Fragrance Beauty Chapter 8: Step By Step (2)

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Ann Brocade glanced at Longxiu and showed a mysterious expression. After a long time, she said in a low but firm voice, "Nothing, just because I came back late. Sister Longxiu ate my steamed bun. I couldn't help reproaching Sister Longxiu. Sister Longxiu was irritated by me."

For a steamed bun? Mammy Cheng was suddenly speechless. Other ladies were also surprised.

"Sister Brocade, what are you afraid of? She is just a rough maid. Now Mammy Cheng can stand up for you! "

"Yes, Sister Brocade, Longxiu has bullied you for a long time. Today you can get even with her!"

Ladies are full of arguments. Ann Brocade seemed unmoved by their arguments, a.s.serting that they had a fight because of the steamed bun. The ladies only said that she was afraid of Longxiu. They hated Longxiu and sympathized with Brocade deeply, but they were also angry at her weakness. How could Brocade be afraid of Longxiu like this?

At last Mammy Cheng had to say, "It's all right, since there is nothing serious. Longxiu, if you bully people again, remember that you will be sent to imperial punishment department!"

Longxiu snorted, turned back and went into the room.

Ann Brocade was taken to another room by her friends to change clothes, and then they applied herbal oil to the wound on her body.

When Emerald Lotus saw the bruise and swelling on her body, she turned pale with fear: "Sister Brocade, don't share the room with Longxiu anymore. Why don't you just ask Mammy Cheng to arrange another room for you? Otherwise, the mad woman will kill you sooner or later."

"Sister Brocade, Longxiu is a rough woman who has stinky fingers. A few days ago, many sisters' things were stolen and all of them suspected that Longxiu was the thief. You exposed her scandals about stealing. No wonder she had to punish you."

Ann Brocade silently dressed herself and smiled, "Thank you for your kindness. It's just because I just entered the palace, so I don't want to stir up any trouble. I can bear it. It was said that there will be an examination for Way of Fragrance in a month. Virtue is also a very important thing. I don't want to lose too much for too little. "

Emerald Lotus and Qingqing looked at each other and sighed.

The selection of Lady Official in the palace was very strict. In addition to outstanding skills, the ladies should also have a good reputation. If Brocade and Longxiu's quarrel was known by the manager of Yuexiu Palace, no matter whether she was right or wrong, she would not be selected.

Emerald Lotus said helplessly, "Sister Brocade, are you going to let Longxiu bully you?"

Brocade remained silent for a while, but then she suddenly chuckled: "How could it be? At the end of the day, there will be retribution for evil. "

Emerald Lotus looked into Brocade's eyes. Somehow, she felt her smile was a little strange.

It must be my misconception! Emerald Lotus said in her heart.

"Sister Brocade, don't go back tonight. The three of us can share a bed. Otherwise, Longxiu might hit you again!"

"Yes! Her rough hands are malicious and violent." Qingqing also helped persuade Brocade, "You are so delicate that she will kill you. Then it will be too late!"

Ann Brocade hesitated for a moment and finally nodded. She smiled and said, "Then I will sleep on the outer edge of the bed. I can't take too much room from you."

Emerald Lotus became happy and took her hands, "It's warm to sleep together."

The three were all young girls, and after a while they forgot what they were unhappy about.

It was almost midnight. The three girls were all sleeping in bed. Suddenly, a pair of eyes fiercely opened, bright but especially strange.

In the dark room, Longxiu slept as usual and snored loudly. Suddenly she smelled a kind of unspeakable fragrance, and it made the air stuffy.

She turned over impatiently, but there was something heavy in her heart and she could not breathe.

Finally, she struggled to open her eyes. At this time, her body was sweaty as if she had been pulled out of the water.

"Hmm…" she struggled to get out of bed, but her body was powerless.

"Why I am so uncomfortable?" Longxiu's face became purple. In her dull mind, she couldn't figure out why.

Suddenly there was a sigh in the darkness.

The sigh was very slight, but in silence it exploded like thunder. Longxiu was almost freaked out.

"Who? Who are you? " She tried to keep her eyes wide open and looked at the darkness with horror in her eyes.

The sigh was faint, as if it came from underground: "Sister Longxiu, what's wrong with you at such a deep night?"

"You…" Longxiu was frightened. The feeling of suffocation in her heart grew stronger, and the fear followed.

In the dark corner, a thin shadow slowly walked out. Longxiu couldn't see her face clearly, but she could see her fluttering dress, her long hair hanging down on her face and a pale face under the light.

The shadow slowly walked to the bed, squatted down and gently fiddled with the charcoal basin beside the bed, softly saying: "Sister Longxiu, don't you feel hard to breathe? Don't worry, it will be over in a minute. "

"You… Who are you?" Longxiu was stiff all over, and the cold feeling gradually spread from her heart to her whole body.

Who is the woman in front of the bed? Is it a human? Is it a ghost?

The shadow sighed softly: "Sister Longxiu, have you forgotten me? You killed me."

Hearing that, Longxiu almost fainted. It was a long time before she breathed a sigh of relief.

"No, no, no! Isn't Tuan'er dead? You, you, you… are you a human or a ghost? " Her voice quivered like fallen leaves in autumn: "It's none of my business! You were someone else's target, not mine. "

The shadow slowly fiddled with the charcoal basin. Longxiu felt that as she fiddled with the charcoal basin, a faint fragrance came and made her sleepy.

Her eyelids were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and she would soon fall asleep. But she kept telling herself that she couldn't sleep, or this carbon poison would let her life to death.

Just like what she did to kill that lovely girl, Tuan'er!

Shadow faintly sighed: "Longxiu Sister, I know you are the senior maid of Yuexiu Palace. For so many years, you have been bullying the newcomers. These ladies either have lived miserably or even have lost their lives. Isn't it strange that you can avoid punishment and still live a good life in this palace? "

Longxiu was sweating all over her body. She stared at the woman in front of her, and she was extremely frightened, just as if she saw evil spirits.

"If you are not under someone's instigation, how dare you do such evil things? And I am the girl who was killed by you two years ago. Poor me, I didn't dare to fight back. Why did you hate me so much that you killed me? "Shadow sighed.

She leaned over. Longxiu couldn't see her face clearly in the dark but could only feel a sepulchral breath.

"Ah!" Longxiu screamed," I can tell you. Someone instigated me to kill you. Mammy Chen gave me the order. She said you were an obstruction for someone n.o.ble."

"What about Ann Brocade?" The shadow tightly stared at Longxiu's eyes which had lost the focus, coming close to her.

"Ann Brocade…?" Longxiu suddenly fell into confusion. Who was Ann Brocade? The beautiful girl who was always silent?