Seeing that Zixuan had already entered the Tao, Ziyan was elated; but she pretended to be compassionate.
"Everyone envies the people who enter the imperial palace. They think that those who eat delicious food, drink spicy food, and wear fine clothes are superior people. But when anyone goes out of the palace, the people outside always worship him like a Bodhisattva. But you I don’t know, in the palace, it’s actually full of intrigue, the strong bully the weak, and the tyrannical. The palace is an extremely dirty place. I don’t know how many maidservants were beaten to death.”
According to Ziyan, the imperial palace is like a purgatory on earth, and the people living here are in dire straits. Zixuan was a little confused.
"Some people died and were buried under a big tree; some people died, their bodies were dismembered and thrown into the well; some people died, they were chopped into meat paste and fed to dogs."
Zixuan's complexion was pale, and her beauty paled: "Is... is it that scary?"
Zi Yan sighed: "In the imperial palace, there is only more horror, not the scariest. Have you heard the story about Empress Lu in the Western Han Dynasty? She beheaded Madam Qi, and threw her into the pigsty. Do you think this It's just a legend, but in the palace, such things happen every day."
Ziyan was watching Zixuan's reaction while talking, seeing Zixuan immersed in the story she made up, she couldn't help smiling slightly.
"I don't know how many people who don't want to die in the palace. These people linger in the deep courtyard of the palace. Every night, they come out for a walk. Especially on the night of the full moon, if you go to the well to look Under the moonlight, in the deep well, amidst the moonlight, suddenly there was a crashing sound, and you just blinked your eyes, and you saw a maid with disheveled hair and wearing the clothes of the former dynasty crawling out of the well... "
"Stop talking!" Zixuan shrank into a ball in fright, the gold and silver hairpins on her head, and the jingling golden step shaker all trembled.
Ziyan squinted at Zixuan, and felt that this woman was too simple, she would believe anything she said.
"Zixuan, it's not my sister who scares you. The Fengwu Palace where you live used to live with several queens. These queens were cruel and vicious. They used the methods of dealing with animals to deal with those poor maids and eunuchs. I don't know if they fell into the well. how many."
"I didn't know it before, I obeyed the emperor's arrangement and lived in it. But after living for a while, I saw a disheveled, wet maid almost every night, coming to my bed and shouting, 'Return my life'! Really It was too scary! So I took the initiative to move out of Fengwu Palace, I would rather live in this narrow Jiao Palace than see ghosts haunting me every day."
Zixuan wrung her hands together nervously, her big eyes were full of fear: "Did you also see a wet female ghost?"
Zi Yan nodded: "This female ghost, I actually know her..."
"What?" Zixuan's tender body trembled slightly, "You...how did you know her? Could it be that you..."
Zixuan has stood up, looking at Ziyan in horror, isn't the person who knows the female ghost also a ghost? Rong Changan advises not to be with Ziyan, is it because Rong Changan knows that Ziyan is half human and half ghost
Ziyan cast a comforting smile on Zixuan: "Look under the table, do I have a shadow?"
Zixuan looked down and saw a long shadow printed on the ground.
"Ghosts have no shadow, do you still think I'm a ghost?"
Zixuan took a deep breath: "Then you just said that you know that female ghost."
Zi Yan smiled: "I mean, I knew her when she was alive. Her name is Liu'er, and she was originally my girl. She is a very good person, and she serves me wholeheartedly. I also like her very much. Treat her like a younger sister. But one time, Liu'er accidentally offended Empress Rong, and when Empress Rong got angry, she...just her... "
Zi Yan wiped the corners of her eyes, wiped away her tears, sobbing, looking very sad.
Zixuan boldly asked: "What did Empress Rong do to Liu'er?"
Zi Yan adjusted her mood: "The queen pushed her into the well and stopped us from saving Liu'er. Poor Liu'er, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, just died like this."
"Liu'er must have died unwillingly, and felt that she was wronged, so she refused to leave, and came out every night to cause trouble. She shouted 'give me back my life', in fact, she wanted me to avenge her, but I am just a noble concubine, why? Can you deal with the majestic queen?"
Zixuan didn't move, her body seemed to be stiff.
The Rong Chang'an she saw was not a vengeful person, nor was she a vicious woman. But who is right! People's hearts are separated, if there is no certain means, can Rong Changan sit in the position of queen
"What did Liu'er do wrong that Empress Rong would push her into the well?"
Zi Yan rolled her eyes: "Liu'er is a little girl, she can do some earth-shattering things wrong, but she didn't give a gift to Empress Rong in time, and she quarreled with Chuntao again, Chuntao complained in front of Empress Rong Empress Rong felt that if Liu'er didn't give Chuntao face, she wouldn't give her face, so she became cruel and pushed Liu'er to the bottom of the well."
There was doubt and pain in Zixuan's eyes: "Does the Queen know that there are ghosts in Fengwu Palace?"
Zi Yan lowered her eyes: "Of course the empress knows, and I have told her several times that Liu'er is still in Fengwu Palace, and if the empress can go to the well to repent, maybe Liu'er will die too." Let's go. But the queen is very stubborn and has a high temper, how can she admit her mistake to a ghost?"
Rong Changan's temperament is indeed lofty and conceited, Zixuan has already seen it from her every gesture.
"Since the queen knows that Liu'er is inside, why...why did she arrange for me to live in?"
This is the most painful place for Zixuan. Perhaps, Rong Changan is not afraid of ghosts, so he also thinks that Zixuan should not be afraid of Liu'er.
Ziyan's words made Zixuan fall into even greater confusion and pain.
"Why?" Zi Yan twitched the corner of her mouth, "Obviously, the empress wanted to arrange for you to enter."
Zixuan opened her mouth slightly, revealing her white teeth: "The Queen intends to arrange for me to go in? What should I say?"
Zi Yan snorted, pouted her mouth: "Because the queen doesn't want you to have a good time."
Zixuan shook her head, unable to believe Ziyan's words.
"Why doesn't she want to see me live well? She...she treats me like a younger sister. "
Ziyan smiled: "Sister? Didn't I also call you sister? Just calling me sister will make you absolutely devoted to her. Even if she calls you eleven thousand times, she will still be willing to call her, and she will even call you a kiss."
Zixuan's playful lips twitched: "I don't believe it, you're lying to me? No wonder the queen said she wouldn't let me come to see you, because you are good at deceiving people! I just went to the Dajing Kingdom, and I have no conflict of interest with the queen. , How could she dislike me? How could she deliberately arrange me into Fengwu Palace to punish me? You...you are a liar!"
Zi Yan snorted coldly: "It seems that you are still inexperienced and deceived by Rong Chang'an's appearance. You haven't seen her viciousness, but if you did, you would be dumbfounded. What is the Queen Mother Lu's pig? Do you know how many times more vicious than Empress Dowager Lu. Do you want to hear why Empress Rong wants to deal with you and attack you?"
Zixuan shook her head: "Why?"
Zi Yan said: "Because you are her competitor!"
She and Rong Chang'an don't interfere with each other, so what kind of competition is there