Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 261 Seeing the Empress Dowager ([-]) One more

Wu Chen covered his head and lowered his head for a while, then walked back to Senior Two and Xu Da as if nothing happened.

"Sent away?" The sophomore asked.

Wu Chen nodded, put the palace lantern on the ground, looked up at the black cloth-like sky, and asked, "Do you know who the Empress Dowager is?"

Senior Two and Xu Da looked around vigilantly, Xu Da said in a low voice: "You always open your mouth so unscrupulously to ask questions, this is the palace!"

Wu Chen smiled and said, "You don't even think about it, if it wasn't for the officials' intention, how could I possibly ask the Queen Mother?"

"You mean, the officials wanted you to check on the queen mother on purpose?" The voice of the second year of senior high school broke down.

Wu Chen didn't say a word. The queen mother and the female ghost in the other courtyard are related to his own sister. He can't say it. It's not that he doesn't trust the second year of high school and Xu Da, but that many things here are connected. Leaving out the mouth is causing trouble to the upper body.

At this time, a group of ghosts floated in the air, Wu Chen really wanted to see them as seven fairies descending to earth, but Wu Chen really didn't want to take a second look at their appearances.

The palace is so big, if Wu Chen were to search for it, he might not be able to find all of them during the Chinese New Year, but these ghosts can do it very quickly.

Wu Chen looked up at the ghosts, took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and gestured, "The ones who died because of the queen mother stand here, and the ones who died due to other reasons stand here."

Soon the ghosts were divided into two groups, and only three ghosts died of other reasons.

Wu Chen asked Xu Da, a sophomore in high school, to prepare a record. He asked who killed the three ghosts. Except for the queen mother and queen in the palace, Wu Chen felt that everyone else might be punished, which could be regarded as helping the three ghosts get rid of their obsession. .

Sure enough, the three ghosts were all maids in Concubine Su's palace before they were alive. They were already at the age when they were about to leave the palace, but they were suddenly executed for some trivial matter.

"You can find the real reason after you die. Why did Concubine Su kill you all of a sudden?" Wu Chen asked.

A ghost floated forward and said:
"Concubine Su is the Empress Dowager's niece. She was originally intended to be a Empress, but the government didn't agree with her, so she took the position of Concubine. The Empress Dowager worships Buddha in the palace all the year round, and rarely interferes with the affairs of the palace. Concubine Su often sees the Empress Dowager. , other people, even the empress, would find it difficult to see them. One day, I saw Nanny Chang in the empress dowager’s palace looking for Concubine Su. I just saw it, and I didn’t really hear what they said. ..."

"Are you sure you were executed because of this?" Wu Chen asked.

"This is what Concubine Su said herself. The three of us always wanted to scare her, but we couldn't find a way. We could only make the candles in the hall flicker. Concubine Su was afraid, so she said she didn't want to kill us, but the Empress Dowager was afraid." What did we hear, that she was forced to kill her? The three of us will be released next spring, and my family has also agreed on a marriage for me. I have been in the palace for ten years, and I have been trembling all day long. So, just died so vaguely..."

As soon as this ghost cried, the other ghosts cried too. The movement was like sawing iron. Wu Chen felt as if his ears were being pricked by something.

"Don't cry, listen to me... Is it useful to cry? You haven't left all this time, what are you waiting for? Wait for the queen mother to die, wave goodbye to you with a smile, and then you watch her enter the reincarnation of the beam of light? Then What about it? Is it worthwhile for you to float here all these years?"

The ghosts all stopped crying.

"The old ghost in the rockery has already been persuaded away by me. What are you still obsessed with? If I were you, go there first and wait. At most, you won't be reincarnated. You can still see her when you wait that way. , and there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority, you are waiting here, besides making the candle light flickering, what else can you do to make the Empress Dowager feel uneasy?"

"We can also make her unable to find things, so that she can't sleep well at night..."

"Did the Queen Mother panic because of these things?" Wu Chen asked.

"No panic."

"Yes, she is not afraid at all. What is the point of you staying here? To scare other court ladies and eunuchs? To scare people who have bullied you? Hey, let me ask you something, this palace is nothing like mountains and fields, Magical artifacts and talismans are indispensable, how can you let them stay? I mean, you should not be the only ghosts in the palace, and the other ghosts who died unjustly thought so and just left?"

"It's strange to say that other ghosts can't stay in the palace, and they can't get out, they can only leave, but we can stay."

"Why can the three of you stay?"

The three female ghosts floating aside shook their heads in unison.

Wu Chen asked again: "Have you ever eaten something that is exclusive to the Empress Dowager's palace and not available in other palaces?"

"Of course there are. The empress dowager has a high status, and it is normal to eat food that is not available in other palaces. Occasionally, the empress dowager will reward her concubines when she is happy..."

"How many people are there in the Empress Dowager's palace now?" Wu Chen asked.

"Not much. Originally, the Empress Dowager wanted to transfer some court ladies and eunuchs. It was the simplest thing, but recently, not only did no newcomers have been added to the Empress Dowager's palace, but some were transferred away by the officials."

Wu Chen nodded. He was about to say something when he heard footsteps. He raised his head and said:

"Let me tease the queen mother for you, so you go away. I will do the rest for you. Don't you be unable to leave if you want to. You can't be wrong if you listen to me. Someone is coming from the queen mother's palace. I will go to see you." Empress Dowager, just watch it, leave as soon as possible after reading it."

As soon as Wu Chen finished speaking, a lot of palace lanterns suddenly appeared at the entrance of the imperial garden.

……

When the Queen Mother wanted to see Wu Chen, the guards couldn't stop her.

Wu Chen was also willing to go, so he went to the Palace of Compassion with a few court ladies and eunuchs with a smile.

The candlelight in the Compassionate Ning Palace was dim, and when Wu Chen entered the palace, the maids and eunuchs who had led the way all retreated, leaving Wu Chen alone in the palace.

Wu Chen turned his head and looked around, only to vaguely see a candle burning inside the west room, Wu Chen waved his sleeve, the candle went out, and the hall was pitch black.

"You are quite courageous." A woman's voice sounded full of confidence: "Don't you kneel down and salute?!"

Wu Chen said with a smile: "Your Majesty allowed me not to bow down to anyone. If the Empress Dowager has any objections, she can go to Her Majesty and talk to her."

Westinghouse lit the candle again, Wu Chen waved his sleeve again, and the newly lit candle went out again.

"With just such a little light, not only can't see anything, but it looks gloomy. It's not as solid as the darkness." Wu Chen explained.

"You are so presumptuous, do you think I can't kill you?"

"Of course, there are not many available people in the Empress Dowager's Palace. The Empress Dowager shouldn't expect me to be captured without a fight, and I'm not afraid of hurting anyone. Anyway, His Majesty will take care of her. I am indeed somewhat confident."

(End of this chapter)