Chapter 163
Ji Yunqing asked with amusement: "Where is the evidence?"
"What evidence do you need? I am your mother. How dare you question your mother? This is extremely unfilial!"
Mrs. Ji was very skilled in this trick, especially when it came to her stepdaughter, she could just do it without thinking.
Of course, this trick did work in the past, and the stepdaughter never dared to disobey her.
There is no evidence. Ji Yunqing raised his eyebrows: "Oh, so there is no evidence. You can still speak so confidently without any evidence. Are you used to talking nonsense?"
"You, wait for me to come back, and I will..."
Ji Yunqing interrupted her ruthlessly, and said in a sinister tone: "Are you threatening me? Or are you reminding me to keep you here?"
"You dare!" Mrs. Ji was frightened by these words, but she quickly calmed down.
Madam Ji was fearless: "I am the wife of an official, how dare you imprison me?"
Although Mr. Ji's official position is not high, he is not powerless. If she does not go back for a long time, the whole Zhaowang Mansion will be implicated if the matter is exposed.
Of course, King Zhao is very powerful and she cannot afford to offend him. Maybe the useless Master Ji will be obedient after a simple threat.
It is very likely, no, it is certain.
So Mrs. Ji felt a little guilty when she said this.
Unexpectedly, Ji Yunqing said, "What's so difficult about this?
Just tell my father that you were bewitched by the prince when you entered the palace, and you used tricks to tarnish his innocence. Now you are too ashamed to go back, so you will stay in the palace from now on."
Mrs. Ji was shocked at that time.
Even the face that had been pampered and well-maintained for many years was somewhat distorted.
"I'm not, I didn't, how can you say that?"
You know, her daughter is already at the right age for marriage!
Madam Ji resisted righteously for a few times, then suddenly became shy, her pretty face slightly reddened, and she shyly replied, "Does the prince really like me?"
Ji Yunqing was stunned: "...Ah?"
She felt as if her ears were broken.
"What? If...if the prince really wants me, then you will become the princess of the mansion.
Think about it, the prince has so many women, but you are the only one of his age. When things are done, you will be the apple of his eye!"
Mrs. Ji blushed slightly, as she seemed to think of the handsome appearance of King Zhao, who was far superior to that old man, Ji's father.
Ji Yunqing remained in a daze.
No, you want me to change my career path with just three sentences, and then you turn around and ask me to find a father. Is this reasonable?
"Ji, Mrs. Ji, calm down, I didn't say that." Ji Yunqing was overwhelmed.
Is your adult world so crazy?
But Mrs. Ji's face was already red, and it was obvious that she was thinking about something unknown. Even if Ji Yunqing had eight horses, he couldn't pull her back.
"Think about your second sister..."
Oh my God, Ji Yunqing has been traveling the world for two lifetimes, and has never been so speechless. She really doesn't know how to explain to the prince.
Mrs. Ji was obviously no longer worried. Her brows relaxed and she lowered her head to straighten her clothes. The moment she lowered her head, her small and delicate earlobes and her fair and smooth neck were revealed.
"Then I will reconsider the marriage plans for you and your second sister, and find you a good family to be the wife of."
"By the way, didn't you like Xiao Wang next door when you were a child? That kid looked quite clever when he was young, and I heard he's still unmarried.
There is also the young master of the cloth shop in East Street, the young master of the rouge shop in West Street, the weak scholar in South Street, and the strong ironworker in North Street..."
"...Haha, speaking of which, you loved watching iron flower making when you were a kid, and you even said that you wanted to marry an iron flower maker so you could watch it every day. There's also the young master of the Li family who makes candy figurines, and the young man of the Wang family who sells candied haws. Although he's a little old, he's very caring...
Oh, and Xiao Cheng's kid, I don't know where he's gone now. If your marriage is successful, you'll probably have two kids."
Ji Yunqing became more frightened as she listened. She turned her head slightly with a stiff neck and looked out the window.
I hope King Zhao can be dignified, generous, sensible and more tolerant. After all, every woman has some small "problems" before getting married. What's more, a daughter is sought after by hundreds of families. She is just young and ignorant.
"Mrs. Ji, please stop talking."
If she continued talking, there was no guarantee that King Zhao would strangle her to death.
Madam Ji stroked the pearl and jade hairpin on her head with her bare hands and said angrily, "Child, men and women should get married when they are old enough, don't be shy!"
Damn shyness.
Ji Yunqing cursed in his heart, you old woman are so bad, you just deliberately stir up trouble to make her life difficult.
