The Little Consort's
Eps. 70: Restoring Terror
The problem of burning storage space has been resolved. Now, just wait for the day of the test and all Li Anlan's tasks will be completed. He was bored with his job. Being the Grand Empress turned out to be not as easy as imagined. His salary was indeed great, but the energy and thoughts sacrificed should also be worth the pay. It is fitting that people say that this position is very special, because indeed not all women are able to do their duties.
This morning, when Li Anlan finished cleaning up, she found Xie Roulan running towards her while screaming in panic. As if being chased by a ghost, the servant girl hid behind her master's body while panting. His face was as pale as blood loss.
“Why are you so panicked?”
The waiter gasped for a while, then took a breath and regulated it.
“Mrs. Our palace seems to be being terrorized!”
“Terror?”
“I found a box containing a rat carcass on the front door of Xingyue Palace. Madam, this is really terrible!”
“Oh? Really?”
Li Anlan smirked. Someone was trying to play games with him. Small tricks such as sending a rat carcass to the front door are the most cheap tricks that are common on the market. Such terror can deceive a Li Anlan who has experienced various life and death situations both in the modern world and the ancient world. That alone was not enough to shock or frighten him.
What his servant called a rat carcass is indeed a fairly large carcass of a mouse. The poor rat seemed to have died last night while it was foraging in the royal kitchen, then happened to be caught and killed to be the object of scaring people. What a poor rat. His fate was not lucky, not to make a profit but his life was even stumped.
Li Anlan summoned the four gatekeepers of Xingyue Palace to be interrogated. He asked who came to his palace at night. The guards shook their heads, answering not knowing. No one came to Xingyue Palace at night. If so, there is only one possibility. The intruder must have come over the fence or wall until the guards didn't know it.
“But, when I came back from the bathroom, I saw the shadow of four women disappearing behind the dark Houchi Lake bridge, Madam,”.
“Women? Four people?”
“Ya, Mistress.”
Li Anlan smiled cunningly. Finding the four women was very easy. With her authority as the Noble Empress, she could request information on some of the servants that were around this palace. In just less than eight hours, the woman had already bagged the identity of the four women who dared to put a rat carcass in her beloved palace.
The four women might not yet know what Li Anlan was like. They must have been frogs in shells who had never heard of a figure like what the Royal Empress belonged to. People who never give up and never fail to take revenge, they all must have never known it. The four women had indeed made a grave mistake.
The king only lost, let alone those who only took shelter under the armpits of Empress Dowager Han Yuemei and everyday lived spoiled?
He already had plans to avenge the four women. Eye debt is paid by eye, terror debt is paid by terror. He will do a reversal on the four perpetrators who have dared to disturb his life in this world. It had been said long ago that Li Anlan did not like to be bullied and bullied.
“Roulan, return this little mouse to its owner.”
“Mistress, are you sure?”
“This mouse is not mine. Each of his blood and feathers belonged to the four women. So, why do we store goods belonging to others?”
The obedient Xie Roulan nodded in understanding. On orders and instructions from Li Anlan, the servant girl managed to return the box containing the rat carcass to the owner secretly without being discovered. The box was placed right in front of the door of their magnificent and beautiful palace. Seeing his servant return quickly, Li Anlan clapped his hands. He praised the dexterity and sensitivity of his faithful servant from young. Only Xie Roulan could be relied upon in a situation like this.
Li Anlan then wrote a letter containing the order as well as a request to Li Afan, for his brother to come to Xingyue Palace today as well. The courier of the letter was of course Xie Roulan, because the servant girl was about to go out of the palace to buy some of Li Anlan's needs that had begun to run out of stock.
“Take this to my sister. We're in action tonight!”
“Good, Mistress.”
After Xie Roulan died, Li Anlan laid her body on the mat she had placed in the courtyard of Xingyue Palace. The sun in early autumn is still so beautiful and warm. The temperature of the air began to decline, but not too extreme as it did in modern times.
Two hours later, Li Afan jumped from the outer fortress of Xingyue Palace into the courtyard. He saw his sister lying down casually wearing a strange black object in his eyes. The moment he received the letter, Li Afan instantly closed the Lanxin Pavilion and rushed over here. Unexpectedly, his beloved sister was even lazing around enjoying the day.
“Ehem.”
Li Anlan took off her sunglasses when she heard Deheman's voice. The woman got up to see who was the one who interrupted her time. When he found out that he was Li Afan, Li Anlan immediately ran to hug the man like a doll. Really spoiled sister!
“Why did you call me here?” ask Li Afan. The two had already sat on Li Anlan's mat while enjoying a salty snack created by Li Anlan and Xie Roulan.
“I need your help.”
“Is something bothering you?”
“Many. I want to return it to them.”
Li Anlan then whispered something into her brother's ear. Li Afan immediately laughed, then turned serious as his sister said all her plans in detail and detail. His sister's plan is pretty good and it seems like it's pretty fun to do. Not bad, entertainment in late spring before entering autumn.
