Chapter 552 Luo'er's Counterattack! This person must not be allowed to live!
The empress's tone carried a hint of excitement.
The palace maid standing beside the Empress replied in a low voice, "Your Majesty, it should be her."
"I might need to paint another portrait and take it to the palace to confirm it."
"However, this matter is almost certain."
The Empress slammed her hand heavily on the armrest: "So she is actually a county princess of the Great Liang Kingdom."
"They actually came all the way to Nan'an and turned the whole city into a mess!"
"Now quite a few women are following her to open shops and do business. Even I have been implicated and scolded by my father. What kind of social order has the Great Chu become?"
"I am the mother of the world. How can I allow this foreign county princess, who harbors ulterior motives and harms all the women of the Great Chu, to continue causing trouble here?"
"Once her identity is confirmed, I will definitely make her pay dearly!"
The palace maid advised, "Your Majesty, please don't be anxious."
"These are not the most important things."
"The crucial point is that this woman is a remnant of the Miao Jiang Witch Moon Cult!"
"She must possess a treasure of the Witch Moon Cult!"
"This treasure can prolong life and grant immortality. Otherwise, why would the Fourth Prince have stirred up trouble among the Miao tribes for the sake of Consort Ning?"
The Empress listened intently.
He couldn't help but ask excitedly, "Then how were you so sure that the treasure was definitely on her?"
"She is Li Wu's wife."
"You didn't see how Li Wu killed someone that night."
"Even the heir of Marquis Wu of Wei died at his hands."
"If I were to conspire with you to harm his wife for the sake of this item, I fear that when Li Wu returns..."
The palace maid quickly said, "Your Highness, you're confused!"
"You are the Empress, what can he possibly do to you?"
"And Li Wu hasn't returned yet, has he?"
"Didn't you say that if he didn't come back today, it meant he hadn't done a good job on the task assigned by the Emperor?"
"Even if he were to return, he would be too busy these past two days. Besides, he is protecting a foreign county princess, who is also a remnant of the Miao Jiang Wuyue Cult. Even if we capture her, what can he say?"
"Naturally, it's still a treasure, the most important thing!"
"Your Majesty, you are the mother of the world. It is already a great disrespect that she did not offer such a treasure to you. How could you be so soft-hearted?"
"You can leave this matter to me..."
The two whispered to each other again.
Little did they know, Li Qingluo had already overheard the whole thing from the shadows.
In the blink of an eye, night fell slowly once again.
On the long street, a figure hurried toward the palace gate.
Suddenly, a pebble fell from the wall.
Then, four or five pebbles rolled to her feet.
The palace maid immediately stopped and nervously looked around.
"Yes, who is it?"
The patrolling guards had not yet passed by.
There were no palace maids or eunuchs nearby.
Only the dim yellow lamp flickered in the corridor, casting the palace maids' own shadows on the ground, making them look like monstrous creatures with bared fangs and claws.
Suddenly, another dark figure darted across the ground.
The palace maid turned around quickly.
A figure was standing right behind her.
Before the palace maid could even utter a cry of alarm, she was grabbed by the neck.
Then, she was dragged into the darkness.
"Hmm—"
As the palace maid struggled, she frantically pulled a bamboo tube from her waist.
The masked man in black pinned him down tightly.
"Your poisonous insects are useless against me, don't waste your energy."
The palace maid hurriedly drew a dagger from her waist, but before she could stab it, her wrist was grabbed tightly by the other party.
Then, in a sudden turn, she was forced to plunge the knife deep into her own thigh.
A scream escaped from the covered mouth.
The man in black covered the maid's mouth with one hand while continuing to control her wrist with the other.
With a flick of his wrist, the dagger was pulled from his thigh, and a jet of blood gushed out.
Then, the bamboo tubes were scattered on the ground.
The countless insects inside suddenly swarmed out.
They plunged into the pool of blood on the ground and instantly drained all the blood.
"How about a little more?"
As he spoke, he plunged the knife into his abdomen again.
When he drew his sword again, blood dripped onto the ground once more.
As the swarm of poisonous insects rushed toward the pool of blood again, despair instantly filled the palace maid's face.
"I can't...eat anymore..."
Man in black: "Why?"
"Because drinking too much of your blood will cause me to die suddenly, right?"
"But this little bit is clearly not enough."
How about this?
As he spoke, the man in black grabbed one of the palace maid's wrists, lifted her high, and then cut it off with a knife.
The palace maid felt a sudden sense of despair.
She knew that the man in black behind her must be a woman!
But what woman in this world has such strength?!
Not only is he strong, but he is also ruthless.
This isn't meant to swell these poisonous insects to death.
But it's not just about saving your own life!
"Who exactly are you?!"
The man in black approached and, in the dim light and shadow, slowly pulled down his mask.
"Didn't you intend to conspire with the Empress to kill me?"
"What, you don't recognize me anymore?"
"You think you can get away with this? You think you're so lucky?"
Li Qingluo's cold yet stunningly beautiful face was partially revealed.
The palace maid screamed in fright, "It's you—?"
And this palace maid was, of course, not a real palace maid.
Instead, it was the person who instigated the Empress to harm Li Qingluo in the Empress's palace today.
Li Qingluo recognized her.
That night at the palace banquet, this woman was clearly by Zongzheng Wuxie's side.
Li Qingluo remembered her.
Because she glanced at him a few more times.
So afterwards, Li Qingluo asked Wu Dezu and his grandson to investigate the woman.
The information I received was that this woman was indeed from Yun Gu.
She had most likely seen him in Miao territory, which is why she looked at him more often.
Now, this speculation has been completely confirmed.
This woman knows herself!
Moreover, she wanted to use the Empress to get rid of her!
Li Qingluo: "You asked for it."
"Your life is over and cannot be spared."
After saying that, Li Qingluo pushed him hard.
She was pushed into her own pile of poisonous insects and pools of blood.
No, no—
"Ah—ah!!"
Soon, the poisonous insects burrowed into her flesh through her wound.
Then, countless dense wounds were filled with the poisonous insects she had raised herself.
It burrowed wildly beneath her skin, relentlessly gnawing at her exceptionally fresh flesh.
However, immediately afterward, these poisonous insects all died and exploded, perishing in the darkness along with her...
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