“Chunxiu, you know my identity clearly.”
“Your Highness, Chunxiu would never reveal it. After all, the master saved my life, and I will never be ungrateful,” Chunxiu knelt and said, wondering why the mistress suddenly brought this up.
“Is that so? But you have done something behind my back and still want to hide it from me? Chunxiu, you underestimate me too much,” Xia Wan’er scolded sharply.
“Chunxiu has not done anything. Please investigate, Your Highness,” Chunxiu said calmly, puzzled about whether her marking of the doll had been discovered.
“Do you know the person in the inner room was not me? How dare you betray me!” Xia Wan’er berated the kneeling Chunxiu. She had already placed another doll under Mei Siyu’s bed that night, leaving Chunxiu’s doll behind to make the performance more realistic.
She had originally wanted to coexist peacefully with Mei Siyu, but because Mei Siyu was deeply loved by Hanleng and always interfered with her adoptive father’s plans, she had developed murderous intentions, wanting to eliminate Mei Siyu through the Shu Concubine’s hands.
“Chunxiu acknowledges her mistake and awaits punishment,” Chunxiu said with a faint smile, knowing something was suspicious that night.
“Good, now go and retrieve it,” Xia Wan’er demanded.
“Your Highness, is this really necessary?” Chunxiu pleaded.
“Are you afraid? Or do you feel sorry for Mei Fei?” Xia Wan’er pressed.
“Your Highness, Chunxiu cannot comply,” Chunxiu said.
“You’re being ungrateful for the life saved by your adoptive father,” Xia Wan’er accused.
Chunxiu reluctantly walked towards Mei Siyu’s palace, knowing this might be her path to death.
No, this is Chun Xiu’s thing,” Chun Xiu answered, wanting to take all the blame upon herself. She did not want to see either Mei Fei or the imperial concubine get hurt. She was just a lowly maid, and her death would be of no consequence!
“Is this yours?” the empress dowager asked sternly.
Wan’er said that a curse doll had appeared here, and she hadn’t believed it at first. Unexpectedly, this ominous object had actually appeared in Mei Siyu’s palace. Did she have some kind of plot in coming to the palace? She had always found Mei Siyu extremely displeasing, and not only had she caused Shu’er’s death, but she was also touching these things in the palace!
