The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 27

“Your Highness… tell me about Xiao Cui’s matter.”

This was Liu Li’s first time entering Ning Zisheng’s bedroom. She quietly looked around and saw that it was filled with books. It seemed that Ning Zisheng really loved reading.

Ning Zisheng had already eaten lunch, but Liu Li hadn’t. She had brought a food box and started eating without any hesitation.

Seeing her eating so heartily, Ning Zisheng’s lips curled into a smile: “Finish eating first.”

Seeing her smile, Liu Li smiled too: “That’s right. Your Highness looks so much better when you smile. Don’t always keep a straight face.”

Ning Zisheng subconsciously looked at the mirror in front of the dressing table and quickly glanced at her current appearance: “…Really?”

She remembered the image reflected in the mirror and carefully reviewed it in her mind. It seemed, indeed, quite good-looking.

“Yes!”

Liu Li swallowed the last bite, put away the food box, and pursed her lips: “Your Highness, can you tell me now? I couldn’t sleep all night thinking about it.”

Seeing her so curious, Ning Zisheng casually recounted everything that happened at that time. However, she omitted the part where Liu Ruyun instructed Xiao Cui to give her fattening medicine, only saying that Xiao Cui had violated palace rules.

——There was no need to talk about such dirty things.

After listening, Liu Li was thoughtful: “I see. However, I still want to figure out how Empress Jiang did it, otherwise, if she harms my mother again, I won’t know how to prevent it.”

“Hmm.”

Ning Zisheng didn’t lack ways to thoroughly investigate, but for some reason, she felt that Liu Li had her own ideas.

As expected, Liu Li rolled her eyes and quickly thought of something, whispering: “Your Highness, what do you think? If we dress up as ghosts to scare the palace servants Xiao Die in the middle of the night, can we get her to talk?”

Ning Zisheng’s eyebrows twitched, thinking she had misheard: “…What?”

Liu Li thought it was more and more feasible.

The ancients were so superstitious. Not only did Xiao Cui take the blame for Xiao Die, but she also died tragically in front of her. Liu Li didn’t believe that Xiao Die wouldn’t have nightmares at night.

The person sent by the empress would naturally not loosen her tongue; this method might have unexpected effects.

“Your Highness, come with me. It will be fun. I’ve never seen anyone dress up as a ghost before.”

Ning Zisheng smiled noncommittally: “…You were so scared when you went to the cold palace. Now you want to dress up as a ghost to scare people in the middle of the night?”

Although her tone was normal, Liu Li still felt a hint of sarcasm from the great one.

“So what!” Liu Li was very unconvinced. It wasn’t her fault that she was timid. “How do you know if you don’t try? Your Highness, are you afraid?”

Ning Zisheng gave her a meaningful smile: “If you’re so brave, why don’t you go by yourself?”

“…” Liu Li was speechless and had to avoid the topic: “Just tell me if you’ll come with me.”

“I can go, but what’s the reason?”

Ning Zisheng seemed to want to hear her admit something.

“Just… help me out.”

“County Princess, you have many servants. It seems you don’t lack help.”

Liu Li thought that they didn’t have luck for her to gain. With the bad luck of this cannon fodder female supporting character, she would definitely mess things up if she went alone.

“Your Highness.” Liu Li acted cute, blinking her eyes. “If there’s no reason, you won’t come with me?”

Unfortunately, Ning Zisheng was unmoved. She didn’t show any resistance, but deliberately made things difficult for Liu Li: “Or are you afraid if I’m not there, hmm?”

Liu Li said angrily: “Ning Zisheng!”

As soon as she said these words, she realized that she had said the wrong thing. How could she directly call the princess by her name? She quickly covered her mouth to show her innocence: “No, no, I misspoke. Your Highness, don’t blame me.”

Ning Zisheng wasn’t angry. Instead, she blinked with interest: “What did you call me?”

“Your Highness…”

“No.”

“Ning, Ning Zisheng…” Liu Li whispered.

She thought that Ning Zisheng was angry and was about to use all her eloquence to coax her when she saw Ning Zisheng curl her lips, her eyes clear, and raise her eyebrows in response.

“Yes.”

On a dark and windy night, it was time to kill and set fires.

The palace servant Xiao Die was already sound asleep. Just as the moon was completely obscured by dark clouds, she dreamed of Xiao Cui.

They usually slept on adjacent beds. After being together for so long, they had some feelings for each other. She didn’t expect that Xiao Cui would suddenly disappear.

Xiao Die dreamed of the tragic scene of her death and suddenly woke up. Just as she realized that it was all a dream, she patted her chest in shock and wanted to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead, but found that something was wrong around her.

The palace servants serving in Penglai Palace all lived together in the side hall for the convenience of their masters. But at this time, all the palace servants in the same room were gone?

Xiao Die squinted at the sky and estimated that it was just past midnight. Just as she turned her head, she was almost scared out of her wits.

There was another disheveled person on her bed!

“Ah—”

Xiao Die wanted to call for help, but she was horrified to find that her throat couldn’t make a sound.

Hearing the sound, the person raised her head gloomily and called her name softly: “Xiao Die.”

Most of the person’s face was covered by her hair. Her face was as white as paper, and bl00d kept gushing out of her body, staining Xiao Die’s bed everywhere.

