That night, after Feng Guang watched over Xian Mo until he fell asleep, she floated out of the window again. If Xian Mo hadn't fallen asleep, she wouldn't have had a chance to float out, because before going to sleep, he would always talk to Feng Guang to make sure she was by his side. Finally, when he couldn't stay awake any longer, this meaningless chat would come to an end.
After chasing away the chirping insects as usual, she was about to float back to rest when a different bright spot in the sky caught her attention—it was a Kongming lantern.
Actually, there was no rule in the palace that prohibited the release of lanterns. Every year during the Lantern Festival, many palace maids would release lanterns. But today was not the Lantern Festival, and this Kongming lantern was different from ordinary Kongming lanterns. It had blue light inside. Along the way, many imperial guards, eunuchs, and palace maids passed by, but no one looked up at this lantern.
Does this mean that...ordinary people cannot see this lamp?
Taking advantage of her identity as a ghost, Fengguang floated up with the Kongming lantern, and curiosity told her to go and find out what was going on.
I don't know how long it floated, passing through several palaces. The Kongming lantern gradually descended in height. Fengguang stared blankly at the entrance of a magnificent palace in front of him, where the plaque above read "Fengyi Palace".
Without stopping, the lamp flew straight inside.
The scenery followed closely behind.
Beneath a pear tree stood a woman in a plain white dress. She slightly raised her hand, and the lantern landed on her fair palm. Her exquisite face showed neither joy nor anger, and her cool eyes held no other color. After quietly gazing at the lantern for a while, she opened her hand, and the Kongming lantern, shimmering with blue light, was burned to ashes in her palm. Finally, the blue flame disappeared without leaving any ash.
"Little girl, where did you come from, wandering spirit?" The woman turned her head, a hint of a smile on her face.
Feng Guang stood there for a while, looking around. There was no one else there. Then she realized that the woman was talking to her. She floated in front of her. "Can you see me?"
"I'm not blind, why can't I see you?" The woman smiled, her beauty surpassing even the pear blossoms in full bloom.
Feng Guang stared at her for a while, then reached out her hand, and a white petal passed through her palm. She said, "It's not the season for pear blossoms to bloom now."
"Plum blossoms can bloom whenever I want to see them, it's nothing special."
She inexplicably believed she had this ability, but felt even more uncertain. "You are... Her Majesty the Empress?"
"It is indeed I." She smiled, her previous coldness and loneliness completely replaced by elegance and composure.
This is Rong Tingxue, the young lady of the Prime Minister's family, and the current Empress.
"She's so beautiful, she should naturally be the Empress," Feng Guang thought to herself, then asked, "What are you doing standing outside so late?"
"What are you doing out so late?"
"I'm a ghost, so of course I should be floating around outside at night."
“I couldn’t sleep, so I came out for a walk.” Rong Tingxue added, “Judging from your appearance, you don’t look like a ghost.”
"If I don't have a body, what am I if not a ghost?"
"There are many ways for a person's soul to leave their body; it's not just about becoming a soul after death."
"You mean... there's still hope for me?" She couldn't believe it; even the system couldn't do anything about it, yet this Empress could actually have a solution.
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