Chapter 427 Simple Mind
"You will never be qualified to be the empress of Xuanyue Kingdom. Give up this idea." The empress no longer gave her any hope, lest she would play any tricks behind her back.
"Empress, Fengyi said that before in order not to offend the Empress. Fengyi wants to be the Empress." Nangong Fengyi was unwilling to give up and wanted to save the situation.
Nangong Susu laughed in her heart with schadenfreude, fearing that no matter how Nangong Fengyi explained, the empress would not pass the throne to her.
She knew that she had lost the qualification to inherit the throne, so naturally she did not want the other party to inherit it.
"It's too late." The two words from the empress indicated that there was no room for negotiation.
Nangong Fengyi felt disheartened. She knew that the empress was always like this and would never change her decision. She didn't expect that after preparing for so long, she would lose her qualifications in the end.
She was really unwilling to accept it!
"The Empress sent someone to invite Fengyi into the palace to tell you this?" Nangong Fengyi frowned. Before, she was with Nangong Susu and the others. Jinxia came to invite Nangong Susu in person, saying that the Empress wanted to see her.
They were extremely envious at that time.
After knowing that the empress had a strange disease, none of them had seen her, and they had always seen her through a screen. They didn't expect to see her today.
Looking at her ageless and flawless face, she was puzzled. Isn't it said that her skin is like bark?
"You say." The empress looked at Nangong Susu.
"Fengyi, it was you who accompanied me to the Heavenly Palace to get the night pearl and jade Buddha statue that I gave to the empress, right?" Nangong Susu looked at Nangong Fengyi.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Nangong Fengyi asked indifferently.
"The night pearl and the jade Buddha statue were cast under a spell. Touching the night pearl will not make you sick, but touching the jade Buddha statue will make you sick. The empress therefore contracted a strange disease." Nangong Susu said simply.
“How could it be…”
Nangong Fengyi finally understood why the Empress invited her into the palace. She hurriedly looked at the Empress and said, "Empress, Fengyi did accompany Susu to the Heavenly Palace, but I did not touch those two things the entire time."
"You really haven't touched it?" The empress looked at her lazily.
"No." Nangong Fengyi assured.
The Empress looked at them with a smile, "You have all come into contact with night-shining pearls and jade Buddha statues. I can't stop doubting you just because of your assurances."
"From today on, you will live in the palace and take blood to feed the peach tree every day. When Jiang Yunxi finds the murderer and proves your innocence, you can leave."
Nangong Susu and Nangong Fengyi both widened their eyes.
This is to take their blood to feed the peach tree!
Suddenly.
They all looked at Jiang Yunxi. Why did the empress ask her to find the murderer?
There are many capable people in the court, why let outsiders investigate!
Jiang Yunxi seemed to see the confusion in their hearts, "Why am I the one who investigated? Because I was the one who found out that the Night Pearl and the Jade Buddha statue were cast under a spell, causing the empress to have a strange disease."
Nangong Susu: “…”
Nangong Fengyi: "..."
She actually discovered it!
So many people came to the palace to treat the empress before, but no one noticed.
Jinxia took Nangong Susu and Nangong Fengyi away.
On that day, the news of why the empress had a strange disease spread quickly in the capital, and after hearing it, the people began to denounce the person who had committed the crime.
For the people of Xuanyue Kingdom, the empress is a god in their hearts. Although she is bloodthirsty and heartless, she is a good emperor.
Jiang Yunxi and Zhan Beiyuan lived in the palace, and the empress arranged a palace for them.
…
In a remote palace.
Nangong Susu and Nangong Fengyi were both holding daggers. Two maids had just arrived. The empress had arranged for them to come and collect blood.
"My two princesses, you'd better hurry up and get your blood. The Empress is waiting to feed the peach tree. If you delay the auspicious time, the Empress will be very angry." One of the maids reminded them.
It’s their fault that they offended the empress.
Nangong Susu looked like she was about to cry, and her hand holding the dagger was shaking a little. Finally, she made up her mind and cut her palm with the dagger, letting the blood drip into the bowl.
Although Nangong Fengyi was very reluctant, she had to take blood.
After finishing, both of them looked weak.
"If I find out who harmed me, I will never let her off." Nangong Susu said angrily, gritting her teeth.
"You have been plotted against, which means the other party is stronger than you. Why can't you forgive her?" Nangong Fengyi couldn't help but said sarcastically.
She hated Nangong Susu. If she hadn't told the empress what she had accompanied her to the Heavenly Palace to get, how could she have invited her into the palace?
"As long as Jiang Yunxi finds out the truth, the empress will deal with the person who plotted against me. It wouldn't be you, right?" Nangong Susu looked at her with a smile.
Her intuition told her that it must be someone around her, and someone very familiar to her.
"Although I have tried to scheme against you countless times, you are simple-minded and strong-limbed, and it seems that you don't need me to scheme against you at all." Nangong Fengyi said contemptuously.
"You, you actually..." Nangong Susu was about to explode with anger, although she knew that those of them with royal blood had no family affection at all.
But Nangong Fengyi said it herself countless times that he wanted to plot against her, and she still felt very uncomfortable.
Nangong Fengyi looked at her furiously with contempt on her face. What a fool!
In another palace.
"How do you plan to find the murderer?" Zhan Beiyuan asked. She didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.
"Tonight at four o'clock after midnight." Jiang Yunxi smiled. She originally wanted the empress to find the palace maid who had soiled Nangong Susu's clothes.
But she knew she wouldn't get anything out of it.
As for the second time when they compared gifts, many people saw it and they could all deny it.
"Are you going to use secret techniques?" Zhan Beiyuan thought that that was the darkest time of the day, and she should use secret techniques to find the murderer.
"Well, it seems that there will be no backlash if I use the secret technique now, so it would be a waste not to use it." Jiang Yunxi curled her lips and smiled. She was waiting for something now.
After the things arrive, she can start the operation at 4:15 am.
"It's good that there is no backlash." There was a soft light in Zhan Beiyuan's dark eyes. Although she was very strong now, he still didn't want her to suffer backlash.
A moment later.
Jinxia is here.
"Miss Jiang, here are the birth dates of all the princesses in the royal family."
"Thank you. Go back and tell the Empress that I will be able to find out who is behind this and harm her tonight." Jiang Yunxi picked up the rice paper and looked at it carefully.
Jinxia's eyes lit up with joy, "Thank you for your hard work, Miss Jiang. I will tell the Empress that I won't bother you anymore."
After saying that, she turned and left quickly.
At three quarters past midnight, the empress arrived with Jinxia.
Jiang Yunxi was not surprised to see her. She probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight if she didn't know who the murderer was.
At four quarters past midnight, Jiang Yunxi placed the birth dates of all the princesses of Xuanyue Kingdom in the formation she had drawn, and then used a secret technique to summon extremely yin energy to gather on the two human skins.
Human skin is refined by someone, so naturally it carries the aura of the person who controls the evil magic.
As she chanted the spell.
The human skin was emitting a thick black aura. The next second, the black aura flew towards the rice paper with the birth date and eight characters written on it, and finally landed on the two birth dates and eight characters.
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