Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 240 What a Ghost Looks Like

Although Bai Lu has always been mature, she is still very afraid of ghosts and gods.

After all, she is still a young woman, and she is usually very courageous, but she is only afraid of ghosts and gods.

But when she thought that this matter might be deliberately created by someone to frame Chen Wenxin for wrongfully killing Yigui, she couldn't stand it any longer.

"Master, if someone deliberately did this, we must investigate."

The little table also said: "Couldn't it be, this matter was done by Concubine Hui, right?"

Chen Wenxin smiled and said, "Why do you suspect that Concubine Hui did it?"

"Concubine Hui has the heart to compete with her master, and she is even more focused on seizing power in the matter of Mrs. Yigui. She was reprimanded by the emperor for this matter again, so it is inevitable that she will not be reconciled and she will take the opportunity to make trouble."

What the little table said seemed to make sense, Chen Wen thought for a while and shook his head.

"Concubine Hui was reprimanded by the emperor, not all because of Mr. Yigui's matter. This incident is just a small trigger, she should understand that the main reason is colluding with the former ministers to write a letter to establish the crown prince."

"Besides, after she was reprimanded by the emperor, she even sent a nanny to plead guilty. It was clearly because she was in a bad situation, and she didn't want to be my enemy for the time being. If she dares to do such pretentious things now, once she is found out, she will be in the heart of the emperor. There is a total loss of trust."

As long as Concubine Hui is not a fool, she will not make dangerous moves in such an emergency.

Xiao Zhuo suddenly realized, "Master means that if Concubine Hui did it, even if she successfully slandered Master, it wouldn't be a big deal. If she fails to be found out, the emperor will punish her for several crimes, and she will be finished... "

Thinking about it this way, Concubine Hui is indeed not worth doing such a thing.

"The concubine Hui and the master have always been friendly, and it's not like this. If it's Concubine Hui, it's more likely to be the one from Chengqian Palace."

Bai Lu's words hit Chen Wenxin's mind, and she also suspected Concubine Tong in her heart.

Since Concubine Tong was demoted to the position of concubine and lost the right to manage the harem, she has been staying behind closed doors in Chengqian Palace.

On the surface, it seems that they are eating fast and paying homage to the Buddha, not asking about common things.

In fact, according to what the great nun said, she has been spying on various matters in the harem.

If it was really Concubine Tong's doing, the grandma should come to spread the news in the near future...

She thought for a while, and said to the small table: "You go and ask Nanny Deng to go to the Changchun Palace. Tell Concubine Hui that there is a fetish in the palace now, and ask her how to deal with it."

There were only two nuns in Yikun Palace, and it would be a great honor to send them out.

Xiao Zhuo led the order, and Bai Lu said, "I'm afraid Concubine Hui may not think it's a trick."

In this harem, the older the concubines, the more they believed in ghosts and gods.

Presumably Concubine Hui would only be frightened when she heard about this, why would she want to find out the truth?
Sure enough, Mother Deng came back from Changchun Palace soon, and went to Chen Wenxin to report to Concubine Hui.

"Concubine Hui said, do you want the Grand Master of Baohua Palace to lead the monks to Yongshou Palace to perform rituals and save the dead soul of Yigui?"

As soon as Chen Wenxin heard this, she knew that Bai Lu's guess was correct, and Concubine Hui really didn't think about artificial things.

Fortunately, she didn't intend to rely on Concubine Hui to resolve this matter at first, she said: "Sending Madam Deng to pass the pass on is just to save Concubine Hui's face. It will save her from feeling that this Palace has overstepped her authority, so she won't be happy."

"As for doing rituals, it is absolutely unacceptable. Once you do rituals, isn't it tantamount to admitting that there are indeed ghosts in the palace? Mother Deng, please go to Changchun Palace again and tell Concubine Hui that this matter is man-made It's not the spirit of the dead, I have a way to settle this matter."

First of all, she has to prevent Concubine Hui from making trouble, and then she can use her hands and feet.

"Let the small table call the eunuchs who are in charge of sweeping the Yongshou Palace, and tell them that I have something to ask them. In addition, pass on the decree of the palace, strictly prohibiting the palace people from discussing ghosts in private."

"The palace people supervise each other, and those who report will be rewarded with five taels of silver. Those who violate the will will be severely punished, even the palace people of Qianqing Palace are no exception!"

This decree was taken to the Changchun Palace by Madam Deng, handed over to Concubine Hui to have a look at it, stamp it with a phoenix seal, and then explain it to the harem.

But everyone in the palace knew that this decree came from Yikun Palace.

Except for the master of Yikun Palace, who else would dare to say that the palace servants of Qianqing Palace are no exception?
The reason why she said this was not because she was worried that the people in Qianqing Palace would dare to gossip.

On the contrary, the palace servants of Qianqing Palace are the most cautious and disciplined in the harem.

Those are palace servants trained by the emperor himself, and those who do not obey the rules cannot be kept in Qianqing Palace.

What she said was just for the palace people to hear, to let them know that even if she was a servant of Qing Palace, she would dare to rule, let alone other palaces?

With this statement, I think the discussion in the harem on this matter will calm down a lot.

If there are still people deliberately spreading rumors, it is time to think about whether someone deliberately instructed.

