Chapter 281: The Woman of the Strange Cold Palace
The Imperial Palace of the Lotus Kingdom, the Snow Lotus Palace. Midnight.
It stands to reason that at this moment, for the Lotus Kingdom, it belongs to the summer just past, and it is the season of autumn high and cool, but in this magnificent Snow Lotus Palace, it is a scene of ice and snow.
Not only that, in addition to the snow-capped snow scene in the whole palace, there are white snow lotuses that never wither everywhere, so it is named Snow Lotus Palace.
In the palace of the Lotus Kingdom, all the new palace maids or show girls participating in the draft will feel that it must be very beautiful when they hear about the Snow Lotus Palace for the first time, thinking that it is a luxurious palace that can only be enjoyed by noble concubines and concubines who are deeply favored by the saints, and they all want to have the opportunity to see the style.
However, once you really have the opportunity to see the palace maids, or show girls, you will regret going there, and you are afraid that you will have nightmares from now on, and even get contaminated with bad luck, and there will be no future in the future.
The reason why this Snow Lotus Palace will make the palace maids who have been there frightened and become the most reluctant experience in their lives is because this palace, which looks extremely gorgeous, is actually the most luxurious cold palace in the history of the Liansheng Palace.
It is also the largest and most luxurious palace among the dozens of cold palaces in the palace. It is located in the middle of the cold palace area, like the stars holding the moon, surrounded by other ordinary cold palaces.
It's just that it's not as dilapidated and desolate as the other cold palaces around it, not only is it in disrepair, the furniture is in tatters, and it's full of cobwebs, but it's extremely luxurious, opulent, and breathtaking.
It is said that there was once imprisoned a royal concubine who made a big mistake in ancient times, and there is no way to verify the specific year, because the royal annals that recorded that period of history were burned by a fire, and almost only the last few pages remained, so no one in later generations knows which concubine is locked up in this palace that looks extremely luxurious and elegant.
I don't know what mistake this noble concubine made to be thrown into the cold palace, I don't know what year she died later, and where she was buried, and what I don't understand is why it was built so luxuriously since it was a cold palace?
It is also very strange that even if it is a hot summer day outside the palace, the ice and snow inside do not melt, and although it is uninhabited and uncleaned, it is always fresh and spotless.
And the palace, which is very quiet during the day, every midnight will emit the elegant and desolate sound of the piano, and the sad sigh of the woman, always frightens the people who pass by inadvertently half to death, although there are also brave royal guards who have gone inside to check, but each time they find nothing, and do not find out the source of this strange sound.
It's just that it won't be long before the royal guard who went in to check on him will die inexplicably.
So later, the people in the palace, including the royal guards, would rather take a detour than pass through the gate of this evil palace.
All of this, even the most intelligent and enlightened monks of the Lotus Kingdom, as well as the well-informed wise and capable people, could not explain the mystery of this.
If it weren't for this ancient and incomplete annal, in the last few pages of the text, the ancestral precepts were left to remind future generations that this palace should not be damaged at any time and place, it would have been destroyed by the kings of the past without hesitation.
However, anyone who has been in and seen it has to admit afterwards that if it weren't for the fact that this palace is a little strange and too cold, it is actually a palace worth living.
Because of the rationality of the overall layout inside, as well as the level of decorative craftsmanship of carving dragons and phoenixes, as well as the exquisite furniture, they are far beyond the limit that later generations can reach.
So much so that whenever a new palace is built in the palace, or an old palace is renovated, skilled craftsmen will be specially invited to come here to observe and learn, find good inspiration from it, and study new craft methods to make the new palace more reasonable and perfect.
However, every time the craftsmen tried their best to imitate it, they still could not create a new palace that could compete with this palace.
It can be seen that the creator of this palace was absolutely a unique genius.
Since the current Holy Emperor ascended the throne without regrets, he had only gone in and seen it once for so many years, and that time, he was also deeply attracted by the exquisite layout and flawless decoration atmosphere inside, and that day, he stayed in it for four hours.
Perhaps because he was so engaged in appreciation and research, he forgot about the extremely cold temperature inside, and when he felt uncomfortable, he was already infected with a severe wind chill.
After that, he was almost bedridden for three months, and even after he recovered, he still had the sequelae of leg pain and arm cramps from time to time.
So from then on, even if he longed to go there again, he didn't dare to go, and then he gradually forgot about the palace.
As more and more people in the palace learned about the strange things about this palace, everyone regarded this palace as a bad place, and they didn't even want to mention it, as if they would bring bad luck to themselves if they talked about it casually.
