Chapter 15: Ghosts Concubine

Li Guifei didn’t really come to see her, but since all the other high-ranking concubines had come, it would be inappropriate for her not to come, and the emperor would think she was petty.

After being stopped outside the door, she didn’t even get off the sedan chair, and asked Layue to hand the supplements to Xi Que and returned to her own palace.

Jiang Zhaoyi had come to see her with the emperor during the day, and this time she came to give Jiang Xinyue some medicinal herbs as usual and left.

At night, it was Jiang Zhaoyi who lit the lights in the palace, and the emperor did not come to Xihe Hall.

Frost River was a little disappointed about this: "Didn't the emperor say that he would come to see our master later? Why did he go to Jiang Zhaoyi's palace?"

"It is the emperor's freedom to go wherever he wants. You just say this in front of me. If I hear you say it outside, I will not forgive you."

Jiang Xinyue seldom loses her temper, so the first time she scolded Frost River, she seemed very stern.

She took the opportunity to say to the palace maids and eunuchs serving inside: "I have a good temper, but that's when you are not doing anything wrong. If I find out which of you is gossiping outside, saying bad things about our masters, and even implicates the Xihe Palace, don't blame me for not reminding you. I will not save a servant like this even if he is beaten to death. Do you understand?"

"I dare not."

"I dare not."

"All of you go down!"

It would be better if Emperor Xuanwu didn't come!

Jiang Xinyue was too lazy to pretend to be weak. She lay on the bed and let Xi Que and Shuangjiang serve her. The palace maids did not dare to neglect her and provided her with delicious food and drink. Her life was so carefree.

Seven days passed in a flash, and today is Jiang Cainu's seventh day.

It was true that she was frightened, but not to the point of fainting. Jiang Xinyue was just too lazy to deal with those women in the harem. If she was fine and nothing happened, there would probably be many basins of dirty water waiting to be poured on her.

That's why she pretended to be too frightened. The doctors in the Imperial Hospital have been dealing with women in the harem for many years, and they are all very smart and know what to say and what not to say.

Besides, Jiang Xinyue didn't lie, she just exaggerated a little.

Jiang Yutong hanged herself in a bright red dress. Jiang Zhaoyi said that it was to come back for revenge on the seventh day.

So, Jiang Xinyue pretended to be sick for seven days.

She wanted to see who would pretend to be a ghost to scare her.

During these seven days, Emperor Xuanwu went to Concubine Li's place for two nights, and to Concubine De's and Concubine Liang's palaces for one night each. Among the group of beautiful women who entered the palace with Jiang Xinyue, there was another one named Su Guiren of the seventh rank. The emperor also stayed at her place for two nights. There was one night when he didn't turn over the cards, and he slept alone in Chengqian Palace.

Although she didn't come to Xihe Palace, she would reward her with a plate of cakes, a bunch of lotus flowers, and a piece of clothing every now and then...

So although Su Guiren's popularity has surpassed Zhen Ronghua's in the past few days, the palaces still dare not neglect her.

The dark night was gloomy, and even the moon hid in the clouds. The wind outside howled coldly, and from time to time you could hear the rustling of leaves in the wind.

Suddenly, a dark shadow passed by the window, but it was terrifyingly quiet outside, as if the darkness was going to swallow everything.

"Whoosh--"

A gust of wind blew, and the window of the bedroom was blown open. The candles in the lanterns were all blown out, and only a few faint lights came out of the lanterns under the eaves of the door.

Xi Que and Shuang Jiang were so scared that they hugged each other, closing their eyes tightly, and did not dare to open them to look.

Their master said that if they were afraid, they should close their eyes, and she would capture all the demons and monsters.

The palace maids and eunuchs in Xihe Palace were ordered not to go out tonight, and their master had to catch the ghost himself.

"Dang!"

Suddenly, in the gusts of cold wind, a female ghost with loose hair, red clothes and white face fell upside down from the window.

Shuangjiang couldn't help but open his eyes, and was immediately frightened to death. He closed his eyes again, shaking his head and shouting: "Ah! Ahhhhh... Ah! Ahhhhh... Ghost..."

Xi Que couldn't help but secretly open one eye. She didn't shout, but she was scared and her face turned pale, and her eyes were wide open.

Jiang Xinyue made a "tsk" sound, rolled her eyes, walked up directly, grabbed the "female ghost" and threw it to the ground. It turned out to be just a fake cloth man.

This female ghost was too fake, far worse than the horror haunted house that Jiang Xinyue played in later lives.

She was chasing real NPCs in the haunted house. Players on the blacklist of major haunted houses, and there was a terrifying existence of female ghost NPCs kneeling and begging for mercy.

These little tricks are really not enough.

Frost's cry stopped. She looked at Jiang Xinyue, then at the "female ghost" on the ground. It seemed as if some faith in her heart was collapsing.

Where is the delicate beauty?

"Shua!"

There was another black shadow behind her, and the voice of a female ghost came: "Sister... I died so tragically~ You came down to accompany me~ Ah ah ah ah ah..."

Before the female ghost finished her words, Jiang Xinyue quickly pushed the window, grabbed her throat, and dragged her in from the rope hanging outside the window.

"Xi Que, turn on the lights!"

Candles were lit in the room, and the female ghost on the ground showed the shadow of a living person. She dodged and dared not let people see her face clearly.

Frost and Xi Que held her down on the left and right, pushed her hair aside, and screamed in surprise: "Hongxi? Why are you here?"

Hongxi in Concubine Chu's palace was already an abandoned chess piece.

"Creaky--"

The door of the bedroom was pushed open, and Emperor Xuanwu appeared at the door with a shy face: "Wang Dequan, go and invite the queen to come over, and go to Changchun Palace to bring Concubine Chu with you."

Jiang Xinyue threw Hongxi aside, ran over and threw herself into Emperor Xuanwu's arms: "Your Majesty, you haven't come to see me for so long, have you forgotten me?"

Emperor Xuanwu hugged her soft waist back: "Little conscienceless, if I forgot you, how could I let Wang Dequan send you things every day?"

He didn't come because he wanted the murderer to relax his vigilance and think that he didn't care about Zhen Ronghua, so that the other party could attack Xihe Palace without scruples.

Jiang Xinyue could guess what he was thinking, so she didn't really get angry, at most she was just being coquettish and acting a little bit.

"I think my beloved concubine is quite brave. She even dares to catch ghosts with her bare hands."

He and Wang Dequan brought the guards to guard outside the Xihe Palace early in the morning. Sure enough, they saw five or six eunuchs and palace maids dressed as female ghosts in red and sneaked into the Xihe Palace.

He originally thought that he could be a hero and save the beauty, so that this young woman's admiration for him would rise to a higher level.

However, he did not expect that she was not afraid at all, but was very "brave", which made Emperor Xuanwu have a new understanding of her.

Jiang Xinyue raised her eyebrows proudly, and said a little arrogantly: "I don't believe in the gods and ghosts. Even if there are ghosts in this world, how dare they show up in the palace? The emperor is a true dragon emperor, who can scare away all the demons and monsters in this world. I don't believe in ghosts, so it must be someone pretending to be a god, what is there to be afraid of?"

This flattery really hit the heart of Emperor Xuanwu.