Chapter 308
Shen Qingnian then looked at the man beside her and said, "It is late at night. Your Majesty, please move to the Golden Palace to rest."
"I will do as the Imperial Concubine says," Song Xuan said, then took her hand, and the two walked out of the Ice Palace and headed towards the Golden Palace.
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After Shen Man hurriedly returned to her palace, she developed a fever and remained delirious for three days.
When Shen Qingnian found out, she thoughtfully asked the imperial physician to treat her and even exempted her from the daily copying. She also sent some tonics to her.
A few days later, Shen Man's high fever subsided, but she appeared dazed and listless.
Inside a remote palace.
Shen Man lay on the bed, once again awakened by a nightmare, gasping for breath, her eyes filled with fear.
Ever since she saw the late empress's appearance that night, she has been having nightmares every night. In her dreams, she sometimes sees the pale-faced late empress, and sometimes she sees the imperial concubine in her gorgeous clothes.
The two faces overlapped, accompanied by eerie cat meows, making it impossible for her to tell who was who. Every time she woke up, it would take her a long time to calm down and suppress the fear in her heart.
“Yes, it’s time to take your medicine,” Zi Fei said as she walked in with a bowl of medicine. She helped Shen Man, who was covered in cold sweat, sit up from the bed and brought the dark medicine to her lips.
At this moment, Shen Man's face was pale and her head was wrapped in gauze. In just a few days, she had lost a lot of weight.
Shen Man glanced at the radiant Zi Fei, then opened her mouth and drank the medicine sip by sip. While drinking the medicine, she asked weakly, "How did you get back that night?"
She remembered that Zi Fei had gone with her that night, but then fainted before her. She was frightened and came back first, but she didn't know when Zi Fei returned.
She had been terrified these past few days and had no mind to ask about it, but seeing Zi Fei's energetic appearance now, she finally couldn't help but ask.
Zi Fei paused in her act of feeding Chen Man the medicine, then asked with great surprise, "Which night did you mean? I haven't gone out at night recently, and besides, there are rules in the palace that no one is allowed to go out at night except for those on duty!"
Her eyes flashed with doubt and confusion.
Upon hearing this, Shen Man was stunned for a moment, then her whole body began to tremble and her teeth began to chatter. For the past few days, she had been plagued by nightmares every night, and she was constantly on edge.
But now, that string has snapped because of Zi Fei's words.
She gripped Zi Fei's wrist tightly, her lips trembling as she said, "The night I ran back, do you dare say you didn't go out with me?!"
The events of that night were too terrifying, and she couldn't even remember some of the details clearly, but she clearly remembered that the person who went to the Ice Palace with her was Zi Fei!
“Yes, are you mistaken? That night, I was on night duty with Ziyu,” Zifei said, her expression even more surprised. After saying this, she looked at Ziyu beside her.
Ziyu chimed in, "Yes, Your Excellency, that night you went out alone carrying the palace lantern. Before you left, Zifei and I specifically asked you where you were going and when you would return. At that time, you only told us not to interfere..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the medicine bowl in Zi Fei's hand fell to the ground with a crisp cracking sound, and Zi Fei's face turned very pale.
She looked at Chen Man, and said with some fear, "I...I've heard that since the late Empress passed away, the palace has been unsettled. Palace servants often inexplicably break into the Ice Palace, and when they come out, they're completely insane..."
"Promise me, you can't go crazy!" Ziyu exclaimed.
"You bitch, shut up!" Shen Man yelled, slapping Zi Fei across the face.
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