063 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” Ghost Shadow

“Have you heard? Someone saw it again in Chuxiu Palace…”

On the palace road, small groups of palace ladies gathered around and whispered quietly, with frightened expressions on their faces. Some palace ladies even covered their ears with their hands, as if they did not dare to listen, but they could not bear their curiosity and quietly leaned over to listen.

“Shh!” One of the palace maids quickly stopped the talking palace maid, and then looked around in a panic, “Don’t say that word, what will they do if they hear it later and come to us!”

The palace maid’s face turned pale, and she really didn’t dare to continue talking.After a moment of silence, another palace maid couldn’t hold back her curiosity and asked in a low voice: “You, you said… someone really saw… Yan, Yan’s concubine… in Chuxiu Palace…” She still didn’t have the courage to say those two words, for fear that they would hear them and entangle innocent people.

But the palace maid who spoke at the beginning knew what she was talking about, and nodded in horror, “The palace maid responsible for cleaning the Chuxiu Palace saw it with her own eyes. It is said that Yan Bin was wearing white clothes with her face covered in blood, and she kept crying out for injustice.”

A gust of cool wind blew by, making all the maids present shiver.

The harem was originally a place for rumors, and what was originally a rumor spread to each other through the mouths of the harem, but gradually turned into a real thing, as if everyone had seen the strange things that happened in Chuxiu Palace.

“Queen, there have been many rumors in the palace recently, are you aware of them?”

In the Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother sat on the throne holding the Buddhist beads, her face a little ugly.She dismissed the maids serving in the palace, leaving only Aunt Yumin, whom she trusted the most, serving tea.

“After I returned to my mother, I heard something about it. They were just baseless rumors, and they were spread by the people serving below as if this matter was true. I will order severe punishment for those servants who don’t know what to say, and I will never let this matter continue to ferment.”

The Queen Mother was still suspicious of Yan Zhaozhao’s disappearance due to hunting that day, and now that something like this happened again, she was even more critical of her.”Queen, you are in the middle palace, holding the golden book, and the power of the queen, so you should know how to maintain peace in the harem. Only when the harem is peaceful can the emperor have no worries in the previous dynasty. The emperor will not speak of strange powers and chaos. If such absurd rumors reach the ears of the courtiers of the previous dynasty, it will be a royal joke. Do you understand?”

Yan Zhaozhao’s expression suddenly became stiff. No one in the palace knew that the emperor had been claiming to be ill for several days and could not go to court. In order to take advantage of Xie Ciyan’s absence, no one except him could handle the affairs of the court, so as to force the courtiers to collect taxes and build a palace outside the palace.

The original intention of the so-called tax collection was to allow officials who were ranked fifth or above to pay a few percent more tax, and use the money they paid to build palaces.But nine out of ten officials above the fifth rank in the imperial court were corrupt officials. In the past, the emperor never stopped them and turned a blind eye and let them go, in order to ask them for money to fill the treasury.

But all the money made by corrupt officials comes from plundering the people’s wealth and anointing. If the construction of the palace is implemented, the people’s lives will only become more miserable.The names of these common people were nothing more than ants in the eyes of the emperor.

Yan Zhaozhao suppressed the emotions welling up in her heart and said to the Queen Mother, “I understand.”

When she returned to Fengyi Palace, Yan Zhaozhao immediately summoned the maids responsible for cleaning in Chuxiu Palace to the palace.Several palace maids fell to their knees, their heads buried extremely low, their eyes dark and green, and their faces looked frightened and uneasy.

“Tell me, are you the one who spread the rumors about Chu Xiugong?” Yan Zhaozhao took a sip of hot tea. From the bottom of her heart, she didn’t believe that there would be any wronged souls seeking their lives in this world.Even if there was, Yan Concubine died in the woods of Qiuwei, and her soul actually traveled across mountains and rivers to return to the palace to avenge her injustice?

The palace maid wearing a pink skirt said in a trembling voice, her tone full of fear, “No, it’s not a rumor…” She seemed to remember the horrific scene she saw that day, her face became paler, and her whole body was shaking uncontrollably, “Slave, slave… I saw it with my own eyes… Yan Concubine, Yan Concubine… She came back with blood on her face to claim her life – ”

She seemed to be using all her strength to say these words. She hugged her trembling body, and she seemed to be a little crazy.”She, she…” The palace maid suddenly turned around and pointed at the closed window, “She was standing there, staring… staring at me…” The sun was strong outside, and the paper window paper reflected the outlines of several trees. In the ears, the palace maid’s words were permeating. At a glance, the shadows of the trees actually looked like human beings.

