All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 204 The Death of the First Crown Princess
"Zhang Ting said that she met the love of her life and wanted to marry him, but her uncle and aunt did not like this marriage."

"The man is just a merchant who went to Donghua Mansion to do business. The Xie family has been an official for many generations. How could the third uncle let his daughter marry a man of unknown origin."

"Zhang Ting was so heartbroken that she wouldn't eat or drink. She wrote to me to tell me about her depression. I felt sorry for her when she was young, just at the age when she was troubled by love, so I invited her to the capital. A place to relax."

"After Zhang Ting came to Beijing, her mood gradually became brighter. I introduced the Jingzhong sisters to her, and the two aunts also tried their best to arrange marriages for her. She made many friends and often invited people out for outings. I have never been restrained she."

"She never mentioned that man again, so I thought she had lost contact with that man long ago. Unexpectedly, one day, she went to Huguo Temple to offer incense and left a letter saying that she would elope with that man , people disappear without a trace..."

Shen Lingxi's eyes froze when he heard this.

If Xie Zhangting lived in an ordinary family and disappeared when he went out to offer incense, it would not be considered a very strange thing.

But the place where she lives sojourns is the East Palace.

She is the cousin of the Crown Princess, so how could she not be accompanied by the guards of the Eastern Palace when she is away from home?
Under the eyes of the inner guard, it is almost impossible for people to disappear without a trace.

Xie Zhanghua saw the question in Shen Lingxi's eyes, and nodded, "That's where the strange thing is. After Zhang Hua used vegetarian food in Huguo Temple, he went to rest in the wing room, and the inner guards of the East Palace were guarding outside. The maid and the steward All three of my mothers were in the room. But a real person just disappeared out of thin air."

"After the accident, the crown prince checked everything inside and outside the Huguo Temple, and found nothing unusual. The Dali Temple and the Embroidery Envoy were all dispatched, but they failed to solve the case. Donggong and Xie's family sent many people to I searched for the man, but found that the man's identity and place of origin were false, and there was no such person at all.

"The two of them seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. There was no trace to be found, and the matter could only be left alone."

"Anyway, my cousin got lost when she was living in the East Palace. I felt deeply guilty to my third uncle and my third aunt. My husband knew my heart knot and tried my best to make up for my third uncle's family. Liu Lang was only six years old that year. "

"I never gave up. I sent people to look for Zhang Hua. After another three years, the people I sent out finally found Zhang Hua's whereabouts in Tongwuguan. I went to Tongwuguan to pick her back to Beijing, but I didn't expect , When I saw her again, she was so skinny and bluish, she was tortured so badly that she had only one breath left."

"No one knows what she has experienced in the past three years, and no one knows who the man is and what he did to her. When Zhang Ting saw me, she seemed to have a lot to say to me, but she I can't say anything, I can only hold my hand tightly..."

Speaking of this, Xie Zhanghua's tears fell again, "In two days, she passed away. My third uncle and three aunts brought her body back to Donghua Mansion for burial, and I also returned to the capital."

"Maybe it's the relationship between thinking about it every day and dreaming at night. After returning to Beijing, I would dream about Zhang Ting every night. I dreamed that she was crying and asking me to save her, saying that she shouldn't sneak out and blame me. Didn't protect her well..."

"I was tortured by nightmares every day. I couldn't sleep at night. I fell into a serious illness and was in a trance all day long. In order not to affect Liu Lang's studies, I moved out of the East Palace and lived in Yongtai Palace for a while."

"After leaving the East Palace, I didn't have any more nightmares. I recuperated in the Palace for two months. I was safe and sound. I thought I was fine. It happened that my husband went to patrol the border on behalf of the late emperor. In order to take care of Liulang, I moved back to the East Palace."

"Whoever imagined it, I went back to the East Palace, and I started to be tortured by nightmares every night. I often dreamed that Zhang Ting was waving to me and asked me to go with her."

"But this time, the strange thing is that every night, I wander around the palace unconsciously. I often sleep in the bedroom, but when I wake up, I find myself in another place, and the palace people know nothing about my whereabouts. "

"I was terrified. I sent Liulang into the palace and asked your grandma to look after her. Every night, people locked the doors and windows, and sent internal guards to guard the outside of the bedroom. But it didn't help. I still ran out every night. , no one knows how I left..."

Even though Xie Zhanghua is a ghost now, when mentioning this past event, the soul body still trembles with fear.

"Gradually, people in the palace began to spread rumors that I was possessed by evil spirits, and I was possessed by evil spirits. Even I thought so. I secretly invited many monks and Taoists to come to the East Palace to perform rituals, but it didn't help at all. I still have nightmares every night. , wandering around the Eastern Palace in a weird way. I was exhausted physically and mentally from the torture, in order not to worry Liu Lang, I had to cheer up during the day and forced a smile so that he would not see the flaws."

"I wrote to my husband about my abnormal condition, asking him to come back as soon as possible. It is said that the prince has a dragon spirit. If he is by his side, maybe my illness will be cured. After three full months, I finally waited Here comes the news of your husband's return to Beijing."

"On the day my husband came back, I took Liulang back to the East Palace. After lunch, the maid said that I didn't look well, and advised me to take a nap. I haven't seen my husband for a long time, so I naturally wanted to make a good impression on him. That's right, plus, I've never been sick during the day, so I went to lie down on the couch for a while."

"Unexpectedly, when I fell asleep, I heard Zhang Ting calling me again. This time I opened my eyes, and when I saw her, she stood in front of the bed and looked at me and smiled. She said that the prince is back, so she can no longer be with me. After playing, let me go to see something with her, and she will leave after watching, and will never come back to harass me again."

"I don't want to go, but she reaches out to support me. Once she touches me, I can't resist, so I can only let her go."

"She supported me and went to the rockery, standing on the top of the rockery, I saw Liu Lang running out of the bedroom to look for me.

"Zhang Ting pointed at Liu Lang, and said that she turned into a ghost after death, which was very painful. If she wanted to be reincarnated, she had to be sacrificed to her. If I didn't want to sacrifice her life, then she would go to Liu Lang and use Liu Lang to be reborn. Sacrifice her."

"Three months of torture have already made me miserable, how can I bear to let Liulang suffer this kind of crime. In addition, I don't know why my mind was chaotic at the time, and I didn't have the ability to think at all. I just nodded and jumped from the rockery down..."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, her expression became extremely serious.

She can see ghosts, so she naturally knows that there are no ghosts in this world that require human sacrifices to reincarnate.

And the various strange things experienced by the former Crown Princess, if people from Dazhou heard it, they might find it extremely bizarre.

But from Shen Lingxi's point of view, the technique was very familiar.

"After your empress died, did your soul ever see clearly, who was the one who harmed you?" She asked bluntly.

A trace of surprise flashed in Xie Zhanghua's eyes.

She didn't expect Shen Lingxi to assert that she was murdered so quickly,
Thinking of the murderer's appearance, a layer of resentment immediately filled her body, "I saw it..."

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(End of this chapter)