Chapter 40 Corpse
Under the rolling black smoke, dazzling flames flashed in the direction of Fengchun Palace, like waves rising and falling, roaring in Shen Sui's ears. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team
The heat wave hit his face.
He suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably. He had a fear of fire that ordinary people could not understand. Ordinary people avoid fire because of the burning pain, but he was afraid of fire because as soon as he approached the flames, it was as if his whole body was pricked by fine needles, as if those flames could burn his skin out of thin air.
"The fire has broken out - put out the fire!"
"Quick, get more water!"
Shen Sui rode into the Yuning Palace and reined in his horse in front of the Fengchun Palace, where the flames were blazing. It seemed as if there was a demon in his body that wanted to tear his skin apart. He tried to hold back the bulging veins on his forehead and grabbed a eunuch with a pale face and asked, "Where is she? Which palace did she go to to avoid the fire?"
The eunuch was in a panic, "I don't know, I haven't seen the queen in the Yuning Palace, but don't worry..."
Before he could finish his words, he was thrown away by Shen Sui, "Waste."
This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team.
Shen Sui brought a bucket of water, With a subconscious action that he himself could not believe, he walked towards Fengchun Palace. The further he walked, the louder the sound of the burning fire in his ears became, like an inescapable curse.
He gritted his teeth tightly, the hot air was like a pair of invisible big hands holding him tightly, and it became difficult to breathe. While splashing out the water in the bucket, he was suddenly pulled by two eunuchs. The next moment, a burning beam fell where he was standing.
"Your Highness, be careful!"
"Your Highness, you can rest, let the servants put out the fire, the queen is blessed by heaven, and she will be fine!"
Shen Sui did not say anything.
Perhaps for the first time in his life, he wanted to ask God to protect her and keep her safe.
Shen Sui said in a deep voice: "Send some more people to look for the Third Prince's wife near Yuning Palace. We will not stop until we find her."
"Yes."
...
After an unknown amount of time, the fire was finally extinguished.
Shen Sui kicked away the charred wood that blocked the way. At that moment, a panic arose in his heart that he could not explain. He thought that he hoped not to find her here.
Perhaps it was because he had taken too many lives and done too many bad things, but the gods and Buddhas did not fulfill his wishes.
Right where he could see, just within his reach, a charred corpse was pressed down by a huge piece of wood that had long been unrecognizable, with only carbon-black hands and feet exposed.
Shen Sui suppressed the chill in his heart and lifted the wood with several eunuchs.
The corpse was exposed.
It was a woman, the same size as Wuchun, without a single piece of good flesh on her body. When Shen Sui was moving her silently, a golden hairpin fell out from somewhere. It was the only thing that could remain intact in the fire.
Shen Sui clearly remembered that he gave this hairpin to Wuchun.
"Have you found the queen?" His throat seemed to have been burned by fire, and it was terribly hoarse.
"Your Highness, none of the people who went to search for the queen have returned yet..."
Shen Sui closed his eyes, and the murderous rage in his chest suddenly surged like a cloud, "Get out of here!"
He stared at the corpse tightly, without blinking, as if she could come back alive this way. Gradually, there were more and more bloodshot in his eyes, and his beautiful phoenix eyes were scarlet. There was a dull pain in his chest, like a drop of ink smeared on rice paper, and the dull pain spread throughout his body. He felt that it hurt to breathe, and his internal organs seemed to be turned upside down.
Shen Sui had never thought that someone like her would die in a fire like this.
Wasn't she very smart? Didn't she dare to go against him in every way? Why could a mere fire take her life?
How is it possible? !
She had been at loggerheads with him for too long, and he had wanted to tame her for too long. He almost forgot that she was originally a petite princess.
Shen Sui picked up the body.
The groom in red, who was as graceful as a jade tree, held a burnt corpse with red eyes. The scene was incredibly weird.
This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team
Someone asked timidly: "Your Highness, Miss Cheng sent someone to ask when she can enter the Yuning Palace?"
After hearing this, Shen Sui swept a cold glance, like a knife, making the person asking the question shiver.
"Let her go back to the Cheng Mansion. If she wants to be a concubine, she needs to kowtow to her and offer tea. The wedding will not count until the ceremony is over."
"This..." The man wanted to say something, but seeing Shen Sui's evil look, he didn't dare to say more and walked away.
Shen Sui carried the body into the Xuanyang Palace, and the red dress was like a flame.
No one dared to follow him in.
...
In the next few days, the people below couldn't figure out what Shen Sui was going to do.
He asked them to deliver white satin, went to the capital of the Manchu Empire to look for preservatives, and bought gorgeous and exquisite brocade clothes, even the sizes were determined by him.
Ordinary servants could not enter the Xuanyang Palace, and only Chang An could go in occasionally to deliver some things.
For the first time, Chang An regretted his choice to follow Shen Sui.
He was too crazy.
When he went in, the Xuanyang Palace was dark. Even in the daytime, there was only a faint light because of a layer of gauze on the windows. The doors and windows were closed, and even the air seemed dead.
Shen Sui was hidden in a dark corner, his figure blending into the surrounding shadows.
In front of him, where there was a faint light, there was a person sitting...
Oh no, to be precise, it was a corpse.
The corpse was wearing a gorgeous dress. The bright and flaming dress was spread out on the ground for a long time. It was embroidered with golden threads of hundreds of flowers and inlaid with bright pearls. There were probably no more than two clothing houses in the entire imperial capital that could make such clothes.
The exposed part was tightly wrapped with white cloth, so tightly that no trace of burnt black could be seen.
If Chang An had not known that the Third Prince had brought the Empress's corpse into the Yuning Palace, he would probably have thought that the puppet standing here was specially made in the clothing house to display clothes.
Chang An was frightened when he looked at the corpse.
Shen Sui was carving a jade hairpin.
Chang An went in to deliver the meal, and placed it next to Shen Sui. He said
, "Your Highness, please have your meal." Just as he was about to leave, Shen Sui suddenly called him. He said calmly, "You forgot to call the Queen."
Chang An felt a chill all over his body, and pinched himself secretly to make sure that this was not a nightmare. He tried his best to steady his voice and said, "I am guilty. Your Highness, please have your meal with the Queen. I will go get the meal for the Queen."
Fortunately, he had been with Shen Sui for so long that he reacted very quickly.
Every day after that, Shen Sui would change the clothes for the corpse, and Chang An would change the clothes every day when he went.
On the seventh day, Chang An went to deliver medicine, and Shen Sui was eating. There was also a bowl of rice in front of the corpse opposite. Desserts and other things were piled in front of the corpse.
Chang An put down the bottle of preservative pills, "Your Highness, here's the medicine you asked for."
As he was closer to the corpse, he could smell a faint stench of decay.
Even the best preservatives are still just mortal things, how can they stop a corpse from decaying?
Chang An endured the discomfort and retreated, not knowing who to ask to persuade His Highness.
As he walked, he thought, if His Highness was this crazy, he might even sleep on the same bed with a corpse at night.
It was scary just to think about it.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
