52 Strings To A Puppet 2 (1/2)
Nearby, Hongyue sat relaxed with her legs swaying off the roof. She breathed in the fresh night air as she monitored the commotion down below.
She sighed.
While she had a lot of power, she shouldn't tread so hastily. Tomorrow that shitty father of hers would surely try to find his missing head guard. While a dead head guard was simple to cover up with, a spoiled second miss was not. However, since the stupid girl delivered herself in her hands, why not make use of her? After all, this second sister could get into places Hongyue herself couldn't.
Since everyone deemed this eldest miss was easy to pass around with, shouldn't she join just as full-heartedly? She was just warming up as well.
A mocking smile hung on Hongyue's lips.
Of course, in order to keep ChunHua under her control, Hongyue placed a special collar on ChunHua. The thread was made carefully with water plus three different types of hexes consolidated. It was a standard tool in her past life used in blood contracts to keep slaves in check. In truth, it didn't necessarily require blood. In fact, if the target was willing or weak enough, the contract could be completed. Since Hongyue wasn't certain if all her hexes could work in this body, she purposefully forced ChunHua to breakdown before she initiated the contract. Without the use of blood, Hongyue could control ChunHua and wouldn't receive any backlash if ChunHua did choose to resist against her orders.
As for Black, she unfroze him and sent him back with a 'special' message to report back to the third prince.
Her eyes narrowed playfully as she waited for the second concubine to leave the residence. However, her body stiffened when she suddenly sensed something outrageously wrong within her bloodstream. Hongyue immediately bit her finger and watched a bead of blood peeking through the wound. With her bleeding fingertip, she drew a bloody rune on her flesh. In the dark, the pale skin contrasted greatly with the dark blood. The blood rune settled into the body before she felt herself calming. She'll have to check her blood once she got back to her courtyard.
As for now—
Hongyue gently lifted her finger to her nose and sniffed it. There was a sharp yet sweet scent that transmitted from the wound. It was the fragrance of the unfamiliar drug that was incorporated in with the Bone Eroding Poison she ate. Hongyue furrowed her brows. She slid off the roof and descended lightly on the soft grass, her robes rustled softly with the breeze. The breeze carried a slight calming scent of grass to Hongyue, who wrinkled her nose being that she caught the smell of something else. Was it the second concubine's perfume? Strange.
She sighed before she turned her head and cracked the door to ChunHua's room. Hongyue calmly walked in, her footsteps reverberated softly, heading closer to the bed where the ChunHua was resting. Hearing the steps, ChunHua immediately sat up, her eyes red with fear as she faced Hongyue's glowing eyes.
”Why is Eldest Sister here? This younger sister did everything as you ordered,” ChunHua tried to keep her voice calm as she inquired.
Hongyue smiled but she didn't respond, her fingers gently wounding a silver thread tightly. On ChunHua's neck, a faint red line swiftly appeared underneath the bandages as the thread squeezed around her neck. A bead of blood rolled down the pale skin and dyed a single red drop on ChunHua's blanket. ChunHua looked at the sheet with disbelief. She hadn't even felt anything yet the thread already cut through a thin layer of skin. What was that thread made of? Didn't Hongyue say she'll let her live? ChunHua widened her eyes and looked at Hongyue.
”Y-you said-” ChunHua started.
Hongyue gazed up, her eyes emotionless as she cut ChunHua short, ”I said a lot of things.”