The Empress 'servant girl, Sakura, went out to pour water for her feet. At this moment, the lights in the rear palace flickered. It was late at night, and the high walls and deep courtyard were silent.
Cherryblossoms turned around and walked back after pouring the water. Suddenly, a black-clothed man silently landed beside him. His movements were skillful. He covered Cherryblossoms 'mouth and snatched her footbath. In a flash, he clamped her around his waist and flew away with ease. Cherryblossoms was frightened. This was a forbidden area in the harem. Could there be an assassin? How did he get in? Ordinary people could not enter.
This person must be a man. Was he robbing her of her money or her body? She didn't have any money. The Empress had a lot of money for her to keep, but it wasn't hers. She felt that she was still pretty. She was not the most beautiful, but she was still pretty and smart. Otherwise, she would not have been chosen by the Empress as her personal maid. Although Cherryblossoms was a servant girl, she was the Empress 'servant girl. She was experienced and knowledgeable, so she was not flustered at the moment. It was useless to shout. She simply let him manipulate her. What was he going to do?
He was beating around the bush and was familiar with the way. Could he be an expert of the imperial court? No one else could enter.
"Big brother, what are you doing?"
"Don't talk."
"I won't speak, hold me tight, I'm going to fall, my newly made embroidered shoes are already falling.”
The man in black was indeed obedient. He lifted the cherry blossom up and clamped its small waist tightly. Then, he strode toward the imperial garden of the Forbidden City.
" Hold me tight. I'm scared." Cherryblossoms seemed to be acting cute.
"If you speak again, I'll strangle you to death."
The man in black suddenly struck his acupoints. It wasn't a mute acupoint, but a coma acupoint.
When Cherryblossoms was awakened, she realized that there were two men in black in front of her. One of them was the man who had hugged her just now. To be exact, he wasn't hugging her, but pinching her. It was the first time she had felt a man's aura at such a close distance. It was strange and exciting.
The other masked man in black seemed to be a woman. She didn't speak, but the man in black said,"Don't shout. There are no outsiders here. Answer me when I ask you.”
Cherryblossoms nodded.
"Empress, she asked you to spread the word that Imperial Noble Consort Wei Jiashi had an affair with the Imperial Guards, right?”
Cherryblossoms suddenly realized that this woman, the masked woman in black, could be Wei Jiashi. They wanted to record my statement.
"Speak. Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist. If you lie, destroy your corpse and throw it into the dry well next to you. No one will know.”
Cherryblossoms was the Empress's woman. With the Empress 'protection and this great backer, she was not afraid. She said coquettishly,"Big brother, what are you talking about? I don't understand. You want me to spread rumors and create trouble, maliciously slander, I won't do it. I'm a righteous person who abides by the rules. I want to be a model among the maidservants.”
"Don't talk nonsense with me. Tell me the main idea. Is the Empress conspiring with Imperial Noble Consort Su to frame Imperial Noble Consort Wei Jia?”
"There are no conspiracies or overt schemes. My master is open and aboveboard, never obeying in public but opposing in secret. She does one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. The Empress is clear about love and hate. She is very courageous and has leadership skills. I'm really lucky to have met such a master. I'm happy.”
"The Empress conspired with Concubine Su to create rumors to frame Imperial Noble Consort Wei Jia. You have to tell me the details.”
"I can't tell you the details because there are no details. Tell me, what details are there? From what you said, you know the details. If you know the details, why are you asking me?”
"You're very strong and have a sense of superiority. You don't know that the Empress is like a grasshopper after autumn. She won't be able to survive for more than a few days and will be finished.”
"I won't say it because I don't know what to say.”
"A duck on the verge of death is stubborn. If you don't tell me, I'll strangle you and throw you into the well. No one will know that your family will never see you again, and you'll never see your mother again. You disappeared, disappeared, and vanished from the face of the earth.”
"Don't scare people. I'm the Empress's man. Don't act rashly. Think carefully, the consequences are very serious.”
"You are just an ant in the Empress 'eyes. When she uses you, you are a human. When she doesn't use you, you are just an ant.”
"Strangle me. I won't say anything.”
"Are you really not going to tell me?"
