Don't help me, I can sit up by myself

The news that Zhao Yaosheng and Bao Guiren bumped into Ming Yaosheng's ghost spread in the harem.

During this period, the imperial concubine in Changle Palace called the imperial doctor several times. According to people from the imperial hospital, the imperial concubine was severely frightened and was now bedridden and unable to eat.

According to Tian Lingyue's report to the queen, people in Changle Palace heard movements on the top of the palace many times.

Because the imperial concubine insisted on inviting the eminent monk to come and see her, the queen could not make the decision and had to ask the emperor for instructions.

When the nobleman of Wei was sleeping, he waited on the emperor to approve the memorial until late at night.

The lights in Taihe Palace stayed on almost all night.

"Have you heard, Your Majesty, that Changle Palace is haunted recently?" Mr. Wei silently arranged the rice paper.

"What do you think of the Changle Palace incident?"

"My concubine is still young and has never seen any ghosts. It's just..."

"You said."

"It's just that the imperial concubine always invites eminent monks into the palace, I don't know——"

"How unbecoming would it be to invite an eminent monk into the palace to drive away ghosts?"

"If we really want to invite eminent monks, there is no way out. After all, we can also arrange for them to enter the palace when praying for the people." Wei Guiren tested the emperor's intention.

"If there is really a ghost, I really promised it. I sent her to the cold palace as a punishment. She should come to me for revenge. Why is she pestering the imperial concubine?" The emperor obviously did not listen to this argument.

The emperor did not allow the eminent monk to enter the palace. The queen was uneasy and went to ask the queen mother for instructions.

The Queen Mother usually eats fast and recites Buddha's name. When the sun is nice, she sits by the window and listens to the maids reciting Buddhist scriptures. Fiddled with it quickly.

"Your Majesty, please have some snacks." Wei Guiren handed the snacks to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother caressed Guiren Wei's hand lovingly and said: "Now that you have a lot of pampering and sleeping, it will be easier to have children. You are young and have a good foundation. The Ai family has asked the Taiyuan Hospital to give you a prescription for more nourishing food." , maybe we will have a child soon.”

The queen sat silently and also ate a piece of pastry.

"Zhao Nan." The Queen Mother looked up at the Empress.

A piece of snack was stuck in her neck. The queen swallowed and raised her head hard: "Queen Mother, Changle Palace has been haunted recently. The imperial concubine has lost a lot of weight and cannot sleep well every night. Zhao promised to Bao Guiren and others, but they all also saw ghosts. .I think that ghost is very powerful and is running around everywhere.”

The queen mother closed her eyes helplessly, holding the shiny string of Buddhist beads in her hand. The queen was simple-minded. When could she get rid of her tendency to just listen to what others say? As a queen, she should have some ideas of her own, so she said: "No. Meng Yuzhu, when she was very famous, she had put many obstacles in the way of the queen. The queen was able to secure her position in the middle palace only because of the support of the Wei family. Now there are reports from Changle Palace that a noble concubine encountered a ghost and was frightened. The queen He was actually worried about the imperial concubine. How could he repay kindness with kindness for evil?

"Zhao Nan, has that ghost ever entered your Jingren Palace?"

The Queen shook her head.

"Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

The queen shook her head again.

"Then what are you doing here?" The Queen Mother's voice was a bit stern: "The Ai family has lived in the harem for many years. When the late emperor was here, there was a concubine who wanted to compete for favors. One night, the late emperor was resting in my room, and the concubine was barefoot in the palace. I ran in the snowy night, and after running such a long way, my feet were almost frostbitten. I said I encountered a ghost at night, and I was so scared that I lost my mind. I thought that the late emperor had strong yang energy, so I could only stay with the late emperor for protection. This kind of pretending to be a ghost. The Ai family has seen a lot of his methods."

The queen couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

It turns out that there were hauntings during the late emperor's reign.

"Although the women in the harem are privileged, after all, there is only one emperor. It is normal to use some tricks to win favor. But you are the queen, so you should be careful and don't follow them around. Don't think about it, who is favored now? Is it Zhao? Ning, if Zhao Ning gives birth to a child, he will be the emperor's first son, which is of great significance. Someone is anxious and wants to take away Zhao Ning's favor. Otherwise, it will be haunted sooner or later, but why is it haunted at this time? You As the middle palace, you are still making nonsense. The Ai family has heard that when Jingren Palace came to greet me recently, you were as lively as if you were listening to a playbook."

The queen quickly lowered her head.

The Queen Mother's foresight is beyond the reach of the Queen.

The queen would never have imagined this.

"What does the Emperor think of this?"

Guiren Wei always accompanies the emperor, and she has the right to speak: "People from Changle Palace went to invite him a few times, but the emperor said he was busy and did not go."

"The Emperor understands better than the Queen and is not blinded by these things." Seeing the Queen's frightened look, the Queen Mother also felt a little resentful: "After you go back, guard Jingren Palace carefully. If Zhao Ning is pregnant, be even more careful. Yes, nothing else matters."