She simply changed the topic.
"It doesn't matter if mother doesn't want to tell you. The servants have already seen a medicine bag on the roadside with some powder on it. It is exactly the medicine that my second sister was poisoned with."
At this point, a hint of doubt flashed in Ji Yunqing's eyes.
The servants in the mansion found the medicine bag, and after a careful examination by the mansion doctor, they finally discovered that this kind of medicine was only in Miss Ji's body. So what about the medicine in Mrs. Ji's body?
Are you two, mother and daughter, teaming up to commit fraud?
Mrs. Ji was startled, but quickly calmed down.
"So what if I picked up a medicine bag?"
This doesn't prove that they took the medicine themselves. What if someone threw it down?
"Oh," Ji Yunqing said lightly, "and a few maids saw you take the medicine out of your body, and the second sister snatched it away to eat?"
At this point, Ji Yunqing asked a soul-searching question: "Why are people still scrambling to take this medicine?"
He looked at Mrs. Ji with a look that said, "Are you two seriously ill?"
Mrs. Ji was so shocked that she blurted out: "How could anyone have seen it? I clearly checked and there was no one there!"
As soon as she said this, Mrs. Ji regretted it.
Just as she was about to say something to make amends, she heard Ji Yunqing shouting loudly outside: "Your Majesty, please come in. Did you hear what she just said? Madam Ji has already admitted it!"
Then, a noble and handsome man in gorgeous clothes walked in and looked at Madam Ji with sharp eyes.
Mrs. Ji's mind went blank and her whole body limp in despair.
……
After some cordial hospitality, Miss Ji finally came to her senses slowly as the sun was setting.
She was awoken abruptly by basins of cold water freshly drawn from the well. After all, if she was left alone, she would have had a hard time recovering to normal overnight after taking a large dose of water.
When she woke up, she found that she and her mother were still being asked to leave, and she felt like the sky was falling!
Her eyes were red: "Mother, what's going on?"
Madam Ji sighed, "My daughter, in fact, the wife of the prince in the general's mansion is also very good. Mother has heard that your mother-in-law is gentle, virtuous and good at managing the household. When the time comes, you can live with your mother-in-law after you give birth to a child. You will eventually get ahead if you persevere."
"No!"
Miss Ji Er broke down emotionally. She refused to accept this result. Her beautiful eyes were filled with tears. She said, "Mother, let's go and beg the prince and elder sister to let our daughter stay."
She wanted to be a queen, a queen mother, the most honorable woman in the world, but she didn't want to make a living by currying favor with a conservative old woman.
"Ugh!"
Madam Ji sighed deeply: "If you want to stay, you can only be a concubine. Are you willing?"
A concubine?
Concubines were usually chosen from among the servants in the mansion to serve the master's daily life and to unload fish.
How could she be this?
Miss Ji was a little speechless for a moment. She murmured, "When my elder sister entered the mansion, she was a concubine..."
As both are the daughter of an official family, she can't be worse than Ji Yunqing, right?
Miss Ji Er tentatively guessed, "Could it be that the elder sister said something in front of the prince?"
"What else does she have to say?"
Madam Ji said with a dark face: "Think about what you have done. Which innocent young lady would act so recklessly in someone else's house? If this gets out, who would dare to marry you?"
It was you who suggested that she... and now you are blaming her.
Miss Ji was upset: "As long as I can enter the mansion, I am willing to be a concubine."
Just be a concubine. Once she wins the prince's favor and gives birth to a child, no one can look down on her.
"What they want is a concubine!"
Madam Ji said in a cold tone.
With a creaky sound, the door was opened.
The mother and daughter looked at the same time and saw a young woman in a flowered satin dress coming in with her servants.
The woman was very imposing and looked at the two of them critically as soon as she entered the room.
The Ji family mother and daughter didn't know the identity of the visitor for a moment.
A little maid behind the young woman said arrogantly: "This is Concubine Cen from the mansion, and she is also the cousin of the princess. She is of a very noble status."
Cen Xi was very good at putting on airs in front of outsiders, totally unlike the gentle and polite manner she showed in front of King Zhao. She dressed up specially before coming over with a strong attitude: "Is this Madam Ji and Miss Ji Er?"
"I just heard you talking. If you don't want to be a concubine, then just leave. After all, not everyone can be a concubine in this mansion."
In Cen Xi's opinion, she could only be a concubine, so it was perfect for Ji Er to be her maid.
