Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

Gu Qingzhi and Feng Zhanye were ready, so Gao Ye delivered the message to Concubine De.

After listening to Rong Xu's message, Concubine De did not say anything. She just knelt in front of the statue of the Three Pure Ones, clasped her hands together and bowed. When she stood up, her face was resolute.

Now that we have all the evidence, we need to find a reason to bring this matter up and re-investigate it. Since His Majesty misses Concubine Hui so much, we might as well use her name.

As if she had made a decision, Concubine De whispered a few words in Rong Xu's ear. Rong Xu thought for a moment, nodded, and went down to do his work.

The sky gradually darkened. Emperor Yu had said in the morning that he would come to Concubine De's place tonight. He rushed here without stopping after finishing his official duties.

Concubine De was wearing a light blue dress, with elegant and exquisite pearls and jade in her hair. She was dressed just like Concubine Hui in the past. When she saw Emperor Yu coming, she bowed and saluted.

"Welcome Your Majesty."

Emperor Yu was obviously stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and quickly took her hand and helped her up, his eyes constantly wandering over her.

"I remember that you used to love wearing bright and colorful clothes. Why did you change your personality after coming back this time? You like these fresh and soft colors?"

De Fei touched her face and smiled gently: "I am old now, and it is inevitable that my beauty has faded. I am afraid it is not suitable for me to wear those bright colors."

The more she smiles, the more she looks like Concubine Hui...

Emperor Yu's gaze stayed on her face. He was thinking in his mind, when suddenly he caught a glimpse of something familiar out of the corner of his eye - a pair of orchid earrings.

The pair of earrings swayed back and forth with Concubine De's movements. He couldn't help but reach out to take the earrings in his hand and look at them carefully. Suddenly, his face turned a little cold.

"Where did you get these earrings?"

He remembered the pair of earrings. They were clearly the gifts he had given to Concubine Hui in the past. Why were they with Concubine De now?

Concubine De looked at him in confusion, touched her earrings and said, "This is an old item from ten years ago. I have been wearing it with me all the time. Your Majesty, have you forgotten? This pair of earrings was given to me by you personally."

These words made Emperor Yu feel awkward for a moment, and then some memories began to revive from the bottom of his heart.

Emperor Yu slowly recalled that it seemed that there were indeed two pairs of such earrings at that time. He only remembered giving one pair to Concubine Hui, but forgot that he saw the deep affection between the two sisters at that time, and the other pair was given to Concubine De.

Somehow, Emperor Yu suddenly remembered that Concubine Hui always wore this pair of earrings.

Feeling a little strange and awkward, he looked at Concubine De before letting go.

"What's wrong with Your Majesty?" Defei asked with a concerned look. Looking at Emperor Yu's dazed look, she knew that her goal had been achieved.

That’s right, how can we only recall the good old days?

If you really miss someone, you will naturally remember all the good and bad things in your heart and engrave them into your bones, just like her.

Emperor Yu shook his head, said "It's okay, let's eat", and sat down at the table.

Emperor Yu's mood was ruined and he obviously didn't enjoy the meal that much. Although Concubine De saw it, she didn't say anything and it was soon night.

Tonight the moon is half covered by dark clouds, and the bedroom is dim with only a few faint lights.

Emperor Yu and Concubine De were sleeping soundly on the bed when a faint rustling sound could be heard in the hall.

Emperor Yu has always had the habit of getting up at night to drink water. After a long time, in order to avoid disturbing the emperor's sleep, the palace servants would prepare a pot of water beside his couch before he went to bed, and tonight was no exception.

Just after three o'clock in the morning, Emperor Yu woke up from a deep sleep as usual, sat up, groped for the kettle beside the couch, and poured himself a glass of water.

He was drinking water when he suddenly felt cold all over and there was wind blowing around him. He wondered which palace maid or eunuch was careless and forgot to close the window so late at night, so he opened his eyes to look.

I saw that the luxurious carpet originally laid in the bedroom had been submerged in a white mist, and the rolling thick fog on the ground was obviously abnormal.

