Chapter 74: Purple Tung Flowers and Birds Fall

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In the early morning of the next day, in the Changning Palace, there was news that the imperial concubine had seen a ghost at night the night before and was overly bedridden with fright.

Immediately afterwards, it was rumored that Dou Jieyu fell to her death because she was killed by Lin Meiren's soul.

So, the events of the past two days have been rumored, and with the help of people with hearts, it is clear who the female ghost that the imperial concubine saw at night is the dead soul.

People who previously thought that the imperial concubine had nothing to do with Lin Meiren's slippery tire and poisoning were also puzzled, thinking that if the imperial concubine had not done something wrong, why would she be so frightened?

Hua Jieyu has already called herself sick, and she has not seen any guests in the meditation and fasting in Changyang Palace.

The dead Dou Jieyu, the frightened imperial concubine, and the frightened Hua Jieyu, the three of them all had something to do with Lin Meiren's slippery fetus.

Although they were afraid of the power of the palace rules, they didn't dare to say it openly, but in private, they inevitably talked about it secretly, that is, when the palace concubines went to the queen to ask for peace, the eyes exchanged with each other were also more meaningful.

Because the queen has been eating fasting and reciting Buddha, the palace affairs are temporarily handed over to Concubine Hui, Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Li.

For a time, at night, unless it was necessary to go out on an errand, the people in the palace rested at sunset. Even if they had to go out on business, at least the two of them were together, and no one dared to walk alone at night.

July 19 of the first year of Xuande, a moment in the morning.

When night fell, the alleys in the palace had long been devoid of people, and the palace people who were in an endless stream during the day were like tired birds returning to the forest and scattering back to the house. Under the high palace walls, the deep palace alley is particularly dark and silent under the shroud of night.

This night, because the clouds covered the moon, there was no light to be seen, so I could only vaguely see the outline of the palace with the help of the air dead wind lamps in front of the palace gates, and a few crows landed on the roof cornices, staring coldly at the empty palace alleys under their feet.

In the distance, a dim light appeared in the palace alley, swaying and swaying.

Under the light, you can see that the face is Yue'e, who served Lin Meiren in the past.

She didn't know the news that her sister Yuechang had lost her hand, a few days ago, she heard that the imperial concubine was sick in bed due to fright, and the news of Dou Jieyu's death came out, she thought that Yuechang had already succeeded.

So although there was no half of a figure in the palace alley, she didn't feel scared at all, and her face was full of smiles: soon, all this will be over, and she and her sister will be able to go home from the palace.

It's just that girl, this time on an errand, she was sent outside without saying hello to her, maybe she was in too much of a hurry, and she didn't come in time, but fortunately, I heard Xiang Meiren say that she would be back in a few days.

Her sister is her only concern in the world.

Since childhood, the family was poor, and the father died when their sisters were seven or eight years old, dying on the battlefield at the border pass, leaving only the mother and daughter to rely on each other. Although she lived a poor life, her mother was diligent and at least she would not go hungry. When the sisters were older, they went to work as helpers for the rich family, washing clothes, and hoping that life would improve, but their mother was tired and sick, and she was very sick, so she could only lie in bed and wait for a pair of medicine every day to continue her life.

Their sisters, when they met a nobleman, changed their fate.

The nobleman gave them money to help their mother heal her illness. Later, he helped bury their mothers, taught them martial arts, taught them rules, sent them to the palace, and let them sting down and act when the opportunity came.

Their sisters want to repay each other with broken bones.

The four beauties entered the palace, and the nobleman's order was to ask their sisters to serve Lin Meiren and help her ascend to the throne......

In the palace, there are many like their sisters, and there are people around the four beauties.

Even Lin Meiren's death, the nobleman also planned it, and after a year and a half, the rumors subsided, and he used Lin Meiren's ghost to stir up the world in this palace.

Dou Jieyu wanted to clean herself, and by giving Lin Meiren the abacus of quitting the Guanyin Hall, they first took her under the knife, pushed her downstairs and fell to death at night, and pushed her to the body of the deceased.

Dou Jieyu is not dead, and Bao Buqi will tell the truth of the matter, so when she heard Xiang Meiren say that she was just in a coma, Yuechang went to make up for her again. Entering from the top of his head, he died of exhaustion, and he couldn't see what the reason was, let alone who did it.

Penetrating from the top of the head with a needle, it can make it die unconsciously, or it can make it painful, for Dou Jieyu, of course, they use the second type, who called Dou Jieyu to be big, and he really thought he was the master, and he drank several times to make their sisters do things. It was Lin Meiren at the beginning, and she didn't dare to treat them like that.

They've done this before.

That time it was against the two palace maids, and the two palace maids who were not good at doing things were not detected by others, so as not to drag down the nobles by telling the truth, their sisters did it.

Yue Chang is familiar with the road, even if someone bumps into her, she will think that it is Lin Meiren's dead soul and Dou Jieyu's endless death.

The imperial concubine is there, I'm afraid that after Yue Chang got her hands, she used to scare her, that girl, she always likes to be ingenious, and she is so happy.

It's okay to do this, if you succeed tonight, others will definitely be the imperial concubine is a powerful ghost asking for your life, and in the Forbidden City of tomorrow, there will be news that the emperor is not virtuous and the ghosts are all over the palace.

