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Chapter 188 - Weird

But why did these palace maids and eunuchs avoid him when they saw him? Daffodil Daydream had a puzzled look on her face.

She had secretly heard the discussion of the palace maids on the way back from the imperial kitchens with Miss's meals.

The crying of a baby girl?

Xi Hua's heart trembled slightly. Could it be that she had slept too deeply last night and hadn't heard it? Could Imperial Consort Leng be up to no good again? She had to quickly tell the young miss, she must not fall for the Imperial Consort Leng's trap.

She rushed back to the Huishang Hall in a hurry and told Qin Luofei about this matter.

"How is this possible? I didn't hear anything last night. " Qin Luofei stood up. She had just dealt with the matter of the blossoming of the iron tree, but she did not expect such a thing to happen again.

"Just now, when I was leaving, the palace maids and eunuchs outside said that they heard it, and they even said …" Daffodil Daydream did not dare to continue.

"Say what? "You don't have to hide it from me." Qin Luofei said coldly.

"They say it's the Princess Tranquil's vengeful spirit." Daffodil Daydream lowered her head, not daring to meet his gaze.

The three words "Princess Tranquil" stung Qin Luofei's heart. If there really was a way to deal with this situation, she would rather have had her vengeful spirit come back to look for her.

"Ridiculous." Qin Luofei was framed again and again, and now, each wave had yet to calm down, causing her to be furious.

"Now, everyone outside thinks that there are unclean things in the Huishang Hall, and they still say that you are a demon." Daihua gripped the silk handkerchief in her hand, she knew that the young lady would definitely feel very upset at the words she had just spoken.

"I want to go out and see who dares to spout nonsense in front of me." Qin Luofei secretly thought in her heart that this was probably the doing of the Imperial Consort Leng, who was targeting her in every possible way.

Qin Luofei sat down in the pavilion in the back garden. Today was a sunny day, and should have been a happy day, but thinking back to what Dusk Miss had said just now, she didn't know who was making a scene.

"Miss, Concubine Qin is here." Sunflower tugged at Qin Luofei's clothes, and from not too far away, Concubine Qin walked over with two palace maids.

From the looks of it, Concubine Qin seemed to have come to watch the fun.

She walked towards the direction that Qin Luofei did, a complacent smile on her face.

"I didn't expect that you would dare to go out today, sister." Concubine Qin stood at the other side of the pavilion, maintaining a distance from Qin Luofei.

Qin Luofei sneered, and said: "Why aren't you daring to go out? I'm not that scary, am I? "

"Tsk tsk, does little sister not know that anyone who sees you in the imperial palace would avoid you? The recent strange things that happened in the Huishang Hall caused people to tremble in fear. "

Qin Luofei was too lazy to waste her breath with her, so she asked with a straight face, "What strange things? Besides this, Concubine Qin, could it be that you found something else out? Do not spout without evidence. "

"Little sister, if you want to know, don't sleep at night, go listen in your Huishang Hall's courtyard. Elder sister, it's not convenient for me to stay here any longer.

Qin Luofei's face was filled with disdain. However, she was a bit worried about whether this matter would be used by those people to spread rumors and create trouble.

"Miss, how about we go back?" Daffodil Daydream said.

"Why are you going back? I don't care if I become the target of tens of thousands of people, not to mention this is simply absurd. " However, the infant's cry in their mouths made Qin Luofei feel strange. If it wasn't the ghosts of the wronged, then she must have thought so. Tonight, she must investigate this matter thoroughly.

She took out the phoenix jade pendant from her waist. The series of events that had happened recently were indeed strange. She had drank the poisoned tea, but she was unharmed. This matter made it hard for her to guess.

Just as she was deep in thought, Consort Shu walked over from the other side of the pavilion.

"Concubine Qin." When Consort Shu's words came out, Qin Luo Fei stood up in panic, and the jade pendant in her hands fell into the pond under the pavilion.

Qin Luofei rushed over to catch it, but failed to do so.

This jade pendant had followed her from her previous life until now, so she definitely couldn't lose it.

"Little Sister Qin, what happened to you?" Consort Shu called out again.

"Yes, big sister Consort Shu, why are you here?" Although her relationship with the Consort Shu was very good, she did not tell her about Qin Luofei's jade pendant.

Consort Shu pressed her forehead. Recently, she had a headache from the trifling matters in the palace.

"I haven't come to see you in a long time. Recently, I've heard that you've been through a lot of things, so I came specially to see you."

Qin Luofei wasn't in the mood to speak to Consort Shu, her eyes were fixated on the spot where the jade pendant had fallen into the water.

"Yes, quite a few things have happened."

Consort Shu asked curiously when she saw the absent-minded look on her face.

"What are you looking at?"

"You scared me just now, so I dropped a piece of jade into the water."

"Then tell people to go and get it quickly."

"No, no need." Qin Luofei knew that if she were to call for help, it would definitely attract the attention of the Imperial Consort Leng and the rest. Furthermore, that jade pendant belonged to her previous life, so if others saw her identity, they would suspect her even more.

Consort Shu laughed: "One day, I will get someone to give you a jade pendant. This piece is fine."

"No need, it's just a jade pendant." Qin Luofei retracted her gaze and followed Consort Shu up to the stone bench.

"Sister, so many strange things have happened in the Huishang Hall recently, do you want to go and take part in the divination?" Consort Shu thought for a moment and advised.

