Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

Watching the three people's backs getting farther and farther away, Wu Meifeng was so angry that she gritted her teeth and clenched a jade hairpin. She used too much force and with a "crack", the hairpin broke into several pieces in her hand.

In the garden, Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan supported the empress dowager on both sides as she took a leisurely walk. The two of them sang in unison, making the empress dowager smile.

"It's a good thing you guys are here, otherwise I would be so bored facing that girl Qinwen."

She didn't like Wu Meifeng from the beginning and was disgusted with her the first time they met. In addition, Wu Meifeng repeatedly framed Jiang Xue later, which made the Queen Mother even more disgusted with her.

If it weren't for the fact that she was sent here as a marriage partner, the Queen Mother would never have allowed such a woman into the palace.

"It is Changle's honor to make the Queen Mother happy." Jiang Xue said with a smile.

"Oh, Yun Che, look at this child, her mouth is as sweet as honey." The Queen Mother smiled kindly and gently stroked Jiang Xue's smooth cheek. The love in her eyes could not be hidden, overflowing.

"Every word Xiaoxue said was sincere." Xiao Zhan was very happy seeing how much the Queen Mother doted on Jiang Xue.

The two women in front of him, one is the only love of his life, and the other is an important relative who raised him. Seeing them living in harmony, Xiao Zhan feels extremely relieved and satisfied.

Just when the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were having a great time, a sharp scream came from the front, breaking this warm moment.

"What happened?" The Queen Mother was frightened by the scream.

His face turned pale, he put his hands on his chest and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

Jiang Xue gently helped the old man to calm his breath. The sudden sound even scared her, not to mention the old man whose heart was not in good condition to begin with.

"Let's go and take a look." After the Queen Mother recovered a little, she took Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan's hands and walked in the direction of the voice.

Behind her, Mo Yan led a large group of palace maids, following the Queen Mother's steps.

The scream was so piercing that almost all the concubines in the harem heard it and they all rushed over.

The Queen led the way, followed closely by Ye Zhaoyi and Sun Xiurong, and Concubine Shu and other concubines also arrived one after another.

For a moment, everyone in the harem gathered in a long-abandoned cold palace.

This cold palace has been unattended for years, and the entire palace appears dilapidated and decayed, with a gloomy and ghostly atmosphere.

I saw a palace maid slumped in the middle of the yard, looking terrified, supporting herself with one hand and pointing with the other hand at a dry well not far away. She screamed in panic and could not stop no matter how her companions tried to comfort her.

Her screams gave the queen a headache. Seeing her chattering non-stop, the queen walked up to her and slapped her twice without saying a word.

After being slapped twice, perhaps the pain brought her back to her senses. The maid became quiet and knelt tremblingly in front of the queen.

By the time Jiang Xue and the others arrived, she was able to have a normal conversation.

"According to the rules of the harem, servants are not allowed to make noises at will. The maids should have taught you this when you were in the maid's quarters! You have disturbed so many concubines by howling like a ghost, and even the Empress Dowager has been alarmed. If you don't have a reasonable explanation, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will send you to the Inner Court for punishment."

The queen glared down at the maid and scolded her harshly.

"Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me! I did not mean to disturb you, the majesties. I was really frightened by the thing in the dry well and lost my mind, so I screamed.

I know I was wrong. Your Majesty, you can punish me in any way you want. Please don’t send me to the Inner Court. Please, please. When the maid heard the word “Inner Court”, her rationality, which had just been restored, was instantly confused again.

He kept kowtowing to the queen, begging her not to send him to a place that was scarier than ghosts.

"Empress, the girl screamed so miserably just now. I think she must have encountered something terrible. It won't be too late to send someone to take a look at what is in the dry well before we make a conclusion."

Seeing that the wound on the maid's forehead had stained the ground red, the Queen Mother realized that she was not lying, so she asked Mo Yan to take a few maids to the dry well to check the situation.

Who would have thought that after seeing this, Mo Yan was fine, but those palace maids were just like the previous ones, screaming in fear.

Her face turned pale, and although Mo Yan remained calm on the surface, the empress dowager, who had been with her for many years, could see the horror in her eyes at a glance.

Something that could shock Mo Yan, an old maid with many years of experience in the deep palace, is definitely not an ordinary thing.

The Queen Mother's face darkened. Upon seeing this, the Queen and other concubines also confirmed that there was indeed something creepy hidden in the dry well.

Everyone's heart was beating fast and seemed like it was about to jump out of their chest.

Their faces were filled with fear as they stared at the dry well from afar, and no one dared to step forward.

"Madame Mo Yan, what's in there?"

Although the queen was afraid, as the mistress of the harem, she had to stand up at this time.

She mustered up the courage to ask Mo Yan, but Mo Yan shook his head and did not answer. Instead, he returned to the Queen Mother and whispered a few words.

"Grandmother, why don't you let Changle go and take a look?" As soon as Jiang Xue entered the cold palace, she smelled a strong smell of blood.

The closer she got to the dry well, the stronger the smell of blood became. She already had a rough idea of ​​what was in the well.

But if it was just a corpse, how could it make an old man like Mo Yan, who had lived in the deep palace for decades, show such fear in his eyes? This aroused Jiang Xue's curiosity.

"Princess Gong, please don't watch it." Even an old woman like her couldn't stand it, so how could a young woman like Jiang Xue withstand such a shock? Mo Yan advised worriedly.

"Grandmother, let your grandson accompany Changle to take a look." Xiao Zhan was also curious about what was in the dry well that could shock the Queen Mother and Mo Yan so much.

The Queen Mother looked at her grandson and then at Jiang Xue. She knew that both children had their own opinions and courage.

Even if she stopped them from watching, they would eventually know about it, so she did not stop them. She just told them to be careful and agreed to their request.

The couple looked at each other, walked to the dry well together, and looked down into the well cautiously.

Before they could see clearly what was at the bottom of the well, suddenly, a bloody, arm-like object jumped out and lay tightly a few inches below the wellhead.

Then, a bloody and mangled thing that looked like a human face came into view.

With the help of the faint sunlight coming in from the wellhead, Jiang Xue saw the true face of this blood-red "object".

It was a person whose skin was cruelly peeled off all over his body.

As the man kept moving, sunlight shone deeper into the well, revealing an even more horrifying scene to Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan.

At the bottom of the well, there were countless skinned corpses. Like this person who was still struggling, their flesh and blood were so blurred that their identities could not be recognized at all.

But judging from their body structure and features, Jiang Xue recognized that they were all women.

Except for this one living person who tried to climb out of the well, everyone else was dead.