Suddenly, there was an indescribable "crunching" sound in the darkness, as if something's nails were scratching the ground. The noise was not loud, but it was enough to make people shudder.

Emperor Yu suddenly woke up from all sleepiness and looked carefully in the direction of the sound.

It was just too dark there, I couldn't see anything.

He frowned and was about to call for help when a white shadow suddenly jumped out from the darkness, scaring him so much that he almost jumped up from the couch.

"what!"

Emperor Yu grabbed the lantern stand beside him and held it tightly in his hand, but the white shadow moved so fast that it disappeared in an instant.

Then, a faint female voice that seemed to come from hell rang out from all directions of the bedroom.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The sound was sometimes far away and sometimes near, so ethereal that it did not seem like it could be made by a human. It had a tone of crying and sounding like sobbing and complaining.

Emperor Yu's heart was beating like a drum. He clutched the edge of the bed tightly, trying to steady his breathing.

The faint female voice sounded again, and the crying became extremely mournful, lingering in the hall with the cold wind.

"woo woo woo woo……"

The sound came from all directions, making it impossible to determine the source. Emperor Yu felt a chill rising from his spine, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

Suddenly, a pale face stretched out from the darkness at an extremely strange angle, lying in the white mist rising from the ground, and slowly turned its head.

It was very dark around, which made the pale face look even more terrifying. All the pores on his face were stained with a strange dark red, as if they were solidified blood. The shrill cry came from him.

Emperor Yu could not see the face clearly, he could only hear the voice coming from there, and he immediately dared not move.

"Orchid...sorrow of separation and hatred, long and dreary night...tears on my clothes..."

The voice seemed to come from the underworld, eerie and spooky, chanting softly and intermittently.

These two lines of lyrics are quite meaningful, and you can understand their meaning with a little thought.

"Could it be Concubine Hui..."

Layers of cold sweat soaked the dragon robe on Emperor Yu's back, and at this moment, a hand quietly rested on his shoulder.

Emperor Yu gasped, his body shook violently, and he jumped up from the couch. When he turned around, he met Concubine De's confused gaze.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Concubine De acted as if she was confused and looked at him strangely.

"You...there is something unclean in your palace! It's right there!"

Emperor Yu pointed in the direction where he had just seen the ghost face. Concubine De looked in the direction of his finger, but shook her head and asked with concern.

"Nothing? Your Majesty, are you having a nightmare?"

Emperor Yu didn't believe it and turned around to look. However, in the darkness, there was no ghost face. Even the white mist on the ground had disappeared.

He sat back on the bed in shock, recounting how nothing like this had ever happened in the palace, so there was only one possibility.

Someone is playing tricks.

"Someone come here." Following Emperor Yu's order, a eunuch on night guard entered the bedroom.

Emperor Yu ordered, "Search for me! Find out whoever was playing tricks here just now!"

"Yes."

All the palace lanterns in the hall were lit by the palace servants. Emperor Yu was frightened and had no desire to sleep at all. He just sat on the throne with a cold face, waiting for the results of the search.

However, after several palace servants searched the palace from top to bottom, they still couldn't find any clues.

Is it true that he was having a nightmare?

Concubine De exchanged glances with Rong Xu who had just come in. Seeing Rong Xu blink at her, she understood in her heart that she had already dealt with the things she had just created momentum for. Then she stood up and walked to the side of Emperor Yu and shook his hand.

"Your Majesty, calm down first. I have learned some dream interpretation techniques at Yunsheng Temple. Perhaps I can help you with your worries. What did you dream about just now?"

Defei's hands were very warm and her eyes were full of concern. Emperor Yu seemed moved by her actions and his expression softened.

After hearing what Concubine De said, Emperor Yu calmed down and grabbed her hand as if he had found a life-saving straw.

"My beloved, I just dreamed of a female ghost saying something like 'Youlan's sorrow for separation leads to hatred, and the long night is desolate with tears staining her clothes'. Could it be Concubine Hui... Concubine Hui turned into a fierce ghost and came to find me?"

Concubine De placed her hand on Emperor Yu's back and patted him gently as if to comfort him. Sichen paused and said, "Why don't I exorcise the evil spirits for your majesty?"