Chapter 208: Exploring the Cold Palace

Gu Tingcheng and Li Yi left Bixia Palace, followed by Feihong Feiyan.

was about to enter the Imperial Garden and was about to part ways, at the turnaround, Gu Tingcheng stopped.

"Brother Li, are you busy now?" Gu Tingcheng asked Li Yi.

"I'm just inspecting the palace, and it's not a big deal." Li Yi said.

Seeing Gu Tingcheng ask like this, he thought that she might have something.

Then he asked, "Allure, do you have something I need to do?" Just say it! ”

The palace was full of people, and when the palace people walked by, Gu Tingcheng smiled and said in a low voice: "It's not a big deal, I just want to see where Lu Zuo Zhaoyi lived when he first entered the palace." ”

“…… Oh, yes. Li Yi groaned slightly.

Then he asked: "Lu Zuo Zhaoyi has been in the palace for more than 20 years, do you know what identity she entered the palace back then?" ”

“…… She was a show girl in the palace early, and soon she was promoted to a nobleman, and then she was promoted to Zuo Zhaoyi step by step. Gu Tingcheng said, "The show girl who just entered the palace should live in Chuxiu Palace, but she was quickly promoted to noble, so I don't know which palace to live in." ”

Li Yi muttered: "The Chuxiu Palace and the neighboring Zichen Palace more than 20 years ago have long been abandoned and become a cold palace, where is the Ye Ting. ”

"You said that the Chuxiu Palace and Zichen Palace back then became cold palaces?" Gu Qingcheng screamed in shock.

"Yes." Li Yi nodded.

vigilantly see if there is anyone watching nearby, and then ask in a low voice: "Over the years, Lu Zuo Zhaoyi should have changed a lot of palaces." Allure wants to see when she lives? ”

“…… I wanted to see where she lived twenty-three years ago. Gu Qingcheng frowned.

Li Yi looked at Gu Tingcheng with a hint of doubt, why did he want to see the palace where Lu Zuo Zhaoyi once lived.

Gu Tingcheng saw Li Yi looking at him suspiciously, and said with a sneer:

"You see, Feng Zuo Zhaoyi's mother entered the palace as a princess of Beiyan and Qin.

What a noble status, but there is no prince, not even a princess.

Lu Zuo Zhaoyi was just an ordinary official and a beautiful girl who entered the palace at that time, but she had a prince and became a nobleman, and then soared.

I just want to see what kind of feng shui treasure it is, she can be so blessed, not long after entering the palace, she has a prince. ”

Gu Tingcheng's explanation is far-fetched.

In Li Yi's opinion, she would never go to see Lu Zuo Zhaoyi's former residence because she was curious about what feng shui treasures.

Li Yi frowned and pondered, shook his head slowly after a while, and said, "Lu Zuo Zhaoyi was promoted to a noble twenty-three years ago, and I really don't know which palace she lives in. Let's go check the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs should have a record. ”

Gu Tingcheng said in his heart that Zuo Zhaoyi has a deep foundation in the palace and has a wide range of eyes and ears, if she goes to check the Internal Affairs Office, even if she is cautious, she will let her know, otherwise she would have gone to find it a long time ago.

She thought for a while, and then asked, "Do you know which palaces in the harem have osmanthus flowers?" ”

“…… Generally, osmanthus is not suitable for growing in the north, because it likes heat and is not cold-tolerant, only osmanthus can barely be planted. Li Yi groaned.

Gu Tingcheng frowned slightly, she had never seen osmanthus in the Imperial Garden.

Li Yi's words were only half of what he said, and he continued: "In the entire palace, there are only a few osmanthus plants in the Ning Xiang Yuan in the Zichen Palace. When I first entered the palace on duty, I smelled the fragrance of osmanthus there, and the whole palace should be there. ”

"Zichen Palace?" Gu Qingcheng muttered.

In the entire palace of Xindao, there are only osmanthus flowers there, and it should be Zichen Palace.

