Free Web NovelChapter 1275: Chapter 1269: Those Who Harm Others Ultimately Harm Themselves
The mist was hazy, enveloping the palaces and corridors in a milky white dampness, making one feel as if trapped in a labyrinth.
"Is anyone there? I’m asking you a question."
Consort Zhao felt a chill on her scalp immediately.
Her voice seemed swallowed by the fog, with no response at all.
At this hour, the Imperial Army should have been patrolling everywhere, it was impossible not to see a single person.
If she hadn’t intended to humiliate and oppress Shi Fei, Consort Zhao wouldn’t have come out at this hour.
Beside her, a vague shadow seemed to waver ahead.
"You, stop, I need to go back..."
Consort Zhao hurried a few steps forward.
But when she reached the front, there wasn’t a shadow to be seen.
Consort Zhao was startled.
Could it be haunted?
She trembled as she looked around.
The Imperial Palace had had hauntings before, even in Consort Zhao’s palace.
But the truth of that so-called haunting was something Consort Zhao understood clearly.
She merely followed Empress Feng’s order to claim her palace was haunted. freewebnoveℓ.com
As for ghosts, she hadn’t seen even a single hair of one.
"Someone, come quickly."
Consort Zhao called out a few more times, but still got no response.
The night was deep, and it seemed as if everyone in the palace had vanished.
Consort Zhao felt her heartbeat quicken, she ran quickly, but the corridor ahead seemed endless.
The mist was everywhere, making everything look like a labyrinth, with no end in sight.
Then, finally, there was a figure ahead, getting closer and closer.
Consort Zhao was overjoyed, eagerly grabbing the person.
"Finally found a living person, I need to go back..."
At that moment, Consort Zhao shivered.
She felt an icy coldness under her hand.
The touch felt nothing like a human hand, and when she looked closely, she saw a headless bloody corpse.
The corpse lunged towards her. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
"Ghost!"
Consort Zhao screamed, flinging away the hand and running forward.
The mist gradually lifted, and Consort Zhao ran frantically, still shouting, "Ghost! There’s a ghost! A ghost is chasing me!"
Until someone suddenly grabbed her.
"Consort Zhao, Consort Zhao, what’s wrong with you?"
Consort Zhao was in a chaotic state, alternately crying and laughing.
"There’s a ghost, a ghost is grabbing me, don’t blame me, it wasn’t me."
Emperor Longteng was filled with astonishment.
"Escort Consort Zhao back to the palace first."
Tonight, Emperor Longteng had just finished reviewing reports in the Imperial Study Room and was heading to Empress Feng’s palace, when unexpectedly, he encountered the oncoming Consort Zhao.
Consort Zhao was hysterical, shouting about ghosts.
Several palace maids were about to escort Consort Zhao back to her palace.
"Your Majesty, something’s happened in the Heavenly Prison, Shi Fei has been poisoned."
A soldier hastily reported.
Emperor Longteng’s expression changed at once.
He immediately ordered someone to fetch the Imperial Physician to the Heavenly Prison to check.
After some treatment, Shi Fei was rescued, but her body was very weak.
Upon questioning, Emperor Longteng learned that Shi Fei had been poisoned.
As for who poisoned her... after interrogating the prison guard, the guard said Consort Zhao had come by a quarter of an hour earlier, and shortly after she entered the cell, Shi Fei suddenly showed symptoms of poisoning.
Emperor Longteng’s face changed drastically upon hearing this.
He immediately ordered Consort Zhao and the Eighth Prince brought over together.
Consort Zhao was still in a dazed state, and Long Jin was also filled with fear. Concurrently summoned were the Seventh Prince, Xin Zhuo, and upon learning of Consort Zhao’s arrest, Empress Feng also hurried over.
Not long after, Long Qingxuan also received the news and rushed back to the palace from Qingtian Academy.