After being ridiculed like this, Miss Ji's mind became much clearer. The most important thing for her now was to enter the mansion. As long as she entered the mansion, everything else would be easy.
So he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's have sex!"
There was no sense of ceremony for the ceremony of becoming a concubine, and there wasn't even a pink sedan chair. Therefore, Miss Ji didn't even go back to the mansion and wanted to live there directly.
But the palace didn't want to agree and told her to cancel her engagement first.
So, three days later, the news that the daughter of the Ji family fell in love with King Zhao at first sight and insisted on breaking off the engagement with the general's mansion and becoming a concubine in the prince's mansion spread like wildfire in the streets and alleys.
Moreover, in order to show the Ji family's daughter's steadfast love, not for fame, wealth or status, she took the initiative to ask to be a little concubine, so that she could better serve the prince.
Even Cen Xi was surprised. She tried so hard to humiliate others, but she was still no match for them humiliating themselves.
Listen to what nonsense this is?
For love?
However, before Miss Ji II entered the house, she had to wait for the newcomer to arrive.
The newlyweds entered the house on a drizzling day.
Naturally, no one in the mansion had the chance to see him that day. It was not until the next morning when they paid their respects that they saw the newlyweds with a look of spring in their eyes.
A young and beautiful girl, like a freshly blooming flower, appeared in front of everyone.
The newlyweds were very generous and even brought gifts for everyone.
Even Ji Yunqing got a complete set of pearl headwear. What a generous man!
Ji Yunqing even wanted to think about starting a small business, and then she could ask King Zhao to come over when she was in the emperor's bedchamber and just pay him money.
But think about it, she doesn't have the courage.
What surprised Ji Yunqing the most was that she seemed to have seen this newcomer before!
Ji Yunqing's eyes suddenly widened, she remembered!
Isn’t this new person the girl I met on the night of the Lantern Festival?
It turns out that the girl had already started preparing at that time!
After some introductions, everyone learned that the newcomer's surname was He and his father was a general. However, she was not the one surnamed Liu whom we met some time ago. This was General He's daughter.
Ji Yunqing was slightly surprised. Is King Zhao so prestigious now?
He actually took the general's daughter as a concubine?
As the daughter of the general's mansion, if she could marry a young talent in the capital, she would definitely be his principal wife!
But soon, Ji Yunqing saw King Zhao coming and Concubine He's shy and timid expression.
The originally clear and pleasant voice became sticky and sticky. Concubine He's eyes were sparkling, overflowing with endless love: "My lord, I pay my respects to you, lord!"
In fact, according to the rules, concubines should call themselves slaves. However, although Concubine He was willing to enter the mansion as a concubine, she was still quite arrogant. How could she really call herself a concubine?
Thinking of the hot-tempered General He behind the other party, King Zhao pretended not to hear.
Ji Yunqing also suddenly realized.
Looking at this performance, it turns out that this person is in love!
But it cannot be confirmed. After all, just like Ji Yunqing himself, when he first entered the mansion, he also had the character of a sweet lover.
King Zhao was also very satisfied with the concubine He who had just entered the palace. He smiled at her with his handsome face, which made her blush and excited, and she wished she could faint immediately.
Other women saw this scene: "..."
What should they do when you act so exaggerated?
The performance that could have passed the test was made to look careless and like a wooden stake. How annoying!
Concubine Wen couldn't stand this kind of person the most. She said coquettishly, "Cousin, Sister He is here, and you can only see Sister He, right?
My other sisters and I have become mere foils, and we are no longer worthy of your attention!"
King Zhao glanced at his cousin and said in a deep voice: "You are not a foil."
Concubine Wen waited, but didn't get any further words.
She glared. Is that the end?
Is it so perfunctory?
She couldn't help but look at Ji Yunqing, her beautiful eyes full of dissatisfaction.
It would have been fine if it was Ji Yunqing before, but now anyone can please my cousin?
When Concubine He saw Prince Zhao's attitude, her beautiful eyes turned and she said in a gentle and pleasant tone, "Your Highness, this is Concubine Wen's sister, right? I've heard that there is a Sister Wen in your mansion. She has always been domineering. Now I see that her reputation is well-deserved!"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Wen immediately became angry.
"What are you talking about! How am I bossy?"
Her tone was a little harsh, and Concubine He was scared like a frightened bird. She quickly hid behind King Zhao, her eyes red and tears in them.
She choked up and said, "My Lord, did I say something wrong?"