At night in winter, the sky is dark and the cold wind is howling, rolling up the dead branches and leaves on the ground, making a "swish, swish" sound.
Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound, and the door was blown open by the wind, and Shanshan stood up suddenly in fright.
Seeing that Shanshan was so timid, the maid in the same room hurriedly asked, "Shanshan, what's wrong with you?"
"Wind, the wind blew the door open!" Shanshan said nervously.
The palace maid said: "Isn't it just the wind that blew the door open? It just closed it. Why are you so nervous?"
At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, and Shanshan's nerves became tense again, "Who is it?"
She just finished speaking when she saw Aunt Xue walking in with two palace maids.
As soon as Aunt Xue saw Shanshan, she said in a deep voice: "Shanshan, has the cold palace you are responsible for cleaned?"
Shanshan said hurriedly: "Go back to grandma and clean it up!"
"Is it cleaned? How dare you lie? Go and see for yourself. The courtyard of Leng Palace is full of dead branches and leaves. It has not been cleaned at all. Why don't you go and sweep it again?" Aunt Xue said coldly.
Shanshan shook her head hurriedly: "Aunt Xue, I really cleaned it up. Those dead branches may have been blown by the wind, and it's dark now and there's no one there. I don't dare to go alone."
At this time, a palace maid next to Aunt Xue said: "Mom, it's dark and cold outside this night, and the cold palace is often haunted, so why don't you let Shanshan go?"
When Shanshan heard the word "haunted", her body suddenly started to tremble.
Aunt Xue said: "If she has not done anything wrong, what is she afraid of? Is she afraid that ghosts will come to her?"
"That's true, Shanshan, you don't have to be afraid, just go and sweep it!" the palace maid said.
"But I've already cleaned it in the afternoon!" Shanshan thought that the cold palace was haunted, and she didn't dare to go there!
Aunt Xue shouted coldly, "So what if you sweep it once? We just saw that the floor is still dirty after you swept it. Go and clean it now. If you haven't cleaned it in two hours, I will press
Palace rules will deal with you!"
Aunt Xue said and took the people away!
Seeing Aunt Xue's cold back, the palace maid hurriedly picked up the broom and handed it to Shanshan, "Shanshan, Aunt Xue is our steward, you have to listen to her words. Go and clean the cold palace again."
Keep it clean, or else you’ll get slapped!”
Shanshan was afraid of being beaten, so she had to take the broom, pick up a small lantern, and walk slowly towards the cold palace.
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There were very few people outside on winter nights, and there was no one on the road leading to Leng Palace.
It was pitch dark all around, and Shanshan walked gingerly on the palace road alone, her heart pounding with fear.
Soon, she walked to the door of Leng Palace, hung the lantern on the tree, then she looked around and quickly started sweeping the floor.
At this time, the wind blew stronger and stronger, causing the lantern to sway.
Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound, the wind blew the lantern to the ground, and the candle in the lantern was extinguished instantly!
"Ah!" Seeing that the lantern was extinguished, Shanshan hugged the broom tightly in fear. She looked up and looked around, finding that the surrounding area was dark and quiet.
There was no light in the sky, the palace wall in the distance was so dark, and the surrounding area was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers.
Thinking of the haunting in the cold palace, she didn't dare to stay here. She was so frightened that she picked up the broom and ran outside.
Suddenly, the cold wind was mixed with the sound of an evil spirit's breathing and the sound of heavy footsteps, and then, an unkempt white shadow floated past her.