Chapter 1986: Chapter 1924: Closing the Net

Coming out from the secret chamber again, the gloom on Ah Jiu’s face had completely vanished. Looking at the blue sky, he waved his hand indifferently. The person waiting beside him received the order and swiftly darted to various places—closing the net, capturing the assassin.

The usually quieter another palace was enveloped in an unusual atmosphere. Inside the another palace, as shadows appeared one after another, a boy holding a bucket was knocked out, a cook making dishes was dragged away, and a guard was killed with a sword through the throat.

It was silent, like a small stone thrown into the water, leaving no splash.

In the Viewing Opera Pavilion, a scene from "Overlord Says Farewell to His Concubine" was reaching a tragic point, capturing everyone’s attention.

The palace maids quietly refilled the tea and supplied delicate snacks to the noble guests present, dressed uniformly in pink palace skirts, resembling the pink apricot blossoms outside.

Behind the opera stage, someone was waiting restlessly, occasionally peering through the gap of the "Magu Offering Longevity" screen, staring at the people watching the opera outside, mixed with a bit of excitement.

Her face was painted in a colorful makeup. She was the little actor appearing at the end of the play. Once this opera concluded, they planned to step forward together to congratulate Empress Dowager Mo on her birthday celebration, then...

The little actor looked at the woman sitting next to Empress Dowager Mo, who was the detested Princess Consort of Jin. She stayed close to Empress Dowager Mo, hmpf!

Clenching her fist, the little actor gently bit her lip and asked the person beside her, "Is there no way to divert the Princess Consort of Jin?"

The Princess Consort of Jin was not an easy character to deal with, otherwise, she wouldn’t have escaped that calculation on All Saints’ Day.

"Madam, I feel something is wrong." The man beside the little actor, with a similar painted Peking Opera face, whispered.

It was too quiet, too smooth a feeling, making him uneasy.

The little actor, no, it was the former Empress Song who infiltrated the another palace, glared at him, "Shut up!"

She didn’t want to hear any bad news.

She only wanted Empress Dowager Mo dead. Once this vile woman was dead, the Emperor Yan, who was infatuated with her, would surely not survive, thus, she would have avenged herself!

Ha ha, ha ha ha!

"The play is about to end." Empress Song sharply noticed a gesture from her companion on stage, which was a signal between them.

The man swallowed secretly, cursing inwardly.

What should he do if he wanted to defect?

This familiar unease was too well-known to him; in the past, he had escaped a few calamities this way!

Now, the same feeling came, his instinct told him to leave immediately, maybe he could still save his life, instead of heading for death.

What to do?

The man was calculating in his heart, but heard Empress Song instruct, "Go make some commotion, draw the Princess Consort of Jin away."

The man was delighted, said, "Alright!"

Without waiting for Empress Song to speak further, he briskly walked out of the stage, not to cause any commotion, but rapidly left.

Just as the man dodged several patrol guards, he was about to leap over the high wall of the another palace when a voice sounded behind him, "Trying to escape?"

The man’s body stiffened; without thinking, he gathered his energy to leap upward. However, as fast as he was, the person behind him was faster, and he felt his back being fiercely slashed by a sword, then stabbed through from back to front.

The man looked at the sword tip in front of his chest, like a clipped bird falling from mid-air, looking at the blue sky overhead.

Today’s sky was really blue, but unfortunately, he would never see it again!

"Taken care of!"

The man tried hard to see the person who killed him, but his vision blurred more and more. Only two people walked towards him, dragging his body, disappearing into the darkness.

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