“You… how could you…” Zhou Haiping and Ji Chenyuan looked at Ji Jiuying in utter horror.
"You don't actually think you can control me with just a little bug, do you? Hehehe~"
Ji Jiuying glanced at the two of them, a look of disdain in her eyes.
"No... impossible! My sister-in-law said that no one can cure this Soul-Forgetting Gu. How could you possibly cure it?" Zhou Haiping roared.
"The Soul-Forgetting Gu is indeed a good thing. I wonder how effective it would be on Ji Rufeng?" Ji Jiuying said with a smile.
"No! You vile woman, it wasn't enough that you harmed Yan'er, you also want to harm Feng'er, I'll kill you!" Zhou Haiping became more and more agitated as she spoke, pulling out the hairpin from her hair and stabbing it into Ji Jiuying's body.
With a loud bang, Zhou Haiping flew directly onto the desk, which shattered into pieces instantly, showing how painful the fall must have been.
Zhou Haiping coughed up a mouthful of blood, and was so enraged that she couldn't catch her breath and fainted.
"Tsk tsk tsk~ It's heartbreaking to look at... Such a nice desk." Ji Jiuying said regretfully.
"Ji Jiuying, how dare you!" Ji Chenyuan's finger trembled as he pointed at Ji Jiuying.
"Dark Rain, Dark Night!" Ji Chenyuan called out twice to the air, but no one responded, and he was immediately terrified.
"Haha, your two bodyguards are fast asleep outside right now."
Ji Chenyuan couldn't help but take a few steps back. She knew about his secret guards? And she even managed to drug them. How did she do that?
"Ji Chenyuan, guess how the Emperor will react if he finds out what you're doing to me?" Ji Jiuying said with a smile.
"No! No! Xiao Jiu, please don't tell the Emperor, for the sake of all these years I've raised you."
Ji Chenyuan hurriedly pleaded.
If the emperor finds out, he'll probably lose even his generalship. After so many years of military power in his hands, the emperor has long been wary of him. With just one charge, he could be stripped of everything he has.
"Ji Chenyuan, how dare you say such a thing? After raising me for so many years?" Ji Jiuying said sarcastically.
Over the years, if it weren't for Qingling and Granny Zhang, she would have starved to death in the Pear Garden.
"I beg you, I... I'll kneel down and beg you, okay?" Ji Chenyuan said, kneeling down in front of Ji Jiuying.
At this moment, Yingyue appeared behind Ji Jiuying, "Princess, Ji Fengyan does not have a jade pendant on her."
Ji Chenyuan recognized Yingyue; he was a person close to the Imperial Advisor. How could someone close to the Imperial Advisor be at Ji Jiuying's beck and call?
No wonder his bodyguard was unconscious; before he could think it through, Ji Jiuying kicked him.
"Tell me, where is the jade pendant?"
Ji Chenyuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "As long as you promise me you won't harm Feng'er, I'll tell you."
Ji Rufeng is now his only hope. He knows that it would be easy for Ji Jiuying to deal with Feng'er now.
Ji Jiuying laughed, "Ji Chenyuan, you have no right to negotiate with me. Do you think I wouldn't know if you didn't tell me?"
Ji Jiuying handed Yingyue a pill, and without saying a word, Yingyue stepped forward, grabbed Ji Chenyuan's chin, and threw the pill in.
"Cough cough... What did you give me to eat?" Ji Chenyuan tried to use his spiritual power to force the pill out, but the pill melted in his mouth and he couldn't force it out at all.
"It's nothing, just a pill that will make you tell the truth," Ji Jiuying said with a smile. "Ji Chenyuan, where is the jade pendant?"
"You can forget about... having sex with the Third Prince." Ji Chenyuan covered his mouth in horror, unable to stop himself from saying it.
Ji Jiuying frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the answer.
"Why would it be on the Third Prince?"
"It was originally on Yan'er. Some time ago, the Emperor issued an edict to betroth the Third Prince and Yan'er, and it was given to the Third Prince as a betrothal token."
Upon hearing this, Ji Jiuying laughed in anger.
Using the things her mother gave her as engagement tokens?
"Ji Jiuying, what have you done?" Ji Rufeng roared as he saw Ji Chenyuan kneeling on the ground with his mother unconscious beside him.
Ji Jiuying didn't think much of it; now that everyone was here, it was a good opportunity to take them all down at once.
"Just as you can see."
"You wretch, I'll kill you!"
Ji Jiuying didn't even blink at this, and slowly sipped her tea.
A figure stepped forward and started fighting with Ji Rufeng. Before long, Ji Rufeng was lying on the ground like a dead dog.
"Feng'er!" Ji Chenyuan stared at Ji Jiuying with reddened eyes, his eyes filled with undisguised hatred and sorrow.
"Do you hate it? If you do, then you should."
"Yingyue, cripple him," Ji Jiuying said coldly.
Ji Rufeng retreated in terror. He was a genius respected by everyone in Tianmen Mountain, how could he become a cripple? "No, Father, save me! I don't want to become a cripple!"
"Princess, Princess! Please, please don't treat Feng'er like this. If you want to cripple someone, just cripple me! As long as you can vent your anger and release Feng'er."
Ji Chenyuan pleaded.
"Ji Chenyuan, I'm just returning the favor now. Crippled him, that's too lenient. After all, that palm strike in the secret realm almost killed me!"
Ji Jiuying sneered, "Yingyue, make your move."
A scream echoed from the study, and Ji Rufeng collapsed in despair into a pool of blood.
Ji Chenyuan collapsed to the ground, looking as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
This attracted a group of maids and servants outside the door. They saw the scene inside the room from afar and all silently swallowed their saliva.
They exchanged a glance, each reminding themselves not to provoke the young lady!
What they didn't know was that, in the future, let alone offending him, they would find it difficult to even see him.
Ji Jiuying glanced at them coldly, then returned to Qinglan Courtyard with Qingling, and casually looted the Ji family's treasury.
Seeing this from the shadows, Feng Che thought to himself, "So cunning, so incredibly cunning!"
On her way back to the Princess's residence from the Ji residence, she kept thinking about how to get the jade pendant back from Jun Linyu.
Should she just ask directly? Thinking of Jun Linyu's hypocritical face, Ji Jiuying instantly dismissed the idea.
Stealing from the Third Prince's residence at night? Forget it! Not only is it heavily guarded, but there are also a lot of secret guards, which would be too troublesome.
Seeing Ji Jiuying's worried expression, Qingling asked, "Miss, you've emptied the Ji family's treasure trove, why are you still unhappy?"
Ji Jiuying told Qingling everything about the jade pendant. Upon hearing this, both of them slumped onto the table.
Suddenly, Qingling remembered what Xiaodong had told her, and slammed her hand on the table, startling Ji Jiuying.
"Miss, Ji Fengyan is marrying the Third Prince in three days. We can take this opportunity to steal her away!"
Ji Jiuying raised an eyebrow. She hadn't even had a sip of water after returning to the Ji family when Ji Chenyuan summoned her, so she had no idea that Ji Fengyan's wedding was in three days.
After hearing what Qingling said, it is indeed a good opportunity.
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