The air was filled with the smell of bl00d.

Xiao Die stiffly shrank back until she fell off the bed. Then she woke up from her dream and slapped herself hard.

It hurt, it wasn’t a dream!

Her mind was filled with only one word—run!

“I died so unjustly in your place…”

The person pulled a sword out of her body. The cold light almost burned Xiao Die’s eyes. The white of her eyes was more than the black, and her eyes were rolling. “I can’t rest in peace. My soul is wandering here and won’t leave. You were the one who poisoned Princess Bao’an’s candied fruit, but I had to bear the blame…”

I didn’t poison the candied fruit!

Xiao Die grabbed her throat, but couldn’t say a word. She could only watch “Xiao Cui” slowly approach her, paralyzed on the ground, unable to move.

Just before Xiao Cui’s fingers were about to touch her neck, Xiao Die suddenly found that she could make some noise. She hurriedly begged in a hoarse voice: “Don’t kill me! I didn’t do the candied fruit!”

“Xiao Cui” didn’t stop. Her cold fingertips brushed Xiao Die’s cheek: “You’re lying. The empress sent you here…”

Bl00d dripped from her body again, falling on Xiao Die’s earlobe and collar, making her itchy all over.

Xiao Die couldn’t bear it any longer. She couldn’t hide anything in her heart. Her eyes were full of the ghost in front of her. She cried and said: “The empress asked me to put pinellia in the medicine, not the candied fruit! Please spare me!”

“You’re still lying even when you’re about to die.” “Xiao Cui” ‘s long nails pierced Xiao Die’s skin hard. The sharp pain made her sweat profusely. The bl00d beads mixed with the bl00d drops left on her body.

“I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you!” Xiao Die’s lips were white, and she said dejectedly, “And the spoon. Every day, I soak it in pinellia juice… That’s all! Please let me go!”

“Xiao Cui” ‘s tone suddenly became light: “You should have said that earlier. I can give you a quick death.”

Xiao Die was stunned. Before she could react, she saw “Xiao Cui” straighten her back, turn her head, rub her wrist, find the right strength, and punch Xiao Die hard.

Xiao Die fainted instantly.

The room was immediately lit up. Liu Li climbed up from beside Xiao Die and disgustedly took off the “equipment” on her body.

Coarse cloth white robe, bl00d, wig…

The smell of bl00d lingered, making Liu Li feel uncomfortable. She had to wipe her hands clean on the white clothes, then pinched her nose and said in a muffled voice: “Jiao’er, where did you get the fake bl00d? It smells terrible.”

Jiao Yan Yu Di had been trained by Liu Li to be diligent and clever. Without her further instructions, they started to clean up the mess. After a while, they cleaned up everything.

“County Princess,” Jiao’er replied, “It’s supposed to smell fishy. This is real chicken bl00d that this servant got from the imperial kitchen.”

Liu Li: Blech.

She wondered why the four of them didn’t seem to smell it. Then she saw the two cotton balls in Jiao’er’s small nostrils when she looked up.

Di’er looked at Liu Li with envy: “Our county princess is truly born with divine strength, knocking her out with one punch.”

Liu Li also felt that her martial prowess was not bad, so she accepted the compliment with satisfaction.

There were a total of seven people involved in this matter. As for why Liu Li personally dressed up as a ghost, there was a story behind it.

At that time, Liu Li tore a whole piece of paper into seven strips, crumpled them into balls, shuffled them, and placed them in front of everyone: “Draw lots. Whoever draws the ‘ghost’ will dress up as a ghost.”

Xiao Rui was clearly a little unconvinced and muttered: “County Princess, you’ve already grabbed me and Ninth Highness as laborers. Are you still making us participate in the draw?”

“It’s fine,” Ning Zisheng said.

Since Ning Zisheng had spoken, even if Xiao Rui was unwilling, she had to comply. So, seven people each grabbed a paper ball.

Liu Li looked up and saw, “Huh? How come everyone else got ‘person’?” Looking at her own hand, it was the only one that said ‘ghost’.

In fact, Liu Li could have forced Jiao Yan Yu Di to dress up as a ghost, but she couldn’t break her promise. Moreover, how could she be so shameless as to lead by example in front of these young girls? Wouldn’t that corrupt the future flowers of the Great Ning Dynasty?

So, she accepted her loss.

Liu Li also guessed that the system might want her to complete the mission herself, so it deliberately made her “win the prize.”

As for the location, the cold palace was naturally the best choice. No one lived there, no one passed by, and even if Xiao Die screamed, no one would come to save her.

Moreover, she couldn’t make a sound.

So, Liu Li dressed up as a ghost; Xiao Rui was responsible for knocking her unconscious, carrying her over, and silencing her; Jiao Yan Yu Di prepared all the necessary props, set up the scene, and cleaned up.

Ning Zisheng watched the show outside.

The author has something to say:
[Note] That’s right, there were wigs in ancient times, especially used by Tang Dynasty ladies (bald head tears)

Today’s chapter title: Teasing the Butterfly. Xiao Die: ??? (runs away)

Some cuties asked me why I’m so punctual. Of course, it’s because I have a lot of drafts and publish them on time every day (Tom cat proudly raises his head)

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