Chapter 201 : Fight between Gods

【I’m so anxious, Concubine Rou, I want to help you, but you need to cooperate with me!】

Concubine Rou placed Ah Bao on the carpet. “Little one, stay here and don’t move. I’ll go get the small rocking horse I made for you.”

Another rocking horse?

Grandmother had already given her a whole room full of them. Why was Concubine Rou giving her one too?

The rocking horse had been prepared by Concubine Rou for a long time. After the Queen Mother’s birthday banquet, she had been thinking about it. During this period, she had been too embarrassed to speak to Concubine De, so the rocking horse had been set aside.

Now that Ah Bao was here, she was overjoyed and wanted to show her everything fun and delicious.

Her daughter was more endearing and enjoyable than the Fifth Prince when he was young.

As Concubine Rou happily stepped out of the room, Ah Bao stood up, waddled with her short legs, and made her way to the small room behind the screen, holding onto the stool and wall for support.

She lifted the curtain and saw a small incense burner on the table, with a little object covered in red cloth behind it.

【What on earth is under that red cloth, glowing with a reddish light?】

【Mixed with ominous and evil energy. Concubine Rou still places incense offerings every day. Isn’t this nurturing something evil?】

“Little Princess, what are you doing in the small room?” Concubine Rou, bringing in the rocking horse, was startled to find the carpet empty. She looked and saw Ah Bao standing behind the screen.

Concubine Rou quickly picked up Ah Bao and said, “Sweetheart, you shouldn’t come here.”

“Ah?” Ah Bao made a confused sound.

Concubine Rou chuckled softly, “Do you see the red cloth up there? There’s a little deity under it.”

【What deity?】

Concubine Rou noticed Ah Bao’s confusion and pointed to her little nose. “A little deity that can bring me good fortune.”

Ah Bao was dumbfounded.

【Concubine Rou must have been deceived. A deity? That’s clearly an evil object.】

【Specifically designed to absorb the power of offerings.】

【Since the offerings are from Concubine Rou, the evil object will definitely drain her vitality. The brighter the color, the worse her fortune and vitality become.】

【Oh, I remember now. The Qiyun Palace also had a similar aura. Could it be… that Concubine Hui gave this to Concubine Rou?】

【Concubine Hui ended up being caught in bed and demoted to the cold palace. This isn’t good luck (pregnancy) at all!】

Ah Bao felt that Concubine Rou, despite her sharp tongue, was actually a good person at heart.

Concubine Rou had never truly harmed her mother or herself, and she hadn’t done anything bad in the palace either. Ah Bao didn’t want her to end up as tragically as Concubine Hui.

【Sigh, since it’s Concubine Rou’s fate, I’ll save her this time.】

Ah Bao pulled out a yellow talisman from her little pouch and tossed it into the small room as Concubine Rou was turning to leave with her.

By a stroke of luck, the yellow talisman landed on the broom that was lying on the ground.

Concubine Rou played with Ah Bao in the courtyard until nearly noon, reluctantly sending Ah Bao back to Yihe Palace.

“Liangqin…” Ah Bao, upon seeing Concubine De, ran over with her short legs and leaped into her arms. “I missed you.”

【Mother, mother, I saved Concubine Rou from the bad little spirits in her palace, haha】

Ah Bao grinned, 【Oh, I’ll just keep this to myself. Mother won’t know. But I’m happy to have saved Concubine Rou today ^_^】

Concubine De smiled warmly and patted Ah Bao’s little head.

Mother knows best. Ah Bao is the best.

At night, Concubine Rou lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. For some reason, she felt like there was a bit of… noise in the palace?

But she didn’t have any pets.

After finally turning off the lights and falling asleep, she heard various howling sounds in her head, as if there were people fighting.

In the small room, the red-clothed doll and the broom covered with a yellow talisman, bathed in the soft moonlight, seemed to come to life.

The broom, glowing with golden light, leaped up from the ground and struck the red-clothed doll with a loud smack.

The red-clothed doll, emitting a fiery red aura, appeared enraged and charged at the broom with its head.

The two sides clashed!

Red-clothed doll: “What filthy thing dares to hit me? Get out, get out!”

Broom: “I’m hitting you, you evil object. I’ll beat you to death, beat you to death!”

Red-clothed doll: “Don’t come any closer. If you do, I’ll really get mad.”

Broom: “You don’t need to get mad. I’m already mad. I won’t stop until I beat you up.”

Red-clothed doll: “You rotten broom. Do you know who my master is? My master is the heartthrob heroine! Don’t be disobedient. I know who your master is—a cannon fodder, a dead cannon fodder, hahahaha.”

Broom: “Heartthrob my ass! I’m going to beat you until you become the most hated!”

The room was filled with an eerie scene as the doll and the broom fought.

The noise was quite loud.

“Ah——” Concubine Rou jolted awake, sitting up instantly. She rubbed her head and said, “Why is it so noisy? Yue’er!”

“Your Highness, I’m here,” the palace maid entered.

“What are you all making such a racket for in the palace at night? Don’t you know it disturbs my peace?” She had been restless lately, finding it extremely hard to fall asleep and could not tolerate loud noises.

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The palace maid looked confused. “Your Highness, nothing happened in the palace.”

“Did you not hear a clattering sound? Like someone fighting?”

The palace maid shook her head. “Your Highness, I didn’t hear anything.”

Annoyed, Concubine Rou waved the palace maid away and lay back down. As soon as she closed her eyes—

The sounds of fighting started again in her head.

“Clang! Crash! Boom!”

The noises were continuous.

“Ugh, this is so annoying!” Concubine Rou sat up again, scratching her hair into a mess. She was furious.

“I’m losing my mind!” Following the sound, she found the small room. As she entered, the broom and the red doll immediately fell silent.

Concubine Rou lifted the curtain, and the room was perfectly quiet. “Hallucinations, I must be hallucinating.”

She had just felt that the noise was coming from here. “Sorry, I must be in a bad mood.”

She rubbed her forehead. “Huh, why is the broom on the table?”

She wondered if she had accidentally left it there when she last cleaned the room.

Sigh, her mind seemed to be getting more muddled lately.

Concubine Rou placed the broom back in the corner and looked at the red-clothed doll. She thought the red cloth looked a bit tattered, like it had been scratched and torn.

Concubine Rou shook her head. “It’s just an illusion. I need to get some more sleep.”

As soon as Concubine Rou left, the broom and the doll in the corner started fighting again—

Neither would yield!

They were determined to settle the score.

As soon as Concubine Rou lay back down and closed her eyes, the sounds of fighting began again.

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