The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 1072

Chapter 1072: Chapter 1072: The Walking Corpse That Does Not Become Undead After Death

If contaminated by corpse energy, one either has prolonged contact with corpses or has come into contact with a walking corpse.

The Royal Palace does not have a Righteous Manor, and palace attendants who die are typically removed and handled on the same day, so the former is impossible.

Then it must be the latter.

There are many types of corpses; those that become stiff after death are undead, while those that die but do not stiffen are walking corpses, typically newly deceased that have "come back to life".

Being newly dead, their appearance does not differ much from ordinary people, making them the most easily overlooked.

The Royal Palace clearly has Dragon Energy, yet a walking corpse can still appear under such circumstances, showing that the Imperial City’s fortunes are diminished.

Despite having an answer in mind, Scarlett Jennings had no intention of proactively helping the other party.

After all, from the looks of it, this lady-in-waiting named Eira seemed far from innocent to be entangled.

Because Scarlett Jennings planned to continue observing, Eira’s intention to stay up the night naturally could not be realized.

With heavy steps, she returned to the palace quarters.

As she stepped inside, although the room was burning with charcoal, Eira felt an icy chill. She looked at the person lying motionless in bed, feeling that her appearance was remarkably like a corpse.

She wished to rush over and grab the other person, demanding to know if she was human or a ghost.

But she did not dare.

She feared the person was not human, and even more so that people would discover it was her fault Arwen was no longer human...

Thinking that there was at least one person, Luke, in the room, and considering that nothing happened the entire night, Eira forced herself to pretend that nothing had occurred.

Once the crowning ceremony was over in a few days, as a lady-in-waiting by the Empress’s side, she would naturally move into the Imperial Harem’s quarters, at which point she would no longer have to stay in the same room with that person.

Thinking of this, Eira slightly relaxed her mind and was about to persuade herself to sleep peacefully.

Suddenly, she felt a strange gaze. Instinctively, Eira looked towards Arwen’s direction, only to be caught off guard by a pair of cold, chilling eyes in the darkness.

Eira’s heart nearly jumped into her throat.

She wanted to scream, but it was as if something was gripping her throat tightly, rendering her unable to make a sound.

She wanted to comfort herself, thinking it was too dark at night to see clearly, but those eyes were indeed staring at her, devoid of any human emotions.

Eira closed her eyes, not daring to look anymore, yet even so, she could still clearly feel that penetrating gaze, like a thorn in her back, like a shadow accompanying her.

Eira felt she was almost going insane.

She did not know how she managed to endure that night; at some point, she even felt her soul had separated from her body.

In a daze, until the sound of Luke finally stirred, she clumsily managed to get up and joined in rising.

Looking again at Arwen’s bed, she saw her sleeping face upward and looked serene.

That appearance suggested that the person watching her the entire night wasn’t her.

Even so, Eira felt she couldn’t take it anymore.

Whether it was an illusion or a psychological effect, she must leave this room today!

If she stayed in this room any longer, she would die!

Bearing a pair of dark-circled eyes, Eira’s face was pale as she arrived at Scarlett Jennings’s courtyard, intending to plead with the nanny to let her stand watch tonight, but before she could step into the yard, she was blocked by Nanny Li.

Nanny Li, with a stern face, lightly reprimanded,

"Look at you, what a ghastly sight you are. With such an appearance, are you not afraid of shocking people standing in front of Miss Feng? You are not needed today; hurry back to rest and tidy yourself up before coming to serve."

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