Over time, no one wanted to pass through the palace within a mile radius.
And at this moment, it was midnight again, and the entire palace, except for this place, was dark, and the other palaces were brightly lit.
Because other palaces have full-time palace maids who are responsible for lighting all the lanterns and candlesticks every day, but this palace is too evil for anyone to dare to come, and the Holy Lord has no regrets and does not pay attention to this place, so no one comes to deliberately light the lamps every night.
However, in this cold palace where no one dared to come, and at midnight when the wind was high and the moon was dark, a young woman in black clothes and a masked face actually cautiously came to the shadow of the high wall of this palace, listened carefully to the nearby movements, and when she confirmed that there was nothing unusual, she kicked the ground hard, rose into the air, and flew to the high wall very beautifully.
Then he jumped down without hesitation, and a few crisp front flips landed easily in the yard.
Despite the ice on the ground, she still landed firmly on the ice, which was enough to show that she was not only good at it, but also knew the place well.
"Hmmm! This time I finally stood very steadily, and it was a hundred times stronger than when I almost fell down when I came in over the wall for the first time eight years ago! It seems that this girl's skills are really getting better and better. Hee-hee. The woman whispered a little smugly.
Maybe it was because she considered that no one would come here, so she simply took off the scarf covering her face, revealing a face that was enough to bring disaster to the country and the people, she looked really impeccable, the skin on her face, white and delicate, no matter from that point of view, she was undoubtedly a peerless beauty that no one could compare.
When she looked at the whole garden by the moonlight, she sighed with a complicated expression and said to herself: "Alas, I didn't expect that my grandmother's palace, which she was most proud of in the past, would be reduced to such a bleak situation!" There is not even a palace maid who lights the lamp! It seems that time has really passed, and things are different from people. Grandma, now only Qin Er sneaks into the palace to see your old man every year today. Since Qin Er knows her life experience, this is the eighth time she has come to see you, it has been eight years, grandmother, if you have a spirit in the sky, please bless Qin Er to find the legendary Fengming Golden Bead today. Without the help of this Fengming Golden Bead, it would be difficult for Qin Er to enter the palace draft a year later as a lotus born celestial daughter. ”
When she said this, she looked at the moon in the sky with some unwillingness, and continued: "Do you know, grandmother, only if Qin Er becomes the queen one day, can she redress your grievances back then, so ah, you must bless Qin Er with something to gain tonight!" Because she couldn't find Fengming Jinzhu anymore, Qin Er couldn't participate in the palace draft a year later. And now there is a goddess in the palace, it is said that she is the goddess Empress Dowager who died thousands of years ago and was resurrected, so the palace is stricter than before, and a very good General Lin has been transferred. If it weren't for the fact that the Empress Dowager recently went to the northwest to deal with the outbreak of the plague and took away General Lin who was guarding the palace, it would not have been easy for me to get in so easily. So once the goddess Empress Dowager returns to the palace in a few days, I won't be able to sneak in anymore, so ah, please grandma tonight must bless Qin Er to find the Fengming Golden Pearl. ”
After saying this, she took out a night pearl from her bosom and walked to a main hall not far away, following the road ahead.
When she came to the door of the main hall, she calmed down a little, and then gently pushed the door open and walked in cautiously.
"Good...... It's cold! It really deserves to be a palace made of 10,000 years of ice, and it is even colder than outside! I really don't know how my grandmother lived here by herself in the first place. As soon as he walked into the door of the main hall, a gust of wind blew, Qin Er couldn't help but shiver, and said tremblingly.
However, she still habitually closed the door casually, and walked slowly forward in the faint light of the night pearl, but she didn't dare to go too fast.
After all, the pearl of the night is not as bright as the lantern or candle, and the range that can be seen clearly in front of the eyes is very small, and it is easy to touch something in the house if you are not careful, and if you knock something down and make a loud noise, it will be troublesome to attract the royal guards.
Second, the ground in this house is also very slippery ice, and it is easy to slip if you walk too fast.
After walking forward for about a quarter of an hour, she passed through the hall of the main hall and came to the dormitory at the back.
As she slowly walked to an inconspicuous corner of the dormitory, she fumbled with her hand on the intricately carved wall for a while, "Bang! There was a sound, as if she had pressed some button.
"Click...... Boom la-la......-la
When this dark hole was exposed, there was another extremely penetrating yin wind, and Qin Er couldn't help but shiver again, but she still walked down without hesitation......