A seething mass of worms crawled from the King of Nanzhao’s mouth. The handsome human skin shriveled in an instant.
I knelt in the great hall, head bowed, pretending I hadn’t seen a thing. A blood-red eyeball rolled across the floor and came to a stop before me.
A soft chuckle drifted down from the dais. “You lowly maid. Since you’ve discovered Our secret, We shall reward you handsomely.”
I died that evening, on the sixteenth day of the seventh month, while delivering tea to His Majesty the King on the Princess Consort’s orders.
The next moment, I opened my eyes and found myself back on the morning of the sixteenth day of the seventh month.
“Save me!” the Princess Consort pleaded. “This is my third time through the loop!”