The elderly woman greeted her acquaintances and then pushed open the door to her ho. As soon as she entered, a clean and fragrant air greeted her. The room was exceptionally tidy, almost immaculate, and although the furniture and decorations were ordinary, they exuded an elegant atmosphere.
The neighbors couldn’t help but sigh whenever they talked about the elderly woman. They said she had a tough life; Elder Lin, her husband had long passed away, and her daughters all encountered unfortunate accidents. Now, she was left with only one son. Her son seed to be over forty years old, but it was said that a few years back, he had a fall, after which he never woke up and beca a living dead.
The elderly woman and her son had lived in this place for several years, and the neighbors sympathized with her plight. Moreover, it was said that she owned a few properties acquired in her youth, which were now rented out. Though the rental inco was modest, it was enough to prevent the elderly woman from financial distress, allowing her to occasionally buy so fine grains to improve her als.
The elderly woman had lived in this place for so long that she was quite familiar with the neighbors. Yet no one knew that this elderly woman...
"Leader!"
Upon entering, soone erged from the shadows. Though the house was not large, it concealed quite a few people. So crouched on the beams, others hid under the bed, so erged from the cellar, and still others were concealed in the cabinets.
As soon as the elderly woman returned, these people, like phantoms, appeared silently from their hiding places. The seemingly spacious room thus beca crowded.
The elderly woman placed the pastries she had bought on the table and then walked towards a sowhat old screen. Behind the screen was the so-called ’son’ of the elderly woman, whom the neighbors ntioned—a living dead man.
This person was disguised as male, seemingly unremarkable. Having been comatose for so many years, even with ticulous care, his body was inevitably wasting away.
The elderly woman’s heart was heavy. She gazed at the person on the bed for a while, then kneeled on one knee.
"Your Majesty..."
Who would have thought that Her Majesty the Empress had disguised herself as a man and was openly hidden here?
As the saying goes, a small hermit hides in the mountains, a great hermit hides in the city. Even though the Eighth Princess had been gathering information in the city for so ti, she never expected that the Empress’s hidden guards had placed the Empress in such an inconspicuous place, disguised as a middle-aged man.
This elderly woman was indeed the Great Commander of the Empress’s hidden guards and had also altered her appearance.
She knelt silently in front of the Empress’s bed for quite a while before rising with a heavy heart.
Returning behind the screen, she saw all the hidden guards with solemn expressions.
"Leader, ever since His Highness Eighth entered the city, he’s been tracking our whereabouts. I fear Nanling is no longer safe; should we relocate Her Majesty?"
The Great Commander’s face, altered to look aged, nonetheless reflected a few hints of iron-clad and fierce killing intent.
"His Highness Eighth? That beast conspired with the Dajin Gu Woman to harm Her Majesty back then; how could she ever deserve the title of ’Highness’?"
Over the years, they had conducted thorough investigations and sought nurous famous doctors. However, early on, when Her Majesty’s incident occurred, they secretly sought out the successor of dicine Valley, Divine Doctor Yun Ge. But even Yun Ge, though skilled in dicine, was not knowledgeable about gu!
It wasn’t that they hadn’t tried seeking help from Witch Gu Masters, but those masters were powerless against the gu within Her Majesty’s body.
Thinking of this, the Great Commander grew increasingly angry.
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