"But the Queen Mother."

"If you don't get surprised, you will lose yourself if you find it strange. Doesn't the Queen understand this?"

The queen didn't dare to explain that she didn't understand.

The Emperor and the Queen Mother treated this coldly, and the Queen became increasingly worried.

After all, everyone in the palace is in danger now, and some are timid enough to ignore the palace's rules against burning paper and secretly agree to burn paper money to Ming, saying that she knows better than to harm people who shouldn't be harmed, and there is no injustice or enmity. , I am just a slave in the palace, and I ask Ming to promise to show my favor.

Another slave quickly stamped out the burning paper money and whispered to his companions to leave: "You are crazy. Burning paper money in the palace is a capital offense. We have never served Ming and have not offended her. If she takes revenge, she will also seek revenge." It’s not on our heads.”

"I heard that this female ghost is quite powerful. People as powerful as the imperial concubine are tortured by her to the point of not thinking about food or food. I heard that even after taking the medicine prescribed by the Tai Hospital, it doesn't work. Now I bump into the female ghost two or three times a day. The imperial concubine is afraid It's a bad thing. We live together in the palace. The female ghost has harmed the people in Changle Palace. Is she far away from harming us? If we don't burn some paper money to resolve her grievances, we can burn it again when she comes to the door. late."

Although paper money was not allowed to be burned, three or five eunuchs secretly went to the garden to burn it and quickly put it out. There were also two or three palace maids holding roast chicken, apples and other sacrificial objects and secretly offered sacrifices at the entrance of the Leng Palace. Bye, for fear of being haunted by the ghost of Ming’s promise.

Those who had met Ming promised before or had celebrated the holidays were even more afraid. They had to be careful and look around when going to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get something, let alone walking at night. Chen Guo did not have a curfew, but when it came to the unitary hour, the maids of each palace The eunuch was frightened, fearing that the masters of each house would assign him any more tasks. If he had to walk in the harem, wouldn't it be a disaster? The palace was a big place, with corner gates, hanging flower gates, and corners. Who knew where the promise was hanging?

Zhao Wenxing and Bao Guiren were also in a state of disbelief. They had seen Ming Wenxing with their own eyes. That scene, especially the eyeless eyes under the red umbrella, would give them nightmares for a year.

In the end, fewer and fewer people went to Jingren Palace to pay their respects.

The queen was kind and did not blame her. Instead, she cared about Du Jiyan: "It's not safe in the palace recently. Du is always here, so you should be careful."

As the middle palace, the queen was worried about the safety of her sisters.

It started to rain lightly when we came out of Jingren Palace.

The light rain wet the corners of my skirt.

A layer of white fog floated on the long corridor. Du Jiyan was wearing a light green waist skirt embroidered with silver mint patterns and was walking side by side with Shi Jing on the way back to Wanru Hall.

Tian promised to follow behind. Ever since the imperial concubine was so frightened and bedridden, she went to Jingren Palace to ask for Yasuda and promised to stay alone.

After passing the corner gate, Tian Yaosheng caught up with the two of them.

"How is Du Changzai doing these days?" Tian promised Fu Yifu: "It's not peaceful in the palace, Du Changzai needs to take care of himself."

"We are not afraid of slanted shadows when we are upright. What should we be afraid of?" Shi Jing curled his lips when he saw Tian Yao's meticulous grooming. Tian Yao was the best at holding the imperial concubine's thigh. With the imperial concubine's support, Tian Yao promised to support herself in the harem. Now the imperial concubine Frightened, Tian promised to dress up so neatly, but it looked awkward.

"I was just kindly reminding Du Changzai, but Young Master Shi didn't know what to do." Tian Lingyue was not angry, and still smiled: "The rumors of hauntings in the palace are getting more and more intense. I heard that it was Ming Changzai's ghost who came back. Yes. I remember that Du Changzai and you had a close relationship with Ming Changzai..."

Ming Changzai hated Du Jiyan.

Of course, Du Jiyan didn't like Ming Changzai either.

Ming Changzai had made things difficult for Du Jiyan, but Du Jiyan didn't tolerate her either, and he avenged his grudge on the spot.

Tian's intention in agreeing to this was to scare Du Jiyan.

After all, if Ming Chang's ghost was really causing trouble, then she would naturally seek revenge on Du Jiyan.

I heard that many people have been frightened recently, but the people in Dudu Wanru Temple are not affected.

Sure enough, after listening to Tian Lingyue's words, Du Jiyan still looked calm and heartless: "Tian promised to know a lot, and he said it so vividly, it seems that Ming Chang's ghost has already come to find you, right? "

"Ming Chang was a concubine in the past, so naturally he was looking for her. I usually copy scriptures, so those ghosts and monsters naturally don't get close to me."

"That's not necessarily true. You have to know that Ming Chang was the right-hand man of the Imperial Concubine in the past. Now that she is dead, Tian promised you that he has become the Imperial Concubine's right-hand man. Doesn't she have to be jealous? Since she has been to Changle Palace many times, Bao Could it be that one night Tian promised you to sleep, but she floated to your bed?"

