vrcanaries Chapter 148 Poisoning
Chapter 148 Poisoning
This is a flattery to Jiang Xing!
If today's reputation were to spread like this, I'm afraid the emperor would have murderous thoughts about Jiang Xingdong!
Jiang Xing glanced at Feixing behind him, and Lu Xuan also glanced at Sang Luo, and the two of them quietly left the pavilion.
They had to quickly disperse these people, otherwise today's words would get to the ears of people with ulterior motives, and Prince Jin's Mansion would have no hope of peace.
Ji Xiangli and Ji Bozhou drank another glass of wine. At this time, the three glasses of apology wine with three bows had been finished.
Three more maids came behind him and respectfully presented the apology gift carefully prepared by the Ji family.
In addition to giving each person a jade ruyi, the Ji family also gave Uncle Yuan two hundred taels of gold and the deed to one hundred acres of fertile land as compensation for killing his son.
Now comes the really difficult part.
Each of the three maids held a wine jug in her hand, and each of them had to drink three cups to sober up.
Jiang Xing, Lu Xuan and Old Man Yuan have to choose whether to drink it.
Drinking it means forgiveness, not drinking it means there is still resentment.
If Old Man Yuan had not been present, Jiang Xing would have had to quickly show his dandy ways to prevent his good reputation from being exposed because of his reputation outside.
But if Mr. Yuan was present and accepted the money but still chose not to forgive, the people outside would definitely think that Mr. Yuan had ulterior motives and wanted more benefits.
At that time, all the criticism and condemnation will be directed at Mr. Yuan.
Public opinion is like this, right and wrong, the truth is not important, what matters is people's speculation.
Because speculation often replaces and obscures the truth.
Jiang Xing was in a dilemma. He glanced at Mr. Yuan and finally made a decision.
He smiled frivolously and wildly at Ji Xiangli and his son: "Oh, you want to apologize to me with just this little sincerity?"
He stood up slowly, holding a wine cup in his hand as if he was about to drink. He walked around behind Ji Xiangli and kicked him hard in the back of the knee, causing Ji Xiangli to stumble and kneel down.
Jiang Xingrao said with interest: "That's right, to apologize, of course you have to have an apologetic attitude."
Ji Bozhou's expression suddenly darkened.
The people outside also changed their minds in an instant.
Someone couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh my god! I forgot that Prince Jin is also a powerful and aristocratic bully!"
"This dog prince has a bad reputation and is still the same!"
"It's not the first day I've known this. He has so much money, so it must have come from nowhere!"
People's curiosity about the struggle between justice and evil suddenly dissipated, leaving only helplessness and disappointment that the current dynasty was full of evil people.
Old Man Yuan looked at Jiang Xing in surprise and worry, not understanding why he had to pretend to be such a dandy and evil person. He was obviously a good man!
He really didn't want Prince Jin to have a bad reputation because of him. Although he was unwilling, he still held the wine in his hand tremblingly, tears flashing in his eyes, and slowly swallowed it.
Lu Xuan didn't want to drink at first, but then he remembered the purple aura around Jiang Xing. If his reputation was ruined, would he be able to hold on to his throne when he got to that position?
After thinking about it, she finally picked it up and drank it.
Seeing this, the maid behind her poured her another cup.
The glass of wine she just drank was poured by the waiter in the store when she came in. The Third Prince, Ji Xiangli and others all drank from the same pot of wine, so she dared to drink it directly.
But at this moment, three maids suddenly came and only poured wine for the three of them, which made Lu Xuan wary.
"I'll drink the pot of wine next to Lord Ji." She pointed at Ji Xiangli's wine pot.
Ji Xiangli was still kneeling on the ground. Seeing this, he hurried to get the pot of wine for her, but was suddenly stopped by the third prince.
"The princess doesn't even give me this little trust. Are you worried that the wine is poisonous?"
Lu Xuan smiled and said, "Since it's not poisonous, it doesn't matter which pot you drink from. Or, you can give me the Third Prince's pot."
The Third Prince's eyes were like knives. He directly thrust his wine jug into her hands, his face dark. "Drink! I want to see if I'll die after drinking this jug of wine!"
