor Su Ming's eyes were filled with cold murderous intent.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent..." Chen Zhaoyi quickly stood up and knelt on the ground.
"Jiang Yunxi used mystical magic to find out it was you, and you still dare to quibble." Emperor Su Ming said angrily, and then he looked at the seventh prince Zhan Zeyu who was sitting in the seat.
Chen Zhaoyi shuddered, then choked with sobs, "Your Majesty, I was wrong. I was doing this for my son. I did it all on my own. It has nothing to do with Zeyu."
When Zhan Zeyu heard this, a sarcastic sneer appeared on his lips, but it disappeared so quickly that he couldn't catch it.
Jiang Yunxi naturally noticed it. When Chen Zhaoyi admitted that she did it, she looked at Zhan Zeyu. He was indeed the unlucky guy tonight.
Although she used the formation to find out who used the puppet technique, she knew that Chen Zhaoyi was definitely not the mastermind, although she might have been involved.
Sudden.
She looked towards the seats of the concubines in the harem and happened to meet the eyes of Concubine Li. She stared at her carefully, but could not see anything on her.
But she knew that her face was maintained with special methods.
It seems that this Concubine Li is not simple. She is probably not just the legitimate daughter of Marquis Wenxin. Who is she?
Thinking of the mirror Qi Qin gave her when she was on Leizhou Island, she quickly took it out from her sleeve pocket and held it up to Concubine Li.
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