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Chapter 27

Second Class Female Attendant Wei
Lady Wei Li Lian
The Dragon Palace

A rumor has spread within the palace walls from the courtroom. The emperor has plans to kill the Huticah slaves in the next moon. Right after that, maybe the king too. He was close to attaining all the evidence he needed for his father’s case.

Li Lian paced up and down the large bedchamber of Yuwen Hong. It was night and her last duty for the day consisted of lying in his bed and warming it. When he was done bathing and ready for bed, Court Lady Nam would come and tell her to leave. Li Lian liked scenting her body with her favorite flowers―Lotus flowers―and lying in bed, rubbing her scent all over his blankets. When he came to sleep she wanted him to think of her, to dream of her and to miss her.

On this day, Yuwen Hong bathed but before he could retire to sleep, Zhi Peng requested for his audience. They had been speaking for long, Li Lian was worn out from lying in his bed and waiting for Court Lady Park to tell her to leave.

She wrestled anxiousness. How was she to ask Yuwen Hong about the slaves without him becoming suspicious? And also the last time she saw him she got him upset.

Dimmed conversation penetrated the walls from the other room. It was the library the emperor used when he sought to study in the dragon palace. The room wasn’t as big as the main library that was situated at the palace middle ground.

She placed a glass she took from the table by the bed, against the wall. Her ears connected to the glass as she listened intently. For a person that was punished last week for eavesdropping, she had not learnt her lesson.

“We investigated the heart chest, Your Majesty.” Li Lian had passed Zhi Peng a few times around the palace. He was an old man wiser than his many years that greyed his hair. “After close inspection, we realised something.”

“Finally, some results.” Yuwen Hong seemed pleased.

“The lock was not tempered with, which means the person who opened it was someone who was close to the fallen dragon.”

“You mean I was right in assuming it was one of his attendants?"

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Likewise, time has been wasted on this case. This is why I want to close it by sending one of my mighty generals to Huticah.”

What does Yuwen Hong mean by he is sending someone? Does he plan to spy her homeland?

Li Lian didn’t know how the previous dragon fell. When that calamity happened, she was at the Borderlands and all news was hidden from her. All she was told was that her grandfather had died. He was the one accused of murdering the previous dragon, which was unfair because at that time he was weak in health. So how could he execute that? Her grandfather died a few days after the dragon because of his health.

Before the dragon fell, the plan was for her to go to Nevoria if they needed her as a backup plan. Her mission was not of much importance but when the dragon fell, and Huticah got punished by Nevoria imposing harsh trading laws, her marriage became a necessity. There was caused pressure for her to succeed.

Huticah was withering away with Nevoria being stingy and selling most of its goods at unnecessarily high prices. Moreover, Nevoria had countless threats on Huticah concerning the possible war it intended to start. Then also don't forget how the Borderlands was a playground for Nevoria capturing  Huticah people as slaves.