vrcanaries Chapter 398: Planning
Chapter 398: Planning
The man in front of her said nothing, and the woman in the room was half-hearted.
Seeing that the time had come, Lu Xuan was afraid of getting stye, so she didn't stay in Huayingxuan's boudoir any longer.
Half an hour later, the prince led Ji Jiaru, whose face was flushed, to the main hall to apologize to Ji Xiangli.
Lu Xuan was also in the main hall, tapping his fingers intermittently, waiting to see Ji Xiangli and Jiang Yuanfeng's reactions.
What she didn't expect was that when she saw the man walking towards her and smiling at her, and her timid daughter, Ji Xiangli was so excited that he could hardly close his mouth.
But his excitement did not last long.
The prince in front of him blushed a little nervously and said, "Master Ji."
Looking at the person in front of him, the excitement on Ji Xiangli's face suddenly froze. He stared at him closely for at least three breaths.
Then, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
"You, you are not the prince! Tell me, who are you?!"
Ji Xiangli slammed the table and stood up, pointing his right finger at the man next to Ji Jiaru in front of him, foaming at the mouth with anger.
"Crack!"
At this moment, a huge thunder sounded above Lu Xuan's head.
Her eyes widened, and she felt as if she was crushed from head to toe by a huge rock. Her internal organs were shattered by these words.
Not... the prince? ! ! !
Like Ji Xiangli, she turned her head and stared at the man in front of her, wishing she could poke a hole in his body.
Yes, she asked why there was no purple energy on this person.
It turns out that he is not the prince at all!
Why did Ji Jiaru call the prince "Brother" all the time?
However, at this moment, Ji Jiaru was stunned when she heard Ji Xiangli's words.
"No, not the prince?!"
She squeezed out these words from between her teeth with great difficulty, and her previously shy and flushed face turned pale in an instant.
Two lines of tears suddenly dripped from her cheeks, and she looked at the man in front of her in disbelief.
Then, with a "slap", he slapped the man in front of him hard.
"lecher!"
"You are not the prince at all, why didn't you say so earlier?!"
"You look so much like the Crown Prince, why didn't you deny it when I called you?!"
Ji Jiaru's body went limp and she fell to the ground suddenly. The tears she had been crying turned into a torrent and she burst into tears.
"It's over, Dad. Our Ji family is finished. My life is over..."
The man stammered a few times, looking at Ji Jiaru, who was now completely different from before, and said with some embarrassment: "I... I was going to tell you before. But you didn't give me the chance."
"I'm here today on the orders of the Crown Prince. He wants me to tell Miss that the Crown Prince... he refuses to take a concubine. He also wants me to tell you... that in this life, he only wants the Crown Princess..."
"what--"
Ji Jiaru seemed unable to bear it. After hearing this, she covered her ears and wailed on the ground with her head in her hands, crying bitterly.
Lu Xuan's gaze followed the man beside her.
However, when the man saw Ji Jiaru's appearance, guilt and heartache flashed in his eyes.
That look...something familiar.
Guilt? Heartache?
Suddenly, Lu Xuan's eyes trembled.
Isn't this the current emperor?!
This is how the Emperor looked at Empress Ji at the Empress Dowager's funeral!
His heart was pounding with excitement, and Lu Xuan was almost restless.
So, the person sitting on the throne now is the man in front of you!
He is not a real prince at all!
Ji Xiangli was so angry that he could not stand steadily and almost fainted.
After a long while, he finally sat down and tremblingly pointed at the man in front of him, holding his forehead and saying, "Tell me, you, who are you?! Why do you look so much like the Crown Prince?! Even your voice is so similar... If I didn't know that the Crown Prince didn't have canine teeth, I would have almost been fooled by you!"
Seeing Ji Xiangli so indignant, the man in front of him apologized with a bit of disappointment: "To be honest with you, Master Ji, I am indeed not the crown prince."
After taking a closer look at the man's fangs, Ji Jiaru cried even louder.
"It really is! I was wrong before! It turns out that the person I met from the beginning was not the prince at all, but you!"
"Why didn't you bring it up earlier? Why didn't you tell the truth?!"
The man lowered his eyes, a look of embarrassment flashing across his face. "It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but I'm in the East Palace, and I'm the Crown Prince's personal bodyguard. My main mission is to act as the Crown Prince's stand-in at critical moments, protecting him from danger. This matter shouldn't be discussed..."
"Okay, okay, very okay!" Ji Jiaru suddenly became excited. "So the person I met outside the Duke's Mansion delivering the birthday gift wasn't the Crown Prince at all, but you?!"
"Yes...it's me." The secret guard in front of him answered hesitantly.
The shame and anger in my heart came like a tsunami.
