The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 91
Ji Mingxiao, with the help of the system, got a general understanding of the Wen family. After returning from court, Wen Zhuo had a big argument with Prime Minister Wen, and also scolded Wen Yue, which resulted in him being punished by the family law.
The Wen family had many children, but only Wen Zhuo was considered decent, and he had been the most favored since childhood.
Now, this most favored child didn’t support his father’s cause, which gave Prime Minister Wen a major headache.
“Father, what do we do now?” Wen Yue looked at Prime Minister Wen. Unlike Wen Zhuo, she didn’t have a strong sense of loyalty to the monarch. She only wanted to be a princess, to have a higher status. Everything else was irrelevant, and she didn’t care about being scolded.
A new emperor meant a new set of officials.
Soon, no one would remember what happened. What did it matter if they rebelled?
She just thought Wen Zhuo was a fool. What was the point of being a powerful official when you could have that position?
She only regretted that she wasn’t a man; if she were, she would have done a better job than her brother.
“What’s the situation with Zhaoyan?”
“I don’t know, I feel like she’s acting strange. I can’t figure out what she’s thinking right now.” Wen Yue clenched her fists and lowered her head.
Prime Minister Wen looked at Wen Yue. Wen Yue didn’t look up; she didn’t want to see his look of disappointment.
“Get on her good side. A person can’t change that much all of a sudden. Maybe Zhaoxun said something to her.”
“Okay.” Wen Yue nodded, “But it might be difficult to get money from the construction site now.”
Wen Yue couldn’t figure out how Ji Mingxiao had so many tricks up her sleeve; the entire construction site was now like an iron fortress.
But if she was really that capable, why was the palace full of loopholes?
“Then think of another way. Doesn’t she like you a lot?” Prime Minister Wen glanced at Wen Yue.
He needed a lot of money.
Wen Yue bit her lip and said nothing more.
Prime Minister Wen, fearing that Wen Zhuo would mess things up, had him locked up to think things over and calm down.
If he couldn’t calm down…
Prime Minister Wen would just have to speed up his plans.
Ji Mingxiao wasn’t surprised when she found out Wen Zhuo was locked up; she was thinking about something else entirely.
She still wanted to bring Xi Ruan to her side. The feeling of being able to see but not touch her was too frustrating.
Ji Mingxiao looked at the two palace maids in front of her.
Fifty percent of her entire palace was made up of the Prime Minister’s people, and these two head maids were one hundred percent his.
Ji Mingxiao tapped the table, needing to find a way to get rid of one of them.
Cheng Yun felt Ji Mingxiao’s gaze on her, a look of scrutiny that made her a little scared.
“You two can go out first.” Ji Mingxiao tapped the table and asked the system to keep an eye on them to see if they did anything bad.
System A was a little speechless.
“The system doesn’t do things like that.”
“You’ve done plenty of snitching, what’s a little more?” Ji Mingxiao said casually.
System A: …
“Can you use a nicer word? I’ve at least contributed to your mission of ‘tormenting the scum.'”
“You’re finally not calling it a ‘mission of truth, goodness, and beauty’?” Ji Mingxiao laughed.
System A: …
“You’ve corrupted me.” System A said.
“Since you’re already corrupted, help me keep an eye on them.”
“I’m watching. They’re talking bad about you, I can even play it for you to hear.” System A was a little helpless; this kind of operation was borderline non-compliant.
“Good.” Ji Mingxiao raised an eyebrow.
The so-called bad-mouthing was just some very ordinary complaints, but it wasn’t something that couldn’t be taken seriously.
How could servants talk badly about their master?
Xi Ruan was sweeping the floor when she looked up and saw Ji Mingxiao walking out of the door. Their eyes met.
Ji Mingxiao glanced at her and smirked.
Xi Ruan: …
Xi Ruan also wanted to hold Ji Mingxiao’s hand and hear her talk.
The next morning, Ji Mingxiao threw a tantrum in the courtyard.
Palace maids and eunuchs knelt everywhere. Ji Mingxiao saw Xi Ruan kneeling and wanted to tell her to get up, but she held back.
“Cheng Yun, how have I treated you?”
Cheng Yun was stunned for a moment: “The Princess has always been very good to this servant.”
“Really?”
“The Princess is such a fool.” Ji Mingxiao’s voice suddenly turned sharp. “She’s only alive because she was born into the royal family, otherwise how could she have survived until now?”
“The Princess is so annoying, she’s not as good as Miss Wen Yue.”
“What right does she have to be a princess?”
With every word Ji Mingxiao said, Cheng Yun’s face grew uglier.
“Since you’re so dissatisfied with me, what are you still doing here?” Ji Mingxiao sneered, scanning the rest of the people. “It seems all of you are very dissatisfied with me.”
“Princess, this servant was wrong, I didn’t mean to say that, I just said it casually. Your Highness, I’ve been by your side for so long, don’t you know what kind of person I am?”
“Straightforward and very honest, so everything you said was from the heart. I won’t be keeping you.” Ji Mingxiao glanced at the remaining people. “It seems you all have a lot of opinions about me on a regular basis.”
Everyone was even more afraid to speak.
“Xi Ruan.”
“Hmm?” Xi Ruan looked up at Ji Mingxiao.