"There's no need. I feel like this is something that someone is trying to interfere with. I will investigate it thoroughly."

"Someone is interfering? You mean her? " The first thing Consort Shu thought of was Imperial Consort Leng.

Qin Luofei nodded.

"What's the matter with that child's crying?" It was after Consort Shu heard this rumor that she rushed over to see Qin Luofei.

"I don't know what this is about either."

Consort Shu nodded her head, and said: "Be careful, ever since Emperor Ming came into contact with the seal, your affairs in Huishang Hall have never stopped. I am truly worried for you."

"Elder sister, you don't have to worry. I will investigate this matter as soon as possible." Qin Luofei had already made the best preparations to guard this so-called vengeful spirit tonight.

Consort Shu nodded, her eyes looking at the water in the pool, suddenly feeling that the pool water had become a lot clearer.

"Is that your jade pendant?" The Consort Shu said.

Qin Luofei turned her head to look at the pool's water, and indeed, she could clearly see the jade ornament within the pool. How could the water in the pond become so clear in less than an hour?

"Exactly."

"Someone, go and get the jade pendant." Consort Shu instructed her followers.

"Sis, I can just fish for myself." Qin Luofei was a little worried, if Consort Shu were to see this jade pendant, she would probably ask about it.

"It's fine, if I didn't frighten you just now, the jade pendant wouldn't have fallen into the water."

At this moment, the salvage worker had already arrived at the pond and was fishing with a bamboo pole. Everyone was staring at the jade pendant in the pond with rapt attention. However, just as the bamboo stick was about to reach into the pond, the jade pendant suddenly disappeared.

"Where's the jade pendant?" Qin Luofei cried out, this jade pendant held an extraordinary significance to her.

"What I saw just now was probably drowned by the mud in the pond." The Consort Shu said.

A few eunuchs personally went into the water to fish, but they were still unable to find it. The clear water of the pool became very dirty. Failing to get any results, Consort Shu, who was standing by the pond and commanding, accidentally stepped on a rock and flipped into the water. The matter of the Consort Shu falling into the water spread throughout the entire imperial harem.

"Consort Shu, are you feeling better?" Qin Luofei came to the wind hall to visit.

"It's fine, but your jade pendant can't be retrieved. I can see the reluctance in your eyes towards the jade pendant. " Consort Shu coughed and said as she felt the cold after falling into the water.

"To tell you the truth, this jade pendant has been with me for many years, so …" Qin Luofei wanted to say something but hesitated.

"I understand, but little sister, don't you feel that it's a bit strange that I fell into the water?" The Consort Shu said.

Qin Luofei was stunned, and said: "Strange? "Why do you say that?"

"That day when I was standing at the edge of the pond, I actually saw something shining in the water. I thought it was a jade pendant. In desperation, I walked forward and fell into the pool. " Consort Shu said.

"Something shiny?" Qin Luofei had already felt the strangeness of this jade pendant since long ago. It was clearly from the Princess Tranquil's body, yet it had appeared in the Huishang Hall for no reason.

"That's right. Even now, I still don't know if I was mistaken."

"Maybe I was mistaken. I was there too." Qin Luofei immediately rejected the indications Consort Shu saw.

"Maybe, but that's not important. It's getting late. Little sister, you should go back and rest. "

Qin Luofei nodded and left.

"Miss, I asked about the crying of that child today. I think I heard it about ten in the morning." Daffodil Daydream said.

"Alright, I will wait tonight and see what happens."

Qin Luofei returned to her room and blew out the light. She had been carefully listening for any activity outside the room. Until the third fragment of the night, there was still no movement from outside. Qin Luofei stood up and walked out.

Didn't they say there was a baby crying? Why didn't he hear it? Just as she reached the courtyard, she saw a figure flash past her.

"Who?" Qin Luofei chased after him with a face full of vigilance. Today, she was no longer the Qin Luofei that was powerless like the previous Qin Luofei.

Soon, she caught up with the figure and placed a hand on its shoulder. However, the other person grabbed her arm and pulled her into his embrace.

Qin Luofei raised her head to look, and her face was actually covered.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Why is it you, Concubine Qin?" Leng Mu took off his mask.

"Master Leng, why are you here so late?"

"I heard that there was a child crying in Huishang Hall, so I wanted to come over to see what was going on. "I didn't expect you to still be awake."

"So that's how it is. I didn't hear anything tonight."

"I didn't find anything here either."

"Why do you care so much about me?" It was only then that Qin Luofei noticed her body being tightly embraced by Leng Mu, her face completely red. Fortunately, Leng Mu didn't notice it under the hazy moonlight.

"No, I'm just curious." Leng Mu lowered his head, not daring to look Qin Luofei in the eye.

"Is that so? I feel like you've come to protect me time and time again. Master Leng, your care for me is not good. If people find out about you, I will not have a good ending. " He was very clear about the character of the Emperor Ming. If he discovered that his imperial concubine was involved with a subordinate, the consequences would be disastrous. Plus, he had already discovered his the last time, so she didn't want to be discovered the second time.

"Concubine Qin has misunderstood. If there is nothing else, I will return first." Leng Mu evaded and immediately wanted to turn around.

"Wait."

Leng Mu turned his head.

"Thank you." Qin Luofei faintly smiled.

Leng Mu nodded and disappeared into the moonlight.