I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

Liu Zhirou took a step forward curiously, wanting to hear what they were talking about and for whom they were burning paper.

But she didn't know why, perhaps because it was her first time controlling a ghost and she was not very proficient in the job, she heard nothing. She could only see the two palace maids mumbling to themselves, as if they were saying something.

However, she could more or less guess it, because these two palace maids were familiar to her. Jixiang and Ruyi were also people sent by Concubine Xian to serve her.

And the person for whom they burned paper was probably the unlucky ghost she was controlling now.

Liu Zhirou found that she could not obtain more information from here, so she quietly passed through the wall and left.

She planned to go to the main hall to take a look. No matter what, as the mistress of a palace, Concubine Xian should not be unaware of this matter. In fact, it is very likely that this matter was arranged by Concubine Xian.

If Concubine Xian really wanted to harm her, she also had a big gift for her. It just depended on whether Concubine Xian could accept it.

When I got there, I saw that Concubine Xian was still awake.

She sat crookedly on the couch, with two maids serving beside her. One of them was a little older, sitting on the footstool and massaging Concubine Xian's legs, while the other was Miao'er, who often appeared beside Concubine Xian, sitting on a chair on the other side and doing needlework.

The first time Liu Zhirou saw Concubine Xian, she felt an inexplicable anger and hatred from the bottom of her heart, and she wanted to pounce on her and bite off her throat.

But she quickly controlled the emotions in her heart. These emotions did not belong to her, but were left behind by the original body of the ghost.

Liu Zhirou sighed. Although she didn't know why, she believed that the murderer must be related to Concubine Xian. It was even very likely that Concubine Xian personally ordered the eunuch to be beaten to death.

Liu Zhirou had no friendship with this eunuch, and she didn't think she could uphold justice. After all, who could say who was right or wrong in such a matter within the deep palace walls?

However, if Concubine Xian really intends to put her hands on her like Concubine Shu did before, then she will not be polite.

I was timid before because my status was low and I hadn't accumulated any strength. Now that I've reached this point, what's there to be afraid of? As a person, you should be reckless when you need to be reckless and timid when you need to be timid. Only in this way can you get by.

After Liu Zhirou calmed down, she began to look around the house.

This house is slightly larger than her bedroom in Changchun Palace, and there are some secret rooms nearby, making it worthy of being the queen's residence.

But no matter how big the house is, given her current condition, she can finish searching it in a short time.

The virtuous concubine was very careful and she did not place any palace maids near the bedroom where she lived to consolidate her favor.

Generally speaking, the palace of a high-ranking concubine would be filled with several beautiful women who had higher status than ordinary palace maids but were not yet concubines.

The reason why they are in such an embarrassing position is that the concubines need someone to share the emperor's favor.

After all, even if we don't take the issue of menstruation into consideration, a concubine does not always have the energy to deal with the emperor.

And sometimes the emperor would want to try something new, and at this time, these favored palace maids would come in handy.

If they were favored by the emperor, they would be rewarded with low-level concubines such as Cai Nu and Xuan Shi.

The lives and property of these palace maids are completely dependent on high-ranking concubines. They have no influence from their families outside the palace and there is no way for them to climb to a higher position.

But in the case of Concubine Xian, there was not even such a palace maid. The two girls in the same room with her were dressed in standard palace maid outfits and there was no violation of the rules.

The entire palace could be said to be almost empty, and almost all the serving palace servants were outside.

Apart from the two palace maids who accompanied her in the bedroom, there were no other servants serving her in the main hall where she lived.

The virtuous concubine still had a sallow complexion and looked haggard, as if she was about to die.

But unlike during the day, her eyes were bright and seemed to be glowing in the dim light. She seemed to be saying something to the palace maid who was massaging her legs, and the palace maid often nodded in response.

Liu Zhirou had never learned lip reading, so naturally she had no way of analyzing what they were saying. She could only infer from their expressions that Concubine Xian seemed to be assigning tasks, and the maid who was massaging her legs looked very embarrassed.

But in the end, the palace maid nodded and walked out.

Liu Zhirou felt that this palace maid looked very familiar. After looking at her carefully for a while, she realized that this was the palace maid who had divided the palace between her and Ai Ziyi.

Compared to Miao'er, this maid's appearance rate was not high, and they had hardly seen her. But from what they found today, this person should also be highly valued by Concubine Xian, and had a very high status among the maids.

But these have little to do with Liu Zhirou.