"You can leave the palace from here." The man in black pointed to an old well, speaking to the palace maids.
At these words, the palace maids retreated in panic.
Although they hadn't been in the Imperial Palace for long, they had nonetheless learned one or two of its secrets. Most of the dried-up wells in the palace were the best places to hide bodies. These two men in black want them to go down the well, perhaps intending to silence them.
"Wh... what do you want to do?" The palace maids looked at them in terror.
The man in black seemed displeased, coming to save them out of kindness, yet being met with suspicion: "What's the matter? Do you not want to escape? Willingly die with that old woman?"
Palace maids: "You want to kill us, we're not going down."
