Chapter 28: The Birthday of the Bizarre King

  Xuanyuan Qi's birthday, invited Xuanyuan Dusk to the mansion as a guest, I am Xuanyuan Dusk's personal maid, naturally also have to follow. Also coming are the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, the eldest son's official wife Xun Wangfei, plus several princesses and some ministers' sons and daughters of similar age.

  The Crown Prince Xuan Yuan Li saw Xuan Yuan Wu follow me into the Qi Wang Fu, and couldn't help but let out a cold snort. He turned around and walked towards the high seat, naturally taking the superior position due to his status as crown prince.

  The crown princess looked at me in surprise and asked, "How did you come here? Weren't you demoted? Oh, I remember now, you're Xuan Yuan Mu's personal maid!"

  The struggle between men always affects 'women', I smiled slightly and bowed: "Long live the Crown Princess!"

  "Hmph!" The crown princess patted her own belly, then walked towards the crown prince.

  She's pregnant! I pulled Xuan Yuan Mu and whispered to him: "The Crown Prince's consort is pregnant."

  Xuanyuan Mu nodded and found a seat in the middle, the guests had all arrived, and some people couldn't help but whisper to each other when they saw me with Xuanyuan Mu.

  "I heard that this 'woman' is a fox spirit, very seductive. Originally, the emperor had already bestowed two concubines on King Mu, and demoted her to a commoner, but unexpectedly she still clings to King Mu's side, look at this, isn't it like she's come back."

  "No way, I heard that this 'woman' is being bullied in the Mu Wang Fu, and just a few days ago, Mu Wang even hit her. And I also heard that Mu Wang has some special hobbies, and in that aspect, only this 'woman' can tolerate him..."

  "Is it? I really can't believe it!"

  Listening to these neither high nor low comments, I'm not feeling well in my heart, but my face remains calm and expressionless, silently standing behind Xuan Yuan's back.

  "Emperor Mu, are you not satisfied with the two concubines your father, the Emperor, gave to you? On an occasion like this, why didn't you bring them out?" Crown Prince Xuan Yuan Li heard the crowd's discussion and began to add fuel to the fire.

  "This king has never acknowledged them, how could I possibly bring them out? On the contrary, it's the crown prince, who obviously wants to make Yang Qing Dai his princess consort, why did she run to our Wang Fu?" Xuan Yuan Mu didn't even raise an eyebrow.

  The crown prince Xuan Yuan Li's face could no longer hold on.

  "You..." He was just about to reason with Xuan Yuan Mu, when he saw Xuan Yuan Qi stand up.

  "Today, everyone can come to my Qi Wang Fu, I am very happy." Xuan Yuan Qi saw that almost everyone had arrived, raised his wine glass: "Today is my birthday, those who came here are all friends and family, don't be restrained, put aside the things of everyday life, today come to Qi Wang Fu just to relax, let the drums and music begin!"

  With a loud command from Xuan Yuan, the music and dance began. In the center of the venue, a group of beautiful women in pink dresses started dancing with their sleeves flying...

  I whispered in Xuan Yuan's ear: "I'll go out for a bit..."

  "Be careful, I'll be back soon!" Xuan Yuan Mu nodded with a hint of embarrassment in front of so many people.

  "Good!" I quietly slipped out of the banquet and headed in the direction of the 'flower' garden behind the Qi Wang Fu, I wanted to take a look at that female corpse, was she still here? It's said that Qi Wang raises female corpses, how does he raise them? Is it her? Xuan Yuan Mu said this female corpse is Ruo Lan princess, why did she die? How could the corpse be in Qi Wang Fu?

  The more unsolved mysteries, the more curious I become, and the more I want to uncover the answers within.

  There were some guests chatting in the flower garden, I avoided those people and headed towards the pavilion in the pond, there were fewer people on that side, and getting into the water from there shouldn't attract anyone's attention.

  I came to the pavilion and carefully looked around, the surroundings were very quiet, not a single shadow of a person was seen. I squatted at the edge of the pavilion, looking at the water surface, that "female" corpse was just below, how could I go down? Last time she wanted to pull me into deeper water, would she do the same to me this time?

  I didn't tell Xuan Yuan about the matter of finding the female corpse, I wonder if he will look for me soon? All sorts of thoughts emerged in my mind, I think today is not a good opportunity, after all, there are too many people in the Qi Wang Fu, if someone discovers that I went into the water, it would attract many guests, and the consequences would be unthinkable.

  I turned around and left, took a few steps forward, and suddenly felt someone behind me. This is the Shui Xin Liang Ting, there's only one way in and out, how could there be someone behind me? I abruptly turned my head back...

  Good heavens! The female corpse was right there in the water, exposing a head that stared at me...

  I stopped in my tracks and was just about to take a closer look at the "female" corpse in the water when I heard someone screaming not far away.

  "There's a ghost! Someone's coming! There's a ghost..."

  I frowned and looked at the "female" corpse in the water, then ran along the corridor to the shore.

  At this time, a group of people had gathered on the shore, and the one shouting was a person dressed as a palace maid. She stared at the water's surface with a quivering gaze, as if she had just seen the female corpse.

  "What's wrong?" The steward of the Qi Wang Fu hurried over. "What happened? Today is Master Qi's birthday, don't gather here if it's nothing important."

  "I... I saw a ghost in the water, it's a female one, a female ghost!" The palace maid shouted loudly, frightened to the extreme.

  "What 'female' ghost isn't a 'female' ghost, how did you end up here? Shouldn't you be in the front hall? Are you from the palace? Someone by the crown prince's side?" The old steward frowned and said: "Don't spout nonsense, hurry back!"

  "She, she, she... She saw it too!" You Gong's 'girl' trembled with her finger pointing at me.

  I remember now, this palace maid is one of the Crown Princess's attendants. What is she doing here? She must have been sent by the Crown Princess to follow me.

  This palace maiden followed me here and unexpectedly saw a female corpse in the water, scaring her like this.

  I nodded slightly "It seems like there's something in the water, it's dark tonight and my eyesight isn't good either, I didn't see clearly, but whether it's a ghost or not I dare not confirm!"

  "No, I clearly saw you and her exchanging glances, she was looking at you, you were looking at her!"

  "At such a far distance, you can still see my line of sight. I feel like there's something in the water. With bad eyesight, I took a closer look. How could I possibly stare at a ghost?" I couldn't help but sneer, looking at that palace maid.

  The girl took a step back: "Whatever, I'm leaving, I don't want to stay here anymore."

  That palace 'girl' walked forward with small quick steps, and the butler also dispersed the people surrounding this place.

  I had just taken two steps when I heard the butler behind me say: "Your Highness Mu Wangfei, please stop!"

  I stopped in my tracks and turned around: "Li Guanjia, don't address me like that, it's not good for others to hear."

  "Yes, yes! I want to apologize to you!" Li Guan Jia's face was full of remorse.

  "Apologize? What nonsense is this?"

  "That night, you were assassinated, the Qi Wang Fu was not well protected, it's all because of me. I had transferred all the people from the backyard to the front yard, and the study of the master in the front yard almost caught fire. So I transferred everyone there. Who would have thought that this assassin was so cunning? He deliberately set fire to the study and then went to the backyard. At that time, you were a guest, I was afraid of disturbing your sleep, so I quietly transferred the people away. Who would have thought..."

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