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Chapter 43 The Third Bowl of Soup (1)

When Qinghuan opened his eyes again, he realized that he had returned to the Naihe Bridge.

The man who sat by the bluestone, who seemed to be transformed into one with the stone, was still silent, and seemed to be unable to see her at all. Now Qinghuan has also learned to abandon her unnecessary curiosity. She slowly walked up the bridge, and the female ghost Hongluan was looking at the stone of cause and effect. On it, her eldest son finally became a famous minister, her beautiful wife and son, and she had a glory for life. Her younger son was a famous imperial merchant in the world. The two brothers were harmonious and friendly, and they all died.

Qinghuan walked to the wooden table and scooped up a bowl of clear soup. The soup became turbid as soon as it was scooped up, and then became clear again in a moment, so fast that people almost thought that it was dazzling.

"...What is this?" asked the female ghost Hongluan.

Qinghuan smiled slightly, "This is your tears throughout your life, your seven emotions and six desires, and your great sorrow and joy."

The female ghost Hongluan took the soup and slowly drank it. The taste was extremely strange. It was impossible to tell whether it was sweet or salty. Qinghuan looked at her faintly and said, "Go forward."

The female ghost Hongluan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is the world over there good?"

"I don't know." Qinghuan replied to her. "But you can get a new life by walking across this bridge."

So the female ghost Hongluan gave her a gentle blessed body: "Thank you, girl, please tell me your name?"

Qinghuan tilted his head and thought for a while, saying, "Name, whether it has or does not have it, is not that important. Even if I tell you, you won't remember it."

The female ghost Hongluan restrained her expression and walked back to the other side of the Naihe Bridge in one step and three times. The ghost in the Forgetful River slowly subsided, and the river surface returned to calm. Qinghuan sat at the table, as if she was talking to herself, and as if she was talking to someone: "The past has passed, and the future has not yet come, and it is useless to think too much."

At this moment, there were bursts of crying sounds from afar. The sound was tender and crisp, but extremely sad. The ghosts who had just calmed down began to frantically again. They all rushed out of the water, opened their ulcerous eyes, opened their rotten mouths, stretched out their arms separated by flesh and blood, and stared at the new ghost walking through the other end of the bridge.

She was a woman who could not even see her appearance. Her clothes were withered and corrupt, and even had spider webs on her head. I thought she had suffered a lot in her life. At this moment, she was looking around in horror. Even if she couldn't see the ghosts on the river, she still felt extremely frightened.

Qing Huan said softly: "Who are you and why are you here?"

The soup in the pot began to boil slowly, turbid and clear, and was made by the resentment of all ghosts as a fire. The female ghost seemed to feel Qinghuan's kindness, but it seemed that she was still full of vigilance towards Qinghuan. The beautiful and noble women in the world all had extremely vicious hearts. She had to be careful, be careful...

Seeing the female ghost's appearance, Qinghuan frowned. She was wearing a white dress. I don't know where it came from. Anyway, since she returned to the head of Naihe Bridge, she was dressed like this. She looked at the water. Although she had no real body, she had a beautiful appearance and elegant temperament. Even if she released her gentleness and kindness in her eyes, it was inevitable that she would feel uncomfortable - especially for the particularly fragile new ghost.

It's too easy to make people wary. In such a dark and gloomy place, there is a woman like her who is incompatible with the environment. No wonder this new ghost looks like she sees a ghost. Knee, isn't she just a ghost?

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. My name is Qinghuan, where are you?"

Under Qinghuan's comfort, the female ghost finally calmed down slowly. She looked at Qinghuan timidly and said slowly: "My name is Zhu Cai."

"Where are you coming from?"

"I..." The female ghost Zhu Cai showed a confused look. "I only remember that I was so cold... Someone threw me into the dry well of the cold palace. I was so cold, I felt so painful! I begged for mercy desperately, but she just refused to let me go. I, I didn't mean it. That night, I didn't mean to seduce the emperor... I'm not, I'm not! Empress! Empress spare my life! Empress! Luck!" As soon as she finished speaking, she changed her timid appearance and became particularly cold. "I won't let you go even if I become a ghost! I want to take revenge! I want to take revenge!"

Qinghuan looked at her crazy quietly, picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea, took a sip, and sighed in her heart, "Do I want to live like this kind of life? The girl never came out again, and this woman named Zhu Cai couldn't tell the right and wrong..."

At this moment, the stone of cause and effect suddenly lit up. Qing Huan looked over with a heart-to-heart relationship and instantly learned about the life of the female ghost Zhu Cai.