She smiled and said, "Then you will take me to Zichen Palace to have a look?" ”

Li Yi shook his head and said:

"Zi Chenfu back then, that was really where the dragon qi was.

I heard that a new show girl was soon named a nobleman, and His Majesty gave her Zichen Palace.

Soon after the noble man lived in Zichen Palace, he became pregnant, and about three years after giving birth to the prince, Zichen Palace began to be haunted, and then the noble man moved out of Zichen Palace.

After the concubines, as soon as they heard that Zichen Palace was a haunted place, no one dared to go over to live.

Later, it became the Yeting Cold Palace, which was dedicated to imprisoning those abolished harem concubines and palace maids who committed crimes.

In this way, that should be where Lu Zuo Zhaoyi lived back then. ”

Gu Tingcheng's heart was even brighter, nodded, and then frowned again: "You mean, the Zichen Palace back then became a cold palace?" ”

"Hmm," Li Yi nodded.

Looking at the majestic palace, pointing to the north, he sighed:

"It's the ruined temple on the north side. In the past 20 years, many palaces have been added to the palace, and there have been great changes.

When I first entered the palace as an inspection of the Imperial Forest Army, I knew that the abandoned cold palace in the north was the haunted Zichen Palace in the past.

Because it was deserted, the doors were locked, and there were few people.

The daily diet in the cold palace was thrown into the cave by the inner supervisor.

It was under the control of the Imperial Court, and there were only a few old internal supervisors guarding it, and even the Imperial Forest Army rarely went there to inspect it now. ”

"Those women in the cold palace are all former concubines, and their daily diet is so hard, if they are sick or sick, won't no one know?" Gu Qingcheng frowned.

"The so-called resentful women in the palace, once they fall out of favor, are beaten into the cold palace, and locked in the dark room, they are left to fend for themselves and miserable." Li Yi smiled with emotion: "Do you think that there are groups of concubines and concubines, and the emperor with three thousand beauties will still care about them, do you think of who they are?" ”

Gu Tingcheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion, her father also said that how many people would rather kill their father and sell their mother, sharpen their heads, and want to squeeze into the royal family!

Li Yi looked at Gu Tingcheng and asked again: "Are you still interested in seeing such a bleak and haunted place?" ”

"I don't believe in ghosts and gods, didn't you say that there are a few osmanthus flowers planted in the Ning Xiang Garden in Zichen Palace? I still want to check it out. Gu Tingcheng nodded and said, "I want to pick some osmanthus flowers to make osmanthus cake." ”

Li Yi wanted to say that now is not the best season for osmanthus, but since Allure is going to the cold palace, there must be something going on.

Gu Qingcheng smiled again: "And I still want to see how those poor women in the cold palace survived." ”

"You're a bodhisattva." Although Li Yi said so, he still led the way in front.

A few people walked towards the cold palace.

"I'll take you there, the old inner prison there tends to be inflammatory, I confess my identity to them, and they won't embarrass you." Li Yi said as he took them away.

Feihong Feiyan followed closely behind Gu Qingcheng, and Feiyan whispered: "County Lord, you dare to go to the haunted place of the cold palace?" ”

"That's right, county lord, that's not an auspicious place, don't let any evil spirit get involved." Fei Hong also said in a low voice.

"It's okay, let's go." Gu Qingcheng smiled.

Li Yi turned his head and said with a smile: "Allure, don't look at Feihong Feiyan has a good martial arts, but his courage is not as big as yours." ”

Gu Tingcheng looked at Li Yi and smiled, and said to Feihong Feiyan: "Don't be afraid, I have never been afraid of any ghosts and gods, even if there are really demons and monsters, the lord of this county is also an exorcist." ”

She has seen it all skinned alive, what is the haunting of the cold palace?

They walked all the way north to the dilapidated temple to the north.

The old palace in front of you can vaguely see the Zichen Palace, and next to it is the dilapidated Chuxiu Palace.

