Chapter 26 Both a Horse and a Donkey
"Your Majesty, I did have a dream after I fell asleep last night. In the dream, there was a woman in opera costume who was singing in a humming voice, which made my head hurt. I got angry and scolded her, and then went back to sleep."
Concubine Zhang waited for a while and saw that she didn't continue, so she couldn't help asking, "That's all?"
"That's all, that's it!"
Concubine Zhang frowned, seriously doubting whether Xu Muhua was just trying to fool her.
Obviously, the female ghost looked like she wanted to kill her and replace her, but why did she seem to be suppressed by Xu Muhua when she came to Xu Muhua?
"Did your Majesty encounter the same thing as me?"
Xu Muhua asked tentatively.
She would give Concubine Zhang another chance. If she confessed the matter honestly, she would help her. Otherwise, even if she helped the female ghost to find out the truth, she would definitely teach Concubine Zhang a lesson! If
it were other timid noble ladies, they would be frightened to death if they encountered such a thing! If they were weaker, they would probably be frightened to the point of falling ill, and that would be it!
She was fine, she was lucky!
Concubine Zhang did not say anything, her eyes stared straight ahead, not knowing what she was thinking, a little dazed.
After a long while, she retracted her gaze and fell on Xu Muhua, her eyes deep, "Yes, I also met that woman, she is a female ghost, she has been haunting me in my dreams, I was forced to do nothing but try my best."
Xu Muhua was speechless.
So she was the dead horse? An accident?
What a damn luck!
Xu Muhua was silent and asked, "Your Majesty is a noble lady in the palace and is always favored. How could a female ghost get close to your Majesty?"
Concubine Zhang paused, gave a look to her trusted nanny, and waited for the nanny to go out to guard before she lowered her voice and said to Xu Muhua, "I suspect that the female ghost was a person in the palace when she was alive, and her status is not lower than mine!"
Otherwise, how could she get close to her?
Xu Muhua thought seriously for a while, then looked at Concubine Zhang and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, I am willing to help you share your worries and solve your problems!"
"Can you do it?"
Concubine Zhang looked at her suspiciously.
Xu Muhua was unhappy.
Not only men don't like to be suspected, women don't like it either!
"Your Majesty said that we should just give it a try. After all, the female ghost didn't do anything to me in my dream. Everything has its reasons. I believe there must be a reason why the female ghost came to your Majesty! As long as we figure it out, the problem can be solved!"
Concubine Zhang asked, "What do you want to do?"
Xu Muhua smiled, "Your Majesty, don't worry about this. But if I can help your Majesty solve this problem..."
Should I get some reward or something? She doesn't want to work for free!
Concubine Zhang laughed angrily again, "Isn't it your honor to let you do things for me?"
"Yes, it is my honor, but this person is like a horse. If you want the horse to run fast, how can you do it without food?"
You have to hang a carrot in front of the donkey!
Seeing her smiling face, Concubine Zhang narrowed her eyes, then smiled brightly, "As long as you help me solve this problem, I will be your backer in the future, and you will be my good sister!"
That should be all right, right?
Who knew that Xu Muhua's expression suddenly changed, and she shook her head and waved her hands, "No, no, no, I can't stand being your good sister, and I have no interest in entering the palace!"
How old is the emperor!
After understanding what Xu Muhua meant, Concubine Zhang couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said half mockingly and half amusingly: "You want to enter the palace with your beauty? Dream on!"
"Yes, yes, only someone like you is worthy of entering the palace!"
Concubine Zhang frowned.
Why does it sound like this is a sarcasm to her? But it is true, indeed, only a woman with her talent and beauty is worthy of entering the palace.
"Your Majesty, then this matter is settled, I will find out the truth and solve it as soon as possible!"
Concubine Zhang said meaningfully: "If you really help me solve this matter, I will definitely do what I say. But if you fool me..."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, leave it to me!"
Xu Muhua just wanted to use Concubine Zhang to check the situation of the concubines in the palace. If she could find out, she could save a lot of time and trouble. Otherwise, she is in the dark now, and there are only five short days. What can she find out? She is neither Di Renjie nor Bao Zheng!
Of course, the two helpers of Daban and Xiaoban are absolutely indispensable!
Under the pretext of wanting to take a walk to see if she could find any clues, Xu Muhua led a maid assigned by Concubine Zhang and, relying on her excellent memory, they walked and stopped to the place where Daban and Xiaoban built their nests. After sending the maid away, she suppressed her voice and called out.
"Brothers, brothers, are you there?"
This time, Xu Muhua didn't have to call out to the two brothers and they flew down from a tree.
"Ah, you're not dead?"
Xiaoban was surprised.
Xu Muhua was unhappy, "Look at what you said, I'm supposed to live a hundred years, how could I die so early? Bah bah bah!"
Don't you know that she hates this the most?
"Do you two brothers know what's going on? What's the origin of the ghost in Concubine Zhang's palace? I say you are really mean. You knew what I would encounter that day but you didn't warn me."
"If we had warned you in advance, wouldn't you be more scared? Ignorance is bliss!"
Xu Muhua laughed, "You know a lot, and I know that ignorance is bliss."
Xiaoban raised his head proudly, "Of course, I am the smartest bird in the palace!"
If it admits to being second, no bird dares to claim to be first!
"Since you are so smart, then okay, I want to ask you for help with something now. With your intelligence, you must know it!"
Before saying anything, Xu Muhua put on a compliment to Xiaoban.
Xiaoban was stunned for a moment, and his green bean-sized bird eyes blinked, flashing with confusion.
Why does it feel like she was deliberately setting a trap for it when she praised it before? But it has no evidence.
Xiaoban looked at his older brother.
Daban lowered his head and preened his feathers.
Silly brother, they can't fight against cunning humans!
Without waiting for the two birds to react, Xu Muhua made her request.
Xiaoban didn't deliberately tease her. After listening, he said honestly: "We do know that thing exists, but we don't know the details. Don't you see how old we two brothers are."
They are only three years old! But that thing has been dead for who knows how many years! Otherwise, why is the skill so deep? It must have been dead for many years and has been practicing for a long time!
Xu Muhua frowned.
Oh, she really didn't think of this.
"However, since we are brothers, we can still help you find the ancestors of the tribe to see if we can find out something."