Ming Li was helplessly dragged by Lin Yun'er to the luminous pearl. At this moment, Su Ziwan, who was sitting at the head and drinking tea, spoke. Since this was a luminous pearl, it had to be viewed in a dark place to be truly appreciated.
Then, she ordered the doors and windows to be closed, and the light from the windows to be blocked. Instantly, the entire palace was plunged into darkness.
Ming Li looked at the scene, her eyes darkened. Was the female lead about to cause trouble?!
A group of noble ladies and young ladies also panicked slightly, and then their startled gazes fell upon the luminous pearl in the center. Their panic turned into astonishment.
Ming Li wanted to grab the hand of the young girl beside her, but found that the girl was gone.
Ming Li: ...?! As expected, this woman had started causing trouble.
At this moment, a tall palace maid appeared behind Ming Li, holding a piece of white cloth in her hand.
Ming Li heard the footsteps behind her, sensing that they were getting closer. The corners of her lips curled. After a moment's thought, she retracted her raised hand. As the person behind her covered her mouth and nose with the white cloth, she cooperated by fainting.
When Ming Li woke up, she found her hands tied behind her back and her eyes blindfolded. Ming Li felt she could tolerate all this, but then she felt the rag in her mouth.
Ming Li: ...?! Unable to bear it any longer, she snapped the ropes binding her hands and removed the rag from her mouth. Ming Li then took off the cloth covering her eyes.
Ming Li looked at the rag in her hand, and a sinister smile appeared on her cold little face. The system in her space saw the smile on its host's face and shivered all over, silently lighting a candle for the female lead of this world, Su Ziwan, in its heart.
Although the system felt its host was very dangerous at the moment, it still cautiously said to Ming Li: Host, host, please calm down, absolutely do not kill the female lead.
Ming Li's tone was eerily calm, with a faint smile lingering on her lips. I am very calm now. Although I can't kill the female lead, what about crippling her?
The system felt relieved upon hearing Ming Li say this, but when it met Ming Li's cold gaze, the relief it felt was immediately replaced by anxiety.
Ming Li put away the rag in her hand and looked around. She found that Lin Yun'er was not in this room. Ming Li's beautiful eyes darkened. She walked to the tightly locked door and kicked it fiercely. With a bang, the door fell open, raising a cloud of dust.
Ming Li stepped outside the door. The sky had already darkened.
Ming Li closed her eyes and sensed Lin Yun'er's location. With a flash, she disappeared from her spot.
Ming Li's figure reappeared in a secret chamber. On a table in the chamber were various torture instruments, and on the floor were some unshed bloodstains. The chamber also contained a blood-stained torture rack.
At this moment, a pale-faced young girl was tied to the torture rack. Su Ziwan, dressed in purple, was holding a blood-stained whip and was about to strike the girl.
Ming Li's figure moved rapidly to Su Ziwan's side and kicked her. Before Su Ziwan could react, she was slammed against the wall with a bang, spitting out a mouthful of blood and unable to get up.
A flash of silver light appeared in Ming Li's hand, and a sword materialized. With a flash of the sword, the ropes binding Lin Yun'er to the torture rack snapped.