After Ji Yunxi finished speaking, she shook off the hand immediately, as if she had touched something dirty, and kept wiping her hand with a handkerchief.
Ji Yuyan was shaken to the side.
For a moment, the only sound in the main hall was the sound of Ji Yunxi wiping her hand.
Ji Yuyan knew that under the current situation, it was impossible to bring Qiao back.
She glanced sideways and saw that there were quite a few servants secretly peeping around. Among them, there were even spies of other members of the Ji family.
Since her mother couldn't come back, then the three siblings of the Ji family wouldn't be able to keep a good reputation either!
Ji Yuyan turned around and knelt down, crying and shouting, "Sister, why do you say so! Back then, it was clearly that the first wife accidentally ate the rat poison my mother left there. Shouldn't just leaving something be enough to bear the curse of killing someone?!"
Ji Yunxi never expected that Ji Yuyan would still be so stubborn at this moment.
She threw the handkerchief she was using to wipe her hand directly at Ji Yuyan's face, saying, "Whether it was an accident or not, Qiao knows it well!"
Ji Yuyan trembled in fear for a moment.
Ji Yunxi thought it was ridiculous. She was so timid that she was even scared of a handkerchief, but in her previous life, she dared to kill her.
The reason why Ji Yuyan dared to say so was that she thought Ji Yunxi didn't know what happened back then. After all, Ji Yunxi had been so kind to her before. If she knew the truth, how could she treat the daughter of her enemy like that?
But she didn't know that Ji Yunxi had known about the sins committed by Qiao a long time ago.
When the first wife passed away, Ji Yuchen was old enough to tell right from wrong. When his younger sister grew up a bit, Ji Yuchen told her everything.
Even if Ji Yuchen didn't tell it clearly enough, she could still get the truth from the mouths of people in the mansion.
It was clearly that Qiao knew that the first wife often went to the pavilion in the middle of the lake, so she deliberately sprinkled rat poison on the pastries that Ji Yunxi's mother liked to eat.
The first wife was always kind, so she never thought that someone would be hiding in the dark trying to take her life.
She ate the pastries without any defense.
Ji Qilin didn't have much affection for Qiao. The only reason he spared her life in the end was for Ji Yuyan.
After all, the child was innocent. If he had directly executed Qiao, Ji Yuyan would have had to carry the stigma of a concubine killing the wife for the rest of her life.
The reason why Ji Yunxi had been so kind to Ji Yuyan was not because she felt indebted, but because she thought her father was right. It was Qiao's fault, so what did it have to do with Ji Yuyan?
But now it seemed that Ji Yunxi had been stupid.
At this time, there were quite a few servants peeping at the door of the main hall, and they were even huddled at the door, whispering to each other.
"Wasn't the eldest miss very kind to the second miss before?"
"Even if she was kind, the second miss's mother killed her mother. If it were you, would you be willing?"
"Of course not."
"However, the second miss is still filial..."
Although the servants had lowered their voices, the siblings still heard them.
Seeing that someone was speaking up for her, Ji Yuyan immediately pleaded, "Brother, please!"
Ji Yunyi was impatient by nature, and this matter involved his mother, so he said coldly, "Ji Yuyan, shut up! Aren't you ashamed?"
"Someone, take her down and lock her up. Don't let her come out and make a fool of herself!"
Ji Yuyan's face changed. Wasn't this a disguised form of house arrest?
"Second brother, second brother, you can't do this! Big brother, big brother, save me!"
Ji Yuyan's voice gradually faded away, but Ji Yunyi was still very angry. He drove the servants away and closed the door.
"Big brother, do you still have the time to care about her now? Don't you know what Ji Yuyan is up to?"
Ji Yuchen smiled bitterly, saying, "When did I ever want to care about her? It was she who blocked my way and cried and made a scene like a mess."
Ji Yunyi was a little unhappy, saying, "This Ji Yuyan has grown up by our side. Even though big brother and I didn't like to talk to her usually, she still developed such a calculating personality by following Yunxi."