After saying that, the Third Prince took the wine jug from the maid next to Lu Xuan, poured himself a glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
Ji Bozhou was standing next to Ji Xiangli. Seeing Jiang Xing being so rude and humiliating to his father, he was so angry that a low chill emanated from his whole body.
He really wanted to stand up and stab him a thousand times, instead of just standing beside his father indifferently for the sake of the overall situation.
In fact, Jiang Xing was also waiting for Ji Bozhou to take action.
The only thing that disappointed him was that Ji Bozhou was too tolerant.
So he could only slowly take a sip of the wine in the glass, neither saying reconciliation nor not reconciliation, and the rest remained in the glass.
Because of the Third Prince, Lu Xuan drank the remaining two cups of wine from the Third Prince's pot.
When the people outside saw that Mr. Yuan drank the three glasses of wine without much resistance, they suddenly felt that it was meaningless.
In addition, Feixing and Sang Luo were already outside trying to drive people away, so many people had already left by now.
Ji Bozhou finally spoke at this time: "Your Highness should know that even though my father has been dismissed from office, he is still the father-in-law of the emperor! Your Highness, please don't go too far by privately hurting him and forcing him to kneel!"
His face was gloomy, his voice was chilling, and he stared at Jiang Xing intently, as if he wanted to burn every muscle in him.
Seeing Ji Bozhou like this made Lu Xuan's heart skip a beat.
Could it be that the man who used to keep his emotions secret could actually be so vicious?
Jiang Xing tutted his words, a sneer on his face: "Earlier, you said you were a sincere apology. Now that many people have left, you've even started to make a show of it?"
Ji Xiangli was still kneeling on the ground. He endured the pain from his knees and suddenly shouted angrily, "Rebellious son, have you forgotten our family's status now?! The prince is allowed to do whatever he wants. This is what we deserve!"
Ji Bozhou clenched his fists and pursed his lips into a straight line.
The third prince was about to come forward to argue with Jiang Xing when he saw a dagger suddenly flash with a cold light, and the cold light slid out from Ji Bozhou's waist.
There had been no ripples in Ji Bozhou's eyes since he came here today, like a cold pool of stagnant water, but at this moment, murderous intent suddenly surged in his eyes.
Ji Bozhou grabbed the dagger and thrust it towards Jiang Xing. Jiang Xing subconsciously wanted to subdue him, but in a split second, he remembered that he could not reveal the fact that he knew martial arts, so after moving slightly at first, he stood there motionless, suppressing his instinct.
Ji Bozhou's eyes made Lu Xuan quickly think of Ji Cheng.
Yes.
They are clearly blood relatives, with the same blood flowing in their bones!
Ji Bozhou wants to kill Jiang Xing!
Lu Xuan's eyes widened in shock, his heart almost jumping out of his chest.
She knew Jiang Xing's intention, but she was also angry that he dared to gamble with her life.
In the blink of an eye, the last millimeter.
Ji Bozhou's hand holding the dagger suddenly stopped in front of Jiang Xing's chest.
Lu Xuan could only hear his own heartbeat, which was as pounding as a drum.
The handle of the dagger was pointing towards Jiang Xing.
But Jiang Xing and Lu Xuan both knew that the murderous intent was clearly real and that look could not deceive anyone.
Ji Bozhou helped Ji Xiangli up, stared at Jiang Xing and said in a deep voice: "Father has not yet fully recovered from the beating. I understand that Prince Jin wants to vent his anger. If the prince is still angry, I will take the blame for father and elder brother. This dagger can pierce any part of my body!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Xuan and said, "I'm afraid I've alarmed the princess, and I also want to avoid being seen by the people around here and tarnishing your reputation. So, Your Highness, please come with me to a secluded place so we can resolve this privately."
Jiang Xing brushed off his clothes and smiled awkwardly, "Just now I saw that Father-in-law Ji was drinking very cheerfully. I just wanted to see if he had recovered. Master Ji, you are joking. What good would it do me if I pierced you?"
Lu Xuan didn't know what Ji Bozhou and Ji Xiangli meant at the moment, but she suddenly felt hot and uncomfortable all over, and had severe abdominal pain at times.