Chapter 63 Rag Doll

  My face turned red with shame, I quickly pulled back my hand and glared at him: "Nonsense! I...I had too much to drink, I don't remember anything!"

  Last night, I did? I secretly turned back to look at Xuan Yuan Mu, he was grinning from ear to ear and laughing: "It seems that in the future, I will have to let my wife drink often, only then will I be happy!"

  I turned away and didn't look at him, looked up at the sky and couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't you go to morning court?"

  Xuanyuan Mu pulled me into his arms: "The Emperor is unwell today and didn't attend the morning court, so I'm off duty too!"

  "Crown Prince, Princess An is seeking an audience outside. For more 'delicate' stories, please visit uruo." A maid's voice came from outside.

  "Alright, let her wait for a moment!" Xuan Yuan Mo got out of bed and put on his clothes. I followed closely behind him. So early in the morning, An Mingzhu was so serious about requesting an audience, there must be something going on.

  As expected, the close 'servant' 'girl' Mei Yu she brought from Nanzhao was caught by someone, and it was even the guards of the front hall.

  "What's going on?" Xuan Yuan furrowed his brow.

  "Last night, I got drunk and don't know what happened. This morning, I received news that Mei Yu attempted to steal treasures from the Grand Temple and was caught. She's now with the Emperor. Please, Your Highness, please save her!"

  "Let's go and take a look!"

  Arriving at the front hall, Mei Yu has already been handed over to the Imperial Household Department.

  "Why should this matter be 'handed over' to the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Shouldn't it be 'handed over' to Concubine An in the palace?" I asked curiously.

  "It must be an order given by the Emperor himself, otherwise it wouldn't have been handled this way!"

  When we arrived at the Imperial Palace, it was already in use on that side. A doll was thrown not far from the ground, and when I saw that thing, a bad premonition flashed through my mind.

  "Your Highness!" These people stopped what they were doing and bowed to Xuan Yuan as he appeared.

  "What happened to the 'servants' and 'maids' in my palace? Why didn't anyone report it?" Xuan Yuan Mu was the first to speak up.

  "This... " The housekeeper quietly said in Xuan Yuan's ear: "It was the Emperor himself who personally caught him, now it's just a matter of telling the truth, it would be better for the Crown Prince to clear his relationship!"

  An Mingzhu heard this and couldn't help but step forward: "Mei Yu, why is it like this? Why do you want to go to the front hall?"

  Mei 'Yu' hung her head, looked up at An Mingzhu, then looked down at the doll on the ground, as if she was reluctant to part with it. "I only ask for death!"

  "Your Honor, what's going on? She is my personal maid, serving me since childhood, and we are not short of money or wealth. How could she possibly steal from the front hall?"

  "Your Highness, this is also what I want to know. Look at her being beaten like this and she only says it's because she went to steal valuables. What can I do? You tell me, if she steals valuables, then let her steal valuables, why did she have to move the Emperor's dragon chair? This kind of thing, you haven't been implicated, that's already the Emperor showing mercy!"

  "What? She moved the dragon chair?" An Mingzhu was stunned, she didn't dare to believe that her personal 'maid' would do such a thing.

  What else can be explained? What else can be pleaded for mercy? Afterwards, no matter how the torture was used, Mei Yu remained tight-lipped and was beaten to death in the prison that afternoon.

  An Mingzhu returned to the East Palace, saw the beautiful 'jade' doll, and burst into tears. "We grew up together since childhood, although she was my maid, but we were as close as sisters. I never thought that something like this would happen."

  Anmingzhu spoke while looking at the doll in her hand, I stood on one side, staring at those dolls, my heart "thumping" with excitement and nervousness.

  I reached out and picked up a "Give me this?" It was a black-dressed doll with two black eyes, no white in them, and a mouth sewn into a straight line, looking very stubborn.

  "Take it away, keeping it is also heartbreaking."

  "You might as well get rid of them too, let them go with her since she likes them so much?" Whenever I think of Mei Yu, I recall that night when I caught Su Gu Gu, and how she righteously accused her, with a temperament similar to An Ming Zhu.

  I held the black-clothed doll in my hand, walked to Little Flower Garden, sat on the swing, and looked at it carefully. It seemed to have a kind of magic that made you unable to move your eyes away from it. Its appearance was not cute, with a pair of shiny black eyes and tightly closed mouth...

  I stared at it without blinking, and suddenly I saw the little doll's mouth move slightly. Was I seeing things?

  I was startled and at this moment, I suddenly realized that I had been staring at it too intensely, so I blinked hard.

  It bowed its head and looked at it, like a person? Or is it like a ghost? I suddenly thought of the ghost baby.

  Scared, my fingers trembled and the doll fell to the ground. I hid far away and looked at it, how could this be? I heard that Mei Yu only started liking these things a few days ago, was my intuition correct? Are these dolls not clean?

  But what does this have to do with Mei Yu going to the front hall?

  I picked up the doll and walked into the house, Xuan Yuan Mu and Xue Qiu Feng were drinking tea in the room. I handed the doll to Xue Qiu Feng: "Take a look, is there anything strange about it?"

  Xue Qiufeng held it in his hand and examined it carefully, suddenly he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small peach wood sword, and stabbed it into the doll's heart.

  "A shrill cry... A black gas burst out of the doll's body."

  "Ghost baby!" Xue Qiufeng threw the doll aside: "Is this the beautiful 'jade' doll that she likes? She's been possessed by a ghost! The doll is controlling her!"

  "It's too late to say anything, the person is already dead!" I lowered my head and suddenly remembered An Mingzhu. I must personally see her burn the doll.

  I rushed out of the room, with Xuan Yuan Mu and Xue Qiu Feng following behind me, running towards An Ming Zhu's courtyard.

  The sky had darkened, and Anmingzhu's courtyard was very quiet, with a faint candlelight shining from the eastern room.

  I knocked on the 'door': "Princess, I am Mei Lingxue!"

  "Go away..." The voice in it was a bit off, and she actually knew that we didn't come alone in the room.

  Xuanyuan Mo and Xue Qiufeng exchanged a glance, then one of them kicked open the 'door'...

  In the room, the light was dim, and there was a pungent smell in the air. Anmingzhu knelt on the ground, her hair disheveled, she was patting two dolls in front of her, and she was kneeling in front of the dolls.

  The moment I rushed into the room, I saw that the eyes of those two dolls were red.

  "What are you doing?" Xuan Yuan Mu asked.

  Anmingzhu's eyes were bright red, staring straight at us, motionless.

  Xue Qiufeng picked up the two dolls on the table, and An Mingzhu, who was originally quiet, suddenly rushed up like a madman. Her martial arts were not weak, and she kicked Xue Qiufeng's chest with one foot.

  Xuanyuan picked up Mingzhu just as she was about to faint and caught her body.

  Later, Xue Qiufeng burned all the dolls, and An Mingzhu woke up, but she couldn't remember anything that happened at night.