Chapter 378: The corpse is frightened
When Yajieyu saw Concubine He's lifeless corpse for the first time, she was shocked, and she was terrified, and she couldn't stay away.
Now that the emperor has followed Yuehua's advice and handed over the affairs of Concubine He's to her, she feels creepy just thinking about it.
Mo Guhan had already turned around and left, and when Yuehua passed by her, she whispered: "Concubine He left a blood letter to the emperor, saying that she died unjustly, and after her death, she turned into a powerful ghost, and she will come back to take revenge." Yajieyu must remember to be over-exceeded, lest Concubine He's resentment not leave, and if she really tosses something. ”
Yajieyu shivered coldly, and her teeth clenched.
Concubine Ling also "tsk" and said: "I also heard that this pregnant woman can't go to the spirit, otherwise, once it collides, the deceased will not feel at ease, and even the grave will explode." Concubine Crane is also a retributive character, so I still hide farther away, lest she have a small belly and chicken intestines, and then remember a little grudge from the past. can only work hard for Yajieyu. ”
Yajieyu reluctantly pulled the corners of her lips, which was even more ugly than crying.
The sky was already dark, and there was still a bloody sunset in the western sky. It was weirdly red, bewitching, and strangely shaped, particularly hideous, like two giant hands, grabbing her heart fiercely.
Yajieyu is most afraid that at this time, everything is dim, and everything gradually loses its original brilliance, looking a little desolate.
The old man said that the Huangquan Road is this color, lifeless, full of decadence, like barren yellow sand.
A mother-in-law came up and asked: "Jieyu Niangniang, it's not early, while it's not dark yet, hurry up and change the wrapped clothes, right?" After a while, the body is stiff, and it is difficult to wear. ”
Yajieyu glanced at the corpses of Concubine Crane and Xian Ge in fear: "You just follow the rules, you don't need to ask me." ”
The mother-in-law responded: "I still have to ask for more instructions, where is the stop?" ”
"Stop what?"
"According to the rules, today's new funeral must be mortuary for three days before entering the funeral, and the spirit will be suspended for seven to forty-nine days, and the auspicious day of the zodiac will be checked before the funeral. Now that Concubine Crane has left the Leisurely Palace, she has gone from the Cold Palace, and this place of stopping ......"
Yajieyu frowned slightly: "The emperor explained that it should be done according to the rules of the concubine, that is, to give dignity, and he still stopped in the leisurely palace." But at this time, the emperor also ordered everything to be simple, and now Concubine Ling and the queen's mother are pregnant with a dragon fetus, and the sooner the funeral, the better. Therefore, stop for three days and mourn. ”
The mother-in-law was a little embarrassed: "But this gold shop and silver cover, phoenix crown and xia veil, skirt and jade cicada or something, it takes hard work to prepare." Three-day ......"
Yajieyu was furious: "Didn't you see that the emperor was so blocked?" As soon as Concubine Crane stops working, the emperor will have to be sad for one more day, and the sooner the operation is done, the emperor will let go of it from his heart. Notify the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send more people to rush to work, so I don't believe in a single Ministry of Internal Affairs, so I don't have a ready-made emergency. I really can't do it, so I went to the outside funeral shop to buy it. ”
Yajieyu was stunned, and the mother-in-law retreated resignedly, where did she dare to argue?
Yajieyu has a fire in her heart, she doesn't know where to vent, and she has a dark face. There are many trivial things like partiality, and people keep coming forward to ask for instructions, and they can't get out for a moment. It's just that he didn't dare to come to Concubine He, standing far away, commanding the palace people to turn around, and his heart became more and more impetuous.
Concubine He's body was transported back to the Leisurely Hall and parked on the free bed, while the slender singer set up a temporary shed in the courtyard.
The mother-in-law brought rice water to Concubine He, dressed and wrapped her, stuffed food, and kept whispering into Yajieyu's ears.
"This person has been dead for so long, and it's freezing cold, why is his body still soft?"
"But it's not, the girl outside is dead in the back, she has long been frozen hard, and the bloody clothes on her body are torn open."
"Look at this flesh skin, so watery, it seems that these blood vessels can be seen clearly."
"It's really weird, it's lifelike, it's like becoming an immortal."
Yajieyu couldn't hold back the anger in her heart anymore, and rushed forward and slapped the gossiping mother-in-law: "The dead are the greatest, not to mention the master in the palace, you dare to talk quietly, it's just tired and crooked." ”
Several mothers-in-law didn't pay attention to her, and they knelt on the ground in fright, silent, and begged for mercy.
Yajieyu vented the fire in her heart, her eyes couldn't help but glance at it, and under the dim candlelight, she saw that Concubine He's skin was clearer than the white jade at this time, glowing with a stream of blue gray, I don't know if it was the original color of the skin, or the blood vessels penetrated.
His eyes involuntarily looked upward, but he was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.
Concubine He's face was removed from the masked red scarf at this time, and the mother-in-law was combing her hair with shavings water and hair oil to open her face. Her facial features were hideously twisted, her eyes were bulging and her teeth were bared, and she was obviously hateful. And even the jade cicada with it is exposed, as if it is a cannibal's bloody mouth, still chewing flesh and bones. I can't see the original appearance of Concubine Crane at all, she is like a hellish ghost.