The weather was obviously unbearably hot, but everyone in the hall felt a slight chill on their backs.

“Nonsense!” Yan Zhaozhao slapped his palm on the desk, making a loud noise, which made the kneeling palace maids tremble, their foreheads pressed to the ground, and they did not dare to breathe.”There are no ghosts in this world! Even if there are, they are just pretending to be ghosts!”

All the maids lowered their heads. Although they were afraid of the Queen’s majesty, they wanted to prove that they did not spread rumors. They said tremblingly: “But, but… we all saw it…”

The sighting of Yan Bin’s ghost in Chuxiu Palace is indeed not a rumor, but a real thing.For several nights, different palace maids saw Yan Bin’s ghost with their own eyes. Occasionally, they could hear Yan Bin’s singing voice coming from the bottom of the well. Scarlet blood would flow out of the wall of the wing where they lived. When they were still sleepy, they saw Yan Bin standing at the head of their bed, accusing her of being killed.

They had seen each and every one of these with their own eyes, and they were definitely not rumors!

Yan Zhaozhao looked at them with a stern expression, “What kind of punishment should be given to the harem for talking about ghosts and gods?”

The palace maid pondered for a long time, but did not say a word for a long time. Biluo Fushen, who was standing on one side, replied, “Go back to the queen, if you talk about ghosts and gods in the harem, you will be punished by pulling out your tongue and killing with a stick.”

As soon as these words came out, the maids were startled at first, and then they begged Yan Zhaozhao at the top of their lungs to spare their lives.

Yan Zhaozhao sighed without leaving a trace, with a hint of chill in his voice, “From today on, I will not hear any more ridiculous rumors about Chu Xiugong. Anyone who violates this will be punished by pulling out the tongue and killing with a cane!”

Those palace maids no longer dared to mention anything about Chuxiu Palace and all left Fengyi Palace in silence. However, they did not dare to return to Chuxiu Palace to continue their duties. They hurriedly found the eunuch in charge of the House of Internal Affairs and asked to be allowed to work elsewhere.

“Empress, do you believe what they said?” Bi Luo gave Yan Zhaozhao another cup of hot tea and asked curiously.She didn’t believe that there were so-called innocent souls asking for their lives in this world, but what they said one by one was so persuasive, and it was not like a few people lying together and pretending to be ghosts. Could it be true…

Yan Zhaozhao’s expression was the same and her voice was firm, “I have said that there are no ghosts in this world, only those who pretend to be gods and ghosts.”

That night, the night was as cold as water, and the surroundings of the dormitory were extremely quiet.

The cold wind blew gently, rustling the leaves on the branches, and the swaying branches were like the old man’s withered arms, which looked a bit strange in the dark night.The flickering moonlight shines on the window, casting strange shadows, as if there are a pair of eyes peering in from the darkness outside the window.

Yan Zhaozhao, who was sleeping, frowned tightly and clenched the quilt tightly with his fingertips. There was some sweat on his forehead. It was obvious that he was sleeping very uneasily.Perhaps he was influenced by those palace maids during the day, and there was a faint voice of resentment in his ears.

“G-Give me back my life…” The voice suddenly seemed far and near, sometimes as if it was whispering in her ear, and sometimes as if it was coming from an extremely distant place, so hard to hear.”Queen, Queen…”

“Give me back my life——”

The sharp voice seemed to explode in her head.Yan Zhaozhao suddenly woke up and sat up. Her mouth was dry and her throat felt as if it was on fire. It was extremely uncomfortable.She opened her mouth to call Bi Luo, who was standing guard outside the door, to come in, but her red lips were slightly open, but she couldn’t utter a single note. It was as if something had strangled her neck, and no sound could come out.

The branches outside the window swayed gently, and when you glanced at it, it seemed like someone was moving quietly.Yan Zhaozhao couldn’t help but think of what the palace maid said during the day.

“She just stood there, staring at me…”

Thinking of this, a chill suddenly rushed up her back, her heart was pounding, her breathing gradually became faster, and her smart and twinkling eyes were filled with a look of fear, and she slowly looked toward the window sill.

Outside the window, stood a shadow with a head and face covered in blood. The flowing blood dyed the window red, and the window paper suddenly melted.Yan Bin had disheveled hair and was dressed in white. There were many mottled blood stains on her body, and there was not a single piece of good flesh on her face.Her blood-red eyes stared intently at Yan Zhaozhao, then she suddenly tilted her head and revealed a charming smile.

“Queen, I want you to pay with your life——”