Zhang Xiaoyan thought she had seen through Yan Xijun's mind and couldn't help but chuckle with a sense of pride.

  Yan Xijun saw her smiling complacently, but in her heart she was very anxious. She had found such a broken place and it would be a bit difficult for Wenqin and the others to find them.

  "Haha, Yan Xijun, remember that next year's today is your death date. At that time, I will burn more paper money for you to use in the underworld." Zhang Xiaoyan said gloomily.

  "Is this how you deal with your opponents? You've killed quite a few people here, haven't you!" Yan Xijun said coldly, suppressing the nausea that rose in her stomach as she smelled the musty air.

  "Brilliant!" Zhang Xiaoyan raised her thumb in praise, saying: "A woman as sharp as you, if you weren't my opponent, I'd really be reluctant to kill you!"

  "Hypocrite!" Yan Xijun said: "You are a ruthless killer, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

  "Karma? Haha!" Zhang Xiaoyan laughed uncontrollably, "You should ask your sister about that, she's killed countless people, far more than I have. But you won't get the chance to ask her now, maybe you can ask her in the underworld someday."

  "Don't slander my sister!" Yan Xijun knew her sister's character, she believed that her sister had also done something to kill someone, and she said this just to delay time, waiting for Wenqin and others to come.

  "Slander? What I said is the truth. If the Emperor wasn't wary of your father's military power, he would have deposed your sister long ago."

  "Nonsense! The Emperor treats my father with such respect, how could he be wary of him?"

  "Hmph, little girl, you're indeed too tender. If I don't give you a bit of color for your sister to see, I really wouldn't want to kill you!"

  "You'll regret killing me!"

  "Hmm, I'll be back..."

  "Milady, stop wasting words with her, hurry up and kill her. We should get back early, lest others come looking for us!" Moonchild said, walking over with a small, sharp dagger in hand.

  "Yue'er, you're right. Killing this wretch will allow me to vent my anger." Zhang Xiaoyan took the sharp knife from Yue'er's hand and walked in front of Yan Xijun, sneering: "You wretched woman, it's all because of you that I was demoted from Noble Consort to Imperial Concubine, a whole rank lower than yours."

  "Today, I will make up for it, what was left unfinished that day, I must complete it today." Zhang Xiaoyan lifted her face and looked at her: "With a fox-like face like yours, no wonder the emperor is infatuated with you."

  "Wait until I slash you a few times and turn you into an ugly freak, then see if you can still seduce anyone?" As soon as Zhang Xiaoyan finished speaking, her hand rose and the knife fell, and Yan Xijun's pale face had an additional long gash.

  Fresh blood immediately gushed out, and Jian Xiaoyan, who had seen the blood, seemed to have been stimulated. She laughed wildly and cut another knife.

  Yan Xijun's hands and feet had long been tied up with ropes by them, and she was powerless to resist Zhang Xiaoyan's frantic movements, and could only let her draw on her face.

  Blood had long since stained her entire face, Yan Xijun spat out a mouthful of blood and viciously said: "Zhang Xiaoyan, you wicked madwoman, stop right now!"

  "What's wrong, are you scared?" Zhang Xiaoyan added another knife without hesitation, "Afraid of being disfigured?"

  His face was numb with pain, Yan Xijun gritted his teeth to keep himself from fainting, "If you have the guts, just kill me with one knife!"

  "Ptoo!" Zhang Xiaoyan, regardless of her image, spat a mouthful of saliva on her body and raised her left hand to slap Yan Xijun's face, "You want to die? It's not that easy!"

  "I'll torture you slowly and drive you to death!" After saying that, she slapped her again.

  Yan Xijun was slapped by her two palms, and this time she spat out a mouthful of blood, gasping: "You win, even as a ghost I won't let you off!"

  "Is that so?" Zhang Xiaoyan sneered and took a step back, ordering Yue'er: "Beat her hard for me, break both of her legs!"

  "Look at her, she's still so stubborn!"

  "Yes, milady!" Moon girl suddenly produced a wooden stick as thick as an arm from somewhere. She walked forward with no expression on her face and, just like her master, heavily swung the stick at Yan Xijun's leg.

  With a loud thud, Yan Xijun's legs went out of control and softened, and the whole person was knocked to the ground. The pain in his legs quickly spread throughout his entire body.

  Another loud thud, and the stick came down again, this time not on his leg but on his body.

  "Poof," fresh blood spurted out of her mouth, Yan Xijun's head drooped, staring at the bright red blood on the ground, it was dazzling, she had never known that there would be so much fresh blood in her body.

  "Your Ladyship! She...?" Moonchild said with some reluctance, letting her kill people without hesitation, but she didn't dare to torture them.

  "Useless thing! Let me do it." Zhang Xiaoyan pushed Yue'er away, picked up the wooden stick and ruthlessly swung it at Yan Xijun's body.

  She vented her grievances in her heart, and together with her resentment towards the empress, she calculated it all on Yan Xijun.

  Ganquan Palace

  Hear the piano holding a copper basin full of water, as soon as she entered the main hall, when she saw that there was no one in the empty room, she immediately put down the copper basin and rushed out, shouting loudly: "Xue Lian sister, the master is gone!"

  "What are you talking about? Don't spout nonsense at this early hour!" Xue Lian grabbed her, scolding in surprise.

  Wen Qin shook her head vigorously and said in a pale face: "I didn't scare you, you can go see the master's room!"

  Xue Lian felt that this matter was of great importance, so she quickly let go of Wen Qin and rushed to the room. When she saw the messy bed and the open window, her heart suddenly panicked, something might have happened.

  Xue Lian summoned Wen Qin, Wen Yu and Xiao Dong, and instructed them: "Hurry up and split up to search."

  The master is gone, and the four of them can't escape their relationship. They immediately split up to search for him, and after about an hour, they all returned to Ganquan Palace.

  Apart from Xue Lian finding a shoe on the west side, the others found nothing.

  Returning to Ganquan Palace, several people looked at each other in dismay. Wenqin was on the verge of tears and asked Xuelinger: "What should we do? We can't find Master anywhere, what should we do?"

  Xue Lian thought for a moment and calmly instructed: "Wen Qin, you go tell the Empress, Xiao Dong Wen Yu continues to look for him, I will report to the Emperor!"

  "Yes!" Several people went their separate ways again.

  Xue Lian had been waiting on the road to Huidian Temple, she knew that the emperor would definitely pass by after the morning court, so she waited. Chu Yixuan saw Xue Lian anxiously standing there as soon as he finished the morning court, it seemed like she was specifically waiting for him, he couldn't help but wonder what had happened?

  Xue Lian rushed over as soon as she saw him, "Your Majesty, I have an urgent report!"

  "What's wrong?" Chu Yixuan furrowed his brow and asked.

  "The master is gone, it seems like he was taken away by someone!" Xue Lian reported to him honestly based on her own analysis.

  "Who dares to be so bold?! How dare you take away my beloved concubine!" Chu Yixuan thundered, pulling out a token from his sleeve and handing it to Xue Lian: "Take this token and find the Captain of the Guard, Wen Han. Have him lead the guards in searching every nook and cranny of the imperial palace."

  He then said to Luo Zhong: "Go and call Yi Ling over."

  Xue Lian and Luo Zhong led the way, rushing forward hastily.