It's too terrifying; the Empress must have some kind of magic skills like the rumors say. Otherwise, she should have died the first time I tried to assassinate her. And that time on Qixia Mountain, she shouldn't have had any chance of escape. Yet, she managed to evade the traps I set for her again and again, which proves that the rumors aren't baseless.
What should I do?
By now, the Empress Dowager must already suspect her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have summoned her to enter the palace. And that Shen Juhua, if she's also been saved by the Empress, must have told the Empress about how she deceived her. With the Empress's intelligence, she should have figured out that she used Shen Juhua to lure her into the trap. What can she say to cover up this matter?
"Huai Xiu, hurry up, don't dawdle; that eunuch outside is urging again!"
