HBWnovel Chapter 368: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (117)
Chapter 368: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (117)
Chapter 368 The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (One Hundred and Seventeen)
Liang Sheng: "I don't need you to believe me."
Liang Sheng didn't take Ji Mingyue's disbelief seriously, and just looked at Cui Li soothingly.
The Queen Mother said worriedly, "Sheng'er, this is about the succession, you should think twice!"
Liang Sheng: "Don't worry, mother. I am very calm. Bring the maid up here."
A maidservant, covered in wounds, lay dying on the ground. Seeing the emperor, she immediately forgave him and said, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. Please spare my life!"
Ji Wei waited for the disheveled palace maid to look up, only to find that she was Xiangxiu!
Xiangxiu begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, I was just jealous of my sister becoming the Queen, so I wanted to kill her! I am also General Ji's daughter! Please spare my life for the sake of the general's bravery in fighting the enemy!"
Queen Ji: "Xiangxiu! Who is your sister? I am your only daughter!"
Ji Mingyue finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the queen's frustrated look.
Xiangxiu lay on the ground and cried, "Empress, Xiangxiu is your biological sister! If it weren't for Madam Ji's viciousness, you and I would have grown up together."
Queen Ji: "So you are the daughter of the concubine who secretly met with the guard. Who knows who your father is?"
"My father is General Ji! My mother didn't cheat on me! It was just that Madam Ji was jealous of my mother's favor, so she schemed to harm her! Put yourself in her shoes. If you were the daughter of a great general, and you could only be treated as a slave who was beaten and scolded at will, and your elder sister became the ruler of a country, but your younger sister was just a palace maid, would you not feel resentment? Would you not feel jealous?"
Ji Shilan's face looked very ugly, her brows furrowed, and she looked at Xiangxiu with disgust. When did she start beating and scolding servants at will?
Queen Ji: "You are nothing but a traitorous slave, not worthy of being my sister! Moreover, my mother only gave birth to me as her daughter. Who are you? You plotted to murder me, and you deserve death!"
Xiangxiu's show of weakness did not soften Ji Shilan's heart, but instead made her annoyed.
Only now did she realize that Xiangxiu was the daughter of the concubine. She thought she was destined to be a lady and was unwilling to be a maid, so she poisoned her.
There was a hint of hatred in Xiangxiu's crying eyes. She didn't expect that Ji Shilan disliked her so much and had no intention of sparing her life.
Cui Li: "Xiangxiu, you are a beautiful girl, but you have suffered torture. It's pitiful. I don't know if you are General Ji's daughter, and there is no way to prove it. But logically speaking, you are also a smart person. Why didn't you think of poisoning the queen? What kind of situation will you face after the incident?"
Xiangxiu smiled bitterly. She had thought about it of course. After the incident, the worst that could happen was death. But in the past few months, the knife hanging over her head had not fallen. When the knife finally fell, she didn't want to die anymore.
Cui Li: "You have become a pawn in the hands of others. Why don't you give up the person who ordered you to do so?"
"I know I was wrong. I was instigated by someone with ulterior motives and harmed the Queen. The person who directed me behind the scenes..."
When Ji Wei saw Xiangxiu's miserable appearance, she couldn't help but clench her hands tightly in her sleeves, fearing that Xiangxiu would give her away!
Although she contacted Xiangxiu in the name of Ji Mingyue, she later felt that Xiangxiu had also noticed something, but just kept it to herself and did not inquire into her identity.
If Xiangxiu told her guess and gave out the people who contacted her, it would be difficult not to find her in the palace.
Ji Wei became flustered and scared!
Ji Mingyue looked at Ji Wei's ugly appearance and looked at her with disdain. She was indeed a person who was not presentable and would panic when something happened.
Although Ji Mingyue didn't know what Ji Wei had instructed Xiangxiu to do behind her back, judging from Ji Wei's tightly clenched hands, she must have had some private contact with Xiangxiu.