Chapter 306
Upon hearing Song Xuan's words, Shen Qingnian smiled and said, "With the late Empress's spirit manifesting, Consort Shen must be overjoyed."
She was happy that Song Xuan was willing to put in the effort for her.
A short while later, someone carrying a palace lantern came hurriedly from outside the palace. It was Shen Man, and she was accompanied by the palace maid Zi Fei.
Before even entering the hall, Shen Man felt a chill all over her body, a coldness emanating from the ice palace. Looking at the dim lights inside, she felt an eeriness about it. She stood hesitantly in front of the hall.
At this moment, Zi Fei spoke tremulously, "I heard that the late Empress has been kept in this ice palace for three years. I wonder if her soul is still there during these three years..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Man's body trembled noticeably, and her face turned somewhat pale.
She raised her hand and pinched Zi Fei's arm hard: "Will you suffocate if you don't talk?"
I was already terrified, and this blind fool still said that!
Zi Fei cried out in pain and begged for mercy, "Please spare my life, I will never dare to do it again."
She and Ziyu were originally just palace maids who swept and cleaned. When they were first transferred to Consort Shen's side, they were very happy, thinking that they had finally made it and could serve their mistress and receive more monthly allowances.
Little did they expect that this money would have to be exchanged for dignity and physical suffering.
When Shen Ying saw Zi Fei begging for mercy, a fleeting look of pleasure crossed her eyes. She then grabbed Zi Fei's hand again and shoved her roughly into the Ice Palace.
Caught off guard, Zi Fei was pushed to the ground. Anger welled up in her heart, but she forcibly suppressed it.
"What are you standing there for? Get up and go check on the ice coffin. The palace servants will be here soon to take over. If you dare to delay my business, I won't let you off the hook!" Shen Man urged Zi Fei sharply, her eyes filled with anxiety.
Zi Fei gritted her teeth, enduring the pain of falling, and prepared to get up from the ground. Just then, a faint whooshing sound rang out, hitting the acupoint on her head.
The next moment, she rolled her eyes and fainted.
"You wretched maid, get up now!" Shen Man, who was standing at the palace gate and dared not enter, kept urging.
She cursed and yelled for a long time, but found that Zi Fei, who was lying on the ground, did not react at all, and she was immediately shocked.
At this moment, outside the utterly silent palace, several mournful cries of wild cats suddenly rang out. The chilly night wind seemed to take on an eerie quality because of these cries.
Shen Man's body trembled slightly. Fear showed in her eyes. She wanted to run away, but when she thought of how the Imperial Concubine had now usurped His Majesty's favor, she gritted her teeth and shakily walked into the palace.
Just as she stepped into the ice palace, another shrill cat meow came from outside, sending chills down her spine.
Shen Man's hands trembled as she carried the palace lantern. The hall was very dark, and she didn't dare to look around too much, heading straight for the ice coffin placed in the center.
She breathed a slight sigh of relief when she stood in front of the ice coffin and raised the palace lantern in her hand to illuminate the corpse inside.
The late empress inside was not as terrifying as she had imagined. Apart from being a little pale, she was almost no different from an ordinary person.
By the light of the palace lanterns, Shen Man carefully examined the face of the corpse in the ice coffin. She discovered that the Consort's appearance was almost identical to that of the late Empress, or even that they were made from the same mold!
The more Shen Man looked, the more terrified and horrified she felt.
Who exactly is the Imperial Concubine? Is she a human or a ghost...?
"Meow!!!"
"Meow!!!"
Two piercing meows ripped through the night sky, startling Shen Man. Her hand holding the palace lantern trembled, and the lantern fell, smashing directly into the corpse's face.
[Shen Ying: Help!!!]
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