Chapter 791 Granny Wang's Scheme
Jiang Fenghua didn't speak. What Granny Wang meant was that keeping Granny Xi around was like keeping a ticking time bomb, and she had to get rid of her. Otherwise, Granny Xi would often bring up the past, even using it to ask for credit or blackmail. She always wanted to have the same high status as Granny Wang.
If Jiang Fenghua does not meet Xi Mama's demands, Xi Mama will reveal past events, thus giving Jiang Fenghua leverage over a palace maid.
Granny Xi was not her confidante. She only betrayed Empress Dowager Cheng and passed messages to Empress Jiang because she was not valued by Empress Dowager Cheng. One day, when she could not get what she wanted from Empress Jiang, she would also betray Empress Jiang.
Therefore, Granny Xi cannot be kept.
Finally, Granny Xi reluctantly opened the money box. "You can check it!" She was afraid because she had stolen these things from Cining Palace, intending to take them out of the palace to sell.
Black Bee asked, "Are these things Granny's?"
Granny Xi nodded repeatedly, "It was all saved by me, and some was also given to me by my master."
Granny Xi never expected that when she opened the money box in her hand, besides the jewelry, there was also a small bottle inside.
The black bee asked, "What is this?"
He opened the medicine bottle himself, and saw a black pill inside. Upon seeing this, Granny Xi quickly explained, "I don't know what this is?"
Jiang Fenghua recognized the medicine; she had seen this poison on the assassin who tried to kill her. She glanced at Granny Wang, wondering if Granny Wang was also a member of that assassin organization. But Granny Wang didn't know any martial arts!
She said to Granny Xi, "How come this thing isn't Granny Xi's and is in Granny Xi's money box? I've been looking for a spy from Kunning Palace, and it turns out it was you."
Granny Xi was terrified. "It wasn't me, Your Highness, it really wasn't me."
"Since you say it wasn't you, how do you explain this?"
Granny Xi suddenly remembered, "When Her Majesty came in just now, Granny Wang snatched my money box and took a look at it. Then she gave it back to me. I was wondering why she snatched it. It turns out she put the bottle in my box. Yes, it was her who put it there."
Jiang Fenghua sneered, "Granny Xi is really joking. Granny Wang put the pills in your box and then poisoned herself. What kind of logic is that, Granny Xi? If you were in her shoes, would you be willing to poison yourself?"
Suddenly, Granny Xi became mute. "Your Majesty, I really don't know what happened!"
At this moment, Granny Xi realized that Granny Wang was trying to frame her. It didn't matter if Granny Wang died herself, but why did she have to drag her down with her?
Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "Since Granny Xi doesn't know what kind of pill this is, then let Granny Xi swallow it. If Granny Xi is alright, I will believe that Granny Xi did not poison me."
Thinking of the horrific sight of Granny Wang spitting out black blood, Granny Xi turned pale with fright, her teeth chattering. "No! Your Highness, please spare me for the sake of the favor I did for you. I truly did not plot against Your Highness."
Jiang Fenghua ignored her pleas. Being soft-hearted is a disease; in the palace, being a soft-hearted person will lead to certain death.
She unconditionally trusted Granny Wang, but Granny Wang was not one of her people.
Lin Yu stood to one side, her lips moving repeatedly, but she couldn't utter a single word. Feng Hua's journey to this point had been fraught with danger, her path strewn with thorns.
If it weren't for her meticulous planning, Xie Shang would never have liked her. The palace is full of dangers, and who knows who will be the mastermind behind the next assassination attempt?
Xi Momo is indeed a potential threat. If Empress Dowager Cheng returns and Xi Momo tells her about the past, Empress Dowager Cheng, given her temperament, will surely force the Emperor to depose the Empress.
Black Bee's methods were clean and efficient; she pinched Granny Xi's jawbone and poured the pill directly into her mouth.
Granny Xi was so frightened that her pupils bulged out. She pointed at everyone present, "You...you...Empress Jiang, I know your secret. You killed Consort Su, you killed Ye Su..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lin Yu's sword pierced through Xi Mama's back. "She dared to collude with assassins to murder the Empress. She deserves to die."
Granny Xi wanted to squeeze out the poison; as long as she vomited it out, she wouldn't die. She never expected that they would pierce her back.
Her eyes were fixed on the money box; she wanted to die with the money in her arms.
Jiang Fenghua personally went to uncover Granny Wang's chest and saw that there was only a scabbed scar on her chest. From the shape and pattern of the scar, it was not difficult to see that it was very similar to the tattoo on the chest of the assassin who killed her, which was also a crescent moon and whale pattern.
Judging from the healing of the scar, it must have been more than ten years ago. What exactly happened?
Jiang Fenghua then examined Granny Xi's chest and was stunned to see a crescent moon and whale tattoo on Granny Xi's chest.
But Granny Xi doesn't know martial arts! How could someone as greedy for money and fame have the mark of an assassin organization?
This assassin organization was also founded by Prince Kang, and Granny Wang and Granny Xi were among their people.
But they knew absolutely no martial arts.
Upon seeing this, Lin Yu remarked, "I've seen this style of tattoo before in the martial arts world. It belongs to a very mysterious assassin organization, and they charge quite a high price. How come Granny Xi has this tattoo? It's a crescent moon and whale tattoo."
Lin Yu and Jiang Fenghua had previously roamed the martial arts world, but they were not members of the martial arts community; they were merely merchants within it. Therefore, they did not know much about this organization. Their goal was clear: to make money and build their own power.
They firmly believed that money could make the devil turn the world upside down. Jiang Fenghua used to aspire to enter the palace, believing that as long as you had money, there was nothing you couldn't accomplish.
Because it was a woman's body, Jiang Fenghua had to undress them behind Black Bee's back, so Black Bee didn't see it, but he had seen the body of the assassin who killed the empress.
Black Bee said, "I know the origin of the tattoo; it all started with a story..."
Black Bee had no idea that this organization was related to Kang Wang; he even suspected that Kang Wang was the mastermind behind this assassin organization.
"Logically speaking, it's impossible for someone without martial arts skills to become one of them. However, they also recruit all sorts of people from the martial arts world, and even seemingly ordinary people like Granny Xi might join them."
"Where is Granny Wang?" Jiang Fenghua didn't know why she asked this question.
Black Bee said, "That's possible."
Jiang Fenghua had a gut feeling that what Granny Wang had cut off was this kind of tattoo mark.
She didn't know who Granny Xi worked for.
What Jiang Fenghua didn't know was that the embroidery on Granny Xi's body was actually done by Granny Wang to deceive everyone.
Granny Xi never knew until her death that she had long become someone else's scapegoat, and that Granny Wang had used her own death to orchestrate all of this in order to help Jiang Fenghua.
Granny Xi's insatiable greed indirectly harmed her as well.
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