Chapter 218 She Has It

Chapter 218 She Has

a Technique?

Emperor Jingyang was quite pleased with Consort Li’s submissiveness just then, and said without missing a beat:

"Granted. This matter concerns the royal family’s reputation and honor. I won’t allow anyone to challenge the royal dignity or disgrace the imperial household. Have the palace etiquette matron examine Princess Ye to let her prove her innocence!"

Consort Li was ecstatic. For the first time, she thought Emperor Jingyang’s voice actually sounded nice.

Whether Ji Yuntang was innocent or not, once she was examined, Consort Li could make sure she lost her purity for real, turning her into a whore everyone would curse.

Even better, she could have her drowned in a pig cage, completely done away with to avoid future trouble.

That would save her the hassle of doing it herself.

Consort Li smiled sweetly and promptly got up to massage Emperor Jingyang’s shoulders. "Your Majesty is so thoughtful."

She was a real pro at pleasing men. Wherever her fingers worked, they teased and tickled, making Emperor Jingyang groan with pleasure.

Consort Chu watched and sneered to herself, "What a little slut!"

"She usually pretends to be all high and mighty, not competing for favor, but in private she’s still using cheap tricks to please men. This Consort Li is a total fake white lotus."

But Consort Chu didn’t think much of it. She just figured that since Luo Junhe was almost better, Consort Li saw another chance and started showing off in front of Emperor Jingyang.

Emperor Jingyang was a sucker for this kind of tactic and was really enjoying Consort Li’s attention.

Luo Sinian looked at the familiar Consort Li. Same face, but her behavior felt off.

Was this the same dignified, magnanimous, gentle, elegant Consort Li who never competed for the emperor’s favor?

Why did she seem so scheming now?

Every word Consort Li had said today seemed aimed at Ji Yuntang, manipulating Emperor Jingyang into agreeing to the examination.

As if that wasn’t enough, she didn’t hesitate to use her looks to seduce him.

That made Luo Sinian feel sick for the first time.

He wondered if Ji Yuntang had been right all along—Consort Li really was two-faced.

Deep down, she only cared about herself, not Luo Junhe at all.

Everything she did was just an act!

Emperor Jingyang approved the examination. The Empress was furious but powerless.

She knew Emperor Jingyang was muddle-headed, but she hadn’t expected him to be so stupid as to be swayed by Consort Li and her daughter in just a few sentences.

Once again, the Empress was deeply disappointed in Emperor Jingyang. She looked at Ji Yuntang with concern, wanting to say something but not knowing how to comfort her.

Ji Yuntang noticed the Empress’s worry. She smiled and said casually, "Don’t worry, Your Majesty. I’ll be fine. I’ll be out soon."

With that, Ji Yuntang followed a young maid in green to a private palace in the back.

The matron assigned to examine Ji Yuntang was also named Sun, but she wasn’t the Nanny Sun from Consort Li’s palace.

She was Nanny Sun’s younger sister, more than a decade younger, but she’d been bribed by Consort Li long ago.

To tell them apart, everyone called this one Nanny Gui.

Nanny Gui had often heard about Ji Yuntang’s bad behavior from her sister, and knew that Ji Yuntang had once beaten Nanny Sun over etiquette lessons.

For that reason, even though Nanny Gui had never met Ji Yuntang, she had already harbored hatred in her heart.

When she received the emperor’s order today, she even thought she’d heard wrong.

After asking the messenger eunuch four or five times, the eunuch finally left in a huff.

Nanny Gui was thrilled.

She had thought she’d never cross paths with Princess Ye, Ji Yuntang, in her whole life.

Who knew the woman would fall into her hands so fast?

Nanny Gui sneered to herself. No matter what, she would make Ji Yuntang regret stepping inside.

Ji Yuntang was led into a room alone. The moment she entered, she saw a matron with droopy eyebrows, slanted eyes, and a mean face standing by the door.

The matron said nothing, just glared at her darkly, looking fierce.

Ji Yuntang’s instincts told her this matron was bad news—probably sent by Consort Li to mess with her on purpose.

Without another word, Ji Yuntang raised her hand and slapped her right across her flat face.

Before Nanny Gui could speak, Ji Yuntang beat her to it: "How dare you! You were eyeing me lecherously! Kneel!"

Nanny Gui was startled. Without thinking, she "thudded" to her knees by reflex.

Only when the dull pain in her knees registered did she realize what she’d done.

When had she ever stared at her with lecherous eyes?

That was clearly a fierce glare meant to intimidate Ji Yuntang, to put her in her place.

After all, she’d used that same look to intimidate hundreds of maids and eunuchs before.

But this woman completely ignored the script—she slapped her without any explanation and forced her to her knees.

"Princess Ye, I’m here on His Majesty’s orders to examine you. How can you just hit someone without any reason?"

Nanny Gui’s face turned awful. She tried to stand, but her legs were completely useless—she couldn’t get up.

Ji Yuntang curled her lips, reached out, lifted her chin, and asked with a smile, "Want to keep your legs?"

Nanny Gui’s expression twisted, and she shrieked, "What did you do to my legs?"

"Nothing much, just administered a little poison."

"This poison is called Soft-Soft Powder. On chickens, ducks, and fish, it acts as a laxative, but in humans, after taking it, they will never be able to stand again for the rest of their lives."

Nanny Gui: "..."

Nanny Gui: "!!!"

Her first reaction was not that the other party had poisoned her, but—

"You actually use animal medicine on me?" Ji Yuntang smiled, "Aren’t you just a dog raised by someone else? What’s the difference between you and an animal?"

"A fattened beast can at least be slaughtered for meat, but if you get too bold, you'll just get yourself killed. It's no loss for me, Princess Ye, to use this poison on you."

Nanny Gui: "!!!"

Her face visibly reddened. In all her long years, she had never been so humiliated.

The problem was, she hadn't even laid a hand on Ji Yuntang yet, but Ji Yuntang had already struck first!

She strongly suspected that Ji Yuntang, that bitch, could read minds.

That was why those who went up against her kept suffering losses time and again.

Ji Yuntang looked at Nanny Gui's furious glare and found it amusing.

She asked, "If you want to keep your legs, then tell me the truth: who sent you to harm me?"

Nanny Gui: "!!!"

Now she was even more convinced that Ji Yuntang, that bitch, could read minds—she could know what Nanny Gui was thinking.

She said stubbornly, "Princess Ye, I don't understand what you're saying."

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