The Emperor and Liu Qiuchan were both puzzled when they saw Qin Shuang screaming in fear and running away.

The emperor was especially furious, thinking that Qin Shuang was deliberately demonstrating against him, so he ordered her palace to be closed.

But only Liu Qiuchan knew why Qin Shuang was so scared when he saw her.

"Zhan'er, judging from Qin Shuang's condition today, the time must have come. When do you plan to act?"

Late at night, Liu Qiuchan slowly took off her clothes and put them aside neatly, because they were the relics of Lin Zan's sister, the deceased Queen Lin.

Lin Zhan looked at the sky outside and said to Liu Qiuchan with a smile, "Sister, it's better to do it today than to wait for a day. Let's do it today."

After saying that, Lin Zhan brought a few people and quietly came to Qin Shuang's Mingde Palace.

Because the emperor sealed Qin Shuang's Mingde Palace, there were not many palace maids in the palace at the moment, and it was even more empty at night.

Qin Shuang lay on the bed but slept restlessly, his face was pale, and he murmured, "It's not me who hurt you, don't come to me, why are you pestering me?"

The horrifying nightmare woke Qin Shuang up suddenly. She sat on the bed, gasping for breath, but suddenly looked towards the window.

The cold wind was howling outside, but a figure was clearly reflected in the window.

"Who's outside?" Qin Shuang asked in a trembling voice.

But the figure on the window did not respond to her. Instead, it began to sway with the wind outside, swaying from side to side like a dead branch.

Qin Shuang bravely walked to the window, holding a hairpin tightly in her hand, and said through gritted teeth, "I have been in the harem for so many years, and I have seen all kinds of storms. I am not afraid of people or ghosts."

As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Shuang closed her eyes and suddenly opened the window. A gust of cold wind blew in her face. When she opened her eyes, she found that there was nothing outside.

At this moment, Qin Shuang did not feel relieved. Instead, her heart was lifted up because she felt there was someone behind her, and a cold breath was spraying on her neck.

"Princess Qin, long time no see, do you still remember me?"

A faint voice slowly sounded in her ears, sometimes far away, sometimes near, which was extremely terrifying.

Qin Shuang slowly turned around and found a woman with disheveled hair behind him.

The next second she fell to the ground, the jade hairpin in her hand broke into several pieces, her body went limp and she could no longer stand up.

"Who are you?" Only a few words were uttered with difficulty.

The figure laughed sinisterly. "How dare you, Concubine Qin. I am the queen, how dare you forget me."

After hearing these words, Qin Shuang was completely stunned. In an instant, she saw the clothes that the figure was wearing. Her pupils widened and her lips trembled and turned pale.

Because if she was not mistaken, that piece of clothing was exactly the old clothing of Queen Lin.

"By the Liuzi Lake, Princess Qin, I remember clearly what happened back then, and it's time to settle the debt." The figure continued, slowly approaching Qin Shuang with a gust of cold wind.

Qin Shuang screamed in fear, waving his hands wildly to prevent the figure from getting closer. "It wasn't me, get out of here!"

At this moment, a speechless fear surged into her heart, and at this moment, the candles in the room were suddenly lit.

Qin Shuang's personal maid came in and looked at the empress lying on the ground, talking incomprehensible words with a look of confusion on her face.

"What happened to your Excellency? Why are you so pale and sweating from fear? Maybe you had a nightmare." The palace maid slowly bent down to touch Qin Shuang.

Qin Shuang was startled when he felt someone touching him. He subconsciously waved his hand and slapped the palace maid in the face.

The crisp sound of the slap and the warm touch brought Qin Shuang back to his senses. He looked around helplessly, but found that there was no one else except the palace maid in front of him.

"Empress." Although the palace maid was slapped, she still knelt in front of Qin Shuang dutifully, lowered her head and called softly.

Finally, Qin Shuang exhaled the breath that was stuck in her throat. Her body softened and she fell to the ground, gasping for breath, and collapsed on the ground like a dead fish that had just been fished out of the river.

On the other side, Lin Zhan returned to Hanfang Pavilion with a serious look on his face. He secretly put the old clothes of Queen Lin that he was wearing into the bottom of the cabinet without attracting anyone's attention.

Soon, the news of the haunting in Mingde Palace gradually spread among the palace maids.

Moreover, Qin Shuang sent visiting cards to Yuxing Temple many times hoping to meet Taoist Wuxu, but was rejected every time. This made her become superstitious and she began to place her hopes on strange Taoist priests among the people.

Gradually, the sounds of Taoist priests and monks chanting could be heard from Mingde Palace from time to time, and even the doors and windows were covered with yellow talismans.

When Liu Qiuchan learned that Qin Shuang had gone so far, she was not angry at all. She even brought the emperor to see her one day.

"Nonsense! Come, drive these swindlers out for me." The emperor was furious when he saw that the courtyard of Mingde Palace was crowded with Taoists and monks.

He ordered people to drive all the Taoists and monks out. Qin Shuang saw this scene, her eyes were bloodshot, and she rushed over and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, this is my fate."

"If Your Majesty drives out all these Taoists and monks, I will be dead." Qin Shuang's face was as pale as paper.

During these days, she dreamed every night that the ghost of Queen Lin came to seek revenge on her. She could not sleep every night and was naturally tortured to the point of being emaciated.

The emperor kicked her away and said coldly, "My tolerance is limited. If you continue to make trouble in the harem, you will be sent to the cold palace to avoid annoying me."

Hearing the word "cold palace", Qin Shuang finally came back to her senses, with struggling emotions flowing in her eyes. She would rather not spend the rest of her life in the cold palace than become a ghost.

In the end, Qin Shuang let the Taoists and monks leave, but at this moment, a vague figure suddenly floated past the gate of Mingde Palace.

Qin Shuang was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground instantly. The mental torture for many days finally made her collapse.

"Empress Lin, please let me go. I really didn't mean it. It was just a small fall into the water. How could I have known that your body was so weak that you died directly."

Qin Shuang held his head in his hands, spoke incoherently, and kept repeating the word "I'm sorry".

These words made the emperor, who had not yet left, stop in his tracks and look back at Qin Shuang in disbelief.

"What did you say? The death of Queen Lin was actually related to you." The emperor turned around and asked.