Chapter 23 (1/2)

Chapter 23

b.l.o.o.d.y Ma.s.sacre

Li Qiu returns to her mistress’ chamber by 7pm.

Inside the hall, the smell of incense calm her messy mind.  After all, she just witnessed a bloodbath.

Xi Yan is sleeping on a long couch, her face that was pale is now abnormally flushed.  Li Qiu knows this is because of her fever.

After she enters, a maid that was originally in front of the couch quickly gets up while holding a towel in her hand.  This maid is called Yan Er, one of the two maids the Shang Gong Department dispatched this evening.

When the shanggong of the Shanggong Department came earlier, he was really fearful and scared that it might implicate him next.  After carefully choosing people, he only chose two.  Lucky Mo Zhu only wanted two as well.

Actually, if there really is someone intending to instigate people in the palace, changing maids is useless.

Just like today, even when they were planked to death, none of them admits to have ever touched their mistress’ shoe.

Inside the back palace, there are things more important than your life that you can achieve only by sacrificing your own life.

She has seen a lot of these cases these past few years.  But she didn’t think that Zui Fei who has only entered the palace would experience this thing today.

Changing maids, killing servants, these are only warning.  At the end of the day, a warning is just that; a warning.

“You go and take the medicine over.”  Li Qiu sighs and takes the towel from Yan Er’s hand.

“Yes,” Yan Er answers in a low voice.  She turns her head around and look at Xi Yan, “Her Ladys.h.i.+p’s fever won’t die down.”

“Go.” Li Qiu feels the cotton towel, it is not cold.  In fact, it is as warm as this room that is being heated by a stove. Just this warmth carries a little touch of hotness in it.

Yan Er bows and walks out of the hall while she heads over next to the couch.  She place the towel inside a basin full of melted snow, wrings it dry and place it on Xi Yan’s forehead.  Xi Yan makes a low sound as her eyes opens.

“Your Ladys.h.i.+p, you are awake?” Li Qiu gently asks.  The towel in her hand is very cold.  The Imperial Physician told them that melted snow is a lot better than water from the well.  It might be a little troublesome, but it can be pretty effective.