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Chapter 4422
Lost?
The two guards exchanged a glance. They stood frozen in shock.
How stupid was that servant? How could she get lost on the way to deliver spirit fruits to Empress Heidi?
One of the guards pointed in the direction of Empress Heidi's quarters.
They said, "That's Majesty's quarters. Keep walking straight, and you'll see it. This is the Jade Spiritual Realm,
where the Ancient Ancestors are undergoing closed cultivation. It's off-limits!"
Then, the other guard piped up as well. "Please get out of here quickly. No one is allowed to loiter around here."
"Thank you, Honorable Guards."
The young lady seemed to be grateful, bowing to the guards before she picked up the basket to leave.
Then, she cast a look at the fruits, and an expression of grief crept onto her face. She sighed, looking extremely
uneasy.
What was going on?
The two guards frowned. One of them finally asked, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"
The lady sighed again, pointing at the spirit fruits in her basket with a bitter smile. "These
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtfruits only bear once every three years, and they're incredibly rare. Once picked, they
have to be eaten within an hour, or they’ll go bad.
"I got lost and took too much time. Even if I send the fruits over now, they're not going to
be fresh anymore. Empress Heidi will fault me forthat for sure.
"I’m just a young servant; I can't take the blame."
The lady began to weep as she spoke, making it hard not to sympathize with her.
Err...
The guards' expressions creased uncomfortably. One of them said, "Well, what do you plan
to do then?"
The girl scratched her head. She walked forward to put the basket on the ground and
spoke sincerely, "All I can do now is return to the orchard and pick the spirit fruits for the
Empress again. I can't bring these back with me. If you could be so kind as to take care of
them for me?"
As she spoke, the young lady eyed the spirit fruits. She said, "The fruits haven't gone bad
yet, but they'll be bad by the time I get to Empress Heidi.
"Thank you for helping me out. I hope you can keep this a secret between us."
Then, the young lady bowed deeply before turning to leave.
Well...
The two guards exchanged looks of unease. They would never have expected something
like that to happen, and when they finally came to their senses, the young lady had
already soared off into the distance.
The guards looked at the basket. The fragrance of the spirit fruits wafted toward them,
making their stomachs grumble and their mouths water.
"What should we do with that?" One of the guards spoke first, unable to keep silent any
longer.
His gaze did not leave the fruits for a single second.
The other guard gulped, shaking his head. "How would I know? The servant told us to take
care of them, didn't she? Let's split them and eat them."
"We can't do that! The fruits from the Spirit Fruit Orchard are only for the Emperor and the
Empress. It's a breach of rules if we eat them."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Well, how do you think we should take care of them then?"
"I... I don't know either."
After a brief discussion, the two guards did not have a solution.
The guards did not know that the fruit orchard servant had not gotten far. Instead, she had hidden behind a tree
not too far away, watching everything silently.
The lady had a sinister smile on her face; she did not look wary at all. She radiated an air that would send chills
down one's spine.
Indeed, the young lady was not a servant of the Spirit Fruit Orchard. It was Archfiend Antigonus in disguise.
Archfiend Antigonus' plan was simple. He wanted to sneak into the Jade Spiritual Realm and silently attack the
Ancient Ancestors. However, it would be difficult to get in straight away, and thus he hatched that plan.
There were no spirit fruits in the basket. Instead, Archfiend Antigonus had put some knockout fruits in it.
Knockout fruits contained a great deal of poison. They were capable of knocking one unconscious upon
consumption. 1
Meanwhile, at the Jade spiritual Realm.
The guard who suggested eating the fruit could not hold it any longer." Stop having so much doubt. That lady left
them here. It's not like we took them by force. Also, she told US to take care of them. What's the worst that could
happen if we ate them?"
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