allonlinenovel Chapter 203 Consort Li Has Lost Her Mind
Chapter 203 Consort Li Has Lost Her Mind
Jingxue raised an eyebrow and said, "Why do I feel like she's coming for me? I'm walking right behind the Empress Dowager. If I knock down the Empress Dowager and the Empress, wouldn't the Emperor punish me? But to my right is the Princess Consort of Duan, who is her own sister! What if her own sister knocks down the Empress Dowager? Is this Hu Shuer out of her mind?"
"Fortunately, it was a close call! Let's have a meal! We'll rest for two days. The delegation will be arriving soon, and I'll be heading back to my residence."
Ye Muchen had grown accustomed to Jingxue's presence in the Prince's Mansion. Without Jingxue, the mansion seemed lifeless, and he didn't even know how he had managed to get through the days before.
Jingxue was just asking casually. In her mind, Hu Shuer was not even a small fry. She didn't have Ye Muchen's thoughts. The fewer people in the East Palace, the better. She had to do something that wasn't important but that she really wanted to do.
That night, after everyone had gone to sleep, Jingxue quietly went to the Cold Palace.
This cold palace must have been an abandoned palace in the past, covering a considerable area with several courtyards.
Of course, there were guards at the entrance of the Cold Palace, but they couldn't stop Jingxue. Even if they couldn't stop her, it wouldn't work. Jingxue even managed to knock them unconscious.
Jingxue came today because she met Kan Hu and Princess Duan that day. Although she and Ye Muchen left, she heard their conversation clearly. And someone was taking care of Consort Li.
Let her take good care of Consort Li tonight! She wouldn't be too much to kill Consort Li if she were to harm a five-year-old child.
From now on, I'll have to do everything myself; I can't rely on that dead emperor.
Jingxue noticed that one of the courtyards was very clean, and she assumed that Consort Li lived there.
It turned out that two old ladies were sleeping inside. Only then did Jingxue remember that Ye Muchen had mentioned that a concubine of the retired emperor was still living here.
Oh my god! I almost made a mistake. It would be a real sin to scare the two old ladies like this, after all, they have lived here for more than ten or twenty years.
Jingxue was dressed as a eunuch today. She knocked out Consort Li's maid and then went back to her space to put on makeup.
When she came out again, her hair was disheveled, her face was deathly pale, and she had dark circles under her eyes.
Reaching Consort Li's bedside, Jingxue called out in a chilling voice, "Consort Li, it's me, Fulai! I died so tragically! I'm so cold!"
Consort Li, still half asleep on the bed, opened her eyes. When she saw the person in front of her with their head down and arms outstretched, she was so frightened that her voice changed, "Ah? A ghost!"
Jing Xue looked up in bewilderment and opened her large, red mouth with fangs, "Ah! Consort Li, you owe me my life!"
After saying that, she pretended to pounce on Consort Li. Consort Li was so frightened that she fell off the bed and scrambled to run out, but the door had already been locked by Jingxue.
At this moment, Jingxue floated all over the room, calling out Consort Li's name as she floated.
Consort Li was so frightened that she hid under the bed, but unfortunately, the bed started to float.
"Fu Lai! Please, please spare me! I've been banished to the Cold Palace, and I'm in a terrible state! Please, please spare me!" Consort Li knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
Jingxue took out a scalpel and shaved Lifei's hair in a few quick strokes, making it look like a dog had chewed it.
"Ah...don't kill me! Don't kill me!" Consort Li screamed, then suddenly fainted.
Jingxue kicked her and said, "You're such a loser! I thought you were so tough! You can't even handle a game! I'll play with you again when I have time."
After saying that, Jingxue left the house and had just leaped onto the wall when she heard someone talking in the courtyard next door, "Xiuer, has the world really changed? Even ghosts are coming to the Cold Palace! A few days ago it was Consort Li, and tonight a wrongfully murdered eunuch has come!"
Upon hearing this, Jingxue didn't dare turn around and slipped into the space.
In the courtyard next door, two elderly women with white hair, dressed in clumsy cotton-padded clothes, with their sleeves tucked in, were talking to each other over the wall.
"Miss, let's go back inside! Maybe the wonderful dream I just had will continue!"
"Little devil, come early tomorrow! You're just killing time anyway, come and talk to us!" one of the old ladies shouted in Jingxue's direction.
Jingxue was removing her makeup in the space while watching the two old ladies with a smile. She didn't expect these two eccentric old ladies in the Cold Palace to be so interesting. They weren't even afraid of ghosts. It seems they've figured out how to live!
The next morning, Ye Muchen brought back a message from court, saying that Consort Li in the Cold Palace had gone mad, talking nonsense, and had even had her head shaved by ghosts.
The guards in the Cold Palace asked the Emperor if he should send an imperial physician to treat her, but the Emperor ignored them, meaning he would leave her to fend for herself.
"Retribution! Heaven couldn't stand by and watch me do something wrong!" Jingxue said expressionlessly.
"The delegation will arrive at the post station thirty miles away today. Tomorrow, Prince Duan and I will go out of the city to welcome them. The Emperor said you should come with us as well."
"It's starting already?" Jingxue didn't expect it to start so quickly; wasn't it supposed to take three days?
“Yes! The Cangbei delegation is on a faster journey. The Emperor plans to host a banquet for the delegation tomorrow, and they should arrive in Shangjing by noon. So we will greet them at the Ten-Mile Pavilion,” Ye Muchen said.
"Alright! I'm going to Yue'an Palace to check on the children later! What about you?"
"I still need to go to the Ministry of Rites. The horse you rode last time also needs to be prepared. Arrange for someone to wait for you at the palace gate tomorrow morning," Ye Muchen said.
"Okay! I understand." Jingxue nodded.
"Then I'll leave first!"
"Okay!" After watching Ye Muchen and Gao Chi leave, Jingxue turned around and saw Li Guangxing yawning. She glared at him.
"Cousin, you all go to Yue'an Palace, I'll stay at Yichun Palace and look after the house?"
"All the palace maids and eunuchs have left. There's nothing here, so what are you going to do with your home? Besides, we're going to have lunch at Yue'an Palace before we come back. Can you cook for yourself?" Jingxue said irritably.
Upon hearing Jingxue's words, Li Guangxing quickly said, "Cousin, I misspoke!"
Too lazy to argue with him, Jingxue went to the kitchen, where Xiaoman and Liqiu were preparing dumpling fillings. One was pork and green pepper filling, and the other was zucchini and egg filling. They mixed both fillings into a large bowl.
They called over the leap month, and the group, carrying flour, dumpling filling, and a large bag of dried fruit, went to Yue'an Palace.
There was no one in sight in the East Palace. Jingxue wondered if all the palace maids and eunuchs had been withdrawn. However, the outside looked very clean, so they must have left after cleaning.
There were only two guards at the door. When they saw them coming, the two men quickly bowed. Jingxue recognized one of them as the person who had made things difficult for Li Qianqian that day.
The man had just raised his head when he met Jingxue's gaze, and he quickly lowered his head again.
"No need for formalities!" Jingxue said and left with her entourage.
The guard slowly straightened up, thinking to himself, "It's over, Princess Zhan still holds a grudge against me."
Upon arriving at Yue'an Palace, the gatekeeper eunuchs warmly welcomed them inside without announcing their arrival.
As Eunuch Xi was walking out, he saw Jingxue and quickly bowed, "This old servant greets Princess Consort Zhan! You've arrived!"