Chapter 256: Promise (4)
When she first entered and exited the palace, where did she know this, she took Lan Ruo's hand regardless of her identity, and the force in her hand seemed to pinch off Lan Ruo's palm, she was still muttering to herself: "Queen Mother, you believe me, believe me-"
The queen was impatient with her noise, and it happened that a palace maid came in with a bowl of thick black medicine, and when she saw the queen, she first leaned down and saluted: "The emperor - the queen mother - this is a tranquilizer prescribed by the imperial doctor." β
Lan Ruozheng was worried that he couldn't let Shu Miao calm down, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Serve your little master quickly." β
He turned his head again and comforted: "Don't worry, since the palace is here, you must find out this person who pretends to be a ghost, you are so frightened, don't hurt your body, quickly take the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, sleep well, and it will be fine tomorrow." β
But I don't know why, Shu Miao saw the palace maid who was approaching, and what appeared in her eyes was the human head hanging on the beam, and unconsciously, the appearance of the two coincided, she screamed, got up and retreated, and knocked over the table and chair behind her.
The fine glazed porcelain on the table fell to the ground with a clatter, Lan Ruo was shocked by this sudden change, but she was a person who had been in a high position for a long time, and she took the lead in fixing her look, Qiao'er stepped forward, blocked the tea soup that was splashing around, and said unhappily: "What is the little master doing?" β
How do you know that Shu Miao just kept retreating, muttering: "Don't harm me, that thing is harmful, I will die if you drink it, don't come here, it's not me who hung it on the door, it's not me, you go to find your enemy, don't come to me, don't come over-ah-"
The screams seemed to be tearing everyone's eardrums, Rao is Lan Ruo was calm, and at this time, she was also frightened by such a nervous abnormal behavior, she forced herself to calm down and reprimanded: "Presumptuous, dare to shout in front of this palace, come on, pour the medicine to Mrs. Miao." β
When the people around the queen heard this, they took a few steps forward, and restrained Shu Miao from left to right, but Shu Miao was unwilling to cooperate, desperately struggling, most of the medicine juice was spilled on the placket, and only drank a small half, until the medicine in the bowl saw the bottom, Shu Miao knelt on the ground, and cried bitterly, she was already in a state of madness, constantly picking her throat with her hands, wanting to spit out the medicine.
Because Chun Tao was scared and sick, the palace maid could only step forward and wanted to help Shu Miao up, but Shu Miao looked at the woman's face with a dull expression, and suddenly knelt on the ground and cried: "Xia Dong girl, please spare meβspare meβ"
Lan Ruo stood up suddenly, came to the front of Shu Miao, pulled Shu Miao up, and said in a loud voice: "What Xia Dong, what are you talking about?" Did you see something? β
However, Shu Miao didn't know if it was the medicine he had just taken that had an effect, or if he was frightened, so his body went weak and fell, and the palace maid hurriedly supported Shu Miao and walked towards the inside of the dormitory.
Qiao'er took a few steps forward, supported Lan Ruo's crumbling body, and said: "Niangniang, a few Mrs. Miao have taken the medicine and have rested, let's go back to the palace too, the slave and maid always feel that now the Yiyue Palace is gloomy and terrifying." β
Lan Ruo confirmed and confirmed in his heart the name that Fang Miao's voice had just called, and made sure that he had heard it correctly, and it was indeed Xia Dong who shouted that Xia Dong was good, but even if Xia Dong was not burned to death by fire back then, he was suspected of being Xia Dong's ugly child, and he was also executed by himself, could it really be that Xia Dong came to seek revenge?
Suddenly, a gust of night wind rose, and the window lattice on the side was vigorously opened, making a huge sound, Lan Ruo's heart sank, and he subconsciously turned his head to look, and saw a white figure flashing in front of him, which was fast, so that Lan Ruo wondered if it was his own delusion, and couldn't help shouting: "Come on, come on, go to the window of the palace to check!" β
Qiao'er asked in a trembling voice: "Niangniang, did you see something?" β
Lan Ruo didn't know why, a wave of anger surged up in fear, Mu Jin, Xia Dong is it? You couldn't fight me when you were alive, and now, even if you are a ghost, you still can't fight me, I want to see, what do you want to do?
Thinking like this, she walked out of the palace gate of Yiyue Palace quickly, because of such a thing, the palace people added dozens of lamps in this courtyard, illuminating the entire palace clearly, even the corners can be seen clearly, looking at the past in this way, it is impossible for anyone to hide here.
