High Grade Green Tea Transmigrates into a Pitiful Little Girl - Chapter 13

Hong Xiu gritted her teeth to restrain her trembling voice. “Milady, that little girl is very bizarre, don’t pay her any mind.”
　　
Talented Xu’s face was pale. Even after she entered her house, she still felt cold on her back, as if someone was blowing air on her neck. She was so frightened that her body was covered in goosebumps and cold sweat.
　　
She thought that this was no way to go on. Before the eminent monk in Concubine Jing’s palace left, she must go and invite him to take a look!
　　
The autumn sun graced the day, but when night fell, the weather instantly changed. Thunder crackled continuously. Heavy rain was hitting the tree leaves on the roof, causing ‘pilipala’ sounds that made people anxious.
　　
Talented Xu was already terrified, and the thunder and lightning made her even more sleepless.
　　
After tossing and turning on the bed for who knows how long, she suddenly heard ‘dong dong dong,’ the sound of door-knocking amidst the rain. Appearing once in a while, not rushed but not slow, it rang intermittently in the rainy night.
　　
At first, she thought that she might have misheard it. After a while, Hong Xiu came with a lamp and told her, “Milady, it sounds like someone is knocking on the door outside.”
　　
It was very late at night and also raining. Could there be an urgent matter from the Noble Consort?
　　
It’s not like that had not happened before. Talented Xu didn’t dare to tarry and immediately ordered Hong Xiu to open the door. Another palace maid, Lu Zhu, helped her to get up and get dressed. Just halfway through getting dressed, she suddenly heard a scream outside, which turned out to be coming from Hong Xiu.
　　
Talented Xu’s fingers stiffened, and she told Lu Zhu, “Quickly go and take a look!”
　　
Lu Zhu ran out, and after a while, another scream was heard again.
　　
The little eunuch who was assigned to night watch also woke up. Talented Xu’s face went pale. She held back her fear and said to the little eunuch, “Come with This Palace to take a look.”
　　
The two rushed to the entrance of the main hall.
　　
Hong Xiu had fainted on the ground, and Lu Zhu was kneeling in shock beside her. Talented Xu was focused on them and ignored the outside, until the little eunuch next to her tremblingly said, “Milady… look outside…”
　　
Talented Xu raised her head and saw it.
　　
A flash of lightning descended, illuminating the bare pomegranate tree at the entrance of the main hall.
　　
On its branch was hanging a hemp rope1. The wind and rain blew it around as if something invisible was swaying in the air.
　　
Talented Xu felt her heart stop and screamed, “Close the door! Close the door!”
　　
The main hall’s door was slammed shut with a “peng” sound, and the sound of chaos rang from inside.
　　
Sometime later, the door of the side palace silently opened. Ignoring the heavy rain, Lin Feilu carried a stool, went beneath the pomegranate tree, stepped on the seat and took the hemp rope down. Then, she walked back as if nothing had happened.
　　
The rain was still falling.
　　
Qing Yan and Yun You were like sisters to Xiao Lan, and they depended on each other these past few years. Xiao Lan did not treat them as servants and did not let them do a night watch like other palace maids. Lin Feilu had her own room, and the sound of rain covered her going in and out. After returning to her room, she changed her clothes and went to bed as if nothing had happened.
　　
The next day, it became lively on the other side from early in the morning.
　　
The eminent monk came, and the Imperial Physician also came. The master had a fever and was rambling, while the people around her were all scared sick until they’re bedridden, so there was no one to serve. Talented Xu was usually a very ardent minion, so Noble Consort Ruan sent two people to help her after hearing what happened.
　　
Since the person living in the main hall is sick, as the concubine residing on the side palace Xiao Lan naturally couldn’t just pretend to ignore it, she also came to visit with Qing Yan. Lin Feilu followed her to the main hall. Talented Xu, who was half leaning on the bed, drinking medicine, saw the little girl, and her back began to feel cold again.
　　
She was so frightened that she became haggard overnight. After drinking the medicine, she soon fell asleep.
　　
People were coming to and going from the main hall carrying water and medicine, so no one noticed that Lin Feilu sprinkled a bowl of sugar water on the ground in front of Talented Xu’s bed. Because Talented Xu felt cold, they lit a fire with charcoal in the house, so the temperature was very high. The sugar water quickly dried off after a while, leaving no trace behind.

T/N:
1. The one commonly used for suicide by hanging