Such a scene played out outside Kunning Palace every New Year.
It used to be considered something of a spectacle, but now, aside from the newly arrived little eunuchs and little palace maids, no one found anything novel about this former favored concubine's fall from grace.
Xue Yi couldn't die even if she wanted to. The Imperial Guard kept her in custody, and there were even people from the Imperial Hospital standing watch nearby.
The Imperial Hospital staff were also on edge, for everyone knew that if the former Chen Fei—now the Sinful Concubine—were to die, they would pay with their lives.
His Majesty's anger hadn't subsided after so many years; how could he allow the main culprit to die so easily?
The night the late Empress passed away, blood flowed like a river through the Imperial Palace.
And the place that suffered the most deaths was the Imperial Hospital.