"I won't say it. You want me to make things up out of nothing. I won't say it. I was born to be a tough and upright person.”
"If that's the case, Cherryblossoms, I'm sorry, I'm going to strangle you to death.”
"Even if you strangle me to death, I won't say anything."
"It's a pity. You didn't let the Empress down. You're a loyal servant. The Empress should be happy.”The man in black looked at the other man in black. That man nodded and didn't say anything. There was a muffled sound. The man in black hit Cherryblossoms 'neck with his palm. In detail, the artery below her left ear and neck seemed to be broken.
Cherryblossoms twisted her head and closed her eyes. Her mouth was not idle as she said in surprise,"You really want to kill me? What a powerful move."
The two men in black stood up and watched as Cherryblossoms died and fell to the ground without moving.
The moonlight was like silver, silently passing through the trees, leaving mottled shadows on the ground.
The Empress 'personal maid had disappeared, and the Imperial Noble Consort Su's personal maid Xiang Lai had also disappeared.
Although the two of them were both small figures and had no status, they were both working beside big figures. They were small but powerful and had great influence. Wasn't this shocking and condescending? You have to look at the owner to beat a dog, and you have to look at who the chief is to deal with a secretary? It was simply lawless, chaotic, and lawless.
The empress dowager was very angry when she heard about this and ordered a thorough investigation of the disappearance of the two servant girls.
In fact, the empress dowager was well aware of this. However, as the empress dowager, she had to make a big fuss and have dignity. She had to investigate. At the very least, she had to let Cherryblossoms and Xianglai's colleagues see that their masters loved their secretaries. They couldn't grieve over the loss of their masters and reduce their enthusiasm to serve their masters. This would also give their families an explanation.
In fact, in the past dynasties, there were many unsolved cases in the palace. The empress dowager also knew about it.
More than ten days later, a cleaning eunuch in the imperial garden sensed a strange smell in the abandoned well. He found another eunuch to open the thick stone well cover and found two rotten bodies. After fishing them out, someone recognized them as cherry blossoms and incense.
Imperial Noble Consort Consort Su finally couldn't hold it in any longer. She mysteriously came to look for Empress Wulanala.
"Why are you looking for me? Don't move around too much during this period of emergency. If there's anything, you can ask the eunuch to run errands.”
"Nothing important."
"Why are you here if there's nothing important?"
"I'm scared."
"What are you afraid of?"
" I can't sleep at night. I can't sleep. When I close my eyes, I can't seem to fall asleep. I keep having nightmares. I'm worried that the next assassination target will be me.”
Wulanala said disdainfully,"What are you afraid of? A man with a small heart is not a gentleman, and a man without poison is not a man. You are the imperial noble consort, not a servant girl. Who would dare to kill you? This is the palace, the harem, not the wilderness. Our protection measures are being strengthened. Which assassin would risk his life to seek death! You have to know that if you want to get something, you have to pay. If you don't pay, you won't get anything in return.”
"Your Majesty, I am really afraid. Tell me, did the Wei Jia family find someone to do it? Did she know the ins and outs of this matter? He wanted to kill a chicken to scare us.”
"Can you not be paranoid? You are the future empress. You have to be magnanimous, calm, and calm in the face of change. You have to think about your motherland and look at the world. This world is the law of the jungle. No one will give you benefits for free. However, speaking of which, it was necessary to be on guard against others. It was better to be on guard against others.”
"Right now, what I'm afraid of is that the enemy is in the dark. It's easy to dodge an open spear, but difficult to guard against an arrow in the dark. I don't know when he'll rush out and shoot an arrow. It's impossible to guard against it. I'm so nervous. I'm about to collapse."
"Coward, how can you do anything big like this? Now that I'm crippled, what's the point? It's all for your own good! You have to pull yourself together. We still have a lot of things to do.”The Empress was fearless, majestic, calm, and composed. She had the demeanor of a general, as if she had millions of soldiers in her heart, ready to attack.
"What else? I'm afraid. I don't want to do anything anymore. Women should settle down and let nature take its course. This world belongs to men. In the end, it still belongs to men.”
"You're willing to listen to others for the rest of your life. You don't want to have the final say and be yourself for once?”
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