When Shang Xiche and Shang Xiye arrived at the scene, only Aunt She, who had been knocked unconscious, was still alive on the ground.
When Ji Fengyao saw them arrive, her face turned slightly pale. She ran to Shang Xiche in a few steps and exclaimed, "Oh my god! Oh my god! Your Majesty, it's terrifying! This woman actually tried to release insects to bite people; but somehow, she suddenly collapsed to the ground, rolling around and screaming. That's how it ended up. Your Majesty, is your palace unclean? Is something like that happening?!"
Shang Xiche: "..."
Shang Xiye: "..."
Shang Xiche and Qin Weiyang discussed that Qin Weiyang would first subdue Ji Fengyao, and then use Ji Fengyao to threaten the Ninth Prince into submission.
But in the current situation, it's clear that Qin Weiyang wanted to take Ji Fengyao's life, but ended up harming herself instead.
Shang Xiche cursed "ignorant woman" under his breath, but he wasn't particularly disappointed or angry, since he hadn't expected Qin Weiyang to achieve anything significant anyway.
Before the coroner could even begin his work, they saw Gu worms bursting from the bodies of Qin Weiyang and her two servants. Seeing this, those present, recalling the rumors of the Southern Li Kingdom's Grand Preceptor's mastery of Gu worm techniques, immediately understood the situation.
Shang Xiche didn't want to look at this disgusting scene any longer; he had been disgusted by this woman for the past two days. If he had known this would happen, he would never have brought this woman into the palace in the first place!
Shang Xiche casually ordered his men to drag Qin Weiyang and her two servants out and burn them, not even bothering to hold a funeral for her.
"The empress has passed away, and there wasn't even a funeral. Wouldn't that be a disgrace to the royal family?" Ji Fengyao asked Shang Xiye in surprise.
"If we do it, it'll be a disgrace to let more people know the cause of her death," Shang Xiye said expressionlessly.
Qin Weiyang and Ji Fengyao's conversation had just been reported to him word for word by his trusted guards.
At this moment, he felt nothing but murderous intent towards Qin Weiyang!
Unfortunately, she brought this upon herself, otherwise he would have killed her with his own hands!
But is it really true, as she said, that his little one truly believes in him and doesn't dislike him?
Shang Xiye glanced at the seemingly clueless female bandit beside him from time to time, feeling uneasy.
This time, the emperor personally brought the person to the empress dowager. When she spoke of Qin Weiyang's ruthlessness, horror, and tragic death, the empress dowager sighed repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty's health is precious. You must be careful of the people around you in the future and not let anyone get close to you."
She was completely focused on comforting her son, and didn't mention Ji Fengyao, the "victim" who had been frightened, at all, as if it was Emperor Shang Xiche who was frightened, not her.
What happened to the saying that everyone in the palace is cunning and shrewd, and knows everything?
This old hag dared to disregard her so shamelessly, right in front of the Ninth Prince.
Is this a way of subtly settling scores with the Ninth Prince for his previous disrespect?
Ji Fengyao was angry. She saw the Empress Dowager rubbing her sore legs uncomfortably, but instead of offering to give her acupuncture to relieve the pain, she looked around innocently and naively, ignoring her.
Having no other choice, Aunt Sun stepped forward and asked with concern, "Empress Dowager, has your leg ailment flared up again?"
"These past two mornings, I've had a dull ache, but it gets better after a rest," the Empress Dowager said helplessly, glancing at the clueless Ji Fengyao, secretly annoyed.
A crude bandit is a crude bandit; he has no sense of propriety whatsoever.
If she doesn't step forward to serve at times like this, why would we have to go through the trouble of having eight people carry her in a sedan chair to invite her every time?
Ignoring the Empress Dowager's resentful gaze, Ji Fengyao simply leaned close to Shang Xiye's ear and whispered something.
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