In the palace.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Liu beside His Majesty has requested an audience. He said he wants you to go see His Majesty." The blue-clothed palace maid quickly glanced at the graceful figure behind the screen and said with lowered eyebrows.
"No!" The Concubine Shu inside was a little panicked. If you listened carefully, you would find that her voice was a little childish, not at all like the voice of a woman in her thirties. "Lan Yi, send him away immediately. I absolutely cannot show up at this time."
"But..." Lan Yi hesitated, "Your Majesty, this isn't going to work. His Majesty's words are golden. If you keep refusing, you'll incur the wrath of Heaven and there'll be no way around it."
"I know!" Concubine Shu said excitedly, "Do you think I don't understand this?! His Majesty is gradually aging, and dead animals are appearing everywhere in the palace and the capital. Rumors are circulating inside and outside the palace that a demon is bringing disaster to the world. If others saw me like this, they would probably think I was the demon!"
As she spoke, she suddenly knocked over the bronze mirror on the dressing table.
The bronze mirror vibrated on the ground and finally stopped, facing up.
It dimly illuminates the person next to you.
Looking closely, the person in the mirror had a childish face, like an unmarried girl, with skin as tight, tender and smooth as snow, and extremely delicate and tempting.
She is beautiful, but the hostility between her eyebrows reduces her beauty quite a bit.
Lan Yi heard the noise, her heart as calm as before, but her face was filled with panic. She knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, please calm down. It was my fault for not being considerate. I will go tell Eunuch Liu that you have caught a cold and I'm afraid it will be passed on to Your Majesty!"
After saying that, she hurriedly got up and staggered out.
Seeing this, Concubine Shu fell on the round stool in front of the dressing table. Looking at her young and fair hands, she didn't feel happy at all.
She didn't know what was wrong with her. She was getting younger and younger. At first she was very happy, but later she gradually realized that something was wrong. She seemed to have reversed her growth in a short period of time, and even her bones were getting smaller and smaller. She suspected that she was poisoned, but the imperial physician could not find anything. Instead, he said that her body was healthier.
Then she discovered that His Majesty was aging rapidly. The strangest thing was that she would dream from time to time that she had turned into a fox, hunting animals everywhere. When she woke up the next day, there was dried blood under her nails.
Originally, she thought she was possessed by evil spirits and wanted to ask some wizards to exorcise the evil spirits. However, three days ago, a fortune teller who claimed to be a descendant of the Ji family, a thousand-year-old witch clan, came to the palace to meet the emperor. He said that a demon had come to the world and would bring disaster to the world, but this demon was cunning and could hide its evil spirit, so it could not be found immediately.
For a time, people were in panic and rumors spread.
After hearing this, she thought about the changes in herself and didn't dare to go out to see anyone, for fear of being caught as a monster.
Concubine Shu was not stupid and guessed that someone had deliberately framed her, but she could not imagine that there was such a power to make a person age backwards.
Lan Yi left the bedroom and saw Eunuch Liu who had been waiting for a long time. She hurried forward and asked, "What did the Concubine Shu say?"
Lan Yi made a bitter face and shook his head, "Eunuch Liu, the queen has caught a cold these past few days and I'm afraid she won't be able to serve His Majesty."
Hearing this, Eunuch Liu frowned, his expression unsatisfactory. "Madam Shufei has been suffering from a cold for seven or eight days. Why hasn't she recovered yet?"
Lan Yi looked embarrassed: "This... Your Majesty has been feeling weak recently..."
"Are you weak or do you want to disobey the order?!" Eunuch Liu interrupted her harshly with a cold expression.
His Majesty is just unwell and wants to see the Concubine Shu, but he has been rejected time and time again. Even though the other ladies in the palace are afraid of His Majesty's current appearance, they will pretend to see her, but the Concubine Shu simply refuses to see him, which is a waste of His Majesty's love for her!
Lan Yi was startled and knelt trembling. "Eunuch Liu, calm down. The queen has indeed caught a cold. I'm afraid it will be passed on to Your Majesty, making the situation worse. I was just following your instructions."
"You! Good, very good! I will report to His Majesty now!" Eunuch Liu waved his sleeves and snorted coldly.
After the people walked away, the man in blue with his head down slowly put away his frightened expression and looked calm.
…
As the sky gradually darkened, Murong Xing, who was guarding outside the exit, paced back and forth anxiously.
The soldiers behind him had already lit torches and were looking around vigilantly to avoid being attacked by wild beasts.
Seeing her young lady walking around, Luoluo felt dizzy. "Miss, please sit down and rest for a while. You have been walking for two hours."
Murong Xing looked at her with a worried look in his eyes, "It's been so long, why haven't they come out yet?"
After searching for half a month, I finally got some clues. I hope I can find Yan Xi and the others this time.
Luoluo opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopping herself, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Miss, look, there are lights and figures, it must be Master Chu and the others!"
Murong Xing looked back and saw a group of people walking towards them, getting closer and closer.
"Brother Chu!" Her eyes lit up and she trotted over. Seeing Xiao Jingwen behind him and Yan Xi on his back, she was overjoyed. "Yan..."
Before he could finish his words, he met Xiao Jingwen's cold eyes and his words got stuck in his throat.
"He's asleep."
Murong Xing kept his mouth shut, but his eyes were fixed on the person sleeping on his back. His heart finally calmed down and the corners of his mouth curled up.
Xiao Jingwen glanced at her, with a cold and handsome face, and walked in front without saying a word.
Murong Xing looked at his back, confused, "What's wrong with the Ninth Prince?" She felt that he was reluctant to let her get close to Yan Xi and didn't even allow her to look at her.
Chu Junyao's eyes flickered, and he pursed his lips, his mind slightly confused. He seemed to be explaining but also making excuses for himself. "Yanxi fell and hurt herself on the way here. She was in pain all the way and finally fell asleep. The Ninth Prince probably didn't want Yanxi to be woken up."
"Yan Xi fell and got hurt?" Murong Xing suddenly looked nervous. "Is it serious?"
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