Chun Fei was very smart.

When she decided to charge into Changchun Palace tonight, she was prepared to win or to die trying.

There were no routes of retreat or second choices for this matter.

However, before this, she had felt that the possibility of success would be high.

After all, over the past few years, she had thoroughly investigated the secrets behind the death of her sister, Senior Concubine Li. Her evidence was authentic and enough to prove that the Empress was the hidden hand behind this.

Furthermore, from the information she had obtained, the Emperor had genuine feelings towards Senior Concubine Li. After all, even after so many years had passed, he did not forget about her sister.

Every year, during the anniversary of her sister's death, he would not go to the rooms of any concubines. Instead, he would choose to remain in the Imperial Study Room by himself.

With these two reasons combined, she felt that she could persuade the Emperor and defeat the Empress…

However, it was a pity that Chun Fei had chosen the wrong time.

If this had happened at other times, her plan might have had a probability of success.

But not now.

Right now, the Grand Xia Imperial Court was facing both internal and external troubles. Furthermore, the northern barbarians were bearing down menacingly on them and repeatedly invading their borders.

After half a month, a group of barbarian envoys would enter the capital. They would arrive with worse intentions than six years ago!

The Emperor was overwrought over this matter. He placed large hopes on the Empress's elder brother, the General Who Stabilizes the North!

During times like these, even if the Empress committed a severe offense, let alone an old crime from over ten years ago, the Emperor would still retain her for now and not do anything to her!

Chun Fei had been sent to the cold palace, hiding there for over ten years, and had painstakingly planned this for many years. However, all these had been for nothing. Thus, Chun Fei was totally disillusioned.

However, after she recovered slightly from her shock, she quickly predicted what would happen next.

Since she could not defeat the Empress…

Then, the Empress… would definitely not let her off!

…

Indeed, the Empress would not let Chun Fei off again.

She wanted Chun Fei dead. Chun Fei had to die tonight!

Even though the Emperor did not do anything to her tonight, from the expression the Emperor had when he left and the words he spoke, it was clear that he had made a judgment in his heart.

He did not deal with her simply because her brother was the General Who Stabilizes the North, as well as the pressure from the barbarian delegation who were about to arrive.

From now on, perhaps she would be able to protect her position as Empress, but she had completely lost the favor of the Emperor. Thus, Changchun Palace would be no different from the cold palace in the future.

How could the Empress not take revenge for this great grudge?

Even if there seemed to be a grade-8 master in Changmen Palace, this did not stop her murderous intentions.

If there was indeed a grade-8 master, then she simply had to send another grade-8 master there!

Six years ago, she was unable to find a suitable grade-8 master to send to Changmen Palace for various reasons.

But now, there was a suitable candidate right in front of her!

…

…

Luo Feng was the Manager of the Directorate of Palace Seals, one of the 24 government offices in the imperial compound.

Not only did the Directorate of Palace Seals have a lot of authority, they also had many people under their command. Furthermore, most importantly, they could frequently interact with the Emperor. Thus, Luo Feng was one of the Emperor's most trusted and favored eunuchs.

However, ever since five years ago, when the Emperor got to know eunuch Little Guizi who was on duty in the Imperial Study Room, the most well-liked eunuch in the imperial compound had become none other than this Little Guizi.

Of course.

Even if Luo Feng was not the most trusted eunuch of the Emperor, as the Directorate of Palace Seals Manager, his status would not change. He was still ranked among the top 10 out of the 100,000 eunuchs in the imperial court.

No…

He was no longer ranked among the top 10.

Three years ago, Luo Feng's martial arts cultivation base advanced, and he broke through from the grade-7 realm to the grade-8 realm. As a result, his status also advanced, and he was practically able to rank among the top five!

Since Luo Feng was once Eastern Depot Superintendent Feng Bao's subordinate and had been promoted by Feng Bao, many people knew that Luo Feng was both the Directorate of Palace Seals Manager and one of Feng Bao's people.

Very few people knew that in reality, Luo Feng was one of Empress Xie Feiyan's people!

Back then, Feng Bao was willing to promote Luo Feng to his current position, not because of his own intentions, but because the Empress had incited him to do so!

Thus, when the Empress wanted to kill Chun Fei tonight, Luo Feng had no choice but to obey her orders.

Since the Empress was not particular about the price of promoting him back then, she naturally had absolute methods to control him.

If there was a day he did not obediently do what he was told, the Empress would have a way to put him in a fatal position at all times.

