OBS Chapter 395 Beauty
Chapter 395 Beauty
Even after returning to the mansion, Jiang Yuanfeng still felt that something seemed wrong with today's incident.
But he couldn't tell what was wrong.
They can't do anything without a purpose.
So what is Jiang Xing’s purpose in going to court today?
He considered it carefully again and again.
After today, they first gained several benefits.
One reason is that everyone felt that the Duke's Mansion had been wronged, and that the emperor was unfair and biased towards the Ji Mansion, making him seem like a tyrant.
Secondly, Jiang Xing said that the princess was identified as a witch, and he said it at a time when everyone in the Duke's Mansion believed that she had been wronged. In addition, some old ministers later mentioned that Lu Xuan was the daughter of General Shenwu, who died fighting for the country, spent her whole life for Daliang, and suppressed the border for many years, but in the end, even her daughter was arrested.
As a result, everyone sighed, and the emperor had to withdraw the arrest warrant against Lu Xuan. At the same time, he could only drop the previous charge that Lu Xuan was disrespectful to the emperor and let him return home freely.
Thirdly, that old man Ji Xiangli fell into General Lu's hands. Their goal was to kill Ji Bozhou...
He knew about Lu Xuan and Ji Bozhou's affair. He had heard that Ji Bozhou had surrounded the carriage of Prince Jin's mansion with archers. He absolutely believed that Jiang Xing wanted to get rid of Ji Bozhou.
He even hoped that Ji Bozhou would die, so that he would not instigate Jiang Xu every other day and ruin his plans!
But he was not sure about the Ji family.
Did Jiang Xing and General Lu achieve their most important goal today?
He was unable to touch Ji Bozhou, and only got Ji Xiangli, the living dead. Even if he said he would execute him with his own hands, how could it resolve the injustice of so many years?
What's more, even if Lu Xuan is not counted, there are still Lu Annian and Lu Shizhang's lives!
My mind was in a mess when the door was pushed open with a creaky sound.
Two beautiful concubines came in from outside the house one after another, and the silver bells on their waists and ankles rang softly with their graceful waists.
They tiptoed coquettishly towards Jiang Yuanfeng, who was half-lying on the couch, and said delicately, "Sir, it's time to take your medicine."
The pretty beauties were holding medicine and fruit snacks respectively, and they looked at him with charming eyes.
He nodded and drank the medicine.
At this time, another beauty beside him immediately took the fruit into her tender little mouth and wanted to feed him a little bit at a time.
Looking at their faces that were somewhat similar to Yun Xun, Jiang Yuanfeng stroked his aching heart and felt a little dazed.
One of the concubines saw him staring at her and lowered her head timidly, then slowly untied her peony and mandarin duck brocade bellyband, revealing her shy and coquettish appearance.
However, at this moment, Jiang Yuanfeng's face darkened and his voice suddenly turned cold: "What are you doing? Back off!"
The two concubines looked at each other, bowed, and quickly left.
After leaving the house, the two concubines whispered to each other.
"Why is your Excellency so cold today? What happened?"
"What else can we do? We're not really the beauty in the portrait; we only resemble her a little. Isn't this how he treats us whenever he thinks of that woman and gets upset at court?"
"But he's been a bit too unkind in the past two weeks," the concubine winked suspiciously at the other one, "the last time he summoned me was eighteen days ago. He's been cold for so many days! Could he be... not being able to do it anymore?"
The other one sneered and lowered his voice: "Why bother with him? Have you ever seen anyone pregnant among all the new and old people who have come and gone over the years? Even though we've married into the Jiang family, we still live from hand to mouth in this house. We should hurry up and save more money. Isn't it enough to get our share of money? Why worry about all that..."
Watching the two concubines walking away, Jiang Yuanfeng walked out from the shadows behind them, holding his chest.
After all these years, he never won anyone's heart again.
People come and go just for his money and status.
Apart from Yun Xun, no one else truly cared about him like she did back then.
Can……
He glanced at the study, no longer thinking about today's troubles, put on a kind smile, pressed the agarwood bottle on the wall, and the door of the dark room opened with a "click". He walked into the small door of the study with a smile.
Jifu.
Ji Bozhou was beside Ji Xiangli, pretending that he could still talk to him and told him what had happened outside in the past few days.
This was the communication he had with Ji Xiangli every day since he had inherited the title again.
This was a secret he had read in an ancient book, which said that if a person was a living dead and his relatives called him every day and said something he liked to hear, he might wake up again.