At that moment, Yajieyu's hands and feet were cold, panicked, and she almost ran out of the hall, feeling that there was a black shadow chasing behind her.
That is, as soon as she went out, she heard a cat meow of "meow", and a black shadow passed over her head with a "whoosh".
Yajieyu couldn't hold it anymore, screamed, and fell heavily to the ground.
The black cat crossed her, jumped again, and pounced straight on the corpse of the slender song in the courtyard.
In addition to the incense burner, there was also a bowl of rice and eight small pieces on the long table in front of him, which was the target of the wild cat.
The palace people in the hall exclaimed in a panic: "Where did the wild cat come from? Hurry away, don't let it get close to the corpse, it will cheat the corpse. ”
Someone used a stick to blast away, the wild cat was not frightened, but now everyone was noisily blasting away, immediately arched up, stared at everyone in panic, all the hair on his body exploded, and the candle flame jumped in his eyes, fierce and strange.
Someone bluffed away, and the wild cat leaped forward, knocking over the longevity lamp, and then brought up the white cloth covering Senge's body with its paws, and the salt saucer pressed on it slid down, and shattered with a "snap".
Sengge's corpse suddenly moved, and one arm was raised straight.
"Corpse!"
I don't know who shouted in horror, and everyone was so frightened that they almost urinated.
Yajieyu had been trembling all the time, but at this time she finally couldn't help it, rolled her eyes, and completely fainted.
Before Concubine He's funeral was done, Yajieyu fell ill, fell seriously ill, and lay in bed for more than half a month.
Although someone explained afterwards that the "corpse" of Xian Ge was actually just the black cat, he brought up the corpse cloth, and then Xian Ge's nails were hung on it. But Yajieyu was still frightened, she couldn't do without someone around her, and when it came to the night, she trembled with fear if there was any movement.
In particular, she was even more frightened of cats, and even the white cat raised by the Queen Mother was afraid for no reason.
Spring is the time when the cats are in full swing, and even in the heavily defended palace, it is inevitable that one or two wild cats will mix in. In the past, everyone turned one eye open and closed one eye, and didn't pay much attention. Only when the cat barked so loudly and uncomfortably did the masters give the order and drive them out.
Now because Yajieyu is afraid of cats, the Queen Mother is gracious and orders the guards to search the palace for a bottom to the sky, and all the wild cats in the palace are either caught or driven away, and cleaned up.
And the white cat she has always treasured also endured the pain of love and sent it out of the palace to find someone to raise.
This spring in the Forbidden City is especially quiet.
And the matter between Xuanji and Zhou Yuan, because of the death of Concubine He, Yajieyu was seriously ill and was temporarily put on hold.
The news of that day's interrogation later reached Yuehua's ears. also carries the suspicion of Yuehua behind the palace people. Among them, there is naturally no lack of Yajieyu's contributions, adding fuel to the fire, putting herself in a situation of thousands of grievances, and Yuehua has become an executioner who is plotting to harm others.
The girl who betrayed Xuanji in front of Yajieyu, Vanilla, heard that she was also demoted to Chung Mi, and she was tortured.
Shui You and the others were all filled with righteous indignation, unable to swallow this evil breath, and persuaded Yuehua to find Lu Raid and return to the palace to confront Zhou Yuan, arguing right and wrong.
Yuehua just laughed: "What they want to think of me, that's their business, I don't care, I never take it to heart." The emperor will not believe it. What's more, if Lu Xun returns to the palace to confront him, I am afraid that his life will be in danger. Compared to a human life, what does it mean for me to be wronged? ”
Her words made the palace people below even more awe-inspiring.
After that, no one continued to dwell on the matter, although there were indeed people who fanned the flames behind the scenes, causing everyone to talk about it and bring up some old things again, each with their own suspicions. But it soon died down. It was none other than Concubine Ling who calmed down this matter.
Yuehua didn't expect that it would be Concubine Ling who came forward to settle the matter, saying that it had been so long, and now there were only a few sisters left in the palace, and they still had to be forgiving and forgiving.
Yuehua was a little unexpected, but she didn't expect Concubine Ling to suddenly become generous, this is really not her usual style.
Let Yuehua believe that she has really changed now, it is impossible to be magnanimous and kind, anyway, the matter is gradually calming down.
Although Zhou Yuan was not punished for the time being, he was suffering from a dark disease, and the news of being watched by a group of eunuchs spread in the palace, and everyone laughed and pointed behind his back, which made him not only lose his prestige in the Tai Hospital, but also lose face.
What's more, the people in the Tai Hospital all looked at the eyes of the master, and knew that Zhou Yuan had offended the queen, so they immediately fell into the ground, removed him from the position of deputy court, and beat him back to his original form, even worse than the original.
He was really humiliated, and asked for his resignation from the Tai Hospital, and the people from the Tai Hospital reported it to Yuehua to know.
Yuehua just chuckled: "Master Zhou's medical skills are superb, and he is superb, wouldn't it be a pity to let him out of the palace with a lot of medical skills?" What's more, he can't marry a wife and have children in the future, so he will be a eunuch, so he will be retained in the Tai Hospital. ”