Chapter 136 – Born to Live for the Camera
It was as if a single drop of water had fallen into a deep fryer. As soon as Jiang Zhe finished speaking, chattering exploded amongst all of the civil and military cabinet ministers.
Putting aside the matter of the peace marriage and the assassination attempt, Ji Mingwu was Ji Yao’s older brother, so how could he bear to kill her?
Word has it that the An Kingdom’s society was in total disarray, but they never thought that such a shocking thing could happen.
All at once, tongues started wagging about the state of the An Kingdom, so much so that someone even started spinning a story about how rotten and corrupt the An Kingdom was. They said that the An Emperor lacked virtue and that they should just stomp on them with their army.
The An Kingdom was going to fall to ruin under his rule.
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Ji Mingwu was shocked when he heard these words. He stood up vigorously and said, “I did it to protect your honor.”
“Oh? What do you mean by that?”
Ji Mingwu went all in and made a bogus accusation against his victim, “Because I found out that this Ji Yao is not Ji Yao!”
Ji He’s face changed instantly. How could Ji Mingwu be so shameless?
Jiang Zhe leaned on the armrest and said lazily, “Then who is he?”
“He’s Ji Yao’s twin brother Ji He,” Ji Mingwu closed his eyes and shouted, “He’s a man!”
The entire court was shocked. “What? A man?”
“Then why did he come here?”
“What is this? The King of An is simply bullying us too much!”
……
Jiang Zhe looked at Ji He with great interest, and said slowly, “Take it off and let me see.”
All eyes were on Ji He, some were curious, some were contemptuous, and some carried indescribable thoughts.
After a long silence, Ji He raised his hands and untied his clothes. The upper garment fell and piled up around his waist.
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Under the bright red clothes was the fair body of a young man, with the slender and fragile appearance of a youth. The strong visual impact made everyone hold their breath for an instant.
It was really a man!
Moreover, he was such a beautiful man!
“Making a man pretend to be the most beautiful woman in the world,” Jiang Zhe glanced at Ji He and his expression suddenly darkened, “What does the King of An take me for?!”
This gave Dongwu Kingdom a very good excuse. The ministers added fuel to the fire. All of them pushed for an assault against the An Kingdom.
Ji Mingwu’s face turned pale with fright. Was the An Kingdom going to be destroyed because of him?
At this moment, he looked at Ji He with a bit of hostility. But this was a man, just like a woman plaything…
A woman…
A flash of inspiration sparked in Ji Mingwu’s mind, and he suddenly said, “Yes, it was Ji He who fell in love with you, so he plotted to replace Ji Yao to come here to marry you. It has nothing to do with the An Kingdom.”
Ji He looked at Ji Mingwu in disbelief, with substantial hatred already in his eyes.
Jiang Zhe gave an “oh” with great interest and signaled him to continue.
Ji Mingwu immediately said, “I, I only found out halfway through on the journey. In order to maintain the friendly relationship between our countries I decided to kill him.”
After saying this, Ji Mingwu lowered his head again. He was a little nervous, but more than that he felt excited. This was his brazen attempt. Ji Yao had died indirectly at the hands of Jiang Zhe, but Ji Mingwu was certain that Jiang Zhe would not dare to admit that, so he could only suffer this grievance in silence.
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In this way, all of the problems would fall on Ji He’s head, and the person on the chopping block would change from him to Ji He. At the same time, the An Kingdom would remain on the moral high ground.
When the time comes and this information travels back to his country, Ji Mingwu would become the great hero who saved the An Kingdom and many people would worship him.
Jiang Zhe: “Ji He, do you have anything to say?”
There was no trace of panic on Ji He’s face. He even cupped his hands together and gave Jiang Zhe a salute. His posture was perfect, but his clothes were partially undone, revealing his fair chest, which made many people laugh.
However, Ji He seemed to turn a deaf ear to the ridicule around him and spoke unselfconsciously, “You must know the cause of Ji Yao’s death even better than I do. The King of An had ordered Ji Mingwu to assassinate me and then lay the blame at your feet.”
Ji Mingwu’s complexion suddenly changed.
Ji He pretended not to notice and enunciated his following words, “If he succeeded then the An Kingdom would not only be able to force you to withdraw your troops, but also be able to unite with various other countries on a crusade against you.”
Ji Mingwu was so angry that he stood up: “Ji He, you’re spouting rubbish!”
Ji He sidestepped Ji Mingwu and said, “If your lord believes in me, please spare my life, and I can help you obtain the An Kingdom.”
As if hearing some joke, Jiang Zhe suddenly laughed: “You want to help me attack the An Kingdom?”
All of the court ministers laughed loudly. Was this kid dreaming or telling a joke?
Ji He turned a deaf ear to it all and just continued to speak, “Attacking the An Kingdom is a bad tactic.”
Jiang Zhe frowned.
Ji He said, “Heroes are everywhere in the world today. The Dongwu Kingdom is powerful, but to the south you have the ambitious Nanping, and to the north you have the covetous Beirong. Rushing into war would not be advantageous to your lordship.”
Jiang Zhe said, “Then what about you?”
