In the autumn of this year, the palace spread rumors that the deposed empress had passed away. However, this news did not stir up any waves. The deposed empress was demoted to a cold palace less than two years after her enthronement, and her clan had long been exterminated. There were already very few people who remembered this empress.
In a remote alley of the imperial palace, two young eunuchs carried a wooden board, one in front and one behind, with a dead body wrapped in a mat on top.
This path leads to the back mountain outside the imperial palace, not far from the imperial palace is the land of the dead, what the imperial palace lacks most are palace maids and eunuchs, after death, some have people to help with burial, while others because they cannot be placed in the palace to rot, all piled up in this place.
The autumn wind was bleak, and the road was extremely quiet. All that could be heard was the creaking of the wooden boards. The eunuch in front couldnt help but shudder, swallowing his saliva as he said, "I dont know why I feel like today is so ominous, its really eerie."
The eunuch behind him impatiently spoke up, "In the past, we used to carry some minor celebrities, but now this one between us is a deposed empress, so be careful, dont let your mind wander astray."
The eunuch in front spat, "You also said it was the abandoned empress, dead or not, shed still be thrown into the pile of corpses like us. What Im saying is, according to what that little palace maid from the Cold Palace said, this abandoned empress has been dead for half a month already. Although todays weather is cool and refreshing, it shouldnt smell like she just died... theres not even any unusual odor when you get close..."
"I said youre done for, how dare you still smell like a dead man? Hurry up and leave!" They had walked this path at least a hundred times, but now they felt uneasy after being scolded by the eunuch.
As they were approaching the rear gate, the eunuchs in front also stopped talking. Although they had been doing this for years, once they arrived at the pile of dead bodies, they wanted to get it over with quickly. If they hadnt been forced into this situation, they really wouldnt have wanted to do such a thing.
Two men arrived at the destination, put down the wooden board, and the eunuch in front pulled out a grass mat to drag the person into the pile of dead bodies. Accidentally, he dropped the money bag on the ground. When he squatted down to pick it up, he happened to glance through the gap in the grass mat at those eyes that refused to close, like a pair of evil and venomous eyes. The eunuch was suddenly frightened out of his wits, hastily picked up the money bag, retreated several steps, cursed silently, turned around, and urged the other eunuch to leave quickly.
"Tomorrow evening, I will marry the King of Yue and will definitely fulfill my duties, manage the household chores of the King of Yues palace well, and not disappoint Father and Mothers teachings."
"Eldest sister, you were so glorious when you got married back then, the red wedding decorations filled half of Shengjing Street. It was General Qin who pitied you, the whole Qin Manor pitied you. I, Gu Yunyin, had nothing, but in the end, its still me whos being laughed at. Qin Zhaoxi, youre just a fool!"
"In those days, you were so elegant and refined, how did you become so cruel and vicious now? You are no longer worthy of being the queen of my solitary kingdom!"
"You think youre premature, its because I ordered someone to do it, Sanlangs first child can only be mine, Shi YuYin!"
"Im not even pregnant, everything was just to bring you down. That queen title of yours should have been taken away from you a long time ago, why are you still clinging to it and annoying people? And as for your parents and family, Sanlang is really heartless..."
Always repeating such a nightmare, the endless darkness seemed to have no edges. She struggled in the darkness and suddenly opened her eyes, but what was in front of her was a piece of red. She stared blankly for a while, all sounds seemed to be isolated, and the world only had her left.