WFWC Chapter 105

The Whole Family Went Crazy After Reading My Mind Chapter 105: Preparing To Retaliate Against the Third Prince’s Grand Gift

Ji Linfeng sneered, “Laughable! You only remember we’re family now? When you kidnapped my mother, did you ever think we were family?”

“I didn’t know, I really didn’t know Acheng would kidnap the eldest sister.”

“Just because of your earlier statement that the Gao family and the Ji family are sworn enemies, I won’t let my mother save him.” At this moment, Ji Linfeng was determined to infuriate Gao Shi to death.

Gao Shi knew that the Ji family wouldn’t save Mu Cheng, so she simply started cursing. “Murderers, your Ji family are murderers. I’m going to beat the Dengwen Drum and expose the fact that the Ji family killed my mother-in-law before the Emperor. Let all the people of Shengyu see what kind of black-hearted people their invincible war god is behind the scenes.”

Madam Ji stepped forward, looking down at Gao Shi, and said coldly, “Have you ever thought about why we killed Aunt Xu?”

Mu Cheng, who didn’t have much strength left, looked up angrily after hearing this, glaring at Madam Ji with bloodshot eyes. “You admit it, you finally admit to killing my mother.”

Madam Ji shook her head. “No, I didn’t kill her, but after learning that your mother had poisoned my mother, I really wanted to kill her.”

“Do you know that your mother bought poison from the Dark Pavilion, intending to poison the head mistress so she could take her place? Do you still think she died unjustly?”

“No, impossible! My mother was kind and gentle; she couldn’t possibly have murdered the head mistress.” Mu Cheng vehemently retorted.

Madam Ji laughed angrily. “What’s impossible? She desperately wanted to become the head mistress, just to prevent you and your sister from being ridiculed for being born out of wedlock. There were many ways to resolve this, but your mother chose the most despicable method.”

“She’s someone who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals. Do you know the agonizing torment my mother endured every day after your mother poisoned her? Ironically, my father never suspected your mother. He only said she had tuberculosis.”

Mu Cheng continued to insist that it was a lie Madam Ji had deliberately fabricated, and that his mother was kind.

Ignoring the despair in Mu Cheng’s eyes, Madam Ji continued coldly, “As for the Dengwen Drum, go ahead and beat it. I want to see if it’s you, Mu Cheng, whose crime of patricide is unforgivable, or if my Ji family will be despised by the world for avenging my mother’s death.”

Mu Cheng and Madam Gao were filled with despair. They couldn’t see when the Ji family would be destroyed, but right now they truly couldn’t defeat them.

Mu Cheng laughed, his eyes bloodshot, “My fate today is your Ji family’s fate in the future. Your smugness won’t last long.”

Seeing that Mu Cheng still had the strength to speak, Ji Linfeng couldn’t help but click his tongue twice, “You don’t really think we can’t defeat the person you’re talking about, do you? Heh, do you really think everyone else is as stupid as you? Being used and still speaking up for the enemy.”

Mu Cheng stared blankly at Ji Linfeng, his intuition telling him that they knew who that person was.

Aunt Xu was from the Qin family; he wondered if Mu Cheng knew this. But from beginning to end, Aunt Xu and Mu Cheng were both being used by the Third Prince.

In the end, Mu Cheng died before the Imperial Physician Mu could wake up. Severely injured, he was further enraged by Ji Linfeng’s words and died. Madam Gao cried and screamed incessantly, and was knocked unconscious by Ji Linfeng with a single blow.

Later that night, the Imperial Physician Mu finally awoke. After learning everything, he didn’t blame Ji Linfeng, saying that Mu Cheng had been blinded by hatred, and even if he were alive, he might be used again by the Third Prince. He would pretend he never had such a son.

The Imperial Physician Mu also said that after learning that the former Madam Mu had been poisoned by Concubine Xu, he had considered separating from Mu Cheng. Seeing Mu Cheng was like seeing Concubine Xu; he couldn’t forgive himself.

The Imperial Physician Mu also said that after Ji Linfeng’s marriage, he would retire to his hometown. As for Mu Cheng’s son, Yu’er, he hoped Madam Ji would acknowledge him. He didn’t feel comfortable leaving Yu’er with Madam Gao.

Madam Gao was naturally divorced and sent back to the Gao family. The Gao family was a fifth-rank prefectural governor; they would never offend the Ji family over a daughter, let alone the fault being Mu Cheng’s. In the Gao family’s view, it was Yu’er’s good fortune to be raised in the Ji family.

When Physician Mu woke up, Madam Ji asked the question that had been bothering her: “Father, is there a kind of poison that cannot be detected by pulse or complexion, and whose effects only appear a day later?”

They had just discussed it; the reason the poison took a day to manifest was because the Third Prince wanted to implicate the Empress or Emperor Yu. Getting drunk at a banquet was perfectly normal, leading to the poisoning. Anyone would associate it with the Empress or Emperor Yu.

Ji Hua also wanted to know about this poison, so she listened intently.

Physician Mu pondered for a long time, and he did indeed remember a poison. He had heard about it from Western merchants. “There really is a poison. It has no name. I only remember that the Westerner wrote two symbols. Because it’s been so long, I’ve forgotten what those symbols looked like.”

[So it’s something from the West. No wonder even Mother couldn’t detect it. Mu Cheng couldn’t have come into contact with it. In that case, the Third Prince is definitely involved.]

Because Imperial Physician Mu was still very weak, Madam Ji left Xiuhe, Gouyuan, and two guards to look after him. The others returned to the Ji residence.

Ji Hua fell asleep as soon as she got into the carriage.

Back at the Ji residence, Madam Ji placed the sleeping Ji Hua on the small bed.

The three then sat beside Lord Ji’s bedside and told him about how Mu Cheng had been used by the Third Prince.

The Third Prince had used the death of Consort Xu to poison the Ji family through Mu Cheng.

Neither the Ji nor the Mu families would suspect that the culprit was someone close to them; they would only suspect that the poisoning was related to the Empress or Emperor Yu. For the Third Prince, this plan was a sure thing.

They were wary of everyone around the Third Prince, but they hadn’t been wary of the usually taciturn Mu Cheng.

Ji Linfeng immediately said indignantly, “Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, we’ve been thinking about how to counter the Third Prince’s tactics and guard against those around him, but we haven’t considered taking the initiative.”

Ji Yushu echoed Ji Linfeng, “Second Brother is right. Before, we were all thinking about how to counter the Third Prince’s tactics, which put us in a very passive position. This lesson, without little sister’s supernatural abilities, would have been far too costly. Therefore, we must take the initiative.”

“Perfect, we can use this incident to give the Third Prince a painful lesson.”

In fact, Lord Ji had already formulated a plan in his mind, waiting only to implement it after the Empress’s birthday banquet. This time, he was indeed careless. He overlooked Mu Cheng.

However, as Ji Yushu said, they could use this incident to catch the Third Prince off guard.

Analyzing Ji Hua’s thoughts, the Third Prince was trying to win over the Ji family, only to discard them after ascending the throne. But right now, he seemed unwilling to win them over, but rather wanted to eliminate them completely.

In that case, there was indeed nothing to worry about.

“Shu’er, tell me your plan.”

Ji Yushu nodded heavily and beckoned everyone to come closer.

After hearing Ji Yushu’s plan, the three men’s eyes lit up.

Even if they couldn’t harm the Third Prince immediately, they could still sow seeds of suspicion in the hearts of the Crown Prince and Emperor Yu.