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Chapter 137 – Born to Live for the Camera
Ji He said solemnly, “If Your Highness lets me go back to the An Kingdom, within half a year, I will hand the city over to you myself. When the time comes, you will be able to take the An Kingdom without using a single soldier.”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone laughed.
“This kid talks big!”
“He really doesn’t understand how the world works!”
“Keep dreaming!”
Jiang Zhe laughed, “It’s faster for me just to kill you two. Not to mention, how do I know you’re not doing this to save them?”
In fact, Ji He had already made up his mind long before arriving in the Dongwu Kingdom. When Ji Tongguang found out that Ji Yuan was going to have Ji He killed, he rushed to notify Ji He of this and urged him to run away, but Ji He sent him away with an almost flippant attitude.
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Hearing Jiang Zhe’s question, Ji He didn’t answer, but slowly stretched out his left hand. Under the light, his slender fingers were as white as jade.
“This hand of mine originally had six fingers.” He looked at the said hand but his gaze was out of focus, as if he was reminiscing about something. “When I was born, a shaman said that I will destroy a nation, so I was sent to the Xiqi Kingdom before I was even one month old. I was a hostage prince for eighteen years before I was finally summoned back to my home country, but the purpose was to have me impersonate Ji Yao and get married in Dongwu Kingdom. In order to preserve the secret, they even plotted to murder me without any hesitation.”
Upon hearing this, the people present all began to frown. In the struggle for the throne, it was normal to have father and son turn against each other or brothers fighting against each other, but Ji He’s circumstances were rather extreme. For a moment, everyone looked at Ji He with a bit of pity.
Ji He didn’t seem to care. He just smiled lightly, “My lord, if you put yourself in my shoes, how would you feel after being treated like this?”
“Hahahahaha. Ambitious.” Jiang Zhe raised his head and laughed loudly. “Since you dare to say that I will destroy a nation, then I will show you how I destroy a nation.”
[T/N: In the previous line, Jiang Zhe is putting himself in Ji He’s shoes and saying what he would do if he were Ji He.]
At first, the ministers were just watching the show, but they didn’t expect to be dragged in to the situation. They immediately stepped forward to persuade him to stop.
“My lord, please reconsider!”
“The people of the An Kingdom are all crafty, this must be a trap!”
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“He’s just hoping to return to his home country, and that’s why he’s using such dishonest rhetoric to deceive you. There is no sincerity at all.”
The ministers all stepped forward one after another to unanimously oppose this proposal.
Upon hearing these words, Jiang Zhe also hesitated, so he said, “This is a matter of great importance, we will discuss it later…”
Before he could finish speaking, something suddenly happened.
No one expected it, but at that moment Ji He suddenly pulled out the guard’s long sword. Before anyone could react, the cold blade sliced through Ji Mingwu’s throat.
Ji Mingwu’s expression was frozen in one of fright. Why was his neck so cold? He could even feel wind blowing in…
Cold, so cold…
Ji Mingwu clutched his neck, but his hands came away bright red. The severe pain hit him. His vision went dark and his world went silent forever.
It was as if someone had pressed the pause button. The hall was deathly silent.
All of this happened in just a few seconds. Only after Ji Mingwu’s head fell to the ground did the reality of the situation settle in and the hall erupted into chaos. The guards rushed up to surround Ji He.
Jiang Zhe was shocked. He could not help shouting, “Hold it!”
The ministers hid behind the guards, not daring to take a step closer.
The young man’s chest was splattered with blood. The bright red of the blood was a strange contrast against the white of his skin. It made him look like some unholy demon.
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Jiang Zhe narrowed his eyes. Emotions stirred in his eyes.
Ji He’s face was splattered with blood. He looked cruel but beautiful. “Can Your Highness believe my sincerity now?”
The camera finally changed from a panoramic view to a half-length, and finally to a close-up, freezing on Qiu Jin’s perfect profile.
The light came from the side, which deepened his outline and magnified the details of his facial changes, making him appear more profound and unpredictable.
He was like a sword that has been tempered for thousands of years. He was beautiful. But even more than that, he was dangerous.
“Cut!”
After filming two big scenes in a row, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Staff members immediately came up to wipe the fake blood off of Qiu Jin’s body. The actor who played Ji Mingwu was very humorous. With a sorrowful expression on his face, he covered his neck and cried about how miserable his death was.
The entire set was buzzing with activity.
Through the crowd of staff members, Ji Shenxiao’s eyes fell on Qiu Jin, and he kept thinking about the scene just now. His heart thudded hard.
He had never seen Qiu Jin like this before. Through the camera lens, he seemed to be a different person. He was full of emotions and reacted just right, as if his whole body was glowing.
Promising to sign Qiu Jin at the beginning and giving him resources was nothing more than a small effort, and there was even a hint of wanting to help him because he didn’t want to owe the other party anything.
But now Ji Shenxiao realized that the one really making money from the deal was him.
Some people were born to live for the camera. They could effortlessly attract everyone’s attention and captivate the audience to the point of obsession.
It made people want to put him on a pedestal.