Shi Jing heard his teeth chattering.

She didn't dare to think about that scene.

Tian Lingyue was very calm and even smiled: "I have already said what needs to be said. Du Chang is taking care of himself with Mr. Shi."

Tian Lingyue quickly disappeared at the corner gate.

Shi Jing pressed against Du Jiyan's arm and suddenly felt a cold feeling on the back of his head.

"Are you really not afraid? Rumors in the palace are getting more and more evil."

Du Jiyan wasn't not afraid, but he didn't believe it at all.

She has made statistics on the rumors in the palace, and in summary, the central idea is this: The ghost who promised Ming came back, first went to Changle Palace, and then wandered around the harem. It was impossible to say where it would go or who it would meet. . Even someone as noble as the imperial concubine is scared to death. If anyone else meets Ming and agrees, they can only hope for good luck or misfortune.

Regarding this rumor, Du Jiyan once asked the system for help.

She entered the question: How to detect if there is a ghost in the palace?

System reply: Host, I am a serious system.

“What is a serious system?”

System: In other words, I am a scientific system. This problem is beyond the range of the system's perception, but the system can detect who has evil intentions.

Du Jiyan spent sixteen points to redeem this function.

Good guy, Du Jiyan was confused at that time.

There are many women in this harem, and even more women have evil intentions in their hearts.

Du Jiyan used this function once when he was paying his respects at Jingren Palace that day. His mind was about to freeze at that moment. A large amount of news came into view in an instant, which was simply dizzying.

such as:

On the surface:

The concubines in the harem said: "The snacks in the Queen's palace are so delicious."

"The Queen's hair is combed into a bun so well today."

"Gui Wei has outstanding talent and plays the music very well."

Behind the scenes:

Meng Yuzhu: What time is it, and the queen is still sitting there eating snacks? It’s really a joke that a queen can do her part. Apart from eating and sleeping, she can’t find anything serious to do. And the queen’s sister , playing the piano and arranging music all day long, looking quiet and gentle, instead of secretly vying for the emperor's favor, for the emperor's favor, he went to curry favor with the queen mother every day.

Tian Lingyue: Why didn’t Shi Jing scold me today? She usually doesn't like me as soon as I enter Jingren Palace, but today it was really strange. Shi Jing looked dumbfounded. Could it be that he couldn't survive without favor in the palace?

Zhao promised: I am in a hurry today, and I am wearing different shoes, but I must not let the imperial concubine see me, otherwise if there is a fuss, the imperial concubine will definitely use me to show her authority.

The information in front of me is so dense that I can’t even see through it.

Shi Jing was sitting next to Du Jiyan, and even Du Jiyan could clearly see the evil intentions in Shi Jing's heart: "As usual, you can go back after eating another plate of fruit. I'm still waiting to embroider the handkerchief, so don't delay. I embroider handkerchiefs.”

The system cannot determine whether there are ghosts or not, nor can it issue reminders.

But now Gui Wei Hua Du only said nothing, but her small kitchen business was really affected.

In the past, the small kitchen was bustling with people. Even in the snowy winter, orders came in early in the morning. The ladies wanted to drink rock sugar bird's nest, drink rock sugar snow pear, and eat crab powder and lion's head.

Nowadays, there are only a few people in Wanru Hall, and not even a stranger is seen in Wanru Hall. Nijo and others who went out to deliver takeaways also came back dejected. After careful questioning, they found out that the East and West Sixth Palace were usually busy with traffic, but now there was not even a person in the corridor. The palace doors were closed tightly, and even if they knocked on the door, they would not open it. It was easy for someone to reply from across the door. I heard that people from other palaces also avoided him: "Our queen has said that these are extraordinary times. In order to prevent unclean things from entering the palace, the door cannot be opened. Please Come back. Our master won’t order any food.”

It turns out that there are rumors in the palace that Ming Changzai is not just coming out at night. Rumors say that she has powerful magical powers that can possess people during the day and can follow them around.

The ladies were afraid day and night, and they gave numerous warnings to their subordinates: "You are not allowed to leave the palace unless you have nothing to do, and you are not allowed to let people in randomly. Otherwise, it will be easier to invite gods than to send them away. In case something unethical is left behind." We don’t even have a chance to survive in the palace.”

In the past, when people from Wanru Palace went to deliver takeaways, the empresses from all the palaces would welcome him happily, but now they all stay away.

Du Jiyan knew in his heart that the business of this small kitchen had been hit hard.

I used to earn some money every day, but now more than a month has passed, and I only earn six taels in total. Shi Jing of Yongfu Palace couldn't stand it, and he wanted to help his sister's business, so he deliberately asked Er Jiao to deliver the meals.

It didn't matter whether he was a ghost or not. He couldn't bear the delay in earning money. When he went to Jingren Palace for a morning meeting again, Du Jiyan put forward his opinion.