Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 118 Green Chrysanthemum
The flowers in the garden are in all shapes and sizes, competing with each other in beauty, and their colors are not diminished at all by the chilly autumn breeze.

Biyu took the pruning shears and walked towards the bunch of green chrysanthemums.

The petals bloom layer by layer, the green color changes from light to dark, and the center of the flower is bright green, just like the name Jasper.

Biyu liked the green peony very much. After admiring it, she picked out the fullest one and raised the scissors to cut it.

A hand reached out from behind and covered her mouth tightly.

Biyu subconsciously swung the scissors, but felt a pain in her wrist, and the scissors in her hand were pressed against her neck.

"Woo woo--" Biyu's cries were all blocked in her throat, and she was dragged behind the flowers and trees.

"Don't move or shout, or these scissors will show no mercy."

A cold voice sounded in her ears, and Biyu was so frightened that she nodded repeatedly. However, when she moved, the tip of the scissors moved a little further inside, and pain came immediately.

"Wuwuwu——" Biyu didn't dare to move anymore, and tears continued to flow down.

The hand covering her loosened.

Biyu took a deep breath and asked in a trembling voice, "You, who are you?"

The person who had been behind her chuckled: "I just arranged for you to do something, and you're asking such a stupid question?"

Biyu trembled all over and said in a panic, "My Lady Concubine, please spare me, My Lady Concubine, please spare me!"

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Heng felt relieved.

It was tricked out.

"Spare my life? The matter didn't work out, but you are the insider. How can you make people feel at ease?"

"I can't say anything. Please let me go, Your Majesty..." Biyu choked with sobs, but dared not make any big movements. She was like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, desperate and helpless.

But the scissors that were against her tender neck moved away.

Biyu still didn't dare to move, and didn't even dare to ask anything. Fear made her tremble like a sieve, and she didn't have the courage to run away at all.

A person slowly walked around from behind to the front.

Biyu's pupils shrank, and she cried out in shock: "Miss Qiu Liu! How, how could it be you?"

Qiu Heng smiled: "Why, are you disappointed by someone who is not Concubine Yu?"

"No, no--" Biyu was so shocked that she spoke incoherently.

Qiu Heng pointed and said, "I like that green peony. Please cut it off and come with me to see the beauty."

Looking down at the flower scissors that were stuffed back into her hand, Biyu subconsciously clenched them tightly, with murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

Qiu Heng raised her eyebrows: "You still want to kill me? I told the beauty that I came to you, and you are a maid serving the beauty. If you really want to kill me, where is the body hidden? How can you explain to the beauty? Or do you naively think that Concubine Yu will protect you?"

The more Biyu listened, the uglier her expression became.

Qiu Heng took a step forward and said lightly: "Apart from all that, you don't have the strength to kill me."

Biyu raised her head suddenly, and thought of the hand covering her mouth. All her messy thoughts immediately disappeared. She walked silently towards the green chrysanthemum and carefully cut off the one that Qiuheng pointed to.

Qiuheng turned around and walked in front, while Biyu walked behind holding the green chrysanthemum.

She stared at the figure in front of her, her expression constantly changing, but the murderous intent that arose when she first touched the scissors no longer rose.

No one knows the strength of that hand better than she does. This seemingly delicate and weak girl Qiu Liu is definitely not ordinary!
And a person with secrets is inherently dangerous - this is something she has understood after many years in the palace.

"Beauty, Sixth Miss and Jasper are back."

Lady Qiu couldn't help but sit up straight and look at the two people who walked in.

Qiu Heng walked in front calmly, and Bi Yu walked behind respectfully holding the green chrysanthemum. No matter how you look at them, you can't see anything unusual. How did the sixth sister test it? Or did she not find a chance to test it?
Qiu Meiren was puzzled and nodded to Qiu Heng: "Sixth sister is back."

Qiu Heng stood aside and glanced at Biyu.

Biyu was startled and fell to her knees: "Please spare my life, my beauty. It is my fault!"

Lady Qiu glanced at Qiu Heng in surprise, then she held the teacup tightly and looked at Biyu: "So it was you who sent the wooden doll to Lin Dutou in my name?"

"Yes, it's the servant..."

"Biyu, I think I treated you well, why did you do this?"

"Your servant——" Biyu subconsciously looked at Qiuheng.

Qiu Heng stretched out her hand to Biyu: "Give me the green peony."

Biyu looked at the hand and shrank her body, then tremblingly handed the green chrysanthemum over. She saw the girl holding the green chrysanthemum smiling at her.

Biyu knelt on the ground and cried, "I was forced to do this. The aunt next to the imperial concubine found me and asked me to give the wooden doll to Lin Dutou... I dared not disobey, because that was the imperial concubine!"

Lady Qiu pressed the armrest of the chair with one hand and asked through gritted teeth, "When did you get in touch with Concubine Yu's people?"

Biyu hurriedly shook her head: "We have never had any contact before, except for this time -"

Lady Qiu closed her eyes, overwhelmed by a feeling of powerlessness: "As soon as I approached you, you agreed."

"I'm sorry, my lady, but if I don't agree, my life will be in danger. I... I just want to live..."

Lady Qiu was silent for a while, then waved her hand and said, "You can leave first. Zheng Yu, keep an eye on her."

"Yes." Zheng Yu took Biyu out.

Lady Qiu smiled bitterly at Qiu Heng: "Sixth sister, you see, no one in this palace can resist Concubine Yu. She doesn't need to manage it. When she wants to employ people, she just needs to use the title of Concubine Yu, and people will not dare to disobey her orders."

Qiu Heng felt more deeply when she thought of the later generations’ evaluation of Concubine Yu as the “evil concubine”.

"I just can't understand why she would do such a cruel thing to me when I have always been respectful to Concubine Yu."

"Is it because my sister can come to the autumn hunt?"

Lady Qiu hesitated and shook her head: "Although the emperor favors Concubine Yu alone, he sometimes looks at other concubines, but Concubine Yu doesn't seem to care about it."

"Could it be that my sister has offended Concubine Yu in some way, but is unaware of it?"

Lady Qiu tried hard to think, but still had no clue: "With my position, I don't have many opportunities to interact with Concubine Yu."

"If it weren't for my sister..." Qiu Heng frowned, recalling the records about the ending of Qiu Meiren and Lin Chengfeng.

There is no record of Concubine Qiu, but there is one related to Lin Chengfeng: General Lin was convicted because of his young son, and Daxia lost a talented general.

Qiu Heng was shocked and had a new guess about this conspiracy, which she thought was caused by the competition among the concubines in the harem: Could it be that Concubine Yu was not targeting Concubine Qiu, but General Lin!
This guess was too sudden and too bizarre, even someone as calm as Qiu Heng could hardly believe it for a moment.

"Sixth sister, don't even think about it. Imperial Concubine Yu is moody and unpredictable. She doesn't need a reason to dislike someone."

Qiu Heng calmed down and did not speak out this guess.

If the guess was wrong, there was no need to speak out. If the guess was right, given the huge difference between Lady Qiu and Concubine Yu, knowing it would be a death warrant for Lady Qiu.

"How did Sixth Sister get Biyu to speak?"

"I tricked her, but she lost her temper and confessed after I tricked her."

Qiu Heng did not ask Lady Qiu how to deal with Biyu, but walked out of the palace with a heavy heart.

(End of this chapter)