It's been very busy these days, well, it's a normal thing because it is almost the hunting festival, where this country celebrates the good harvest, and this is also when the annual hunting competition commences.
I don't really want to come, but I need to because I'm the only concubine that the emperor has in his harem.
I wonder why the emperor only happens to return to his country once a year? And if he came back, there's always no notice. Is he really a war freak?
"Hey Yanyu?" I almost have a heart attack when someone suddenly pops out of nowhere in front of me.
"P… princess Lu Shan!" She always comes by now and then. Currently, I'm in the kitchen… again. I think she liked my cooking since she's always coming here.
Since it's always midnight where I always sneak out, there's already a rumor that there's a bad spirit lingering in the kitchen every night. I'm in kind of trouble because they might call a monk at midnight just to exorcise, and I don't want that because I will be found out.
Thankfully, Princess Lu Shan controlled the rumor because if not, I might be in big trouble.
"Hey, Yanyu, do you have someone you can go with you to the festival?" She asked me while looking at the food with a shining eye.
"Th… there's no one because Min er didn't come back yet." She looked back at me and frowned. I wonder why?
"Come to think of it, where's your maid? Did she take a vacation or something?" Shoot! Min er didn't take permission to leave the palace because she didn't want to be asked about the reason; if they knew that Min er had suddenly left, she might get in trouble.
"Sh… she's just…" I was about to say something when we heard a sound outside. It's a sound of footsteps, but this is very peculiar because the steps come from the roof.
"Tch, spies," I tried to go near her when something suddenly passed by me. It almost hit me. I stopped my step in shock and looked at the object that almost hit my head.
When I found it, I trembled in fear because the object was an arrow, and if I were only a little near it, I would already be dead by now.
"Y… Yanyu, are you alright?" Asked Lu Shan worriedly.
She made me sit in a chair, and then she came closer to the arrow. When she came closer to it, it had some paper attached, and she opened it immediately.
The look on her face when reading the letter is not very good, and she starts to worry. She gave me the paper and…
"Your death is almost there, He Yanyu." I trembled once again and reflexively threw the paper.
I… why?
I have not done anything wrong. Are the assassins from Su still in pursuit? Why can't they just let me be? I'm already in peace yet again this…
They already took Zi Yan from me. Why?
A Suivre…