'Feed her some drugs and make her fall asleep before setting the house on fire. Fires always burn well in the fall, and since the house is so isolated, no one will be around to put the fire out in time. By the time they find out there's been a fire, everything inside will have burned down already.'
When she heard him order the death of his own daughter, the handmaid was filled with fear. However, she knew that if she didn't carry out his orders, she'd also be put to death.
If a nobleman could kill his own daughter, killing a servant was nothing.
So she had no choice but to do as he said.
The handmaid carefully added a white powder to the bowl of soup.
It was the drug she had received back in Beijing.
They told her that if one took this drug, they'd fall asleep right away.
She planned on setting the house on fire tonight.
The only thing that bothered her was the servant named Shang.
