Detective Ghost Empress

288 A crack in the wall of trust

Liu Dong Ming was indeed here to bring some damage to the Ji family, Liu Fei Fei was simply a pawn on the chessboard but Ji Xianglan was different, he was Ji Mo’s right-hand man and did all the dirty dealings for his cousin behind the scenes, he was even responsible for taking care of Ji Mo’s mess and was one of the very loyal aides that Ji Mo had on his side.

If he was to take Ji Xianglan it would be similar to cutting Ji Mo’s right hand and as soon as the news of Ji Xianglan getting punished goes out, everyone will start thinking twice before coming to support the Ji family. After all, Ji Mo couldn’t even protect his cousin in front of Liu Dong Ming. How was he supposed to be trusted?

But if he refused to drink this wine that Liu Dong Ming has offered him, Ji Mo was certain that the next time he will be handed poisonous wine instead! Liu Dong Ming after all was not a man who would let anyone off without punishing them if they do wrong to the Liu family.

Ji Mo gritted his teeth and looked at Ji Xianglan, though he did not want to lose this trusted aide of his, he knew that he could not provoke Liu Dong Ming in the end even if he felt like someone was cutting his body in half, he still agreed with what Liu Dong Ming said, ” I understand, prime minister Liu —— you can take him away.”

Compared to the loss of the reputation of the entire family, sacrificing Ji Xianglan was much better.

Ji Xianglan did not expect that he will be sacrificed just like that after all, he has done everything that Ji Mo asked him to do all these years and yet at such a crucial moment, Ji Mo actually abandoned him? His eyes were filled with disbelief as he looked at Ji Mo who did not even raise his head to look at him.

Ji Xianglan wanted to say something but then he noticed Ji Mo tilt his head to the side and without moving his lips too much mouthed ‘ Mian’.

Ji Mian Mian was Ji Xianglan’s sister and she was sixteen this year but because they were relatively distant relatives of the main Ji family, his sister’s marriage was in the hands of Ji Mo’s mother who was the matriarch of the Ji family. Seeing Ji Mo mouth his sister’s name, Ji Xianglan understood that the latter was warning him not to say anything or else his sister will suffer.

‘Son of a bitch!’ Ji Xianglan understood that Ji Mo was threatening him by using his family and was so furious that he wanted to roll his eyes and curse at Ji Mo while pointing straight at his nose but he knew that he had no choice left in front of him. If he breathed a word against Ji Mo, then he will die a gruesome death along with his family!

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Ji Xianglan was unhappy but no matter how unhappy he was he could not drag his family down with him, anyway, he was not the one who killed consort Liu and Consort Su, at most he will be sent to prison and asked to serve a few months of punishment at the most for interfering with an official matter.

The Liu family would not be able to kill him and he knew that the Ji family will save him after all he was the best when it came to dealing with the dirty deals of Ji Mo.

This was the reason why Ji Xianglan did not resist when he was tied up and taken away by the guards. But even though he was handcuffed, he did not forget to glare at Liu Hui Ying who brought this disaster to them. If not for her then he would not have been caught like this.

Soon Ji Xianglan was taken away by the guards on the other hand Ji Mo turned to look at Liu Dong Ming and said, ” Is this enough to ease your anger, prime minister Liu?” As he spoke he looked at Zhai Tianyu, Ji Mo slightly upset that he did not stand up for the Ji family just now.

Zhai Tianyu was the Emperor, and as long as he said a word even if Liu Dong Ming might have fought with him, he would have listened to Zhai Tianyu. But this man, he did not say anything from the start to finish! No wonder his father had no respect for Zhai Tianyu, he was indeed too much like a puppet of the Liu family who can control him with the tip of their fingers.

Liu Dong Ming calmly glanced at Ji Mo and softly replied, “It’s far from it but I will take whatever is handed to me .”

With that, he turned to look at Zhai Tianyu and bowed, ” This one thanks his majesty for overseeing the case of my daughter, This one will never forget the grace that you have shown me.” As he finished speaking Liu Dong Ming straightened up and then took his leave.

On the other hand, Ji Mo was so furious that he was on the verge of losing a few teeth with how much he was grinding them.

But he still bowed in front of Zhai Tianyu and said with a smile, ” I will have this mess taken care of, your majesty.” If not for the fact that the Ji family was under suspicion he would have surely thrown a tantrum in front of Zhai Tianyu.

However, he could not do it at the moment which was why he took his leave as well.

Zhai Tianyu on the other hand watched Ji Mo leave and then turned to look at Zhai Heng before saying, ” Make sure to investigate.”

He needed to know just what else was the Ji family hiding from him, the scene that he witnessed in front of him was enough to tell him that there was no way that the Ji family was only hiding something small.

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