I yelled a few times, but no one came in. The ghost, with disheveled hair, floated in through the window until it reached the bedside. Staring at a pair of scarlet eyes, sticking out a tongue more than a foot long, strangling Zixuan's neck with both hands, sternly demanding her life;
"Vicious woman, give me back my life!"
Zixuan wanted to struggle, but her body seemed to be enchanted, and she couldn't move an inch no matter what. Anxious, she was covered in sweat.
"Save me, save me!"
It was as if a knife had cut her throat, and Zixuan screamed shrillly from the room. The maid serving at night had just dozed off, she jumped up from her chair, turned around the screen, and came to the bedside. I saw Zixuan had her eyes closed, her forehead was sweating, her hands and feet were wriggling, and she spat out the words "help me".
"It's not good, the imperial concubine has suffered a nightmare!"
Then she shook Zixuan's arm: "Imperial concubine, wake up, wake up!"
Zixuan suddenly opened her big eyes and saw the maid standing beside the bed, she shouted in horror: "Go away!" She suddenly stretched out her hand and pushed the maid hard.
"Ouch..." The maid couldn't hold her feet, she fell to the ground, and hit her head on the ground with a thud.
Fortunately, there is a carpet, otherwise the maid's head would be bleeding. The maid didn't care about her pain, she stood up and said, "I am the concubine!"
Zixuan curled up on the bed, wrapped herself in a blanket, blinked her eyes, and realized that standing in front of her was not the disheveled female ghost, but the maid who usually served her. She let out a long sigh of relief, the black hair from her temples sticking to her face.
"Yes... it's you!"
The palace maid was still a little scared, not daring to approach Zixuan: "Is the imperial concubine having a nightmare?"
Zixuan couldn't tell whether she was dreaming or really saw it. She turned her eyes to the window, which was tightly closed. Zixuan couldn't help frowning her crescent eyebrows, pointing to the green window and asking:
"Did the window open just now? Did you close the window?"
The maid felt baffled and thought to herself: What's wrong with the imperial concubine, she talked endlessly.
"I didn't move a thing! That's how I came in."
Zixuan murmured: "It's strange, there was clearly a wind blowing in just now, it was so cold."
"Blowing air?" The palace maid frowned tightly, forming a "囧" word, "There was no wind just now! If there was wind, I would know for sure."
She just dozed off and was in a daze, so she didn't even know if there was wind or not.
"The imperial concubine, I think you are dreaming. I'll give you a glass of water, calm down!"
Zixuan felt exhausted, as if she had just come back after running around the palace: "Then bring me a glass of water."
The maid thought for a while: "No, I'm afraid you won't be able to fall asleep if you drink water. Let me make you a cup of soothing tea."
Zixuan nodded: "Anything is fine."
After a while, the maid came in with a cup of calming tea, and Zixuan drank it all. Wipe the corners of his mouth.
"Perhaps I was dreaming. The dream just now was terrible!"
The maid boldly asked, "What dream did the imperial concubine have?"
Zixuan was still afraid after thinking about it: "I saw a female ghost coming to catch me." She shook her head as she said, "It's so scary!"
The palace maid slanted her face and thought for a while: "How about this, I'll call Lan'er over and let her sleep with you."
If there was no one to accompany her, Zixuan would definitely think of the wet look of that female ghost as soon as she closed her eyes.
"That's fine too. Go see Lan'er and come over!"
The maid woke up Lan'er and told what happened just now.
Lan'er rubbed her sleepy eyes, and thought in her stomach: "When I first came to Fengwu Palace, Concubine Zixuan suffered from nightmares, but it's been a while since I didn't. Why did I commit the same crime again today?"
Still unable to open a pair of eyes, muttering in his mouth, he came to Zixuan's bedroom to sleep with Zixuan.
However, with Lan'er by her side, when Zixuan closed her eyes, she would still see the female ghost hovering outside the window, so she had to open her eyes again. Shake Lan'er awake.