The search guards also quickly came back and forth, saying that they had searched the palace inside and out, and no suspicious figures were found at all, and the matter was at an impasse for a while, Lan Ruo pondered for a moment and said: "The door that Mrs. Miao was scared of, take the palace over to seeββ"
Qiao'er didn't want to stay in this ghost place anymore, but the queen insisted on this, she didn't want to say anything, her legs and feet were filled with lead, and it was not easy to walk, walking and walking, she suddenly lowered her head, this time she almost fainted, only saw her feet, I don't know when she was held by a severed hand, no wonder, it was a little difficult to walk, and there was still blood on the severed hand, and a long bloodstain was dragged along the way, which was very terrifying.
She stood in place at a loss, as if she had lost the ability to react, the queen noticed that she did not follow, just wanted to turn around and reprimand, as soon as she turned her head, she saw Qiao'er standing not far from her, looking at her ankle in a daze, she followed Qiao'er's line of sight, and naturally saw the severed hand, she immediately panicked, pointed to the guard and said loudly: "Take it, take it away." β
The guards are in the palace, and they have never seen such a bloody thing, but the queen has a life, where dare not obey, shrunk past, pulled out the sword, and picked the severed hand away, after the person died, the muscles on the arm will slowly relax and weak, Qiao'er can drag it so far, but also because of a ring on the broken hand, hooked the silver thread on Qiao'er's embroidered shoes, and after the person died, the fingers naturally showed a bent state, and it looked like catching Qiao'er's legs.
But although the matter is clearly explained, where did this severed hand come from?
They had obviously searched the entire Yiyue Palace, and Qiao'er couldn't move anymore, she turned her head in a daze and looked in Lan Ruo's direction, and suddenly cried out and said, "Niangniang-"
Lan Ruo only felt that nothing was strange today, and she waved her hand to the person next to her: "Send Qiao'er back, and the rest of the people will follow the palace to have a look." β
Lan Ruo made up his mind to find out, the human head had been taken off, only a little blood stain on the ground proved that it had been hanging high on the porch above his head, and it was even possible to stare closely at the every move of the people below, and the imperial doctor on the side was still discussing around, and when he saw Lan Ruo coming, he hurriedly said: "Niangniang, this bloody is heavy, you still have the imperial heir in your belly, you should not approach." β
Lan Ruo stood firm at the right time and said, "This palace is here to take a look, but what has been found?" β
The imperial doctor said: "Now there is only one head, the cause of death is unknown, and now it can only be ascertained that the head was cut off by someone with a sharp weapon of a sword, with great strength, or there is martial arts." β
Lan Ruo's eyes were happy, and he said, "Are you saying that this matter was deliberately done by someone?" β
The imperial doctor knew what the queen meant, and said a little smugly: "If you go back to the queen's mother, this possibility cannot be ruled out, but-"
Lan Ruo glanced at him, and when she saw that there was fear in his expression, she knew the deep meaning of his words, she waved her hand and said, "Okay, this matter, check it first, no matter what, it can't be spread, so as to save rumors, you know?" β
The imperial doctor hurriedly retreated, Lan Ruo was supported by the palace people, out of Yiyue Palace, the full moon in the sky has been hung high, and gradually into autumn, even the night insects are afraid of the autumn cool, hiding, Qiao'er is not there, following Lan Ruo is an old woman, she sighed and said: "Since this year's show girl entered the palace, strange things have been happening, there was a haunted thing in Chuxiu Palace before, and now there is a death, it's really-hey-"
This sentence gave Lan Ruo a reminder, she said: "Back then, it was because of the people around the first queen who were making trouble, and for this reason, He Xi also begged His Majesty to let go of the palace people in the sin slave house, could it be those palace people-"
The grandmother said: "The queen mother and nobles are so forgetful, those palace people have been released a long time ago, where can they enter the palace and harm people?" β
Suddenly, she sighed and said, "The old slave remembered that there was one person, and she hadn't left the palace yet." β
Lan Ruo's eyes lit up and said, "You mean, there are still old people in the palace of the former queen in this palace?" β
The grandmother nodded and said: "This matter, if it is said to be someone else, may not know about it, I am afraid that the person who knows it in this palace is also an old slave." β
After saying what she said in the queen's ear, Lan Ruo's expression became strange, and she muttered, "Why is it related to her?" β
Speaking, he had arrived at Luhua Palace, looking at the same brightly lit Luhua Palace, Lan Ruo couldn't help but feel a little more ridicule in her heart, there was a death in the wonderful palace, but Lan Xin's palace only saw a figure, His Majesty came to Luhua Palace in a panic, for fear that the child in Concubine Hui's womb would be missing, she gently held her lower abdomen, slightly bulging, but what is under the layers of Huajin, maybe only she knows.
The little eunuch at the door saw the queen, and hurriedly greeted him and saluted: "The queen is here to find Your Majesty?" Lan Ruo nodded and said, "Concubine Hui is okay?" β
The little eunuch nodded again and again: "The imperial doctor has already seen it, the child in the womb is stable, but the body is just a little weak, Your Majesty is now in the front hall, and the slave took the mother over." β