Chapter 419 - They Still Needed Proof (1/2)

The maidservant tugged her mistress' sleeves softly with trembling hands and asked in a gentle whisper, ”Mistress, what should we do?” She made sure that no one would hear her even for people who were sėnsɨtɨvė to voice. It showed that she had gotten used to doing bad deeds such as this.

However, Yao Ling was able to hear her voice clearly. 'Catch you!' She thought to herself.

Did they think it was easy to cover up their crimes?! She sighed when she looked briefly at the culprits and wondered what they did wrong so that person so bent on killing both her and Yao Ying. She bit her lower lip in disappointment, but she didn't expose them right away despite her anger.

After all, she still needed proof to apprehend them. She would get it no matter what happened!

The maidservant didn't hear an answer from her mistress and started to feel afraid. What was the meaning of this?! Did her mistress plan to sacrifice her? She was an extremely selfish person and she had gotten used to having the privilege of a first-rank maidservant... She would only do something that could gain her a benefit, so their relationship wasn't based on loyalty at all.

She would choose a master which brought her the most benefits.

The maidservant didn't want to be sacrificed and decide to give her mistress a hint... they were in this together. If she sold her out, she would do the same as well!

”Mistress, what should WE do?” She repeated the question and emphasizing the 'we' part. She didn't believe that her mistress didn't understand the meaning. We... as they were in this together! If she had said 'what should I do', it meant that she would take the blame for herself. Why should she do that?!

”Don't worry! Everything would be fine! They are just bluffing... there is no way to check the residue!” Her mistress answered confidently and it made the maidservant sighed in relief. In truth, the former was just lying so that the maidservant would shut her mouth before the other found out.

The mistress looked around carefully, checking whether someone was currently paying attention at her or not. She didn't know that whatever she did, it wouldn't escape Yao Ling's eyes who was beside her. Whenever she looked around carefully, Yao Ling always seemed to be focused on Concubine Xi's corpse and there was a terrified expression on her face. She sneered when she looked at the weak Yao Ling and confident that the latter wouldn't notice anything.

The mistress pulled out a small needle from her sleeve when she saw that the maidservant had relaxed her vigilance and paid no attention to her. She was going to stab her fatal point with the needle so that she would be dead --- a dead person couldn't talk so it would be safer to kill her first. Even if they found the residue on her hands, so what? They couldn't connect it to her anyway.

Her hand was trembling but it was better than to let Wang Luo Hai know her deeds! No! She would survive again this time! She had never killed people before but she didn't mind to do it for the first time as long as she could be free from the suspicion.

Yao Ling knew she had to prevent her from killing the maidservant, otherwise, she would miss a good show later. Thus, she tugged at the mistress' sleeve and asked in a soft voice, ”Are you okay? Why do you look so pale?”

The mistress jumped up in surprise because she didn't think that Yao Ling would talk to her all of a sudden. They weren't even close enough to each other! Why did she pretend to be a good girl at this point?! The way Yao Ling looked so worried and it made the other party's speechless.

Fortunately, the needle was still covered by her sleeve so she didn't think Yao Ling could see what she was doing. She hid the needle back to its original place as soon as possible with her still-trembling hand and forced a smile, ”I'm fine... No need to worry about me.”

Yao Ling nodded her head and smiled at her.

The mistress sighed in relief when she found that nothing was amiss from Yao Ling's expression. She gritted her teeth, needing to find another chance to kill the maidservant before the shadow guard came back while bringing the water in.