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EMPEROR'S WING ✓

"Report!" A guard rushed into the court of the Emperor, gasping for breath with his hands folded in front in a bow.

"Speak! What is the matter?" The Emperor said calmly, receiving a massage from his concubine who smiled as she displayed her finger talent on his shoulders.

"The academy teacher, Wei Xun, has been poisoned. Rumors have it that she was poisoned through the gift you gave her to put under her pillow," the guard explained.

The Emperor's eyes widened while his concubine's hands stopped the massage, "What did you say? How is it possible that the gifts ---" He looked at his beloved concubine who started to shake visibly.

"Weren't you the one I asked to choose those gifts since you are a woman yourself? How come it was poisoned?" The Emperor labeled her as the first suspect.

She fell to her knees immediately, "Your Majesty, I only did as you told me to," she tried to defend herself.

"Are you saying I asked you to poison her?" The Emperor thundered.

"No no no!
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