Chapter 74: 74. The poison.
Cun Lan; Concubine Ming's personal maid-servant walked hurriedly at Mingfu Alley; a place where many dark transactions occur every day. This young woman got a mission from her master who was in the Palace to find something poisonous but not easy to detect by others that Concubine Ming could use at the Palace during the Empress Dowager tea party. Concubine Ming was disliked by the Emperor even though the Emperor brought her master into the Palace after the intimate scandal that occurred between them.
The Emperor's treatment made the Concubine Ming hate the woman the Emperor cared about which is Empress Song. Concubine Ming had long thought of a way to get rid of the Emperor's favourite woman. To be honest, Cun Lan quite liked the ambitions of her current master. Being the Emperor's woman in the Palace, for Cun Lan they had to be ambitious like her master which is to be the Emperor's ideal woman. The women in the Emperor's Harem need the Emperor's attention to live well inside.
Walking for a long time, Cun Lan stopped in front of a wooden house door that looked old and shabby. Although the entire wooden house is made of old wood, the door of the house is made of solid steel painted deep black. Next to the door was a blood-red board that seemed painted by real blood smelled from the rancid smell emitting by it. The writing on the nameplate is solid black, which reads 'the Banghui Chamber'.
Staring intently at the signboard, Cun Lan actually felt scared because this place was very famous in the world of martial arts. Banghui Chamber has branches in many places on this Continent. No government anywhere has been able to eliminate the organizations that have emerged in just the past hundred years. The party that tried to get rid of them, disappeared without cause makes no one dared to touch them since then. This place is a legend inside the underworld stories.
Cun Lan was able to find out about this place because her mother's younger brother had a connection with a branch of this place after being sold by the Su family for having a weak body as a slave. Cun Lan's mother had such a good relationship with her younger brother that after more than a decade, Cun Lan's uncle came when he got the news of his sister's marriage. The uncle had come over once a year since then and became quite familiar with Cun Lan. Her uncle gave her a referential token to be able to seek help in this place if she needed the services of the Banghui Chamber.
Lost in her memory, Cun Lan was surprised to see the figure of a thin and old man standing in front of her with an open gate behind him. Cun Lan did not hear the voice of the old man, even though Cun Lan had a high level of martial arts after getting upbringing from her uncle since she was a child. Because of her high martial arts ability, she was chosen to enter the palace as a spy for the Su family.
"Do you have a token of recommendation for this place?" asked the old man who felt dangerous inside Cun Lan's mind.
The old man looked at Cun Lan curiously because it was rare for a young woman who looked weak to come to this dangerous place. Usually, those people who come are warriors with high martial arts and all are mostly men. Paying close attention to the mortal woman in front of him made this old man feel itchy to examine the bone structure of the young woman in front of him. The gaze of the old man made Cun Lan feel cold on her back.
"H-here." Feeling afraid of this old man, Cun Lan immediately let out a recommendation token for the tenant from inside her pouch.
"Hmmm-This is the recommendation token that Banghui Chamber employees usually give to their acquaintances. Who gave it to you?"
Cun Lan's face turned pale because the token turned out to make this old man guess the relationship of the token giver with him. Cun Lan didn't dare to tell because she didn't want to be caught having a connection with this place.
"You don't want to tell?" The old man squinted his eyes menacingly making Cun Lan burst into cold sweat feeling the threatening aura of the old man.
"Okay, if you don't want to tell. This old man can found out later. What do you want from here?" The old man threw the token back at Cun Lan.
"This little one wants to buy poison that can be used for the mistress in the palace."
"Oh-, it's no wonder you look elegant and trained like some palace maids, apparently you are from there. Tell me the criteria for the poison you want more clearly on the inside."
Cun Lan was led by the old man through the gate into a private sitting room inside. Cun Lan didn't dare to look around because her uncle had warned her not to look curious when she came to this place. People who were curious about this place would not be able to live long, they all died horribly.
Cun Lan talked to the old man inside the private sitting room for quite a while before she was ushered out with a satisfied smile. Running in a hurry because she wanted to quickly leave the place, Cun Lan used martial arts skills so that she could quickly leave the place. Seeing Cun Lan's movements, the old man raised his eyebrows because the young woman's martial arts movements were the basic martial arts of this place. Waving a hand, a man in black appeared behind the old man.
"Elder-"
"Find out about that woman?"
"Yes!"
The figure immediately disappeared from behind the old man's body. After standing for a long time looking at the distance, the old man took a deep breath and entered the place.
Cun Lan entered the palace with her maid token. It's not easy for any maids to leave the palace at night, luckily she has an acquaintance with the palace gatekeeper who is guarding here tonight. The guard on duty tonight is one of the admirers of her beauty, so the man will gladly help her to get out of the palace tonight. Smiling sweetly, Cun Lan promised to repay the guard's help later after she finished doing her mistress errand tonight. The guard looked pleased to hear Cun Lan's promise to him.
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