kingnovel Chapter 838 Chapter 838
Chapter 838 Chapter 838
The cold wind blew from behind, and Bai Cao felt a chill on his back.
"The princess and the eldest young lady both care about the eldest girl."
"Yes, now I only hope that I can marry into Prince Yong's Mansion smoothly, otherwise..." Jin Fuyun deliberately forced out a bitter smile, which made people look quite sad.
Bai Cao swallowed his doubts and supported Jin Fuyun along the mountain wall to a moon-shaped door. "Miss, can we go in from here?"
"Yes, go through this garden and around the lotus pond and you will arrive."
"My eldest lady is familiar with Prince An's Mansion. There are so many winding corridors here that I dare not walk around randomly for fear of getting lost."
Jin Fuyun was unusually warm and smiling.
"I played here a lot when I was little, and I ran around a lot, so I remembered it."
The camphor trees planted here have a history of more than a hundred years.
The world has changed dramatically. The weather in the capital is cold, with early winter and late spring. A hundred years ago, it was said that a large number of camphor trees were introduced into the capital, but they all froze to death in the first three to five years.
Those who survived are all struggling to survive.
Only the one in Prince An's Mansion, planted by a great scholar in the previous dynasty, has survived to this day. In recent years, the capital has been hit by continuous snow and ice disasters, but the camphor tree has stood firm except for its fallen leaves and withered branches.
In the early spring of the following year, the flowers sprouted again in the wind, waving their wings in all the glory.
Jin Fuyun walked slowly along the path in her memory, holding on to the white grass. The further she walked, the farther she was from the hustle and bustle. The sounds of funeral wails, suonas, and bronze drums gradually faded from her ears.
Bai Cao shuddered, "Miss, why don't you see anyone?"
Jin Fuyun smiled faintly, "In front is Yingxue Pavilion, a place I often went to when I was a child. At that time, Princess Langwu of Prince An's Mansion lived in Yingxue Pavilion. The little girls from other mansions like to play with this big sister the most."
Bai Cao heard this and raised her eyes to ask, "Young lady, are you going to pay a visit to this princess?"
Ah!
Jin Fuyun supported Bai Cao and came to the gate of the courtyard, and smiled softly, "The camphor tree is just behind the courtyard. What are you going to see? The person has passed away, how can we meet him again..."
Princess Langwu got a marriage that she was not happy with.
She was spoiled by nature and knelt before her elders begging for a break-up of the engagement. When her request failed, she turned around and hanged herself on the beam in front of the main gate of Yingxue Pavilion.
Jin Fuyun looked at the deserted and gray Yingxue Pavilion and sneered in her heart. If she can't fight, then she will die?
Very funny.
If Yingxue Pavilion hadn't been haunted, this plaque would have been changed countless times.
No one would remember Princess Langwu who died for a marriage ten years ago... Jin Fuyun lowered his head and thought, I will not be yours, you are so cowardly, just look at me.
When they were about to bypass Yingxue Pavilion and approach the camphor tree, Jin Fuyun pointed to the round well not far away and said, "I heard that my godmother survived by drinking from this dry well."
Bai Cao was puzzled, "Dry well? No water?"
"It's been dry for a long time. Prince An's Mansion wanted to fill the well before, but just after it was filled, my camphor tree dropped green leaves all over the ground in the middle of summer, so we were scared and dug it out again..."
At this point, she turned to look at Bai Cao, "Don't you think it's strange?"
Bai Cao murmured, "It is a little strange."
"Look ahead. I've been down into this well before, and there was nothing to be seen except a nest of mice."
Bai Cao raised her eyes and said, "Girl, are there mice in here?"
"You'll know it at a glance."
Bai Cao didn't dare to stick his head out, but still took two steps forward. Suddenly he remembered that the girl was still behind him. When he wanted to turn around, he felt a pain in his neck, "Ah..."
Before he could finish his scream, his body became unstable and he fell into the dry well. Jin Fuyun immediately shouted, "White grass, white grass..."
Bai Cao was in a daze and fell into the well.
Jin Fuyun was right. This was a dry well. There were no snakes or rats underneath. There were only stones the size of heads scattered at the bottom of the well.
Bai Cao fell headfirst and hit the stone heavily. He groaned when he landed on the ground and died instantly.
Jin Fuyun lay prone by the well, shouted twice, turned his head to look around, limped over and dragged a lot of fallen camphor tree branches and threw them into the well.
Just when I was worrying about whether there was any debris to hide in the well, heavy snow suddenly fell from the sky.
First they fell to the earth in large clusters, and then they fluttered down, as if a fairy collecting catkins in the sky suddenly tripped and fell to the ground, and the catkins in the flower basket fluttered down to the earth.
Jin Fuyun stood in front of the camphor tree with a fierce look on his face.
If you are not willing to work for me, then sacrifice yourself to this tree trunk mother.
She stood there for a moment, then walked to the door of Yingxue Pavilion with difficulty. At this moment, a servant in gray saw her from afar, stopped for a moment, and immediately ran over with a bamboo basket.
When he came up to him, he didn't even greet him.
"Miss, get ready. It will be the perfect time for the funeral."
"Xiaoxing, you go in first, light the incense, and sprinkle the medicine inside. Go quickly and come back quickly, and then work with Qiuying to trick Song into coming in first."
Jin Fuyun took out the medicine powder wrapped by Huang Zhi from behind the wide belt embroidered with gold and silver coins, "Don't be stingy, shake it all in. It sounds tasteless, but it works very quickly."
"Yes, big girl!"
"You go in, I'll be guarding outside. If anyone comes, I'll send them away. Be careful and don't leave any clues."
"Yes!"
Meng Xiaoxing looked around and thought to himself that the young lady was very smart. She knew so much about a mansion that was not her own. She was truly a rare talent.
There was no one around and the blizzard was raging.
Meng Xiaoxing pushed the door open and went straight to the main house. Surprisingly, the place looked dilapidated inside and out, and surprisingly, there was only a thin layer of dust inside and out.
There were still mattresses and bedding in the inner room.
It looks like the one used by Princess Langwu and has not been changed in ten years.
Of course, it was not Princess Langwu's property. When a person dies, it is like a light going out, let alone committing suicide. At that time, Prince An and Princess An were more angry than sad. In a fit of rage, they burned everything their daughter wore and used.
Later, other people were arranged to move in, and hauntings occurred one after another.
The living people were not at peace, and just now he remembered the good things about Princess Langwu. After thinking about it, Prince An finally softened his heart. It was okay. It was sad to have such a legitimate daughter die so early. Now he should pack up well and think of it as a memory.
It has just been rearranged according to the way it was originally lived by Princess Langwu.
Servants were sent to clean the house every day. When the old princess was unhappy, she would come over to sit with them, stroke their clothes and bedding, and cry to vent her anger.
It can be said that the long period of lack of popularity has caused it to become even more dilapidated.
Especially after Prince An suffered a tragic death, the servants began to do their work in a perfunctory manner. In the past two months, they have not cleaned the room as often as before, so there is dust.
Meng Xiaoxing didn't care and took out a half-foot-tall blue and white porcelain ewer with a lotus pattern from the bamboo basket, along with two blue and white porcelain wine cups.
He placed it on the round table, took out the aphrodisiac that he had bought at a high price from the brothel, and poured it all in.
Oh! Who would have thought that I, Meng Xiaoxing, also prepared one!