PDLP Chapter 532: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (283)
Chapter 532: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (283)
Chapter 532: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Eighty-three)
Ji Wei widened her eyes in horror and struggled hard. After being released by Wu Lan, she coughed several times. When she came to her senses, she felt that she had heard something absurd and couldn't help laughing out loud.
"You can still laugh!"
Ji Wei laughed hoarsely and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Ji Mingyue is just a woman. What ability does she have to win over the people? She only knows some magic to harm people. She has never done anything good for the people of Ji State. Who would support her to become emperor? The emperor's favorite is the third prince born to his concubine, Concubine Wen. In his eyes, Ji Mingyue may not even be as good as the second princess born to Concubine Wen. Let alone others, even her mother would not be happy that she took the throne from her son, right?"
Wu Lan tried to retort, but Ji Wei interrupted her. "If she had become empress, the Ji Kingdom would have been torn apart long ago. It would have perished without Liang attacking. Her most likely path to power would have been to become the Liang Kingdom's empress dowager, control the young emperor, and rule the country from behind the scenes. However, she was short-lived and destined to fail in her ambitions."
Wu Lan sneered, "Sisters killing each other, you have the nerve to say that."
Ji Wei never regretted killing Ji Mingyue. Besides, was she the one who killed Ji Mingyue? Ji Wei refused to admit it. It was clearly Ji Mingyue's fault. If she hadn't killed Cui Li, how could she have been retaliated by the witchcraft? And she wanted to drag her to death with her? She was dreaming!
"Oh, if she doesn't harm me, I will take the initiative? Do you think that if you stay here with me, you can get what you want? Heng'er can ascend the throne? You can use Heng'er's life experience to threaten him? Threaten me? No, no, no, Liang Sheng will never let Heng'er ascend the throne! The Wu clan can only linger on and can't appear openly at all."
Wu Lan's voice was filled with bloodshed. "As long as Liang Sheng and Crown Prince Liang Yan are dead, Liang Heng, as the only royal bloodline, will naturally become emperor! Liang Sheng is indeed lucky. I arranged many ambushes on his way back to Liangdu, but he escaped! Since he's so lucky, let's kill Crown Prince Liang Yan and Queen Cui Li first!"
Ji Wei listened to Wu Lan's words, tears in her eyes. Liang Heng couldn't be the only prince! The man she saw during the day... the face that looked exactly like her daughter Liang Yu, clearly told her her true identity.
"Hahaha, yes, according to our previous assumptions, you are right. We could have taken our time before, but now it's no longer possible. We are all being manipulated by the emperor! He already knew everything! I tell you, as long as Liang Sheng returns to the palace alive, we will all die. Unless you kill Liang Sheng and Crown Prince Liang Yan in the temporary palace, we still have a chance of survival!"
Wu Lan had a hunch that Ji Wei was hiding something from her.
"What's wrong with you? What did Emperor Liang know? Why are you so panicked? Don't forget, we are now on the same front!"
Ji Wei recalled what happened back then, and felt a chill piercing her bones until they stiffened. She hugged the quilt tightly and said tremblingly, "Do you still remember the child you took away? He's still alive... still alive... He's back, and he must be here to take revenge on us."
"You mean... Impossible! He was barely breathing. If he wasn't destined to live past three, why would we abandon the original and choose a fake? A baby destined to die young, even if he didn't die at the hands of the Qi people, he was destined to die in the wild!"
Ji Wei shook her head and said firmly: "I saw him today! Right next to Yu'er!"
"Did you see it wrong? How is that possible?"
"He and Yu'er are twins, they look 90% alike. How could I have mistaken him? He is the real 'Liang Heng'! Yu'er must have recognized him and brought him back to the palace! Ping An Ping An, his name is now 'Ping An'."
Wu Lan's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but reach forward to grab Ji Wei's shoulders. "Are you saying that the masked man who saved Liang Yu was the baby we abandoned back then? Isn't he Qiao Zhi's apprentice? The man who took him to Ji State died, and he's nowhere to be found. How could he be adopted by Qiao Zhi? And still be alive and well! Unless!"