in2ebook Chapter 192: Ghostly Haunting
Chapter 192: Ghostly Haunting
Queen Ji had been waiting at the door with her people for Ji Qingyan to come out.
However, a moment had passed and the man still hadn't moved!
Therefore, her anger grew even stronger.
She turned around and pushed the door behind her. Just as she was about to ask questions, a tea-white figure suddenly rushed out of the room.
Is that... Qingyan?
No, you must be joking. How could Qingyan be so rude? She rushed out in such a hurry before even meeting me.
And Qingyan didn't wear clothes of this color. This person was unkempt and his hair was a mess.
She wouldn't be so unruly.
Queen Ji looked back again, and a chill suddenly ran from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
Was that... Lu Xuan?
No, that's not right!
If it’s Lu Xuan, then what about Qing Yan?
In the room, apart from Pei Fan lying on the bed, there was no trace of Ji Qingyan!
Queen Ji shuddered with a sudden thought in her mind.
"Quick! The Second Miss is missing, go find her!"
Miaoyun and Miaoyue, who were beside him, were frightened when they heard this. They hurriedly followed several close palace maids and dispersed, starting to search for Ji Qingyan.
However, before they had taken a few steps, they suddenly heard Queen Ji calling anxiously: "Come back quickly!"
"Come back, someone! The one just now might be the Second Young Lady. Stop her!"
Queen Ji was extremely anxious and confused, not knowing what to do, so even her orders were incoherent.
The huge shock made her whole body tremble uncontrollably.
If the person wearing Lu Xuan's clothes just now was Qing Yan, that would be too scary!
The direction she ran was the one they had agreed upon beforehand, the Qianqiu Pond next to the Imperial Garden!
Queen Ji's eyes seemed to be about to fall out of their sockets. There was a flash of thunder over her head and her heart was beating like a drum.
In order to frame Lu Xuan, they had placed people all the way from the rear hall of Kunning Palace to Qianqiu Pond in the Imperial Garden, saying that as soon as they saw Princess Jin coming out in disheveled clothes, they would drag her and push her directly into the Qianqiu Pond!
She started to rush towards Qianqiu Pond, but before she took a step, she heard a "bang" sound of someone falling into the water from the direction of Qianqiu Pond.
So, is it Qingyan, or Lu Xuan?
Queen Ji's teeth were chattering, her hands were shaking imperceptibly, and cold sweat began to appear on her temples.
She walked very quickly, and when she was about to leave Kunning Palace, a familiar voice called her.
"Empress, where is the Second Young Miss?"
Queen Ji almost screamed, turned around suddenly, and her face was as pale as paper.
A figure that she was extremely reluctant to face at this moment suddenly stood before her.
"Lu, Lu Xuan!"
Why is she here?
Why is she still wearing Qingyan's clothes? !
Wasn't that Qing Yan the one who just ran over?!
Queen Ji couldn't help but called out the name in her mind.
Lu Xuan didn't bother with her. She bowed slightly and said with a calm smile, "Your Majesty, I was just wandering around the palace when I ran into the Second Young Lady. She took off my clothes and suddenly put them on herself. That's why I came out to change clothes with the Second Young Lady."
Listening to Lu Xuan's relaxed and easy voice, Queen Ji felt a tingling sensation on her scalp.
No, she didn't have time to listen to Lu Xuan's nonsense, she had to go find Qing Yan quickly.
Therefore, she did not answer Lu Xuan's words, but turned around and walked forward in a hurry.
The two palace maids and two eunuchs left behind by Qianqiu Chi stopped their actions and were happily rushing towards Kunning Palace.
Some of them even argued endlessly about who exerted the most strength and who was the first to achieve the credit.
"If I hadn't acted quickly, Princess Jin would have gotten away!"
"I put in the most effort, okay? I was the one who held her head firmly in the water, watching her unable to spit out a single bubble, and only then was I able to save her!"
"Don't bother with that! If I hadn't dragged her into the Qianqiu Pond, what would have happened to you later?"
"Alright, alright, stop talking! It's all thanks to our joint efforts that we've achieved such a great feat. The Empress and the Second Young Miss have been planning this for so long, and we've finally made a great contribution. Are you still worried that the Empress won't reward us?"
"..."
When Queen Ji heard the words of seeking credit, her face turned pale and her hands trembled slightly. It was obvious that she was extremely scared.
She was busy on her way and forgot to ask Lu Xuan to leave, so Lu Xuan followed her all the time.
So at this moment, Lu Xuan also heard the conversation between those palace servants.
She couldn't help but chuckle, "Hey, that's weird! I'm standing right here, why are you guys talking about getting rid of me?"
As soon as Lu Xuan finished speaking, several palace servants froze in place.
"what--"
There was fear in their eyes and their shrill voices almost broke.
"Jin, Princess Jin!"
The maid in front wiped the sweat off her face with her brown sleeve and swallowed fearfully.
Princess Jin is still here. Then, who was the person they just pressed underwater until she died?
They trembled with fear, and when they looked at the queen's terrifyingly gloomy face, their hands and feet suddenly turned cold and their hearts rose to their throats.
Then, could it be that the person we just killed was the Second Young Miss?!
The two people walking towards them at this time, a queen and a princess, are not human beings, but the king of hell who wants to kill them!
Thinking of this, the palace maid who had just screamed was frightened to death by the scene before her.
There was suffocating hatred on Queen Ji's face, and the disgust and hatred in her eyes were like a rolling tide, surging.
She looked at the people in front of her as if they were ants.
These rags, worse than pigs and dogs, would be killed without a burial place if she gave them a slight pinch!
The remaining palace maids were frightened and fell to their knees one after another like frightened birds, banging their foreheads on the stones frantically again and again, begging for mercy in panic.
"Your Majesty, please let me go. I didn't mean to do it. I just saw that it was not wrong. Please let me go..."
"Please have mercy, Madam, please have mercy!"
"Your Majesty, this slave did not do it on purpose. Everything was just according to the plan, Your Majesty..."
Lu Xuan looked at these people with amusement and said lightly, "Oh? Follow the plan?"
Her tone was as relaxed as if she were joking, "So, you think that if you dare to say these words, I won't be able to kill you?"
Those people were startled and swayed slightly. They were so frightened that their bodies became numb. So they forgot how to respond and could only beg for mercy tremblingly.
Empress Ji seemed to be deaf to these words. She only saw several pairs of hands falling on the road due to crawling and kowtowing, which she found very annoying.
Because they were blocking her way, she just stepped on them, and her embroidered shoes crushed several pairs of hands as she passed by.
Lu Xuan could clearly hear the subtle "crackling" sounds of the bones in his hands breaking.
The loud pleas for mercy stopped, replaced by groans of pain that no one dared to utter.
The palace maids looked like lambs that had been drained of blood and were ready to be slaughtered. They no longer had the joyful vitality they had just had. Only drooping skins remained, hanging listlessly on the path.
At this moment, Lu Xuan saw a person in a tea-white coat floating up from the Qianqiu Pool where the splashing sound had just been heard.
What followed was a corpse that was extremely familiar to both her and Queen Ji.