I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

Because she was not used to this abnormal aesthetic, Liu Zhirou was unwilling to be served by the eunuchs. Moreover, she did not trust the virtuous concubine who looked sick and posed no threat. Even the two maids assigned to her by the virtuous concubine served outside most of the time.

Due to the regulations in the imperial palace, there was a quota for the number of palace maids and eunuchs serving in each palace. In addition, the emperor had rearranged the palace servants for Liu Zhirou, so she did not take away the three people assigned to her by Concubine Xian, but left them in Weiyang Palace.

Thinking about it this way, her action might have killed the three of them. Even though Liu Zhirou was not a particularly kind person, she couldn't help but feel indignant at this disregard for human life.

After the indignation, the doubts came: why would the virtuous concubine want to take the life of such a humble eunuch?

There was no possibility of any conflict between them. The only point of intersection was actually Liu Zhirou herself. Could it be that... Concubine Xian arranged for him to do something so that he could do this to prevent the truth from being revealed?

But if it was really because of this, after she had a miscarriage, Concubine Xian should have immediately dealt with the person who was involved in this matter, instead of dragging it out until now. If she had discovered it, she should have discovered it earlier. If she hadn't discovered it, this person would still be in her palace, and she could do whatever she wanted to him. Naturally, there was no need to kill him directly.

It's really a rare thing.

Liu Zhirou stared at the ghost in front of her. Although the ghost had barely gathered together an illusory body, it actually no longer had any intelligence and was unable to answer her questions or resolve her current doubts.

Liu Zhirou thought for a while and began to try to control the ghost. After some time of training and making sure she could operate it proficiently, she controlled him to go to Weiyang Palace.

After all, the Weiyang Palace was the residence of the empress of the previous dynasty. It covers a very large area and the palaces are very exquisite. Although it has been in disrepair for many years and is overgrown with weeds, one can still vaguely see its majestic appearance.

As one of the concubines living here, she didn't feel anything. But now, she suddenly changed her body and looked at the Weiyang Palace as a ghost. She really noticed many differences.

The Weiyang Palace itself is not a simple palace. To be precise, it should be a group of palaces. However, only a few places are inhabited now, and most places are closed.

The Weiyang Palace was divided into the front hall and the rear pavilion. The main hall of the front hall was where Concubine Xian lived. The rear pavilion was always locked, and no one knew what was going on inside.

There is also a tidied Qilin Hall, but no concubines live there. It is probably for the princes and princesses to live there when they are young after the virtuous concubine gives birth to children.

Although there is no owner here, there are still people cleaning the place, and you can clearly see how popular it is.

In addition, the one who only heard of her name but never saw her, Consort Zhang, lived in the Vermillion Bird Palace, which was also one of the attached palaces of the Weiyang Palace. Liu Zhirou looked over there as a ghost and saw faint lights, and it was obvious that many people were living there.

This also indirectly proves that what Concubine Xian said is not false. This Concubine Zhang must have been rich before, otherwise she would not have been the master of a palace with the status of a small concubine.

In addition, there is a more popular Ye Ting Palace, where palace maids, eunuchs and the female officials who manage them generally live. If this was still the palace where the queen lived, it would certainly be called prosperous and majestic. But now the only person living here is a concubine who is not very favored and has poor health, so naturally it has become lonely.

The Huai Liu Pavilion where Liu Zhirou lived before was not a proper palace, but a small pavilion inside the Qing Liang Palace, an attached palace. The same was true for the Zi Lan Garden where Ai Ziyi lived, which was originally just a large garden.

From this point, it can be seen that Concubine Xian was not very satisfied with the performance of the two of them, and was even a little hostile, otherwise she would not have let the palace maid in charge report such a terrible residence to them.

Fortunately, Liu Zhirou has escaped from the other party's control. Although Ai Ziyi still lives in Weiyang Palace, she has been conferred the title of beauty and has caught the emperor's eye. Even if Concubine Xian is dissatisfied, she only dares to make trouble for her in secret and cannot make things difficult for her openly.

But these are not the most important things.

What’s more important is that she discovered that there is still someone in Qingliang Palace.

Sometimes when Liu Zhirou passed by, she would look curiously towards the main hall of Qingliang Palace. In fact, it was sealed and locked. Although it did not explicitly prohibit anyone from entering, given Liu Zhirou's weak physique, she should not be able to enter.

At first, she wanted to show that she was weak and harmless, but later, after she faked the pregnancy, there were too many people guarding her, and she had no way to go in and find out what was going on.

Then I thought about the countless idle palaces in this huge palace city, and there didn't seem to be anything curious about a small Qingliang Palace, so I didn't take it too seriously.

The deposed emperor of the previous dynasty was extremely licentious and built palaces on a massive scale, wasting countless materials and lives. It was precisely because of this that the people were living in misery and the new dynasty was established.

At least, this is the information Liu Zhirou got. As for what exactly happened, who knows and who cares?

After it was revealed that she was pregnant, in order to take better care of her and to provide a good resting place for the people sent by the big guys from various palaces, the main hall of Qingliang Palace was opened once. However, not long after, it was locked again for some unknown reason. These people would rather go to the farther Lanfen Pavilion to rest than enter the main hall of Qingliang Palace.

And now, Liu Zhirou saw that the popular place was none other than this rather magical main hall.

Liu Zhirou felt a little restless. If her real body was here, she might not have the courage to enter such an obviously evil place.

But after all, she is not here in her real body, so even if something really happens, there won't be too much loss. And now the virtuous concubine may be plotting a conspiracy against her, how can she just ignore it?

Liu Zhirou quickly convinced herself and quietly came to the door.

She controlled the ghost and tapped her feet lightly, and her body floated up, passing directly through the closed door and into the palace.

Two palace maids were kneeling in the palace, guarding a brazier in the middle. They were filling some paper money into the brazier and burning it, saying things like "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor" while burning it.

Liu Zhirou found it quite novel. This kind of behavior was strictly prohibited in the palace. Firstly, it was unlucky, and secondly, it was a safety hazard and could easily cause a fire. After all, the palaces nowadays were made of wood. If someone set a fire to it, it would be a big deal.