Wandering Ghosts in the Palace
Yuanli just felt that he was terrifying. The concubines in the harem were also miserable people. They had been hoping for offspring all their lives and were on guard against the women in the harem who might attack them. However, they didn't know that the one who really made them childless was the person beside them.
Seeing her stunned expression and a hint of fear in her eyes, Xiao Tong swore to the heavens, "Jiahe, don't be afraid of me. I will never treat you like this. When you return to Western Xinjiang with me, I will never touch them again. If I break my promise, my grave will be dug up after I die."
The carriage stopped, and Yuanli was about to stand up, but Xiao Tong blocked the carriage door with his left arm and said, "You are not allowed to go!"
Seeing her sit back down, Xiao Tong stood up and said, "Just sit in the carriage and wait for me to come back. If he finds you, the secret guards will let him have thousands of arrows pierce his heart."
After saying that, Xiao Tong got off the carriage with cheerful steps, and her hand unconsciously covered the divorce letter placed on her chest. Based on her feelings for Wen Yici, she would not take any action.
When he entered the prison, Wen Yici was still sitting on the clean straw. The brocade clothes he wore when he first entered the prison had been stripped off, leaving only the inner clothes with a sloppy rabbit embroidery, which was streaked with blood and his ten fingers were all bruised.
Hearing the sound, Wen Yici raised his eyes, glanced at it, and then continued to rest with his eyes closed. The slightly messy hair on his forehead fluttered as he lowered his head. Even though he was in prison, he was still the handsome general loved by everyone.
Xiao Tong immediately read out the imperial edict, and the news of acquittal resonated in the prison. Wen Yici was overjoyed. Even though he was in prison, his thoughts had already been tied to her through the high walls.
"Wen Yici, you can continue to be the King Wen that your people love and respect."
After opening the prison door, Xiao Tong stuffed the divorce letter into his hands. The three eye-catching words caught his attention. The whole article was about her ruthlessness.
Those heartless words would never come out of her mouth. Although she imitated the handwriting to 90%, she did not grasp the essence of her writing habits. Wen Yici felt a little relieved in his heart until his eyes were tightly hooked by the three words "Su Jiahe".
"Why are you the one delivering the divorce letter? Where is she?"
"Prince Wen doesn't believe this divorce letter is real? Even if it's fake, the emperor has already divorced you two. Now, she is the Fifth Princess of Liangzhu, not Prince Wen's Consort. Even if you don't believe it, you have to admit it. She has already left Prince Wen's mansion and will never see you again."
After saying this, Xiao Tong quickly left the prison and returned to the carriage. As soon as he lifted the felt curtain, Yuanli asked anxiously, "Has he been released from prison?"
"Out."
"That's good, that's good."
Through the car curtain, Yuanli stared blankly at the direction of the prison gate, looking anxiously.
Xiao Tong sat on the side, pinching the car curtain with two fingers of his right hand to reveal a small gap and glancing at the prison gate. Wen Yici supported Lin Jian out in a daze, his eyes a little hesitant, and the divorce letter was crumpled in his hand.
"Go back to the Xiao Mansion." As he spoke, he took out a dagger from the box and made a small hole in the cloth-covered wall of the carriage next to her. "If you want to see, don't make a sound."
The carriage drove in the opposite direction of Prince Wen's Mansion. She looked through her small eyes and saw Wen Yici and Lin Jian supporting each other as they left, leaving behind one deep and one shallow footprint.
Looking at the outline of his figure, Yuanli knew that he was not having a good time in prison, and all the words he said in his dream were lies to comfort her. Yuanli pinched the corner of his clothes anxiously, hoping in her heart that he would turn around so that she could see his face again.
However, until the red cloak was completely swallowed by the darkness, the man was busy on his way, eager to return home, and never looked back.
After returning to the Xiao Mansion with Xiao Tong, Yuanli was invited into the main house. Although the house was not as big as Prince Wen's Mansion, its layout was almost the same as the Princess' Mansion, and the interior decoration was even more luxurious.
The maids and nannies sent to serve her could stand in three rows in the main hall. The maids who served her were all from Western Xinjiang and came from the Western Xinjiang Imperial Palace. They were all experienced and experienced.
"Before you go to Western Xinjiang, you will live in this main house. They were all trained to serve in Fengyi Palace. If you don't find them convenient, you can just dispose of them as you please."
Yuanli sat by the window in silence, looking depressed. Xiao Tong also quietly left the room.
Before going to bed at night, the old nanny brought a bowl of black medicine. Before she could tell her what it was, Yuanli picked up the porcelain bowl and drank it all in one gulp. The strong bitterness in her mouth made her frown.
From now on, there will be no more sweet candies when taking medicine.
Yuanli extinguished all the candles in the hall and drove away the maid who was on guard. The empty main house was pitch black, and the gauze curtains fluttered lightly, making it seem a little lonely. The remaining bitterness in her mouth was replacing the bitterness in her heart.
According to the fate book, it will be soon, soon...
At night, Yuanli tossed and turned in bed until a faint light filtered through the window. Her body grew increasingly tired, but her mind was exceptionally clear.
There was a commotion outside the house. The maids on night watch outside the wall were discussing something in low voices. Yuanli found it even harder to fall asleep. She inspected the furnishings in the house. Only the cloak from last night was hanging by the bed. Yuanli put it on casually and walked towards the door.
"The black-armored guards have surrounded our house tightly, each armed with a sword or spear..."
"Black Armor Guard?"
Upon hearing the sound, the two young maids immediately knelt down and kowtowed to apologize. They looked at each other and no one dared to tell her the truth. Both sides were in a dilemma. Yuanli saw that the two were only old enough to wear golden hairpinsâ‘ , and was trembling with fear. She could not bear to ask them any more questions.
