Princess Ata beca furious upon hearing these words and couldn’t help but point her finger at Ji Youzhi.
"You... you stop slandering ! I was just strolling around and happened to enter that shop to look at so textiles. Then he rushed out like a madman trying to assassinate .
So how is it that now, Lord God Hunter, you’re making it sound as if I tried to kill myself?"
Ji Youzhi retorted without hesitation, "Whether I’m slandering you or not, don’t you know in your own heart, Princess Ata?
Yesterday, n from the Divine Hunter Office visited the shops near the silk emporium. According to them, you didn’t visit any other silk shops along the way, Princess Ata.
It seems your entourage headed directly for that silk emporium. That’s one inconsistency."
Upon hearing Ji Youzhi’s words, Princess Ata’s already pale face turned even more bloodless. She mumbled,
"I... I didn’t go to other shops. Is it not allowed for to simply... simply... simply dislike those other shops?"
"Allowed! Of course, it’s allowed. But on your first day in our Capital City, you visited no fewer than ten costics shops near the posthouse, yet you didn’t clear out any of them. Why then did you clear out only the silk emporium by West Forest Lake?"
Princess Ata was speechless for a long mont, her body trembling slightly as she said,
"Yes, I intentionally went to that shop and deliberately cleared it. I also deliberately spread those rumors about Xie Pan’Er.
But I never expected that Xie Si would attack with scissors, almost costing my life!"
Princess Ata’s admission was remarkably frank, which genuinely surprised Ji Youzhi.
"Speak! What is your sche? Why did you fra Xie Si like this?"
"I haven’t sched anything. I simply wish to et His Majesty, the Emperor of Great Han, to tell him that Nanjiang has no true intention to rebel. I want to ask him not to dispatch troops to Nanjiang, so our two nations can continue to coexist peacefully."
Her words were evasive, completely missing the point. If I were to think about it from another angle, what Princess Ata ant was that she wanted Great Han and Nanjiang to continue their amicable relationship. This implied upholding the treaty the two nations, Great Han and Nanjiang, had signed ten years ago. So, when she said ’continue’...
Ji Youzhi pondered for a mont and finally grasped the underlying aning of Princess Ata’s words.
"Continue to coexist peacefully... you an you want to maintain the treaty that Nanjiang and Great Han signed ten years ago!
To put it bluntly, you don’t want to negotiate and sign a new treaty. That’s why, as soon as you arrived in the Capital City, you submitted a petition to et His Majesty, the Emperor of Great Han.
But you didn’t expect His Majesty, the Emperor of Great Han, to shelve your petition, so you acted out of desperation and targeted Xie Si!"
Ji Youzhi finally understood Princess Ata’s motive for deliberately provoking Xie Si.
"I... I can only say that’s part of it. I am desperate to see His Majesty, the Emperor of Great Han, for a far more important reason."
"What reason?" Ji Youzhi pressed.
Princess Ata pressed her lips together tightly, saying nothing.
"Why aren’t you speaking? Must I resort to interrogation techniques on you?"
Ji Youzhi’s gaze was fixed intently on Princess Ata’s eyes.
Princess Ata shivered violently. She opened her mouth, but still, nothing ca out!
"Princess Ata, I advise you to honestly tell what you are plotting. Otherwise, I will have you locked up in Great Han’s Celestial Prison, and you will experience Great Han’s eighteen forms of torture!"
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