Chapter 1139 Huge Waves
"Princess, are you sure you want to force me like this? There are some people you cannot afford to offend." He appeared to be timid but his voice was trembling violently.
Jiang Xue curled her lips into a cold smile and took out a silk handkerchief from her sleeve.
There were a few delicate plum blossoms embroidered on the silk handkerchief. Although they looked ordinary, they made the eunuch's pupils shrink suddenly, as if he had seen some ferocious beast.
"What is this? Father-in-law should recognize it, right?"
Jiang Xue slowly unfolded the silk handkerchief, revealing a dark red stain on it, which looked particularly shocking in the dim light.
"This was found behind the rockery in the Imperial Garden. What does the father-in-law think this stain looks like?"
The eunuch's face suddenly turned pale as paper.
His lips trembled, but no sound came out.
Of course he recognized the handkerchief and the stains on it.
That is...
Jiang Xue didn't give him a chance to breathe and continued, "My Lord, I'm sure you've heard about it. Now it's being rumored in the palace that someone is trying to murder the prince.
If this silk handkerchief stained with special medicine powder falls into the hands of the emperor, I wonder what kind of waves it will cause? "
Her tone was gentle, but every word was as sharp as a knife, piercing the eunuch's heart.
Cold sweat slid down the eunuch's forehead. He was like a duck with its throat strangled, opening his mouth but unable to make any sound.
He understood what Jiang Xue meant. This silk handkerchief was a time bomb, enough to destroy everything someone had worked so hard to build.
He was just a small eunuch, how could he withstand such a huge wave?
He gritted his teeth, as if he had made some important decision.
"Princess, please come in." He stepped aside, his voice so low that it was almost inaudible.
Jiang Xue and Concubine Li exchanged glances and then stepped into the cold palace.
A cold, damp smell hit me in the face, mixed with the smell of mold and decay, which was nauseating.
In the cold palace, the dilapidated houses stood silently in the darkness like monsters with their mouths wide open.
The cold wind whistled past, making a whimpering sound, as if wronged souls were crying.
The eunuch led them through a long and narrow corridor and came to a dilapidated house.
He pushed open the door, and an even stronger musty smell hit his nose, choking Jiang Xue so much that she almost coughed.
The light in the room was dim, and I could only barely make out a hunched figure huddled in the corner.
Her hair was disheveled and her clothes were tattered, like a dying corpse.
"This is the person you are looking for." The eunuch lowered his head, not daring to look Jiang Xue in the eye.
Jiang Xue walked up to the figure, squatted down, and said softly: "You are..."
The figure slowly raised his head, revealing a wrinkled face.
A gleam of light flashed in her cloudy eyes, and she said in a hoarse voice: "Princess, you are finally here..."
Jiang Xue was delighted and was about to ask when she suddenly heard hurried footsteps coming from outside.
"Oh no! Someone is coming!" Concubine Li's face changed and she cried out in a low voice.
The eunuch was also panicked. His face turned pale and he stammered, "Princess, you..."
Jiang Xue's heart sank suddenly, and she froze in place, not knowing what to do. Concubine Li was also shocked and let out a low cry, and held Jiang Xue's hand with her cold fingers.
The footsteps of the person coming were getting closer and closer, and they stepped quickly on the bluestone road, making a friction sound that was almost suffocating.
A strange smile appeared on the cold palace eunuch's originally pale face. The smile looked particularly eerie in the dim light, flickering like a ghost fire.
"Your Highness, it seems that you cannot take this witness away today."
He said this sarcastically, with a hint of complacency in his tone, as if everything was under his control.
Jiang Xue cursed inwardly, "old fox"; she knew that this eunuch must have been bribed.
She quickly glanced around. There was nowhere to hide in this dilapidated cold palace except for a few ramshackle houses and fallen leaves all over the ground.
With a "bang", the door to the cold palace was kicked open roughly, and a group of guards in black rushed in and surrounded Jiang Xue and Concubine Li.
Each of them had a ferocious look on their face, their hands on the hilt of their knives, full of murderous intent, like vicious wolves, ready to pounce on their prey at any time.
The leader was a man of great stature and flesh on his face. He stared at Jiang Xue with a pair of hawk-like eyes and shouted, "How dare you, Princess, to trespass into the cold palace! Why don't you surrender!"
Jiang Xue recognized him at a glance. This was Rongpin's trusted guard. It seemed that the trap today was set by Rongpin.
She suppressed her panic, tried to keep herself calm, and said in a cold voice: "This princess came here to investigate on the orders of the emperor, how can I say I am trespassing?"
"Humph! The emperor's order? I think you are faking the imperial decree!"
The guard sneered and ignored Jiang Xue's explanation: "Come here, take them down!"
The guards rushed forward, waving their swords and approaching Jiang Xue and Concubine Li.
Concubine Li was so frightened that her face turned pale. She tightly grasped Jiang Xue's hand and said tremblingly: "Xiaoxue, what should we do? We..."
Jiang Xue took a deep breath, protected Concubine Li behind her, glanced at the guards around her with cold eyes, and quickly thought of a countermeasure in her mind.
We are outnumbered and fighting head-on will definitely not work.
She had to find a way to delay time and wait for rescue.
"If you dare to touch this princess, try it!"
Jiang Xue shouted sternly, her tone full of majesty, trying to intimidate the guards.
However, these guards had obviously received instructions long ago and ignored Jiang Xue's warnings and continued to press forward.
"If you don't accept my toast, you will be punished!" The leading guard roared, wielding the long sword in his hand and slashing towards Jiang Xue.
Jiang Xue was quick-witted and quick-handed. She dodged the knife by leaning sideways, then quickly grabbed the guard's wrist and twisted it hard.
"Ah!" The guard let out a scream and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground.
Jiang Xue took the opportunity to grab the long sword, pointed at the guards around him, and shouted: "Whoever dares to take a step forward, I will kill him!"
The guards were intimidated by Jiang Xue's aura and did not dare to act rashly for a while.
However, this was only a short-lived standoff.
The leading guard reacted quickly and commanded the other guards to attack again.
Jiang Xue and Concubine Li stood back to back, waving their long swords, struggling to resist the attacks of the guards.
The swords flashed and the cold light flickered.
The cold palace was filled with shouts and the sounds of weapons clashing.
Although Jiang Xue and Concubine Li were both good at martial arts, they were ultimately outnumbered.
Wounds gradually appeared on their bodies, and their clothes were stained red with blood.
Concubine Li's strength gradually declined and her movements became slow.
"Xiaoxue, I... I can't hold on anymore..." Concubine Li said breathlessly, with a hint of despair in her voice.
Jiang Xue's heart sank, knowing that if they continued like this, they would be caught sooner or later.
At this critical moment, Jiang Xue suddenly thought of the power of the clue in the Imperial Garden, and an idea flashed quickly through her mind.
She took a deep breath, endured the pain in her body, held the secret letter tightly in her right hand, and a sneer appeared on her face.
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