Chapter 462 The Ghostly Woman of the Night

Chapter 462: The Ghost in the Dark Night

"This matter needs to be handled properly, and it should not be too widely known. I know there must be other complications involved, so be careful, especially with Ze'er. These days, you and your son should stay at Fu Shou Palace; it will be livelier there!" the Empress Dowager said.

Consort Li was slightly taken aback, then she immediately nodded in agreement.

It wasn't that she was flattering the Empress Dowager, but she knew that the Empress Dowager was already aware of the crisis in the palace and probably knew the methods of that person, fearing that they might target Ze'er and her again.

Especially Ze'er, a child, is indeed hard to protect.

"Grandmother, I will stay at Fu Shou Palace and take care of you!" Xiao Yuze was also a smart child. Although he was young, his mother had told him many things and precautions about the palace, so he understood a lot.

Therefore, he immediately agreed to stay with his grandmother.

"Yes, brother, we will stay together and keep grandmother company!" Xiao Ruilin also nodded immediately.

"Then, Ze'er, you and Nanny Gui will take Lin'er to his lessons. Later, you will go with Heng'er to the Imperial Tutor's house to sit in on the lessons he gives to your brother, so you can learn too!" the Empress Dowager said.

"Okay, grandmother, Ze'er also wants to go to the Imperial Tutor's house to play with Seventh Brother!" Xiao Yuze said.

Seventh Brother was a guard at the Imperial Tutor's house, not very old but skilled in various mechanisms, a favorite disciple of the Imperial Tutor.

With the children settled, the Empress Dowager had Nanny Gui take them out for their studies.

Meanwhile, Consort Li's expression turned serious.

"Mother, I have heard some things, you..." Consort Li looked at the Empress Dowager, seeing her good complexion, she cautiously asked.

"Ah Li, if someone threatens Ze'er, what would you do?" the Empress Dowager asked Consort Li.

"Your son would never let such a thing happen, Ze'er is my life, how could I allow others to harm him!" Consort Li spoke quickly.

"That's right, that's exactly how I feel!" the Empress Dowager nodded and said.

"So, the harem will be left to you, don't worry, I will fully support you!" the Empress Dowager said.

"Good, since mother has said so, then your son will act freely and will definitely get to the bottom of everything!" Consort Li nodded.

Eunuch Zhu was locked in the dungeon, throwing tantrums every day, constantly shouting to see the Empress Dowager, the Imperial Tutor, and even the Emperor.

"I don't know where His Majesty is, I have been so loyal, yet this is my fate, I don't know if it will chill the hearts of many!"

"I am innocent, I have done nothing, those two scoundrels want to harm me, jailers, jailers, go tell the Empress Dowager that I want to see her, I want to see her!"

"Ouch, I feel unwell, my heart is uncomfortable, ouch, can you help me? My feet are in extreme pain, please help me, I really feel terrible, can you get someone from the imperial doctors for me?"

However, no matter how Eunuch Zhu shouted, cried, or made a scene, no one paid him any attention from start to finish.

Because Nanny Gui had come, she instructed the jailers not to pay attention to whatever he said or shouted, in fact, to put it bluntly, his worthless life was not worth fearing.

However, on this day, someone came.

The bright clothes added a touch of color to the dark, gloomy, and stinking dungeon, as if the stench of the dungeon was not so obvious.

"You... Consort Li? Consort Li?" Eunuch Zhu initially squinted his eyes to look, at first he thought it was a dream, and muttered to himself that he could still dream of such a beauty at this time.

When he saw clearly who it was, he pinched his thigh hard, found it was real, and immediately rushed to the cell door, saying, "Consort Li, this old servant is innocent, I don't know how I offended someone, to end up like this, Consort Li, you must stand up for me!"

A jailer brought a stool for Consort Li, but she glanced at it and did not sit, she just looked at Eunuch Zhu in front of her and coldly said, "Cui Guo and Gui Hua, were they really not your doing?"

"Yes, yes, it's not me, Consort Li, you're so sharp, it really isn't me. It's those two wretched women; someone must have put them up to this to deal with me," Eunuch Zhu immediately responded.

"So, the previous Xiao Hong and Mei Xiang, they weren't you either?" Consort Li asked.

"Xiao Hong? Mei Xiang? Who are they? I don't recognize them at all!" Eunuch Zhu shook his head, as if he couldn't recall anything.

"In the well of the cold palace, under the peonies in the imperial garden, and in the lotus pond, those bones, have you forgotten?" Consort Li said, then turned and left, walking away as she spoke, "Those bones have been dug up, probably by your apprentices helping you, so they've all confessed!"

"What? What?" Eunuch Zhu was stunned, standing still in place. He watched Consort Li walk away gracefully, and suddenly felt a cold shiver run down his neck. He reached up to touch it, then slowly walked back to sit on the ground.

In the middle of the night, in the dark and damp cell, a woman dressed in a plain white robe suddenly appeared.

The woman had long hair, her face unclear.

"Eunuch Zhu, I've come!" the woman's voice was soft, but in the cell, it had a terrifying edge that sent shivers down one's spine.

"You, who are you?" Eunuch Zhu immediately asked.

"I am Mei Xiang, don't you remember, Eunuch Zhu? It's only been five years!" the woman said, standing at the cell door, she extended her arm, revealing black, rotting flesh: "Look, it's still festering, Eunuch Zhu, you said my skin was the most delicate, you said you wanted to take a bite out of me, you bit, how did I taste?"

"You, who are you really? You're not Mei Xiang, Mei Xiang wouldn't be like this!" Eunuch Zhu backed away, trembling all over, his hands gripping the straw tightly: "Mei Xiang is long dead, no, you're not Mei Xiang, I don't know Mei Xiang, among the women I've dealt with, there was never a Mei Xiang!"

"Eunuch Zhu, your memory is really poor, you said I was your most beloved girl, you said you would talk to Eunuch Gao, to marry me, to let me manage your shops, to make me your wife, to give me endless wealth and honor in the future?" the woman spoke, then cackled with laughter.

"I didn't, I never promised marriage to anyone, you still want my shops, my property, you're out of your mind!" Eunuch Zhu was completely enraged, those shops were his lifeline, he would never share them with anyone.