Yangxin Palace—
Baidong knelt quietly on the floor, awaiting her punishment.
"Do you know why I want to kill you?" Pei Jinxiu asked.
"This servant doesn't know. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty," Baidong replied, neither servile nor overbearing. Her delicate, pretty appearance bore a striking resemblance to Ning Wanwan.
Pei Jinxiu looked at her, thinking it would be a terrible pity to simply kill such a talented person.
"I'll give you two choices. First, die. Second, become my woman."
Baidong remained silent. She cautiously raised her eyes to glance at Pei Jinxiu, and finding that he was looking right back at her, she hurriedly lowered her head again.
"Is there a third option?" Baidong asked.
Pei Jinxiu chuckled. "What do you think?"
"This servant knows Your Majesty's secret—the one about wanting to kill me," Baidong said.
"Oh?" Pei Jinxiu gave her a meaningful look. "Let's hear it."
"This servant discovered the Love Gu from Songyan Valley on Miss Ning. As a former disciple of Songyan Valley myself, I know the Love Gu only lasts for ten years. Seeing that time is running out, this servant can help Your Majesty plant another Gu," Baidong said. She had originally hoped to use this opportunity to lift the Gu worm from Ning Wanwan and then complete her mission and make a breezy exit, but the next second—
"Slap!"
A crisp sound of a slap echoed through the grand hall, and Baidong was knocked to the floor by Pei Jinxiu's blow.
"A Love Gu? I don't need it anymore. Perhaps your life…
Chapter 122