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Chapter 5084: 5.0836 A Sight Too Horrifying

This scheme, they had lost utterly.

"Heaven's Will is nothing special after all," the subordinate said indignantly. "We originally thought they could turn the tide, but we never expected..."

The thousand-plus harpy-like creatures sent to help them were ultimately hunted down and completely slaughtered by the Emperor himself leading his troops!

Simply hateful!

The gray-haired old man smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "I always knew that relying on others would ultimately be in vain."

It was a pity that relying on himself, he clearly lacked the ability.

He lamented his plotting for so many years; he truly didn't want to wait any longer. Such a good opportunity for cooperation lay before him, and he just wanted to... try his best to seize it.

"Thump thump thump thump." Disordered footsteps echoed from the stairs below.

Accompanied by the madam's peculiar shrill voice, "Oh dear, esteemed officers, how could our Yixiang Garden hide filth and grime! Please tread lightly, our girls have been tired all night and are resting now, hee hee."

The black-masked subordinate's face suddenly darkened, and his hand involuntarily went to the hilt of a knife at his waist.

Mid-Afternoon Shenanigans

In the open space behind the East Palace sleeping quarters, when Lord Qiao Qiao appeared with a large pot of medicinal powder, seventeen or eighteen young eunuchs and palace maids huddled together timidly, their gazes fixed pleadingly on their Crown Princess.

"Assemble!" Caiqi stood to the side, waving her silk handkerchief, directing everyone to line up.

The young eunuchs and palace maids lowered their heads mournfully at the medicine bottles in their hands, their hearts filled with hesitation.

Caixiu twitched her lips speechlessly, then lightly coughed and said, "The Crown Princess naturally wouldn't harm her servants; just drink it all."

"Right!" Caiqi jumped down from a stone stool, raised her small bottle, and powerfully called out, "Everyone, raise your bottles together, drink!"

The group of eunuchs and palace maids immediately closed their eyes simultaneously, as if they were heroes heading to the execution ground. With a single movement, they raised their heads and gulped down the liquid from the bottles.

Although the little stoic had no expression on her face, the corners of her eyes and brows twitched almost imperceptibly.

Please, this isn't poison!

"By Imperial order from Her Imperial Highness the Empress..."

A chubby, round-headed young eunuch was smiling as he scurried in.

His eyes first landed on the Crown Princess standing at the front of the crowd, holding a large pot. His expression froze slightly...

However, before he could react, he saw rows of young palace maids and eunuchs opposite the Crown Princess collapse to the ground.

The eunuch delivering the message was startled, but he hadn't yet let out a cry of surprise.

Those fallen eunuchs and palace maids, who had fallen quickly, got up even faster, one by one.

But when they stood up, the eunuch delivering the message was so terrified that he fell onto his backside.

Damn, what a visual feast!

When a dozen or two dozen young eunuchs and palace maids simultaneously underwent drastic physical changes right before your eyes, the terrifying sight was inexplicably chilling to the bone.

Even more so, when these young eunuchs and palace maids, three minutes later, all transformed into middle-aged, bearded strongmen with roughly similar appearances, the visual shock was indescribable.

The eunuch delivering the message let out a "gloop" sound, falling backward and closing his eyes, having been scared unconscious by everyone.

The little Crown Princess, holding the large pot, expressionlessly looked back at the eunuch, then lightly tilted her chin in that direction. Two black-clad hidden guards twitched their eyes and immediately appeared behind her.