21 Chapter 20: What Happens to Those Who Betray Me? 1 (1/2)
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Date Published: March 28, 2020
Chapter Title: What Happens to Those Who Betray Me? (1)
Chapter no. 20
(Qin Zetian's POV)
The celebration ended well. The guests and my family headed home first and I told my parents that I'll be returning late, as I will need to stay and check the staff. The sky turned into a darker shade of blue, indicating that it's already time to head home. There were no digital clocks in this era, so checking the exact time is not possible. I thanked the staff and let each of them leave before me, and I also made sure that all of them brought food back to their homes since we don't have any refrigerators here and all of the remaining food will be put to waste.
Money is not something that we can earn without doing anything. I used my savings to buy the ingredients for the food and it will hurt my pocket if lots of 'em will be thrown and left to rot. On the good side, why not give them to my people? They have mouths to feed back home and I know how hard life is in this era, where only the rich live a comfortable life and most of the time people living in poverty eat three meals less daily.
I sneaked at the window and notice an oddity in the carriage that was parked outside. I have an indifferent gut feeling that something unfortunate will happen to me if I step in. I observed the carriage from a distance and saw nothing suspicious. But as a major general we are trained to decipher what happens if we try things that we deemed bad.
”Lin Sha let's leave, father will be very worried if we stayed late” I purposely asked Lin Sha to accompany me in staying, not because I trust her. But because I know something is off with her and the way she handles things.
We stepped out of the restaurant and the guards took care of locking and patrolling outside of the establishment. Instead of riding a carriage I chose to ride a horse directly. And I have a gut feeling that something's going to happen tonight, something unescapable.
”Lin Sha hold tight”
Without holding back I drove the horse at the fastest speed possible to run. The darkness of the night make everything so haunted and I will never doubt if a group of assassins chase after us.
”Young miss a white carriage is running behind us, what are we going to do?” so she must have noticed another carriage, very sharp
”Just pretend that they don't exist, what you'll see tonight will be forgotten by tomorrow, do you understand?”
”Y-yes young miss” Lin Sha was trembling like crazy
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I hope I'll survive this ride without raising my sword.
The carriage run ahead of us.
Arrows flew in every direction and it was directed at the carriage. I painstakingly avoided the arrows. So my guess was right there's an assassination attempt, how unlucky.
Out of a sudden the carriage unreasonably stopped in the middle of the road, blocking my path. So I was forced to stop my horse. I pushed my maid down.