The walls of the houses here are peeling off in dust, and the glazed tiles on the ridges and the walls are also growing some withered yellow weeds, which are lonely and swaying.

The imperial palaces in the southeast and west are splendid and prosperous, but the palace in the remote corner of the north is rarely visited.

It is the same palace forbidden garden, but it is so different!

Even the Xinzhiku, which passed by the slaves doing rough work on the way here, was more lively than here.

It is truly a veritable cold palace.

In addition to the inner prison of the old palace who delivers food and supplies, few outsiders have visited, let alone nobles.

Suddenly, seeing the Imperial Forest Army and a few gorgeously dressed beauties coming, the old inner eunuch guarding the cold palace felt strange, looked at each other suspiciously, and then looked at Li Yi and them.

Li Yi showed his waist card to the two old eunuchs guarding the cold palace, and the two old eunuchs saw that he was wearing a royal forest military uniform and a waist tag, so they bowed down respectfully to Li Yi.

Li Yi glanced at Gu Qingcheng and said to them solemnly: "This is the county lord of Anping who is personally appointed by His Majesty, and he is also the life-saving benefactor of the old ancestor." ”

The two internal supervisors looked surprised, so they said respectfully to Gu Qingcheng: "The slave has seen the lord of Anping County......

"That's it." Gu Qingcheng stretched out his hand to them, "No need to be polite. ”

Li Yi said again: "The county lord wants to visit the cold palace, you must not be lazy, let alone let the people inside hurt the county lord!" ”

“…… Visiting the Cold Palace? An old prisoner couldn't help but laugh.

Any broken place in this world is not as beautiful as this cold palace, and this delicate and expensive county lord actually wants to come to this purgatory on earth!

The other glared at him, and the old eunuch quickly covered his mouth.

"Nuo......" Although the two old eunuchs felt that it was too unusual for the county lord to visit the cold palace, they still nodded resignedly.

Gu Tingcheng said to Li Yi again: "Brother Li, you go back first." I want to take my time and you don't have to worry about me. ”

"Are you sure you can?" Li Yi asked nervously.

Li Yi said as he padded his feet again, and looked through the crack in the door to see what kind of place it had to be in the cold palace that he had never even entered.

whispered to Gu Qingcheng again:

"It's haunted, how dare you go in? And it's full of resentful women, crazy women, maybe they're going to hurt you. ”

"Don't worry, they can't hurt me, and there are Feihong Feiyan to protect me." Gu Qingcheng said with relief.

"Okay, then you should be careful, go in and find that something is wrong, and leave immediately, after all, very few people have ever entered." Li Yi said.

"Very few people? But someone will still go in. Gu Tingcheng said with a smile.

"Those who go in are all going to collect corpses, and they have no choice but to do so!" Li Yi whispered.

glanced at the suspicious old internal supervisor on his face, and then asked Gu Tingcheng: "Are you really sure you want to go in." ”

Gu Qingcheng nodded noncommittally.

Li Yi still didn't feel at ease and left.

But he only retreated to Xin Zheku, which was not far from the cold palace, and quietly guarded nearby.

Once they found out that Gu Qingcheng and they were in danger, they could rush over to rescue them as soon as possible.

The old eunuch opened half of the door for them with a suspicious face, allowing only one person to enter sideways.

The wooden door has not been opened for a long time, and when it is pushed open, there is a babbling and harsh grinding sound.

The old inner eunuch shook his head, and he didn't mean to persuade Gu Qingcheng.

As soon as Gu Qingcheng and the others entered, they immediately closed the door.

"Hey! County Lord, why did they close the door? The geese exclaimed nervously.

"Don't be afraid, they closed the door because they were afraid that the people inside would run out." Gu Qingcheng said in a low voice.

After speaking, he walked in front, and Feihong Feiyan followed behind and went in together.

In the cold palace, the grass is green, the dilapidated walls are falling off, and the smell of mildew lingers.

Gu Qingcheng waved his sleeves and fanned the musty air.

