, intending to force a confession his way, but An Xuetang seemed to know what he was about to do. She stood up abruptly and ran to the door, smiling sweetly. "Ah Jing, you play by yourself for a while...Those in black didn't know who "A Tang" was that she called out, and they nearly caught up to Liu without much effort.

“Why are you running” one of the men in black shouted.

Liu was so scared that her legs went weak. When the man ran up to her, she collapsed with a thud.

A group of men in black came over and surrounded her, "We ask you, have there been any outsiders in your village recently"keptical that a prestigious place like Kunning Palace could harbor such a disrespectful and insolent maidservant.”"If there really were such a maidservant in Kunning Palace, it would be hard not to do...