The wine was in full swing, and singing and dancing resumed. Two beauties sat next to Yin Shang, Qi Xun, and Liu Wu to serve them.
Unavoidably, he became a bit wild and his words began to be vague.
Yin Ping unbuttoned his coat, revealing his light purple silk underwear. He crossed his legs and leaned his upper body on Mei Ji's arms, chatting with laughter about various gossips in Haojing City and inside and outside the Imperial City.
"I have to say that this year has been very unsettling."
"Tsk, tsk, my Queen Mother sister-in-law is very clever. The news in this palace has been tightly sealed. Otherwise, no one will be able to stop this year!"
Yin Ping raised his wine glass and looked at Qi Ren and Liu Wu in a showy manner.
Qi Xun and Liu Wu both cheered: "Oh? Did something big happen? We really didn't hear anything about it?"
"Your Majesty, don't be so secretive. Who doesn't know in this huge city of Haojing that you have many contacts and are the most well-informed?"
Yin Ping smiled proudly and lowered his voice mysteriously.
"It's scary. If you stand it up, it's really shocking and creepy. It makes you shudder and your legs tremble. You can't help yourself!"
Yinping used a long list of appropriate and inappropriate descriptions, and the expression on his face became more and more mysterious and sneaky.
Liu Wu shivered inexplicably, his face twisted, revealing a hint of horror and fear.
But he quickly corrected his expression, stretched his neck, stared directly at Yin Ping, and pretended to be listening attentively.
Qi Xun also widened his eyes and looked at Yin Ping expectantly.
As the hostage left by Uncle Dong Qi in Haojing, while serving as a hostage, he also assumed some tasks of collecting information, especially information from the imperial city.
Although he is not a professional 'spy', it will be in vain if you don't listen to the news that comes to your door!
"Your Majesty, on New Year's Eve, you went to the palace to attend a palace banquet."
Yin Ping pointed at Qi Xin.
Qi Xun nodded hurriedly: "Isn't it? Tsk tsk, that scene, that grandeur, is worthy of our great Yinwu Dynasty. The national power is booming. It is really like flowers decorating the brocade and the fire cooking the oil. If we and other remote ministers hadn't..."
Yin Ping interrupted Qi Ren impatiently: "The Queen Mother and the Emperor are not here, why are you trying to flatter them?"
"The palace banquet was indeed magnificent, lively and festive."
"You really can't imagine that on New Year's Eve, when we were busy and happy in front, in the deep palace, in the cold palace, tsk tsk..."
Yin Ping's body trembled violently.
He blinked his eyes desperately and tightened the loose robe tightly again.
"What's wrong?" Qi Ren and Liu Wu became nervous at the same time.
"Thanks to the Queen Mother's sister-in-law for blocking the news, otherwise, it would be called a scary one."
Yin Ping lowered his voice and his expression became a little strange.
"The emperor, that is, my restless brother, his imperial concubine Qi Fei, together with sixteen personal maids, hanged themselves from a beam on the eve of the New Year's Eve."
Qi Ren and Liu Wu gasped at the same time, and then looked at each other quickly.
Yinping murmured: "Concubine Qi, alas, I still remember that when she first entered the palace, I accompanied the emperor to shoot oriole with a slingshot in the back garden, and she went to deliver snacks to the emperor, alas, at that time
She has just reached her prime, which is called bright and tender."
"Oh, it makes my heart tickle so much, oh!"
"She is a peerless beauty. She is so beautiful. No wonder the emperor is so devoted to her. Concubine Qi has been in the palace for three years and has been promoted several levels. She directly became the imperial concubine. She has the same food and drink expenses as the current queen mother-in-law.
"
"Hey, hey, if the Emperor is always here, Concubine Qi might just become my real sister-in-law."
"What a pity, Your Majesty... Tsk."
"Today's Queen Mother's sister-in-law is used to being jealous. When the Emperor is away, her brother takes over the military power. Poor Concubine Qi, as well as other concubines favored by the Emperor, are all relegated to the cold palace."
"This year, Jiayou is 19 years old."
"For nineteen years, there has been no daylight in the cold palace. Hey, how can such a lovely girl like a flower survive?"
Yin Ping shook his head vigorously.
"I guess there is no hope at all. No, on New Year's Eve this year, Concubine Qi and the sixteen personal maids who have been thrown into the cold palace together..."
Yinying gestured like a lasso around his neck: "Oh, it's gone."
Liu Wu said cautiously: "The people who died on New Year's Eve seem a bit..."
Qi Xun was much more courageous than Liu Wu. As the son of a prince, he did not have much fear of the current Queen Mother. He said bluntly: "This is unlucky and unlucky, right? Your Majesty?"
Yin Ping blinked his eyes.
He slapped his thigh hard: "Oh, isn't it just bad luck?"
"I still have some connections in the palace. I heard that Concubine Qi and the sixteen palace maids all wore red headscarves, red wedding dresses, and red embroidered shoes."
"Just tell me, is this scary? Is this scary?"
"Seventeen red-blooded women were hung in a neat row on the beams of the cold palace."
"Oh, pity those little eunuchs who went to deliver meals to them on New Year's Eve. When they entered the main hall of the Cold Palace, they suddenly thought that there were more than a dozen red lanterns hanging in the main hall."
