Chapter 268 I heard that there were two ghosts in the mansion
The mother and son returned to the yard, each of them keeping their mouths shut tighter than the other. Ruirui quietly poked his head out, looked around the yard, and lowered his voice, "Mom, there's no one!"
"Okay," Ji Yunqing also lowered his voice: "Let's go in and sleep."
Ji Yunqing went to Ruirui's room first.
When I opened the door, I saw the little maid who was originally sleeping on the couch opening the cupboard door and looking inside in panic. The rest of the room had been searched.
He murmured anxiously in a low voice, "Why isn't there any, young master, where have you been?"
"Don't look for it anymore, Ruirui is here."
"what!"
The little maid turned around in fear: "Master, Master!"
She looked at the child in Ji Yunqing's arms and breathed a sigh of relief: "Master, it turns out that you took the young master away. I found that the young master was missing, so I..."
Ji Yunqing didn't make it difficult for her, and said softly: "Go back to sleep, Ruirui will sleep with me tonight."
"Yes, OK."
The little maid thought that the young master had run away by herself, and did not dare to ask any more questions. She watched Ji Yunqing and her son leave.
She didn't go back to sleep, but just stayed here for the night to avoid waking up others.
Ruirui is much older now, and when the mother and son sleep together, Ji Yunqing doesn’t have to worry about crushing the other.
The mother and son who had sneaked out to play in the middle of the night felt the warmth in the room and gradually became sleepy. They lay down on the bed and fell asleep quickly.
next day
Ji Yunqing woke up with a yawn, feeling dizzy and still very sleepy.
"Wake up, Master, you are finally awake"
Hemerocallis was delighted, but then she became extremely worried: "Master, please go check on the young master. It's almost noon now. Normally the young master would have woken up by this time."
Ji Yunqing looked at the little guy who was sleeping soundly beside him, and observed him from left to right. His face looked normal and his breathing was normal. "It should be fine. He will be fine once he wakes up."
"But...but the young master used to get up very early."
She was not surprised at all that her master had been sleeping until now. After all, her master was really good at sleeping and she liked to sleep in.
But the young master is always energetic and gets up early.
"It's okay"
Ji Yunqing knew that this was because the little guy played for too long last night and did not get enough sleep.
She said casually: "I woke up last night and couldn't fall asleep anyway, so I played with Ruirui for a while, and that's why I went to bed late."
Hearing this, Hemerocallis was speechless.
She wondered how the good little master got to the master's room, and so that's how it happened!
She really loves the young master.
"Master, next time if you can't sleep, please ask me to accompany you, don't bother me."
"alright, I got it"
Ji Yunqing nodded: "Xuancao, I'm hungry, let's eat!"
Hemerocallis was a good girl. When she heard that her master was hungry, she immediately helped her master wash up and have lunch.
After finishing the meal, the snow outside had stopped at some point, so Ji Yunqing simply wrapped himself up tightly and stood in the corridor holding a hot water bottle to enjoy the scenery.
——She always felt that the room was dark and not as bright as outside. After all, there were no electric lights in ancient times, so she especially liked to hang out in the yard.
Ruirui had also gotten up at this time, so Ji Yunqing didn't have to clean up for him as the maids would help.
Seeing that her master was free, the maid Ruyi rolled her eyes, smiled and walked forward to talk to her.
"Master, today when I went to the kitchen to fetch food, I accidentally heard a ghost in our house!"
"Oh?"
Ji Yunqing was not interested and said casually, "It must be a rumor, right? I remember someone said there was a ghost crying in the mansion last time. Did you find the ghost in the end?"
As soon as he said this, Ruyi shook her head: "The ghost scream should be nonsense in the mansion, but this time it is different"
"What's the difference?"
"That is to say, this time someone in the mansion is said to have seen with their own eyes that a female ghost was taking lives last night!"
"…Demanding life? Someone died?"
Ji Yunqing didn't believe it.
"No," Ruyi said vividly, "It's just that someone in the mansion got up last night and said that he saw a female ghost with his own eyes. She had disheveled hair and a face full of fangs!"
At this time, Jixiang saw Ruyi taking the opportunity to approach her master and show her courtesy, and couldn't help curling his lips. After he left with Zhaocai, the maid Juhong who came behind him muttered sourly:
"Look at her useless appearance. She tells her master everything she hears. Doesn't she think her master is patient enough to listen to it?"
Juhong knew very well that she was the last to arrive and could not compare with the other maids in the courtyard. She also always behaved honestly, dutifully and efficiently.
Hearing this, she just smiled and said, "Sister Jixiang, why don't you go and talk to the master? The master is bored now, so just treat it as a way to entertain the master."
Jixiang actually wanted to go, but she was not as eloquent as Ruyi. After hearing what Juhong said, she was eager to try: "What should I say when I go over?"
Ju Hong thought about it and gave her some advice: "Those ghosts and monsters are not practical. I heard that yesterday, Concubine Cen went to the front yard to bring soup to the prince in person, and the result was..."
She leaned close to Jixiang's ear and whispered a few words.
Shocked, Jixiang grabbed her sleeve and asked, "Is this true?"
"How could it be false? Go out and ask around. Did Concubine Cen go to the front yard to deliver soup yesterday? She almost slipped and fell. Luckily, the maidservant beside her helped her up in time."
Jixiang had also heard about this incident: "It is said that the slip was not just due to the heavy snow, there is something else going on."
Ju Hong nodded: "Of course, Sister Jixiang, if you tell this to the master, maybe the master will be even happier."
When Jixiang thought about it, he realized that this was the truth.
So, after Ji Yunqing heard the strange laughter in the mansion last night, the head of a female ghost floating in the air, and the green-faced and fanged ghost who seemed to be asking for life,
I heard again that "Concubine Cen brought soup in the snow. King Zhao went to Concubine Cen's courtyard for a short while and then turned around and went to Concubine He.
At night, Concubine Cen had a stomachache and couldn't sleep for most of the night."
Ji Yunqing couldn't help but open his eyes wide when he heard this, and sighed: "I didn't expect our palace to be so lively last night!"
She acted as if everything was calm and took her children out to play without any hesitation!
Fortunately, she was lucky and did not encounter any female ghost with a green face and fangs, nor did she run into anyone in the courtyard of Concubine Cen.
Ji Yunqing sighed like this in his heart but didn't say it out loud. As a result, within two days, the rumors in the mansion became more and more intense, and they were even connected!
It is said that Concubine Cen had her period twice because Concubine He cursed her by burying a doll in the yard of the mansion.
Originally, he wanted to curse the princess, but now the princess is getting better, and the fetus in Concubine Cen's belly is in danger. It must be that the child is filial by nature and saved the princess from disaster.
"what?"
When Ji Yunqing heard the rumor, he couldn't help but let out a goose cry.
"Didn't you say that the Taoist priest was fake?"
"But a baby was really dug out from Concubine He's yard!" Jixiang explained seriously.
"That's not right either. Didn't the Taoist priest say that the ritual had been broken?"
"But the Taoist priest is fake!"