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The Empress did not speak, but those daunting eyes of hers kept shifting ceaselessly.
Although Dong Fangxiao had not been following the Empress for long, as a Shadow Guard who had been instilled with the idea of swearing undying loyalty to the Empress since childhood, she understood the Empress's temperament as if it were the back of her hand. Seeing the Empress like this, Dong Fangxiao did not say anything more, but suddenly rose to her feet and left without making a sound.
Shortly afterward, the Empress closed her eyes once again, but her never-before-touched brows furrowed together.
Her vermilion lips parted slightly, as if talking to herself or to someone else, "Indeed, just as I had suspected... Li Muyun, you claim it's all for Zhao'er's sake. So, when you learn that only one of you can live—Zhao'er or you—how will you decide... Hmph, probably just like back then..."
This time, Zhao'er's blood-drinking lasted longer than ever before, and it was more lethal!