"Your Majesty, there is a side door next to the Empress Dowager's bedroom. The servants usually enter and exit through there."
Qian Yeying nodded and said, "Everyone, get up."
Then, amid the servants' countless thanks, Qian Yeying stepped into Xia Muwan's bedroom.
There was an indescribable smell in this palace. For Qian Yeying, who had always been vicious, this smell was not unfamiliar.
This is the unique smell that is created during the process of corpse rotting, deteriorating and drying.
It contained the smell of blood, the stench of decaying corpses, and the smell of stale dust from poor ventilation. All these smells mixed together, after a long time, formed this unique, indescribable smell.
After entering the hall, the eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly opened all the remaining doors and windows. Although they were used to the smell and felt that there was no smell here, sometimes the eunuchs and palace maids from other palaces would come over and always say that it smelled bad here.
This bedroom was different from the dusty palace outside. Although it was still dusty, it was clear that it was cleaned every now and then. At least there was a chair for him to sit on.
There was a huge phoenix bed in the hall. Xia Muwan had her eyes closed, and it was unclear whether she had fainted or was sleeping.
Her hands were bound by two long iron chains, so while she could move, the range of motion was limited. She was still wearing beautiful clothes, and it was clear that Qian Yeming hadn't skimped on her attire.
On the wall directly opposite the phoenix bed was a skeleton of a corpse. There was no flesh on the skeleton at all, and judging from the deformed skeleton, the deceased must have endured unimaginable pain before his death, which caused a good skeleton to shrink into this state.
No matter how much pain he endured, he was chained until his death. Even in the other world, he probably wouldn't find relief after dying this way.
Qian Yeying stared at the skeleton on the wall. He shuddered in his heart, but was also extremely glad that he had made a wise decision.
Be patient and you will have peace; take a step back and the sky will be clear.
Look at what happened to the once invincible Xia Muwan and Murong Qingyun now...
Although he did not witness Murong Qingyu's death with his own eyes, he believed that this culprit who had ruthlessly hurt Qian Yeming and caused a two-year-old child to be poisoned would definitely not die easily.
Qian Yeying stood beside Xia Muwan for a long time without calling her. It was not until he was about to leave that Xia Muwan woke up faintly.
She pushed the hair that was blocking her face aside and rubbed her eyes before she could see clearly the person standing beside her bed.
At this moment, Qian Yeying finally saw the goddess of the former South Vietnam clearly.
Xia Muwan, who had been well-maintained and looked only in her 20s despite being nearly 40 years old, had already turned into an old woman who looked over 60 after only eight months of not seeing her.
Her once-raven-black hair was now dry and tangled, with a mixture of black and white. Her once-classic and enchanting face was now sunken and lined with wrinkles.
The fox eyes that were charming enough to captivate people were all covered with wrinkles. It was probably because she cried too much, and after being dried by the wind, she cried again. Not only did she have more wrinkles, but her eyeballs also bulged out.
In short, Xia Muwan is now not even as good as the old lady guarding the gate outside. Not only is she extremely old, she also looks like a ghost.
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