The two maids ran out shivering and started to scream around the place, disturbing everywhere.
Hearing the loud disturbance, the guards around the place immediately rushed forward with confused expressions on their faces, with their weapons ready to attack. They went into the room the maids just run out from.
Getting inside the room, they checked around but weren't able to find anything suspicious or scary in the room.
The guards looked at each other with questioning expressions on their faces before running off toward the two maids.
"Wait! What's causing you to scream in such a manner? Do you want to bring down the whole place with your voice and remember that you are disturbing the peace of others, hope you know that making such a disturbance will make people angry and then cause you to serve one or two punishments for it.. "
One of the guards said, running to catch up with the two maids, holding onto his weapon tightly ready for the unexpected.
When the two maids heard the statement of the guard, they immediately halted, an iota of fear could be seen on their faces, afraid for the unknown. They couldn't afford to offend the important personnel of the clan or else they were going to be in trouble.
The two maids were still looking vigilantly, in case anything suspicious arrived, they would take off again.
Soon, the four guards were able to catch up with the maids. "What's the problem?" another guard asked, focusing his gaze on the two maids.
The remaining two guard gazes were on the figures of Su Qing and Su Yan. They were feeding their eyes with the graceful shape and figures of the two maids, also licking their lips at the same time.
Su Yan and Su Qing breathe down in relief after not seeing any sight of unusual things.
"The… There... There is a ghost in that room," After some time, Su Yan stammered to answer the question thrown at them.
The guards looked at each and then looked back at the maids.
"Which ghost? Don't try to play any of your prank games on us if it's that medium you want to use on us, it's not going to work" The guard near the girls asked with a confused expression on his face.
The four guards couldn't believe the words of Su Yan. They don't believe in the existence of ghosts.
"Why would we joke about such matters? We are telling you nothing but the truth," Su Qing said with gritted teeth and a serious expression on her face.
"Which ghost are you talking about?" The guards asked again, this time more seriously.
"We were arranging the room of the young master as we usually do daily. After arranging the room and it was time to dress the bed, when he tried to raise the body of the young master we noticed that his body was warm unlike before when his body was always cold to our touch. We didn't think much about it, so we decided to continue with the dressing of the bed but it was then that I noticed that the eye of the young master that had been shut for almost a year plus was suddenly open….." Su Qing explained to the guards.
The guards that were paying attention to Su Qing burst into laughter not believing what she said.
"Did you fall for these two pranks?" the guards began to laugh and asked within themselves.
"I know that you will easily fall for the prank, so no need to ask you."
"....."
"I don't believe such things."
"How will I fall for their prank or I will rather say that you are the one that fell for their prank….. You are trying to cover for yourself… You can believe whatever you want to believe, no one is going to scold you for…. " Just as the guard was about to complete his funny remark, he was interrupted.
"IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE US. WHY DON'T YOU GO AND SEE FOR YOURSELF AND THEN CONFIRM IF WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS TRUE OR IF WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE UP A STORY TO TELL YOU!!"
Su Qing furiously yelled at the guards that were busy making fun of them, she couldn't bear the sight of seeing the guards joking around with what they said.
"Who knows if they aren't afraid of ghosts?" Su Yan added to the statement of her sister.
The guards immediately kept quiet and looked at the girls with seriousness after they discovered that there wasn't any hint of a joke on the face of the two.
"....." One of the guard opened his mouth to say something but shut it back, as words failed to come out, not knowing what to say.
The four guards looked at each other with confusion, not believing the words of the two maids.
*Cough cough cough*
Someone coughed behind them which made the maids and guards look in the direction where the sound was from.
They immediately bowed their heads in respect when they saw who was before them.
"Greetings your majesty!!" They all greet one by one.
"Repeat what you said earlier," Zhang Xiao didn't respond to their greetings but concentrated her eyes on Su Qing and Su Yan.
Zhang Xiao was in a pink long gown which made her shape and everything to be revealed to the eyes of anyone that looked at her.
The four guards were stunned at her beauty but they didn't stare at her for long or else if they were to be caught, it was unknown what will become of their fate.
Zhang Xiao happens to have overheard the conversation of the group but she didn't believe her ears.
"My….. my…. my.." Su Yan couldn't say any words out of fear.
"Tell me everything that happens in the room and go straight to the point, I don't want you beating around the bush," Zhang Xiao said in a calm voice, she couldn't wait to hear the statement again from her maid's mouth.
"Okay my lady," she replied and then explained everything that they experienced in Lu Shang's room.
"ARE YOU SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?" Zhang Xiao asked in an excited voice.
"Yes my lady, we will never lie about such a thing" Sun Qing answered with her head down.
Zhang Xiao didn't wait for the statement of Su Qing to complete before rushing down to Lu Shang's room to confirm herself.
The maids and guards immediately followed behind her.
'Su Qing and Su Yan have never lied to me and will never do but this is too difficult to believe' Zhang Xiao thought.
'This can never be true. After a long time'
'I can't believe this'
Different thoughts ran through the mind of Zhang Xiao as she hurried to get to Lu Shang's room quickly.
Soon, they all got to Lu Shang's room.
Zhang Xiao pushed open the door handle.
'I hope this is true even if I don't believe it' Zhang Xiao's heart was beating rapidly as if she was being chased by a beast.
She rushed into the room the moment the door was opened. The guards follow behind her with the two maids at their backs.
…..
"Hahahahaha. Why are they running away from me as if they see a monster or are they not happy to see me alive?" Lu Shang said with a smile on his face when he saw the frightened look on the face of the two sisters before they ran out of his room in fear.
Lu Shang also jumped to his feet to run after them but he stopped on his track when he heard the two maids shouting for help, claiming that there was a ghost in his room.
Lu Shang couldn't hold back the laugh that was trying to escape from his mouth. He fell to the ground laughing hard with veins popping out in his throat to indicate how hard he was immersed in his laugh.
After a long time, he finally exited out of that strange dimension he found himself fighting against the terrifying heart demon that wanted him dead by all means.
He remembered the oppressiveness of the heart demon. "You are nothing but trash that is meant to be used as a stepping stone for others and other generations to come; you are nothing but a useless fellow to everyone around you. You are cursed to be nothing. Oh, do you think that your mother has your interests at heart? No, she doesn't. She's only doing that for now. One day she will turn her back on you."
'Thankfully I know the evil intentions of the heart demon. I would have lost myself to the control of that monster the very moment I gave in to it,' Lu Shang thought in his heart.