"Laner, Laner!"
Lan'er was snoring like thunder, and opened Zixuan's hand.
Zixuan had no choice but to pinch Lan'er's nose, and Lan'er woke up.
"My concubine, what's the matter?"
Zixuan pointed out the window: "Did you see anyone outside?"
Lan'er looked out the window, only some tree shadows were reflected on the window paper, there was no one there!
"No, where did they come from!"
Zixuan's eyeballs trembled: "To be exact, it's not a human, it's a ghost! Take a closer look."
Lan'er looked carefully again, but she really didn't see anything. Scratching her ears, she went to the window again, opened the window, and looked outside, but she didn't see anything.
"There is nothing!"
"How could this happen?" Zixuan was about to cry with a bitter face, "I clearly saw a ghost calling outside the window..."
Lan'er touched Zixuan's forehead, and muttered, "I don't have a fever!" Zixuan was not sick, could it be that she was hallucinating
"Young concubine, you slept well a few days ago, why are you dreaming again?"
Zixuan shook her head in distress, her expression depressed and haggard: "I don't know, maybe it's because of hard work all the way, so I dreamed again."
Lan'er said: "People often say that women who are pregnant with children often have nightmares. It will be fine in a few days, and the imperial concubine must not think too much about it."
Zixuan said sullenly: "I hope!"
Now Zixuan, in order to sleep well, really wants to get so drunk that she can fall asleep.
The two talked, and it wasn't until Dongfang showed fishy belly that Zixuan fell asleep peacefully.
Early in the morning, someone knocked on the door.
"Sister Zixuan, the sun is already drying my ass, and I haven't got up yet!"
Hearing a creaking sound, Ziyan pushed the door in, walked around the screen, and saw that Lan'er and Zixuan were still lying down, Zixuan had slightly opened her eyes, but she was very tired and didn't want to get up.
"Hey, what's the matter? When did you sleep last night?" Ziyan sat by the bed, observing Zixuan carefully.
Lan'er heard someone talking, and said impatiently: "Don't make noise, let me sleep more!" Turned over and wanted to sleep again.
Zi Yan felt strange, how could a master and a servant sleep so well? She slapped the back of Lan'er's butt, making a crisp sound.
"Wake up soon! If I don't wake up, I will hit the board!"
Lan'er opened her eyes and saw Ziyan staring at her round eyes angrily. She quickly got up and jumped under the bed to salute Ziyan.
"I didn't know that the noble concubine Ziyan is here, please forgive me, please forgive me!"
Zi Yan squinted at Lan'er: "Look at you like this, are you serving others? If it was my girl, she would have passed by with a slap. Come down quickly, and bring the facial cleansing water for Concubine Zixuan!"
"Yes, I'll go right away!" Lan'er's hair was still in a mess, and she stumbled, almost knocking against the screen.
"Sister, I asked Lan'er to come and sleep with me, don't blame her." Seeing Lan'er's distraught look, Zi Xuan felt sorry for her.
Seeing Zixuan's haggard face, Zi Yan asked, "What's wrong with you? This face looks like a ghost, and there is no blood at all."
As soon as ghosts were mentioned, Zixuan's eyelids moved and her heart skipped a beat.
"No... nothing."
"Nothing?" Ziyan observed Zixuan, curled her lips, "You are not good at hiding, did you not sleep well last night? Why didn't you sleep well?"
Dreaming about ghosts is an unspeakable thing, Zixuan doesn't know what to say.
"Did you have a nightmare again last night?"
Zixuan nodded.
Zi Yan suddenly tore the blanket away, and Zi Xuan panicked: "Sister, what are you doing!"
"Where's your sachet?"
Zixuan lowered her head and said, "Sister, don't you remember? When I was in Wenchang County, Empress Rong took it away."
Zi Yan actually remembered, but asked this question on purpose.