Perfect Husband, The Destined One novel Chapter 4422

Lost?

The two guards exchanged a glance. They stood frozen in shock.

How stupid was that servant? How could she get lost on the way to deliver spirit fruits to Empress Heidi?

One of the guards pointed in the direction of Empress Heidi's quarters. They said, "That's Majesty's quarters. Keep walking straight, and you'll see it. This is the Jade Spiritual Realm, where the Ancient Ancestors are undergoing closed cultivation. It's off-limits!"

Then, the other guard piped up as well. "Please get out of here quickly. No one is allowed to loiter around here."

"Thank you, Honorable Guards."

The young lady seemed to be grateful, bowing to the guards before she picked up the basket to leave.

Then, she cast a look at the fruits, and an expression of grief crept onto her face. She sighed, looking extremely uneasy.

What was going on?

The two guards frowned. One of them finally asked, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

The lady sighed again, pointing at the spirit fruits in her basket with a bitter smile. "These fruits only bear once every three years, and they're incredibly rare. Once picked, they have to be eaten within an hour, or they'll go bad.

"I got lost and took too much time. Even if I send the fruits over now, they're not going to be fresh anymore. Empress Heidi will fault me for that for sure.

"I'm just a young servant; I can't take the blame."

The lady began to weep as she spoke, making it hard not to sympathize with her.

Err…

The guards' expressions creased uncomfortably. One of them said, "Well, what do you plan to do then?"

The girl scratched her head. She walked forward to put the basket on the ground and spoke sincerely, "All I can do now is return to the orchard and pick the spirit fruits for the Empress again. I can't bring these back with me. If you could be so kind as to take care of them for me?"

As she spoke, the young lady eyed the spirit fruits. She said, "The fruits haven't gone bad yet, but they'll be bad by the time I get to Empress Heidi.

"Thank you for helping me out. I hope you can keep this a secret between us."

After a brief discussion, the two guards did not have a solution.

The guards did not know that the fruit orchard servant had not gotten far. Instead, she had hidden behind a tree not too far away, watching everything silently.

The lady had a sinister smile on her face; she did not look wary at all. She radiated an air that would send chills down one's spine.

Indeed, the young lady was not a servant of the Spirit Fruit Orchard. It was Archfiend Antigonus in disguise.

Archfiend Antigonus' plan was simple. He wanted to sneak into the Jade Spiritual Realm and silently attack the Ancient Ancestors. However, it would be difficult to get in straight away, and thus he hatched that plan.

There were no spirit fruits in the basket. Instead, Archfiend Antigonus had put some knockout fruits in it.

Knockout fruits contained a great deal of poison. They were capable of knocking one unconscious upon consumption.

Meanwhile, at the Jade Spiritual Realm.

The guard who suggested eating the fruit could not hold it any longer. "Stop having so much doubt. That lady left them here. It's not like we took them by force. Also, she told us to take care of them. What's the worst that could happen if we ate them?"