Zhong Yingying was trembling all over, and felt cold sweat pouring out, but she couldn't move or run.
I could only watch that face keep zooming in front of me.
"No, no, it's not mine."
"No, it's not!"
She suddenly shouted and sat up from the bed.
Outside the house, the maid and her mother-in-law hurriedly barged in.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Aunt Tao stepped forward and asked, "Did the girl have a nightmare?"
Zhong Yingying was still in shock. When she saw the maid lit the lamp and the room became bright again, her tense heart relaxed a little.
It turned out to be a dream...
As soon as I touched my bed, it was already soaked with my own sweat.
She turned her head and looked at Aunt Tao: "Auntie, I always feel that this Sicui Palace is not clean."
**
I have heard people say before that dirty things are most likely to come out of this palace.
Not to mention the many people who have died, the yin is rising and the yang is declining, and the palace is full of women. Only one man, the emperor, will not make those monsters and snake gods like him?
But Zhong Yingying didn't expect that she would encounter such a thing just after entering the palace.
Since she had a nightmare that night, many people in the palace said they saw a ghost.
"That ghost's hair is so long, it keeps dragging to the ground."
"Yes, yes, I saw it too. I saw her tongue was long and her eyes were bulging."
"Then she should be a hanged ghost?"
"I don't know, I just looked at it from a distance."
The palace was talking about the "ghost" again, and several young eunuchs talked about it vividly, which made the young palace ladies tremble.
"Lie, how come there are so many ghosts in this world? God, just tell lies to tease us."
There are also brave little maids who don’t believe it.
"Hey, who lied to you? I'm not the only one who saw it, many people said they bumped into it.
For example, the Queen Mother of Chaoyun Palace, who was usually such a majestic person, was so frightened that she even hung a mahogany sword in the palace.
In the past few days, the door has been closed tightly, and I don’t even dare to go out.”
"But who is that female ghost, and why is she always guarding outside Sicui Palace?"
"I heard that she was the former Jade Concubine. As for why she came to Sicui Palace, I don't know."
…………
While the servants were discussing this, Zhong Yingying was passing under the palace wall. When Aunt Tao heard these words, she was afraid that her master would think too much, so she stepped forward to give orders.
But he was caught by Zhong Yingying.
"Girl, these are servants with bad tongues. Let me break their mouths." Aunt Tao turned to Zhong Yingying and said.
But Zhong Yingying's face turned pale and she shook her head: "Forget it, leave them alone, let's go."
"Girl..." Aunt Tao looked at Zhong Yingying worriedly.
"It's sister, sister is back." Zhong Yingying took Aunt Tao's hand. It was cold. She had been having nightmares every night these days and had been tortured enough. As she watched, she lost a lot of weight, including her chin.
It's also sharp.
"Girl, don't listen to these people's nonsense. Maybe some of them are pretending to be mysterious and deliberately trying to scare you, girl?" Aunt Tao said.
"But……"
Zhong Yingying's eyes drooped.
"If you're pretending to be a ghost to scare people, why do you pretend to be your sister?"
Her voice was so low that only she and Aunt Tao could hear her: "The eunuch who was secretly bribed by my father to kill my sister is now the eunuch who has also taken care of her. Who else knows why my sister died besides our own family members?"
In a word, it is difficult to call Aunt Tao.
As the aunt specially assigned by the Zhong family to accompany Zhong Yingying into the palace, Aunt Tao was naturally carefully selected by Zhong Ming, and her knowledge and experience were unmatched by ordinary people.
Of course she also knew that Zhong Yingying suddenly entered the palace as a beauty, so powerful and high-profile that many people in the palace were jealous.
There are probably too many people who want to harm her to count.
But this person hit directly at the most private and unknown place, hitting him accurately and hard, which was a bit too scary.
These rumors spread throughout the palace, and naturally Shen Muchi also heard a lot.
Although he did not believe in those theories about ghosts and gods, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, he also strengthened the defense of the imperial city.
By chance, Jiang Bo was also in the capital.
It was difficult for Jiang Bo to find an opponent with his skills, and coupled with the chilling aura from the fighting on the battlefield, even ghosts would have to retreat when they saw him.
Therefore, the task of maintaining the safety of the imperial city naturally fell on Jiang Bo.
The temporarily named Imperial City Guard Commander sent additional layers of guards to patrol day and night.
But the talk about that dirty thing only increased.
I heard that one day, Concubine Hui returned to Sicui Palace at night and saw the female ghost standing in front of her, with nothing on her neck and her head actually held in her hands.
Her hair and tongue all fell to the ground, and her eyes were as big as eggs.
Concubine Hui was so frightened that she fell off the sedan chair and never dared to walk at night again.
Zhong Yingying also became more and more frightened, and her situation became worse day by day.
That night, Shen Muchi was correcting the memorial in his study, when he suddenly heard a servant coming to report that Mei Zhong had had another nightmare, and this time it was a serious nightmare, and he must ask Your Majesty to come and have a look.
Although Shen Muchi was indifferent to these things, he had to put down what he was doing to see her.
As soon as they arrived at Sicui Palace, they saw bright lights inside, a lot of maids and women, and all the imperial doctors gathered around. Zhong Yingying was wearing a thin middle coat and was trembling with fear.
When she saw Shen Muxing approaching the bedside, she actually ignored him and threw herself into Shen Muchi's arms, shouting: "Your Majesty..."
The beauty's soft voice and tearful eyes should melt even the most hard-hearted person.
She was no longer shy in front of so many people. She just hugged Shen Muchi and said, "Your Majesty is here, but I'm scared to death."
Aunt Tao said from the side: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, but the beauty is too scared."
Shen Mu understood, waved his hand, and said: "You all can go down."
"yes……"
Everyone retreated, leaving only Shen Muchi and Zhong Yingying in the room.
Shen Muchi comforted Zhong Yingying after a lot of comfort.
When he was finally able to leave, Zhong Yingying grabbed his hand.
"His Majesty……"
Zhong Yingying raised her red eyes and looked at him: "Your Majesty is gone, and I should be afraid again. They all say that the palace is filled with yin and yang, so we recruit those dirty things.
I think that your Majesty, the True Dragon Emperor, can only control those evil spirits with your Majesty's true dragon spirit."
Her eyes were like autumn water, and she spoke in a high-sounding way, but in fact, the thoughts in her heart could be seen at a glance.
Who could be so frightened that they even put on elaborate makeup and powder?
And the clothes on her body, she wore a layer of tulle in the early spring when it was suddenly warm but then cold.
She is as noble as Zhong Yingying, but she is not as arrogant as she appears.
However, he couldn't refuse such obvious intentions, and left so mercilessly, which was a slap in the face of the Zhong family.
After all, the outside world says that Zhong Yingying's methods are superior, and it turns out they are all in these places.
While Shen Muchi was thinking, Zhong Yingying fell softly and fell on his chest.
"Your Majesty, do you want me to help you change your clothes?"