The nanny was getting a little impatient with the pestering. She tugged at her sleeves and said unhappily, "Your Highness knows this best, right? Xiaoyuan brings you meals every day. Has she delivered what she's supposed to?"
"Haha, the Northern Wasteland is a bitterly cold place. The Princess also hopes that you will endure more hardships so as not to drag down the Young General in the future. I didn't expect that you are unwilling to endure hardships."
"I don't know what tricks you used to trick Xiaoyuan into giving you food, stealing steamed buns from the kitchen every day to give them to you. If the steward found out, he would have beaten her to death."
Li Xue felt a pain in her heart when she heard this, and her breathing became a little rapid. She grabbed the nanny's arm a little harder. She had done the hard labor of washing clothes these days, and her strength had increased a lot.
"Tell me, where is Madoka?"
The nanny raised her chin and said coldly, "If Your Highness wants to go see the mass grave, I can take you there. However... if you get scared, then it will have nothing to do with me."
"Take me there. I want to see it with my own eyes."
His eyes were red and he stared at her with resentment.
The two men walked towards the small door, one in front and the other behind. It took them half an hour to reach the place. The crows' cries in the dark night were chilling, and the stench in the air was unmistakable.
The nanny felt a little disgusted, but she had to bear it when she thought of the eldest princess' words. It would be best if the third princess could go crazy, and then her marriage with the young general would naturally be cancelled.
In a bad tone, he said, "Third Princess, you are indeed an evil star. Xiao Yuan is such a kind-hearted girl. If she hadn't stolen steamed buns for you without permission, she wouldn't have been beaten to death by the steward."
"Oh, what a pity it is that he died."
Li Xue's heart sank. She walked forward with her head down and stood at the edge of the pit, looking at the piles of corpses in the pit. Most of them were wearing palace maids' clothes.
After searching for a long time, I finally found Xiaoyuan in the corner. Her face had turned pale, completely different from her lively and cheerful appearance in the past. It looked a little scary.
Li Xue felt a pain in her heart and tears rolled down her eyes. She silently carried the stiff corpse on her back, climbed up step by step, knelt on the ground, dug a hole and buried the person.
Her hands were already covered in wounds. She dug up some dandelions and planted them, choking with sobs as she said, "Rest in peace, Xiaoyuan. And... I'm sorry, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have died."
Before leaving, she had to do one thing.
revenge!
Li Xue wiped her tears and stood up, slowly walking towards the nanny who was covering her nose. Seeing her take two steps back in disgust, she said calmly, "Which steward killed Xiao Yuan? Take me to find her."
The nanny looked her up and down and sneered, "Why, you still want revenge? Princess, don't overestimate your abilities. Besides, Xiaoyuan brought this upon herself..."
"I want to know who killed her."
"Why should I tell you? I'm so sleepy this late at night. I've already done my best to bring the princess here. I hope the princess won't make things difficult for me."
Li Xue clenched her fists and said nothing. She threw Mammy to the ground, pinching her neck tightly with her hands and looking fierce: "Tell me, who killed Xiaoyuan? If you don't tell me, I will kill you."
The nanny struggled hard: "You, you are crazy, cough cough, let go, let go of this old slave. If you kill this old slave, the princess will not let you go."
"Haha, is that so? You're just a dog slave. If I lose you, there are others. The thing that is most in demand in this palace is the lives of slaves. Even if I am humble, I am still a princess of a country. What's the harm in taking your life?"
His eyes flashed with bloodthirsty murderous intent. The nanny was frightened and said hurriedly, "Wait, Princess, wait a minute. I can take you to see Steward Wang."
"Don't kill me, don't..."
Li Xue took off the hairpin from the old nanny's head, held it in her hand and pointed it at her neck: "Don't play tricks, or I will cut your neck. Do you think you can still survive?"
"If you die, the eldest princess will have more servants. She doesn't need you. Think it through and understand it."
"I only want the life of that steward. Her life is in exchange for yours. Let's go and lead the way!"
Mammy struggled to get up from the ground, looking at her with a look of fear in her eyes. She hurriedly led her to the yard and pointed to a room: "That's it."
"Go in and ask her why she wanted to kill Xiaoyuan. If you dare to lie to me, I will let you know what it means to live a life worse than death. You will die before you leave the palace."
"Madam, do you dare to kill me? If you don't, then you have to be obedient. I will be leaving the palace in two days, and you will be free from now on."
Mammy thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I'll go ask."
Li Xue followed behind with her head down, and heard the nanny say a few words. The person on the bed sat up and sneered, "Sister Gui, are you okay? It's just a little girl who died."
"You're asking me this late at night instead of resting. If she's dead, then she's dead. It's her fault for having dirty hands and feet."
"Yawn, I'm so sleepy, let's take a rest."
After saying that, she turned over on the bed, without even looking behind her. Someone was approaching her little by little.
Li Xue stood by the bed, raised the hairpin in her hand, turned the person over, and stabbed her heart mercilessly several times in a row, letting the blood spray on her face.
The warm touch made her even more crazy. After killing Manager Wang, Li Xue walked towards the nanny with murderous intent in her eyes. She pounced on her and wiped her neck.
The neck was cut and blood spurted out. The throat could only make gurgling sounds, and soon there was no sound.
After both of them died completely, Li Xue stood up and looked at them expressionlessly. She inserted the hairpin in her hand into the nanny's hair, lit the kerosene lamp, watched the flames jump out, turned around and walked out.
After running out, he quickly took off his bloodstained coat and set it on fire. Then he ran into his yard wearing his inner clothes, closed and locked the door, and began to fetch water to wash.
The cold water stimulated me and I couldn't help shivering.
I fell ill that night and vaguely heard the sound of crying and shouting for help outside. I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep. I slept very deeply and did not wake up until dawn.
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Jiang Ling entered the palace to prepare to resign. There was still a lot of work to do in Beihuang, and they didn't have that much time to waste. Their goal had been achieved, so it would be best to leave early.
Emperor Gan looked at the person kneeling on the ground and said gently, "My dear, please stand up. Since you plan to leave the city tomorrow, go see the Third Princess and tell her today."
"We will be getting married in the future, so it's okay to meet now. Tomorrow morning, come to the palace gate to pick her up. I've asked the Queen to prepare the dowry, and you can take it away when the time comes."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty."
Jiang Ling left the palace and asked the young eunuch to lead the way. Soon they arrived at the cold palace. Looking at the dilapidated cold palace and the plaque that was about to fall down, he frowned slightly.
He thought about how the third princess was being treated coldly, but she was a princess after all, so why did she live so poorly? Had she been living like this all these years?
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