“From now on, you will serve by my side.” Ji Mingxiao glanced at the people kneeling on the ground. “I know everything you say over here. From now on, you all better watch yourselves!”
“Have I been too kind to you all?” Ji Mingxiao said before getting up and glancing at Xi Ruan who was still kneeling. “Don’t just stand there, follow me!”
Xi Ruan seemed startled and immediately got up and followed Ji Mingxiao.
Cheng Yun was quickly taken away, still crying and begging for mercy as she left. As for where Cheng Yun was sent, Ji Mingxiao didn’t care. All that mattered was that Xi Ruan was now by her side.
Her actions this time were a bit risky.
Because of Ji Mingxiao’s outburst, the atmosphere in the entire palace was a little strange. When Cheng Yun complained, she was always with people she knew, and they often complained together. Now, everyone was mutually suspicious, wondering who was the snitch.
Since Xi Ruan came in, she had been excluded by everyone. She also acted shy and timid, not daring to speak, so no one suspected her. In fact, most people even found excuses for her.
Ji Mingxiao leaned on a soft couch while Xi Ruan peeled grapes for her.
She looked at Xi Ruan, her face full of smiles.
Every time Xi Ruan saw Ji Mingxiao, she wanted to slap the plate she was holding onto her face.
“You need to tone it down.” Xi Ruan whispered.
“No one’s here.” Ji Mingxiao opened her mouth and looked at Xi Ruan.
Xi Ruan put a grape in Ji Mingxiao’s mouth: “You’re too brazen.”
“What did I do?” Ji Mingxiao snorted softly.
Xi Ruan ate a few grapes herself before giving some to Ji Mingxiao.
“How about you come to my room and sleep with me tonight?” Ji Mingxiao lowered her voice.
“No way.” Xi Ruan immediately refused. “You never had anyone stay with you before, it would be strange if you suddenly want someone to keep you company at night.”
“Sigh.” Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan, blinking her eyes, looking pitiful.
Xi Ruan raised her hand and covered Ji Mingxiao’s eyes: “Don’t look at me like that, I won’t soften. You were so careful before, why are you suddenly acting like this?”
Ji Mingxiao sighed again: “You wouldn’t understand.”
She pinched Xi Ruan’s face: “I don’t even want to do the tasks anymore.”
Xi Ruan: …
“Don’t you want to reach five million points and rest sooner?”
Ji Mingxiao rubbed Xi Ruan’s face: “I do.”
“I’ll work on it and get all my memories back first.” Xi Ruan said.
Ji Mingxiao’s eyes lit up, and her expression became even more gentle: “Okay.”
“But it’s still a long way to go.” Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao. “After all, I’m very poor.”
“Are you sure you want to get them back? Even the bad memories?” Ji Mingxiao felt she still needed to ask.
“I couldn’t handle it alone before, but now that there are two of us, I think I can.” Xi Ruan took a deep breath. For some reason, thinking about these things made her chest feel uncomfortable. The more she couldn’t remember, the more uneasy she felt.
“And things that I found unbearable before should be nothing after everything I’ve been through now.” Xi Ruan patted Ji Mingxiao’s hand, not revealing her specific feelings. She knew that if she did, Ji Mingxiao probably wouldn’t let her get her memories back. “After all, I was young back then and couldn’t handle pressure well.”
Xi Ruan didn’t miss the fleeting joy in Ji Mingxiao’s eyes when she said she wanted her memories back.
Let her be happy for now.
Ji Mingxiao picked up a handkerchief and wiped Xi Ruan’s mouth: “Looks like I need to work harder to earn points.”
“Mmm.” Xi Ruan nodded and ate a few more grapes.
With Xi Ruan by her side, Ji Mingxiao’s mood was noticeably better.
Wen Yue had not come. She was waiting for Ji Mingxiao to come to her, but the longer she waited, the more uneasy she felt.
The two usually met every couple of days, but this time it had been five or six days, and not only had Ji Mingxiao not come, she hadn’t sent a single word.
However, the news from the people around Ji Mingxiao suggested that nothing was different.
Except for the replacement of a palace maid.
She hadn’t thought much of it at first, but now she was getting anxious.
A woman’s intuition is always sharp. Her intuition told her that this palace maid named Xi Ruan must be a problem.
Ji Mingxiao wasn’t a kind-hearted person.
How could she just randomly bring someone back?
Wen Yue got up and took a deep breath: “I’m going to the palace.”
Ji Mingxiao frowned when she heard Wen Yue was coming. She glanced at Xi Ruan: “She’s probably coming for you.”
Xi Ruan took a deep breath: “What if I’m a little scared?”
“I trust your acting skills.”
Xi Ruan: …
“You can’t avoid her. The more you avoid her, the more she’ll think.” Ji Mingxiao patted her hand. “You have to stand in front of her openly.”
“Don’t be afraid, I’ll be right there. I’ve been practicing my sword skills these past few days.” Ji Mingxiao said. “If she tries to do anything to you, I’ll just kill her.”
Xi Ruan’s mouth twitched slightly: “That’s not necessary. I’m just worried that my presence will mess up your plans.”
Ji Mingxiao was silent for a few seconds, then she smiled.
“To be honest, I don’t really have a plan. Is that how highly you think of me? I’m just taking things one step at a time, it’s fine.”
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