Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Chapter 1357 Whether or not she can escape from this fire pit depends entirely on her

"time to eat."

The young eunuch pinched his nose and spoke in a shrill voice, expressing his undisguised disgust. He turned and was about to leave, unwilling to stay in this horrible place even a moment longer.

An urgent voice sounded: "Wait!"

Baharguli rushed to the door from the dark corner and grabbed the eunuch's sleeve tightly with one hand.

Her movements were so fast that the young eunuch was startled.

"What are you doing? Let go!"

The young eunuch tried hard to shake off Baharguli, his brows furrowed in knots.

Looking at her haggard face, the contempt in his eyes became even stronger.

So what if she was once a noble lady? A foreign woman who had fallen out of favor and was banished to the cold palace was worse than these eunuchs.

Baharguli gasped, her chest heaving violently. She raised her face and tried to force a flattering smile, begging, "Little eunuch... please be kind and help me..."

"Please take a message to Concubine Kang and tell her... tell her that Guli wants to see her and has something extremely important to ask her..."

"Empress Kangfei?"

The young eunuch sneered as if he had heard a huge joke. He looked Baharguli up and down as if he were looking at a pile of filth: "You haven't woken up yet, have you?"

"Concubine Kang is a noble consort, and she has five princes as her children. What a status that is! Don't you know what your current situation is?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled the sleeve back from Baharguli's hand with force, brushed off the non-existent dust, and spoke in an extremely harsh tone.

"Empress Kangfei has to take care of the Fifth Prince every day. How could she have the time to come to this filthy place and see a criminal like you?"

"You'd better stay still and don't cause trouble for us servants!"

After saying that, the young eunuch did not give Baharguli any more chances and quickly left the door. He slammed the broken wooden door shut with a bang, and the sound of the lock was particularly harsh.

From outside the door, he could be heard muttering as he walked away: "Bah! Do you really think you're still the favored young lady... What bad luck!"

Baharguli gritted her teeth, her eyes full of anger!

Even a lowly eunuch who served meals dared to trample on her like this!

Concubine Kang...Zhang Youran!

Now that she is in a high position, has she forgotten the kindness of the past?

We can't just let it go!

Just as the little eunuch's footsteps were about to disappear at the end of the corridor, a fierce look of determination to fight to the death flashed in Baharguli's eyes.

She reached her hand into the inside of her dirty collar, fumbled for a moment, and pulled out a small piece of something tightly wrapped in cloth.

"Little eunuch!"

Baharguli rushed to the door again, stretched out her fingers through the crack in the door panel, and shook the small cloth bag: "Wait! Look at this!"

The footsteps stopped and then turned back.

From outside the door came the young eunuch's impatient muttering: "What's going on? Is this going to end?"

"Here...here's yours! I just ask you to help me pass on this message!"

Baharguli stuffed the small cloth bag out from under the door.

The young eunuch bent down suspiciously to pick it up, and it felt heavy in his hand.

He untied the cloth wrapped around it, revealing an egg-sized piece of white stone with a warm color and a faint oily sheen even in the dim light.

However, the low-ranking eunuchs in the cold palace had never seen anything good, so they naturally didn't recognize it.

He weighed it in his hand, curled his lips, and said with even more disdain: "Huh! A broken stone?"

"Are you really that poor and crazy? Are you trying to fool people with this? Do you want my family to risk their heads to pass on a message to you?"

Baharguli peeked through the crack in the door, looking at the young eunuch's ignorant face, and a strong sense of contempt welled up in her heart.

These slaves from the Central Plains are so blind!

But she forced a more humble and earnest smile on her face and explained hurriedly: "Little eunuch, take a closer look!"

"This isn't just some broken stone, it's Hetian jade. I brought it all the way from the Western Regions. It's the finest mutton-fat jade seed material!"

"Take it out to any jade shop that knows its worth, and you'll live comfortably for many years!"

Upon hearing this, the young eunuch's disdain faded a little. He brought the jade closer to his eyes and examined it carefully: "Hetian jade?"

Although he didn't understand jade, this stone was soft to the touch, had a restrained luster, and a fine texture. It was indeed not like an ordinary stone.

Especially Baharguli's anxious but not fake tone made him feel suspicious.

Could it be... this is really a treasure?

The young eunuch glanced around to confirm that there was no one in the corridor, then quickly grasped the jade in his palm, feeling its heavy weight.

After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his voice and threatened with a hint of uncertainty: "You...you didn't lie to us? If you make our trip in vain, or cause any trouble, you'll be in trouble!"

Baharguli was delighted to see the young eunuch's attitude soften, and quickly assured her, "I wouldn't dare lie to you, sir. This is absolutely genuine!"

"I only ask that, for the sake of this piece of jade, you help me pass a message to Concubine Kang. Just say... just say that Guli is about to die, and just wants to see the Concubine before she dies, and have a few words of personal conversation..."

As she spoke, her voice was choked with sobs, and her acting was perfect.

The young eunuch held the warm jade in his hand, and the balance in his heart completely tilted.

There are risks, of course, but the value of this jade... is worth the gamble!

He gritted his teeth, quickly stuffed the jade into his arms, and hid it close to his skin. Then he whispered to the crack in the door, "That's enough, that's enough. Why are you crying?"

"We...we'll give it a try. But let me be frank, I can't guarantee whether Concubine Kang will see you or not. If she ignores you, you can't blame us!"

Baharguli thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, father-in-law! Thank you, father-in-law!"

The young eunuch said no more, took the jade stone and left in a hurry, with a sneaky and anxious look on his face.

Listening to the footsteps fading away, Baharguli slowly slid down to sit on the cold ground, her back resting against the broken door panel.

The first step has finally been taken.

Concubine Kang...she must come!

Whether or not he could jump out of this fire pit depended entirely on her.

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Chuxiu Palace.

The air is filled with the faint aroma of medicine and milk, which lingers.

The fifth prince lay in the brocade quilt, his face pale and bloodless, looking much thinner than other children of the same age.

He was just eleven months old, but due to insufficient fetuses, he had always been weak and would suffer from minor illnesses and pains from time to time.

At this moment, the Fifth Prince's breathing was a little rapid, and his nostrils were flaring slightly. It was obvious that he was not sleeping well.

Concubine Kang was sitting on the edge of the bed, wearing only a plain nightgown, her black hair was loosely tied up, she had no makeup on, and there was a faint dark blue under her eyes.

She gently stroked the quilt with one hand, gazing worriedly at the Fifth Prince's small sleeping face, paying attention to every bit of his discomfort.

Caiju walked in with a bowl of freshly boiled medicine.