"Alright! Get up! Stop embarrassing yourself!"
King Ji Xi of Yan said to Ji Bochang with a helpless expression.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Rest, Your Majesty!" Ji Bochang staggered to his feet and stood respectfully at the back of the assembled officials.
“Come here…come to my brother…” Ji Xi beckoned to him.
"ah?"
Ji Bochang dared not disobey his elder brother's order, and timidly moved closer.
"Come up, up the steps..."
"Your Majesty, I dare not..."
"Just come up when I tell you to, stop with all the nonsense!" Ji Xi frowned.
Ji Bochang shakily climbed the steps, then knelt down in front of Ji Xi with a thud, his forehead almost touching Ji Xi's shoes.
Seeing Ji Bochang's cowardly appearance, Ji Xi felt a strange sense of comfort.
yes!
This younger brother is simple-minded, but at least he doesn't have any bad intentions towards me.
If he were to inherit the throne, he would absolutely not commit the heinous act of 'digging up graves and whipping corpses'...
Right now... it seems like he's the only one suitable.
"Get up!"
"......"
Ji Bochang stood up tremblingly, obediently bowing his back, and stood beside Ji Xi's desk.
"I hereby declare that Ji Bochang shall be appointed as the Crown Prince's younger brother, succeeding the Crown Prince as heir apparent!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Bochang felt as if he had been electrocuted, and he knelt down again with a thud!
The civil and military officials of the court all looked up in surprise, staring at Prince Yan, Ji Xi, in disbelief.
"Your Majesty... what?"
Shi Qiu, for a moment, forgot his own predicament and even tried to dissuade him... but he quickly came to his senses.
The ministers looked at each other, their faces filled with shock and horror.
They were all thinking that it seemed the king had truly fallen under Jiang Ming's spell, actually allowing Ji Bochang to become the crown prince.
"Brother King... Your Majesty, I have absolutely no such intention. Please forgive me, Brother King... Waaah!"
To be fair, Ji Bochang wasn't completely stupid. Something was definitely amiss... He thought Ji Xi was testing him, so he kowtowed frantically.
Ji Xi gave Ji Shishi a wink, and Ji Shishi understood, bending down to help Ji Bochang up.
"My brother!"
Ji Xi said earnestly, "I am not joking with you, I am telling the truth!"
"No, no, no!"
Ji Bochang waved his hands in alarm, shaking his head vigorously: "Brother, I know nothing, I can't govern a country, and I can't..."
"Alright!"
Ji Xi waved her hand irritably: "My mind is made up, no more words!"
"ah?"
Ji Bochang was so frightened that he trembled all over and swayed slightly. He was so tense that he almost fainted.
Seeing Ji Xi's attitude, some upright ministers in the hall wanted to dissuade him, but dared not speak up...
"Brother Wang, I have a question for you!"
"Brother Wang, please speak..."
Ji Bo was so frightened that he shuddered and quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Ji Xi asked with a smile, "If someone plots a rebellion, how should we deal with him? Give me the most satisfying way to get revenge!"
"Huh? The most satisfying way to get revenge?"
Ji Bochang looked pained and blinked hard... his mind was racing.
"Uh...uh, Brother Wang, use a copper rod..."
"How about using a copper rod?" Ji Xi's interest was instantly piqued.
Ji Bochang swallowed hard: "After heating it red-hot, insert it, insert it into his shit-poop..."
"Hahaha!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Xi slapped his thigh and laughed heartily: "Brilliant! Brilliant! How come I didn't think of that? Everyone says that branding with hot irons is the most satisfying way to vent hatred, but compared to what you're saying, it's still far inferior... From the inside out, not bad, not bad!"
In his high state of tension, Ji Bochang couldn't keep his mouth shut and blurted out the method Jiang Ming had used to punish the sorceress!
Indeed, this move left a very deep impression on Ji Bochang, to the point that he felt a chill run down his spine whenever he thought about it while sleeping at night...
Now, seeing Ji Xi's wicked grin, he realized what was going on and thought to himself... Could his half-brother be planning to use this trick against him?
"Brother Wang, I have no intention of rebelling. I'm just a good-for-nothing, a complete fool! Waaah! Brother Wang!"
Ji Bochang knelt down again, and Ji Xi, annoyed, asked Ji Shishi to help him up quickly.
To be honest, King Ji Xi of Yan was definitely not a benevolent ruler; he could even be described as a tyrant!
During his more than 20 years in power, he killed countless people, many of whom were brutally murdered.
Ji Bochang's suggestion sparked a wild idea in him... Just thinking about this punishment was enough to make one's scalp tingle!
Ji Xi stroked his beard and said with a wicked smile, "Shi Qiu, Deng Zhi, Mi Jian, Mei Ziqi... you have all just stated your intentions. You are the Queen's close associates. I have remembered them all!"
"No, no, no! Your Majesty, we are not! We are your loyal subjects! It was all a lie told by the Queen that Your Majesty had been murdered by Jiang Ming, so we... we thought Your Majesty was dead! Your Majesty... we are completely innocent! Waaah!"
"Yes, Your Majesty! What we said just now was not our true feeling. We are all your loyal subjects!"
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