The situation in the dragon bed did not alarm anyone at the moment. The wind blew the curtains, rustling, and the lights flickered... Queen Liu in the outer hall and the eldest prince Yan Bolong were already asleep, and the one at the door of the inner room was already asleep.
The imperial doctor was sitting in a chair, with his head lowered and snoring softly.
The two maids, Miao Ling and Qiangwei, were also half asleep. Suddenly, in a daze, Miao Ling opened her eyes.
She felt that there was a cold wind blowing in the room... it was so cold that it went straight into her neck. Miao Ling couldn't help but feel a little curious.
The windows were not open, how could there be wind?... So he rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked around the inner room of the palace.
There was nothing unusual... However, when her eyes fell on His Majesty King Yan's dragon bed, she immediately saw the gauze curtain hanging on the bed slowly swaying.
Seeing this, Miao Ling finally understood where the cold wind she noticed was coming from.
It is His Majesty's dragon bed! But why? There is no air outlet or windows there, so how can there be cold wind blowing the curtains and gauze?
Miao Ling couldn't help but feel curious. But even though she was curious, she didn't dare to walk over easily to see what was going on.
Because His Majesty King Yan's face covered with skin and bones... is really terrifying! Although he is the most noble King in the Yan Kingdom, Miao Ling still cannot accept that terrifying face.
It always feels so weird that it's hard to look straight at... It would be okay if I were with Qiangwei. Having a companion by my side would make me a little more courageous.
During the day, the two of them fed the virtuous King Yan medicine, soup, and porridge together, but they thought it was nothing.
But now, everyone is asleep. If you walk there alone, you will really feel a little nervous...
"Forget it... One more thing is worse than one less thing." Miao Ling thought silently. However, in the next moment.
Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew out, completely blowing out the flickering lights! The whole room suddenly became dark.
This shocked Miao Ling so much that she couldn't help but shudder, and her sleepiness was completely knocked out of her mind by this cold war.
This moment was really weird. Now, the room was dimly lit and nothing could be seen.
There was darkness in her field of vision, which made Miao Ling feel a little panicked, so she quickly reached out to Qiangwei next to her, grabbed the skirt of Qiangwei's clothes, pulled it, and called out quietly in a low voice:
"Qiangwei...Qiangwei..." Qiangwei snorted for a while and muttered:
"Don't make any noise..." Then she pulled Miao Ling's hand away and there was no more movement. It seemed that this girl was really sleepy... What should I do?
The room had become so dark that someone had to light the lamp again, otherwise the queen or the eldest prince would definitely get angry if they came in and saw it.
Their mission tonight is to take care of His Majesty King Yan, and now no one even cares about extinguishing the lights... That would be outrageous.
"What should we do?..." In the darkness, Miao Ling was troubled for a long time.
"How about... I'll go over and light it..." There are so many people in the room to keep company, what's there to be afraid of?
After comforting herself in this way, she slowly gathered up the courage and took out the fire fold from her sleeve.
After groping, he walked towards the dragon bed. On both sides of the dragon bed, there was a lamp that needed to be lit.
As they groped forward one by one, Miao Ling couldn't help but curse secretly in her heart:
"It's really strange...the lamps on both sides were extinguished at the same time! Where did the strange wind come from?" Thinking like this, she quickly approached the lamp on the right side of the dragon bed.
Then he opened the fire folder and blew gently on the burning head. The sparks rekindled and a trace of red flame emerged.
Miao Ling groped for the position of the lamp with her hands, then raised the fire stick and lit it. In an instant, the light filled the air, covering the graceful figure of the palace maid in light and shadow.
Finally, the room was half illuminated. After lighting the lamp, Miao Ling turned around. She planned to go around to the other side and light another lamp on the left side of the dragon bed.
However, as soon as she turned around, Miao Ling was shocked. At this moment, there was actually a figure standing in front of her!
I saw him wearing a nightgown with his hair disheveled... I don't know when he had been standing there... Miao Ling was immediately frightened and turned pale.
She had seen clearly. The person standing in front of her was actually His Majesty King Yan, who was supposed to be lying motionless on the bed, like a living dead!
The light and shadow of the lamp reflected the skeleton-like face, which was indescribably weird! The withered skin on the face now glowed with a copper-like luster.
Miao Ling was very scared. Because in the sunken eye sockets of that strange face, there was a pair of strange eyes shining with scarlet light, staring straight at her.
She was scared to death and was sweating profusely. However, although she was very scared, Miao Ling did not dare to shout loudly.
Although the guy in front of him has become inhuman and ghost, he is still a high-ranking figure in the entire Yan Kingdom, the King of Yan!
As a palace maid, it would be disrespectful to show that she was frightened by his strange face. Although Miao Ling was trembling with fright at this time and her clothes were soaked in cold sweat.
But she still restrained her emotions and did not yell or make a sound. She was trembling all over, quiet and pale, standing there obediently... very flustered.
She was so flustered that she didn't know what to do. However, Miao Ling reacted quite quickly. She immediately realized that the palace maid had to bow and greet His Majesty King Yan when she saw him.
So she opened her mouth, ready to say hello. However... Unfortunately, she had no chance to speak, nor did she have the chance to make any more moves... Because the next moment, the strange humanoid standing in front of her turned out to be nothing.
Attacked without warning!
With lightning speed, he suddenly stretched out his skull's right claw, grabbed Miao Ling's neck fiercely, and crushed Miao Ling's throat.
It’s really unbelievable! Yan Huanren, who had been weak and weak all day, lying on the bed like a living dead, suddenly burst out with such rapid and strong strength!
In an instant, he crushed the throat of a palace maid and broke her neck... Miao Ling died before she even had time to feel the pain!
However, this was not over yet. After killing the palace maid with one move, the skeleton humanoid did not stop there.
He held the woman in his hand to his face and sniffed the palace maid's dead body with his nose. While sniffing, a look of intoxication appeared on his face.
Then, he opened his scarlet eyes wide and stared at the young white neck. A bloodthirsty and greedy light flashed in his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Huanren opened his mouth, revealing his white teeth. He aimed his teeth at the palace maid's white and tender neck, and then bit down!
The blood quickly flowed between his teeth and into his mouth. Yan Huanren closed his scarlet eyes intoxicated, enjoying the taste of blood.
Along with the sucking, his throat slowly rolled... In just five breaths, the palace maid's body, which was originally plump and graceful, quickly shriveled up.
In the end, only a skinned skeleton with a head of dark hair was left, which was held in Yan Huanren's hand.
All the flesh and blood on Miao Ling's body was sucked clean. After a long time, Yan Huanren opened his red eyes.
At this moment, his slightly plump face showed a hint of unfinished expression. Then he threw the skeleton of the palace maid in his hand to the ground.
Then he turned around and stared at the other two people with greedy and bloodthirsty eyes. They were the palace maid Qiangwei and the imperial physician sitting in the chair at the door... Staring at those two people, excitement appeared on their faces.