3 King Yama Told Me

Something felt wrong but still, it also felt normal. It seems like she'll have to ponder upon this subject another day. In the present, the poison cannot kill her, not when she has her power suppressing it. Hongyue sat down and gently dusted blush on to her cheeks and firmly pressed her lips down upon the red lipstick paper. As she anticipated, footsteps softly headed her way.

"First Miss... My Lady... Are you all right?" A mocking tone floated inside the room.

Hongyue didn't answer as her eyes turn cold. She continued to press her lips against the red paper.

The servant gleefully smiled as she thought she finished her mission. 10 gold pieces were hard to earn even in a year. That kind of prize was worth killing such a useless trash. She delightfully fingered one of the gold pieces. She happily pushed open the door expecting to see a dead body. To her horror, she gazed up upon the eldest miss slowly fixing her makeup in front of her dresser. The poor servant stumbled back.

"Ghost! Spirit! Foul spirit!" She cried.

Hongyue turned slowly around and softly spoke, "Ghost? Where? Tell me where. I wanna know."

"Please spare me, I'll burn phantom money, I didn't want to kill you...Yes! Her lady told me to do this! She paid me to do this!", The servant's voice got shriller by the minute.

"Really?" Hongyue tilts her head.

"Yes!" The servant nodded her head rapidly. She was starting to feel dizzy.

"Say, do I look pretty?" Hongyue drawled out.

"Yes! Very pretty! More than the young misses in this manor!"

"Hmm. Do you know when I met the King Yama, what he said to me?"

The servant swung her head vigorously.

"I was too pretty to be taken so he asked if I could find some other girls to sent to him in my place."

The servant slumped down shaking in fear. "..y.you..can't..you have no power..yeah..you're nothing.. what can you do.."

Hongyue grinned.

"I can send you to hell."

Hongyue clenched her right fist. The servant slumped over in pain as her blood boiled inside throughout her veins. Her heart burst apart inside her body from the pressure and she started to bleed bloody tears. A gold piece rolls out of the servant's uniform. The marking on the side seemed familiar. From her old memories, she confirms that it is from the Imperial Palace. Hongyue's eyes turn colder, a slight purple flash within. She quickly leaned down and started screaming.

"Come servants! Come! Hurry! Someone has died!"

A stampede of footsteps come sounding towards her way.

"It's the Eldest Miss! Something must have happened to her! She died!" Shouts rang out.

Hongyue snorted inside her heart. It seems like they were thoroughly prepared. How else in a proper household would people mistakenly assume that she died first? Someone must have given the orders already. However even so the yelling is a lot louder than it should be even if she died. Something is amiss. Hmph. It seems like they were attracting more than just the family. The goal must be a lot greater.

"Daughter! My dearest daughter!"

"Father, I'm still fine, I don't understand...this maid she came into my room and she suddenly died...I have no idea what's going on..I'm so afraid."

Something flashed inside the eyes of the old General but quickly got replaced by concern.

"My darling, it's fine now, I'm here to protect you."

Hongyue sighed inside her heart. It is a pity to even think that maybe perhaps there was a good person inside the family. It seems like no one in this family could be trustworthy enough.

"Oh my, what happened here." A voice behind her sounded out.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry to disgrace your presence. It's merely a servant's death." Her father quickly got up and bowed.

"Just a servant's death? By all the screaming I thought perhaps someone else more important died."

"Y..yes certainly, I should have my servants better trained. I am sorry to have disgraced your presence." The General frowned but proceeded to nod.

"Hmph. You are a general of an army. To see your servants so unhinged is distasteful. I recommend you kick some of them out before they ruin your name."

"Crown Prince is truly wise. I shall take your advice."

Crown Prince. Hongyue smirked. I found one big fish.