"Su'er, you don't want to live in this Ziwei Garden forever and never get ahead, right?" Hua Yunyue said.
Su'er hesitated for a moment and asked: "Miss, what are your instructions? As long as you say a word, even if it costs Su'er's life, I will..."
"How could I want to take Xing'er's life when I want Xing'er to follow me and enjoy the blessings," Hua Yunyue said, "I just want Xing'er to send a letter for me."
"Letter?" Su'er's eyes flashed with doubts, but she didn't dare to ask more, "Where does the lady want me to send?"
Hua Yunyue smiled slightly, took a sip of the white water in the bowl, and said: "Imperial Palace."
***
The news that the concubine was demoted to wife spread quickly, and the palace was in a rare joyous atmosphere. Everyone felt that this incident was very satisfying, and the servants became more energetic in doing things.
After dinner, Caiying wanted to go to Ziwei Garden. When she left the Feiling Courtyard where Zuo Yan lived, several guards followed her, saying that they were ordered by Lord Zuo to protect her.
Caiying was also a smart person, so she just wandered around the back garden for a few times. She couldn't escape the surveillance of several people, so she thought about going back.
I accidentally saw a woman talking to herself among the flowers. After taking a closer look, I realized that it was the flower fairy who I had met once before in Hongxingyuan.
She seemed to be picking phoenix flowers in the flowerbed, sniffing this one and looking at that one, but she seemed to have no intention.
Caiying wanted to step forward, but thought of Zuo Yan's instructions, she hesitated again. Just as she was about to leave, she heard someone calling her.
"Little girl, what's your name?"
The voice was very touching, and sounded very friendly, but the bright sunshine made Caiying break out in a cold sweat.
Because these words were exactly what Hua Yunshang asked when he first met her.
Word for word, this voice...
She didn't dare to look back, so she quickened her pace and walked towards Feiling Courtyard almost as fast as flying.
The guards only followed to the door and then stood guard outside. Caiying closed the door in displeasure, wiped the sweat from her forehead whether from fear or fatigue, and leaned against the door to catch her breath.
I heard from them that Hua Yunyue saw a ghost last night and was stripped naked and hung on the beams. This angered the prince, so she was demoted to the wife and moved into Ziwei Garden.
At first she didn't believe it. She always felt that she was the one who let Hua Yunyue poison Hua Xian'er to be exposed, so she was restless all night, fearing that she would be implicated.
But now it seemed that it wasn't because their harmful intentions were revealed that she started to be afraid. Could it be that Hua Yunshang's ghost was really back?
"Caiying, look at how sweaty you are and how happy you are. Is there something new happening outside?" Zaoying sat on the threshold of the main hall of Feiling Academy and asked, holding her chin.
This is something Hua Yunshang would often ask when she and Caiying lived together.
Caiying's whole body froze, and she stared blankly at the smiling woman at the door. She was not wearing a veil, and had a beautiful face. However, there was a dark purple totem around her right eye, and her watery eyes were very bright when she smiled.
Beautiful, but also very ferocious.
"Wang...Princess...are you the princess?" Caiying felt that her throat was blocked by something, and it was painfully dry. It was better to say that she was asking, rather than talking to herself.
"Caiying, it's really cold, and you didn't even come to see me." Sooner or later, he lowered his head slightly, trying to look more like Hua Yunshang.
"Princess..." Caiying wanted to turn around and leave, but her legs seemed to be filled with lead, and she seemed to be hugged tightly, unable to move at all.
In fact, two invisible little guys were struggling to hold her legs, preventing her from moving.
"Caiying, come here quickly." Zaoyao waved to her, his smile gleaming in the faint morning light, becoming a little transparent and too weak.
It's like a soul that has no vitality and can be taken away by the wind...
The white gauze on her body had not-so-bright blood stains, just like the one in the dungeon that night.
Caiying felt pain when her legs bent, and Caiying knelt down with a thud.
"Princess, I can't come, I can't come..." She began to struggle violently. Xiao Huishui was weak and was kicked away by her strong force.
Long Chuangchuang frowned, his beautiful little face full of gloom, and his little hands directly strangled her neck without using much force, which scared Caiying and screamed again and again.
"Princess, it's not me who hurt you, it's not me you should be looking for... Leave quickly, leave!" He touched his neck with both hands, feeling nothing but a cold touch, but why was it difficult to breathe?
Sooner or later, he gave Xiao Chuangchuang a wink, and he reluctantly let go of his hand, bending down to pull Xiao Huishui, who was lying on the ground unwilling to get up.
Caiying got free, suddenly stood up, opened the door and ran out screaming, shouting: "Ghost, there is a ghost!"
The guards at the door looked at each other. They were ordered by the prince to watch Caiying in Feiling Courtyard, so they never left.
After Caiying entered the door, she didn't even put a fly in, so she ran out screaming so that they thought it was her intention.
However, after what happened last night, the guards did not dare to neglect it. Prince Rui's mansion is haunted, and this is no small matter.
"Girl, what happened?" the leading guard asked.
Caiying swallowed, touched her neck, and said with difficulty: "In the room, the princess is back! She is sitting on the threshold, and she is grabbing my neck!"
The guards were hesitant and Caiying did not dare to go in again, but the leader opened the door.
The threshold of the main hall was empty, and the entire courtyard was eerily quiet.
"Miss Caiying, there's no one there," the guard said expressionlessly, "Do you need us to go inside and take a look?"
Only then did Caiying have the courage to come in from the door. As expected, she saw no one. She was stunned for a long time before she smiled and said, "Maybe I'm being blinded. Thank you for your hard work."
The guards came to guard the door. Caiying did not dare to close the door again, but timidly whispered: "Princess, your death has nothing to do with me. There is a wrongdoer and a debtor. Even if you want to take your life, you shouldn't come."
Find me."
"Caiying, it doesn't matter how others harm me. You can't harm others. Otherwise, I will have to keep you by my side..."
Sooner or later, the words rang in Caiying's ears. She looked around but saw no one, and her heart suddenly felt numb.
When the princess was here, she was always kind-hearted. No matter how others plotted to frame her, she always laughed it off. So, should she be warned to do good until she dies?
Tears filled Caiying's eyes, she folded her arms and squatted down against the door frame, saying: "Princess, Caiying knows that she is wrong. Caiying should not have evil intentions just for her own selfish desires. Caiying made a mistake and will never do it again."
Okay, just rest in peace."
On the eaves, sooner or later, he would smile knowingly and go to Shaohua Pavilion with his two babies.
She left in such a hurry that she never saw the strange color in the tearful eyes of the crying maid.
Hua Yunyue was ignorant, but she was not that easy to deceive. Ghosts would not dare to come out in broad daylight. Moreover, Caiying raised her eyes and looked at the threshold where she had squatted sooner or later. There was a beam of sunshine there, shining brightly.
She once heard a master say that ghosts have no shadows.