It was at this time that Ji An came hurriedly over.
He knocked on the door of the main courtyard anxiously and politely: "My Lord, this is bad. Duke Anguo is coming with the Jinwu Guards..."
His voice was trembling, his eyebrows were distorted with worry, his thighs were trembling, and his big round face was pale and looked terrified.
"Duke Anguo?" Ji Bozhou took a while to react before he remembered that this person was Lu Xuan.
"What is he doing here? And he's bringing the Jinwu Guards with him?"
The Jinwu Guards are the emperor's confidants and Pei Fan's men.
What is worthy of the Duke of Anguo and the Jinwu Guards going out together?
These days, he has focused all his attention on the Third Prince and the Queen. As for the affairs in the court, he is as low-key as possible, because he does not want to be discovered so quickly.
I didn't expect that I would still attract other people's attention despite doing this.
"He's already at the door, and he's carrying an imperial decree. My Lord, you should go and take a look first!"
The door opened from the inside with a whoosh, bringing in two gusts of cold wind.
Ji Bozhou had already walked out and said gloomily, "Lead the way!"
Outside the Ji Mansion, General Lu sat on his tall horse, waiting for Ji Bozhou to come out. Behind him followed Pei Fan, holding the bright yellow imperial edict, and a group of Jinwu Guards.
While the two of them were waiting here with their men, a lot of people had already gathered here.
Half a cup of tea later, a spring bamboo-colored figure finally walked out of the mansion.
Ji Bozhou took three or two steps out of the door, and his face instantly changed into a humble and polite smile.
"My Lord the Duke and the Commander have graced my presence. I am so disrespectful for not coming to greet them!"
His health has recovered a lot these days. He walks with the wind under his feet. He wears an autumn brocade robe and looks handsome again. From the outside, he seems to have returned to his former self-satisfied and humble appearance.
General Lu and Pei Fan glanced at him and nodded in greeting, but neither of them dismounted.
The smile on Ji Bozhou's face gradually faded. "I wonder what brings you two here?"
Pei Fan glanced at Ji Bozhou coldly, and with a "whoosh" sound, he half-opened the scroll in his hand. A cold voice rang out on the tall horse.
"Lord Ji, will you accept the order?"
Ji Bozhou glanced at the expressions of General Lu and Pei Fan, feeling suspicious, but also knowing that it must be something bad, so after thinking for a moment, he knelt down obediently.
"By the Will of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims, 'I have heard that the governance of the world is based on virtue and guided by law.' Currently, the Ji family, though seated at the imperial court, should be loyal and supportive of the state, harbors sinister intentions. For the past fifteen years, they have acted treacherously and schemingly, repeatedly plotting to murder key figures in the court and nearly killing three members of the Duke's household. Their crimes are so heinous that they cannot be easily forgiven. Their actions are so egregious that they are unacceptable to the court and the people."
"Such a serious crime, according to the law, should be punished by the execution of all nine generations of the family to restore order. However, the Duke's family is kind-hearted and, remembering our old friendship, cannot bear to see the entire Ji family perish. They have come to me for mercy, offering to be magnanimous and turn hostility into friendship. I, mindful of their sincerity and unable to bear to see their own flesh and blood slaughtered, have granted amnesty to the Ji family, sparing only the life of Ji Xiangli as atonement for their crime."
"Order the Ji family to immediately hand over Ji Xiangli to the Duke of Anguo for disposal, hoping that the Ji family will mend their ways, turn their hearts to good, and serve the country from now on. If the Ji family dares to disobey in the slightest, I will punish them severely and show no mercy!"
Pei Fan's resounding voice echoed through the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, and the murmurs of people discussing in low voices on both sides could be heard from time to time.
After Pei Fan finished reading, Ji Bozhou still kept his head on the back of his hands and did not get up.
General Lu said coldly, "Lord Ji, your father and your eldest brother sent assassins to murder me and have been hunting me for fifteen years. My second brother, Lu Annian, was killed by the assassins sent by your father! My late Duke Lu Shizhang, my father, was also killed by anger because of all this that your Ji family planned."
"I am fortunate to have been able to return to the capital by divine blessing, but the suffering my Lu family has endured over the past fifteen years cannot be tolerated! I fought for the entire Daliang and its people, only to be stabbed in the back by the Ji family at that critical moment. Today, for Empress Ji's sake, I only beg for the life of Ji Xiangli. Please do not delay here, and bring him out quickly and hand him over to me!"