nashuaworldcup Chapter 629: Those who are afraid of ghosts have ghosts in their hearts
Chapter 629: Those who are afraid of ghosts have ghosts in their hearts
The night was as dark as ink. The cold winter wind, carrying tiny snowflakes, whistled across the deep palace walls. Shoukang Palace was filled with white sails and white lanterns hung all around. The dim light reflected on the two coffins in the hall, making it look particularly cold and eerie.
The maids and eunuchs on duty around them didn't dare to get too close. They all hid in the corners and talked about it. "The fetus that Concubine Pan died of dystocia suddenly came out of her belly. It's a boy. What a sin!"
"Concubine Zhu was too cruel. She couldn't have children herself, so she was uncomfortable watching anyone else have children, so she came to harm other people's children. Fortunately, the murderer was caught and finally an explanation was given to the two dead concubines and the heir to the throne."
"It's such a tragic death. Will they really come back to take Concubine Zhu's life as the Queen said?"
"Don't scare me. Concubine Zhu has been taken away by the clan house. If you want to take her life, go to the clan house and ask for her life. Every grievance has its perpetrator. Concubine Jing and Concubine Jieyu, go find the people who killed you!"
"We servants have been serving you wholeheartedly. I will burn more paper money for you so that you will have money to spend when you get there."
A few palace maids chatted for a while and then left.
At this time, Li Mama saw that the palace maids and eunuchs had all left, so she sneaked up to the coffin and kowtowed three times, muttering to herself, "I didn't mean to harm you. Every wrong has its perpetrator, so go find someone else!"
She took out a piece of cloth from her sleeve and was about to throw it into the brazier.
The lantern beside the coffin suddenly went out, and the surroundings became pitch black. The person in the coffin suddenly sat up in front of her, frightening Li Ma Ma so much that she was scared out of her wits. She kept repeating, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, so don't look for me."
Nanny Li was so scared that she fled back to the Empress Dowager's bedroom. At this moment, a cold wind blew past, and Nanny Li's footsteps suddenly stopped. In front of her, a black shadow in blood-stained clothes appeared. In the dark night, the person's face was covered in blood, and her bulging belly looked like the Concubine Jieyu in the coffin just now.
Nanny Li closed her eyes and said, "Don't kill me. It's not me, it's the Empress Dowager..."
She waited for a moment, but the big-bellied black shadow did not attack her. When she opened her eyes, the black shadow had disappeared. She ran towards the palace of the Grand Empress Dowager, "She's resurrected, Grand Empress Dowager. I saw Concubine Pan sitting up with blood all over her body."
The Empress Dowager slapped her coldly and said, "What nonsense! The person is dead, how can he still sit up?"
"Really? If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see it."
Nanny Li helped the Empress Dowager out of the bedroom and stood in the corridor watching from afar.
People were seen everywhere busy setting up the mourning hall. Everything seemed normal. The lanterns beside the coffin were also emitting a faint light, making it look even more eerie and deserted.
Seeing this, Madam Li murmured, "It wasn't like that just now."
The Empress Dowager glanced at the surrounding imperial guards and returned to her room angrily. "I didn't expect that his son was even more cold-blooded and ruthless than him. He treated me as a prisoner. When Jiang Fenghua came to the Hengyang Palace to look for me, she didn't take me seriously at all. I knew she was not simple. She had a seductive face that made the emperor listen to her. If Jiang is not eliminated, Xie's kingdom is in danger. It will really be destroyed!"
Li Momo said worriedly, "They put the dead in Shoukang Palace. It's really creepy."
"Do they think I will be afraid if they let me live under the same roof with the dead? I have seen everything at my age." The Empress Dowager said coldly.
She thought: The throne should have been passed to Kang'er, and Xie Jing would not have made the Xie family's kingdom so devastated. They are ashamed of the Xie family's ancestors! It is because I am useless and cannot save the Xie family's kingdom. This is all I can do for you in the end.
Concubines died in the palace, and civilians died outside the palace. No one could expect to have a good New Year.
Suddenly, a bloody figure suddenly appeared at the window. The dim candlelight shone on the figure's face. Through the gap, the figure suddenly smiled inside. Li Ma Ma was so scared that she stepped back repeatedly, "Ghost!"
The Empress Dowager also saw a figure flash by, and she shouted angrily, "Who is playing tricks? Come out."
Suddenly, the candle in her bedroom went out, and the whole room was pitch dark. The Empress Dowager said sternly, "Madame Li."
Nanny Li grabbed the Grand Empress Dowager's arm and said, "Grand Empress Dowager, she really has come back to life. The head just now seemed to have a big belly. Is it Concubine Pan? She knows."
The Empress Dowager slapped Nanny Li on the face and said, "I have lived to this age and have never seen what a ghost looks like."
At this time, a soft female voice sounded beside the Empress Dowager's ear, "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for the tea."
The Empress Dowager slammed the ground with the dragon-headed cane in her hand. "Who are you? Come out. I am not afraid of you."
"I thank the Empress Dowager for the tea." Another female voice sounded in the bedroom, followed by the sound of a baby crying.
"Grand Empress Dowager, it's so cold here, the child is also so cold, Grand Empress Dowager, help me."
The Empress Dowager said angrily, "Who is playing tricks? I am not afraid of you. There are no ghosts in this world. Humph! If I die in the palace, the news that the emperor murdered the grandmother will spread throughout the world, and the ugly deeds that Emperor Huijing did in the past will also be announced to the world. He should have died long ago for trying to usurp the throne."
"Sun Yingniang, you vicious woman, you have done me so much harm, give me back my child, give me back my child, Sun Yingniang, I am so cold down there, you killed me, the child of the Emperor and me." Another female voice rang out in the air, "You are still so vicious, you killed two pregnant women again, Sun Yingniang, you have such a vicious heart!"
At this time, Nanny Li was so frightened by the sudden appearance of the head that she fainted.
When the Empress Dowager heard someone calling her name, and even heard this long-lost voice, her pupils changed color, "Who are you?"
"Who am I? Hahahaha... the person you killed, I have been waiting for you here, you are finally back, Sun Yingniang, Concubine Sun, don't you remember who I am?"
"I am the queen, not the imperial concubine. Come out, I am not afraid of you." The Empress Dowager seemed to remember who she was. "Qin Yinshuang, it's you."
"No, you have been dead for a long time. Your bones have been burnt to ashes. You are not Qin Yinshuang. Who are you? Come out. I am not afraid of you." The Empress Dowager pretended to be calm. She did not even notice the sweat on her forehead.
"I thank the Empress Dowager for the tea." This time it was Zhang Jingjing's voice.
Then Pan Nianru's voice came again, "My stomach hurts, Grand Empress Dowager, I drank tea and my stomach hurts. What kind of tea did you give me? It's cold, and the child is cold too."
"Empress Sun, why do you want to harm me and the baby in my belly..." Qin Yinshuang's voice sounded again.
The Empress Dowager felt a splitting headache, groggy, and dizzy. She said, "I am Empress Sun, not Concubine Sun. Shut up."