Ji Ziyin suddenly looked at her with an expression of disbelief and opened her mouth: "But I...my legs..."
The dream was right in front of her, but she became a cripple!
Ji Ziyin had never hated Qiao Nian so much as she did now. She was destroying her chances of climbing up the ladder.
"Just tell me, are you willing to take over the Ji family for me?" Nie Qingru didn't care, or rather, the entire Independent Continent Ji family was just an ordinary chess piece in her eyes.
For the sake of the chess game, she can arbitrarily get rid of anyone who stands in her way, even if that person was once her nominal son.
She doesn't care about blood ties at all, nor does she care about the emotions that the world cares about.
She just wants the power to control everything!
Everyone is expendable.
All those who disobey can be eradicated.
She is the rule!
"I'll give you three seconds to think about it." Nie Qingru needed a puppet that was obedient enough to control the Ji family, but it didn't have to be Ji Zinyin.
She began to count down: "Three."
"… "
Ji Ziyin's heart was beating like a drum, and she had to pinch her palms to make sure that this was not a dream.
Nie Qingru didn't even bother to raise her eyelids: "Two."
Ji Ziyin's forehead was covered with sweat. There was nothing to consider at all. She was afraid that she would miss this opportunity if she hesitated. "I do!"
Nie Qingru paused: "Very good."
"I will do my best to serve Her Majesty the Queen."
Under her gaze, Ji Ziyin was so nervous that he was sweating coldly, but his back was straight, and it was obvious that he really wanted this opportunity.
Nie Qingru looked at her with contempt, then turned her head and told the people on the ground: "Send her back and get ready."
**
The next day.
There was still no news about Ji Lingfeng and Ji Nan, but Xie Yun received some bad news.
The men left by Ji Lingfeng looked pale and ran over to her: "Madam, something bad has happened. The Sixth Elder is leading people over here."
Xie Yun hadn't slept all night, his face was haggard and sallow, he put down the clan affairs in his hands, stood up and frowned, "What does he want to do?"
Outside.
Ji Zinyin had arrived at the Independent Island overnight with the people from the hidden family sent to her by Nie Qingru. At this moment, she was following Ji Hongyuan, surrounded by Ji Hongyuan and others, and walking towards the Juyi Hall.
There were seven or eight of them in the group, walking in a mighty procession.
Many people in the old house were secretly looking over here.
"Isn't that Miss Ziyin? She's back."
"Didn't the clan leader publicly expel her from the clan before? Why is she coming back at this critical moment?"
"Didn't you see that the Sixth Elder was with her?" Someone was smarter and saw the current situation: "I think things are going to change."
Some members of the Ji family frowned uncomfortably, and were not satisfied with Ji Zinyin taking over the position of the next clan leader.
They have little influence and have no chance to express their opinions even if they are dissatisfied.
Some people don't care who will be the next patriarch. They are more interested in watching the fun and only notice some small details.
"Look, the way she walks doesn't seem right."
Ji Zinyin walked the slowest among the crowd, slowing down her pace step by step and putting all her weight on her right foot.
This would cause her to feel excruciating pain in her kneecaps.
But she still insisted on putting her center of gravity on her right foot, because only in this way could she cover up the defects exposed when she walked to the greatest extent!
But a flaw is a flaw.
Even though she tried her best to cover it up by dressing in a proper way and walking slowly, she still couldn't hide her lame right foot.
(End of this chapter)