"Originally, she just wanted to go to the plum garden, pick some plum blossoms and bring them back for Auntie, and then let the maids in the yard see how beautiful the plum blossoms are this year."
"She was wearing a cloak and walking through the long alley. When she turned back from the plum garden, she overheard the servants in the other courtyard say, 'Pei Sanlang has returned today.'"
"Twelve Lady suddenly felt like going to see her third brother."
"Last time she was seriously ill, Third Brother brought her a lot of rare and interesting things, and he seemed very worried about her."
"Among her brothers and sisters, she has had the best relationship with Pei Sanlang since she was young, so she wanted to give a plum blossom to her third brother as well."
"But when she arrived at Pei Sanlang's yard, she found that not only was there no one guarding the door, but he was also talking in the yard to a stranger whom Twelve Niang had never seen before."
"Twelve Lady wanted to leave immediately, but she heard the man say, 'If Minister Pei disobeys, he will be killed if necessary!'"
"Someone wants to kill her father? Twelve Niang listened anxiously, but then she heard the other party say that if the old Duke continues to delay, the matter can no longer wait. If the old Duke still refuses to cooperate and hand over the last ten chapters by the end of February at the latest, he will be completely cut off from his medicine."
"Medicine? What medicine?"
"She knew that Great Grandfather had been taking medicine, but who was this person, and why could he order Third Brother to stop taking medicine for Great Grandfather?"
"Twelve Lady wanted to leave quietly, but she was discovered by a servant who had gone somewhere and returned. The servant exclaimed: 'Twelve Lady!?'"
"Twelve Lady was knocked unconscious, and when she woke up, she was in the dungeon."
"She heard someone say in a daze that she was the best panacea for the old man, and that if her blood were made into blood-clotting pills, the old man would be able to stay awake for a few days after taking them."
"But now there are people from Prince Su's Mansion in the mansion, so the twelfth lady cannot be missing for too long."
Pei Shierniang regained consciousness. She saw someone enter with a lamp. There was a lamp holder on the wall, which served as a mechanism for leaving. But she had no strength to get up. She could only watch as someone approached her and fed her a pill called 'Maitreya Poison.'
The man said, "Don't worry, Miss Twelve. You will pass away peacefully and without much pain. Your sacrifice today is also for the future of your entire Pei family."
Pei Shierniang asked in horror: "Why do you have to kill me? Where is my third brother? I want to see him..."
The man said, "Did you hear that? We're going to kill your father, Minister Pei. Who made him so stubborn that he'd rather go his own way than submit to us?"
"Since you heard our secret, you naturally cannot live either."
"As for your third brother, he's outside. He couldn't bear to see you killed, so I had to come here myself."
Twelve Niang: "Who are you? I don't believe you. I don't believe that Third Brother will let you kill me! Third Brother - save me - save Jiaer -"
Her voice gradually faded away.
She didn't know what was going on.
I could only look anxiously at the person in front of me.
The man was wearing a mask and his voice could not be identified as male or female. Twelve Niang didn't even know his identity.
He grabbed the axe beside him and cut off one of Twelve Niang's arms without saying a word.
Twelve Niang was naturally in great pain, so much so that her muscles were twitching all over her body, but she suddenly found that she could no longer make any sound.
She couldn't even scream, and she didn't even have the strength to struggle or resist.
She was like she was asleep while awake, and even though she was in so much pain that her whole body was breaking apart, she couldn't scream.
She could only watch her blood flow everywhere.
The man joyfully took the basin and began to chatter away, "Do you know how strange your old man's illness is? Only blood-clotting pills made from the blood of women in this world can keep him alive."
"Of course, he can also drink human blood directly, but drinking human blood is too wasteful. Besides, it is becoming increasingly difficult to send these women with no identity and no background to your Pei family."
"So, you have to be frugal with the blood-clotting pills. Hiss—oh, you can't waste it. You can't waste any more of your good blood. Please bleed slower."
"If I didn't have to hurry and get you out, I wouldn't have been so anxious to bleed you this way. If you want to blame someone, blame your brother for pushing you so hard!"
"In fact, the most effective woman for your old man in this world is a woman related to him by blood. Just the women of your Pei family are worth three or four of those other women. If he can just drink a few mouthfuls of your blood, he will definitely be sober for a few days."
"Although his brain has been tortured over the years and is no longer very useful, it is not completely useless and is still useful to Your Highness."
"It's a pity that the head of your Pei family is unwilling to sacrifice your daughters."
"Why else would we go through all this trouble?"
"You're unlucky today too. It's your own fault for bumping into me."
After saying that, the man swung the axe again and chopped off Twelve Niang's other arm with one axe.
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