Zhili was panicked by this sudden turn of events. She wanted to kick the assassin away, but the assassin hugged her leg tightly: "Miss Zhili, you can't turn your back on others. There are elders above you and others below."
Little, girl, save little—"
"Don't make false claims. I have never seen you before. How dare you touch me so randomly? Did Concubine Chen instigate you?!" Zhili suddenly had an idea and quickly understood that Mu Ci was behind this.
She spent money to hire someone to handle this matter. The assassin had never met her, but the assassin just testified against her as soon as they met. If you think about it carefully, you will know that it was Mu Ci's fault.
"Yes, do you have any evidence in your hand?" An Rong felt calm after hearing this.
There is no basis for what he said. The assassin said it was Zhili who instigated it, which was obviously because Mu Ci was behind the instigation.
Since it was just empty words and no evidence, Mu Ci had no way to prove that Jingyang Palace was behind the murder.
"Of course, this is the token that Miss Zhili gave me!" the assassin said, showing off a silk handkerchief.
There is a pear flower embroidered on the silk handkerchief. Anyone who knows Zhili will know that. Zhili's embroidery will be embroidered with a pear flower. Anyone who knows Zhili will know that it belongs to Zhili.
Zhili looked ugly and looked at An Rong for help.
An Rong looked at it and clenched her fists.
Zhili's personal belongings are in the hands of the assassin. How can we tell the truth?
Mu Ci stopped talking nonsense and ordered in a cold voice: "Come here, take down the pear, pull her down and interrogate her until she tells all the truth!"
Zhili was frightened when she heard this. She looked at An Rong and said, "My dear concubine, please save this slave!"
An Rongmu was expressionless and didn't say anything. When Zhili saw this, she remembered Zhitao's previous untimely death. At this moment, panic surged into her heart, and she loudly said: "The noble concubine cannot care about the life and death of the slave. What the slave has done
Everything is for the sake of the empress..."
"Let me say a few words to Zhili." An Rong suddenly raised her lips and said.
Mu Ci looked at An Rong coldly and did not answer.
An Rong was so at her wits' end that the only trick she had left was to kill people and silence them.
She didn't stop her. She didn't think about dealing with An Rong this time, but Zhili wasn't stupid either, and was even a little smart. When she heard what An Rong said, she instantly understood that An Rong wanted to kill her and silence her.
Wasn't Zhitao silenced by Concubine An back then?
Zhitao has served An Rong for so many years, and An Rong can get rid of Zhitao without hesitation. How long has she been by An Rong's side? An Rong can easily get rid of her.
After thinking about this, she said desperately: "Concubine Chen, it is the concubine who instructs the slaves..."
She couldn't finish what she wanted to say, because An Rong had already drawn her sword and stabbed Zhili in the heart.
Mu Ci looked at Zhili lying in a pool of blood with a calm expression.
"The trick of Concubine An silencing her whenever she comes and goes is not new at all!" Mu Ci looked at An Rong, who had blood on her clothes: "You should really see what you look like now. All the people close to you are
If you kill me, you will also kill all the people who are planning for you. Who else will be around you? From now on, everyone will be afraid of you, despise you, and everyone will avoid you like a snake or a scorpion. I have not stopped you.
Silencing you because you are not worthy of my action."
An Rong's hand was still a little trembling. She couldn't hold the sword this time, and the sword just slipped from her hand and made a crisp sound.
After that, Mu Ci led everyone to leave, and calm returned to Jingyang Palace.
An Rong fell weakly on the imperial concubine chair, like a puppet that had lost its soul.
Kikyo ordered everything in the palace to be handled in an orderly manner, including Zhili's gradually cooling body.
When she finished her work, she and Concubine An were the only ones left here.
"Is the imperial concubine okay?" Kikyo's voice woke An Rong from her thoughts.
An Rong seemed to have come back to her senses. She looked at the empty palace, and an unprecedented confusion filled her heart. The person who advised her, worked for her, was the person she trusted the most, and the person she loved most in her heart.
Everyone left her and even disliked her.
Mu Ci was right when she said something, she was now deserting her relatives, no matter what she did, those people could no longer come back to her.
In order to protect herself, she could kill Zhili and Zhitao without hesitation. What would the people watching over there think?
"Did I make a mistake?" An Rong murmured silently.
No one answered, and Kikyo remained as taciturn as before. She was not like Zhimomo or Zhili who would say nice things to make her happy. When she killed Zhimomo and Zhili, Kikyo had been watching.
Will Kikyo still trust her as her master?
"Why don't you answer me? Do you also think that people like me are not worth dying for?" An Rong looked at Kikyo coldly.
Kikyo looked back calmly, "I'm tired today. Let's take a rest early. After some sleep, it's a new day."
After being reminded by her, An Rong remembered that it was the middle of the night and she was indeed tired.
Mu Ci's fighting ability was so strong that she could never defeat him, which made her feel powerless.
Why can Mu Ci always be one step ahead of her, know her plans, and even expose her plans?
Her mind was in chaos, and the moment she fell on the couch, she felt sleepy.
The moment she woke up in the morning, An Rong called out: "Zhitao..."
Zhitao did not show up, but it was Kikyo's face that appeared in front of her: "Have you forgotten? Zhitao is gone."
An Rong was startled: "Yes, she was killed by me personally. Zhitao has been by my side since I was very young. She won my heart with her work and was loyal to me."
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Everyone is dead, so what's the use of talking about it?
If it hadn't been for Mu Ci, the people around her wouldn't have left her one by one. Everything was Mu Ci's fault.
She wanted to get rid of Mu Ci so much, but she could never succeed. Why was that woman always one step ahead of her?
This is what she can't understand.
Are there still chess pieces placed by Mu Ci in Jingyang Palace?
"Your Majesty, breakfast has been prepared. Previously, I have selected several palace servants, all of whom have served in Jingyang Palace for many years. I saw that they behaved steadily, so I selected them for my Majesty to choose from later.
" Platycodon's voice awakened An Rong's distant thoughts.
An Rong responded, but still couldn't bring herself to do it.
Platycodon stopped talking and stood quietly aside.
"Platycodon, next, please do a thorough investigation on the origins of all the maids in Jingyang Palace. I want to know the details of each of them." An Rong finished her breakfast and suddenly issued an order.
"Yes, your Majesty, I will take care of this matter as soon as possible." Kikyo said and ordered people to clear away the dishes.
As for choosing the eldest palace maid, An Rong was not in a hurry. She just waited for Qingjie to investigate everyone's details before choosing someone.
