Bamboo ink fragrance in front of the court

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiang Yanjun, who is named the queen, and the emperor enjoyed the full moon and ate palace cakes together.

"Yan'er, do you feel that the moon is brighter today than it was last year?" Chu Ge smiled and asked the smart woman sitting opposite him.The breeze brings a hint of coolness, accompanied by a touch of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance.

Jiang Yanjun glanced at Yuanyue upon hearing this, and replied with a smile: "It is indeed as the emperor said."

"I heard that Yan'er's dance is very good. Can I have the honor to watch the next song when the moon is bright?" Chu Ge asked softly, but Jiang Yanjun knew that no matter what, he couldn't refuse, so he got up immediately.

"The emperor was joking, Yan'er just knows a little about dancing."

Chu Ge didn't say anything, just clapped three times.Then came out a group of musicians. "What song is Yan'er going to dance?"

"Then let's "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix"." Jiang Yanjun wore a colorful dress that was neither refined nor overly gorgeous.A courtship dance, Chu Ge was secretly surprised that the seemingly weak woman in front of him was so straightforward and bold.Although surprised for a moment, he still smiled and said, "Okay."

Although Jiang Yanjun's figure is petite, but when she dances, she is very graceful, and her wide sleeves are flung out, like a phoenix spreading its wings.The dance steps are elegant and clever, and she completes several rather difficult movements with soft body and lightness.The bright eyes met the gaze of the young ruler in a blink of an eye, and the smile was full of elegance.

About halfway through the melody, Jiang Yanjun bowed back and fell backwards with a sore ankle, unable to stand still.He exclaimed softly, but was stabilized by the warm embrace. "Emperor... Your Majesty."

"Are you all right?" The melody stopped abruptly, and the question of the person in front of me could be heard clearly.

"It's okay. Yan'er thanked the emperor."

"Come here, Imperial Physician Xuan."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to..." Jiang Yanjun only felt that he was a little shocked but not injured.

Chu Ge interrupted her words, "Let the imperial doctor see if there is any injury to the bone. It is so reassuring."

"En." Jiang Yanjun nodded lightly, and responded obediently.

Su Mo was sitting on a rockery not far away, watching the scene quietly.Suddenly, he felt that the stone under his feet was a little loose, and when he stretched his toes, the small stone slid down the slope, and the little eunuch standing by the pool jumped in surprise with a "plop".

Chu Ge, who wanted to bring Jiang Yanjun back, asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

"Back to the emperor, a stone fell into the pool just now. The emperor was startled, this servant deserves to die." The little eunuch immediately stepped forward and knelt down, trembling unavoidably.

"Okay. Get up." The tone was a little slow, but revealed a touch of displeasure.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The little eunuch was only ten and five, and tonight was his first time accompanying the emperor, but something went wrong.Backing back to the pool, he suddenly heard someone smiling, and looked around but found nothing unusual, feeling a little panicked in his heart.Suddenly he heard another laugh, which made his skin crawl.While the emperor was taking Jiang Yanjun back with a group of eunuchs following him, he asked the eunuch who was a few years older than him before him if he heard any strange sounds.

"No. Don't scare me. There are some weird things that happen in this deep palace. When the late emperor was in power, you were still young. There were ghosts in the palace at that time. It is said that it was the dead soul of the maid who jumped into the well, but it was just a dry dream. Nothing happened after the celestial master cast the spell. No, it’s been a while since the celestial master said he would let his apprentice succeed him, but his apprentice hasn’t come yet. I’m afraid that during this period of time, those unclean things will come out. Be careful, don't cause trouble and don't go out alone at night. Just in case..." Su Mo shook his head when he heard the eunuch's voice going away.

This imperial palace is also desolate enough, and there are very few female relatives.The late emperor didn't accept many concubines, and he and the empress were really in love. The empress passed away shortly after giving birth to Chu Ge, and the late emperor had no plans to leave any heirs.Apart from being busy with state affairs all day long, he just watched his brother who was doing nothing. It wasn't until four years ago that the prince became a monk and stopped asking about the mortal emperor before he concentrated on state affairs.This Chu Ge probably had the same plan as his father, leaving the harem empty for the time being to avoid troubles.

Su Mo got up immediately when he heard the rustling sound behind him, but there was no figure behind him.He frowned and said coldly, "Come out."

The figure stopped avoiding and floated out from behind the shadow of the tree.What came into my eyes was a beautiful woman, dressed in the attire of a court lady, looking up at Su Mo timidly, her eyes full of sorrow.

