All of a sudden, the wicked concubine could feel that she was being suffocated, it was like she was being strangled by someone, but how could that be? No one was in front of her --- to be exact, no one was around her, the person who was closest to her was the Empress who looked at her with wide eyes. The latter seemed to be surprised with the sudden change in her as well.
The wicked concubine choked and quickly touched her neck with both of her hands, gasping for air. The people started to realize that the wicked concubine was being choked by an unknown thing. They could see that the wicked concubine's face almost turned to blue color.
The wicked concubine reached out one of her hands towards the Empress and said, "Help... Help me..." Her voice was so soft and the Empress almost couldn't hear it. Too bad, even if she had heard, she didn't intend to help her own enemy.