If it was the little mute from before, when they knew about her painful past, they would definitely sympathize with her, feel sorry for her, and even pull Qiao Si to avenge her.
But the person in front of him was sitting there with a sneer on his face, his eyes filled with bloodthirsty madness, cold-blooded and cruel, and vindictive.
She is no longer the submissive lamb she used to be. Now, it is not an exaggeration to call her a Shura who controls the life and death of others.
"I'm different from you." Chunhua looked at her, unwavering by her tragic experience. Her eyes were clear and wise, and her tone was firm. "At least I won't even let go of my former savior."
Sun Chanyu's eyes glared, and the smile on her face faded. She tilted her head and her voice grew colder: "After so many betrayals and frame-ups, I should be more vigilant, shouldn't I?"
"But we never thought of harming you. We even didn't recognize you after coming to the capital for a year. Even so, you still don't intend to let us go?" Zhang You grabbed Chunhua's sleeve and looked at her vigilantly. He caught a glimpse of two palace maids lying on the ground who were awake but pretending to be unconscious.
My thoughts turned and a solution came to my mind.
She was alone here, and there were two of them. If they could incite those two, they would have more help. As long as they found a chance to hold her hostage, they could leave...
Upon hearing this, Sun Chanyu looked at Zhang You with a complicated expression, as if Zhang You's words had reminded her of something, and she was pondering it. After a long pause, she said, "Perhaps you didn't recognize me then, but now that you know my secret, how can you leave in peace?" She stood up leisurely, patted her dress, and brushed off the dust, as if she were unattainable, without a trace of dirt.
Chunhua stood in front of Zhang You and retreated carefully step by step, wary of the person in front of her.
"Oh, then don't you have to kill everyone here to prevent future troubles?" Zhang You deliberately said loudly, just wanting the palace maids to hear.
The palace maid who pretended to faint stiffened and thought about her current situation.
Zhang You counted the time, took Chunhua's hand and guided her to quietly move back, just enough so that Sun Chanyu had her back to the palace maids.
"Hahahaha! Don't worry, you've done me a favor. I won't torture you like they did. I'll give you a quick death." Sun Chanyu smiled cheerfully, her tone nonchalant. She raised her hand, just in time to catch a falling leaf. With a gentle twist of her nail polish-coated hand, it shattered. It was as if their lives, like those dead leaves, were as easily crushed to death by her.
"That depends on whether you can kill us." Chunhua took off the hairpins on her head, holding one in each hand, and took a defensive posture, ready to take action at any time.
As soon as she finished speaking, the palace maids who were pretending to be unconscious immediately got up and held Sun Chanyu hostage with the daggers they carried with them.
Sun Chanyu just smiled, not afraid at all. In fact, their actions made her even more excited. A strange light flashed in her eyes, "Hahaha!"
The maid behind him looked horrified and frightened: "You...what are you laughing at! Stop laughing!"
"You've followed me for so long, how could you still not know my methods?" She tilted her head and glanced at the maid behind her. Another palace maid happened to meet her gaze and took a step back trembling.
"Why are you leaving? How can we escape if we don't catch her!" The palace maid holding Sun Chanyu hostage saw that the person next to her was about to retreat, and her voice rose twice. It was unclear whether she wanted to wake the other person up or speak louder to give herself courage.
"You... didn't you hear what she said? You know she knows some magic?" The palace maid approached her fearfully. Thinking of the rumors about the imperial concubine in the palace, she felt a chill all over her body.
"Something seems to be wrong with them? They... are actually afraid of her?" Zhang You looked at them in confusion.
"I once heard that she was called the Demon Concubine because she had magical powers that could take people's lives." Chunhua stood in front of Zhang You vigilantly. Her intuition told her that the two maids were no match for Sun Chanyu.
"How could there be magic in this world?" Zhang You is a staunch materialist and does not believe in these supernatural things.
"What are you afraid of! If we don't hold her hostage, we will all die! We will die anyway, and if we hold her hostage, we may have a chance to escape! Who cares if she knows any magic!" The palace maid pulled with her hand, and a bloody mark appeared on Sun Chanyu's white neck in an instant.
Sun Chanyu's eyes turned completely cold. She raised her hand and waved away the remaining leaf fragments.
Withered, yellow leaves danced in the wind, gradually converging into a small tornado. Yellow light poured out from the vent, continuously flying upwards. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a long dragon, hovering above their heads. The dragon circled and headed straight for Sun Chanyu, as if to protect her.
All this happened extremely quickly, as if she had the magical power to call the wind and rain with just a wave of her hand.
Before the maids holding her hostage could react, sparks suddenly ignited from their bodies. Their eyes were filled with fear, and the daggers in their hands were pushed away by Sun Chanyu before they could pierce her neck.
The smoke engulfed them, and their cries for help quickly attracted the people guarding outside. They pushed open the door and rushed in. But when they looked up, they saw a glowing dragon beside Sun Chanyu and a palace maid begging for mercy on the ground. They knew it was a trick of the imperial concubine, so they stayed away and didn't get close, for fear of being accidentally injured.
The long dragon did not disappear. After circling around Sun Chanyu, it followed her hand and flew towards them and the remaining palace maids on the ground.
Zhang You and Chunhua were shocked by her sudden move.
Chunhua looked at Long Qi in disbelief, her eyes full of confusion and shock.
How could that be?
There can't be magic in this world.
Zhang You looked at the movement in front of him, the flying dragon, the palace maid who spontaneously combusted without fire...
This is not magic, it is a trick, it is phosphorus powder.
After so many years in Caiguang Town, I'm afraid she has already learned the old magician's tricks, and her talent may even allow her to go a step further.
No wonder she was the only one favored by the emperor in the palace, and no wonder there were rumors that she knew witchcraft.
Everything makes sense now.
"Don't get close to that thing. There is something on it that will ignite our clothes." Zhang You pulled Chunhua, dodged the flying dragon, and said anxiously.
However, the dragon was much more likely to spread phosphorus powder than what was visible to the naked eye. Chunhua was only an inch away from it when her sleeve caught fire.
Zhang You hurriedly waved his sleeves to put out the fire for her.
The dragon rushed towards them but missed and disappeared into the open space.
Sun Chanyu did not give up. "I wanted to give you a quick death, but since you don't want to, then do the same as them." She raised her hand again, and this time it was a bigger phoenix.
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