101 Madam Lus Resentmen (1/2)

Madam Lu yelled with anguish as she threw a bamboo tube into the brazier. Just as the tube was about to be consumed by the heated coals, a pair of metal tongs were used to fish it out saving it from an almost certain fate of being condemned to ashes.

”My lady, please calm down.” Servant Zhao whispered as she was reaching her hands for the tongs to make sure the tube was not too hot to touch.

”Servant Zhao, you're helping them?” Madam Lu looked at the old woman who was had saved the bamboo tube.

Just when had this old servant begun to turn on her?

”I did no such thing. You are always too impulsive.” Servant Zhao said as she kept the bamboo tube safe from madam Lu's reach.

”Five years ago they abandoned me in this forsaken land and now, they believe they can still control me?” Madam Lu asked with a raised eyebrow. This action, coupled with her pale powdered skin, looked especially ghastly.

Servant Zhao wanted to speak of how madam Lu had gotten her financial means from them, because without them, where did all this gold and silver that she got to bribe the officials from But she stayed quiet and listen to madam Lu's emotional storytelling.

It wasn't to say that one felt particularly great after being abandoned to the barren northern lands to act as an informer and gather information. Though there was more freedom out here, it was also very empty, and finding those who will aid you is even more difficult than being in the capital.

Yet at the same time, it could be said to be easy as well, considering the taels used for bribery is worth way more here. Since there are not too many people who would be willing to employ the strict set of skills required, there are way more people willing to work.

Unfortunately, the level of skill out here was to say a bit lacking compared to the arsenal of those in the capital.

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Still, she would not complain. It was a great relief that they had not yet been completely abandoned, and there was still a chance to make a comeback and prove themselves useful when chaos arises.

Besides, the climate here was calmer than the imperial capital.

It was unfortunate that madam Lu did not feel the same way, only thinking of the current. Never truly looking from another angle. She thought in the most straightforward way, and her schemes did not amount much too detailed planning, usually involved simple tasks such as murdering all those who got in the way. Such a flaw would be very deadly in the capital, which is why she had been ordered to go to the northern lands as an informant.

Servant Zhao knew well that such thoughts could only ever remain thoughts.

”Now with their sudden deaths, we can almost be certain that there is someone is working against us.” Servant Zhao whispered as though the walls would grow ears any minute.

”It doesn't matter, what will they do? Silence us all?” Madam Lu asks with a smirk. Even though they were in the light while their enemy was in the dark, she had not yet felt fear.