Being tortured by her whole family, she no longer pretends to be a real daughter!

However, before Zhao Wuji's hand touched the girl's shoulder, a majestic female voice came from the entrance of the hall:

"Zhao Wuji, I think you are looking for death!"

The next second, Zhao Wuji was slapped away by Jiang Cixi's palm, and fell heavily to the ground with a "bang".

Jiang Cixi put one hand behind her back and looked at Zhao Wuji lying on the ground with cold eyes.

"How dare you bully me when I'm not around? You really don't know what you're talking about!"

Zhao Wuji covered his stomach and spat out a mouthful of blood. He barely raised his head and saw Jiang Cixi. His expression suddenly changed. "Jiang Cixi, you...you actually hit me?"

There was a look of disbelief in his eyes.

In the imperial palace, which is the royal territory, Jiang Cixi actually attacked him directly.

No matter what, he is still Master Shiyao's master.

How dare Jiang Cixi...

However, Jiang Cixi ignored Zhao Wuji's gaze and said coldly: "Zhao Wuji, you should..."

Zhao Wuji stared at Jiang Cixi with bloodshot eyes.

At this moment, Li Zhengming also heard the noise outside and rushed out.

As soon as I came out, I saw Zhao Wuji lying on the ground with blood at the corner of his mouth.

Li Zhengming was stunned. "What's going on?"

Zhao Wuji struggled to get up from the ground, angrily pointing at Jiang Cixi and shouting at Li Zhengming, "Emperor Li, Jiang Cixi hit me! Does she still have the royal family in her eyes? Does she still have you in her eyes?"

Li Zhengming's face turned grim when he heard this.

It was not because of what Jiang Cixi did, but because of Zhao Wuji's accusations against Jiang Cixi.

Didn’t Zhao Wuji know that even if Jiang Cixi was really doing something wrong, he couldn’t do anything to Jiang Cixi?

So Li Zhengming could only pretend and said to Jiang Cixi in a serious manner, "Miss Cixi, it's inappropriate for you to hit Zhao Wuji, isn't it?"

"Why don't you ask me why I hit him?"

Li Zhengming paused and asked, "Why?"

Although Jiang Cixi was in the hall at first, with her mental power, it was easy for her to hear the sounds outside clearly.

So she heard the conversation between Zhao Wuji and Lin Yusheng clearly, which is why she acted without hesitation!

Jiang Cixi snorted coldly, "Zhao Wuji relies on the fact that he is Li Shiyao's teacher to bully my apprentice. Li Zhengming, you know I will never tolerate my family being bullied. I hit Zhao Wuji with this palm to teach him a lesson!"

Jiang Cixi said, and glared at Zhao Wuji again, "He should remember that the people of my Jiang family are not someone he can look down upon, nor can he touch them!"

This last sentence is powerful and full of momentum.

Lin Yusheng looked at Jiang Cixi's back standing in front of him and pursed his lips.

It had been a long time since she had been so blatantly favored by anyone.

The master was like this before. No matter who bullied her, the master would stand up for her without saying a word and never let her suffer any injustice.

Afterwards, when she arrived at the Lin family, no one would ever say a word in her favor. Almost everyone around her sided with Lin Ruoyao for no reason...

In the Lin family, whatever Lin Ruoyao did was right, and everything she did was wrong. Even if she was the one being bullied, all she got was endless abuse and blame.

Now she felt that God was not unfair. Although he gave her the identity of an orphan, he also gave her the best master in the world.

After hearing what Jiang Cixi said, Li Zhengming looked at Zhao Wuji with a meaningful look. He pointed at the girl beside Jiang Cixi and said to Zhao Wuji, "Zhao Wuji, Lin Yusheng is Miss Cixi's new apprentice. If you are disrespectful to her, it is only natural for Miss Cixi to teach you a lesson. I hope you will remember this lesson in the future!"

Zhao Wuji was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

He didn't expect that this girl was actually Jiang Cixi's apprentice.

No wonder Jiang Cixi's expression changed immediately.

Just when Zhao Wuji didn't know what to say, Li Shiyao came over.

He first bowed to Jiang Cixi, then said, "Miss Cixi, I was the one who asked you to invite Miss Lin to come over and sit down. I probably didn't expect Miss Lin to refuse. My words and actions were a little inappropriate. I apologize to you on your behalf."

Li Shiyao spoke so sincerely that Jiang Cixi naturally didn't bother to say anything else.

She said goodbye to Li Zhengming directly: "I'll take Lin Yusheng back first. As for what I just said, you should think about it carefully."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhengming's expression inevitably became heavy.

He naturally knew what Jiang Cixi asked him to consider.

Jiang Cixi had just told him clearly that she had decided to let Li Tianren take over as the next emperor. Although Li Zhengming was reluctant about this, he could not say anything in the end.

After all, all the emperors were elected by the seven major families.

As the head of the seven major clans, the Jiang family’s appeal among the seven clans is unquestionable.

If Jiang Cixi wanted to nominate Li Tianren, then Li Tianren would eventually succeed to the throne of the emperor, and no one could change this fact.

After watching Jiang Cixi leave, Li Shiyao turned to ask Li Zhengming, "Father, what did Miss Cixi ask you to consider just now?"

Li Zhengming sighed, "Nothing, I have something else to do, so I'll go in first."

Li Zhengming turned around and went back to the main hall.

Zhao Wuji and Li Shiyao stood there. Zhao Wuji clenched his palms and said indignantly, "Jiang Cixi's visit to Emperor Li this time must be up to no good! Everyone knows that Jiang Cixi only wants to promote that loser Li Tianren to the throne! She must have asked Emperor Li to consider this matter!"

Li Shiyao naturally knew it well.

He squeezed his palms, a hint of gloom flashing across his brows.

After a while, he said solemnly: "Jiang Cixi, you deserve to die!"

Zhao Wuji rolled his eyes and snorted coldly, "Master Shiyao, once Jiang Cixi is killed by the people of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall, she will no longer be able to hinder your path. By then, the throne of the Emperor will be easily within your grasp."

Upon hearing this, Li Shiyao smiled with determination.

He has already reached a cooperation with the people from the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and the third elder of the Jiang family has also become his lackey.

Soon, the entire Beihan Empire will be his!

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After returning to the castle, Jiang Cixi went straight to the main hall.

Lin Yusheng returned to the main hall alone.

At the door, Xu Lin saw her and immediately walked towards her quickly, asking coldly, "I heard that you are going to Canghai City with Miss Cixi tomorrow?"

Lin Yusheng didn't expect Xu Lin to be so well-informed. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Xu Lin got a positive answer from Lin Yusheng and immediately became anxious.

He simply couldn't believe that Miss Ci Xi would bring Lin Yusheng along for such an important matter.

What if this villain Lin Yusheng does something small at a critical moment and harms Miss Cixi?

"What are you trying to accomplish by all means to get Miss Cixi to take you to Canghai City?" Xu Lin stared at Lin Yusheng.