Wrapping her outer cloak tightly, Yuanli walked towards the mansion gate. Several maids surrounded her and kept kowtowing to ask her to go back to the house. The more people there were, the more certain their answer was. Yuanli walked towards the mansion gate regardless.
Five rows of imperial guards stood at the gate, blocking it tightly. Seeing her, the guards all turned to make way for her, and everyone knelt down to kowtow and greet her. Xiao Tong heard her voice, turned around, and hurried over to ask, "You look so haggard, why don't you get some more sleep?"
Yuanli walked around him and stepped out of the mansion gate without saying a word. Wen Yici was wearing the armor from last night and had cleaned it up hastily, but the stubble around his mouth made him look very old. The moment he saw her, his eyes lit up and his gaze was filled with tenderness.
"Prince Wen has just escaped the charge of treason. What's his intention in leading his troops to besiege my Xiao Mansion now?" As Yuanli spoke, her eyes were cold and there was no trace of joy in her tone.
Wen Yici wanted to speak several times but didn't say a word. Faced with her sudden coldness, the words seemed to be stuck in his throat. Thousands of words popped up in his mind, and he even stuttered when he said "Come home with me".
Wen Yici walked towards her. When he was about to step onto the last step with his tired body, Yuanli cruelly retreated behind the threshold without even looking at him.
After seeing her retreat, he finally put his right foot down the stairs.
"Now that the child is gone, there's no need for a nominal father. I'm tired of your skin, but is it really necessary for Prince Wen to take matters of love so seriously? Xiao Tong, I'm tired. Let's go back to the room and get some sleep."
Yuanli turned her head and looked at Xiao Tong tenderly. After he nodded, she went into the mansion on her own. The guard knelt down and saluted to make way for her, acting like the master of the Xiao Mansion.
This scene was very dazzling in Wen Yici's eyes. She had the same look when she said she wanted to marry him in the hall that day, so beautiful.
When Yuanli walked to the courtyard, the disguised aura completely disappeared. She stood by the pond in the backyard for a long time, until the tip of her nose was red from the cold. She saw Xiao Tong's figure in the distance, and then she returned to the main house.
After the marriage decree was issued, Yuanli immediately submitted a petition requesting to stay in the palace for a while.
The palace was no longer as lively as before. Ever since Imperial Noble Consort Yu became the favorite, the concubines in the harem had no time to wait for her. In the troubled autumn, they blew out the candles and went to bed early, and the palace became increasingly quiet and lonely.
At night, after dismissing the palace maids, Yuanli took out a piece of raw rhinoceros from the box and lit it. As the wisps of smoke rose, Yuanli's eyes became lively.
Earthbound spirits were everywhere, pacing around here. They kept repeating the fear of death in their previous lives, but they could not reincarnate. Yuanli was so scared that she swallowed hard.
Lit up the palace lantern and held it in her hand, Yuanli pretended to be calm and looked around. In the center of the hall, there were about dozens of beads scattered on the floor, bouncing repeatedly, which could hardly fail to attract her attention.
Catching a glimpse of the bronze mirror reflecting in the dim light, Yuanli slowly turned around and saw a pair of bare feet swaying above her head. Her elaborate and luxurious palace robes resembled the styles popular during the previous emperor's reign. The palace armor on her fingers confirmed that the woman was from three dynasties ago.
This is all thanks to Chang Xiangsi. Since opening the shop, Yuanli has painstakingly studied various jewelry, so that Yuanli can quickly confirm it in the dim night.
She was hanged in the room with a three-foot-long white silk cloth, and in her hand was still clutching the thin thread left from the broken beads. The windows and doors of the room were tightly closed, but she seemed to be swaying in the wind.
Yuanli was a little frightened by this scene. She adjusted her breathing, held the palace lantern to illuminate her eyes, and walked towards the bronze mirror stand, intending to take out the hollow silver box to put the half piece of raw rhinoceros in her hand.
Suddenly, a regular sound of footsteps was heard, getting closer and closer. The woman who was originally hanging on the beam was walking out from behind the curtain of the side hall. The woman casually held a roll of imperial edict in her hand and walked to the charcoal basin to light it, smiling wildly with tears on her face.
The imperial edict burned for the most part. The woman sat before the bronze mirror and opened a drawer. Inside was a beaded necklace she had never seen before. She put it on and moved the wooden stool in front of the mirror toward Yuanli, who was unable to turn around.
Once a mortal with a burning rhinoceros is discovered to have spiritual connection by a spirit, he will be entangled with it for eternity.
Yuanli just ran into the woman face to face. The woman walked straight through her body and walked backwards, then quickly came to the bronze mirror stand and took out the silver box.
She unconsciously glanced at the bronze mirror. The woman was standing on tiptoe on a wooden stool, holding the white silk around her neck with both hands. The long string of beads had passed through one of her hands at some point. The woman closed her eyes tightly, kicked off the wooden stool, and let her hands hang down. The beads were torn off by the force and fell to the floor.
For hundreds of years, she has been hanging herself endlessly.
Goosebumps crawled up her back, and Yuanli hunched over and searched for the silver box, but she couldn't find it. Yuanli opened the drawer that the woman had just opened, reached in and felt something cold inside. It was indeed the silver box.
Yuanli was just closing the drawer and putting her hand away when her other bony hand grabbed the drawer ring. She caught a glimpse of the wooden stool in front of Yuanli in the bronze mirror. The woman was sitting in Yuanli's arms, wearing a pearl necklace, and looking at herself in the mirror to see if she looked decent.
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