Zui Gu🔞 ( mtl)

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　　 Yan Zhaozhao's blood seemed to have completely solidified at that moment. Her heart was beating so hard that it seemed to stop. She wanted to scream and call for help, but her whole body seemed to be fixed by something and she couldn't move. She could only watch the pale and terrifying ghost face suddenly appear in front of her and look into her eyes.

　　She was so scared that she wanted to close her eyes, but her eyelids seemed to be held open by someone, and she couldn't even blink. The face of Concubine Yan, which had already been completely disfigured, was close at hand. "Why... why did you hurt me——"

　　Yan Zhaozhao was at a loss. When had she ever hurt Concubine Yan?

　　Concubine Yan was clearly killed by someone using Yilanxiang. Although she didn't know who was behind the scenes, she had never hurt Concubine Yan. Yan Zhaozhao opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but her whole body seemed to be trapped and she couldn't move at all.

　　Concubine Yan opened her mouth and roared furiously. She only felt a buzzing sound beside her ears, her head was piercing and dizzy, her eyes were black, her head tilted, and she fainted.

　　After an unknown amount of time, Yan Zhaozhao was pushed and shoved, but her eyelids were heavy, and she tried to open her eyes but to no avail. The voice of Biluo calling her became clearer and clearer in her ears. At this moment, Biluo's voice was a relief from the nightmare for her. She opened her eyes, sat up suddenly, and her red lips kept opening and closing as she gasped.

　　"My queen, my queen... How are you?" Biluo's tone was a little anxious. This morning, when it was time, she went into the palace to wake up her own queen, but as soon as she approached, she saw her hands tightly holding the quilt, cold sweat on her forehead, and she kept chanting something in her mouth. Biluo couldn't hear clearly, but she could feel the fear in it. She hurriedly woke up Yan Zhaozhao who was trapped in a nightmare, and her appearance was full of worry that could not be concealed.

　　Yan Zhaozhao suddenly grabbed Biluo's hand and said hurriedly, "Biluo, just now I..." She had survived a disaster and even forgot to call herself "this palace". When she found that she could speak, she breathed a sigh of relief. She was about to tell Biluo about the dream she had last night, but when the words came to her lips, she suddenly remembered that Biluo had been timid since she was a child. If she told her, she might not even dare to sleep at night.

　　She pressed her aching forehead, sighed softly, and said in a tone as if nothing had happened: "Nothing, but I had a nightmare last night and didn't sleep well."

　　Hearing that her madam was just having a nightmare, Biluo was relieved, "Is that so? Then I'll make some soothing tea later, and you'll feel better after drinking it."

　　Yan Zhaozhao responded absentmindedly with a "hmm", and her eyes with a few traces of fatigue couldn't help but glance at the window sill where the ghost appeared in her dream last night, but she saw nothing there, as if everything that happened last night was just a dream influenced by the palace maid.

　　Because she didn't sleep well last night, Yan Zhaozhao was listless all day today, and couldn't lift her spirits. She didn't even have much appetite for breakfast and lunch, and just ate a few bites and asked someone to leave.

　　Seeing that her empress was really not in the mood, Biluo gave her a cup of calming tea, which was mixed with some chrysanthemums, making the tea more sweet and easier to drink. "My empress, the emperor stayed in Guanju Palace this morning and still did not attend the morning court."

　　Hearing this, Yan Zhaozhao gently opened her half-closed eyes and looked at Biluo sideways, motioning her to continue.

　　Biluo understood, "The emperor has not attended court for many days in a row, and the memorials are piled up in the Yangxin Palace, but the emperor has not even taken a look. He just hangs out with Chunpin in Guanju Palace every day." Although Chunpin was the emperor's concubine, their lewd affairs had already spread throughout the palace, so it was not wrong to say that they were hanging out. "I heard that those ministers have turned against the emperor and agreed to collect taxes to build a temporary palace. If this continues, the temporary palace is very likely to be implemented."