Chapter 108

"We must tell Lu Zhao about this before he gets there!" I gasped, the words tumbling out of my mouth, laced with urgency and despair. A chill ran down my spine, and with every breath, my sense of unease sharpened. That sly, treacherous Eunuch Wang had slipped away with the evidence that could take down Wei Zhongxian—the very evidence we had risked our lives to obtain. If it fell into Wei Zhongxian’s hands, we would all be finished. He would crush us like ants without a second thought. At the mere thought, I shivered. "What are we to do?" Imperial Noble Consort Chen’s voice was taut with anxiety, a perfect reflection of the turmoil within me. In that moment, the palace walls felt like a cage, tightening around us.