Chapter 954 Is it cursed?
The next day, Xie Shang did not rush to the morning court. Instead, he had Wuxin deliver the memorials to Kunning Palace. He got up before dawn to review the memorials that had been sent overnight.
Jiang Fenghua knew he had only slept for two hours, and she still felt sorry for Xie Shang. She got up early and went to the small kitchen to make him breakfast. The couple were busy with their own things, but they were getting along well.
Gongsun Lan deliberately waited until dawn before leisurely arriving. She felt somewhat uneasy as she walked to the door. She didn't know why she felt depressed after witnessing Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua doing that. After returning to her room, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep, her mind racing. In fact, she knew that their affair had nothing to do with her.
"Miss Gongsun." Jiang Fenghua had just returned from the small kitchen when she bumped into her lingering outside the door.
"Your Majesty the Empress," Gongsun Lan said calmly.
Jiang Fenghua smiled faintly, "His Majesty is working in his room. Is Miss Gongsun here to see His Majesty?" She deliberately probed, looking at the distraught Gongsun Lan.
Unexpectedly, Gongsun Lan blurted out, "I'm looking for the Empress."
Jiang Fenghua paused, her smile deepening. "Miss Gongsun sought me out again regarding our journey to the Ghost Realm."
Gongsun Lan said, "I remember now. I once saw this kind of floral pattern on your forehead in a book. It is a curse."
Jiang Fenghua said, "Does Miss Gongsun mean that I am cursed, which is why I have inexplicably grown red spider lily flowers on my forehead?"
"I don't know. Perhaps you are cursed, someone wants to harm you, or something else." Gongsun Lan continued, "It is said that the red spider lily is the flower of hell. It is a flower that grows from the accumulation of resentment. When Your Majesty discovered the mark between your eyebrows, did anything else happen?"
Jiang Fenghua thought of the dream she had, in which the woman kept telling her to kill Xie Shang. She didn't know why, but sometimes she really had the urge to kill him. However, she controlled herself. She didn't have that deep hatred for Xie Shang. In this life, she only wanted to secure her throne and protect her children. If Xie Shang really died, it wouldn't do her any good.
Now all she wants to know is who harbors resentment towards Xie Shang and who wants to kill him.
"Empress Jiang?" Gongsun Lan called out to her when she didn't speak.
Jiang Fenghua snapped out of her daze and said, "Thank you, Miss Lanlan."
"Just call me Lanlan." Gongsun Lan felt that she was being too distant, and she was becoming more and more curious about why such a strange thing had happened to Jiang Fenghua.
Jiang Fenghua added, "Lanlan didn't have breakfast, did she? I've personally prepared some dishes that His Majesty likes. Come inside and eat together."
Gongsun Lan didn't stand on ceremony and sat down at the dining table with Jiang Fenghua. Xie Shang asked as usual, "What were Lanlan and the Empress talking about just now?"
Gongsun Lan didn't hide anything and told him about the "curse," adding, "Xiao Shang told me some things about the ancient Yinchuan Kingdom. I speculate that if the ancient Yinchuan Kingdom really existed, its demise might have been due to a curse. Even with dynastic changes, it's impossible for the entire country to disappear. The red spider lily between Empress Jiang's eyebrows is a kind of curse. There's a record in a miscellaneous book that the way to break the curse is to eliminate the resentment in one's heart..."
Xie Shang said, "Isn't it because of the ancient Yinchuan Kingdom's secret technique of bringing the dead back to life?"
"There are indeed many people in the world who want to pursue immortality and eternal life, but all their efforts are in vain. Empress Jiang's experience is indeed that of a lucky person who has the eyes of God. Rather than believing in any secret technique of rebirth, I believe more that it is a curse. The flower between Empress Jiang's eyebrows is the best proof."
Jiang Fenghua suddenly felt a little nervous. If it wasn't the rebirth technique that brought her here, then what was the reason? Xiao Shang had also been searching for the truth behind his arrival here, and Zhang Yumo was the same as them. Why did she become a curse? Was it a curse placed on her by the person in her dream?
Jiang Fenghua said, "Let Lanlan and I go to the Ghost Realm first. Maybe we'll find out what's going on once we get there."
She planned to bring Zhang Yumo along.
Xiao Shang was taken back to the manor by Xiao Yu yesterday; it's not suitable for a man like him to live in the palace.
After discussing it for a while, the group still couldn't come up with a solution. Xie Shang had a lot of state affairs to deal with, and he couldn't go anywhere right now, so he sent his personal guards to protect Jiang Fenghua's safety.
He said, "Let's wait until the rain subsides before setting off. I'll be waiting for your news in the palace."
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Jiang Fenghua's carriage stopped at the entrance of the Jiang residence. She did not get out of the carriage, but instead asked Aoxue to invite Zhang Yumo out.
When Zhang Yumo saw Jiang Fenghua, she was surprised and quickly bowed, saying, "This humble woman greets Your Majesty the Empress. Why didn't you go inside when Your Majesty returned?"
Gongsun Lan and Jiang Fenghua were riding in the same carriage. She said, "I won't go in. Sister-in-law, go back to your room and pack your things so we can leave the capital together!"
Zhang Yumo asked in confusion, "Where are you going after leaving Beijing? I'm not going. I promised your older brother I would stay home to take care of Xiao Chu." The last sentence was an excuse.
Jiang Fenghua didn't want to beat around the bush with her anymore. "I know you're no longer my sister-in-law. At least in your heart, you've never acknowledged your relationship with Jiang Jinyan, nor have you ever acknowledged being Xiao Chu's mother. You've also been secretly working for the Zhang family all along."
Zhang Yumo was stunned and a little nervous. "What is the Empress saying? This humble woman does not understand."
"I know you understand." The reason Jiang Fenghua was so cold to her was entirely because she had indeed been using Jiang Jinyan's name to help the Zhang family deal with things, and she was also holding onto the dowry that Old Madam Zhang had given her. This money was hers, and the Jiang family had no right to interfere, but it was too much of a betrayal for her to use the dowry that Old Madam Zhang had left for her granddaughter to scheme and bribe at every turn.
She had people secretly investigate all of this.
The Zhang Yumo of today seems to be a completely different person from the Zhang Yumo of the past. Now she is selfish, whereas before she was a talented woman who clearly distinguished between love and hate.
Jiang Fenghua stared at her face and suddenly remembered what Gongsun Lan had said. Could it be that she was also cursed? But she didn't have the red spider lily flower decoration between her eyebrows!
Zhang Yumo felt uneasy under her gaze. Her fingers, hidden in her sleeve, clenched tightly. She touched the mark on her other wrist with one hand, which was almost identical to the flower decoration on Empress Jiang's forehead.
She didn't know what was going on either.
Zhang Yumo could not possibly disobey the Empress's orders. After much struggle, she finally made up her mind to leave Shengjing with Jiang Fenghua.
Upon seeing this, Gongsun Lan exclaimed, "Do you have a grudge against her?"
"No," Jiang Fenghua replied.
"Then why are you wearing such a cold face?" Gongsun Lan asked again.
Jiang Fenghua had been searching for the answer. Even if Zhang Yumo had been reborn like her, she was still kind. So why had her personality changed?
Zhang Yumo's abnormal behavior makes her seem like someone who is under some kind of curse.
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