Chapter 258: First Meeting
The light outside was decreasing further and Xing’s thoughts which were wondering everywhere, focused on a moth flying nearby going straight into the lamp and fell down dead.
Maybe I am like that flame, attracting broken people towards me as they find me attractive... And not so different from them....
I did kill a woman previously with no thought spared and I have no problem killing hundreds within hours given the opportunity to do so and even now, I just killed a little girl! Reasons aside, killing is killing and I am the ultimate killer there is.
While Xing was accusing herself, Shihong continued not minding Xing’s words as they went over his head,
"So I got angry at my mother who refused my luxurious life and let me go through these cruelties and we had a confrontation and... She died...", Shihong cleared his throat and Xing who was bowing her head in deep thoughts, looked up to him in utter disbelief.
Did he just tell me that he killed his mother..? HIS MOTHER?
Seeing her disgusted look, Shihong chucked,
" Don’t look at me like that, sweetie..! It was an accident, alright? Who asked her to come in my way when I was swinging a knife?", his cold voice made that place unbearable for Xing and she almost threw up but Shihong still felt the need to continue,
"So I found a old woman who was hiring maids for the palace and with dreams of meeting my father who will punish those who have wronged me till then, I embarked that journey of a maid... And guess what, being a maid in the palace is tough too", Shihong chewed noisily a raisin kept in a tray on the table,
"Women there were having affairs with eunuchs and other women even, because my imperial father didn’t visit them. And I was with an unflavoured Concubine. She was a silent and passive one who was not liked even by her maids. Guess who was it....? Come on... Ah,you wouldn’t guess who it is... Just try... ",Shihong didn’t mind the nonchalant expression of Xing and rubbed his hands excitedly, " Concubine Zhao", Shihong said smiling with his eyebrows raised and Xing snorted by the plays enacted by fate...
The Emperor’s mother?
"Eunuch Xin... He always looked weirdly at the Concubine while she didn’t even care...", he whispered with a gossipy smile that almost made him look human in Xing’s eyes ,