The wicked sister-in-law is in charge; meals include fish and shrimp.

Chapter 164 Haunted

Upon hearing this, Qin Wanyue raised her head and looked at her coldly, "Next time the Emperor comes, prepare two doses of that medicine for me."

That bitch is only doing this because she has a child. Once she gives birth to a prince, she'll truly be showered with love and affection, and even her father won't be able to control her!

The old woman hesitated for a moment, but then agreed, thinking that adding a little more water shouldn't have any impact.

It's been so long and the Empress's belly still hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy. If she really falls out of favor, life won't be easy for us servants either.

Unable to sleep from anger, Qin Wanyue suddenly remembered the palace maid she had sent to the side room a few days ago and asked, "How is that lowly maid in the side room doing?"

"She had long been tortured beyond recognition by those old eunuchs. A few days ago, she caught a cold, was wrapped in a straw mat, and thrown into a mass grave."

As she was speaking, she felt a cool breeze, but when she looked out the window, it was closed. Where did the wind come from?

The old woman got goosebumps all over, glanced around, and said to Qin Wanyue, "It's too late to talk about these things; it's too unlucky. Your Highness, please rest."

I'll be forced to kneel again tomorrow!

The Empress would send two people to keep an eye on them every day, so the servants would only be a little more relaxed during the time they were forced to kneel as punishment, and they wouldn't have to live in fear for several hours.

She helped Qin Wanyue onto the bed, then blew out the lamp. As she left, she couldn't help but look back.

This was a startling sight; she thought she saw someone hanging in the window. But upon closer inspection, the "person" had vanished.

After thinking for a moment, she gently closed the door. She must have been too tired from staying up so late and misread the situation.

Besides, where in this world are there ghosts or gods? She doesn't believe in them at all!

Where there are ghosts, there are gods. She has worshipped so many gods, but she has never seen herself have the endless money she prayed for!

She turned and left, and Dongshuang covered her mouth tightly behind the window, not daring to breathe loudly.

Her face was full of resentment, and her eyes looked like they were filled with poison.

That old woman is such a nuisance! She was hoping to scare this wicked woman since the Emperor wasn't coming over tonight! But she almost got caught by the old woman.

She peeked into the room and saw that the woman on the couch was asleep, her chest rising and falling gently.

Qin Wanyue doesn't like having someone guarding her when she's serving the emperor, and tonight, since Jun Shuyan didn't come, there are even fewer people around.

Fearing something might happen, she waited in the corner for a long time, making sure no one would come before tiptoeing over, opening the window, and carefully climbing inside.

In her sleep, Qin Wanyue felt something itchy on her face. She raised her hand and waved it, which made her feel a little better.

After a while, she felt something dripping down her face, and in her dazed state, she could hear a dripping sound.

She suddenly opened her eyes, and the sticky, damp feeling on her face made her raise her hand to touch it.

A pungent smell of blood almost made her scream. Just as she was about to call for help, something white floated past her.

She was so frightened that she forgot to react; her mouth was slightly open, and she even forgot to call for help.

Winter Frost flashed in front of her and let out a strange laugh from her throat, then her half-pale, half-rotten face was directly in front of her.

Qin Wanyue's eyes widened immediately; the face in front of her was terrifying! One of its eyes bulged out, as if it could roll off at any moment.

The rotting side was teeming with maggots that were still wriggling around, looking absolutely disgusting!

Its mouth was sewn shut, like a huge centipede hanging on its chin.

"Give me back my life! Give me back my life!"

The faint voice seemed to be squeezed out of her throat. Dong Shuang wanted to perform a trick to lift her scalp, but unexpectedly, Qin Wan rolled her eyes and fainted from fright.

Dongshuang squatted on the ground and looked at her, patting her face, but she still didn't wake up.

Her attire was nothing! She was so distressed by Chunyu's death at the mass grave that she almost vomited blood.

Under the straw mat, Chunyu's body was covered with bruises of all sizes, her legs were bent in an extremely unnatural position, and she was thin and frail. She was nothing like the person she had looked when she first entered the palace with Chunyu.

That little face was even more terrifying; the healthy half was covered in red blood vessels, while the other half looked like it had been burned.

Her mouth was sewn shut, and her lips were covered with countless needle marks and dried blood clots.

Despite her immense grief, she took Chunyu's body to an abandoned thatched hut, changed her into clean clothes, and tidied her up to make her look as presentable as possible.

Chunyu still clutched the hairpin she had given her tightly in her dirty hands, though the hairpin was already as tattered as she was back then.

She closed her eyes reluctantly, found a secluded place to bury her, along with the hairpin.

Unfortunately, she couldn't kill Qin Wanyue to avenge her best friend; she could only scare this vicious woman.

After leaving several bloody handprints on Qin Wanyue's bed and quilt, she quietly climbed out the window.

The next day, when the palace maid came in, she was so shocked to see Qin Wanyue lying on the ground that she almost threw the copper basin she was holding away.

"Your Majesty, why are you lying on the ground?!"

The two palace maids ran over to pick her up and carry her to the bed, but as soon as she turned around, they both screamed, "Ah! Ah! A ghost! A ghost!"

The two women clung tightly to each other, trembling uncontrollably. Several governesses who were outside were about to come in when they heard their pitiful cries and broke down the door.

"What's going on?! Where is Her Majesty?!"

Only when the leading old woman, Granny Yang, got closer did she realize that the person lying on the ground was none other than Qin Wanyue.

However, the large bloody handprint and dried blood on his face look rather frightening.

Noticing the mess on the bed, she scolded the two maids and said, "Hurry up and move Her Highness to the side hall! Throw the bed away and replace it with a new one!"

After saying that, she ordered the people behind her to go to the Imperial Hospital to find an imperial physician. While waiting for the physician to arrive, a group of palace maids and nannies surrounded Qin Wanyue and finally cleaned her up.

Qin Wanyue did not react at all during this time. Yang Mama secretly checked her breathing and breathed a sigh of relief when she felt her breathing.

The entire Huaqing Palace was surrounded, and no one could get in or out. Jun Shuyan sat quietly by the couch, waiting for the imperial physician's diagnosis.

"How is it?"

After a while, the imperial physician put down the red rope and said to him, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine fainted due to excessive fright. A few doses of calming medicine will suffice."

Jun Shuyan frowned and asked again, "Then why hasn't she woken up yet?"

When the palace servants went to Xinhua Garden to report this morning, they said that the person had been unconscious the whole time. It has been so long and the person still hasn't woken up. Is there really no problem?

Just as the academy magistrate was about to answer him, Qin Wanyue on the bed suddenly opened her eyes, sat up, and quickly crawled further into the bed, begging for mercy incessantly.

"Please, spare me! It's not me! You've got the wrong person!"

"Let me go! Let me go! Please!"

Jun Shuyan reached out to hug her, but she bit his wrist.

Seeing this, the palace maids and nannies tried to stop Jun Shuyan, but he waved his hand and let Qin Wanyue bite his hand.

Cheng Yan'er watched from the side with a mocking look in her eyes. This Jun Shuyan really loves Qin Wanyue to the extreme!

Hearing about it is different from seeing it with your own eyes. No wonder this vicious woman dared to harm her child so recklessly!

That man gave her most of her courage!