By that time......

The more Yue'e wanted to smile, the happier she became, thinking that after leaving the palace, she would be able to take the silver given by the nobles and live the life that their sisters wanted, and her heart was full of expectations.

The night is getting darker and darker, although she is the only one in the entire palace alley, Yue'e does not feel scared at all, she likes the dark the most, and in such a night, she has a kind of excitement to eat blood.

The night breeze is cool, sending a dark fragrance, faintly, if there is nothing, not the fragrance of flowers, but the smell of some sandalwood, but not completely.

Sandalwood has the effect of calming the nerves and helping sleep, and it is usually lit in the bedroom, how can it be smelled in the palace alley...... It must be a hallucination, Yue'e shook her head, but the scent was still there, and it was getting stronger.

Fortunately, the fragrance didn't last, or maybe she smelled it for a long time and didn't feel it.

Then she noticed that tonight, I don't know if it was about to rain, there was a wind blowing, and something seemed to be watching her from a dark corner. What's there? She didn't dare to think about it.

Although she uses the ghosts to do things, Yue'e believes that there are indeed ghosts in this world.

Could it be that his sister pretended to be a ghost and summoned a real ghost?

A cold wind blew through the palace alley, blowing Yue'e couldn't help but shiver: This is the hot weather in July. She wrapped herself around her skirt and quickened her pace.

She walked faster and faster, not only because it was dark, but also because of the well not far ahead.

That well is an ancient well, no one can tell what age it was opened, long before the Forbidden City was built, the well was there, and for some reason, it was preserved, it is nothing, there are several wells like this.

Legend has it that this well is haunted, there is a story in the palace, it is said that when the Forbidden City was built, a big girl drowned in this well, she was greedy for her beauty, she used the well water as a mirror, and fell into it, and some people said that when the Forbidden City was built, there were guards who took a fancy to her beauty and intended to insult her, she jumped into the well......

In any case, the girl's body remained at the bottom of the well, and although it had been fished out several times, only two embroidered shoes had been scooped up, and strangely enough, they did not look like those worn by the older girl—but like a girl of seven or eight years old.

It is rumored that the big girl was drowned by a little female ghost looking for a stand-in.

But no matter what was preached, nothing could be fished out of the well.

I don't know why, this well has been said to be filled in several times, but it has always been there, fortunately, no one eats the water from this well, but it is only used for sprinkling and sweeping.

The well had just fallen into it a few days ago with a drunken chamberlain.

It was Yue'e who pushed him in.

In the past, Yue'e scoffed at those nonsense talks, but at this moment, she thought about it for no reason, and even thought that maybe the palace alley under her feet was washed with the well water, and she felt cold all over her body.

She seemed to hear the cries and cries for help from the bottom of the well, the cry was very miserable, sometimes the liver and intestines were broken, sometimes full of angry curses, if there was nothing, if it was about to leave, but it lingered, no matter how tightly Yue'e plugged her ears, the sound still lingered in her eardrums.

Yue'e is not afraid of anything, she is afraid of ghosts.

It's just that after following the nobleman, as her ability grew, her fear never appeared again, and she thought she wasn't afraid. In fact, she has done things at night many times, and she never feels afraid, but tonight, she seems to have returned to the time when she was seven or eight years old, and received the news that her father had died on the battlefield, she and her mother and sister were separated, and it was getting darker and darker, and there were fewer and fewer people, so she could only run desperately, run desperately......

She wanted to run away, away from the well, away from the cries and cries for help, but her feet did not obey, her toes and heels somehow entangled, and one stumbled, and the whole person and the lantern fell heavily to the ground.

There was a burning pain in the palms and knees, and the lantern was extinguished by the blow.

It was suddenly dark, and she didn't have a fire fold with her, but fortunately, she was used to doing things at night, and it didn't matter if she didn't have a lantern. Yue'e got up from the ground, endured the pain in her knee, and staggered back to run.

The crying continued, and at this time, Yue'e saw a little light not far away slowly approaching her, and if there is a light, it means that there are people, and there is no need to be afraid.

But when she saw the light and saw the figure of an attendant, there was no trace of joy on Yue'e's face.

It must have been the inquirement who turned into a ghost to ask for his life, and tonight happened to be his first seventh.

She instinctively wanted to step back, but found that her feet could not move as if they were filled with lead; She wanted to shout, her teeth chattering, and she couldn't say a word. She could only watch as the lantern approached, but there was nothing she could do.

She felt that her heart had jumped to her throat, mixed with the cry at the bottom of the well, "plop, plop......" beating rhythmically, deafening.

Cold sweat soaked the close-fitting obscene clothes, clinging tightly to her skin, and she couldn't help but shiver when the wind blew it.

There was a dull sound in the silent palace alley, and Yue'e fell to the ground again.

A few crows standing on the cornices seemed to be alarmed, and with a "wow" sound, they flapped their wings and flew into the darkness.

The lantern walked to Yue'e's side, and the person carrying the lantern looked at Yue'e, who had been frightened to the point of coma, shook his head, and sighed: "If you don't have a ghost in your heart, how can you be confused by my purple tung incense!" ”