Chapter 629 Those who fear ghosts have a guilty conscience.
The night was as dark as ink, and the winter wind carried fine snowflakes. The wind howled and swept over the deep palace walls. White sails were hung all over Shou Kang Palace, and white lanterns were hung all around. The dim yellow light reflected on the two coffins in the main hall, making them look particularly cold and gloomy.
The palace maids and eunuchs on duty around the perimeter dared not get too close. They all hid in a corner and discussed among themselves, "The fetus that Consort Pan died in childbirth suddenly came out of her womb. It was a boy. What a tragedy!"
"Consort Zhu was too cruel. She couldn't have children herself, so she was unhappy to see anyone giving birth, so she tried to harm other people's children. Fortunately, the murderer was caught, which finally gave the two deceased empresses and the imperial heirs an explanation."
"They died such a tragic death. Could it be that they really will come back to take Consort Zhu's life, just as Her Majesty the Empress said?"
"Don't scare people. Consort Zhu has already been taken away by the Imperial Clan Court. If you want to take her life, go to the Imperial Clan Court and find Consort Zhu. Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. Consort Jing and Consort Jieyu, go find the person who killed you!"
“We servants have served you diligently, so we’ll burn more paper money for you so you’ll have money to spend when you get there.”
The palace maids chatted for a while and then left.
At this moment, seeing that the palace maids and eunuchs had all left, Granny Li sneaked up to the coffin, kowtowed three times, and muttered, "I didn't want to harm you. The grievances have their perpetrators, and the debts have their debtors. Go find someone else!"
She pulled a strip of cloth from her sleeve and was about to throw it into the brazier.
The lantern beside the coffin suddenly went out, plunging the surroundings into darkness. The person inside the coffin suddenly sat up in front of her, terrifying Granny Li to the point of utter panic. She kept muttering, "The grievances have their perpetrators, the debts have their debtors, don't come looking for me."
Terrified, Granny Li fled back to the Empress Dowager's bedchamber. Just then, a cold wind swept by, and Granny Li's steps abruptly halted. In front of her, a dark figure dressed in blood had appeared out of nowhere. In the darkness, the person's face was covered in blood, and her protruding belly resembled that of the Consort Jieyu in the coffin.
Granny Li closed her eyes, "Don't kill me, it wasn't me, it was the Empress Dowager..."
She waited for a moment, but the pregnant shadow did not attack her. When she opened her eyes, the shadow had disappeared. She ran towards the Empress Dowager's palace, shouting, "She's come back to life! Empress Dowager, I saw Consort Pan sitting up covered in blood!"
The Empress Dowager slapped her coldly, "What nonsense are you talking about? The person is completely dead, how can he still sit up?"
"Really? If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see."
Granny Li helped the Empress Dowager out of the palace and stood in the corridor watching from afar.
People were busy setting up the mourning hall, everything seemed normal, and the lanterns next to the coffin were also lit with a faint light, making it seem even more gloomy and desolate.
Seeing this, Granny Li murmured, "It wasn't like this just now."
The Empress Dowager glanced at the Imperial Guards around her, then stormed back to her room. "I never imagined his son would be even more cold-blooded and ruthless, treating me like a prisoner. When Jiang Fenghua came to the Hengyang Palace to see me, she didn't take me seriously at all. I knew she was no ordinary woman; she has a seductive face that makes the Emperor listen to everything she says. If Jiang isn't eliminated, the Xie family's empire is in danger; it's truly doomed!"
Granny Li said worriedly, "They put the dead in Shou Kang Palace, it's really creepy."
"Do they think that by making me live under the same roof as the dead, I will be afraid? I've lived to this age and seen everything," the Empress Dowager said coldly.
She thought: "The throne should have been passed to Kang'er back then, and Xie Jing wouldn't have turned the Xie family's empire into such a devastated place. They have failed their ancestors! It is my fault for being useless and unable to save the Xie family's empire. This is all I can do for you in the end."
The concubines in the palace died, and the common people outside the palace also died. No one can expect to have a good New Year.
Suddenly, a blood-soaked figure appeared in the window. The dim candlelight illuminated the figure's face, and through the crack, the figure suddenly smiled inside. Granny Li was so frightened that she retreated repeatedly, crying out, "A ghost!"
The Empress Dowager also saw a figure flash by, and heard her angrily say, "Who is playing tricks? Come out."
Suddenly, the candles in her palace went out, plunging the entire room into complete darkness. The Empress Dowager called out sternly, "Li Mama!"
Granny Li grabbed the Empress Dowager's arm. "Empress Dowager, it really has risen from the dead! That head just now seemed to have a big belly. Could it be Consort Pan? She knows."
The Empress Dowager slapped Granny Li across the face, saying, "I've lived to this age and I've never even seen what a ghost looks like."
At this moment, a soft female voice rang in the Empress Dowager's ear, "Your Majesty, I thank you for the tea."
The Empress Dowager slammed her dragon-headed cane on the ground. "Who are you? Show yourself! I'm not afraid of you!"
"Your Majesty, I thank you for the tea." Another female voice rang out in the bedchamber, followed by the sound of a baby crying.
"Your Majesty, it's so cold here, and my child is so cold too. Your Majesty, please save him!"
The Empress Dowager retorted angrily, "Who is playing tricks? I am not afraid of you. There are no ghosts in this world! Humph! If I die in the palace, the news that the Emperor murdered my grandmother will spread throughout the world, and the shameful deeds of Emperor Huijing will be exposed. He plotted to usurp the throne and should have died long ago."
"Sun Yingniang, you vicious woman! You've ruined me so badly! Give me back my child! Give me back my child! Sun Yingniang, I'm so cold down there! You killed me! You killed my child with the Emperor!" Another woman's voice rang out in the air. "You're still so wicked! You've killed two more pregnant women! Sun Yingniang, what a cruel heart you have!"
At this moment, Granny Li was so frightened by the sudden appearance of the head that she fainted.
When the Empress Dowager heard someone call her name, and even heard that long-unheard voice, her pupils changed color. "Who are you?"
"Who am I? Hahaha... The person you killed, I've been waiting for you here all this time. You've finally returned, Sun Yingniang, Consort Sun, don't you remember who I am?"
"I am the Empress, not a Noble Consort. Come out here, I am not afraid of you." The Empress Dowager seemed to remember who she was. "Qin Yinshuang, it's you."
"No, you're long dead. Your bones have been burned to ashes. You're not Qin Yinshuang. Who are you? Come out! I'm not afraid of you." The Empress Dowager tried to remain calm, unaware that her forehead was covered in fine sweat.
"Your Majesty, I thank you for the tea." This time it was Zhang Jingjing's voice.
Then came Pan Nianru's voice, "Your Majesty, my stomach hurts so much. I drank tea and my stomach hurts. What kind of tea did you give me? It's so cold, and the baby is cold too."
"Consort Sun, why did you harm me, harm the child in my womb..." Qin Yinshuang's voice rang out again.
The Empress Dowager felt a splitting headache, dizziness, and the world spinning around her. She said, "I am Empress Sun, not Consort Sun. Shut up."
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