Hearing Song Qingshu deliberately emphasize the words "dote on," Empress Peiman outside the wall curled her lips disdainfully. Just a little eunuch, yet he dared boast so shamelessly. Even if he wanted to dote on them, he probably lacked the ability, didn't he? Hmph, perhaps he could manage if he used that thing she had given him. Thinking of its size, a strange smile appeared on Empress Peiman's face. By then, those two innocent little girls would probably feel nothing but pain.
Of course, Empress Peiman was not worried about the two girls inside. If anything, she hoped they hurt as much as possible. That way, the louder they cried, the sooner she could go in and arrange everything that followed, instead of standing outside here drinking in the cold wind...
Song Qingshu embraced the two girls and climbed onto the phoenix bed, then lowered all the curtains around them. The frivolous smile on his face vanished in an instant, replaced by grave solemnity.
The two girls had already been flustered, their hearts pounding with both shame and humiliation. Seeing him suddenly shed his previous demeanor, they could only stare at him blankly.
"Long story short, I'll ask you two questions first. Answer quietly," Song Qingshu said in a low voice.
"This servant obeys Your Majesty's command." The two girls still believed him to be the Jin Emperor. Thinking they might have somehow displeased him, they answered with trembling apprehension.
Song Qingshu instantly saw through their thoughts but did not expose them. It would make his questioning easier instead. "Do you know a woman named Zhao Fujin?"
The two girls hesitated for a moment before instinctively answering, "She is our Fifth Sister. Did she offend Your Majesty somehow? Please, for the sake of us sisters, do not make things difficult