It turns out that Zhu Cai was an ordinary palace maid in the Great Wei Palace. Although she was quite beautiful, she was really not good at the palace with beautiful women. Since Emperor Jingheng of the Great Wei ascended the throne, although there were many three palaces and six courtyards, she never came to see any woman. Why is this? No one knows why. The highest status in the harem was Concubine Ke Shu, who was the Duke of Ding and held a tiger talisman in his hand. Concubine Ke Shu was a figure in the world and was famous for being a talented woman since childhood. She was especially good at dancing and had several poems passed down from generation to generation. However, she was jealous by nature. Although Emperor Jingheng never came to see the concubines, she became jealous. If Emperor Jingheng said a few more words to a certain concubine, she would try her best to make the other party suffer. If the other party was an ordinary palace maid or a talented person with a low position agreed, she would be silenced directly.

Zhu Cai died because of this.

Envoys from neighboring countries came to pay tribute. After the night banquet, Concubine Ke Shu secretly gave Emperor Jingheng aphrodisiacs, and originally wanted to achieve a good thing. However, in the end, not only failed to do so, but instead took advantage of Zhu Cai, a low-level palace maid! How could Concubine Ke Shu not be angry? The next day, he ordered someone to pour Zhu Cai oshi soup, and then beat him to death with sticks. The body was thrown into the dry well of the cold palace. Zhu Cai's soul was trapped. Emperor Jingheng later asked about this matter, Concubine Ke Shu's face remained unchanged and said that the palace maid was not blessed and died of sudden illness. This matter was revealed.

Zhu Cai was just a little palace maid in this life, but in the last life he was a monk with great merits. Qinghuan looked at the Cause and Effect Stone and was in a state of divination when she saw the female ghost Zhu Cai regained her mind. She said with sternness: "She is already ranked among the four concubines, so what if she spares my life? Now that I have caused me to die in vain, I can't let her go no matter what!"

However, people with great merits will not turn into evil spirits after death. Therefore, even if Zhu Cai wants to take revenge, he is powerless.

Qinghuan glanced at her and asked, "Do you resent Concubine Ke Shu and Emperor Jing Heng?"

"I don't blame the emperor." said the female ghost Zhu Cai. "He is the emperor. It is his freedom to favor him, not to mention that the emperor is just a cold-hearted person, but never kills innocent people. What I hate is the inhuman Concubine Ke Shu! Over the years, there are countless people who die in her hands, but she still covers the sky with one hand! When the emperor asked about this, she actually wanted to hide the truth from the sky, full of ridiculous words!" As he said, the female ghost Zhu Cai showed extreme hatred again. "I want her to get retribution! I want her to lose everything she has! The emperor's favor, the praise of the world, and the prominent family background... I want her to lose! Lose!"

She was excitedly swaying, and the ghosts in the Forgetful River seemed to be stimulated. Qinghuan felt indescribable irritability. Her beautiful eyes turned, and the ghosts in the river were so scared that they all fell silent! Just when Qinghuan was wondering why this was the case, she changed the scene and left Naihe Bridge.

Wait for a while... She had not had time to finish reading the matter about Emperor Jingheng on the Cause and Effect Stone.

However, compared with that, the most important thing is that something is wrong with her current body?! Qinghuan stretched out her hands in surprise and looked at it. These little hands are worthy of their name. Look at this age, at most... they are only five years old, right?

In this case, no matter how beautiful or charming she is, she cannot compete for favor!

But where is this? It's gray and doesn't look like a magnificent palace at all.

Just when Qing Huan was wondering, a woman in female official costume ran over. Seeing her here, she was relieved at first, and then said angrily: "You kid! Why are you so disobedient? Is this a place you can come?! Hurry up, go with your aunt!"

Qinghuan was forced to be pulled away by her. I don’t know why the woman looked so frightened. Isn’t it just an entrance to a rockery? Is there anything worth making a fuss about?! Although she thought so in her heart, she still looked well-behaved.

The female official carried her to the room and lit her little nose and told her: "Remember my aunt's words, you must not run around in the palace, especially in the cold palace. Do you understand? As for that rockery, you cannot get close to it. There are evil ghosts inside, which specializes in eating white and tender little girls like you!"

Qinghuan was so kind that he made an uneasy and scared expression. Seeing this, the female official showed a satisfied expression: "Qinghuan, are you okay waiting for your aunt here?"

...Qinghuan?!

Qing Huan was stunned now. Why, wasn’t she attached to the female ghost Zhu Cai’s body? How could it be her own name?!

Seeing that she didn't say anything, the female official thought she was scared, so she coaxed her a few words with affection, and then left in a hurry. Qinghuan sat on the bed. She didn't understand what was going on. She thought that in the world of the female ghost Hongluan, she had already gained the ability to manipulate people's hearts, but when she arrived at the world of the female ghost Zhu Cai, she was full of confusion again!

However, compared with the world of the female ghost Qiqi, she was so steady that she immediately accepted this fact and found ways to make her situation more favorable.

The rockery just now... Qinghuan had very bad memories of the rockery, but in her memory, there was a dungeon under the rockery in her benefactor's mansion. Maybe she should go there to try her luck? The most important thing is that like the bowl of bird's nest soup that had moved, she just felt that she should go there for a walk.
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