"It's okay. I just want you to scrub my back," Su Qingwen blinked, as if she were winking at those little maids.
The maid swallowed hard. What she was thinking was, could this Concubine Xian have some eye disease? Why is she blinking non - stop?
However, she still walked over cautiously.
Good! This was the moment. Su Qingwen's eyes suddenly changed. She let out a cold snort, quickly leaped up, grabbed the maid's sleeve, and dragged her towards the pool in the middle.
"Goodness! Concubine Xian, what are you going to do?" The maid's face suddenly turned as pale as paper. She waved her arms and struggled desperately, looking like a crab.
"Come on, stop struggling. Otherwise, it will only be more painful!" Su Qingwen sneered. She was very agile. Trying to struggle was just wishful thinking.
After saying that, she grabbed the maid's throat and pressed her against the edge of the bathtub. "My bath water doesn't taste very good. But if you're not obedient, I'll..." She let out a sinister laugh.
[System: Remember, you're a woman. Don't act like a hooligan every day.]
"Oh right. How could I forget this serious issue? Cough cough cough." Su Qingwen glanced at her chest. Yes, although she didn't have a devilish figure, she was a real girl. She couldn't act like this every day.
"Let's start over. If you're not obedient, I'll make you drink my bath water properly," Su Qingwen said again.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand at all," the maid's eyes were a bit red, and she still refused to say anything.
Hearing this, Su Qingwen squinted her eyes, and her expression suddenly showed a bit of impatience. She pressed the maid down a bit harder. Obviously, this maid wasn't a tough opponent. She couldn't even put up a fight and directly plunged headfirst into the water.
"Ah!" She fell into the bathtub. Her clothes got wet, and she started flapping around, shouting for help.
Seeing this, Su Qingwen was stunned for a moment. Was this person crazy? The water wasn't deep. She could just stand up, so why was she screaming like this?
"Hey, I'm asking you. What was in the ginseng soup you brought just now?" Clearing her throat, Su Qingwen asked coldly.
However, the maid was in a state of shock and still struggling like a fool.
Finally, Su Qingwen couldn't bear it anymore. She jumped into the bathtub and pulled the maid up. "Stop screaming. This is just a bathtub. Do you think you'll drown in it?"
Just as she finished speaking, the door was pushed open forcefully. Hua Yueye looked at the messy room and the two women in the bathtub. His face changed slightly, and then he said in disgust, "Su Qingwen, I never thought you had such a strange taste. You even go after women."
"What?" Su Qingwen opened her eyes wide and immediately looked down at the maid beside her.
The maid was crying in the bathtub, her body trembling slightly. Her clothes had fallen off during the struggle, and her fragrant shoulders were half - exposed, looking as if she had been violated.
"No, no, it's not what you think. She wanted to harm me!" Su Qingwen quickly stood up straight. She didn't like women. What a misunderstanding!
"What's going on?" Hua Yueye looked at Su Qingwen's exposed skin. His eyes darkened a bit. Then he quickly covered her with his own clothes.
"She said she was ordered by the emperor to bring the ginseng soup. But I saw that she looked flustered. She didn't seem like a good person. I wanted to interrogate her, but..." Saying this, Su Qingwen spread her hands and looked at the man in front of her helplessly, meaning that Hua Yueye came at the wrong time.
"I didn't order anyone to bring you ginseng soup," Hua Yueye's face turned colder. He squinted his eyes, quickly walked to the kneeling maid on the ground, and asked unhappily, "Who on earth instructed you to come here?"
"I..." The maid was so nervous that she stammered. She blinked her eyes and didn't even dare to look up at Hua Yueye. She could only lower her head and fidget.
"If you don't say it, I'll exterminate your whole family," Hua Yueye straightened his back and put on an imposing manner.
Su Qingwen blinked her eyes and laughed heartily. She didn't expect that Hua Yueye could also threaten others.
Hua Yueye: What are you laughing at? This woman must be crazy. I'm trying to get justice for her, and she's still laughing like this.
"It's..." Obviously, the maid was intimidated by Hua Yueye and was about to tell everything she knew.
Suddenly, a shadow of an arrow flashed through the air. Before everyone could react, the arrow shot straight into the maid's chest.
"Ah!" She let out a shrill scream. She didn't even have time to say a complete sentence before she fell to the ground in a mess. Blood flowed from her chest, staining the floor red.
"You..." Su Qingwen lowered her head and held the maid's fingers. "Hold on. I'll call someone to save you..."
"Come quickly and protect the emperor. By the way, find the imperial doctor," the little eunuchs reacted quickly and immediately shouted in a shrill voice.
"The person who wanted me to harm you is..." The maid opened her eyes wide, looking extremely painful. It seemed that she was about to say the last sentence.
Su Qingwen was waiting eagerly. But the maid's eyes suddenly rolled back, her head tilted, and she died.
Goodness! Was God kidding her?
"Don't die. You..." Su Qingwen shook her body anxiously, her brows tightly knitted.
Seeing this, Hua Yueye quickly walked over. He reached out his hand to feel the maid's breath, then shook his head and said, "Forget it. She's gone."
"What a good way to silence the witness. Now you know that someone wants to harm me," Su Qingwen took a deep breath and said nervously.
"Yeah," Hua Yueye lowered his head and looked at the body on the ground thoughtfully.
"Your Majesty, the imperial doctor is here," the eunuch came to report.
"First, let him check what's in that bowl of ginseng soup," Hua Yueye stood up straight. Since the maid was already dead, the most important thing now was to check what was put in the ginseng soup.
The imperial doctor rushed in. He first smelled the ginseng soup, then showed an expression as if he was constipated.
Seeing this, Su Qingwen twitched the corner of her mouth. This person was so strange. Did he want to taste it?
Surprisingly, she guessed right. This imperial doctor was really stupid enough to take a sip of the ginseng soup. Then he squinted his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, this is not a poison but an abortion drug!"