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Chapter 369: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (118)

Chapter 369: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (One Hundred and Eighteen)

Ji Mingyue wanted Ji Wei to distance herself from this matter, so she started to attract everyone's attention:

"Well, now that things have come to this, this princess has nothing to hide. I instructed Xiangxiu to do all this!"

Xiangxiu was about to continue speaking, but when she heard this, she blinked and stopped talking for a while.

"Back then, when the two countries decided to make peace, I brought Ji Wei with me to Daliang. I chose to have her go with me because she's my blood relative and could share the backlash from using witchcraft. Fortunately, she's not a true witch and doesn't know any witchcraft, so I'm not afraid of her finding out."

Ji Mingyue spoke a little too quickly and did not allow others to interrupt her.

"When I first arrived in Daliang, I sent my men to investigate the harem. Accidentally, I heard that Ji Shilan was born with a phoenix destiny and possessed a unique and noble fate. I couldn't help but be tempted, so I used Xiangxiu to find a way to perform a fatal spell on her, hoping to kill her without anyone noticing."

Ji Mingyue glanced at Xiangxiu and said regretfully, "But who knew that Xiangxiu was so useless that she even poisoned Ji Shilan, intending to kill her in advance, allowing you to follow the clues and find me."

Thinking of how she had been deceived, she sneered, "Even though I used the Life-stealing Technique, I couldn't gain much luck. This doesn't seem like I truly possess the Phoenix Fate. So I investigated carefully. That damned witch woman actually dared to conceal the fact that the Phoenix Fate was fake from me, wasting my time. All her calculations turned out to be nothing more than a fake Phoenix Fate."

She looked at Ji Shilan and uttered four words: "The cuckoo has taken over the magpie's nest."

When Ji Shilan heard these four words, she was greatly confused. She subconsciously looked at Cui Li and was speechless.

Ji Shilan found it hard to accept that the late emperor's choice of her as the Crown Princess over Cui Li was actually a conspiracy. The late emperor didn't value her as a person, nor did he think she was better than Cui Li.

Simply because of the so-called "born with the fate of a phoenix"!

Under the calculation of someone with ulterior motives, the late emperor betrothed her, who was born with the "Phoenix Fate", to the prince.

When Cui Li heard Ji Mingyue's words, she knew that she wanted to clear Ji Wei from the matter of murdering the queen and witchcraft.

Ji Wei is not innocent. On the surface, it was Ji Mingyue who obtained the queen's blood, hair and personal belongings from Xiangxiu, causing the queen to be bewitched.

In fact, whether the queen was bewitched, poisoned by the "heart-piercing" drug, or even lost her fertility, Ji Wei was behind it.

The reason why Ji Wei harmed Ji Shilan so much was simply because the queen in the previous life knew that Ji Mingyue had bad intentions, but she never reminded Ji Wei, and stood by and watched Ji Wei die in childbirth.

Ji Wei still needs the help of her sister Ji Mingyue to gain a foothold in the Liang Palace for the time being. Also because she cannot easily touch Ji Mingyue, she vents her anger from her previous life on the Queen, the original owner, and Concubine Xu.

Cui Li: "How come I remember that just now in the main hall, you said that Concubine Ji was not innocent at all? How come now, in your words and deeds, Concubine Ji did not participate in the murder of the Queen?"

The Queen Mother also nodded and said, "Didn't you see Concubine Ji escape unscathed and vomit blood? Why haven't you said anything now? What did Concubine Ji do? Is she your accomplice?"

Ji Mingyue smiled and said, "Empress Dowager, you and the Imperial Concubine are worrying too much. My vomiting blood was just the backlash of the formation. How could I possibly form an alliance with such a fool?"

The Queen came to her senses and pressed the issue, "In my opinion, Concubine Ji was also attacked by the backlash. It's not such a coincidence that she also became dizzy when the formation was activated."

"Oh, Queen, think what you will. Concubine Ji is my sister, but she always dislikes me as her elder sister. We have deep misunderstandings, and she even caused me to almost die of blood loss on New Year's Eve. She harmed me, so she is certainly not innocent. I simply controlled her life and death, and I was forced to lift the magic, which backfired, so she naturally felt bad."

Ji Mingyue glanced at Ji Wei, and seeing Ji Wei crying softly, he continued:

"But she's timid and weak, powerless, and only dares to bully others in her own territory. She has no one to rely on, and she wouldn't dare to murder the queen of a country. You're only suspecting her now because she and I are both princesses of the Ji Kingdom. Otherwise, why wouldn't you suspect Ma Chongyuan, Gu Chongyi, and others, all of whom have ulterior motives and only want to climb the social ladder?"

Seeing that Ji Mingyue was determined to protect Ji Wei, Cui Li thought about it carefully and understood Ji Mingyue's intention.