Chapter 52 Argument
"What else is there to say? Our courtyards are close to each other, and everyone else is pregnant, except you. You must be jealous."
Concubine Zhao said without hesitation.
She stared at Ji Yunqing with eyes filled with anger and some fear.
"If I'm not careful, I'll be the one drinking the poison."
This statement made sense and everyone was happy to watch the fun.
Especially before the prince left the mansion, Ji Yunqing was the most favored among the newcomers.
It is possible that after the prince returns home, he will be so upset that he will promote her.
There are three concubines in the palace now, and there is one vacant position left, and everyone is eyeing it.
If they could suppress Ji Yunqing while the prince is away from home... everyone's eyes flickered.
Concubine Zhu, looking weak, was supported by Concubine Mei and insisted on not going back to rest.
A pair of bloodshot eyes stared fiercely at Ji Yunqing's face: "Concubine Ji, I have no grudge against you, why did you want to harm my child?"
Concubine Mei also had dull eyes and a pale face, and her hair was a little messy and she didn't even bother to tidy it up.
Upon closer inspection, the hand holding the concubine Zhu was still shaking from time to time, and it was obvious that she was also frightened.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with tears: "Sister Ji, why did you do this? That's still an unborn baby!"
Ji Yunqing's expression remained unchanged: "After all this talk, you have no evidence to prove that I was the one who poisoned you?"
Concubine Zhao was the first to react fiercely: "So you don't want to plead guilty? You vicious woman!"
Ji Yunqing's attitude was even more stubborn than hers, and he shouted loudly: "What crime am I admitting? You keep saying that I poisoned him? Where is the evidence? When did I poison him? What evidence is there? Where are the witnesses and evidence?
What? What do you mean?
If you can't explain all these, I...I will go to your gate every day and scold you for giving birth to a son without an asshole!"
"Ji!"
The princess immediately scolded.
What is this all about?
No matter what, he is still the prince's offspring. To dare to curse the prince's offspring for having no asshole is really...
Being stopped by the princess, Ji Yunqing immediately looked over with tears in her eyes.
She pursed her lips in grievance and cried softly, "Princess~"
Ji Yunqing sniffed and stretched out an arm to point at Concubine Zhao: "She just deliberately bullied honest people. I don't understand what happened, and I don't know the details.
I only know that as soon as I arrived, she started to slander me viciously, accusing me of harming others. I never leave the house all day, and I avoid them every day when they laugh and talk outside, for fear of getting into trouble. How can I harm others?"
Being looked at like this by a pair of misty eyes, it was as if she was the only one he trusted most with all his heart, and she was the only one he could rely on in the whole world.
The princess coughed lightly and softened her tone to soothe him, "Don't be afraid. If you are innocent, I won't ignore you."
Ji Yunqing nodded heavily, his nose red, and his voice with a strong nasal tone: "Yeah!"
Then, the princess's expression changed in an instant, and she stared at Concubine Zhao with sharp eyes.
"When you arrived, you started shouting that it was Ji who killed Concubine Zhu. Where's the evidence? Now that everyone is here, you should at least tell us the evidence, right?"
Concubine Zhao opened her mouth in confusion: "..."
Princess, you were not like that just now!
She said anxiously: "Replying to the princess, it is very clear that we all have children and have a good relationship, so we are not jealous of each other.
Only Ji Yunqing doesn't have a child, so she is jealous! "
Princess: "That means there is no evidence? How can you say something without evidence? Isn't this intentional harming others?"
"I didn't hurt anyone, I just felt..."
Princess: "You think what you think, everything is just what you think. If you think everything is right, why do you need the court to order officials to judge the case?"
Concubine Zhao, of course, could not produce any substantial evidence, so she could only continue, "Princess, you cannot deliberately shield Concubine Ji. She is the one who deliberately harmed others! She is the rat shit."
Ji Yunqing was touched and said, "Thank you, Princess, for trusting me. I swear that I will never let you down and will never harm Concubine Zhu."
"good boy"
The princess looked in Ji Yunqing's direction, her expression much softer, "I'm sorry to have wronged you."
Ji Yunqing looked at the princess with sparkling eyes, full of admiration and gratitude: "No, as long as the princess is here, I will not be wronged!"
The other women watching: "..."
What a disgusting and pretentious person!
But the princess obviously didn't think so. She felt that Ji was really wronged. It was all because of that hateful concubine Zhao, who took advantage of her pregnancy to bite people everywhere.
He has a vicious mind and a loud voice. He is really good for nothing.
Once again, I questioned the prince's taste in my heart.
Can’t Your Majesty pick something better?
Feeling that both parties had calmed down, Ji Yunqing began to analyze calmly in a weak voice: "Princess, your people must have checked. Was there anyone of mine who handled that cup of tea?"
The princess looked to the side and saw Nanny Lou, who had just come in, secretly shaking her head at her. The princess then understood what was going on.
"Bring those people up here"
Soon, three frightened little maids were pushed in, crawling and tumbling.
Lou Mama calmly replied, "Princess, this is how these people experienced that cup of tea."
The three maids immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Princess, please spare my life, Princess, I am innocent, I know nothing."
After a while, the foreheads of several people began to turn black and purple.
The princess's face darkened, and Nanny Lou immediately scolded the three people, "Shut up!"
Now, even though the three maids were scared, they didn't dare to speak easily.
The princess pointed to the little maid on the far left: "Come here one by one, you speak first."
The little maid kowtowed fiercely and said, "I am Su Yue, from Master Zhao's courtyard. The master brought me to serve tea. Yes, I boiled the water."
The princess nodded.
Su Yue knelt there nervously, not daring to look up.
And now the princess is looking at the next person.
She pointed her slender finger casually at the one in the middle: "You tell me."
The little maid in the middle was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pretty and cute face. She swallowed and spoke nervously.
"I am from Master Mei's courtyard. My name is Xiaoqiao. I was originally only responsible for making tea for the master, but because I know some basic tea-making skills, the master ordered me to make tea for the masters."
The princess remained silent.
She looked at the last person: "They didn't drug me, so it can only be you."
The last maid kneeling down immediately weakened, bursting into tears and kowtowed desperately.
"Princess, Princess, it wasn't me! I just went to get a jar of tea, which is the tea that the master likes to drink. I really didn't poison it!"