ebookland Chapter 122: Ghosts of the Western Regions
Chapter 122: Ghosts of the Western Regions
Cui Jiangyuan wanted to struggle again, "Hey, Your Highness, Your Highness..."
But Li Siming ignored Cui Jiangyuan and just kept walking forward.
Seeing this, Cui Jiangyuan knew that he could not stop Li Siming, and sighed heavily. Then, without waiting for the butler to come forward, he turned around and left on his own, being very self-conscious.
However, Cui Jiangyuan kept muttering to himself.
"Li Siqi, I have helped people to the end. The rest depends on you. You'd better not be caught, otherwise I will look down on you."
Fortunately, Li Siqi did not disappoint Cui Jiangyuan's expectations and left the capital smoothly. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief. They did not dare to delay on the road and ran all the way to Jun County. In less than half the time it took them to come, they could already see the city gate of Jun County.
On the other side of the Eastern Palace, Li Siming quickly walked to the place where Xu Yingying was imprisoned. However, when he opened the door, Xu Yingying's figure had long disappeared.
Li Siming's expression was very ugly, "Go find him for me!"
At the command, the guards moved out quickly, but even after turning the entire East Palace upside down, Li Siming still did not see Xu Yingying.
The head guard hesitated for a while and said, "Your Highness, Master Xu seems to be missing."
"Nonsense, I can see it!" Li Siming was so angry that he threw everything on the table to the ground. "Why didn't I think of that? Cui Jiangyuan is a good friend of my good brother. Let Cui Jiangyuan delay time. He is really good."
Li Siming was completely enraged, but it was all in vain. At this time, Xu Yingying and Li Siqi had already returned to the mansion in Jun County.
After entering the mansion, Li Siqi finally felt relieved, and there was a hint of conflict in his eyes when he looked at Xu Yingying.
"Didn't I tell you before you left not to be too high-profile in the capital? Why did Li Siming come to your door again?" Li Siqi didn't control his tone well, and there was some questioning in his voice.
Xu Yingying looked at Li Siqi, her eyes full of disbelief, "So, Your Highness is questioning me?"
"What if I question you? We came to the capital secretly. If our father knew about it, we would never be able to enter the capital in our lifetime. You are running around in the capital. Have you considered the consequences?"
"I ran around everywhere? Your Highness the Ninth Prince, you convicted me right away. I didn't even know that it was me who took the initiative to provoke Li Siming." Xu Yingying said with some amusement.
"If you hadn't taken the initiative to provoke him, how would Li Siming have noticed you?" Li Siqi clearly didn't believe what Xu Yingying said.
"Your Highness, I didn't run around in the capital, nor did I act in a high-profile manner. It was Li Siming who took the initiative to find me. For me, this is also an unprovoked disaster. Your Highness keeps saying that it is my fault. Have you ever trusted me?"
"County Magistrate Xu!" Li Siqi became more and more angry when he heard Xu Yingying's cold tone. This hasty return to Jun County had disrupted all of Li Siqi's original plans and also disturbed Li Siming. Li Siqi felt a headache.
But Xu Yingying was also stubborn. She looked at Li Siqi with coldness and vigilance. "I am innocent. If Your Highness does not trust me, then I have nothing to say."
After saying that, Xu Yingying didn't want to listen to Li Siqi's accusations anymore, so she went straight back to her yard and stayed indoors.
Li Siqi's face turned pale and blue, and he was very dissatisfied with Xu Yingying's attitude. Seeing her leave, Li Siqi did not say anything to stop her. The relationship between the two took a sharp turn for the worse and they fell into a cold war.
Inside the room, Xu Yingying was still brooding over what happened in the capital. Sitting on the bed, Xu Yingying stared at the wall and sulked.
But Camellia, who had always been with her, was not idle. She picked up a wandering ghost from somewhere and brought him to Xu Yingying.
Xu Yingying was already feeling annoyed, and when she saw the wandering ghost, she felt even more annoyed.
She looked at Camellia and said unhappily, "Where did you bring this ghost from?"
Camellia shrugged. "Well, I didn't take the initiative to provoke him. When I met him, he specifically said he wanted to see you, so I brought him here."
Xu Yingying sighed slightly. She didn't want the matter between her and Li Siqi to affect other things. Then she looked at the ghost seriously.
It was a female ghost, and her appearance looked somewhat ordinary, but what was striking was that the resentment surrounding her was extremely strong and pitch black. Although she was full of resentment, she did not have any hostility towards Xu Yingying. She just sat there quietly without saying a word, although her presence was also very strong.
Seeing that Xu Yingying was just staring at her without saying anything, the female ghost was very tactful and took the initiative to speak. Her voice was a little hoarse, and no one knew what she had experienced in her life. "My lord, please help me."
The female ghost knelt down in front of Xu Yingying and said, "The news that you helped the sisters who were persecuted by Lei Batian has spread to the ears of ghosts throughout Jun County. Now only you can help me."
Xu Yingying stared at her for a moment and shook her head. "Why should I help you? I'm not familiar with you. What's more, what good will it do for me to help you?"
Xu Yingying had no idea about the origins of the female ghost, and she wanted to take action against her right away. She was not a fool, so she naturally didn't want to do such a thankless task.
The female ghost was not angry after being rejected, but she kept pestering Xu Yingying in the next few days. However, she did nothing but pester Xu Yingying, and Xu Yingying could not do anything to the female ghost.
After a few days of pestering, Xu Yingying was speechless. "Tell me, who are you? What do you want to do?"
Seeing that Xu Yingying was about to give in, the female ghost was delighted and quickly said, "My name is Tu Anna. I was originally a maidservant of Zhang Xiaohan, the courtesan of Yihong Courtyard. But Zhang Xiaohan was not a good person."
"I don't know why she wanted to kill me. She tortured me in every way possible and made my life worse than death. But after she killed me, she didn't even let my family go. She even took the lives of all my family members."
Tuanna became angrier as she spoke. The resentment around her seemed to be even stronger, and the negative energy in the room also became slightly restless.
Looking at the teacups on the table that were shaken by resentment, Xu Yingying held her forehead and said, "If you can't control yourself, then leave here. I won't help you."
Hearing this, Tuanna was stunned at first, then quickly put away her resentment and returned to her original well-behaved appearance.
Hearing Tuanna say that she was a maid beside Zhang Xiaohan, Xu Yingying looked carefully at the soul in front of her. Although her face was a little scary, it could be seen that she was a woman from the Western Regions.