122 Chapter 122 Burn (1/2)
Inside her personal chamber, Lin Xulian looked coldly at the woman lying on her bed. Zie Xin on the other hand returned her look with fear. It's been a few hours already yet she still can't move. She wanted to scream and curse at Lin Xulian but she can't even produce a sound. It would even take all her strength just to move a single muscle in her body.
Being on this situation, Zie Xin can't control her emotions and cried silently while pleading leniency from Lin Xulian through her eyes. But Lin Xulian didn't falter even a little bit. ”There is no use to plea for your life. Just blame your luck because you coincidentally chose to approach me when I wanted a scapegoat.”
Zie Xin watched warily while Lin Xulian is mixing liquids and herbs in a bowl. When She is finally done, she approached Zie Xin. ”You want to know what is this?” Zie Xin can only reply with wide terrified eyes. ”Let's just say that this would make you more combustible. I cannot let you be half cooked, can I? That would cause me trouble.”
Hearing these words, Zie Xin's body trembled uncontrollably. But she has no strength even just to spit out the liquid that Lin Xulian forced down her throat. All she can do is cry silently and regret her decision to mess with Lin Xulian again. If she can choose, she would return to her laundry without any complain.
Lin Xulian went to her dresser and took out the golden seal that Feng Jun Yi gave her during their wedding. She will use it as proof of identity. When Lin Xulian lift her head, she coincidentally saw the pink pearl necklace around her neck in her reflection in the bronze mirror. Her eyes dimmed in sadness. She is contemplating whether she should also leave it as proof or not. ”This would melt anyway if ever so I'll just bring this with me.”
Lin Xulian changed her clothes into a red male robes and a silver mask. But her belly bump is still showing so she also put a red outer robe to hide it. Then she took the bottle of wine. Zie Xin recognized the bottle as the wine she used more than two years ago. This answered Zie Xin suspicion as to what Lin Xulian wants to do to her.
”D-d-devil” Lin Xulian heard Zie Xin's barely audible whisper. Zie Xin used all her might just to whisper that single word.
Lin Xulian placed the golden seal in Zie Xin's hand then poured the wine all over her. Using two flint stones, she ignited the fire that slowly engulfed Zie Xin's body. Then before leaving, she left a few words. ”I never said that I am a good person.”
After making sure that the fire will surely engulf the whole chamber, Lin Xulian left the Phoenix Palace from the front. She made sure that the imperial guards will see her leave so that they would think that the empress was assassinated. That way no one would suspect why the empress suddenly died.
The imperial guards who saw Lin Xulian left the scene chased her. Lin Xulian used a lot of her internal energy left while using her qigong. She miscalculated the growth of the imperial guards and was almost caught. Luckily her speed is still better than them and she managed to outrun and lost them. 'Well, I trained them so I should be happy about it.' Lin Xulian thought while catching her breath.
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In the back exit of the Palace, Rui and Xiao Tianshi are anxiously waiting for Lin Xulian to arrive. Then soon after they saw the sky above the Phoenix Palace turning red. Seeing this, their eyes widened. They had no idea that Lin Xulian's plan is as extreme as burning down an entire palace.