Moving forward, the more eerie they felt, and a cold death mixed with a stinking smell rushed towards them.

The three of them couldn't help but cover their noses.

Just now the door opened, and a gust of wind blew in, rolling up the dead leaves all over the ground and flying, whirring, like a ghost crying wolf.

No, it's a ghost cry mixed with whining.

"County Lord." Feihong was timid, and actually pulled Gu Qingcheng's sleeve.

The flying geese were a little bolder, but they had already drawn their swords and were ready to fight, as if there would be demons and monsters rushing out of them anytime and anywhere.

"Don't be afraid." Gu Qingcheng nodded to them and gave them courage.

Looking at the Zichen Palace back then, it was quite spacious, with several houses distributed to form a large courtyard.

"Hell! ……”

Suddenly, there was a terrifying ghost cry from the shadows in all directions.

Gu Tingcheng and the others were suddenly startled, and Feihong Feiyan had already blocked Gu Qingcheng with a horizontal sword.

With the screams, a few women with scattered heads, ragged clothes, and long black nails danced from behind the grass, dark corners, and doors, and I don't know if they were human or ghost.

Some of the women were gray-haired, some were bald, and they were all middle-aged or older.

Several half-human, half-ghost women lunged at them like crazy women.

Seeing that those crazy women were about to pounce on Gu Qingcheng, Feihong Feiyan wanted to swing his sword and stab him.

"Don't hurt them!" Gu Qingcheng shouted, pulling Feihong Feiyan to the side quickly.

The crazy women giggled weirdly, showing their black teeth.

The crazy women saw that Gu Qingcheng and them easily dodged their own pounces, and they also expected that they would not be able to hurt them at all.

He opened his terrifying ghost claws to Gu Qingcheng and intimidated them with bared teeth.

Then, in the dark corners, more than a dozen women of different ages poured out one after another.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we don't have any ill intentions, we just want to come in and have a look." Gu Tingcheng said to them.

"Mother? Hahaha...... Are we mothersies? An old woman who stinked all over her body, smiled suspiciously, opened her teeth and danced her claws, and walked towards Gu Qingcheng step by step.

Gu Qingcheng couldn't help frowning slightly, gasped, and involuntarily stepped back.

I saw that the woman's eyes were messy and shouted: "Since you know that this palace is a mother, why don't you kneel?" You vixen, do you want to seduce Your Majesty? ”

"This is the county lord of Anping, why do you kneel down to you prisoners of the cold palace!" Fei Yan shouted.

"This is hell, since you are a noble county lord, what are you doing in hell?" Another woman said in a hollow voice.

Gu Tingcheng said: "I heard that this place used to be Zichen Palace more than 20 years ago, and there were also osmanthus trees, and there were only osmanthus flowers here in the entire palace. ”

"Curious? There are so many places in the world where the county lord is not curious, and he prefers strange hell? The woman shouted.

A woman fluttered her tattered sleeves towards Gu Qingcheng, and said in a voice as empty as a ghost: "Could it be that the county lord also wants to go to hell?" ”

"Presumptuous!" The geese shouted to the man.

Fei Hong's voice trembled a little and said, "County Lord, there is really nothing to see here, let's go." ”

Gu Qingcheng looked at Feihong peacefully to show comfort.

Gu Qingcheng walked slowly, looking at those temples, and said to the women who surrounded him: "It's indeed desolate here, but it's not hell yet. ”

"Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back! You said that this ghost place is not a hell," a woman with a wooden stick in her hand called Gu Qingcheng, "Then you can stay with us!" ”

Gu Qingcheng jumped up, flew to a half-human-tall stone lion nearby, and stood firmly on the back of the stone lion.

looked at them condescendingly, and said calmly: "This county lord just came in to take a look, do you think that with your weak and sick body, you can keep this county lord?" ”

Gu Qingcheng's face became solemn on his face, and he had an inviolable majesty.

The women looked at each other one by one, and did not dare to offend for a while.