"It was a trivial matter to die a subordinate, but that night I went to the dormitory of Siba to look after him, as Ninrod had ordered, and as soon as I stepped into the garden, I heard a cacophony of talking and a tumultuous noise. Before, these things were not worth my attention, but that night, the faces of the servants were even more frightened, and the noise betrayed fear, and I could clearly smell some terrible sweetness in the air. ”

"'You, why are you crying here?' I asked a little maid who looked to be only a teenager, her face covered in mud and tears, and the pungent smell of dog feces. The little girl was even more frightened when she saw me, and her pink mouth was half-open, as if there was a hole in her face. I repeated it several times, but she still looked at me stupidly, and I was so angry that I rushed up and tried to pick her up and throw her to the ground. ”

"'My lord, do not be angry, the servant's daughter has been frightened by what has just happened,' a middle-aged woman suddenly ran out and fell down before me, clutching my shin with all her might, and she had an even more pungent smell of dog feces, and she must be the mother of the little maid, for her mouth was like a pink hole in her face, 'show mercy to your servant's daughter, and do not punish her for what has happened tonight, for it is not something she can understand. ’”

"As she pleaded for her daughter, I heard a terrible growl from within, and the little maid came back to her senses from her retarded stupidity, and fell into her mother's bosom like a dog and sobbed, and her mother immediately hugged her, and both of them were sifting chaff as if they were feverish. ”

"As I remember, they weren't the ones who had just been transferred to serve Xiba, at least they had been here for more than half a year. There weren't many servants who could serve Siba for so long, let alone women, because the soldiers on patrol didn't want to come near it. So I half-crouched down and said to the mother in a comforting tone, 'You are honest and secure servants, tell me what your mother and son have seen, and how can I not know that Siba is my son, and I will give you the reward you deserve.' ’”

The mother and daughter fell at my feet at once, and the whole palace could hear only the burning of torches, the whistle of Yelan, and the rustling of the treetops, except for the howling of Siba inside. No one dared to say a word, and several of the soldiers had already entered Siba's dormitory, and they could hear that they had bound Siba with iron chains, because he was howling even harder. The rest of the servants formed a circle around me. ”

"'Your Majesty the Queen, my mistress,'" the mother's voice trembled like a dead leaf about to fall in the cold wind, "and the whole family of the servant has been blessed with the king's favor for many years, and dare not tell a lie. Tonight your servant's daughter and the nurse serve the prince of Siba for supper, usually cheese, mashed potatoes and fried eggs, and the prince has been weaned for a long time, and even if he wants milk, it is fresh goat's milk and camel milk by the king's will. But tonight, soon after the prince had eaten supper, he asked the nurse to nurse, and all the servants, including your servants, were astonished, for he had been weaned for a long time. However, since Princess Michelle and Prince Michael have not yet been weaned, the nurse does have milk to meet Prince Xiba's requirements. ’”

"'Because supper was served by the wet nurse with your servant and my daughter, and when the supper was over, the wet nurse was ready to nurse the prince, and your servant and my daughter were to stand by and serve as usual, but the prince waved his arm and asked your servant my daughter to go out, and the prince said, 'Don't be here, I want to enjoy the milk.'" So your servant and my daughter went out as commanded. She went to rest on the bench in the kitchen, ate a few baked potatoes, and drank a glass of sour wine. Your servant and my daughter waited for a long time by the fire, and then fell asleep in a daze. Because she thought that the nurse would come to the kitchen soon after she had finished feeding and wake her up, and tonight it was your servant's turn to wait for Prince Siba to sleep. '

"'Mistress, your servant my daughter, in her sleepy eyes, saw a woman come into the kitchen, dressed in a gray robe, with her hair scattered, and a large patch of blood on her right breast, which flowed like a cobweb, and left a small pool of blood behind her with every step. Your servant, my daughter, was frightened and tried desperately to escape, but she couldn't move. The woman came up to your servant, my daughter, the wet nurse herself, her countenance was frightened and sad, her grey eyes were full of tears, the blood on her chest was still pouring outward, and her lips were trembling like a lamb to the slaughter. ’”

"At this moment, her daughter let out a cry of fear in her arms, as if a pair of invisible hands were pinching her neck, and at this moment there was silence around the prince's bedchamber, and I raised my eyes," Isis said, and raised her eyes, and through her detailed description, it seemed that Sether had also returned with her to that cold and bleak night in the city of Shusan, "and saw Nimlu standing by a huge oak tree in front of the palace wall, alone, like a leopard in the dark. There were no guards around him, and no one had spotted him—except me. ”

"'Lord,' the mother pleaded before me, lifting her face from the dust, and raising her arms to me, 'your maid and my daughter were frightened, and she was much quieter than her peers, and I asked many times before I understood what had happened. At that time, your maidservant and my daughter realized that something terrible had happened, and she looked at the dead face of the nurse, and although she could not move, she could speak, and your servant and my woman stammered, "Nurse, what do you want to say to me?"

"'The woman, who looked like a wet nurse, shook violently, and she froze, as if she did not expect your servant my daughter to ask her so. She slowly opened her snow-white lips, and suddenly blood beads spilled from the corners of her mouth, and she just opened her mouth to say one word - I...... As soon as the nurse finished saying this, a large mouthful of blood burst out of her mouth like a demon waiting for an opportunity to snoop, and the blood-red demon stared at your servant and my daughter with its fierce eyes!'"

The mother stopped and caressed her daughter's back, who whimpered in the crook of her arm like a wounded dog. I glanced at Ning Lu, and at some point, he had quietly reached the top of the stairs of the dormitory, and everyone had already seen him. His face was unusually ugly, and if there was anyone more terrifying than Xiba, then there was no one else but Ning Lu. ”

The mother also saw Ning Lu, and she was so frightened that she took several steps back, almost trying to run away from me immediately. But I stopped her way, and said to her, 'Do not be afraid, go on, nothing can hurt you,' and I looked at Nimlu and continued, 'With the king here, speak the truth more fearlessly, for there is a king who will rule for you.' ’”

Ning Lu didn't say anything, which means that he acquiesced to my words. The mother gradually calmed down under my comfort. Isis let out a long sigh.