Hei Ningxue sat alone in front of the window, her arm propped up and her head helplessly looking out the window at the bustling departure of the Moretto army.

She had figured out what the bad old man Dawson was up to, but now she was back in the mountains and couldn't do anything about it. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh.

Lena, the valet maid, brought refreshments and a metal tube with a secret report. Seeing Hei Ningxue's lonely expression, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Master, you don't seem to be happy that they went to arrest Lydia?" ”

Hei Ningxue picked up the secret report and shook her head uninterestedly, "Lydia is a pawn of the concubine to contain the black stone pattern, but now it has become an opportunity for Yu Ling to hide his clumsiness. ”

Lena smirked and stood with her hands down. She knew she wasn't a smart person, so she chose to be a loyal enough servant.

For a servant, obedience is the best performance.

"The search team did not find the body of Black Stone, apparently someone rescued it first." Hei Ningxue suddenly touched her magic horn with self-deprecation, "That kid will definitely come to get in the way, and the concubine now hopes that the traverser can escape longer under the two-way pursuit." ”

If you can use the Demon Code to treat Black Stone Pattern with a capital crime, this can completely eradicate the obstacles. Thinking of this, Hei Ningxue decided to write a few report letters to preemptively, but she took out the quill pen and just dipped it in ink, and hesitated again. Seeing that the ink was smeared with the parchment, Lena hurriedly whispered a reminder.

"What a gaffe." Hei Ningxue hurriedly put down the pen and paper and sighed, "Moretto was originally the weakness of the Feather Spirit Force, and now he has escaped...... I'm afraid strife is coming. At the moment of the great enemy, if the black stone pattern is cut off, how can it balance the Red Pavilion. ”

Lena couldn't help but interject: "Why does the master keep taking those rogues to heart? ”

"You think it's just a rogue, too?" Hei Ningxue pinched her face, "Do you really think that the assassin who killed the traitor was just here to delay time?" ”

Lena was dumbfounded, "That's ...... He...... What I said......"

"Maybe that kid thinks so too." Hei Ningxue showed her the secret report: someone in the puppet village pretended to be a god to help the witch to kill someone, and left a soul spell mark. Lina was also learning soul magic while following Black Condensation, and she recognized two symbols: flight and earth.

"But this soul magic array is not smooth." Lena muttered quietly.

"That's right, this isn't a soul magic array at all." Hei Ningxue laughed inexplicably, "Since that assassin, this extremely smart person has been negotiating with concubines in ways that ordinary people don't expect. ”

"Negotiations?" Lena carefully recalled every word of the young man that day, but she did not notice it in the slightest.

"The Demon Sword Red Dragon had at least three chances to kill the concubine, but he gave up; Blackstone Pattern in Ice should have died in the ice, but he also gave up. Hei Ningxue rubbed the parchment with her fingertips, "He has enough ability, but he doesn't act, which shows that he is seeking a space for cooperation." So the concubine responded to his invitation with a hunt. ”

Knowing that Blackstone was being ambushed in the eastern wasteland, Blackstone still managed to borrow soldiers from General Linda to hunt in the western forest for two days. She was confident that the clever opponent would understand what she meant: she and Blackstone were not all the same.

Lena asked anxiously, "Master, did that rogue, the person from the Red Pavilion, respond?" ”

"Of course I responded, otherwise how could a person with such a careful mind reveal his whereabouts so easily?" Hei Ningxue smiled and took back the secret report, and ignited it with a flame from her fingertips, "What an interesting opponent and an interesting partner." ”

Lena wanted to ask about the circle again, but Hei Ningxue had already changed the subject, "Is there anything unusual lately?" ”

"There seem to be more beggars outside the city, and I don't know how they survived on such a cold day."

"Beggars?" Hei Ningxue held her face and thought for a moment.

In the snow and ice, if there is no one to give, what do those beggars do for a living?

If they have a way to earn a living, why should they be beggars?

Hei Ningxue picked up the quill pen in her hand and put it down. After a long time, she suddenly asked, "Lina, how many years have you been with the concubine?" ”

"Master, I've been by your side since you woke up, and it's been two years now."

"How have you been treated as a concubine in the past two years?"

"Treat me like a sister."

Hei Ningxue picked up the teacup on the side and stirred it slightly with a silver spoon, "The concubine once promised: When you marry the Ice Wolf King, you will inherit the power of the demon race." But now...... The concubine had to send you to do something. ”

Lena had a premonition that something big was going to happen, and knelt down respectfully, "Master, when I woke up, you saved me from the fire, and I am willing to repay this kindness with everything." ”

Hei Ningxue helped her up, and took out more than a dozen gold coins from the jewelry box and stuffed them into her sleeve pocket, "The concubine joined the demon clan at the age of 22 and has been living for this plan every day, and now it is the last moment, so I dare not be negligent." ”

As she spoke, she whispered a few more words in Lena's ear.

Lena was stunned: "Red Pavilion? Those beggars? How can it be? ”

"This move should have been made by the concubine herself." Hei Ningxue took out a handkerchief and wiped her moist eyes, "But the big wedding is coming, and I can only wronged you to suffer some hardships." ”

Lena nodded, ready to go to the soup.

