Chapter 802 The Curtain Falls - Opposition
The woman, disheveled and dirty, sat on the ground. When she saw Ji Wenxuan appear, her eyes clearly showed a change of expression.
Why are you here?
The woman's tone clearly showed she didn't like Ji Wenxuan, but Ji Wenxuan only glanced at her indifferently.
"Tell me, how do you want to die?"
The woman was taken aback by his words. Logically speaking, shouldn't Ji Wenxuan interrogate her first, asking about her true identity and background, and who was behind it all?
Why is Ji Wenxuan acting so unpredictably, directly asking her how she wants to die? Can she say she doesn't want to die?
Ji Wenxuan seemed to see through her thoughts and couldn't help but sneer, "Don't you know what you've done by Second Master Ji's side all these years? Do you really think you can get away unscathed?"
“I am but a woman, and I have been dutiful and obedient as your concubine all these years. You are just trying to find fault with me.”
The woman who used to rely on Uncle Ji's delicate appearance is now sharp-tongued and has lost all her former frail demeanor.
"You're quite quick-witted. It seems you've been living quite well in the Ji family all these years. Since you don't want to choose, then this general will choose for you today."
As Ji Wenxuan spoke, he tossed a white porcelain bottle in front of the woman.
"This is highly poisonous; just one drop can kill an elephant. You should drink it yourself!"
The woman clearly hadn't expected Ji Wenxuan to be serious. She glanced at the delicate little bottle, then bent down and slowly picked it up.
She opened the bottle and smelled it, but there was no unpleasant odor. She had heard that the better the poison, the more colorless and odorless it was, making it undetectable. Could this really be a deadly poison that could kill an elephant?
The woman suddenly panicked, and when she looked up at Ji Wenxuan, her expression softened. "Young master, don't you want to know who's behind me?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Wenxuan raised an eyebrow. Was he planning to confess himself?
Since I have nothing else to do, I might as well listen to what this woman has to say.
"If you are willing to reveal who is behind this, perhaps this general will consider sparing your life."
Ji Wenxuan's words successfully relieved the woman. She thought that Ji Wenxuan would not kill her without asking any questions. Just as she thought, it was just a ploy to lure her in.
Just as she was thinking of making up a lie to fool Ji Wenxuan, she unexpectedly saw the mockery in Ji Wenxuan's eyes.
"Are you kidding me?"
Realizing she had been tricked, the woman stopped referring to herself as a concubine and immediately acted like a shrew towards Ji Wenxuan.
Ji Wenxuan feigned surprise: "Oh, you saw through me? But so what if I'm just playing with you?"
Ji Wenxuan had often tried to seduce women before, and he had long seen through this woman's two-faced nature. Now that he saw her reveal her true colors, Ji Wenxuan felt extremely disgusted.
"you……"
The woman pointed at Ji Wenxuan. Now that she was a prisoner, she really couldn't do anything to him.
"My master will definitely avenge me." The woman didn't know how to refute it, and finally spat out this sentence fiercely.
Upon hearing this, Ji Wenxuan laughed heartily. "You're talking about that old man, right? I'm afraid you don't know, but the master you're talking about is now in dire straits himself."
The woman was startled by Ji Wenxuan's words. She jumped to her feet, looked at Ji Wenxuan in front of her, and quickly denied it, "No, that's impossible. Master is..."
The woman stopped speaking; she almost revealed her master's identity.
Back then, she came to the Great Zhou with her master. She thought she would return to the Jin Kingdom, serve her master, and be with her family.
But when she arrived at the frontier, her master suddenly changed his mind and asked her to stay behind as an inside agent, and even asked her to seduce General Ji.
She was naturally unwilling at first, after all, she had liked her master since she was a child, and even though she knew that it was impossible for her to be with her master, she would still be willing to be a maidservant!
But she could not disobey her master's orders, so in the end she had no choice but to stay and remain on the frontier.
She thought that with her looks, it wouldn't be difficult to charm a rough man on the battlefield, but she never expected that General Ji was indifferent to women and even somewhat cold-hearted.
After failing to win over General Ji, she set her sights on Erlang, the second son of the Ji family. She thought that by getting involved with him, she could enter the Ji family. However, because the boy was afraid of his father and brothers, she ended up living outside for three whole years.
Now, twenty years have passed, and although she takes great care of herself, she is no longer as beautiful as before.
Ji Wenxuan didn't notice that the woman was lost in memories. Seeing that she stopped talking and remained silent, he simply continued, "You want to say that she is the emperor of Jin? As expected, you know everything. If it weren't for your advice, how could Master Ji, with his brain, have thought of using black cloth to represent an army?"
"You are indeed clever, using the morning fog to create an illusion. But you never imagined that we knew your entire plan from the very beginning."
That same day, after Uncle Ji and his men had put the black cloth up, Ji Wenxuan and his men immediately subdued them all. The same scene played out on the Wei army's side, and Bai Moqin naturally didn't let them succeed.
The woman slowly shifted her gaze as she listened to Ji Wenxuan's words, looking at the young boy who was not yet twenty years old in front of her. "So what if you win? Master is a genius of the Jin royal family. He will not lose to you little brats."
It was clear that the woman almost worshipped the Emperor of Jin. Seeing that it was almost time, Ji Wenxuan waved his hand, and a soldier entered the prison cell.
Ji Wenxuan did not stay to see the woman's death. He heard her wailing as the soldiers poured the medicine into her mouth.
"What a waste of such good medicine. I'll have to ask Xu Yunzhi to give me more later."
Ji Wenxuan muttered to himself as he left. Inside the cell, the woman watched Ji Wenxuan's departing figure, and a trickle of black blood slowly flowed from the corner of her lips.
My lord, I will never be able to see you again in this lifetime.
A tear rolled down the woman's cheek, and she died silently in her cell.
After this incident, Ji Wenxuan's prestige in the army rose even higher, and for a time even the old general was no match for him.
The situation in the capital was not much better than that on the frontier. Although Gu Renjie was summoned to the throne, after learning that he had decided on the empress without saying a word, the Senate and other ministers submitted memorials asking the emperor to rescind his decision.
Gu Renjie looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground and felt extremely angry.
He could have been free from these square palace walls and could have gone shopping with his wife whenever he wanted. Now that he's willingly sacrificed himself, they still want to know who he should choose as his empress.
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