Chun Xing's plea did not receive Dongfang Lan's mercy. Although Aunt Qing wanted to help Chun Xing, she could only follow the Empress Dowager's order and had Chun Xing taken away. After a while, someone came to report that Chun Xing had been beaten to death.
"Bury her!" Dongfang Lan turned the prayer beads in her hand, lowered her head, and waited for a long time before Aunt Qing came in and nodded to her. Only then did she sigh with relief.
"Is the child all right? Did the secret remain hidden?"
"It's just a skin injury; it will heal after some care. How did the Empress Dowager learn that there was someone from the Emperor in our Jinxuan Palace?"
