Chapter 474 - Proper Palace Intrigue (13) (2/2)

Shi Sheng had a bad feeling that she was the one about to get screwed over here.

Xiao He bore with the pain as she spoke as if reciting off a script, “It’s Yun Jie Yu. She instructed me to give the young prince snacks and that if I was discovered, to pin this on An Zhao Yi. My younger brother works at the Zhuang Manor. Yun Jie Yu used him to threaten me. If you don’t believe me, Your Majesty, you can investigate what I said. This time, I’m really telling the truth!”

Shi Sheng facepalmed and sighed.

The battle between women was always much more complicated than that between men. And much more dramatic to boot.

Ming Jin’s gentle gaze landed on Shi Sheng, who took the opportunity while she was facepalming to glare at him.

‘My(lz) sword!’

‘If Milady wants it, you can come get it. You’re welcome anytime.’

‘Just you wait!’

‘I’ll be waiting.’

The two communicated silently with their eyes, as if this whole debacle had nothing to do with them.

Xiao He really did have a younger brother, and it was true he was working in the Zhuang Manor.

Xiao He’s testimony was proof enough that Shi Sheng had placed the poison there herself. After all, who would be so dumb as to place the poison they used in their own palace? It was the best way of making others think they were being framed.

“Yun Jie Yu, what do you have to say now?” Yuwen Xun probably wanted to have Shi Sheng dragged out and beheaded right about now.

Shi Sheng walked towards Xiao He and leaned closer slightly. “You said I threatened you?”

Xiao He didn’t dare to meet Shi Sheng’s eyes, only nodding in reply.

Shi Sheng looked at her hand before suddenly reaching it out to grasp Xiao He’s neck.

“Yun Jie Yu! How bold of you!” De-gonggong immediately screeched. “Do you intend to silence the witness in front of so many people?!”

Shi Sheng pulled out a sword and pointed it at Yuwen Xun. “Has Your Majesty forgotten what I told you? Oh right, you have. Then let me refresh your memory: I have plenty of ways to kill you if I wanted, so you’d best not act rashly.”

Shi Sheng’s words were like the key that unlocked his memory, as the events of that day came flooding back. Yuwen Xun’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot right now.

“Yun Jie Yu, are you planning on rebelling?! Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor! Quickly!” De-gonggong screeched in his male duck-like tone.

The surrounding onlookers had never expected the sudden twist. They all huddled closer to Yuwen Xun, leaving only Ming Jin standing by Shi Sheng.

The imperial guards streamed in from outside, completely surrounding Shi Sheng and Ming Jin.

Lu Ruo’s face was a bit pale as she retreated and mentally communicated with her system.

“Where did her sword come from? Does she have one of those spaces you were telling me about?”

That sword had appeared from thin air. Like how weapons could materialise instantly in people’s hands in TV shows.

“No spatial fluctuations detected.” Her system had the voice of a child. “But there’s a possibility it’s too high level for me to detect right now. I’m too low-level to detect high-level spaces.”

Lu Ruo clutched at the hem of her sleeves. “You mean she might have a space?”

“Yes.”

“Then…is it possible she’s from another world too?!” Lu Ruo’s gaze suddenly turned excited. She wanted someone she could relate to in this foreign world.

But her system soon poured cold water on her. “Impossible. Her soul is extremely compatible with her body.”

Lu Ruo was crestfallen. Due to the fact that her soul wasn’t this body’s original one, there’d be times when it would react awkwardly. Her system called it a “rejection phenomenon.”

Her system said that even if a soul was extremely compatible with someone else’s body, it was impossible for compatibility to reach 100%; and that as long as it was less than 100%, it would be able to detect it