Ji Lingxue's three questions were like needles, poking straight into Ji Yuqing's heart. Ji Yuqing, who was already guilty, shrank her pupils. She swallowed her saliva and said with no confidence: "You... have no evidence, how can you slander me?" What you did... You are looking for me to vent your dissatisfaction. If you are a little unwilling, how can you go to the prince and talk to me... What is going on? "
Ji Lingxue's eyes were slightly cold, and her hand holding the dagger tightened. The sharp blade cut Ji Yuqing's skin, and bright red blood beads streaked across the blade and fell to the ground with a ticking sound.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Ji Yuqing's forehead, and Ji Lingxue's cold eyes appeared in the bronze mirror, like a seductress from hell.
Ji Yuqing said with a trembling voice: "Ji Lingxue...sister...you...you have something to say again..."
Ji Lingxue snorted coldly: "You were so sharp-tongued just now, why are you trembling now when you speak? You'd better think clearly before speaking, otherwise the knife in my hand doesn't have eyes, and what I've cut now is just the first wound on your neck." A layer of skin, if it goes deeper and cuts your arteries, your life will be buried in my hands. Even if the prince comes later, he will not be able to save your life. "
Ji Yuqing was so frightened that her pretty face turned pale. She didn't know whether Xiao Yichen would come to her yard, but she believed Ji Lingxue's words. Dogs will bite when they are anxious, not to mention that Ji Lingxue has lost her mind at this moment.
After weighing the pros and cons, Ji Yuqing had to bow to the evil forces.
Ji Yuqing said: "Sister, as long as you don't kill me, I will tell you everything you don't want to know."
Ji Lingxue smiled with satisfaction and moved the knife away a little, "Now answer my first question."
Ji Yuqing said: "I found someone to bribe that storyteller..." Things have been going on for so long, and Ji Lingxue has not been seriously hurt by the rumors, so this matter should be over, right
"Where did the mystery of your life experience come from that you used to negotiate with me? Don't lie to make me angry again. Ruge has already said it. He didn't leave me a letter before leaving Dong Qi, let alone hiding the letter on the roof."
Ji Yuqing's fingers trembled slightly, and after a while she said: "It... was given to me by a mysterious person."
Mystery man? Ji Lingxue thought about it and realized that she had followed Ji Yuqing and had a secret conversation with a man in a black cloak, and it seemed that he was that person.
Ji Lingxue asked: "Who is that person?"
Ji Yuqing: "I... I don't know?"
The blade approached his neck again. Ji Yuqing's heart was hanging in the air, and she was really worried that her neck would be cut off.
Ji Yuqing cried: "I really don't know... Wuwu, that mysterious man came to me out of nowhere and said he could help me win the prince's heart. You don't know, I love the prince very much, and his conditions are too tempting... "
Ji Lingxue sneered: "So you are seeking the skin of a tiger, luring a wolf into the house, and stealing the palace map to exchange with him for your own selfish desires. Do you know what this means?"
Ji Yuqing: "What does it mean?"
"It means you betrayed the prince and colluded with outsiders to deal with the prince. If I hadn't changed the map, because of your ignorance and stupidity, Prince Chen's Mansion might have been bloodbathed!"
Ji Yuqing shook her head, "How could this happen? I... I didn't betray the prince or harm him. I just wanted the prince to notice me... and just care about me..."
Ji Lingxue sneered: "The prince has given you a chance. If you do more injustice, I'm afraid you will go to hell..."
Ji Yuqing blinked, and tears streaked down her cheeks. Before she had time to repent, Ji Lingxue's cold voice came from behind, "I don't have to hold you accountable for what happened before. Now I ask you, who spread rumors to the palace?" Is my biological father from Dayan?”
Ji Yuqing shook her head like a wavy drum and tried to defend herself with a grimace: "No... I didn't do it... Do you believe me? How can I have such a big network?"
Ji Lingxue nodded, "Think about it, with your brains and your contacts, you can't reach the palace, so you know the inside story?"
Ji Yuqing lowered her eyes and said: "It's Evian. She asked his cousin to do it. As you know, she and I are the most talented women in the capital. She has always admired the prince. His cousin works under the uncle."
"Uncle Guo..." Ji Lingxue murmured, why did he have a share in everything.
Seeing that Ji Lingxue believed it, Ji Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Sister... I have told you everything you want to know. Can you put the knife down first?"
Ji Lingxue put away the knife and sheathed it. This knife was given to her by Ruge in Dayan. Touching the luminous pearl inlaid on the scabbard, Ji Lingxue's eyes shone with warmth.
Ji Yuqing covered her neck to shudder and did not dare to say anything. She was worried that if she said a few more words, she would anger Ji Lingxue and stab her in the neck again.
Ji Lingxue looked at Ji Yuqing's frightened look, took out a white porcelain bottle from her sleeve and threw it to her, "Healing medicine." After saying that, she opened the door and left.
Watching Ji Lingxue's back, Ji Yuqing looked at the wound medicine in her hand and suddenly raised her lips and smiled. A gust of wind came through the door, and a black shadow appeared strangely in front of Ji Yuqing. Her eyes widened in shock, her neck felt cold and she fell to the ground, her hands The porcelain bottle inside clinked all over the floor...
