A red gemstone, dangling between the lobes of her left ear, flickered with a faint light.
Her dark pupils shrank and expanded with nervousness.
Her voice remained calm, devoid of any tremor, but as she looked at the figures moving outside the carriage, a sense of powerless despair rose within her.
If it had been someone else, she could have somehow bluffed her way through.
But outside the carriage now was Lan Youdie, the narrow-minded woman who, catching even a minor fault, would relentlessly stomp her to death.
Now that she had caught her in such a compromising position, how could she not seize the opportunity to send her straight to the Netherworld?
What should she do?
With the secret treasure on her person, once the curtain was drawn, there would be no escape, nowhere to run!
In Xianling City, to meddle with the Emperor's belongings— even when her mother was alive, she would not have been able to save her!