"That's right... His Highness doesn't die... he just passes out... not die..."
Hu Nayin kept muttering those kinds of words. She tried to hypnotize herself with the belief that Zhu Su did not die. But in the deepest part of her heart, she actually doubted it - was it true that Zhu Su was still alive???
In conclusion, this attitude was only triggered by her unwillingness to accept the cruel reality.
However. Who could soon accept it sincerely when her efforts failed? Moreover, when the effort was related to life and death.
Hu Nayin felt her body trembled violently. She shivered. Her sadness reached its peak, and out of her control, it changed into anger.
This anger never existed in her mind before.
It was not Hu Nayin's nature. At least, Hu Nayin never knew if she possessed this kind of nature. But it turned out that she did possess it, that she could be angry to that extent. It was even more terrible than ordinary anger. Exploding like a volcanic eruption, it was ready to destroy everything in an instant.
The anger had turned into cruelty.
"Rumilie..." Hu Nayin's eyes flashed. "You are apparently the mastermind behind all this... This bastard has always tried to disturb His Highness from the past, when he was almost caught, he managed to escape... and this time kills His Highness. But, will I let it? You think, you're the only one who have the power to kill people? You think, you are the only one who master life and death? Then, you are wrong. Absolutely wrong, Rumilie..."
Yes, Rumilie was so wrong. He underestimated his opponents too much. He somehow did not realize that Hu Nayin was not an ordinary woman. Hu Nayin indeed appeared gentle and graceful like a weak and fragile woman, but Rumilie seemed to forget that Hu Nayin had supernatural power - could be categorized as a psychic. Many psychics had their powers and their hidden nature awakened in times of urgency, and Hu Nayin was among them. Rumilie had awakened her cruel side, which would have cost him a lot in the future.
Slowly, Hu Nayin took a step. Her steps led her back to the botanical garden. She touched her fingers to the plants, one by one. However, her purpose was different from usual. This time, she was not going to find plants to heal people.
This time, she was going to find plants to do the killing.
One by one, the plants started to fill her basket. Hu Nayin did it with an odd expression. How great her grudge against Rumilie and his gangs - whoever had taken Zhu Su from her life. She hated all of them so much. And this time, she was obsessed with eliminating all of them, with her own hands.
Whoever got in her way, whoever was involved in this... they must be eliminated!
"Whoever has killed His Highness... must pay the compensation now..." Hu Nayin said softly. "Because, I will make sure that you'll die as horribly as His Highness suffers... no, even more!"
***
"Good news, Sir Huan and Sir Rumilie. Zhou Wang has died!"
Everyone in the room cheered joyfully at Wan Ya's report. Huan Shikang clapped his hands. "Finally! Zhou Wang has died! This war, we become the victory! Hahahaha!"
He laughed out loud, followed by his followers. Rumilie just smiled slightly. He always appeared cool. But that slight smile hid the big joy in his heart. He was so happy that he would almost dance on stage right now.
"You are right, Rumilie! The Maggot is truly unrivaled!" Huan Shikang grabbed a glass of wine and finished drinking it in one gulp.
"Yes. The Maggot is a killer with no antidote, so when it works, the victim will die immediately and definitely. The best of it is, it transmitted through the petioles that scratched Zhou Wang's body, far more effective than transmitted through food." In the palace there was always a taster who tasted the food of the imperial family before the royals ate it, if the food contained poison, then the one who died first was the tasters, therefore it was completely impossible to kill the royals in this way.
All of them laughed again. And after that, they would have a great feast in their lavish residence to celebrate their victory.
But the party they were planning to be held all day was forced to be stopped, because of the sudden report sent by the terrified soldier.
"S... Sirs..." He shivered. "It's terrible... Sirs!..."
Huan Shikang, who was drinking wine at this time, threw the wine hard onto the table, annoyed. "What's wrong?! Why do you even come stammering like that at this party?!"
"Everyone... dies..."
"What?..."
"Aarrgghh!"
The soldier screamed aloud, holding his head while twisting around.
"Hey, what's wrong?! Why do you behave like that?!"
The soldier did not answer, instead, he fell onto the ground. Died.
The entire room immediately turned boisterous. They approached the guard, while Suo Junhuan started examining him.
"W... what's this?!" He shouted, looking terrified.
"What's going on, Junhuan? You look terrified?" Yun asked.
"He is dead!... But, what causes him to die?!..."
"Died?..." As though being struck by lightning, Rumilie quickly got up and left the room.
The soldier said that everyone has died, and then he lost his life. He's from the Shuizhen District. Can it be... damn it! I have to check there!
When he arrived at Shuizhen, Rumilie's eyes widened as if they were about to fall off.
The people had died tragically.
"Die?!" Rumilie examined the corpses one by one. "Die?! All have died! How can it be?!? How have they died?!?"
Rumilie's jaw clenched. He was truly furious. Furious because he did not expect that terrible disaster would strike him and he could not realize it before it happened. "Why? Why?! Why don't I know about this and I can't prevent it?!"
His frustration grew a lot when he heard Suo Junhuan's horrible narrative. "What causes them to die is contagious. But I don't know what exactly it is, as well as the medium of disease's transmission. During I investigate this matter, strict protection must be implemented. We all have to be careful."
"You said, you don't know about how the disease transmits. Then what should we do to be alert?!"
Suo Junhuan shrugged. "I don't know. So give me time to investigate it."
Rumilie stomped his feet in fury.