At about nine in the evening, Li Anlan, Li Afan, and Xie Roulan came out of Xigyue Palace through the fort that fenced it. Their appearance is strange. Li Afan was wearing a long white hanfu. His long and soft hair was broken down to his back, some of his front hair covering his face and eyes. But, the center of attention from Li Afan's appearance this time was the terrible makeup that was on her beautiful face.
Li Anlan deliberately decorated her brother in such a way as to match the character she wanted. He himself also wore a long white hanfu, but in the arms, abdomen, chest, back, and legs he gave liquid red cinnabar powder, to resemble the color of blood. Her makeup was a little creepy too. The commonly used lip blush is extended by a few centimeters to the cheeks, forming a wide lip. His nose is red like a tomato. At first glance, Li Anlan looked like a joker.
Her hair was also ruffled to formless. The woman also decorated her maid with vampire-style makeup in Western fairy tales. Tonight, the three men will be in action to repay the debt as well as to teach the lesson of already underestimating a great noble Empress unrivalled. Let Li Anlan show what he really is.
The three arrived at the Harem Palace complex. Incidentally, there were no servants who passed by, until they could launch the action. Li Anlan then climbed into the corridor of a small palace on the edge of the flower garden. After making sure everything was safe, he hollowed out his paper window with a finger, then inserted a small piece of bamboo. The light inside was dim, it was likely that the occupants were preparing to sleep.
Li Anlan started to make a sound. Through the round bamboo, his voice turned loud but a little creepy, just like the roar of a woman who was enduring pain. The occupant of the palace seemed to hear the voice, as soon as he shouted to his servant. Honey, the servant was already cleared by Li Anlan first, until dozens of times called, he still would not appear. The palace occupants began to fear. Li Anlan was getting excited. The longer, the creepy voice grew louder.
In the other three palaces, Li Afan and Xie Roulan alternated their actions. Both acted according to Li Anlan's direction. The three ladies of the palace owners also displayed the same reaction. They were both frightened but no one came to fulfill the call. They were already surprised because this afternoon suddenly got a box containing the carcass of rats that they sent back to them. Now, at night, strange sounds appear creepy. The usually calm atmosphere of the Harem Palace complex became gripping for the four women.
Not long after, the four women came out of their respective palaces and gathered in the middle of their palace courtyard. The four looked at each other and threw gazes at each other, then stood by and sharpened their eyes and ears.
“You heard that? That's a creepy sound,” said one of the women.
“I also heard it.”
“My country became creepy after the voice came.”
“What we have done wrong?”
“No, this palace may indeed be haunted.”
Nature seems to be on the victim's side. The wind suddenly blew and the lights were all extinguished. In an instant, the palace complex of the four women became pitch-black. The four screamed, the darkness was already enveloping. They could only hold each other's hands to dispel the fear. But the more they tried not to be afraid, the more they became afraid.
Unknowingly, the sinister Li Anlan was already standing behind them. He turned on his cell phone flashlight, then put it under his chin until the light was pointed upwards, to his face that had been ripped off. He patted one of them. Then as they turned to look, Li Anlan widened her sinister smile while being highlighted by the flashlight of a cell phone.
“Aaaaaaaaa..”.
“Haa..Ghost...”.
“To...please!”
The four women stepped north, but there was already Li Afan. They stepped again to the east, Xie Roulan confronted them with Li Anlan's canine teeth. The four of them stepped south, but Li Anlan deftly moved until they were blocked and their cries grew louder.
They then ran towards the exit gate of the Harem Palace. Li Anlan gave the code to her brother and servant. The three ran after the four frightened women. Along the way, they kept shouting and crying.
Li Anlan deliberately directed them towards Hongwu Palace. The plan was to make these four confess personally before the king, then he would be satisfied. When the four brash women arrived at Hongwu Palace, they stopped their steps. Fear and doubt become one. However, the ghosts behind them did not give a chance to think much. The four women entered Hongwu Palace in haste.
Long Ji Man who had just finished reading the report was suffocated in shock when four women fell into his study. Which uncivilized woman dares to barge into the king's palace these nights. The moment the four women saw Long Ji Man, his head immediately bowed and the position of their bodies turned into prostration.
“Supply! How dare you break through His Majesty's palace?” yelled Xiao Biqi.
“A..Forgive Your Majesty. Please Your Majesty help us,” said one of them with fear.
“Still dare to ask for help?”
“Shortly, Biqi. What makes you guys scared like this?”
“Your Majesty, there are ghosts in our palace! Please Your Majesty help us!"
“Ghost?”
“Really. Ghosts, three ghosts. Your Majesty, please help us!”
“We promise we will behave well from now on.”
Long Ji Man still did not understand. Where are there ghosts in this world? Long Ji Man only believes that ghosts exist in the hearts of humans, who like to haunt and bring bad influences in the form of hatred, crime, greed, and other evil things.
“What ghost do you mean is me?”