Zi Ye, who heard the commotion in the next room, lit a candle and walked into the house. When she saw Ji Yuqing lying on the ground with blood pouring from her neck, she screamed in fright.
The screams pierced the sky, and the entire palace was shaken.
The door to the side courtyard banged loudly as the guard banged. Mo Xiang put on her coat and quickly went to open the door, "What happened?"
The guard asked: "Is Xue Ji here? The prince ordered me to come and take Xue Ji."
Ji Lingxue opened the door and came out with a puzzled look on her face, "What's wrong?"
The guard had a serious look on his face, not wanting to say anything more, and made a "please" gesture. Ji Lingxue narrowed her eyes and followed.
The hall was brightly lit, Xiao Yichen was sitting at the head of the throne, and Ziye was kneeling on the ground crying, "Your Majesty must make the decision for Concubine Qing..."
Evian was helped into the door by Suzuran, "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Xiao Yichen pointed to the position next to him, motioned for Evian to sit next to him, and then said: "Ji Yuqing was killed."
Evian turned pale when he heard this, "How could this happen? Who did it?"
Xiao Yichen said: "The secret guard said that Ji Lingxue went to Ji Yuqing's yard a quarter of an hour ago."
Yiyun looked surprised and said: "They are biological sisters. Why did Xue Ji kill Sister Qing so cruelly? Is there some misunderstanding?"
Xiao Yichen murmured: "I also hope this is a misunderstanding."
Ji Lingxue walked to the door of the living room and listened to the conversation of several people. A sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth. Ji Yuqing was killed? Just a quarter of an hour ago, she went to ask Ji Yuqing for questioning. Unexpectedly, as soon as she left, someone borrowed a knife to kill her and wanted to kill her. It was such a conspiracy. She had no personal or physical evidence and could not argue with her.
Ji Lingxue stood at the door of the hall, looking across the room of candlelight at Xiao Yichen who had no expression on his face on the high seat. Ji Yuqing was killed, but he was not nervous or anxious. He was really ruthless.
At this moment, she felt that Xiao Yichen on the high seat was distant and unfamiliar.
She still remembers the man's meticulous care for her on the way to Dayan, and even said he liked her. She still remembers his nervous expression because he was jealous, and she still remembers the way he smiled and complied when she asked him to carry her on his back. The person he was then was completely different from the person he is now.
Ji Lingxue: Xiao Yichen, do you think I will kill Ji Yuqing? Are you sitting here to deal with me
Yiyun stood up and said: "Xue Ji is here, please tell the prince quickly, what is going on between you and Sister Qing?"
Ji Lingxue glanced at Evian indifferently, then turned to Xiao Yichen and asked calmly, "Ji Yuqing... what's wrong with her?"
Xiao Yichen also replied calmly: "A quarter of an hour ago, his throat was cut..."
Ji Lingxue: "Have you checked the wound? Can you tell the weapon used from the wound?"
Xiao Yichen nodded and said: "Dagger."
Ji Lingxue shrugged, took out the gem-encrusted short knife from her waist and threw it on the ground, "Is it the same blade as this one?"
Yiyun looked at Ji Lingxue, then at Xiao Yichen, and blinked. The two of them were having such a calm conversation. One of them didn't look like the husband of his dead wife, and the other didn't look like a murderer.
Xiao Yichen stood up and walked towards Ji Lingxue step by step. His footsteps stopped on the short knife inlaid with gems. He bent down to pick it up. The luminous pearl inlaid on it broke into two cracks.
Xiao Yichen: Ji Lingxue, you are really cruel. Do you want to fall so hard
Ji Lingxue asked: "Your Majesty, you haven't answered my question yet."
Xiao Yichen coughed and said, "Wu Zuo said it was a cut from a short knife. Whether it is the knife or not, I have to let Wu Zuo examine it before he knows." As he spoke, he handed the short knife to the guard beside him. The guard took the knife and turned around with color. And go.
Xiao Yichen continued to ask: "The secret guard said you went to Ji Yuqing's room a quarter of an hour ago?"
Ji Lingxue nodded, "Yes."
Xiao Yichen asked: "What did you say when you went to find her?"
Ji Lingxue rolled her eyes, "Talk about women's affairs, do I need to repeat this? Or does the prince think that I was taken as a concubine by the prince, and he is in a bad mood and goes to kill someone to relieve himself?"
Yiyun frowned. Xiao Yichen's words seemed to favor Ji Lingxue. How could this work? No one except Ji Lingxue had ever entered Ji Yuqing's house again. She was the most suspicious.
Yiyun walked up to Xiao Yichen and said, "Xueji, you are the most suspect in Sister Qing's death. The secret guard said that no one else has entered her room except you."
Ji Lingxue smiled and said, "So, I have become a legitimate murderer? Do I look that stupid? If you want to kill someone, why bother to do it yourself? Just send a killer. Why do you need to be covered in blood?"
Xiao Yichen said: "Ji Lingxue, you can't speak well."
Ji Lingxue said: "I have always said this. There is no evidence to prove that I killed someone, and I do not plead guilty."
Eyun took Xiao Yichen's arm and said: "Your Majesty, Sister Qing's death needs to be investigated carefully. Although Xue Ji is the most suspicious, can't we unjustly accuse her?"
Ji Lingxue's raised eyes fell on Eyun's hand holding Xiao Yichen's arm, and her heart sank.
(End of chapter)