Heart-Penetrating Arrow. I didn’t think someone besides Yun Ruofeng would know this move. She hadn’t been reborn for long before was reminded of the formidable power and callousness of the Heart-Penetrating Arrow.
Pei Qianhao’s voice was cold and stern. “Since you’re already here, why don’t you show yourself? It’s just a palace maid from the Palace Side Quarters, but she was worthy for you to deploy the Heart-Penetrating Arrow?”
Su Xi-er clenched her fists for a moment before relaxing.
If Mu Tao hadn’t said that sentence, would she still be alive? This implies that this person actually wants to kill the palace maid who was in the woods by the Palace Side Quarters and associated with Prince Hao!
Mu Tao had become a scapegoat…
“Su Xi-er, are you still alright?” When he saw that her forehead was soaked with cold sweat, Pei Qianhao furrowed his brow.
“Who killed Mu Tao?” Su Xi-er’s voice was genuinely shaking at this point. This time, she wasn’t pretending.
“I don’t know.”
Su Xi-er was taken aback. “Mu Tao had died because of that sentence.”
“Su Xi-er…” Pei Qianhao’s voice suddenly lowered his voice. Then, he continued, “Was the person in the woods you?”
“This servant only wants to lead my whole life safe and sound. I won’t think much about other things. Besides, with this figure of mine, this servant would definitely not have been able to attack you.” Su Xi-er lowered her head and appeared to be feeling very wronged.
“Is that so?” Pei Qianhao raised his intonation as he replied, his face full of query.
Su Xi-er gritted her teeth. If I admit it, the person hidden in the dark would kill me with an arrow.
I still have many things I have yet to accomplish. I don’t know how Nanzhao’s imperial palace and Lianchen are right now. I absolutely can’t die!
“Prince Hao, this servant only wants to continue living with my lot in life.” She raised her head. The rims of her eyes were brimming with tears as she appeared very pitiful.
This appearance could tug at the heartstrings of any man.
“Someone will send dinner to you later.” Pei Qianhao sent her into the room.
As for the person hidden in the dark, he would naturally take care of it.
Su Xi-er sat down as the doors to the room closed, the deafening silence serving as the only backdrop to her thoughts. Although her intuition told her that she was already in deep trouble, she didn’t even know who was attacking her.
Pausing here, she couldn’t help but become vexed. If I hadn’t walked to the wrong place last night, I wouldn’t have bumped into Prince Hao and I wouldn’t have so many troublesome matters now.
Damned Prince Hao, why did you run into the woods beside the Palace Side Quarters for no reason!
Kerchak! The door was pushed open and a palace maid carrying dinner walked in. Her eyes were filled with contempt as she mumbled incessantly, “Still needing me to serve a person who is about to die.”
Su Xi-er watched the palace maid put her dinner down and deliberately asked, “Who is about to die?”
The palace maid snorted coldly. “Of course it’s you. The other palace maid who came with you had her body disposed of just now. You’ll soon follow. The people who have come here don’t live long.”
“Could you tell me where this place is?” This palace was very near to the Cold Palace. Although it was currently dilapidated, she could tell from the interior design that the previous owner had definitely had a certain amount of status.
“After the former Empress was deposed, she lived here. After that…” The palace maid’s voice involuntarily became eerie. “She committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam. When the sky darkens, you may even see the former Empress’ ghost.” The palace maid laughed dryly before she turned around and left.
The place where the former Empress, the first wife of Emperor Shimin, stayed after being deposed… shutting her in here really is “extremely audacious.”’. Perhaps if I phrase it another way, it’s Prince Hao who has tremendous power instead.
She sorted out her thoughts and wrote two words on the table with her finger ー ‘Pei’ and ‘Xie’.
Currently, Beimin is controlled by both the Pei Family and the Xie Family. The Pei Family’s heads are Prince Hao and the Empress Dowager while Commandery Prince Xie is the Xie Family’s representative.
How many imperial princes are there in Beimin? Don’t tell me that these imperial princes are ignoring the imperial power as it gets robbed?
Su Xi-er’s eyebrows knitted. Her hand slowly knocked against the top of the table.
“You’re actually a beauty. It’s a pity that you’re going to die soon.” A deep, low, and eerie voice of a man could suddenly be heard.
Su Xi-er stopped knocking the table as her eyes narrowed. She hadn’t heard a sound, nor did she see the person.
“Your comrade has just died, and you’re next soon. Since I find that you’re good-looking, I’ll allow you to choose a method to die.” Right after these words were spoken, a man entirely obscured by a black hat and robes entered the room.
Su Xi-er stood up and replied calmly, “You’ll agree regardless of what dying method I choose? Do you mean what you say?”
“Of course.”
“Alright then. I choose to die of old age.”
The man in black robes was stunned for a moment. Then, he burst into laughter. “You…this woman. Not only are you beautiful, but you’re also interesting. I always mean what I say, but you can’t blame me since you didn’t play your cards conventionally and make a proper choice.”
He raised his hand and a sharp firewood splinter was aimed at her heart.
Su Xi-er dodged agilely. “You can perform the Heart-Penetrating Arrow.”
“Beauty, you’re indeed experienced and knowledgeable. My arrow technique is even more powerful than Nanzhao’s Yun Ruofeng.”
However, this woman actually evaded it!
“You want to kill me surely because there’s someone instructing you. Who is it? I don’t want to die without being clear of the reason.”
She was saying this completely for the purpose of stalling for time. I definitely have to keep on living!
“You’re an eyesore. This reason is sufficient.” The man then hollered and lunged at her with his hands aiming to wrap around her neck strongly in one move.
Su Xi-er had luckily been able to feel a hairpin in the drawer of the long table, and was about to use her killer weapon when she heard the anguished cries of a man.
When she looked at him again, she saw that the man’s shoulder was injured, another man donned in white robes standing behind him.
The man stood in the moonlight with his hair let down. His loosely hanging hair and unruffled manner combined to give him a noble aura.
“Hehe, so it’s you.” The voice of the man in black was deep and low. He glanced at Su Xi-er for a moment before immediately disappearing, the depth of his skill unknown.
As Su Xi-er looked at the man walking towards her, her expression was a little absentminded. His aura is very much like Yun Ruofeng.
It’s just that this man is less manly than Yun Ruofeng.
“Hand it over.” The man stood before her and said indifferently.
Hand it over? Puzzlement was written across Su Xi-er’s face.
“The hairpin in your hand.”
“This is yours?” Right after she posed the question, Su Xi-er realised that she had said something wrong.
This place is where the former Empress stayed. Having found this hairpin in the drawer, how can it possibly belong to this person? Is he related to the former Empress?