"Let you suffer some grievances, and the concubine will definitely compensate you in the future." As she spoke, Hei Ningxue raised her hand and slapped Lena to the ground. Then he roared angrily, "Guards! Come! ”

The guards and maids guarding outside the house hurriedly pushed the door in, looking at the black snow in fear, not knowing what the future princess was going to do.

Hei Ningxue's gaze swept over the maids, and asked majestically, "What kind of punishment should the personal maid receive for stealing her master's jewelry in Ice Wolf Castle?" ”

The maids bowed their heads and were silent.

But in the silence of death, Hei Ningxue still found that a pair of eyes were secretly looking at him. A person who dares to take the chestnut in the fire, Hei Ningxue just needs such a person.

Her gaze gradually settled on the maid, and as their eyes met unexpectedly, the maid almost jumped up in shock.

Hei Ningxue didn't speak, just looked at her. Seeing that there was no escape, she replied tremblingly, "Whipping, my lord." ”

"How much is the whip?" Hei Ningxue continued to look at her.

Such a gaze seemed to encourage her, and her voice was slightly steady: "Whip to death." ”

"Okay." Kuro Xue sat down gracefully and picked up her teacup.

Good?

Everyone else looked at Hei Ningxue in confusion, but the maid's eyes seemed to understand the situation immediately. Turning his head, he commanded the others, and for a time the attendants were busy moving chairs, holding ropes, asking for torture instruments, laying hands and feet, lifting skirts and trousers.

When the torture instrument arrived, the maid knelt down with the whip in both hands and asked Hei Ningxue to verify it.

Hei Ningxue just glanced at it, and the teacup in his hand couldn't help but stir up a little wave.

In every kingdom there is a long whip, and there is a short whip, and there is a leather whip, and there is a rattan whip. But Ice Wolf Castle actually made a short stick the thickness of a finger out of steel bars, and the body of the stick was covered with spikes like a rose!

Hei Ningxue secretly looked at Lina, only to find that although her face was full of horror, she bit her lip and nodded slightly.

"Do it." Hei Ningxue pretended to pick up a book and turned her back.

The steel whip behind her back made a terrible whistling sound, and Lena's terrible screams were like the cry of a wronged soul in hell.

Another whip was drawn, and Lena's expression was already distorted, and her limbs struggled desperately. Hei Ningxue pretended to turn her back to them calmly, but the fingers that turned the page in her hand were constantly trembling.

The screams continued, and Hei Ningxue's thumb pinched her index finger fiercely, and her heart had begun to waver, and she began to regret this terrible idea. She even had the urge to call a halt to this execution, yes, it was such a trivial and ordinary thing to expel a servant in her capacity, why do you need to do enough drama?

But the only remaining sanity in the heart once again issued a faint warning: the battle had already begun, and the slightest negligence could bring about a total collapse.

The whipping continued, and Lena's screams grew softer and weaker.

The execution only lasted a quarter of an hour, but it was as long as more than a dozen years for Hei Ningxue.

It's time.

She finally put the book aside in a cold and arrogant manner, and stopped the whipping.

"Drag this slut out and throw him out of the city to die." Hei Ningxue instructed the two guards, "Move quickly, don't dirty the concubine's room." ”

Seeing that the dying Lena was carried away by the guards, she turned her face to look at the maid again, "You, what's your name?" ”

"Grista, sir." The maid curtsied apprehensively.

Black Snow walked up to her and held out her fingers to lift her face, "Glista, look, this cute little face." ”

Although she had shown it just now, Glista didn't know if she had figured out the mind of this demon person, and at this moment she was so frightened that she couldn't help but hold her breath and her legs trembled. On the contrary, the other maids, who didn't do anything out of the ordinary just now, are standing respectfully on the side and watching the show at the moment.

"It's a pity that you still lack some luster." Hei Ningxue looked up and down for a long time, and suddenly reached out and untied her diamond necklace and put it on Glista's neck with her own hands, "Look, how beautiful this is." ”

Glista's mind went blank in shock, and the other maids' eyes widened!

They have served Ice Wolf Castle for many years, and the highest reward they have received is nothing more than the leftovers left over from the banquet. The necklace of the black snow was not very valuable, but such a reward was enough to make the maids blush.

"What should I do if this beautiful face is lost to Lord Ice Wolf King?" Hei Ningxue smiled sideways.

When the maids heard this, they quickly knelt on the floor and begged the princess to spare her life.

Hei Ningxue had long heard of Lady Yuling's methods of dealing with beautiful maids, and there was no doubt that it was always women who knew how to persecute women the most.

But the one who knows how to please women the most is also a woman.

"The concubine is just a joke, don't take it seriously." Hei Ningxue pretended to be sorry and helped Glista up, and took a few trinkets from the jewelry box and gave them to the other maids, "In your opinion, is the concubine very scary?" ”

Glista hurriedly replied: "The princess is gentle and virtuous, and she is a peerless beauty who captivates the country and the city. The other maids followed suit, pouring out all the words of praise that came out of their heads.

"Hehehe," Hei Ningxue smiled like a crescent moon, "Such a compliment, the concubine is really embarrassed." ”

It's rare for her to let out a genuine laugh.

The maids finally made the right choice.

A choice that satisfies Black Snow.