Ji Yunxi said coldly, "Wasn't she just trying to calculate big brother today? If big brother had been alone, he might have really fulfilled her wish."
Ji Yuchen quickly waved his hand, saying, "No, no, I wouldn't."
"Big brother, even if you don't want to, Ji Yuyan is very good at creating a situation. Now that father is gone and the Ji Mansion is in a troubled time, as long as she says something nonsense, there will be people with ulterior motives who will instigate you. You won't be able to refuse then."
Ji Yuchen naturally also thought of this, and his face looked ugly, saying, "After all, she's not our real sister. She didn't learn your generosity, but instead learned all of her mother's dirty tricks."
Ji Yunyi sighed deeply, saying, "Yunxi is right. These days, the uncles from the clan have come with their families. They are openly trying to take advantage of us and secretly trying to divide up our Ji Mansion."
Ji Yunxi frowned. In her previous life, Ji Qilin was still alive, so she had never experienced such things.
However, the honor and wealth of the Ji Mansion were all supported by Ji Qilin alone. He even gave a lot of money to the clan every year. Now they were really good at calculating!
Ji Yunxi knew that Ji Yuchen was soft-hearted. Today it was Ji Yuyan, and tomorrow it might be some aunt or sister-in-law.
"Big brother, as a man, you naturally don't understand the affairs in the backyard. Leave it to me. No matter how they act like shrews, let them come and try in front of me."
Ji Yunyi thought this was a good idea. Ji Yunxi had a high level of spiritual power cultivation, so even the uncles from the clan didn't dare to make trouble, let alone the ladies in the mansion.
Moreover, now that Ji Yunxi was sober, Ji Yuyan would only suffer if she confronted her.
With the help of his younger sister, Ji Yuchen suddenly felt warm in his heart. During this difficult time, his younger brother and sister had really grown up.
In a blink of an eye, it was the seventh day after Ji Qilin's death.
After the seventh day, he would be buried. The Ji family clan had been unable to hold back for a long time. It was as if once he was buried, all the wealth of the Ji family would fall into their pockets.
They didn't pay any attention to the Ji family siblings at all.
Who would have thought that just after the seventh day, when their carriages were just leaving the courtyard gate on their way to the Ji Mansion, they were called back by a young servant who was running and rolling.
"My lord, you can't go! The emperor has issued an edict. Ji Yuchen has inherited the position of the former prime minister!"
Ji Yuchen was also a bit dazed in the court at this time.
He had entered the officialdom through the imperial examination and had worked his way up from a small imperial academician to the current vice-minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
As soon as the court session began, Emperor Feng Jiangming of the Southern Yan Dynasty said, "I'm sure all of you ministers already know that Prime Minister Ji has passed away, and the position of prime minister is now vacant. Do any of you have any suggestions?"
For a moment, none of the civil and military officials in the court could find the right words. Prime Minister Ji was a genius, and no one could replace him for the time being.
After waiting for a while and seeing that no one made a suggestion, Emperor Nan Yan called Ji Yuchen out.
"Since Ji Yuchen is the legitimate son of Prime Minister Ji, he must have received the true teachings of Prime Minister Ji. Then let him inherit the position of prime minister."
Ji Yuchen was stunned on the spot.
Just like that, he was appointed prime minister?!
It wasn't until he returned to the prime minister's mansion that Ji Yuchen still hadn't recovered. And the news that he had become the prime minister had already spread like wildfire.
Ji Yunxi was waiting for Ji Yuchen to come back with some people. She showed her first smile in these days.
"Little sister congratulates big brother."
The uncles were all very smart and quickly said, "Congratulations, Prime Minister."
No one mentioned the matter of dividing the family anymore. Some people even expressed their stance early on that everything would be arranged according to the new prime minister's orders.
For a moment, the dilemma of the Ji Mansion was broken. All the restless voices fell silent. They were all afraid of being the first to make a move and running into the new prime minister's first few fires.