Afterwards, the small table brought the two young eunuchs who saw the wronged soul with their own eyes, as well as a few courtiers who were stalking, to Yikun Palace.

These so-called chasing palace people all claimed that they saw some white shadows and heard some footsteps.

Most of them are near Yongshou Palace, and even the Department of Punishment has one or two cases.

Chen Wenxin looked at the palace people below, and knelt down tremblingly.

Some of them even had pale complexions and black eyes, which looked like they were really sick from fright.

From this point of view, it doesn't seem like these palace people are falsely spreading the news of seeing a ghost.

That is, someone is really pretending to be a ghost.

She nodded towards the bottom, seven of them in total.

"You seven, did you see something, or didn't you see something?"

Some people say that they have seen a real ghost, who looks exactly like Yigui.

Some people also said that they saw it, but they couldn't tell what the ghosts they saw looked like, they were just vague shadows.

Chen Wenxin stayed for questioning those who spoke truthfully, as for those who spoke out of the blue, they all pulled them out and punished them for thirty.

Those who were really deceived by someone with a heart, those who don't know are not guilty, and she doesn't blame these people.

Those who are pretentious are tantamount to deliberately spreading rumors to disturb the peace of the palace, and she will never forgive them lightly.

In this way, only three young eunuchs were left in the palace.

The faces of the three little eunuchs looked very bad, and it seemed that they were really frightened.

Chen Wenxin said: "You three, where do you work?"

"Huiqin Concubine, the eunuch who sweeps the servants of Yongshou Palace."

"Slaves too."

"The servant is the guard eunuch who is in charge of locking the door under the key of the Punishment Department."

She nodded, "I know that you have suffered, so you don't have to be afraid. I didn't ask you to punish me."

She pointed to the outside, "Those people who were scolded by this palace were because of stalking rumors and spreading rumors. But you, this palace trusts you. So you just need to tell the specific appearance of the thing you saw, This palace will reward you heavily."

She ordered people to take the three of them down separately, and told them exactly what the ghosts they saw looked like.

If three people talk together, it is inevitable that there will be reminders to each other, and what they say may not be true.

The three young ladies listened and said that there would be many rewards, and their faces looked better for a while, and they went down with gratitude.

These people watched from the small table, and the palace servants of Yikun Palace were responsible for separately recording what they said.

After a while, the small table came back with people.

He came forward to present the papers recorded by the three Yikun Palace servants, Chen Wenxin unfolded it and smiled.

"It's good for you guys. I asked you to record the appearance of that thing. How about you do graffiti with this?"

Those few palace people couldn't read a few words, and after hearing the three young eunuchs' statements, they were afraid that they would not remember clearly.

then what should we do?

Even if they were given pen and paper, they would not know how to write, so they just drew it.

I saw that the female ghosts painted on the three sheets of paper had different shapes, some were wearing red dresses, and some were in white clothes.

It has long hair hanging down to the ground, and a green face with fangs.

Bai Lu leaned over to have a look, how could the female ghost painting be not only not scary but also so funny?
She couldn't help laughing too.

The servants of Yikun Palace below know Chen Wenxin's habits, she likes to joke and play with the servants the most.

If it wasn't for some special circumstances, he would rarely get on airs with his minions.

It is said in the harem that the palace people who follow the concubine Qin are blessed for three lives.

Going out is a big face, and it is easy to work as an errand in Yikun Palace. The most rare thing is that the master treats the slaves as human beings.

One of them said with a smile: "Master, don't look at the ugly paintings of the servants, the servants will remember it."

"He said, this thing has long black hair hanging down to the heels, big black eyes, red lips, and sharp teeth in the mouth. Wearing red clothes, it flew from the side hall of Yongshou Palace to the main hall, shouting wronged all the time. what."

Another palace attendant hurriedly said, "This slave is talking about the same thing, but instead of flying from the side hall of Yongshou Palace to the main hall, it hangs on the top of the main hall."

These words were so frightening that Chen Wenxin asked another palace official to speak.

"Master, what this servant recorded is the white clothes, not the red clothes. It said that he was sitting in a cell in the Punishment Division, with his back turned to him, and he couldn't see his face clearly."

She frowned and said, "Since your back is facing and you can't see the face clearly, how can you say it is the dead soul of Yigui?"

The little eunuch kneeling on the ground was the one in charge of the Punishment Department who locked the door with the key.

Hearing Chen Wenxin's question, he was so frightened that he almost cried, "Miss Qin, that person is sitting with his butt not touching the ground..."

The little table hurriedly stopped him, "Bold! Say something dirty in front of your mother!"

The little eunuch was in a hurry, and forgot that he couldn't talk about his butt in front of his master, so he quickly shut his mouth.

Looking at his pitiful eyes, Chen Wenxin seemed to be really frightened.

"Alright, alright, since you have all reported the truth, the little table will reward them for me. Also tell the stewards of the Department of Punishment and Yongshou Palace that the three of them were frightened by someone pretending to be a ghost. They take a few days off to rest and rest."

Although the three little eunuchs didn't know, how did Chen Wenxin conclude that the ghost they saw was a human disguise.

However, they were still very happy to be able to get the reward money and have a holiday.

(End of this chapter)