"Could it be you that the maid who jumped into the well said by the eunuch is you?" Su Mo looked straight at her, but the woman behind her did not dare to look at him, her fingers gripped the hem of her skirt tightly.

"It was me. I... I didn't jump into the well by myself." The voice was not loud, but Su Mo listened effortlessly.The female ghost was petite before she was alive, but Su Mo stood on the rockery again, looking down at her shaking her head.

"Most of those who jumped into wells in the deep palace died unjustly, and if you think about it, you are also wronged. Whose life are you going to take when you come out now?" Su Mo asked without emotion, and his voice was erratic.

"I...I didn't. I didn't intend to harm anyone." The female ghost backed away with small steps as she spoke.

"Don't tell me that you came out to absorb the aura of heaven and earth on the night of the full moon. If this came from the mouth of a ghost, I would not doubt it, you are a wronged soul..." I wanted to continue, but I saw the female ghost kept shaking The head stopped.After going down the rockery, he approached the female ghost.I don't know if there is a fear of Su Mo, who has been dead for nearly 500 years. I saw her stepping back, but her feet felt soft, and she took a step forward in shock.After that, he was sobbing softly.With a shallow meow, Su Mo's eyes were drawn to the white cat.The cry was thought to be Doudou, but just from the color of its coat, it was not the black cat who was with him.

"Xiaobai, where have you been, Xiaobai?" The voice from the other end of the corridor came from far to near.It turned out that this cat was raised by Concubine Qin, who was conferred by the late Emperor. Now Concubine Qin's personal maid came out to look for her precious white cat.Although it was night, the moonlight outside was quite bright, and the maid was holding a lantern in her hand. The color of the white cat's coat was obvious in the darkness, and the maid found it not long after.Little did they know that there were two ghosts standing next to it, and the cat yelled at Su Mo several times, as if it was about to rush forward. The maid looked around and found nothing, then grabbed the white cat's scratching paw and pressed it down hard. inside.Tsk, Doudou is cuter.

"Oh, even a cat is hostile to me. No wonder you're afraid of me."

"Your...Young Master. I have never harmed anyone." Seeing Su Mo's sudden sentimentality, the female ghost spoke to him without hesitation.

Su Mo smiled, then sighed softly. "I know that you have never harmed anyone. You have been a wandering soul for nearly 500 years and you can still distinguish evil spirits. You are very clean."

Eager to explain, the female ghost couldn't help but move forward, "Then why..." Before she finished asking, Su Mo planned.

"Why do you ask aggressively who you are here to kill?"

"Hmm." The female ghost was puzzled. She was in the deep palace but didn't know that she was excluded because she was in the deep palace. She had learned serving etiquette since she was a child, but she had never studied the four books and five classics. She never understood.

"It's because we have some similarities, but I didn't die unjustly." Su Mo only smiled lightly when he said this. He should have remained in this world with hatred, but the resentment was washed away again and again.

"Somewhat like?" She still looked at Su Mo puzzled, she couldn't see the similarity between the two, she only knew that they were lonely ghosts.

Su Mo didn't answer, some things were hard to say and could not be said.He lowered his head slightly and asked, "What's your name?"

The female ghost who was in her young age was asked her name, her pale face became vivid, she forgot her previous fear of Su Mo, she raised her eyes and answered, "Qingwan. My name is Qingwan. It's..."

"What is it?" Su Mo seldom meddled in his own business after becoming a ghost, but after hundreds of years of walking alone, he was still too lonely.

The female ghost who hesitated before continuing to speak looked away, "I am the maidservant of the prince's mansion."

"Would the maidservant of the prince's mansion die in this deep palace?" Su Mo knew that the next thing would be complicated, and now this female ghost called Qingwan had nowhere to go but could only hold her breath in the deep palace. Coffin without tomb.If you don't report to the ghost world or be wiped out, you will be lonely for thousands of years.

"It was the prince who asked me to enter the palace to serve the Heavenly Master."

"Then how did you die? Did you die by the celestial master?" Besides, why did the palace send someone to serve the celestial master? There should be no one in the palace to serve him?Su Mo was puzzled, this was his first time entering the imperial city, and he entered without bypassing many obstacles. It seems that the new celestial master that the eunuch said had not entered the imperial city yet.

"This... I can't say..." Qing Wan's repeated hesitation gave Su Mo a headache.

"If you're dead, what are you afraid of? If you're dead, you shouldn't care about it." After saying this, Su Mo fell silent. He should have nothing to worry about.

The author has something to say: all the manuscripts have been sent out_(:з」∠)_

It seems that the plot will be extended