Chapter 752: Youve Been Enchanted by Witchcraft (II)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

A minister jumped up and said in agreement, One shall never speak of the odd, powerful, or godly. Witchcraft? Such a laughable accusation

Liu She, who had remained silent all this time, finally commented, If witchcraft is indeed a laughable trick that is not worth mentioning, then think of the Second Princes failed assassination attempt against the late emperor through witchcraft that brought about his doom Did the late emperor kill the wrong child in your eyes?

The supporting minister felt cold sweat rolling down his back. He sat back down in his seat in embarrassment.

Even though nobody cared much about the late emperors attitude, but in the face of the young emperor, nobody had the right to point fingers or say that the late emperor had been wrong.

Liu She then said, Regardless if witchcraft exists or not, Lanting suspect that Chief Wu Ma is being controlled by it. Why not do what she asks and say the lines at the same time? A simple line can put a rest to Lantings accusations, why should they not take it? Whats the point of refusing?

Xu Pei, whod lost his golden chance earlier, also voiced his support. Thats right! Why cant Chief Wu Ma and the old lady just say it at the same time? If they say it, it will be clear that Liu Xi is falsely accusing both of you and that witchcraft indeed doesnt exist. However, if you cannot say it that would be interesting

Suddenly, everyones collective attention turned towards Wu Ma Shang and the elderly woman.

Their expressions hardened awkwardly. They finally decided to open their mouths under the numerous pairs of watchful eyes.

However, no matter how much they tried, whenever one spoke the other shut their mouth. They could not speak at the same time, making the scene extremely strange to watch.

Finally, even the ministers whod only come in for a show started to feel a chill run down their spines, causing them to discreetly move their seats back.

The pair tried to speak at the same time numerous times and failed, their expressions growing gloomier at every attempt.

The ministers started feeling uneasy as they watched, and the entire atmosphere of the assembly room began to shift towards supernatural unease.

Even the livestream audience was completely shocked. Theyd made plenty of guesses as to how the event would pan out, but nobody had guessed correctly.

Yin Shuishan: Oh my godthis is too creepy! I can feel my goosebumps already.

YiXiu ShiNianXiang: Thats strange, why cant they speak at the same time?

BaoBei Yu Princess: Waitlet me take a wild guess, is it because these two are actually being controlled by one person?

Jiang Pengji glanced at the channel and smiled discreetly. Some peoples guesses were very close to the truth, but nobody was completely correct.

Host V: Ever since these two appeared, they havent been able to speak at the same time. When ones facial expression changes, the others expression stays blank. Of course, this isnt really proof, but the most obvious time was when Xu Fei slapped Wu Ma Shangs face. Wu Ma Shang showed no reaction while the elderly lady turned to dodge the slap and covered her face with her hand. The baton was being swung at Wu Ma Shang and had no chance of hitting the woman. Why then did she dodge the blow?

Some audience members understood Jiang Pengjis explanation, but others still hadnt caught the drift.

Sishui Liunian: Lets just make a quick metaphor for this. Youve all played online games before, right? Say you opened up two accounts to do dailies and ran into a PVP player and frantically tried to bring out your second combat account or healer to protect yourself, but changing screens takes time. If youre too caught up at the moment you can sometimes even mix up the two accounts and cant fully control two accounts at the same time. I think I get what the host is saying. Wu Ma Shang and that woman are two accounts being controlled by one person.

With this explanation, even the slower audience members finally understood and even found some entertainment value in this.

CangXue XiJian: Hahaha, I just remembered the hosts request. One person speaks in Langye dialect, the other uses the Zhangzhou dialect. This isnt even just controlling two accounts, its like controlling four at once! It would be rare to find someone who could multitask on that level.

Clearly, the person before them could not do it.

Just like how its said that you should take advantage of your enemies while theyre weak, Jiang Pengji was upholding her standards of crushing a defeated enemy.

Your highness, I must also point out that Wu Ma Shang gave false testimony. Jiang Pengji pointed at the frantic and pale elderly woman and said, This person claims to be my late mothers servant. As such, she should be used to doing chores. If thats the case, why are this persons hands clean and smooth like a childs and not covered with scars and calluses?

The elderly woman raised her hands to look at them when Jiang Pengji made this statement, only to see her smooth palms.

There were no signs of a life of hard labor. Her hands were completely clean and smooth.

The ministers were not blind. They noticed this detail as soon as Jiang Pengji pointed it out. They all felt their hearts skip a beat.

This was an assassin?

Jiang Pengji lifted her eyebrow slightly and continued her speech. If this was simply to target me, why would Chief Wu Ma need to make a scene during this assembly and find someone to pretend to be my late mothers dowry servant? Jiang Pengji accused sharply, I am only afraid that this apparent witchcraft is a plot by someone who plans to hurt his royal highness and assassinate the ministers

The elderly woman trembled in rage. Her voice suddenly changed and sounded like the sharp tone of a young woman!

Liu Xi, you b*tch!

Regardless of what she said, there were already high officials calling for rescue as the imperial guards from outside the assembly rushed in.

The assembly was in complete chaos as the imperial guards barged in. Under the eyes of all the ministers, three-centimeter long silver nails emerged from the furious elderly womans hands. With her sharp nails, she viciously ripped a few people into strings of flesh.

The young emperor was already scared out of his mind on the throne. The empress dowager and a group of concubines screamed in terror.

Guard the emperor!

Guard the emperor!

Theres an assassin!

The court broke down into chaos as the elderly woman attempted to escape. She caught Liu Xi in the corner of her eyes. She sitting still and calm at her seat as vengeful thoughts and feelings of hatred grew within her heart. She ran towards Liu She. If she couldnt kill Liu Xi, she still wanted to kill Liu She to appease her anger.

However, before she could act on this thought, she felt a heavy blow to her abdomen as if shed been hit by a mountain of rocks.

Her body flew off like a kite with a broken string

You b*tch!

The elderly womans lips ripped open, a trail of red blood rolling down. A minister beside her saw it and hid in the corner of the courtroom in fear.

Jiang Pengji stood in front of Liu She and mocked her. You know, this is the third time youve asked me to kill you already.

At the same time, a system warning rang through the elderly womans ears.

Host, Liu Xi is not an easy opponent. Take a random hostage and run away quickly.

The elderly woman was stifled by anger, but she also knew that Jiang Pengji wasnt easy prey. She could only run away if she didnt want to die.

She pulled an exquisitely designed long sword out of the air and charged straight at the person closest to her.

Her target was Huang Song.

Even though her prey was right before her, someone else acted faster.

Jiang Pengji picked up an elephant tooth baton from the ground, calculated the direction, and threw it at the elderly woman.

Under the forceful throw, the baton collided like lightning with the elderly womans leg, waist, chest, neck, and forehead.

Huang Song ran off. He never thought he could be this unlucky!

As the elderly woman had charged forward, hed only been able to see the unavoidable silver nails closing in before his eyes.

Just as hed thought he was going to die, the elderly womans body exploded into a pile of blood.

Even though it only took one moment, he felt as if the few seconds had been extended into slow motion, making him witness how a fully healthy person could instantly turn into a broken corpse.