Chapter 544 Coercion
A shrill voice stopped the shrill cry: "Shut up, I'll cut your tongue if you call again."

The sound faded away.

Dongxue's chaotic mind gradually became clearer. It turned out that Master Lian had an accident. No wonder there was such a big battle, but what did it have to do with her?

Suddenly she noticed something, looked up, and realized that a eunuch had come at some time, and she couldn't see his face clearly.

The eerie eunuch's soft voice sounded softly: "Miss Dongxue?"

The voice is cold, like a cold poisonous snake passing through the eardrum.

Dongxue shivered, with a bad premonition in his heart, and boldly responded: "Yes...it's me, father-in-law, are you going to interrogate me? Have I committed something?"

The eunuch didn't answer her, and after confirming that she was Dong Xue, he took out something from his sleeve and threw it over. A low voice said, "Your family sends you their greetings."

After saying this, the weird eunuch disappeared at the end of the cell without looking back.

Dong Xue's heart was beating wildly. After seeing the person disappear, she looked at that thing with doubt and anxiety. In the dark cell, she couldn't see clearly.

She swallowed, hesitated, and didn't dare to look at it, as if the thing was a scourge. If she looked at it, her fate would be changed from now on.

In the end, she still crawled over, and the eunuch mentioned her family, and she couldn't help but read it.

She is the eldest daughter in the family and has a younger brother. They have been loved by their parents since they were young. Her father knows how to do small business, and they live a fairly prosperous life.

It's just that her father became seriously ill later on, and the family could only go in and out, so she had to sell her property, and in the end she was destitute.

Seeing that life could not go on any longer, her father stopped taking the medicine secretly, and she found out, she wiped her tears and secretly sold herself into the palace, and gave the money she got to her mother to treat her father's illness.

Before entering the palace, her father's illness improved somewhat, but she didn't know what was going on now, she was very concerned about it.

Thinking of her family, she felt warmer and took something in her hand. It was a ball of paper with something inside, which was familiar.

Unfolding the ball of paper, there seemed to be something written on it, she didn't have time to read it carefully, took out the wrapped thing, and looked down.

Under the dim light, she screamed out, "Father!"

She can recognize such things even with her eyes closed!
In a remote corner of the harem.

The vigilant little eunuch had scratches on the back of his hand, and he scratched it.

Seeing no one around, she quietly hid in a rockery. As soon as she entered, her mouth was gagged: "... um... it's me..."

Seeing it was him, Xia Lei relaxed his mind: "What's the matter?"

"It's all done, but the action at the top is too fast, Brother Xia Lei, I'm worried..."

Xia Lei raised his hand to interrupt: "Don't worry, everything has been arranged, now just wait for the second news to be released."

"But..." Many errands were taken away. The little eunuch looked hesitant. He took a lot of risks in his errands. Fortunately, he was calm enough. He didn't belong to any faction in the palace on weekdays, so he was not suspected.

Xia Lei saw the little eunuch's panic, and comforted him: "It's only the last step, don't worry, after the news is released, nothing will happen to you."

The little eunuch is still hesitant. Now that the harem is full of people arresting people, people are panicking. The best way is to stay calm. Wait until the news dies down. It is too risky to spread the news now. There are many people who spread the news first. They were all arrested, and he knew it clearly.

Seeing what he was thinking, Xia Lei's face became ferocious, and he threatened: "If you go, you and your relatives outside the palace will be protected in the future. If you don't go, then don't blame the brothers for being cruel and merciless."

The little eunuch was startled, and started to back away: "Brother Xia Lei, you promised me..."

Xia Lei grinned, took two steps forward and grabbed the little eunuch's shoulders fiercely, and said in a low voice, "Is it itching all over your body recently? Counting the days of poisoning, if there is no antidote, you will be like a sunspot all over your body." Fester and die, and there will be no whole body after death."

This is his backup. The few eunuchs who have seen him work for him have been given the poison called "rotten intestines". It is difficult to get it in the palace. For such a big event, he used up all the stock and spent a lot of money.

This poison is not difficult to detox, but this poison is hidden and extremely insidious. People who have been poisoned by this poison will feel a little itchy at first, like eczema. Ordinary people will not take that itching seriously, especially if they are slaves, even if they want to see it. , the imperial doctor is not just asking for it.

Wait for a few days, the back will become more and more itchy, until the itching goes to the bone, and the whole body will be scratched to pieces, like a contagious disease, no one dares to approach, by then it will be too late, even taking the antidote It doesn't help anything, and large tracts of scratched ulcers can kill people.

The little eunuch felt a pain in his shoulder, so cold sweat broke out from the pain, and he collapsed on the ground, only then broke free from the restraint.

It turned out that Heizi didn't have the plague, but was poisoned by Xia Lei. He had seen the scene before his death. His whole body was covered in pus. It was all rotten flesh. It was fishy and smelly. No one dared to touch it. He was finally dragged away. Clothes were burned.

His eyes were filled with hatred and fear, and his complexion was bleak. He felt his chest and back start to itch, and he couldn't help scratching it with his hands.

He has long understood that he was seduced step by step by Xia Lei and did many things, each of which seemed insignificant, so even he was deceived and eventually committed a serious crime. There is no turning back.

But what Xia Lei said meant beyond words, his relatives outside the palace had been controlled, just like that girl.

Now, he fully understands that it is impossible to retreat completely...

Seeing his appearance, Xia Lei wanted to understand what was going on, so he knelt down and patted his face: "Shunzi, if you want to live, you must be honest and obedient. Tell me, how did I treat you in the past?"

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, Xiao Shunzi concealed his hatred, looked at him in fear, and said submissively: "Okay, very good..."

A smile appeared on Xia Lei's thick face: "That's right, this matter is of great importance, and I can't tolerate such a cruel hand. As long as you are obedient and obedient, I will keep you safe and sound. Now it is only the last step, and I am too. As a last resort, don't worry, if you pass on the last news, you will have nothing to do, and I will give you the antidote and keep your family rich, otherwise..."

Xiao Shunzi understood what was going on, knelt down and kowtowed, and said obediently: "I beg Xia Lei to spare my life, I have disturbed my family, I will listen to you, and I will do whatever you want me to do."

"That's right." Xia Lei was very satisfied, and squatted in front of him and whispered a few words.

Xiao Shunzi nodded one by one, and when he finished listening, he got up in fear and was about to go outside, but he vomited blood with hatred in his heart.

"Wait." Xia Lei called him to stop.

(End of this chapter)

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