Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 70 Haunted Again

Her exposed skin was cold and delicate. Shen thought that she had already caught a cold because of the cold, but now it was worse, so he pulled the quilt aside and wrapped it around her.

"What did you dream about in your dream just now? Why did I hear you say that you didn't harm their mother and son? Who made you so frightened?"

Zhu Ci hesitated to speak. She bit her lip and shook her head. She just snuggled tightly into Shen Que's arms.

"Your Majesty, I dare not say anything."

Shen Que was about to say something when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the bright light on the corridor outside, and a thin figure reflected on the heavily carved palace door.

Li Quan's slightly sleepy yet worried voice sounded, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Do you have anything to tell me?"

Shen Que replied, "I'm fine. If anything happens, I will tell you."

He half-leaned on the head of the bed and whispered: "If you don't dare to say anything, just tell the truth. You are my woman, and I should protect you."

Zhu Ci raised her eyes to look at Shen Que, with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty, it was rainy that night when Lu Yunv's accident happened. I saw a ghost appearing in my bedroom, and it kept whimpering at me. I said it was so lonely and it died miserably. If I hadn’t believed that the emperor would protect me, I would have gone crazy with fear.”

She didn't know who did it, and she had no way of investigating. Although she stabbed the man, it was not a serious injury after all, and the man would not ask for a royal doctor. After all, it was too risky.

Then she might as well just make the matter bigger and make it bigger. When the emperor sends someone to investigate, if that person is caught, she won't have to do it herself.

It's okay if she can't catch that person. At least she can still figure out the general direction, which is better than trying slowly by herself.

"I just dreamed about it again in my dream. It kept repeating what it said that day, asking me to go down and match it." As she spoke, she began to sob softly.

Shen Que also heard about this incident in the past few days. He originally thought it was a story made up by those gossipy slaves when they were bored, but he did not expect that it was indeed the case.

However, he has never believed in ghosts and gods in this world. He has killed so many people, wrongfully executed loyal ministers, and even sent his father away with his own hands.

But he still didn't live well, and he didn't see those old immortals seeking revenge on him.

He asked calmly, "Are you really right? Is it because of the voice disease that your eyesight is dazzled? Do you think something is a ghost?"

"The emperor doesn't believe me? Zhuying was on duty that night. She saw it with her own eyes and even met the ghost. Moreover, Yan Baolin also heard the cry of a baby, and the concubine also heard it very clearly."

Zhu Ci was still frightened and pulled the clothes on Shen Que's chest. His pajamas were made of fine silk and satin, smooth to the touch, and embroidered with a pattern of two dragons playing with beads.

"Your Majesty, do you think it is Lu Yunv's child who has come to seek revenge? He thought it was the concubine who harmed their mother and son, so he has been lingering in the concubine's palace and has been unwilling to leave for a long time. I don't know if he will be here tonight. Will it come?"

"I think someone is deliberately pretending to be a ghost. If there are ghosts and gods in this world, how come there are so many treacherous people in power."

Shen Que's narrow eyes flashed with cold light, "Lu Yunv fell down in your palace, and combined with the peach blossom and jade beauty incident, they all subconsciously thought that it was you.

So they deliberately pretend to be weird and scare you. Even a grown man will be frightened when he sees this kind of thing, let alone a weak woman like you. Fortunately you are strong-willed, otherwise you would be scared crazy. "

When he thought of the child covered in fish scales, he couldn't help but feel sick in his heart. Could it be that he had committed too many sins, so God punished him like this and made Lu Yunv pregnant with a freak?

"Why don't you send someone to tell me so that I can accompany you? Aren't you afraid of living alone?"

"Of course I'm afraid, but I've never done anything harmful to anyone and behaved upright. If he really has grievances in his heart, he should go find his real enemy instead of just arbitrarily wronging me."

Zhu Ci asked in a low voice: "If it is true as the emperor said, someone is pretending to be a ghost, who could it be?" Shen Que closed his eyes, "No matter who it is, they have a murderous intention and want to disturb the peace of the harem."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound from the window, which was particularly clear in the silent night, like a stone being suddenly thrown into a frozen lake and hitting people's nerves.

Shen Que opened his eyes and looked around, and there happened to be a figure floating lightly by the window.

Zhu Ci also saw it. She hugged Shen Que tighter and huddled in his arms.

"Your Majesty, it's here! I saw a shadow passing by the window that day, and then it suddenly appeared in front of my eyes."

Shen Que was also a little surprised and confused, his scalp was numb. He stared at the window and opened his mouth to call Li Quan. Suddenly I heard a commotion outside and asked, "What was that thing floating past just now?"

"It seems...it seems..."

"Shut up, everyone! If we disturb the emperor, even ten of your heads won't be enough to lose it."

Li Quan's sharp voice pierced the night sky, "What's so scary about so many of you? How could there be such a dirty thing at the feet of the emperor in the palace? Why are you still standing there? Why don't you catch up quickly?"

"Wait for me here." Shen Que turned to Zhu Ci and told Zhu Ci for a while, then put on his coat.

"Li Quan."

When Shen Que called Li Quan to come in, Zhu Ci was embarrassed to see him like this and was scared to be alone. She also picked up a dress and hurriedly put it on, fumbled for the fire fold next to her and lit the candle.

Li Quan opened the door and came in, keeping his eyes on the ground, "Your Majesty. Are you awake?"

"It's hard for me not to wake up due to such a huge movement." Shen Que snorted coldly and stood with his hands on his face with an ugly expression.

"What's going on outside, all the noise?"

"Back to the Emperor, I just heard a noise in the east and was about to walk over to see what was going on. I saw a white figure floating past quickly. The blood dripping from its mouth fell on my face."

Li Quan swallowed in fear. The ghost just floated over his head, and he could even feel its hair brushing his face.

In all his life, he had never seen a ghost. But after all, he was the emperor's confidant eunuch, so he had to pretend to be calm even when he was scared.

He took out the bloody handkerchief from his sleeve and showed it to Shen Que, "Those guards said it was haunted..."

Shen Que was furious, "Absurd! This kind of thing has never happened in the hundred years since the founding of the Yan Dynasty. What the hell? I'm afraid those guards were dazzled at night and told nonsense without evidence."

Li Quan knelt on the ground in fright, "Your Majesty, calm down, the servants and guards have indeed seen..." Seeing Shen Que's face getting worse and worse, he lowered his head and did not dare to say any more.

"It's all the concubines who have implicated the emperor." Zhu Ci held Shen Que's arm and cried silently.

(End of this chapter)