I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

Liu Zhirou was startled. Logically speaking, ordinary people in the palace would not be able to detect the existence of ghosts.

Ghosts are actually in a very strange state. It is difficult for them to affect the outside world, but it is also difficult for the outside world to interfere with them.

So far, Liu Zhirou has not found anything that is the natural enemy of ghosts.

Of course, ghosts are not omnipotent. It can even be said that ghosts have great limitations. Ghosts are afraid of light, including fire and sunlight. During the day, ghosts have almost no way to move out of the shadows. At night, ghosts will not get close to lanterns, candles and the like.

At the same time, ghosts are also afraid of human presence in certain situations, especially when there are a lot of people gathered. Ghosts may not suffer any fatal injuries, but they will definitely find it difficult to move, and may even encounter various negative situations.

If Liu Zhirou hadn't been behind, controlling the ghost and preventing it from escaping, it might have already floated away.

The only thing that is worth being thankful for is that there is a serious imbalance between yin and yang in the palace. The only man who can legitimately appear in the harem is the emperor. The others are either women or eunuchs, who are relatively more yin-filled and do not have much impact on ghosts.

Liu Zhirou felt that if she released the ghost into the Imperial Guards' barracks, it would probably end up being horribly destroyed in no time.

Liu Zhirou didn't particularly care about these ghosts. Some of them died unjustly, but most of them deserved their punishment. To be precise, it was difficult for pure good people to appear in the palace. Those who could stay in the palace and survive, even those who seemed to be of very low status, all had certain scheming and abilities.

There are also many outstanding ones among them. Liu Zhirou had no real feeling about this before, but today he finally understood the feeling, because he found that the woman in front of him was not an ordinary person who could not see ghosts.

"Have you seen my queen?" the woman suddenly asked.

"Sister, are you asking me?" Liu Zhirou asked with interest.

Judging from her age, she should indeed call me sister, as her current body is only 17 years old.

"Nonsense, who else is here besides you? It's really cold outside. I've been looking for the way back to the palace for a long time but can't find the way back." The woman said unhappily, but her eyes were still wandering and she never looked directly at Liu Zhirou.

"Which palace are you going to, sister?"

"Nonsense, where else can it be except the Lianmeng Palace? Let me tell you, I am the personal maid of Empress Chen Fei... Help me find Empress Chen Fei, and I will definitely receive your reward."

"But, but I heard that Concubine Chen is dead." Liu Zhirou said hesitantly.

Liu Zhirou's real body is not here. The only one here is a ghost controlled by her. Liu Zhirou is very brave. Even if the worst happens, at most she will lose an insignificant ghost. She did not leave her soul here, and the images she saw were also broadcast through the ghost's eyes.

She didn't believe that this strange person was really capable of tracing back to her real body through a manipulated ghost.

Moreover, Liu Zhirou now slowly came to her senses. The person in front of her didn't seem to be a human.

This is not an empty statement. When she first saw this woman, Liu Zhirou didn't notice anything wrong. Her behavior was no different from that of a normal person. But when she got closer, Liu Zhirou could clearly feel that the ghost was moving strangely and trembling again and again.

The ghost would not show this kind of trembling when facing ordinary people. Even when facing a crowd of people gathered together, the ghost would at most feel irritated and want to float away. This kind of trembling was obviously the fear of the inferior for the superior, and even had a bit of submission. If Liu Zhirou had not been controlling it all the time, the ghost might have knelt down long ago.

This made Liu Zhirou very interested in the woman in front of her. After all, she had been in the palace for such a long time, but she had never seen the ghost's superior body, and her abilities had not been further developed. Whether for future survival and life, or to find a way home, her most important skill now was the one that could play the greatest role in her original body. This skill must be further developed, and the woman in front of her gave her another idea for developing her abilities.

Sure enough, when Liu Zhirou told the truth that Concubine Chen was dead, the woman became even more agitated. She shouted, "You are talking nonsense. Concubine Chen is fine, and the prince is fine too. How could something go wrong?"

"It's true. If you don't believe me, just look at the Lianmeng Palace. It's already caught fire and burned to ashes."

"Impossible, it's impossible that you are lying to me. I want to find Concubine Chen. I want to find Concubine Chen."

Seeing him behave like this, Liu Zhirou decided to give him another strong dose of medicine.

"Look what's behind you, behind you is Empress Chen Fei!"

The woman turned her head sharply, but she saw nothing.

That's right, there was only a crumbling wall behind her. The entire Linmeng Palace had almost been burned to ashes, but bricks and tiles were obviously not as easy to burn as wood, so some traces could still be seen.

The outermost wall of Lianmeng Palace can even maintain its superficial decency, but the emperor has announced that Lianmeng Palace and some surrounding areas are all designated as forbidden areas, and no palace maids, eunuchs or concubines are allowed to come and test it.

But even if the emperor hadn't ordered it, no one would come to this place again. The palace has always had a tradition of leaving and then being forgotten. Since Concubine Chen is dead, there is no way for her to bring greater benefits to others. So those who were originally attached to her probably don't have much affection left.

If Concubine Chen died in an ordinary way, it would be easier to explain, but the reason for Concubine Chen's death was unclear. Who could muster up the courage to disregard their own future and life to commemorate a concubine who had passed away? It was impossible to imagine such a thing.

Liu Zhirou originally intended to say this just to disrupt the woman's thoughts, to make her fall into a more confused state, and to try to get out of her what had happened.

If there was no other way, Liu Zhirou would not have resorted to this desperate measure. Among all the people in Lianmeng Palace that day, only the emperor survived. Liu Zhirou couldn't ask the emperor, right?

It would be even better if we could get some information from this obviously dead woman. Although there is an old saying that ghosts tell lies, Liu Zhirou feels that sometimes ghosts are more trustworthy than people.