"Your Highness, what happened?" Wan Ge asked worriedly.
Qin An watched as she stepped forward and shoved her aside, saying, "Get lost."
Seeing him like this, Wan Ge left trembling with fear.
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Three days after news of Shu Jiqing's death spread, Wan Ge appeared in an inn.
Besides Qin Ji, who was calmly drinking tea, there was also a woman wearing a bamboo hat in the inn.
Shu Jiqing gripped the cup tightly in her hand, her eyes filled with resentment: "I already promised him that I wouldn't talk nonsense, so why won't he let me go?"
Wan Ge slowly began to speak: "Because he said it's better to kill ten thousand innocent people than to let one guilty person go free."
"He's a devil!" Shu Jiqing trembled all over when she thought about what happened to her in the Eastern Palace.
Thinking of her years of admiration, and of the man she once thought was the gentlest and most tender, only to find out he was a devil, a demon, a man who struck fear into the hearts of all, she felt terrified.
Those nightmarish memories, memories no more terrifying than nightmares, she feared she would never be able to shake them off for the rest of her life. She dared not say anything more, but he still wouldn't let her go, still wanted her dead, and to be humiliated to death in the street.
Thinking of this, Shu Jiqing turned her gaze to Wan Ge: "You've stayed by his side for so long, he must have done a lot of awful things to you, right?"
Wan Ge nodded immediately: "Yes, otherwise why would I want to get revenge on him?"
Aren't you afraid I'll go back and tell him again?
Wan Ge fixed her gaze on her and slowly said, "I'm not afraid. Besides, do you think you can go back? I bet you'll be killed before you even reach the gates of the East Palace."
Shu Jiqing knew perfectly well that every word Wan Ge said was true. Even though she had agreed to the other party's request so earnestly, the other party still wanted to kill her, let alone now.
Don't even mention that she didn't get to the East Palace; she'd probably be killed the moment she showed up.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Shu Jiqing still gritted her teeth at Wan Ge. Even though she knew that she hadn't died or been humiliated this time, probably because Wan Ge had saved her, she still resented her.
If it weren't for her, if she hadn't invited me to the East Palace, I wouldn't have encountered all of this.
"It's simple. Since he wants to destroy you, then we'll destroy him."
After saying that, Wan Ge turned her gaze to her again: "Shu Jiqing, I do hate you. I never thought of taking revenge for the bullying you caused me before, but I didn't expect him to actually do it to you."
You are his cousin, the Empress Dowager's niece, and you grew up with him. I don't think he would harm you. I'm sorry for what happened. Don't worry, I will clear your name and ensure you return home safely.
Shu Jiqing also realized this. Indeed, she and he had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and she was his mother's niece. Yet he still treated her this way, and she felt a chill in her heart.
"Take Miss Shu away first," Qin Ji said slowly. Soon, someone pushed open the door and took Shu Jiqing away.
Wan Ge then turned her gaze to Qin Ji. She wasn't surprised that he was in the capital, since she had heard yesterday that the Regent had returned to the capital.
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