Chapter 4 — Sister Thanh Thu

"I have the queen's back, the emperor and the queen mother are not in the palace, this is the best opportunity to eliminate Lady Cui." She laughed coldly: "In the past life, you were beaten to death by the general. In this life, I want you to die more brutally than in the past!" She turned around and brought down a rough porcelain bowl from the brazier, inside was boiling hot rapeseed oil, still steaming hot. "This bowl of oil, squirt it out." The other eunuch trembled: "General's wife, this will cost you your life..." The younger sister smiled sarcastically. "If you lose your life, I'll take care of it. If you're done, then run away. Whoever dares to talk, I'll bury his whole family." She put the bowl on the table. "Remember, I want you to have no face in this life." The two eunuchs looked at each other, bent down, picked up the silver, stuffed it into their hearts, and nodded. Late at night, the sound of drums came from far away. The dark guard ran in, leaned into Concubine Lan's ear and said two words. The corner of Concubine Lan's mouth curled up. "Don't alarm them, change the blankets and mattresses on the heavenly palace bed into a fake person." The trusted eunuch was stunned: "Niang Niang, won't you arrest her?" Concubine Lan shook her head: "It's too convenient for them to arrest." I stood next to her, my heart beating very fast. The eunuch followed orders and quickly took a cloth mannequin and stuffed it into the blanket. I tighten my sleeves, is this to let them go into chaos? The two eunuchs gingerly pushed open the door of the heavenly palace, sticking their heads in and looking around. The blanket on the bed bulged. "She's asleep, take action." Under the blanket, I wasn't actually there, but the eunuch didn't know. The tall eunuch raised the wooden stick in his hand and signaled the dwarf. Two people rushed forward, holding sticks and repeatedly hitting the legs of the person in the blanket. The dwarf carried a bowl of oil, splashed it on the fake man's face, and the oil splashed all over the bed. "Destroy it, destroy it, run quickly!" The tall eunuch threw down his stick, turned around to run. "Wait." Concubine Lan's voice came from the door. "Arrest them." She gently waved her hand. Seven or eight guards rushed in from the darkness and pinned the two eunuchs to the ground. The dwarf was so scared that he peed his pants and cried out in panic: "Please spare your life..." Concubine Lan lowered her head to look at the oil stain on the blanket, frowning. Lan Quy Phi said to her trusted eunuch: "Write down the confession, it will be used in the future." The short eunuch was so nervous that he repeatedly bowed his head: "Please spare your life, the general's wife forced the servants to do this." Lan Quy Phi turned around and walked out, leaving behind a sentence: "Apply to Than Xing Company, according to the rules, beat eighty times, then throw it to the door of the general's palace." The eunuch screamed in anger, was covered by the guard and dragged out. Lan Quy Phi walked up to me and asked with concern: "Are you scared?" I shook my head, clenched my fists and said nothing. She reached out and pulled me: "Let's go, go back to sleep." After the eunuch broke a leg, he was thrown to the door of the general's palace. My sister was so angry that she smashed the bowl and didn't sleep all night. The next day, my sister relied on the fact that the queen was holding a party in Ngu Hoa Garden today, thinking that Concubine Lan would not dare to cause trouble. She led people to block my way. Co Lam had been drinking, drunk, and came up from behind, grabbed my hair with one hand, and pulled me back hard. The whole person fell backwards, the back of his head hit the ground, his eyes went black. He pulled my hair and pulled me half a step forward, lifted his foot and stepped on my face. He bent down, looked at me, the corner of his mouth twitched: "Aren't you very noble, do you have Concubine Lan to back you up?" "Today I will let you know, in this palace, you are not even as good as a dog." Having finished speaking, he spat on me. I bit my lip, didn't say a word, engraved this debt deep in my heart. Co Lam let go of her legs, took two steps back, crossed her arms and stood beside her, raising her chin at her sister: "Come." My sister stepped forward, squatted down, and patted my face. She turned around and told the eunuch behind her: "Go, bring that box here." The eunuch brought a wooden box, the smell was strong.

straight in the face. My sister grabbed my chin, pressed the mouth of the bucket to my mouth, the fecal water poured into my throat, I choked until my whole body convulsed, I wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit, I could only swallow. "Don't you value your face the most? Today I have to tear your face down." She let go, threw the bucket aside, stood up and wiped her hands. I lay on the ground coughing so hard I couldn't say a word. The younger sister didn't seem to be angry yet. She turned around and called out to the palace maid: "Bring the needle." The palace maid held up a bunch of silver needles. My sister took it, squatted down, pulled my hand over, one by one it stabbed into my fingernails. She smiled sarcastically: "Now you are just a rose that was stepped on in the mud, never to grow again." Then, she changed another needle and stabbed it inside the nail. I was in so much pain that my whole body trembled. I bit my lip and didn't say a word. "Today is your death day." When my sister said this, the smile on her face became more and more proud. "This palace also wants to see who is the one who will die." Co Lam frowned impatiently: "Why you again?" He took a step forward, blocking his sister's face, raising his hand. Pointing at Concubine Lan: "This is a matter between this degrading general and this bastard, why are you meddling?" Lan Quy Phi raised her eyebrows: "What if I say today that I still want to interfere?"