"It was easy for them to see clearly what was hanging on the beams. Some of them fainted with fright on the spot, and some even went crazy."
Yinping shivered, and then shivered again.
The corners of Qi Xuan's mouth twitched, and the hairs all over his body stood up.
As for Liu Wu, his entire face turned an iron-green color, and cold sweat continued to seep out on his forehead. The hand holding the chopsticks was shaking violently. He forced himself to calm down and wanted to pick up a piece of fresh fish.
But I couldn't pick up the fish meat no matter what.
Yin Ping exhaled softly. He was already immersed in a strange atmosphere and did not notice Liu Wu's strange expression. He said to himself: "This evil thing is, according to the rules of the cold palace in the palace."
The rule is that there should be no color at all. Concubine Qi and the others wear white clothes and white shoes on weekdays. Where did they get this complete red wedding dress?"
"I am also a well-read person. I have been studying the novels about gods, ghosts, and supernatural beings that can be found on the market since I was a child. I have researched on those monsters, monsters, and all kinds of evil things."
"This woman died wearing a red dress, which is very dangerous."
"After nightfall, one hangs himself from a beam and dies, which is extremely cruel."
"Especially if you die on the eve of the New Year, it happens to be the rotation of the four seasons and annual changes. The secrets and timing of the heavens are the most obscure. Also, this week, the stars and gods return to their original positions after a year of movement. The righteous energy of the heavens and the earth is ready to be released, but it fails to release.
Death is the worst of evils!"
Yinping gently stroked the wine glass and said softly: "I think my Queen Mother's sister-in-law is going to have bad luck."
"Tsk, Concubine Qi has been suffering in the cold palace for these years. It is said that her food and drink expenses are not even comparable to those of poor women among the people. She has to vent her resentment, right?"
"Who is her biggest enemy?"
"Isn't that my queen mother-in-law?"
"Hey, let me tell you, Your Majesty, and Magistrate Liu, you need to be careful."
Qi Xuan and Liu Wu shuddered at the same time, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please tell me?"
Yin Ping puffed up his chest, unbuttoned his coat, and revealed a thumb-sized yellow jade plaque hanging on his chest.
The high-quality topaz tablet is engraved with some cloud and thunder patterns, and there is a row of messy red runes in the middle, which seems to be filled with cinnabar.
Yin Ping pointed at the jade plaque proudly and said with a smile: "This king specially sent people to the "Wuyou Pavilion" outside Haojing City to ask the Taoist priest Wuyou to make an evil talisman for me."
He untied his belt again and lifted up his robe, revealing a row of six exquisite mahogany charms hanging close to his waist.
"As for this, I sent people to the "Six Paths Temple" in Qingluofang and asked General Liu Dao to make a fierce general card for me. It is specially designed to kill demons and eliminate evil spirits. All evil spirits cannot get close to you."
After fastening his belt, Yin Ping touched in his left sleeve and took out a white porcelain bottle the size of his fist.
He shook it, and there was a splash of water in the white porcelain bottle.
"This is amazing. I found black dog blood from ancient books, and boy's urine is good at destroying evil spirits. This is a bottle of boy's urine mixed with black dog blood. It's in the winter. I keep it close to my body. This way I won't
Freeze!"
"Hey, if there is that evil spirit who dares to come to me... I will make a friendship with her first. Every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner. It is the Queen Mother who is inside the palace gate..."
"If we can't win the friendship, hey, I will splash this black dog's blood and boy's urine on her face!"
Qi Xuan vigorously wiped the cold sweat that had appeared on his forehead unconsciously.
"My lord, it's not that, it's not that. Haha, there are many legends about ghosts in the world, but have you ever seen one? How have you ever seen it? Who has seen ghosts with their own eyes?"
Qi Xuan picked up the wine glass and took a big sip.
In the excitement of wine, he stood up and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, things in the palace may be a little weird. But if there are really any ghosts and evil spirits, there will never be any."
"Who in the world has seen a ghost? Ah? Who has seen it?"
Qi Ren shook his head and smiled: "No, no!"
Liu Wu's face had turned from livid to pale. He wanted to raise his hand and tell Yin Ping and Qi Ren that he had really seen a ghost.
However, it's hard to tell people this kind of thing.
Then, Liu Wu's complexion changed from pale to an almost transparent dead white.
Wisps of mist emerged in the backyard of Sakihoen Garden, and hundreds of old plum trees were quickly covered by the white mist.
The mist was like a rising tide, gradually submerging the rocky hill where the flower hall was located.
A faint, sad and cold female voice sounded faintly in the mist: "Mr. sir, shall we pair up and play tricks?"
The bodies of Yin Ping and Qi Ren suddenly stiffened.
Their teeth were chattering, their faces were twisted, and their eyes were bulging as they looked at the mist that suddenly appeared outside the flower hall.
"Young Master, shall we pair up and play tricks?"
A hazy female figure slowly appeared in the mist, three inches above the ground, and floated slowly and slowly into the flower hall.
The woman is wearing a red dress and red shoes.
She floated slowly towards Liu Wu, who was stiff all over.
Round droplets of blood kept sliding down the woman's body and falling to the ground along her embroidered shoes, making a 'ding-ding' sound.
The bloody water fell to the ground, bounced for a while, and then turned into bloody ice flakes, quickly spreading around.