Hearing the shrill cry of a baby from the boudoir, both of them turned around at the same time.
Su Lin's heart rushed to her throat as she immediately zoomed inside without a second thought, followed by eunuch Wei whose face paled as an ominous premonition rose in his heart.
*Bam*
Lin kicked opened the door as she abruptly stopped and shouted at the top of her lungs.
"TIAN'ERR!!!!"
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Moments before the incident.
Before his mother could leave, Yang Tian had already kept his finger on the limiter removal (one time). A garden catching fire at night in midwinter? he could already smell that someone was cooking somwhere nearby. Cooking a conspiracy, which might involve him or his family.
*Creak*
'Assassin!'
The window of the boudoir slowly creaked open as a figure slowly climbed in. Seeing the intruder, the baby immediately pointed his finger in air, selecting the limiter removal.
*Ding*
[Do you wish to redeem 'limiter removal (one-time)? Note:- The limits will be automatically be set back in near death conditions or after 10 minutes]
'Yes, quick quick!'
[Product successfully purchased]
'Pain inhibitor too!'
[Pain inhibitor (5-min) successfully purchased]
'Use them both!'
He activated both the temporary boosts as he locked his on the assassin.
The figure was clad in all black with 2 small peak visible, she quickly made out Su Lin's bed where Lili and Tian were lying. Lili was fast asleep as she wrapped herself up in the blanket, but as soon as she saw beside Lili, she was startled as she tightened her grip on her dagger.
"Ohh? Interesting, a mere infant dares to glare at me? Hmph! Courting death."
As she saw the young prince Tian staring at her with his round glossy eyes, she felt infuriated. She decided to immediately chop the 19th prince into pieces along with his sister.
'Pity that consort Su is outside, otherwise she would've followed her children to the netherworld.'
*Shing*
She unsheathed her dagger as she walked towards the child, but midway, her eyes widened as she immediately sped up.
*Tap* *Tap* *Tap*
But before she could reach, the young prince opened his mouth and shouted in a shrill voice.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
The high pitched voice pierced her ears, making her grit her teeth. Fortunately, her dagger was already upon the infant and soon, he will be beheaded.
'Die you brat! Die, for the cause of my lord!'
*Slice* *Crunch*
"Huh? What...No way!!!"
"Yes way hehe"
The assassin broke out in cold sweat as her throat went dry. She peed her pant as her mind went blank.
She was a servant in the inner palace. More accurately, a maid, acting as a maid, disguised as another maid.
She was planted by someone in high position under someone else as maid, so that if caught, her current employer would be caught, not her actual master.
For 6 years, she could've been said to have been excellent in her work, as she infiltrated, spied and collected the information from the inner palace. She even helped and cooperated with other spies of her master to poison concubine Hu, causing chaos to ensue throughout the capital.
Even now, the search was still going on, but she could walk freely and was going to commit another atrocity today, murdering concubine Su along with her children. Imagine the chaos that would ensue, when the brocade guards would arrive and their bodies would be found, mutilated.
But who would've thought, that her dagger would be blocked by a barely 1 month old with bare hands, as he would lock his eyes and.. ACTUALLY SPEAK!!!!.
"You.. you can speak?"
"Yeah, pity I can't bang you yet."
Listening to the dirty words coming out of an infant, she didn't feel anything. What would she feel, when her mind couldn't even process what was happening.
But there was only response her body could give.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!"
She cried out loudly, as she tried to back away. Only for the young prince to stretch his left hand and grab her right arm and pull her towards him.
She had peed herself and her mind was in chaos, making her follow Yang Tian's arm and fall on the bed.
"Uhhm, what was that noise, who is here?"
Seeing Lili wake up, he immediately pulled the assassin between him and Lili.
"Y...you..., wh..wh..what?"
The assassin stuttered as she tried to deny the reality or question, whatever she was able to do, but stopped when she saw th infant smile creepily.
*Bam*
"TIAN'ERR!!!!"
Su Lin kicked open the door and upon seeing an intruder, cried as she rushed towards the intruder with a hidden blade in her hands, which she kept with herself at night.
Sun Lin's cry made assassin maid come to her senses, as she opened her mouth and tried to move her tongue.
*Clamp*
"Suicide? Naa..naa~ na~"
*Crack* *Creak* *Crunch*
"AHHHHHHH!!!!"
The intruder hid a fake teeth, enclosed within it was a poison, the same poison which took the life of concubine Hu. But before she could swallow it to die, Yang Tian clutched her lower jaw with his unharmed left arm as he brutally tore apart her lower jaw, causing her to scream and then faint due to excess pain.