The yard is very large, and is surrounded by dead trees and rotten leaves. They sway constantly in the early autumn wind, giving off a bleak feeling.
It seems that living here is extremely stressful, but it seems as if no one lives here.
Something is wrong. Shouldn't Concubine An live here? Even though she lives in the cold palace, at least there should be a little bit of vitality, right?
But there was no anger at all here. The doors around this huge cold palace were all leaning this way and that.
Qiao Yuange looked up at the door, and after taking a look, he felt something was wrong.
If Xiao Yun wanted to take Concubine An out of the cold palace, there would definitely be some movement.
There was no light or sound in the entire cold palace. Occasionally, there was the cry of an unknown bird, which made the place even more eerie.
Even though there are so many houses around, it's like a dead end alley because no one lives there!
The doors and windows made creaking sounds due to the wind, like the background music of a horror movie.
There's something weird about this place.
Shouldn't Xiao Yun come over to pick up Concubine An?
How come there is no movement at all?
Could it be that someone is deceiving himself?
Qiao Yuange seemed to realize something suddenly.
She took a breath, as if she thought someone was deceiving her.
Then she immediately turned and looked at the little maid.
Then he grabbed the maid's clothes, looked at her and said to her, "Are you lying to me?"
Chun Xing was already frightened beyond belief, and the darkness around her seemed to be swallowing her up.
She felt uncomfortable all over and looked around closely, as if she was afraid that something would come out of the darkness and eat her up in an instant.
Seeing Qiao Yuange suddenly attack and reach out to grab the woman next to him, Chun Xing was stunned for a moment. Then, she thought about this matter with her not-so-flexible brain, looked at Qiao Yuange woodenly and said, "What do you mean by saying this?"
Qiao Yuange said, "You said the emperor wanted to greet the imperial concubine and have her leave the cold palace, but you can see there is not even a light around the cold palace. How could he possibly greet the imperial concubine when there is not even a light?"
"Since the emperor has done such a big thing, why is he not afraid of people knowing about it? Why is he so low-key? This is not in line with the emperor's character. According to the emperor's character, if he really wanted to invite Concubine An out, he would never do this in secret. He is not such an irresponsible person. I think there must be another hidden story behind this matter. Maybe we were both fooled."
Just as Qiao Yuange was about to ask what was going on, the maid who led them here immediately threw the palace lantern in her hand to the ground.
The palace lantern bounced twice on the ground, and the flames immediately jumped out, spreading golden light all over the ground.
Then the maid rushed out at lightning speed and pushed open the door outside. Then she heard the sound of the door being locked.
The door to the cold palace was so big, but the maid locked it just by force.
Then came the sound of hurried footsteps.
Qiao Yuange was shocked by the sudden change, but it even made her feel a little funny.
It seems that someone has set a trap on purpose to keep her in the cold palace and teach her a lesson.
Did he intend to let her die in the cold palace? Or did he just want to trap her for one night to teach her a lesson?
Something is wrong!
If Xiao Yun didn't come to see her, or if Xiao Yun didn't expect her to be in the cold palace, it would be impossible for the imperial kitchen to prepare meals for them separately.
It is said that women who stay in the cold palace have to find ways to eat on their own. If they can't eat, they will starve to death.
This means that the person who did this intended to trap her here, where she would either starve to death or at least be tortured to death.
This idea is quite good, and it makes Qiao Yuange feel that this person is quite smart. Who is the person in the harem who can come up with such a vicious method that does not require much technical skills but is extremely likely to succeed?
Qiao Yuange stood there and thought about it carefully.
At this moment Chun Xing realized what was going on. She rushed to the door and knocked twice, but it seemed that the door was too thick. No matter how hard she pushed and kicked, she couldn't knock it down. She took a deep breath, sat on the ground, and burst into tears.
The darkness around them became more and more oppressive, and the palace lantern that fell to the ground seemed to be no longer bright, and the surroundings were about to fall into absolute darkness.
Chun Xing had never been through such torture before. She was so frightened that she started to tremble all over and cried loudly.
Qiao Yuange immediately remembered what Chun Xing had said to him.
Hua Yu and Concubine An met today.
Although she didn't know that Hua Yu had just arrived in their country, how did she know that Concubine An was staying in the cold palace?
However, after the two of them met, they immediately thought of such a good idea.
As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang.
The two of them actually came up with this idea to trap Qiao Yuange. It must be said that Qiao Yuange was really impressed by them.
Qiao Yuange arrived at the door, helped Chun Xing up and said to her, "While the palace lanterns are not completely extinguished, we need to use these sparks to light a fire. We can't stay in the cold palace in the dark."
Although Chun Xing was almost desperate and very scared, she still cried and said aggrievedly: "I will do it right away."
As she crawled to the side and grabbed branches and leaves, she lowered her head and said to Qiao Yuange: "Girl, I'm so sorry. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been tricked into coming here. This is all my fault! I didn't see through their tricks and harmed you! I hope you don't blame me. The two of us must find a way to escape!"
Although she said this, she kept sobbing. It was obvious that she was too scared and couldn't control her emotions at all. She looked so pitiful.
Her voice was trembling as she spoke, and Qiao Yuange found it a little funny after hearing it.
Qiao Yuange came to her side and said to her, "Don't worry, the two of us won't starve to death staying in the harem."
Chun Xing had apparently picked up some twigs, so she took the palace lantern and tried to light them.
As she did this, she said, "I don't think I can die, but I'm really scared. People say there are many ghosts of dead women in the harem."
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