"I heard that the cold palace in the palace is haunted." Su Huan informed Hua Jinglan of the information she obtained. The latter pondered for a moment and then laughed: "Situ Ke used this skill very well to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger!"
Su Huan paused and said, "Young master, have you seen the secret?"
Hua Jinglan narrowed her eyes, "If there is any way, I'll find out if I go to the palace tonight!"
It's night, and the wind is howling.
Hua Jinglan put on her night clothes and quickly flew between the roof tiles, walking like a ghost in the darkness without leaving any trace.
As expected, the Leng Palace was in a dilapidated state. She squatted behind the eaves in the distance and observed what was going on inside. It was still in the dead of night, and the only sound of wind could be heard in the entire yard.
No matter whether the servant is locked up here or not, she will definitely kill all Situ Ke's people when she goes in, and turn her, who is a victor in the mountains, into a mute and a swallower of coptis!
Flying down from the wall neatly, she didn't even stir up a leaf when she landed, and slipped in through the main entrance of Leng Palace along the dilapidated wall.
In the cold palace, the shadows of a few trees were mottled, the doors and windows creaked in the night wind, there were only a few shabby tables, chairs and benches inside the dark door, the candlesticks had not been lit for a long time, there were a lot of dust and cobwebs, and there was a roar outside the door. The night breeze, whatever, also makes people feel chilling.
Hua Jinglan touched the goosebumps on her arms and was about to leave when she suddenly heard the sound of branches cracking outside the door. She quickly climbed up the rafters, but at this moment, there was a sudden loud voice outside the door and dozens of people. A torch illuminated the entire courtyard brightly.
Hua Jinglan looked out from the gap in the door and saw Chun Yuyan, dressed in scarlet clothes, surrounded by him.
Situ Ke walked out from among the many guards with a cruel smile on his face, "I finally caught you!"
Chunyu Yan's expression did not change, she stood calmly on the spot, glanced at her and said, "Why did the Crown Princess come to the cold palace late at night?"
Situ Ke scoffed, "Of course I came here to wait for you to fall into a trap!"
"There is no one to testify against you at all. It was just a trick I used. I didn't expect that you, Chun Yuyan, were so smart and confused for a moment that you fell on this little mountain-shaking tiger!"
Chunyu Yan raised his eyes and stared at her, curled his thin lips, and said with a smile: "That's not why I came here."
"No need to quibble anymore, I just need to wait for my father and mother to come over and I will convict you!" Situ Ke's eyes were red, with hatred and pleasure intertwined in his eyes.
"Who?!" the guards in the courtyard shouted, and three or two people rushed out. When they saw it, it turned out to be Chun Yuzhuang dressed in black!
Situ Ke looked at him in disbelief, "Why are you here?!"
Chunyuzhuang glanced at Chunyuyan and said, "It's the same reason why third brother appears here."
Situ Ke was heartbroken. She didn't expect that the two of them would join forces and kill Chun Yurong!
"Come here, tie them both up!" she shouted.
"Who dares?!" A childish voice interrupted, and a petite figure appeared at the door of the courtyard. He quickly walked to Situ Ke and said: "I told the second and third brothers that there is a ghost in the cold palace! "
"Fifth brother, this matter has nothing to do with you." Situ Ke didn't take a child seriously.
Chunyushang had red lips and white teeth, and his cheeks were a little pale. He blushed angrily and said loudly: "I have already sent someone to invite the father, the emperor and the queen. They will be here in a moment. Do you still dare to take them?! "
Situ Ke smiled coldly, "I'm afraid this matter is not up to you!" If she believed her, how could the Queen cooperate with her in spreading the rumor that the cold palace was haunted to lure Chun Yuyan and Chun Yuzhuang into hooking up? The implication of this is that these two people would not believe it. People!
"The Emperor has arrived!"
"The Queen is here!"
"The royal concubine is here!"
After the palace attendants shouted three times, Emperor Chun Yurao, Queen Situ Min and Concubine Xiang Yi appeared in front of everyone.
"Mother concubine!" Chunyushang called out and threw himself into the arms of Concubine Xiangyi, saying, "The concubine wants to bully the two brothers!"
"What's going on?!" Chunyurao shouted in a deep voice.
"Father..." Situ Ke was about to speak when he was interrupted by Chun Yushang, who said: "Father, I heard that there was a ghost in the cold palace that disturbed my mother's purity, so I told my second brother and third brother. We agreed to catch ghosts together tonight, but we didn’t expect that this was a trap set by the Crown Princess!”
Chunyu Rao turned to look at Situ Ke, "Crown Princess, what do you have to say?"
Situ Ke turned his gaze to Situ Min and gritted his teeth and said, "To tell you what my father is saying, my wife did intend to bring out the real culprit who killed the prince, but she did not intend to disturb the peace in the palace. The Queen Mother can testify for my daughter-in-law!"
Situ Min glanced at her lightly, then turned to Chun Yurao and said, "It is indeed true. She has made me upset recently. She always said that the prince died at the hands of others. I also have doubts about the death of the prince. So I wanted to give it a try, but I didn’t expect it would cause such a big mess... Please ask the emperor to punish my concubine!"
Chun Yurao raised his head and glanced at everyone, majestic and cold. He paced back and forth in front of several people, his eyes scrutinizing, and finally stopped in front of Situ Ke, and said seriously: "The death of the prince has hit you hard. But the matter has been found out, and you are not allowed to cause any more trouble. Besides, you also saw tonight that all my children showed up. Do you want to say that my children conspired to kill the prince?"
Situ Ke quickly lowered his head and said in fear: "I don't dare, I just want to die for the prince..."
"The prince's matter has been decided. The princess should sincerely serve the prince for three years and not come to stir up trouble in my harem!" Chun Yurao's voice became colder and louder, clearly reprimanding the queen.
Situ Ke quickly knelt down, as did Situ Min and Concubine Xiangyi.
There was clearly a look of regret on Situ Min's downcast face, and she said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Crown Princess was just worried too much and couldn't calm down for a while, so she did such a thing... "
"Since you can't calm down in the Prince's Mansion, then go to Zhaoguo Temple to practice Zen and worship the Buddha, and accompany the Buddha in chanting sutras, so as not to spend your mind on these things all day long!" Chun Yurao walked away with a flick of his sleeves, and said: "Come here, Send the Crown Princess to Zhaoguo Temple overnight!"