I insist

Chapter 337: Haunted

As expected of the Seventh Prince's capable subordinates, the secret guards' pitiful screams echoed from Consort Li's palace that very night, reaching the ears of everyone in the harem.

Later, the people in the palace heard about it from rumors.

It is said that Consort Li had washed up and gone to bed early, and her maids had been in the room the whole time.

All the lights in the palace were on, but at some point, a cold wind began to blow in the courtyard, and the eunuchs guarding the courtyard were shivering with cold.

"That's strange, it's only the beginning of autumn, why is it so cold already?"

"Are you overthinking it? It's probably just cold at night. Hurry up and stand guard properly until your shift ends, then you won't have to freeze anymore."

Several eunuchs were whispering among themselves.

About an hour later, the little eunuch discovered something strange again.

Did you hear that?

The other person was dozing off and almost fell asleep, only managing to open their eyes when they heard voices.

"What? What sound is that? Even if there is a sound, it's only just nightfall, I don't know which palace maid is talking outside."

After saying that, he continued to squint his eyes.

The young eunuch disagreed, saying, "No, listen carefully, it's definitely not a palace maid's voice, it sounds like someone is crying."

The person next to him sighed, clearly wanting nothing more than to get a good night's sleep.

"What's wrong with you today? Why are you talking nonsense, one minute saying this and the next saying that? Don't bother me. I played cards too late yesterday, let me rest for a while."

As she spoke, she closed her eyes again, leaving the little eunuch beside her to watch the courtyard. He felt uneasy, as if something was watching him.

Just then, one by one, the candles in the courtyard went out under the watchful eyes of the young eunuch.

The time interval between each light going out was neither too long nor too short, enough to be noticed.

The little eunuch was terrified and hurriedly shook the little eunuch beside him, but for some reason, no matter how much he shook him, the little eunuch showed no intention of getting up.

Seeing that the lamp was about to go out on the one next to him, the little eunuch didn't care about anything else and ran away as fast as he could.

"It's haunted! The palace is haunted!"

The little eunuch's voice didn't travel very far; he ran too fast.

Consort Li, who was in her room, heard a commotion in the courtyard and impatiently sat up halfway, frowning as she asked the maid beside her.

"Who's still out at this hour? Don't they know it's time for my beauty sleep? Go and see what's going on."

After hearing Consort Li speak, the young maidservant stood there and walked towards the door of the room.

As soon as the door was opened a crack, a bone-chilling wind slipped in through the crack and also crept into his body through the seams of the maid's clothes.

The maidservant wrapped her clothes tighter and said to Consort Li on the bed, "Your Highness, it's getting chilly today, please don't catch a cold."

After he finished speaking, he looked out into the courtyard.

"what!"

The maid's screams displeased Consort Li.

"What are you 'ah'ing about? I think you're asking for trouble."

When he looked at the little maid, he saw that she was trembling all over, standing there as if she had been frightened.

Consort Li got up from the bed and put on her shoes, and at that moment she also felt the cold air.

"Outside, outside."

The young maid couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Consort Li then perked up, "What's wrong? What did you see?"

Just as Consort Li finished speaking, the lights in the room suddenly went out.

The room was pitch black, but for some reason, Li Fei seemed to be able to see everything in the room, creating a terrifying atmosphere.

Suppressing her fear, Consort Li slowly approached the door.

"what!"

When Consort Li and her maid woke up again, it was already the next day.

The two were lying by the door, and it was the young eunuch who came to clean in the morning who found them.

When they were found, according to the young eunuch's description, the two were lying on the ground, their faces pale, in an extremely strange position.

The young eunuch quickly reported to the Empress.

The Empress summoned the imperial physicians to diagnose the two, and also summoned the Emperor.

Consort Li has now woken up, but she keeps shouting, "Don't come any closer, don't come any closer."

To this day, it remains unknown what Consort Li and her companion saw in the courtyard.

The seventh prince listened to his subordinates' reports while practicing swordsmanship.

I finally felt relieved.

"It seems I really need to reward the guards with some silver when the time comes."

But there is one thing that is quite interesting.

When Consort Li fainted, the Empress went to summon people from the Imperial Hospital. Logically, since Emperor Taizong was on leave and not present, the first person to be summoned should have been Song Miqiu.

But everyone from the Imperial Hospital, whether they were prominent or not, went, except for Song Miqiu.

The clever Song Miqiu had already guessed the general idea in his mind.

She thought to herself that the only people who could frame her were Consort Li and the Empress.

"It's better that they didn't call me. Wouldn't I be happy here by myself?"

With Song Miqiu left alone in the entire Imperial Medical Academy, she had the perfect opportunity to search the academy for any valuable items it might have.

If we find something good and put it into the system, that could be a considerable fortune.

Song Miqiu still fantasized that one day he would leave the palace with the things he had accumulated through the system and live a carefree life.

Song Miqiu hummed a song and no longer needed to avoid anyone, swaggering into each room to search.

"How come the Imperial Medical Academy doesn't have many valuable treasures?"

Indeed, Song Miqiu wandered around but found nothing.

"What a disappointment."

As I was saying this, I thought I'd give up and go back to bed for a nap.

As I turned around, something seemed to rattle at my waist.

Song Miqiu subconsciously reached for it, only then remembering that this was the jade pendant the Seventh Prince had given her last night.

I fell asleep as soon as I got home yesterday. How could I have forgotten about this precious baby?

Since no one was around, Song Miqiu held the jade pendant in her hand and said, "Let me put it into the system and see how much this thing is worth."

As he spoke, Song Miqiu activated the system and placed the jade pendant inside.

Normally, if you put something in, the result comes out very quickly.

This time, Song Miqiu waited for more than ten minutes. During this time, she was almost about to give up, thinking that it was some kind of fake.

Just then, the system finally responded.

Looking at the values ​​given by the system, Song Miqiu was stunned.

"Now I'm set for the rest of my life and the life after that."

While happy, Song Miqiu recalled the pills she had given to the Seventh Prince and grabbed her hair in frustration.

"Someone gave me such a treasure, how could I give them a small pill in return?"

No matter how upset she was, it was all in the past. All Song Miqiu could do was promise to treat the Seventh Prince better when they met again.

"Oh right, I promised the Seventh Prince yesterday that I would bring him something delicious."

Remembering what I said yesterday, I rushed into the kitchen.