On the brocade bed in the Song Kingdom's Imperial Palace, a naked man and woman were making merry.
The rather disheveled woman thought her eyes were playing tricks on her. Looking again, she found that a palace maid was indeed standing before the bed, watching with an icy expression.
"Ah!" Aque cried out in fright, hurriedly covering her chest with both arms.
Wu Gongling, who had been working hard, turned around and saw someone. He immediately roared, "How dare—" But before he could finish, he jolted in fright, hurriedly rolled aside, and yanked up the blanket to cover himself. Looking as though he had seen a ghost, he trembled. "Hui... Qingping!" He suddenly opened his mouth, about to shout for someone.
Hui Qingping, dressed as a palace maid, flicked her finger. Wu Gongling instantly went limp, unable to muster the strength to shout. In terror, he weakly said, "Pingping, listen to my explanation. I didn't want to do that back then either. I was forced into it!"
Aque also curled up and hid in a corner.
Hui Qingping reached out and grabbed. Wu Gongling's sword flew from its sheath and landed in her hand. With a sweep of her blade, she sent the blanket flying, then followed with another slash.
"Mm..." Wu Gongling let out a muffled groan of agony and collapsed onto the bed, both hands clutching his groin as blood poured from below.
Hui Qingping stepped onto the brocade bed and slashed again, spraying blood everywhere.
Slash after slash—she chopped off one of Wu Gongling's hands, then his other hand; she severed one of his legs, then his other leg.
Afterward, another slash carved out Wu Gongling's tongue.
More viciously still, she drove her index finger straight into Wu Gongling's eye socket, gouged out his left eye, then