mousepad-d2 Chapter 38
Chapter 38
Night came quickly.
Qiao Yiqi estimated the time, and planned to take Huo Chen to visit Concubine Li's palace together.
The palace at night was much quieter than they thought.
The two avoided the guards in the palace and quickly walked towards Concubine Li's palace.
A very normal four-in-one palace.
Facing the gate is the main hall, which is the place used to entertain guests, and behind the main hall is the bedroom, where Li Pin is now sleeping.
The two of them walked to the back door.
The larger palaces in this kind of palace usually have some wells.
There is a pagoda tree in Lipin's house.
The locust tree has a thick trunk and branches on which a grown man can sit without any problem.
Broad leaves cover the entire tree.
It adds a breath of life to this palace.
"Acacia tree? Doesn't it feel bad luck to plant this kind of tree?" Huo Chen asked.
Huai, left wood and right ghost, was known as "calling ghosts and provoking ghosts" in ancient times.
"No, since the Zhou Dynasty, the pagoda trees in the palace have meant auspiciousness and prosperity, so the pagoda trees are also called palace pagoda trees." Qiao Yiqi explained after him.
"Oh, I thought locust trees represent coldness and attract ghosts."
Qiao Yiqi didn't reply to his words, but looked at the moon in the sky, the moon had already climbed to the center of the sky at this moment, "It's getting late, we need to find out what's in this palace as soon as possible."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a gust of cold wind blowing.
The blow made his exposed skin pimples.
Originally, the surroundings were full of vitality, but now all the flowers and plants have withered.
A burst of melodious flute sounded in this silent night.
If it was during the day, then Qiao Yiqi would definitely think that it was a very nice song, but now, he just wants to say that this song is really not a requiem?
He was slandering in his heart when he felt his sleeves being pulled.
Turning his head, it was Huo Chen.
"what happened?"
Huo Chen motioned to one side for him to look over there.
Qiao Yiqi looked in the direction he indicated.
I don't know when a woman sat on the empty pagoda tree.
The woman turned her back to them, and she looked no different from ordinary people from behind.
As if sensing someone behind her, the woman stopped playing the flute and turned around slowly.
After seeing the woman's appearance, Qiao Yiqi pursed his lips, and held Huo Chen's sleeve tightly with his hands. If something unexpected happened, he could just pull Huo Chen and run away.
Huo Chen looked at the woman with a little interest.
To their surprise, the woman just looked in their direction without any real action.
Under the moonlight, they could clearly see the woman's face.
Or...she has no face at all.
It was supposed to be of normal skin color, but her face was covered in black, only scarlet eyes and sharp teeth were exposed.
The hands holding the flute outside are also a pair of flesh and blood, leaving only white bones.
As if feeling that no one was there, the woman turned around slowly, picked up her flute and continued to play.
Huo Chen took Qiao Yiqi's hand, and stroked his index finger gently on his palm.
Qiao Yiqi was a little distracted by the numb feeling in his palm, and could only try his best to distinguish what Huo Chen wrote.
【She doesn't seem to be able to see us, maybe we can take advantage of this and find some clues. 】
Qiao Yiqi shook his head, denying his idea.
[No matter what it is, this is the first day of the dungeon. Whether there is anything to do, we will not know until tomorrow. We should get here first tonight. We should leave here first. Apart from the two of us, there are eight other players who have not shown up. They might have found something too. 】
【it is good. 】
Coming out of Concubine Li's palace, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
This palace is a bit tricky.
"Can't the female ghost see us?"
Qiao Yiqi shook her head, expressing that she didn't know, "Whether she can see us or not, but now I can only know that there are some clues here in Concubine Li, maybe it's related to the death of the former empress, maybe it's just a haunting."
Huo Chen suddenly thought of something, and said to him playfully, "You said... will the emperor know about this?"
Qiao Yi gave him a blank look, "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king? On the shore of the land, is it the subject of the king. Do you think the emperor knows?"
"But the Emperor knows and doesn't seem to be doing anything about it."
This is what makes Huo Chen most depressed, knowing it clearly, but still pretending to be deaf and dumb.
"It's useless to guess here now, let's think about how to find clues." Qiao Yiqi patted his head and reminded.
Huo Chen pouted, and touched the place where he was photographed, "Isn't there nothing here, it can't be guessed yet."
Seeing that the man in front of him didn't want to talk to him at all, he also felt bored, and walked slowly behind the man.
Before dawn the next day, a little eunuch ran in in a panic.
"Grandpa, something happened." The little eunuch called him softly beside the bed.
Huo Chen opened the bed curtain, rubbed his eyes, and asked sleepily: "What's the matter, why are you making such a fuss?"
"Master, something happened in Qing'an Palace."
He rubbed his eyes halfway, and immediately put them down.
Qing'an Palace?Isn't this the Lipin's palace that he and brother Qi went to last night?
"What happened?" Huo Chen asked while putting on his clothes, "Is he dead?"
"The eldest maid next to Empress Li was found hanged in her room this morning. Empress Empress has suppressed this matter." The little eunuch whispered to Huo Chen.
Huo Chen walked to the door, just about to wake up Qiao Yiqi, when he saw him fully dressed and standing outside waiting for him.
"Has this matter been reported to the emperor? What did the emperor say?" Huo Chen turned his head and looked at the little eunuch.
"The emperor is going to the morning court, and I guess he will soon know."
"Okay, I got it, you can do your business first." After dismissing the little eunuch, Huo Chen took Qiao Yiqi and left the palace, and walked to the harem.
Qiao Yiqi walked beside Huo Chen, and heard Huo Chen ask, "It is reasonable for the emperor not to know that the eldest maid is dead, but they told the old emperor on their own initiative, is there something going on here?"
"In ancient times, the main reason for marrying daughters into the imperial palace was to protect the prosperity of the family. Therefore, the maids next to the married concubines were usually half-brothers, so that it was possible for the concubines to show up beside the emperor. , it may even be the case that a family has multiple daughters as concubines in the palace, it is estimated that this big maid is also in the same situation." Qiao Yiqi said speculatively.
"Then, this might be a favored concubine?" Huo Chen raised his eyebrows.
Things got a little more playful.
The author has something to say:
About the pagoda tree, I checked it on the Internet.