Ji Jiaru was overwhelmed with grief and anger. When she saw a pillar not far in front of her, she closed her eyes, stood up and was about to crash into it.
Now she has been defiled. She is neither the eldest brother's woman nor the real prince's woman.
He is just an innocent person who was defiled by a substitute!
Then what's the point of her living in this world?
I have lost my eldest brother's favor and cannot become the prince's concubine. I might as well die!
Looking at the decisive scene before them, the stand-in and Ji Xiangli stood up instantly. In a flash, Ji Jiaru's eyes went dark and she suddenly fell down limply.
A yellow talisman flashed in the air, and Jiang Yuanfeng quickly stopped the curse.
"The young lady is overwhelmed and may not be able to accept this fact. I am well versed in esoteric magic and used a spell to make her faint temporarily. However, once she wakes up, she will inevitably cry again, so we have to think of a new way."
Listening to Jiang Yuanfeng's words, Ji Xiangli remembered the bet that the man next to him had made with him today. He glared at him angrily, and pointed at Ji Jiaru who had fainted on the ground with trembling hands. He felt that he was really angry.
"Is this what you meant by my daughter having a lucky streak?"
He pointed at the substitute man in front of him, "A fake, you want me to worship it as a real dragon and deceive myself?!"
They were talking in the main hall at the moment. Because today's affairs were very serious, they deliberately dismissed the servants around them.
But now that this has happened, he will not allow himself to be bullied!
Having said that, he immediately logged out in two steps and was about to call the guards in the mansion.
In a flash, there were two "bangs! bangs!" and the door of the main hall was suddenly closed. Ji Xiangli started to roar, but suddenly found that he could not make any sound at all.
He instantly turned his head to look at Jiang Yuanfeng beside him, his terrified eyes as if he saw the King of Hell.
The stand-in panicked for a moment, and took a defensive stance looking at Jiang Yuanfeng. "You, what do you want to do?"
Jiang Yuanfeng laughed heartily and raised his eyebrows. "You two haven't heard what I've said yet. Why are you so anxious?"
The door to the main hall was closed, and only three people were left in the room.
Jiang Yuanfeng then looked at the substitute man and spoke.
"The girl you've secretly liked for many days is now your woman. Don't you want to fight for yourself?"
The man swallowed nervously and said nothing.
He looked at Ji Xiangli again, "Master Ji, don't you want to be the father-in-law of the emperor?"
In an instant, Ji Xiangli understood the meaning of the man's words.
He suddenly grabbed the door handle, his eyes widened as if they were about to burst, and his nails dug into the flesh, but it was because of fear.
Does this person know what he is talking about?
Does this mean that he wants to use this idiot in front of him to replace His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?!
Jiang Yuanfeng smiled wickedly and said, "Master Ji, I am not a member of the imperial court, but an ordinary citizen. Think about it carefully. The Crown Prince can cancel your Ji family's marriage, but can your Ji family be disloyal to the Crown Prince in advance? What's more, what if the Emperor doesn't agree to cancel it?"
"Miss Ji entered the Eastern Palace, but was discovered to be imperfect. Today, your eldest daughter of the Ji family, before even entering the Eastern Palace, has had an affair with a secret guard servant. Just imagine, if the emperor knew about this, what would be the fate of your Ji family?"
Glancing at Ji Jiaru who had fainted on the ground, he continued slowly, "Besides, do you think your daughter, Master Ji, is a good talker? She was yelling so loudly just now when something happened. If I were to say, she's just a concubine, unfit for such a big responsibility! How long can you keep the incident a secret? Can you even keep it a secret?"
Ji Xiangli was so shocked by what this man said that he broke out in a cold sweat. He just stood there in a daze, thinking rapidly in his mind.
Yes, the person in front of me has an excellent way of judging people.
Jiaru has never been a cunning person. She can't keep any secrets and will be discovered in an instant.
Otherwise, they would not have discovered the truth behind it the day after she and the boss had an affair through something wrong with her.
Although he is now the Left Minister of Justice, the emperor is willing to let the prince take Jiaru as a concubine for the sake of his ancestors, intending to revive the Ji family.
But if people knew that the Ji family had betrayed him first, then not only would he not be able to rise to prominence, he might not even be able to save his life!
Yes, it seems he has no way out.
In the current situation, the two people in front of him were still unaware of the scandal going on in their own house.
If she listens to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and cancels the engagement, she will definitely not be able to find her next ideal husband so quickly, and Jiaru's pregnancy will not be hidden. If it is discovered, it will also be a crime of deceiving the emperor.
Another way is to let Jiaru have a miscarriage now.
But if that were the case, the inspection rules of the aristocratic families would be very strict, and she would probably not be able to escape the physical examination...