r18novel Chapter 1733 is an Evil Ghost
Chapter 1733 is an Evil Ghost
What Kim Hee said was one of the biggest secrets she had heard a few years ago.
She knew that such a secret should never be revealed. After that incident, the Empress Dowager issued an order that anyone who let it slip would never see the sun rise again.
Her grandmother was also in the palace at the time and happened to see it from a short distance away. After that, she kept it to herself.
A few years ago, she was seriously ill and bedridden for a whole month. Perhaps because of the fear of dying, she talked about many things, and in her confusion, she also revealed this secret.
She was talking to her parents inside the house when she overheard them outside the window.
"At that time, the Empress Dowager thought that Consort Long was going to die and wouldn't make it, so she secretly drank to celebrate."
"Who would have thought that the next day, Consort Long would reappear as if nothing had happened!"
As Jinxi spoke, a hint of fear appeared in her eyes.
She glanced at Zhou Shiyue. "My grandmother's voice trembled when she said this, and I could hear the fear in her voice."
As she said this, Lu Zhaoling frowned slightly and looked at Zhou Shiyue.
“My grandmother said that she was shocked at the time. Consort Long was completely unharmed, even with a rosy complexion. She even told the Emperor Emeritus that the baby in her belly was naughty and kicked her.”
"So, do you think that's why the Empress Dowager stopped harming Consort Long afterward? And why you, Prince, were born safely? Because the Empress Dowager was afraid. She said that either Consort Long was evil, or the baby in her womb was evil!"
"The next night, it was the Empress Dowager who fell seriously ill, while the palace maid who had been ordered by the Empress Dowager to push Consort Long into the water died suddenly."
Zhou Shiyue clenched his fist.
Has something like this ever happened before?
A hand reached out and grabbed his fist. Zhou Shiyue instinctively released his fist and took her hand in return.
He looked down and met Lu Zhaoling's reassuring gaze.
"When the Empress Dowager fell ill, she was also frightened. After that, she never dared to lay a hand on Consort Long again and always avoided her."
“Grandmother said that after Consort Long gave birth to you, for several years the Empress Dowager did not dare to kill you. She did test you a few times. Otherwise, if she had really killed you, Your Highness, you would have had a hard time growing up.”
"The Empress Dowager has cursed you behind your back, calling you a wicked ghost." Once Jin Xi started talking, she had no reservations and said everything. "The Empress Dowager also said that the reason why the Emperor Emeritus dotes on you so much is because a high monk once told him that you are beneficial to the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Emperor Emeritus doesn't really love you; he's just using you."
Lu Zhaoling snorted.
"The Empress Dowager revealed something to the Emperor, saying that she couldn't really kill you. As long as you don't think about seizing the throne, she will give you a chance to live."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhaoling asked, "Do they all think that my prince is still alive because they showed him mercy?"
Jin Xi nodded. "Yes, that's what the Empress Dowager and the Emperor think. They may be skeptical of the high monk's words, but because the Prince hasn't posed a threat to the Emperor, they've spared his life because of this skepticism..."
“My grandmother said that when Consort Long died, a golden light floated out of her body, turning into starlight that slowly drifted into the sky. A nanny saw that scene, but she dared not tell anyone, and even the Emperor Emeritus did not know.”
As Jin Xi finished speaking, she couldn't help but steal a glance at Zhou Shiyue.
"Anyway, my grandmother said before she died that she had thought about it for many years and felt that the prince must be the reincarnation of something. Consort Long was responsible for giving birth to the prince and thus gained merit, which is why there was that golden light."
Lu Zhaoling was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Zhou Shiyue.
Don't say it, really don't say it.
She felt that Kim Hee's grandmother's guess was not impossible.
Zhou Shiyue is such a radiant person; he must have been a person of great merit in his previous life. Such a person would certainly not choose his birth mother casually in this life.
The person who was able to reincarnate him and share such a mother-son bond with him in this lifetime truly deserves some merit.
This raises a question—
Who was Zhou Shiyue in his previous life?
What did he do to have such great merit?
If a person like this is born, their birth mother shouldn't have died. Why did Consort Long die?
This made her suspicious.
Unless, someone didn't want Zhou Shiyue to be born smoothly, and Long Fei took the blame for him.
So Consort Long risked her life to give birth to him.
"Your grandmother is dead?" Zhou Shiyue asked in a somber voice.
“Dead, long ago,” Jinxi quickly said.
"How much do your parents know about this?"
"They know the same thing I heard!" Jinxi said, her eyes wide. "It's true, because that's exactly what my grandmother was saying to them in the house. My father is stupid; he thought my grandmother was just delirious from her illness and talking nonsense, so he didn't ask any further questions!"
The daughter said her father was stupid.
"My mother is timid, and she'd rather have never heard of such things than ask questions. So that's all we know!"
Jin Xi looked at Zhou Shiyue pleadingly, "Your Highness, I've already told you everything. Go find the Empress Dowager and just let me go!"
She then looked at Lu Zhaoling, "Your Highness, please spare me. I promise I'll stay far away from you from now on and I'll never dare to provoke you again. I won't even provoke Qiu Yunzhen anymore, okay?"
Lu Zhaoling looked at Zhou Shiyue, "What do you think?"
“Just leave it to the Crown Prince to handle,” Zhou Shiyue said.
Since Jinxi knew about those things and told him, he could spare her life, but letting her go was impossible, so it was best to hand her over to the Crown Prince.
He had expected Jinxi to beg for mercy, but to his surprise, Jinxi breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly exclaimed, "Alright, alright, hand me over to the Crown Prince!"
Anyway, the Crown Prince doesn't know how to draw talismans!
At most, the Crown Prince would have her beaten up or locked up for a while. He probably wouldn't let her grow old with white hair and lost teeth, suddenly turning her into an old woman!
Zhou Shiyue had someone send Jin Xi away, then pulled Lu Zhaoling up and out of the woodshed.
The two walked towards the backyard, hand in hand, feeling the autumn and winter air in the breeze.
Qingbao and Qingmu followed at a distance.
The Prince's Mansion was very quiet.
Neither of them spoke at first.
After walking for a while, they came to a small lake. Upon seeing the lake, Zhou Shiyue stopped.
As soon as he stopped, Lu Zhaoling naturally stopped as well. Seeing his gaze fall on the lake, Lu Zhaoling knew that he must have thought of what Jin Xi had said earlier.
In December, it was quite unusual for a pregnant woman to fall into an icy lake and then recover to have a rosy complexion and no discomfort the next day.
"Do you want to seek revenge against the Empress Dowager?" Lu Zhaoling asked.
Although Consort Long was unharmed that time, and Zhou Shiyue in her womb was also fine, the Empress Dowager's framing was still a framing.