Chapter 4 — That Year's Snow Buried the Royal Dynasty

He raised his horsewhip, pretending to want to whip it down again. Lam Uyen's body suddenly jerked violently. It is an instinctive fear of violence. Right after that, the hand holding my sleeve... drooped down helplessly. Those eyes full of fear and humiliation, at the last moment... did not close. System: 【Host, target character's death has been confirmed.】 The whole hall was dead silent. There was only the sound of coal in the pot exploding. The Queen Mother frowned in disgust:

"What a shame, if you die in someone's palace, why don't you drag them out and throw them away?"

Lieu Nhi covered her nose:

“That's right, damn it, don't alarm the Queen Mother's phoenix.”

I hugged Lam Uyen's body, which was gradually getting cold. Don't cry, don't scream. I just gently helped her close her eyes and smooth her messy hair. Then I pulled down the gold brooch on my head. Slowly stand up.

05

"What? Is the concubine planning to rebel?"

The Queen Mother looked at the golden brooch in my hand, a trace of contempt flashed through her eyes.

“For the sake of a lowly servant, in whose presence do you want to pull out a knife?”

Co Truong Phong also took a step forward, blocking Lieu Nhi's face, his face full of contempt:

"Niang Niang, don't go crazy anymore. I'm just a maid. If I die, I die. Turn around and I'll buy ten or eight obedient children for you."

I looked at them. Look at their noble and noble looks, treating human lives like trash.

“My dear?”

I softly repeated those two words.

“In your eyes, she is just a maid.”

“But in my eyes, she is a treasure that my parents hold in the palm of their hands, my best friend.”

“She should have had a bright future, but because of you trash, she died in this dirty place.”

“System.”

I called out in my head. 【Host, it's me.】

“Block my pain.”

“Change the 'crazy medicine', even if you lose your vitality, it's okay."

【Host... confirmed the change. The medicinal effect lasts for half an hour, the side effects are extremely large, please take care of the host.】 A fiery heat immediately spread throughout the body. I tightened my grip on the golden brooch, my eyes looked like a devil crawling out of hell.

“Co Truong Phong, Queen Mother, Lieu Nhi.”

“Don't you like to treat people like dogs?”

“Today I will show you... what is called a mad dog.”

I rushed out. Unbelievably fast. Before Co Truong Phong could react, my brooch crashed into his shoulder!

“Ah…!”

He screamed, about to pull out his sword, but I kicked him in the knee, the sound of cracking bones was clear.

“Price protection! Price protection!” The Queen Mother was so scared that she screamed loudly, knocking over the tea cup in her hand.

The guards rushed up. I don't know how many stabs I got, nor how much blood I bled. I just knew—I had to bite them to death. I stared at Lieu Nhi hiding in the corner, ignoring the blade cutting into her back, like an animal rushing towards me. Grabbed its hair, pressed its face hard into the steaming bowl of bird's nest!

“Eat it! Don't you like spitting on other people? Swallow it all for me!”

“U…uh…uh…”

Lieu Nhi struggled frantically, the hot bird's nest covered her nose and mouth, burning her whole face. That night, Tu Ninh Palace was as chaotic as a pot of porridge. Even though I was seriously injured, I didn't seem to feel any pain—I would bite anyone who came close. Until Tieu Canh led the army and ordered people to use fishing nets Cover me tightly. I lay down on the ground, my whole body covered in blood, looking at the Queen Mother and Co Truong Phong who were so scared that they sat limply on the ground, then burst out in laughter that made people's hair stand on end.

“Ha ha ha ha…”

"You just wait... as long as I'm not dead..."

“I will definitely send each of you off to hell to follow you!”

06

That night, I was locked up in the cold palace. Everyone thinks I'm crazy. Because after that, I held Lam Uyen's head and sat in the middle of Tu Ninh Palace's yard singing nursery rhymes all night long. Threatened the Queen Mother with a high fever and constant nightmares. Co Truong Phong and Lieu Nhi escaped at night to the Marquis Palace. It is said that when Lieu Nhi returned home, her wound was infected. Half of his face was swollen like a pig's head, he spent all day banging around in the palace, cursing non-stop. The cold palace was gloomy and damp, I sat by the dry well, combing the hair of the straw child wearing the color of the shirt that Uyen Uyen liked best when she was alive.

“Don't be afraid Uyen Uyen, after combing your hair, we will turn your bully into a toy.”

Tieu Canh arrived, wearing a golden dragon robe, complex eyes, only without love. In his hand was poisoned wine.

“Ai concubine.”

Tieu Canh's voice was a bit dry.

"The royal doctor said that she had a heart attack and that the medicine was useless. The mother's intention was to... give her a cup of wine and let her go to show her dignity."

Face? I stopped brushing my hair.

“Your Majesty, do you also think I'm crazy?”

I slowly raised my head. Tieu Canh was stunned. Instinctively took a half step back: "You..." I stood up. Brush off the dust on your dress. Step by step towards him.

“Your Majesty and the Queen Mother will rule the court for twenty years.”

"The Co family at the court formed factions, the Kinh Ki Guard, the Ho Ministry, the Lai Ministry—all of them had the Co family name? Are you not resentful as the emperor?"

Tieu Canh's face changed color.

"You... what nonsense are you talking about! This is a big, immoral thing to say!"

I stood in front of him. Ignore the panic in his eyes. Reaching out to gently adjust his slightly disheveled collar.

"Your Majesty, this is the cold palace—a place where the devil doesn't even bother to visit. No one can hear what we say."