“Who are you, why are you trespassing in the Yanyan Palace?” Ming Lengchen’s heart was already burning, and he was just about to succeed when this strange woman completely ruined everything. If she didn’t have a reasonable explanation to convince him, she would die a miserable death!
“This concubine was just selected and, because Noble Consort is feeling slightly unwell, I boldly came to see the Emperor, hoping to… check on my sister,” she said tremblingly, intimidated by his presence, her head bowed low, not daring to meet his gaze.
Her voice sounded so familiar, like Wan’er’s. Hearing her mention the Noble Consort’s poor health, Mei Siyu guessed it was indeed Wan’er from earlier.
During his questioning, Mei Siyu quickly straightened her disheveled clothes. Once presentable, she peeked out from behind the curtain, wanting to see who had arrived. She was certain that whoever it was would suffer, because he was already cold, and under the influence of the passion drug, he would be incredibly irritable – even a child could predict he would explode!
Looking back at his cruel face, which was frighteningly gloomy, no wonder he terrified the young girl. As the instigator, would she die an even more miserable death? She had heard of cruel punishments – incredibly perverted methods like being torn apart by five horses, dismemberment, molten lead burial, and more – absolutely horrifying!
She was just past 20, had already died unjustly once, and after finally borrowing a body to return, she might be subjected to torture before her seat was even warm. Wouldn’t that be too unfair? She needed to escape, at least before he could take his anger out on her, and flee far from this source of danger!
So, she carefully crawled out from behind the curtain and fled towards the palace entrance before he could discover her, running to Wan’er who was kneeling nearby. Without hesitation, she pulled her up. Seeing Wan’er’s shocked face, she had just dragged her a short distance when, losing her balance, Wan’er was flung to the ground. Wincing in pain, she looked at Mei Siyu with watery eyes and helplessly shook her head, indicating she needn’t be concerned.