"Your Majesty, do I have to do so? If Chun Fei dies just after what happened tonight, I'm afraid that His Majesty will be even angrier."

After Luo Feng arrived at Changchun Palace and heard the Empress's command, he tried to reject it.

"If I tell you to go, then go! Since His Majesty has left for tonight and sent that lowly Chun Fei back to the cold palace under escort, this means that he will no longer look into what happened back then nor care about the life and death of that slut!" the Empress roared with a ferocious expression on her face.

The flames of anger in her heart were still raging and could not be subsided for a long time.

"But there might be a grade-8 expert in Changmen Palace, and I might not be able to kill Chun Fei."

Luo Feng bent over and wanted to defend himself.

"That expert only seems to be a grade-8. Furthermore, you advanced to the grade-8 realm three years ago, so what are you afraid of?"

The Empress slowly stood up and walked in front of Luo Feng. Then she angrily said, "What? I can't command Feng Bao, and now, I can't even command you either? I don't care what expert is living in Changmen Palace. Tonight, either that slut dies or you die! Do you understand?"

Luo Feng sighed. In the end, he could only cup his hands in obeisance and say, "I will follow your orders."

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…

In the Wenyuan Pavilion.

There were just too many collections of books here. If one wanted to flip through them, they would not be able to look through everything even if they took a few years.

The two brothers, Black Impermanence and White Impermanence, took a rough look at the books. After more than an hour, they found a dozen first-rate martial arts books they were interested in. Then, they were prepared to leave.

Of course, before they left, the lewd rapist Junior Brother White Impermanence did not forget about the matter of capturing four pretty beauties from the imperial compound.

Furthermore, one of them had to be one of the Emperor's imperial concubines.

Even though they were not skilled in movement techniques, they were both grade-8 masters that could leap onto roofs and vault over walls in the imperial compound. As long as they did not encounter any experts of the top three grades, no one would be able to discover them.

"Wasn't it said that the imperial compound is full of beauties who are all like goddesses? Why have I only found a few beauties who I'm interested in after walking one whole round?" White Impermanence said rather angrily.

Perhaps it was because his hopes were too high.

They had strolled through many palaces and scanned through several hundred imperial maids. However, they only had two unconscious imperial maids in their arms.

Black Impermanence said with a dark expression, "Randomly choose another two. Then we should leave! Just now at Wenyuan Pavilion, you constantly hastened me to work faster. Now, when you're choosing women, you're the one that is dilly-dallying!"

White Impermanence replied defiantly, "Can you choose women the same way you choose martial arts? When can't you learn martial arts? Just randomly choose one and that's it. But you definitely have to select women very carefully."

Black Impermanence chided, "Hurry up! Randomly choose another two and let's go!"

White Impermanence advised him, "Senior Brother, don't be impatient. I haven't found a concubine I like! But the Emperor's judgment is not particularly good. After all, his concubines either have unacceptable looks or are old."

Just like that, Black and White Impermanence chatted as they looked over the place. Then, they unconsciously arrived at the vicinity of Changmen Palace.

Meanwhile, at that moment in Changmen Palace…

Imperial maid Yun Su was not willing to leave alone and had sought comfort. She wanted to stay behind and accompany Chun Fei. If they died, then they would die together.

As for Lin Ping, after listening to what happened in Changchun Palace, he hesitated for a moment and did not immediately leave. Instead, he said that he would wait and see.

Of course, he could not possibly be like Yun Su and accompany Chun Fei to die.

He stayed behind as he wanted to see what exactly the realm of the expert that the Empress had sent over was.

If it was simply an ordinary grade-8 master, he could try and help.

After all, he had to continue staying in the imperial compound to check in.

If Chun Fei died, he would not be able to remain at the cold palace to sweep the floor.

If he went somewhere else, needless to say, it would definitely be troublesome for his usual cultivation routine. Furthermore, the environment could not possibly be as leisurely and quiet as the cold palace without anyone disturbing him.

After some careful thought, his life in the cold palace over the past few years was rather decent and satisfying.

In order to hold onto his sweeping job, Lin Ping felt that he could help Chun Fei again.

However, this was only restricted to ordinary grade-8 masters.

If the Empress sent over a grade-9 master, or special grade-8 masters that could rival grade-9 masters like the Black and White Impermanence he had faced in Wenyuan Pavilion, he would have no choice but to secretly slip away.

Even though he was rather happy with his sweeping job, he would not risk his life to do it…