C560 Unfriendly approach (2/2)

She turned around and picked up a bowl from the palace maid's tray behind her. ”The princess drinks a bowl of bird's nest soup every night before she goes to bed. Just now, the princess ordered a servant to bring a bowl for the county governor to eat, so he can have a good night's sleep.”

Lian Ruyue revealed a happy expression and said, ”Princess, you're too kind.” As he spoke, he drank all of the soup.

When Wen Xiu saw the empty bowl, she secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

After that, as the moon rose, the palace maids extinguished the candles in the hall. Wen Xiu stood guard outside the tent until she heard Lian Yue's shallow breathing. Then, she left the two palace maids standing guard outside the hall.

She had just lied down like this for a while when she felt sleepy, her eyelids almost popping out. She was not the type of person who slept on a pillow, and would usually sleep with her eyes open for a long time before feeling sleepy, so she knew that she must have been in a passive position in the soup.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have fallen asleep after a few yawns, but Lian Ruyue kept her guard up, and she also knew how to use acupuncture points to relieve her drowsiness. Thus, she went to the back of her head and pressed down on the Jade Pillar on the back of her head, causing a numbing sensation to arise from the back of her head.

With her other hand, she shook her sleeve and a short dagger slipped out. This was what Imperial Concubine Liang had instructed Li mama to give her in secret. She looked at the dagger with a smile on her face — —

She understood Imperial Concubine Liang's intention. She knew that she had stayed in Yi Xiu Palace for a purpose, so she had sent the dagger over for her self-defense.

She quietly got up, opened the tent and quietly got off the bed. She took a stool from beside the bed and walked step by step to the door. Then, she lifted the stool and suddenly smashed it against the back of the palace maid's head.

”Ugh …” The other palace maid's eyes widened as she looked at Lian Meng Yue's dagger in her hand. Then, she looked at her emotionless expression, which was like a netherworld. She was so scared that she covered her mouth.

”Pa …” Lian Ruyue threw the other gold bracelet on her wrist next to her feet. She held the dagger against her neck and asked, ”Which one do you want?”

The palace maid was so frightened that the blood in her body seemed to have frozen. She stooped down trembling, picked up the golden bracelet that had fallen by her feet, and then tremblingly stuffed it into her clothes. ”County … County Lord …”

”Take her to bed.” Lian Ruyue ordered in a low voice. The cold blade was pressed against the palace maid's neck.

”Yes, yes.” The palace maid quickly bent over and dragged the unconscious person onto the bed.

”Take off her clothes and put mine on her.” Lian Ruyue ordered again.

The palace maid did so with trembling hands, and Lian Yueyue put on the clothes that the sleeping palace maid had taken off.

After doing this, she asked, ”What's your name?”

”Yes, County Lord, this servant is Lan Jing.”

If you listen to my orders, I can guarantee that nothing will happen to you. This gold bracelet is only a small token today, and in the future, when you reach the age when you leave the palace, you will be free to eat and sleep for the rest of your life. If you do not listen to me, I will immediately kill you.