Emperor Yuanwu smiled knowingly. "Since you were able to infiltrate the palace and dress like this, you should naturally know who I am..."
The woman didn't move, but the hand holding the knife trembled slightly.
"Please, let Qianqian go! She's just a baby!" Consort Shu cried, her whole body numb. "As long as you release her, I'll give you whatever gold and silver you want, no matter how hard I try."
"On what grounds?"
The woman, who had been looking somewhat dazed, seemed to suddenly remember something, and her eyes flickered.
She brandished the knife at the people in front of her: "Don't come any closer. I'm warning you, don't come any closer, or I'll kill her."
Consort Shu's mind was in a daze. She knelt beside Emperor Yuanwu and pleaded, "Your Majesty, I beg you to save Qianqian."
She cried until her vision went black and her head felt throbbing.
Emperor Yuanwu remained motionless.
Consort Shu felt as if something had clenched her heart tightly.
She couldn't understand whether Emperor Yuanwu was actually going to save Mu Qianqian at this moment.
He could only watch helplessly as this crazy woman lost control of her emotions, not knowing what she might do to Mu Qianqian next.
She wished she were the one being controlled right now.
Seeing that Emperor Yuanwu did not move, Consort Shu tried to communicate with the woman.
Suddenly, Mu Qianqian's inner voice rang in his ears.
[Mother, Mother, don't cry.]
I'm not afraid at all.
[Mother, get up quickly. Don't worry, this woman can't do anything to me.]
Mu Qianqian is already like this.
She was still trying to comfort herself.
She wasn't afraid at all.
Her cries nearly shattered the bamboo in the entire bamboo grove.
Consort Shu suddenly felt utterly useless, not only failing to protect Mu Qianqian.
Instead, it was during this difficult time that she had to comfort him.
Consort Shu turned to look at Emperor Yuanwu.
She moved her lips, as if she was about to say something.
Xiao Shunzi had somehow gotten close to her without her noticing.
He stared at the woman, sizing her up: "Your Majesty, this woman looks somewhat familiar, she seems to be..."
Xiao Shunzi paused for a moment and then continued, "It seems to be a palace maid who used to serve Consort Zhuang."
Consort Shu's eyes widened in surprise.
She suddenly realized that this was Zhen'er, the palace maid who served Consort Zhuang.
Consort Shu's sobs paused, and she slowly stood up from the ground: "Zhen'er? You're still alive?"
Zhen'er!?
Emperor Yuanwu's eyes flickered. He glanced at Consort Shu, his gaze finally settling on the woman holding the knife.
Hearing what Consort Shu said, he did feel that this woman looked somewhat familiar.
"As expected of Consort Shu, her memory is truly excellent." The woman burst into laughter, her emotions somewhat out of control.
Her hands were waving aimlessly, and she almost touched Mu Qianqian.
Consort Shu couldn't help but gasp.
She truly regrets being too kind back then.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have spared her life, giving her the opportunity to threaten them.
"Zhen'er, what exactly are you trying to do?" Consort Shu asked angrily.
"What are you doing?" Zhen'er seemed to have heard something funny and laughed out loud twice. The laughter was eerie and grating, echoing in the bamboo forest: "Your Highness, Consort Shu, you have such a good memory. Do you remember the tortures in the Imperial Prison? What do they do to people?"
Upon hearing her words, Consort Shu couldn't help but furrow her brow.
At that very moment.
She inadvertently noticed that the branch above Zhen'er's head swayed slightly.
Beluga whale!
The beluga whale had somehow climbed up a tree behind Zhen'er.
The black whale had already hidden itself in another tree.
Just these two figures, one tall and one short, one in front of the other.
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